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USA - Larry Eschelbacher, J. R. Clancymanager of controls engineering, has been promoted to the position of director of engineering.

In his new role, Eschelbacher will supervise both the controls engineering and mechanical engineering departments at Clancy. His responsibilities include both off-the-shelf products and custom jobs for performance spaces of every size.

Eschelbacher came to J. R. Clancy in 1994 to manage the company's controls department. Since his arrival, he has designed controls for more than 1,000 motorised rigging projects, from simple up/down operation to complex systems with more than 300 motors. Some of the projects in Eschelbacher's list include the just-completed Carmel Performing Arts Centre in Indiana, the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Alice Tully Hall

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UK - Pulse is to continue its new product drive in 2011 with the launch of two ranges to cover public address amplification. The MA and SA series from Pulse offer basic public address amplification suitable for a host of venues without requiring large budgets for install, says the company.

The models are all designed within standard 2U rackmount chassis to ensure compatibility with existing installs, the amplifiers also feature the standard mic & line inputs required for a mixture of sources.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Chauvet has added two members to the COLORado line of products, COLORado Range IP and COLORado Ridge IP.

Both indoor/outdoor wash lights feature RGBWA colour mixing. The use of red, green, blue, white and amber LEDs offer more colour mixing and better colour rendering. Additionally, both feature five distinct dimming curves, an ingress protection rating of IP66, a pressure-equalizing Gore valve, colour temperature presets from 3,200 K to 10,000 K, built-in automated programmes, and a durable, heat-dissipating housing. They are designedfor theatres, outdoor productions and festivals and cover anything from a cyc to an entire stage with just one fixture, says the company.

The products differ in the amount of LEDs and the lenses featured in each fixture. COLORado Range IP has a total of 180 5W, RGBWA LEDs, two independently adjustable panels, and 15- and 30-degree lenses in

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

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UK - StudioTak Studio Vinyl has once again been the floor of choice for the ITV show Celebrity Juice, now into its fourth series and staring Keith Lemon, Rufus Hound, Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton.

Le Mark's peel clean Studio Vinyl has been used throughout the series, offering a 'bang tidy', gloss black set floor.

"The set looks superb, StudioTak is made to be the first choice for set designers working on a tight budget yet demanding visually impressive sets. The ability to lay the floor almost instantly and remove it without leaving residue is so important in today's fast changing studios" says Stuart Gibbons.

(Jim Evans)

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UK / Australia - The Prototype Tour, Top Gear Live's most ambitious and complex stage show to date, is about to export its delights to Australia, the culmination of a tour that is playing to over 300,000 spectators across seven cities around the world. London video and projection services specialists Bluman Associates has used advanced projection mapping techniques to create virtual stage sets for the event.

Produced by Brand Events, Top Gear Live is the live arena show for the award-winning TV programme Top Gear. Featuring stunts, special effects and blockbusting driving sequences, the show packs in pyro, noise and spectacle.

This touring show features its most complex stage set to date, using 3D projection mapping to generate exotic backdrops on a 36m wide screen. Content created by Bruce Ferguson from The Darkroom has been programmed by Bluman As

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USA - When the resident orchestra at the Carmel Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Ind, arrived for its first rehearsals in the Palladium, the players experienced extraordinary sound quality - made possible by acoustical specialists Artec Consultants and the rigging experts at J. R. Clancy.

Artec's plan called for multiple motorised acoustic canopies and acoustic curtains that can be adjusted to change the room's response. Acoustic canopies are usually made of wood, but the Palladium required an unusual material for such an application: large panels of clear glass. The glass keeps the canopy from masking the Palladium's intricately decorated domed ceiling. The glass panels vary in size and thickness, measuring an inch at their thickest points.

To accommodate the canopies, the J. R. Clancy team designed and built massive hoists with capacities of 23,000lbs. Each of the f

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USA - Lighting Programmer Seth Robinson selected the Martin M1 console to control the concert and television lighting for Farm Aid, the annual benefit that supports and educates people about the importance of family farm centered agriculture. Lighting design for the event was by Stan Crocker with Bandit Lites again supporting as lighting vendor.

"I started using Martin consoles in 2004 with Sting and have been using them ever since," Robinson commented. "I have programmed nearly every modern lighting console available and there are things I love and hate about all of them. I have found over the years that the Martin consoles consistently match my programming style. Naturally, I went with the M1 because I am familiar with it and because it is a terrific desk for television."

This year's Farm Aid took place at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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USA - KK audio labs will introduce its new DS-6 six-inch, two-way powered studio reference monitor at the 2011 NAMM Show this week. KK audio labs, led by industry veteran Keith R. Klawitter, founder and former owner of KRK Systems, is a Southern California company that designs and manufactures high-end audio products for the recording studio and professional live sound markets.

The high-resolution KK audio labs DS-6 monitor speaker features a six-inch low frequency driver utilising proprietary composite cone material together with a one-inch, custom-designed titanium composite high frequency tweeter. KK audio labs amplifier modules deliver 200W to the tweeter and 350W to the woofer respectively.

A feature of the DS series - which also includes the DS-8 eight-inch, two-way powered monitor - is the inclusion of four "meticulously tuned" presets that may be employed to

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UK / USA - Navigator Systems, authors of HireTrack Eclipse rental software and Production Exchange of Los Angeles, the online exchange for AV, Lighting and Rental Staging market sub rentals have announced a technology partnership demonstrating a fully integrated link in the latest HireTrack Eclipse release.

The Production Exchange will be a third party application that integrates seamlessly with HireTrack Eclipse software's current version. As a result of this partnership, current authorised users of HireTrack Eclipse will be able to subscribe to Lite Exchange, Video Exchange or Audio Exchange individually or as a bundled solution.

David Rose, of Navigator Systems comments, "We see this technology agreement with Production Exchange as another layer of value to each of our software users. The integrated tools created by both HireTrack Eclipse and Production Exchange could

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UK - Newly-formed company Light Emissions, which made its debut at the ARC Show 2011 in London yesterday, promises to introduce "new standards in large-scale LED video-based graphics to architects and interior designers".

With the technology already established in the entertainment sector, the new start-up, led by the highly experienced Peter Ed, has optimised its new low- and medium-resolution RGB tile system, known as Art, for the wider commercial markets, including museums, casinos, retail and cruise ships.

Ed, and former G-LEC colleague Sergej Mironov, who spearheads Light Emissions' R&D programme, will also display the new system at ISE 2011 in Amsterdam in early February.

Justifying the decision for targeting "best of breed" large LED display technology at top end fixed installation markets, Peter Ed states: "Our strengths lie in having worked

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USA - QSC Audio Products is debuting the KLA Series fixed arcuate, active line array system at NAMM this week. Built on the same power platform as the established K Series and KW Series powered loudspeakers, KLA is designed for a wide range of portable and permanently installed applications including houses of worship, entertainment venues and a variety of other locations where the use of a line array is indicated.

"Ease-of-use in terms of deployment and system tuning were the key elements driving the KLA design," states Phil Sanchez, product manager at QSC. "As a complete systems provider, we are determined to offer our customers real-world, practical solutions that meet their needs for a variety of applications.

"The current state of line arrays is that they are inherently expensive and require considerable effort to deploy. In offering the KLA solution,

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USA - Presented at NAMM 2011 this week, XEOS is a new series of installation speakers created by Proel to replace the existing Spark and MO/CSE series, with a single range featuring a selected number of models, a renovated look and an improved sound

The series includes three two-way surface-mount models: XE35TB/TW with 3.5" woofer, XE55TB/TW, with 5" woofer and XE65TB/W, with 6.5" woofer. The newly designed front baffle featuring a full protection grille with a new aluminium logo, allows these speakers, available in black or white, to blend into any environment.

The horn-loaded dome tweeters and the improved crossover filters provide a smooth and detailed response, suitable both for voice paging and background music applications, says the company. All of the three models feature a c-shaped bracket for an easy installation in vertical or horizontal position.

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USA - The new Live X series of portable powered and passive loudspeakers from Electro-Voice debuts at Winter NAMM in Anaheim this week.

Comprising three powered and four passive models, Live X features the latest Electro-Voice-engineered components; lightweight, durable plywood cabinets; "best-in-class" SPL output, power-handling, and frequency response; and clean, stackable designs - all at a price point previously unheard-of for loudspeakers of a similar pedigree, says the company.

Three versatile powered Live X cabinets are available: two full-range loudspeakers and a matching subwoofer. Each self-contained powered system features Electro-Voice-engineered components optimised for use with the integrated high-efficiency 1000-W and 700-W Class-D amplifiers. Both full-range systems may be pole-mounted or stacked with the series' acoustically-matched powered subwoofer

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USA - Intelix has partnered with Pioneer Music Company "to better serve the Midwest consumer electronics and custom installation markets". Effective immediately, Pioneer Music is stocking and supplying Intelix hardware, including their HDMI, analogue-to-digital conversion, and audio/video over twisted pair solutions.

"Few firms match the experience, dedication, and knowledge of Pioneer Music Company," says Cameron Smith, Intelix sales and marketing manager. "Their commitment to quality product and excellent service has made them a leader in the Midwestern residential audio-visual and 12 volt markets."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Liberty AV Solutions has appointed Alan Richards as the company's new Eastern director of sales.

Now responsible for overseeing all aspects of sales activity conducted throughout the region, Richards comes to his new post with over 20 years of experience within the AV industry. Formerly with Jerusalem, Israel-based Kramer Electronics, where he served as VP of sales for the US market, Richards will make New Jersey his home base of operations on behalf of Liberty.

Richards effectively replaces Liberty's former Eastern director of sales Dan Reich, who has taken on new responsibilities within the company as its sales operations manager. In this capacity, Reich will assume day-to-day management of all zone managers throughout the US, order entry, and be working closely with internal sales operations revolving around purchasing, marketing, and finance.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Following one of their best ever years, lighting rental company HSL has invested another £2.5m in the last two months just to service its current work.

The purchases include 300 of the latest Robe moving lights, including the first 60 LED Wash 600s off the production line in the Czech Republic; 100 Robe 600 spots and 100 Robe 600 washes, plus an additional 40 Robin Beam 300 and Beam 700 units; 12 Robert Juliat Lancelot 4K Arena followspots, supplied by Robert Juliat's distributor in the UK, White Light, and 60 Liteware Chrome high output LED up lighters supplied by GDS.

Adding to an existing stock of Colourweb 250, 200 pieces of the ChromaQ Colourweb 125 LED surface have been bought from AC Lighting.

Over $1m has been invested in acquiring Vari*Lites this year, giving HSL a large stock of VL3500 and VL3000 Spots, VL3500 Washes, VL1000 Arc ERSs and VL1000 Tungsten

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UK - The 33rd ABTT Theatre Show promises to deliver a packed showcase, whilst celebrating The Association of British Theatre Technicians 50th anniversary, say the organisers.

The Show will focus its marketing campaign online and again offer a simple and free pre-registration facility through its enhanced website. This will also boast easy to use facilities for exhibitors and visitors alike allowing fast upload and download features.

The ABTT Theatre Show is already well over 50% sold out for 2011 with exhibitors including XL Video, ETC, Stage Technologies, Martin Professional, Yamaha and Philips Entertainment booked to appear from 15-16 June, at the Royal Horticultural Halls, Vincent Square, London.

The Show will feature a two-day programme of seminars and meetings, which will reflect the achievements of the ABTT as it reaches its 50th birthday and look forward to the challe

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India - The end of November saw a prestigious music conference - Soundbound - held in Mumbai, with a range of live performances for participants to enjoy after the business of the day. The first two nights featured gigs by Shaa'ir + Func, one of India's most successful indie bands, mixed on a DiGiCo SD9, the first to be deployed on the Indian sub-continent.

Soundbound and the associated live shows were sponsored by the British Council. It was part of the long-term SoundPad project, bringing together high profile names from the Indian and British music communities to engage in workshops, where everything from music technology and concert photography to good touring practises were discussed. Entry to the sessions was free and the whole event was enthusiastically received.

As well as British participation in the workshops, the best of the country's audio tech

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Australia - When AV company Scene Change decided to upgrade their radio microphones they opted for the Shure UHF-R series.

"We needed to increase the number of radio microphones and frequency band in the business," said Vicken Hekimian, director of Scene Change Sydney. "We also needed to be able to properly assess available frequencies in real time. The Shure UHF-R series spectrum analysis gave us that ability.

"We've found that the Shure UHF-R series networking ability and scanning really saves us time in set up. I have to say that both the RF and audio performance are of premium quality."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Systems integrator IVC Media has today announced it has been awarded the £1m contract to design and build the AV infrastructure for the new facility at The University of Exeter Business School.

Working closely with the university's consultants and main building contractors BAM, IVC Media will bring together the traditional AV and IT world to provide an integrated solution which has the capacity to grow with the future requirements of the university's students and its business clients across the globe.

IVC Media will equip all the teaching rooms, boardrooms and theatres with a high-end AV system from interactive white boards, video projection right through to large screens and Crestron control system plus all audio, including PA system, induction loops and radio microphones.

"IVC senior team members come from backgrounds within telecoms, audio visual, broadcas

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USA - On November 11, 2010, the biggest night in Latin Music, the 11th annual Latin Grammy Awards, aired live to a worldwide audience from the Mandalay Bay Events Centre in Las Vegas. Behind the scenes, lighting designer Carlos Colina created his own technical and artistic achievement through a lighting design using 124 Vari*Lite luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite, all provided by Atomic Lighting.

"This was my fourth year as the lighting designer for the production and while each year we always try to do something a little different, this year presented a series of challenges," says Colina. "When I saw how wide and video-heavy the set would be, I knew competing with and complementing the video, while being able to hit all the areas needed, would be one of the main challenges. But then since the show would also be airing live worldwide in both a high-definition TV b

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