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Norway - Having purchased a Martin Audio Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array in December last year, Rubicon demonstrated the system to key technicians and concert management at Sentrum Scene in Oslo recently.

Among the audience were NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), and Live Nation, both of whom were excited about what the MLA system could do for their productions.

Roar Ånestad, Head of Sound at Rubicon, guided the audience through a technical presentation of the system. The listeners were impressed by the MLA system's smooth tonal balance throughout the venue.

To ensure that the MLA system always delivers a uniform experience, all system engineer have to be certified by Martin Audio - and Rubicon is the first rental company in the world to have certified all its key sy

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USA - Visitors to the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Lower Manhattan are discovering the beauty of Native American artifacts and the stories behind those stunning objects in the new permanent exhibition, Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian, planned to be in place for the next decade.

Electrosonic engineered, provided and installed 20 exhibits for Infinity of Nations - 10 linear video stations and 10 interactive workstations housed in the NMAI's George Gustav Heye Centre in the Old Customs House. Five years in the making, the new permanent collection reflects the geographic and chronological scope of the museum's collection, and includes magnificent headdresses, robes, beadwork, baskets and vessels, as well as works by contemporary Native American artists.

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Earthquake Appeal - A group of UK rock acts are to play a benefit gig in aid of Japanese earthquake victims. Primal Scream, The Coral, and Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye are among the bands set to play a show at Brixton's O2 Academy on 3 April. The money raised at the gig will go to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. Ex-Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft, Blur's Graham Coxon, and veteran rocker Paul Weller will also play.

Justin Bieber and U2 are among artists who have agreed to contribute songs to an album to raise funds for victims of the earthquake and tsunami. Record label Universal Music said it hoped to release the digital-only album globally by the end of the week. Bon Jovi and Rihanna have also been confirmed for the album, which will also raise money for the Japanese Red Cross. "We are doing it only digitally because it is faster," said a Universal spokesman

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Elation Professional will show the new Platinum Spot 5R Pro, an upgraded version of its Platinum Spot 5R DMX moving head, in response to what Dirk Kast, general manager for Elation Europe, describes as the "overwhelming success" of the original.

Like the original, the new Platinum Spot 5R Pro features Philips MSD Platinum 5R Lamp Technology, an innovation that allows the creation of fixtures that are brighter and more powerful with superior light quality, yet are also faster, smaller, lighter weight, draw less energy and have longer-lasting lamps, says the company. But as its name suggests, the Platinum Spot 5R Pro also goes a step beyond to offer an expanded array of professional features and effects.

Among the new features on the Platinum Spot 5R Pro are a 16-bit CMY colour-mixing system, which allows users to concoct a palette of custom colours, and a Variable Zoom (4 to

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Germany - Previewed at last year's PLASA Show, the impression spot one fixture is now being released onto the market. The impression spot one fixture "represents a breakthrough in LED technology for today's entertainment lighting market". Whilst soft edge washlight fixtures such as the original impression from GLP have been around for several years, the challenge was to create a high output performance spot fixture to match. Enter the impression spot one from GLP ... the first fixture of its kind to be released to the global market, declares the company.

The impression spot one features an RGB LED engine with eight or 16-bit control over each colour, allowing for delicate colour changes or instantaneous colour bumps. The spectrum it achieves has been calibrated to be as wide as possible - from soft pastel colours to deep saturated shades, and everything in between.

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USA - Meyer Sound have said they are deeply saddened by the sudden loss of audio industry pioneer and "dear friend", Owsley 'Bear' Stanley.

"Bear was a great friend and a true inspiration," says John Meyer, CEO and co-founder of Meyer Sound. "We first met Bear in the 1970s, and we worked very closely for many years. His determination to find new technical solutions to improve audio delivery led to our numerous experiments together in the early days of Meyer Sound. He was an uncompromising advocate of audio system clarity, which to this day is still the driving force behind our engineering philosophy."

Helen Meyer, co-founder and executive vice president of Meyer Sound, continues: "Bear was a unique soul unlike anyone else we have known. His energy, talent, and passion have inspired all of us, and we will miss him dearly. In love and gratitude

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USA - Yamaha Stagemix software for the M7CL iPad app was recently installed into Chicago concert venue Viper Alley. Located in Lincolnshire, Illinois, the venue is the brainchild of Scott Greenberg, creator of the Wit, Chicago's hippest boutique hotel. Viper Alley opened in early March with American Idol winner Lee DeWyze performing for 200 online raffle ticket winners. The club also features a complete Nexo sound system. The installation was completed by Gand Sound Installations (Glenview, Illinois).

StageMix is an application for the Apple iPad (R) that allows remote control of the Yamaha M7CL digital console's mix functions via a simple, intuitive graphic interface from anywhere within wireless range. The application enables an engineer to set up monitor mixes from a performer's position on stage directly controlling mix parameters via the iPad.

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Belarus - PR Lighting fixtures were used extensively at the inaugural Crossfield Festival which was held in a football arena in Minsk.

Around 8,000 fans turned up to the event promoted by All Stars Agency, and starring DJ, ATB and German production duo Cosmic Gate (DJ Bossi and Nic Chagall).

Local technology company, FE Belimlight were contracted to provide the staging and lighting, having worked with the promoters on other concerts in Belarus, including The Scorpions and Vanessa Mae.

According to lighting designer, Ilya Piatrouski of Blackout Studio, who is experienced in designing sets for dance festivals such as Global Gathering, the price advantage of the PR Lighting fixtures enabled him to use more within the budget - and thus deliver greater impact.

"I was looking for a powerful and bright moving head to create an abundance of colour - and by using

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France - LumenRadio's CRMX RDM wireless lighting control system played a key role in the lighting refurbishment of UNESCO world heritage site Pont du Gard. The installation represents one of the most comprehensive wireless systems ever to take full advantage of RDM (Remote Device Management) for fixture configuration and monitoring in an outdoor architectural setting.

Pont du Gard is a classic tri-level aqueduct built 2,000 years ago over the Gard river in Southern France. This display of Roman engineering and masonry is visited by more than a million tourists every year and is a focal point for cultural activities and festivals. The site is also frequently used for Son et Lumiéres; that made it critical to find a wireless system than not only could handle the daily operations effectively, but that also would seamlessly integrate with the controls for such events.

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CHAUVET, a leading manufacturer of LED lighting, introduces three new products to the U.K. market at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2011: WELL™, Q-Wash™ 360-LED and Q-Beam™ 260-LED

WELL™, or Wireless Event LED Luminaire, is designed specifically to be a self-contained uplight for any event. Inside each WELL™ wash light are 12 3W tri-colour LEDS, similar to the 14 found in our COLORado™ 1-TRI Tour giving it great colour mixing without any multi-coloured shadows. It's powered by a 12-volt battery offering at least 12 hours of life to the fixture. For control, standard DMX ports are available, as well as a pre-installed Wireless Solution WDMX receiver. Focusing is accomplished two different ways; the split LED plane can be precisely angled using the adjustment screws on the outside of the fixture, or for more dramatic adjustments, a ratcheting foot c

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Japan - Following the devastating earthquake of 11 March, D&M has been assessing the extent of the damage and situations at both its Kawasaki office building, and its Shirakawa manufacturing facility. Here is the latest information:

Following the earthquake, all employees returned safely to their homes over the weekend.

On 14 March 1, the Kawasaki office building re-opened. While the building sustained some damage, repairs are currently underway and operations are expected to approach relatively normal levels within the next couple of days.

D&M Holdings European President Terry O'Connell states, "Because the Shirakawa manufacturing facility sustained some damage, it remained closed through Wednesday, 16 March. At this moment, we try to obtain a more complete picture of the damage, put response plans in place and have physical inspections conducted to verify the facility

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UK - There have been record-breaking visitor pre-registrations for PLASA Focus: Leeds 2011, taking place at The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds on Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 April 2011.

PLASA Events are attributing the increase in visitor registrations to a host of new features at the show, including an extended exhibitor list of 120 companies including 21 first-timers, a seminar programme that is twice the size of previous years, case study presentations from the Royal Shakespeare Company and Opera North, special interest seminars presented by some of the industry's leading bodies and new opportunities to book seats on 45-minute product demonstration seminars. Private meetings are also available for the first time, with the availability of three private conference rooms at PLASA Focus, with slots still available.

The 21 new exhibitors come from across the spectrum of audio,

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Blackburn-based lighting rental company HSL will show a selection of the 200 Chroma-Q Color Web 125 visual effects panels from Artistic Licence that it has added to its hire inventory, now giving HSL the largest hire stock in the UK of this LED product.

The Color Web 125 joins HSL's already substantial stock of over 400 panels of Color Web 250mm. They first purchased the product when it was launched five years ago and since then it has been in almost constant use on a diverse range of shows and events.

HSL MD Simon Stuart comments: "We've enjoyed such a great success with the Color Web 250 and know from experience that it's a robust, reliable and quality engineered product, so it's been a fantastic investment. With a huge demand for the 125 version as it is increasingly integrated into designs and specs, we also wanted to be able to offer this choice to all our clients."

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PLASA Focus: Leeds 2011 will see the UK premiere of Cloud Electronics' new VTX Series of high-power multi-channel amplifiers. The new Cloud range "achieves high quality acoustic performance across the long term," says Cloud.

Built in accordance with the company's principle of reliability, the VTX series is designed to be "the perfect choice for low maintenance and worry-free installations".

Simple and reliable installations can be achieved with these 2U rackmounting amplifiers benefiting from studio quality VCA input modules for Remote Level Control (RL-1) as standard and featuring a switched hi-pass filter (18 dB/oct below 65 Hz) for each channel as well as extensive protection against short-circuit and reactive loads, clipping, DC and overheating.

The range achieves what Cloud states is an Industry best-in-class Crosstalk Performance of >90dB making it noise-f

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Proel's NET Series loudspeakers, which will make their UK début at PLASA Focus, are designed to "offer professional levels of sound quality and reliability to cost-conscious users".

Comprising four full-range models - the NE10, NET12, NET15 and NET215 - they are available both in the active versions with powerful bi-amplifiers, or with sophisticated crossover filters in the passive models. They are designed as partners for Proel's equally new SW series of 15" and 18" sub-woofers. They are also joined by a new stage monitor, the NET12MA.

In order to obtain optimised acoustic response, Proel's engineers decided to rely on the long time experience of Celestion loudspeakers. For each model, the Italian R&D team looked for the most suitable acoustic configurations, optimising the crossover and equalisation filters of the complex processing section and the new hi

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The Netherlands - Loudspeaker manufacturer Duran Audio has recently released V2.40 of their WinControl software, which is the control and monitoring software for their AXYS brand of loudspeakers. The company is now offering "the ultimate control over all of its DSP based products".

All AXYS Intellivox, IndustryAmp, Octadrive DSP, Sound Reinforcement (Scope, Source, Flex; G2ranges) and Target products are fitted with a powerful DSP and can be networked; via an RS-485 network.

To gain full control of the wide range of features offered by the DSP and also the eight on board pre-sets the products can be connected to WinControl which allows users to control a host of features.

In addition to WinControl, Duran Audio will also be launching an iPhone app and a wireless RS-485 interface at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt next month.

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Artistic Licence Engineering will be showing its latest product releases including Multichrome-Flex, Flexed-Up and Two-Play XT at PLASA Focus, along with a selection of it's expanding range of lighting control products.

These include test equipment, data distribution and LED lighting which incorporate the protocols of DMX, RDM, Ethernet, Art-Net, DALI and MIDI. Visitors to the stand can also discover more about Rail-DMX-DSI, LMX6, DMX-Buffer and the latest release, Rail-Pipe HC, a six channel, high current, constant voltage DMX compatible controller for passive LED fixtures.

Multichrome-Flex is a string of miniature, IP67-rated, self-contained LED colour pixels, while Flexed-Up is a stand alone controller for constant voltage LED products and systems, such as Flexi-Strip. Two-Play XT is a sophisticated two-universe DMX & Art-Net Recorder and Playback Controller supporting both DMX an

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Celebrating the company's 30th Anniversary, UK-based 5 Star Cases will be launching new products, showcasing its most popular current ranges, meeting existing clients and seeking new ones at PLASA Focus.

New products will include 5 Star's Venue range of general purpose cases. This sees a slight departure for 5 Star, in that the main material used is a lightweight honeycombed polypropylene. This offers significant weight savings over traditional plywood carcass constructed cases, and will be suitable for small to medium sized applications of all types.

A 'nest' of four general purpose carry cases is available, utilising classic 'Russian Doll' methodology, whereby sets of cases in decreasing sizes are placed one inside the other for neat storage when not in use.

Other than the polypropylene panels, the case is furnished with the usual flight case type hardware, including butterfly ca

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The Royal Shakespeare Company's Transformation project, which was completed last autumn with the opening of the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford upon Avon, was a singular development in world theatre.

Embodying a host of new techniques and technologies, it was uncompromisingly designed to create "the best place in the world to perform Shakespeare," in the words of artistic director Michael Boyd.

Members of the technical team behind the Transformation will present a specially made video showing the new building and its many facilities, explain the thought processes behind the design and discuss its implementation and what it will provide for actors, directors and designers alike.

One of the presenters is RSC's head of sound, Jeremy Dunn, who says: "One of the great things about the new RST building is its horseshoe shape, which creates a lot of early reflect

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USA - The Perimeter Church in Johns Creek, Georgia has nine auditoriums, hosting an average of six weekend services, and more than 2,300 events each year.To help dramatically reduce stage noise and adapt to the different needs of this 95-acre campus, Perimeter Church continues to select Aviom Pro16 Personal Mixers to grow alongside the Church.

"We have more than 50 Aviom A-16II Personal Mixers on the campus," says Steve Simmons, director of technical ministries, Perimeter Church. "We just added 16 Aviom A16IIs and an A-16CS Control Surface to our new Cecil B. Day Chapel and are also adding even more over the next month to our children's theatre."

While Aviom was initially selected by Perimeter Church to help reduce stage noise and improve sound quality in the front of house, the residual benefits have greatly helped the staff of primarily volunteers - from

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UK - London-based Renegade designed lighting for the main British Fashion Council (BFC) Tent and peripheral areas in and around Somerset House for the recent London Fashion Week event, together with four major innovative off site shows for the Matthew Williamson, Temperley, Julien Macdonald and Hardy Amies collections.

Renegade's Nick Gray once again created a collection of different lighting designs to compliment and emphasise the individuality of each show.

It was the fourth consecutive season for Gray lighting the BFC Tent, constructed in the grounds of Somerset House, one of London's most historically significant landmarks. The design was based on a single central truss, flanked by two off centre trusses and a flown, raked front-of-house grid.

For strong cross lighting onto the back wall/entrance, and for producing dramatic silhouette effects he positioned 12 Svobodas -

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