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UK - Lake Processing is introducing a new standalone system processor, the LM 44 - which is being unveiled at the PLASA show in London this week.

The LM 44 is a powerful, full-featured digital audio processor based on the Lake Processing technology, which builds on the success of the LM 26, and marking another major step for the Lake brand under the stewardship of Sweden's Lab.gruppen.

Identical in many respects to the LM 26 Digital Audio Loudspeaker Processor, the LM 44 is distinguished primarily by a different input/output configuration. The LM 44 provides four analogue input and four analogue outputs, in contrast to the LM 26's 2-in/6-out. In addition, the LM 44 accommodates 8-in/8-out AES3 and 4-in/8-out Dante digital audio transport. The LM 44 benefits from the latest imple

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Jands will showcase their award-winning range of Vista lighting and media control solutions, including the recently launched Vista v2 software, on the A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd stand (1-E10, Hall 1) at PLASA 2011.

The exciting Vista v2 software gives all levels of user the ability to get the most from whatever technology they have available - whether it be dimmers, moving lights, LED, or media.

Vista v2 offers the simplicity to work fast, with the power to control the finest details, so everyone can focus on creating a great looking show, rather than on programming a desk.

Before choosing to use anything else, take the opportunity to visit the stand and see for yourself the power and simplicity of the new Vista v2 software.

For the latest Jands Vista show news, product launches and events before and during PLASA 2011, please follow Jands on

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd has recently gained BS EN ISO9001:2008 certification - the internationally recognised quality management system standard - reflecting the importance the company places on continually improving customer satisfaction and complying with all relevant standards for the products and services it provides.

The ISO9001 certification continues AC-ET's investment in its staff and systems as part of the company's customer-focused ideology. In August, the British Standards Institution independently certified AC-ET after completing vigorous internal audits on procedure implementations required to meet the ISO9001 quality standard.

ISO9001 is a valuable asset to AC-ET, providing a model for enhancing customer satisfaction, achieving continual improvements to the company's performance and ensuring that it meets this high standard required by an

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Indochine X PixMob Fan Immersion

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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Siberia - The first Russian installation of QSC's advanced integrated Q-Sys network system has been carried out at the Nordic Ski Centre in the city of Khanty-Mansiysk.

A complete facility upgrade - which included the sound system - was required by the International Biathlon Union to conform with the latest technical requirements, and enable the Centre to host this year's 46th World Biathlon Championships.

Installation companies Avintel and High Tech Security were responsible for carrying out the technological upgrade, with QSC's proprietary Q-Sys audio signal processing and transmission components supplied by Mixart Distribution, their exclusive distributor in the Russian Federation.

The audio has been placed on a fully-redundant Q-Sys platform and comprises two Core 1000 64 x 64 hubs and 12 I/O Frame modules (with full redundancy provided in the back-up network in the even

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The Netherlands - At IBC 2011 in Amsterdam, HHB Communications and Japanese cable manufacturer Mogami presented a cheque for £5,000 that will be donated to the Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal .

The donation is a result of the recent appointment of HHB as Mogami's exclusive distributor for the UK and Ireland. HHB pledged that it would donate 10 per cent of the proceeds from all Mogami cable sales made from the beginning of the partnership earlier this year up to the IBC 2011 trade show. HHB's large stock of Mogami cables and the popularity of the product have already made it possiblefor HHB to exceed £50,000 in sales and donate £5,000 to the Red Cross.

The cheque was presented by HHB MD Ian Jones and Mogami's president of sales Lew Hirabayashi during a press ceremony held on the first day of the show on the HHB stand.

"We are delighted to help our friend

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Belgium/UK - Orbital Sound reports that its fast deployment of HME's 2-channel DX210 digital wireless communication system has rescued an escalating radio-frequency problem being encountered by the international production of We Will Rock You, which has just opened at the Stadsschouwburg in Antwerp, Belgium.

The show has used the same RF format for over a decade, with some 12 radio-comms channels, as well as numerous radio mic frequencies, but the reducing RF spectrum available across Europe - due to the growth of digital TV - meant that there was simply insufficient clear radio space available in Antwerp.

The sound for We Will Rock You - a Stage Entertainment production - is being supplied by Orbital Sound, with Orbital's Dan Bailey as production sound engineer, and Richard Sharratt the show's associate sound designer.

Tom Byrne, sales director at Orbital Soun

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UK - Following half a year of planning and preparation, the 2011 Edinburgh Festival and Fringe was Black Light's biggest and most successful ever. Over the month-long event, the company supplied thousands of pieces of equipment, including 627 miles of cabling and 22.7 tons of staging. It also reports a 100% product satisfaction record - with no calls received on its 24hr emergency help line.

"This has been an exciting year for us as we have consolidated our working arrangements with some of Edinburgh's biggest venues and also joined forces with some exciting new names," says Black Light's head of company development, Phil Haldane. "This was definitely the largest festival for us, so far, in terms of the volume of kit and number of venues served. We were therefore delighted that everything we sent out worked perfectly and our help line went unused."

Among th

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UAE - Melody House, distributors of HK Audio speaker systems in the United Arab Emirates has recently supplied 22 Premium PR:O stage monitor cabinets to Dubai based rental firm, SLS Productions. Established in the early 90's, SLS Productions' beginnings as a small sound and lighting production company were short lived as the business quickly transformed into a major rental firm serving an ever-growing and diverse client base.

"SLS Productions have been very happy with the performance of their new purchase," commented Dino Drimakis, business development manager at Melody House. "The compact size of the speakers are a great advantage as it allows them to be flexible for various events."

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UK - Following the release of their new album, I'm With You, the Chili Peppers' production team has said they are 'with Tait' for the extensive European tour kicking off on 7 October.

Tait Technologies has been awarded the contract to provide staging and automation elements for the forthcoming tour, with this leg spanning 11 countries and finishing in Madrid on 17 December.

The elements are being designed and manufactured in the Tait Towers US headquarters, where project manager James Erwin has liaised with lighting designers, set designers and video providers to co-ordinate the designs into tour-friendly items.

European CEO Frederic Opsomer said, "Tait Technologies will ensure that Tait's impeccable high standards are achieved throughout the tour. The company's expanding European capabilities will ensure optimum logistical delivery of the technical elements supp

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Singapore - The largest light and water spectacular in South East Asia has opened on the doorstep of the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Using lasers, searchlights, LEDs, video projectors and giant water screens to create stunning visual effects, Wonder Full is a breathtaking 360-degree sensory experience portraying light and water creating Life, choreographed to an inspiring original score.

Wonder Full features new and exciting technology that took Laservision three years to develop and refine. A team consisting of 100 specialists in architectural, design, creative, musical, engineering, technical and IT resources was drawn from its Hong Kong, Australian and Singaporean offices.

Three massive water screens illuminated by high definition video projection and optically pumped full colour laser systems face the audience at the Event Plaza, Marina Bay Sands entertainme

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UK Rental company, Production Services Ireland (PSI), supplied lighting equipment and crew to the popular 2011 Belsonic Festival, staged at Customs House Square in Belfast.

It's the fourth year that the Belfast and Dublin based company has been the festival's lighting contractor - since it started in fact - and this year the event was expanded to 10 days, showcasing a line of leading international artists including 30 Seconds To Mars, Tiesto, Primal Scream, Dizzee Rascal, Beady Eye, Elbow, Tinie Tempah and many more.

PSI was working for the event's co-producers MCD and Shine, and a production design for the stage at the 6000 capacity site was created by PSI's Sean Pagel. For the first night the rig was built to the spec of headliners 30 Seconds To Mars. It was then changed to the festival production design overnight and remained with that rig until the penultimate night, when

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UK - Allen & Heath has chosen the PLASA show in London to launch a Waves SoundGrid option module for the iLive digital mixing Series, which provides a low latency 64 channel bi-directional interface to SoundGrid. The new M-Waves module opens up the opportunity to use Waves' acclaimed SoundGrid plug-in processing and concurrent multi-track playback and recording.

Developed by Waves, SoundGrid is an Audio-over-Ethernet networking and processing technology for live applications. It provides an extremely low latency environment for high precision Waves audio processing using standard Gigabit Ethernet networks and an Intel-based server running a customised version of Linux. A separate standard Windows or Mac computer runs the MultiRack SoundGrid control application and GUI functions. An integrated Ethernet switch with two EtherCon and one RJ45 SoundGrid port is provided on the M-Wave

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UK - Green arts organisation Julie's Bicycle has launched its new UK-wide Better Batteries campaign at PLASA 2011. The campaign aims to bring together the music and theatre industries in a drive to switch over to rechargeable battery systems, particularly for portable sound equipment, and increase the rate of recycling for both disposable and rechargeable batteries. Focused on venues and individual productions the campaign is backed by scientific research and case studies from commercial theatre productions which prove the reliability of the technology, environmental benefits and cash savings available.

The environmental benefits associated with using rechargeable batteries and recycling after use include less pressure on natural resources, less pollution from the manufacturing process, less waste created and less carbon emissions resulting from transport and distribution, due t

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UK - The Backstage Academy is exhibiting in association with Jigsaw Systems at PLASA 2011, consolidating their new partnership.

Backstage Academy's training for the live events production and entertainment industries includes courses on Apple based software such as Logic and Final Cut.

Jigsaw Systems has been working with Backstage Academy as it has developed its course portfolio and invested in new technologies over the past two years. The two companies have now formalised their relationship, with Backstage Academy becoming Jigsaw's official training partner for their UK-wide business and professional customers.

Backstage Academy's Apple courses, which currently include Logic 101, Logic 301, Final Cut Pro 101, Final Cut Express 101, Final Cut Pro 300, Final Cut Pro X, Motion 101, Colour Correction 101, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Intro to Apple Macs and iLife, will be d

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South Africa - SGM has appointed South African importer Prosound, as its new distributor for Sub-Saharan Africa, with immediate effect.

It joins an already rich brand portfolio of globally-recognised sound and lighting companies - which includes SGM's parent company, RCF - and will be managed under Prosound's Theatre & Architectural Lighting (T&A Lighting) subsidiary.

T&A Lighting general manager Ian Blair stated, "We were particularly keen on SGM's newly-developed LED range, for both the architectural and entertainment markets; this will fill a gap in the product portfolio and at the same time offers great value for a highly professional range. With Peter Johansen heading up the R&D initiative at SGM we foresee some interesting times ahead."

With operational bases throughout South Africa, Prosound is no stranger to the Italian lighting company's catalogue. Set up

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UK - Robert Lawrence Creative Solutions, one of the UK's leading event production support companies, recently installed Outline's Mantas and Butterfly line array at the 2011 British Grand Prix. The system was used in Vodafone's VIP area over the practice, qualifying and race days, including the live interviews with Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button to a crowd of over 3000 supporters.

Lawrence Marchington, director of Robert Lawrence commented, "Our clients expect the highest level of quality and finish not only in appearance but also in sound. We have been using Outline equipment for over 10 years and it provides the reliability we need and an unparalleled audio quality. Our investment in a Mantas and Butterfly system was a logical addition to our already extensive range of Outline equipment, and one that will ensure we continue to offer the highest level of audio quality to o

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USA - Michael Stone, lighting designer and vice president of US operations at HMS, Inc. specified the use of Chauvet's COLORado 1-Tri IP wash lights aboard the Princess Cruises' 17-ship fleet. The fixtures will create a "trendy yet tropical ambiance as they illuminate enormous spandex shapes at the Island Nightparties during one night of each voyage".

"I've used a lot of different lights and have never really been able to find a good outdoor lighting solution for these cruise ships," Stone said. "If you ever want to test the durability of a product designed for outdoor use, put it on the pool deck of a cruise ship for one month. We did some testing and discovered these COLORado washes were ideal for this installation because they are portable, waterproof and durable fixtures that include tri-color LEDs and create an outstanding wash."

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Finland - The Kylpylähotelli Levitunturi spa - hotel boasts 220 guest rooms spread across 10 hotel buildings, a generous selection of restaurants, cafes, and clubs, plus a world-class spa and bowling facilities. It also features a new sound reinforcement system drawn from the catalogue of D.A.S. Audio.

Jyti Ålander is the sales director for Espoo, Finland-based Electro Waves Oy, a leading Finnish company with expertise in the fields of sound systems, lighting, and water technology. A provider of innovative AV solutions, Electro Waves, in a cooperative effort with some partner companies, played an integral role in the deployment of the lavish Aqua Theatres for Royal Caribbean International's flagship vessels Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas. As the designer of the new sound system at Kylpylähotelli Levitunturi, he discussed the challenges of the project and the decisio

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UK - It emerged yesterday that the company appointed by Ofcom to make way for new 4G services in the 800MHz band is selling equipment into the spectrum which taxpayers paid them to clear.

In 2009 Ofcom announced that wireless microphone users would be evicted from the 800MHz band to make way for new mobile broadband services. Following an industry campaign, Save Our Sound UK, which pointed out the damage being done to the British entertainment industry, the UK Government agreed to fund part of the clearance of the band. To qualify for taxpayer funding, Channel 69 equipment had to be surrendered.

This equipment is now being resold back into the band which taxpayers paid to remove it from, by the scheme's administrator - Equiniti. A significant amount of equipment has already been sold, and Equiniti is now gearing up its operations to release up to 80,000 channels for use in UK

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UK - L-Acoustics introduced its new ARCS II constant curvature line source at PLASA 2011.

The ARCS II benefits from a design exploiting L-Acoustics' Wavefront Sculpture Technology in a constant curvature line source solution. Intended for medium to large rental productions, it delivers remarkable power, bandwidth and coherence, along with flexible and predictable coverage. It also offers the audience an incomparable listening experience featuring clarity, precision and impact, says the company.

The bi-amplified ARCS II enclosure is based on a two-way active design. It offers a number of improvements over the previous generation, primarily L-Acostics' K1 grade transducers for increased SPL (140 dB) and lower weight (50kg). It also features a new front grill for enhanced durability and appearance, and is driven by a single factory preset to efficiently accommodate any applicatio

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USA - Award winning country music artist Clay Walker is now an official endorser of microphones from Audio-Technica. Since the beginning of this year, Walker and his backing vocalists have used A-T microphones during their touring performances across the US and Canada. He favours the A-T 5000 Series Frequency-agile True Diversity UHF Wireless system and AEW-T5400a handheld transmitter. And the A-T Artist Elite AE4100 Cardioid Dynamic Handheld Microphones are used to the same great effect by Walker's backup singers.

"Clay is a very dynamic singer, and he needs a microphone that he feels he can control easily, that makes the best use of his vocal dynamics," says Curt Walsh, Walker's bassist for the last 15 years and Bike Team Coordinator for Walker's personal non-profit charity, Band Against MS. "The Audio-Technica microphone gives Clay exactly that - total control.

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