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Sweden - Wireless Solution Sweden has announced the latest addition to the G4 line, the W-DMX BlackBox MK2, launched during PLASA and shipping Q4 2011.

The BlackBox MK2 contains all of the features of the G4 line including the ability to repair corrupted data creating maximum security by running on dual band (2.4GHz and 5.8GHz) as well as creating a backup duplicate of the signal.

New features in the MK2 include: Built in Quick Lock; DIN RAIL prepared, rack and truss mountable; Both 5-Pin and 3-Pin DMX Connectors for both IN and OUT; Built-in RDM Controller supporting RDM by Cable and Wireless together; Updated with Neutrik Ethercon; Updated to Neutrik Powercon ; All F-2 models with embedded Ethernet PCB with support of s/ACN and Art-Net II/III.

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UK/USA - Calrec Audio reports that Cameron-Pace Group is the first customer to purchase Calrec's new Artemis Light audio console. The sale took place at IBC2011, on the same day as the official launch of the Artemis Light console.

The Artemis Light is the newest member of Calrec's Artemis family of Bluefin 2 Hydra2 audio consoles, introducing a compact processing rack dedicated to delivering digital signal processing (DSP) and routing capabilities in a 4U enclosure. Cameron-Pace Group chose the Artemis Light to upgrade Mobile Unit 1, a Fusion 3D mobile unit for on-location broadcast and post-production. When the upgrade is complete, Mobile Unit 1 will be capable of producing audio in surround sound via the advanced capabilities of the Artemis Light.

"The Artemis Light is the perfect choice for the complex audio requirements of our newly upgraded Mobile Unit 1, and we are

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USA - Prism Projection will be offering attendees at LDI 2011 the opportunity to see the next generation of lighting technology with "not only a product launch but also a head to head comparison of source technologies". With the launch of the third generation RevEAL Studio Fresnel 3 (SF3) Prism expands their RevEAL line of products by offering designers yet another way to use LED technology as their primary source within a familiar fixture format.

"Many lighting designers consider the 750-Watt Source Four as a benchmark when comparing lights," notes Garrett Young, president and founder of Prism Projection, Inc. "During the show, we will give attendees the opportunity to see the Source Four alongside our RevEAL Profile, which we consider to be the future of framing profile spotlights. It has the output of traditional sources at a fraction of the power con

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Denmark - Martin Professional has recently made available version 2.1.0 software for the family of P3 system controllers for LED screens. Compatible with the Martin P3-100, P3-200 and P3-PC System Controllers, the free-of-charge software includes a host of new features and improvements.

One of the key new software features is CAD Mapping Background, an ergonomic feature that makes P3 system controllers even easier to use. CAD Mapping Background allows users to import a CAD drawing (stage, building, etc.) and then map LED video panels directly onto the drawing without the need to measure distances or angles.

Another key new feature is a Kinesys K2 Motion Control interface. By linking a P3 system controller to a Kinesys K2 Motion Control System, real-world movement and/or rotation of panels can be tracked in real time by the P3 System Controller. This enables direct panel positi

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UK - When Edward Mason of Mason & Taylor opened his first London pub site - the award-winning Duke of Wellington in Dalston - the emphasis was as much on its cinema club activities as its real ales.

But Mason wanted a unit which was free of tie, and when the Underdog Group put the landmark Green & Red Mexican-themed bar/club in Shoreditch on the market, it fitted the operators' requirement.

In its previous guise, The Sound Division Group had carried out an advanced sound and lighting system installation in the 220-capacity basement venue two years ago.

The new operator wanted to reconfigure the basement and add a large projection screen system. Having inherited the previous owners' preferred vendor list, Edward Mason was soon discussing his options with Sound Division Group MD David Graham. "It made perfect sense to go on personal recommendation - and I'm pleased that I

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USA - Audio-Technicahas promoted David Marsh to the position of director of sales and marketing, installed sound & broadcast. Marsh's appointment was announced by Michael Edwards, vice president professional markets. In his new role, David Marsh will be responsible for managing and directing all sales and marketing activities within the Installed Sound and Broadcast markets.

Marsh has been with Audio-Technica since 2000, when he joined the company in the position of customer support representative.

"David has done an outstanding job in his past positions with Audio-Technica," said Michael Edwards. "I'm confident that he will continue to thrive in this new leadership role."

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USA - American Music & Sound has announced the appointment of Chris Cairns to the position of marketing director.

Cairns is a drummer/writer/producer and has also worked in live sound reinforcement. He comes to AM&S with over 20 years of experience as a valued vendor to several musical products companies including Young Chang, Kurzweil, and Kawai Piano.

Lynn Martin, president of AM&S, adds, "Chris has an extensive internet marketing background coupled with a well rounded understanding of our industry which is perfectly suited to AM&S's future marketing campaign efforts."

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UK - West London based lighting and sound rental company Entec Sound & Light specified and supplied a full lighting and sound rig for comedian Micky Flanagan's current sold out West End run at the Garrick Theatre.

The lighting rig was relatively straightforward and hung on the theatre's house bars. For moving lights, Entec supplied Martin Professional MAC 300 Washes - which fit perfectly into the space and the spec. These were joined by 16 ETC Source Four profiles with 19 degree lenses, 27 x Source Four PARs and three 20-lamp MR16 Birdie Battens.

The vast majority of the lighting was static throughout the performance, and most of the fixtures were used for general stage coverage. For the delivery of Flanagan's gags, it was essential that his facial expressions could be seen clearly from all around the room, and therefore good, clean shadow-free lighting was absolutely crucial.

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USA - Acey Decy Lighting, a sales and rental company in San Fernando, California that has been servicing the feature film and television industries since 1963, has added Robert Juliat 1159 Victor and 1459 Flo 1800W followspots to its rental inventory.

"We bought four Victors," says Carlos Sandoval, vice president of operations at Acey Decy. "Victor's light output is very even from the centre of the spot towards the edges; you get a much more even light across the fill with the optics. And the fact that they have a douser at hand level, where you operate the light for panning and tilting, is definitely perfect for us. The variable focus range is excellent, and its size factor is also a plus."

Acey Decy acquired a pair of Flo followspots to replace 2K Xenon fixtures. "We chose them for the same reasons as the Victors," Sandoval reports. "Riggin

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UK - Hertfordshire-based staging company, Brilliant Stages, was responsible for creating a set featuring the signature pronged 'pylons' in homage to Muse's 2001 album Origin of Symmetry for the band's appearances at the 2011 Reading and Leeds Festivals.

The music events take place simultaneously over the August bank holiday weekend and share the same bill, so Brilliant Stages needed to design the giant, top heavy pieces to withstand the outdoor venues and be quick to set up and take down.

The design brief from lighting and stage designer, Oli Metcalfe, was realised by Brilliant Stages' CAD designer, David Harrison, who also acted as Brilliant's project manager and worked closely with Muse Production Manager, Steve Iredale, in delivering the various elements.

The set comprised of five forked 'pylons' ranging from 9.5m in height with a 2.5m wide span, to the smallest at

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USA - Pulse Stage Lighting reports that it is among the first in its service area to own the new Impression Spot One 400 Watt RGB LED Moving Spotlights from manufacturer German Light Products (GLP).

"From its sharp focus, outstanding optics, and unique color mixing and color correction capabilities to its smooth dimming system and highly-efficient, flicker-free design, we found GLP's Impression Spot One to be an incredibly impressive fixture," says Pulse Stage Lighting president Scott de Villers.

"As a company dedicated to providing customers with the highest level of service and the most innovative technology available in the industry, we're delighted to have equipment of this caliber in-house for the first time and are excited about all of the opportunities it presents to us and our customers."

According to Rick Fallon, eastern regional sales manager fo

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Show Business - AES Convention chair Jim Anderson has announced another major coup in attracting artists to participate in the upcoming 131st Convention in NYC. On Friday 21 October Judy Collins will participate in a rare one-on-one interview with music journalist Jason King. The discussion will focus on Bohemian, Collins' upcoming CD release.

In making the announcement, Jim Anderson remarked, "The AES has always drawn major artists including Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, Jackson Browne and Mick Fleetwood. But they are generally focused on visiting the Exhibits or working with specific manufacturers. This year's show has attracted a trio of superstar participants, Tony Bennett, Ben Folds and now Judy Collins. We are extremely fortunate to provide their insights to our attendees."

Olympic Countdown - The National Youth Theatre is to welcome athletes to t

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Romania - SGM lighting fixtures and control feature exclusively in the Grand Ballroom of the new Hotel Ramada Pite?ti in Romania.

All the overhead intelligent lighting for the stage and auditorium floor has been supplied by SGM, and comprises six fully-featured Idea Spot 575 (with 575W discharge lamp), four Idea Wash 575, 575W moving head zoom wash lights and two IDEA Colorchanger 575's, with 7-segment colour and effects wheels. These are all run off a sophisticated SGM Pilot 3000, capable of controlling up to 1024 DMX channels via two independent DMX outputs.

The contract for all the architectural and production lighting was won by Professional Sound Impact (PSi), working through Briliant Technologies Group, and the design was conceived by PSi founder, Sorin Stanescu.

Having spent nine years as sales manager with Stage Expert, SGM's Bucharest-based distributors, during whic

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Guatemala - PR Lighting's new PR-5000 advanced moving head spot and powerful XLED590 LED wash light made their Central American debut at a high profile concert in Guatemala recently.

Popular Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Tito el Bambino, headlined a concert at the Feria de Xela in Quetzaltenango in a show of great success.

Local company The Best Music, who have also been PR Lighting's distributor for the past six years, fielded a vast array of the Chinese manufacturer's products as part of a complete sound, light and video package which dazzled the audience of 2,500.

Working for the production company, Audio Illusion, they fielded four of the new PR-5000 spots alongside eight XL 1200 spots, and eight each of the XL Beam 300 and XL 700 while a further eight each of the new XLED 590 and XLED 390 provided dazzling LED washes from 90 x 5W LEDs and 90 x 3W LED's respectively. Th

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Asia - American indie rock band, We Are Scientists (WAS), recently completed a string of dates throughout Indonesia and Singapore, specifying an iLive digital mixing system to manage FOH audio.

The tour started in Bali at the newly opened Temple of Enthusiasm venue, where local rental company, Sumber Ria, supplied the system, which comprised an iDR-48 MixRack with iLive-T112 Control Surface.

FOH engineer, Tim Walter, mixed both the support act and WAS. "It was the first time in that area that iLive had been used and the results were incredible, especially as it was amid total chaos, including a domestic dispute that climaxed in a full bottle of beer exploding on the T112," reports Walter. "The surface and I were both covered in beer and glass but the local techs cleaned up the desk whilst I ran to the stage to mix from my laptop for a few songs."

WAS also

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UK - A JoeCo BlackBox Recorder was used to add electronic tracks to a recent live performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The Video Game Heroes concert was part of the Vision Sound Music Festival - the UK's first festival of music for visuals.

The tracks were prepared for the live performance by project programmer Chris White, who was also responsible for making sure that they were triggered on cue during the actual performance. The BlackBox was situated by the monitor console, with feeds from the recorder going into the console.

From there, click tracks were sent to the conductor Andrew Skeet and other relevant performers, while backing track stems went to the FOH desk to be mixed with the orchestral channels.

"We discussed various options and settled on using a hard disk machine, as the idea of running on a laptop was too

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Germany - An L-Acoustics KARAi modular WST line source system for permanent installation has been installed into the 881-seat Celebrity Theatre of the Mein Schiff 2 cruise ship.

The system consists of six KARAi cabinets and four SB28 subs in cardioid mode per side, with three 8XT coaxials as front-fill.

"There were a few reasons why we chose an L-Acoustics system," says Ingo Rippe from German systems integrator Protones, which also owns a Kara system for rental. "The first reason was the performance of the KARAi and SB28.

"In addition, an advantage of L-Acoustics' amplified controllers is the possibility of remote monitoring, as well as AES/EBU and analogue signal connection. These options are always an advantage, but especially on board a ship where they are installed in a room quite distant from the stage and FOH position. As well as the cruise ship sta

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Belarus - Sound and lighting production company, MediaContract, rigged an advanced EAW system to help inaugurate the new amphitheatre in the Belarus city of Molodechno recently, when the Dozhinki Festival - an annual celebration for the year's harvest - took place.

The amphitheatre was built specially for the festival, and EAW's territorial distributors were brought in to reinforce the traditional festival of folk music, which was attended by nearly 3,000 people.

The opening ceremony was attended by well-known Belarusian bands and artistes, such as Anatoly Yarmolenko, (the Belarus representative at the 2011 Eurovision International Song Contest), Alena Lanskaya, (winner of the Grand Prix of the International Slavonic Bazaar Festival of Arts in Vitebsk) and Tatiana Lozovskaya, (soloist of folk music ensemble, Byaseda). The event was also attended by the President of Belarus, Al

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UK - Martin Audio's award-winning sound system at the Ministry of Sound London was put to the ultimate test by some of the world's legendary house exponents last month, as the club celebrated its 20th anniversary.

With clubbers immersed inside 'The Box's' six-stack soundfield, the custom five-way hybrid system at the Ministry has already won prestigious IDMA (International Dance Music) awards for Best Club Sound System Design in both 2010 and 2011 - and its signature low-bass rumble created by two 21in ASX subs per stack, was re-optimised for the occasion.

The nightclub celebrated with a three-day party throughout an unforgettable weekend. Three generations of house music were represented - with an all star line up that included Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, Eddie Halliwell, Nic Fanciulli, Matthias Tanzmann, Sean Tyas, Dennis Ferrer and CJ Mackintosh. Clubbers were taken on

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UK - David Atkinson Lighting Design (DALD) has recently completed the lighting design for the Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990s exhibition at the V&A, London.

This is the first in-depth exhibition of art, design and architecture of the 1970s and 1980s, examining one of the most contentious phenomena in recent art and design history: Postmodernism. It shows how postmodernism evolved from a provocative architectural movement in the early 1970s and rapidly went on to influence all areas of popular culture including art, film, music, graphics and fashion.

The exhibition, designed by architects Carmody Groarke & APFEL (A Practice for Everyday Life), briefed DALD that the lighting design should be bold and dynamic, with good tonal contrast.

The installation is set out in three of the main temporary gallery spaces. The first gallery opening section also introduc

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Austria - When customers in loudspeaker retailers want to try out a range of different models, it can be a difficult task re-patching cables to make straightforward comparisons.

With the existing Vienna headquarters of sound, lighting and musical instrument dealer Klangfarbe literally bursting at the seams, the company's owners knew that a radical solution was required. They found it in a former, brick built gasometer, which provides 3500m2 of office and retail space.

The extra space in the circular, four-storey building has allowed many more products to be displayed and be available for demonstration. Taking advantage of this, project engineer Martin Plötzeneder was determined to find a high quality solution to the old problem of helping prospective buyers to A/B test different loudspeakers.

The answer came in the form of a Yamaha DME24N digital mixing engine, with MY16-CI

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