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UK - With the live music industry heading indoors for the winter, Yamaha UK has had time to reflect on the company's most successful summer yet. As well as the major events like Glastonbury, T In The Park and many others, Yamaha technology allows many smaller productions to take place outdoors. Christchurch-based CPS Group used the company's equipment to provide a highly innovative audio system at a series of orchestral shows.CPS Group and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra spent several weekends staging seven outdoor shows at Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight, Mercedes Benz World in Weybridge, Meyrick Park in Bournemouth and Broadlands House, Romsey. All featured a Classical Prom, with the latter three venues adding a second night titled Symphonic Disco, featuring West End

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UK - Powered by the Roland V-Mixing System and billed as A Night of Power and Romance, the recent performance at the Birmingham Symphony Hall by The Enid promised to be both technically and musically challenging for the musicians and audience alike.

Taking on the task of providing the audio equipment for a show which included more than 80 instruments, Simon Kenning and Phil Palmer from Roland Systems Group took full advantage of the flexibility of the V-Mixing System.

For the performance, which needed to be recorded as well as having many live considerations, they chose two M-480 Live Mixing Consoles in cascade mode, one S-4000 Rack with 40 inputs, 10 M-48 Live Personal Mixers for the band, conductor and organist and two of the new R-1000 Audio Recorders to do synchronized 80 track recording in 24bit 48kHz. Abbey Road provided a digital split from their recording truck

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USA - Barco teamed up with Clair Brothers Audio Systems to provide Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas with an upgraded, turnkey video system built around its latest FSN presentation system and FLM HD20 DLP projectors.

When Watermark Community Church decided to relocate to a new, larger facility to accommodate its growing congregation, it seized upon an opportunity to upgrade and expand its audio visual platform with the latest technologies. The church desired a more robust, flexible system featuring today's advanced capabilities in video, audio and lighting.

Clair Brothers' understanding of modern technical worship environments was a critical factor in developing a plan that would fulfill the church's desire to inspire its members with thoughtful media support for its sermons. Barco was the clear choice for executing their vision, meeting their needs with two of its f

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Germany - IOSONO, a provider of spatial audio systems and Berlin-based AFMG, creators of EASE, the industry-standard for simulation of room acoustics, recently teamed up to develop a new approach to making virtual acoustical environments audible.

"Architects, their clients, engineers or even movie sound designers will enter into a new world of possibilities to engulf listeners in the sound of a virtual surrounding," says Frank Melchior, CTO at IOSONO.

"Just imagine that a number of listeners can all enjoy an identical acoustical experience at the same time, no matter where in the room they are sitting," adds Stefan Feistel, manager of AFMG. "Architects will hold their presentations not only with a slideshow of photo-realistic pictures but talking live within the acoustical situation of the room simulated in EASE. Designs of concert halls, cinemas, soun

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UK - Sysco AV has been awarded the contract for the detailed design and development of the entire audio visual system requirements for the new Mary Rose Museum, currently under construction in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

At a total project cost of £35 million, the new attraction is due to open in late 2012, 30 years after the nation watched as the hull of the 450-year old Tudor warship was lifted from the Solent. Visitors will be enticed with the promise of being able to look into the glass hotbox where the final stages of the 30-year conservation process of the ship are taking place. Alongside this, there will be the opportunity to view a huge array of previously unseen personal, domestic and military artefacts. In 2016, the final phase of conservation will be complete and with the glass removed, visitors will be able to pass through the viewing galleries containing the

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USA - Audica Professional has announced that it has gained UL approval for its MICROseries loudspeakers. The approvals include UL1480 and UL2043 for the MICROdot ceiling loudspeaker and UL1480 for the MICROpoint and MICROline on-wall loudspeakers. The MICROzone and MICROplus electronics are cTUVus approved.

"At this year's Infocomm the interest in Audica Professional from contractors was excellent," commented Audica Professional's sales director, Derek West, "They appreciated the styling and audio quality, but it was clear that UL approvals were needed before the product was going to be specified on a larger scale and in most public buildings. We have a great distributor, with TC Group Americas, and now with North American approvals we are confident that we will see significant growth in the American markets".

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USA - This year's WFX Worship Facilities Show, from 9-11 November in Dallas, is shaping up to be the biggest in the event's history. Renkus-Heinz will be showcasing some of its latest loudspeaker products, including IC2 (IC Squared), the first digitally steerable array that combines the power and focus of point source loudspeaker technology with the control and flexibility of a digitally steerable line array.

Also on display will also be the newest iteration of Renkus-Heinz's Iconyx low-profile digitally steerable arrays, the IC8-R MkII and IC16-R MkII, featuring triple tweeter technology. Along with demonstrations of Renkus-Heinz technologies including RHAON Renkus-Heinz Audio Operations Network and BeamWare Iconyx digital beam steering and configuration software, the company will also be exhibiting their CF-101LA modular point source array loudspeakers.

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USA - Chauvet won the Best Big Booth award at LDI 2011 in Orlando. "I am very grateful for all the hard work and creativity that went into this INfectious presentation. Congratulations to all and special kudos to the marketing team, the product team and the tradeshow setup crew," said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet and Iluminarc.

Almost 300 Chauvet MVP video panels were interlocked into a large-scale wall framing out the booth on three sides to create an immersive experience. Against that backdrop, a truss spider held over 200 fixtures, including the premiering COLORado Zoom Tour wash lights and Legend 412 LED moving yokes. At the floor level, a runway was flanked by Q-Wash 560Z-LED moving heads and the new Épix Series of pixel mapping fixtures running on ArKaos Kling-Net protocol.

four days for the Chauvet team to set up the 'Infectious' booth, using seven un

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UK - On 16-17 November lighting supplier White Light is to appear at BVE North at the Manchester central Arena to display their products specifically designed for the TV and Studio market.

On stand 410 will be the KLA 600 Softlight from Galaxia, offering flicker free soft light with adjustable colour temperature (2700 - 6500°K). It can be controlled locally via a handset, which allows accurate settings to be replicated across multiple standalone units, or via DMX. Robust & reliable, it offers a 30% reduction in power consumption over fluorescent softlights.

Robert Juliat's Aledin 330LF offers a high output LED, a 200mm Fresnel lens; the fixture gives a very powerful wash effect. Economical, the330LF extends colour media life due to its low heat output, and requires fewer maintenance calls thanks to its extra-long-life LED.

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Sweden - Audiorama is a new facility in Stockholm, dedicated to staging innovative productions of sound art and electro-acoustic music. Said to be the only venue of its type in Northern Europe, it is located in an old torpedo workshop in Skeppsholmen and puts on a diverse range of events, from audio drama and sound art, through to special children and youth productions. All the events are different in their own way, but connected by their use of sound.

The venue is able to hold a seated audience of between 70 and 100 people. These audiences are entertained by productions that are exclusively audio, so a dedicated sound system has been designed for an exclusive listening experience. The system is made up of 21 loudspeakers in discrete channels, that surround the listener from floor to ceiling.

Designed by Marcus Wrangö, technical producer at Audiorama, the soundscapes are proj

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UK - A bespoke lighting system supplied by A.C. Special Projects (ACSP) took centre stage for the high-profile launch party of London's revamped The Arts Club, a private members club on Dover Street. The re-launch of the historic Club - which was founded in 1863 by, amongst others, Charles Dickens - was attended by HRH Duke of Edinburgh and a host of artists.

The Arts Club was reopened by restaurateur Arjun Waney and property entrepreneur Gary Landesburg to provide an exclusive meeting place for actors, writers, musicians and other creative artists.

Lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe was amongst several high profile names in the performing arts commissioned to help craft a special ambience in the venue. To create the lighting scheme for the basement's intimate 100 capacity Club Nouveau, Woodroffe approached A.C. Special Projects (ACSP) to collaborate in sourcing and installin

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UAE - Melody House, distributors of HK Audio speaker systems in the United Arab Emirates has recently supplied the InterContinental Hotel in Dubai Festival City with the new Elements speaker system. The hotel intends to use the system for various themed nights at their Mediterranean cuisine Zaytoun Restaurant where a DJ will perform throughout the night.

"The success of the Elements can be attributed to its modular design, the fact that the system can scale as per the client's requirements and most importantly it sounds good," commented Dino Drimakis, business development manager at Melody House. "The hotel will surely be pleased with their investment and will see immediate return as it can be adapted to any other events or activities in the hotel property."

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USA - American DJ's new Event Bar DMX is an all-in-one LED scanning light system that features four bright white 3W LED pinspots mounted on an X-Y movement bar.

A 'turnkey' lighting system for nightclubs, stage productions, concerts, mobile entertainers, retail displays, trade shows and special events, the Event Bar DMX is easy to set up and operate, says the company. It is also a very versatile lighting tool that can handle everything from illuminating a large dance floor, to table or cake spotting for that big wedding day or corporate event.

"The Event Bar DMX is a true, go-anywhere scanning light system that has virtually endless uses," said Alfred Gonzales, national sales manager for American DJ. "One of its coolest features is that it has a strobe effect and dimming on each pinspot head, so each of the heads can be operated independently of the others to cr

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Australia - 2011 has been a big year for the Ten Network in Australia. Having instigated a number of adjustments to its programming line-up and increased its airtime, the Network recently invested in a significant revamp of its Sydney newsroom and studio.

As part of this refurbishment, Network 10 lighting director Pete Koole examined ways to make his lighting rig more cost effective, reliable and easier to use. During his research he came across the Philips Selecon PL1 LED luminaire. "I could see straight away that the PL1 LED had great potential as keylight in the news studio", he says. Koole now owns 18, all fitted with wireless receivers and he is delighted with them.

The PL1s have addressed a number of issues. Koole's newsroom is situated at the bottom of a five-story atrium and vulnerable to fluctuating colour temperatures from the changing ambient natural light

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USA - Gemini LSV of Dallas, Texas, will be holding an open house on 16-17 November, demonstrating the Parasol KLR-10 system. Gemini became the first company in the world to purchase this system. The KLR system is Parasol's second product that enables a designer to move the source point of a number of automated lighting fixtures along a pre-defined path. The KLR system is based on a patent application filed by Parasol earlier this year.

The system will be featured at Gemini's annual open house, with location details available at www.geminilightsoundvideo.com.

Parasol's CEO, Hermann Fruhm, remarked that this first important sale is "a milestone that will be indelibly marked in Parasol's history, much like the first use of automated lights by Genesis in 1981."

(Jim Evans)

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USA / Sweden - Wireless Solution Sweden has confirmed Josh Thatcher as the winner of their Call for Entries contest which ran from August through October. Thatcher won a new iPad2 at the W-DMX Swedish meatball and vodka party held on Saturday, 29 October during LDI in Orlando.

The contest began with a call for entries posted on the W-DMX Facebook page and various trade e-newsletters. The challenge was to submit the most interesting use of W-DMX, with the best story to win an iPad2.

Hollywood-based Thatcher won for his use of W-DMX on the movie Super 8, a Steven Speilberg film released in June 2011. Thatcher has also used W-DMX in other major feature films including Cowboys & Aliens and Pirates of the Carribbean.

"This was a nice surprise," said Thatcher, "I use W-DMX on a lot of motion pictures but Super 8 was special. We wer

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Italy - One of the best known brands in retail, athletic footwear giant Foot Locker, has installed an eye-catching Martin Professional LED display in the main front window of its flagship store in Milan.

Located in the fashionable Corso Vittorio Emanuele shopping district in the heart of Milan, the store opened in June showcasing a dynamic front window LED display made up of 39 Martin Professional EC-20 LED panels.

Lead designers for the Foot Locker brand across Europe is design and consultancy company rpa:group. James Breaks, associate director of rpa:vision's design division, comments, "I was at Euroshop earlier in the year together with the client who saw the EC-20 panels at the Martin stand. Foot Locker wanted the potential to create something startling and bold. They were looking to stand out and make a massive impression. The EC-20 display was just what they were lo

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UK - The Euston Underpass is one of the UK's busiest thoroughfares, with an estimated 100,000 people travelling its length on a daily basis. It also boasts the latest digital advertising installation from turnkey solutions provider Solutions In Steel (SIS), which has installed two Lighthouse Technologies LED screens, located on either side of the bridge spanning the underpass and visible to traffic travelling in either direction.

Solutions in Steel has considerable experience with Lighthouse screens, having worked with them on projects such as the Two Towers on London's Hammersmith Flyover, Eat Street and Ariel Way at West London's Westfield Shopping Centre and the H Junction Bridge at Shepherd's Bush.

"We provide a 100% turnkey solution, from initial design, through structural engineering, to finished installation and even finance, which makes things as simple as possibl

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UK - Audience, performers and crew are unlikely to forget this year's bonfire night celebrations at Dunorlan Park, where a new dBTechnologies DVA T12 rig enabled all 14,000 visitors to hear the Rock Choir perform, before the evening culminated in a spectacular 30-minute long firework display.

The Dunorlan Park firework event was the first outing for the dBTechnologies DVA T12 system supplied by rental company Phonophobia. "We have been in this industry for many years now, and once you are established you tend to think the tool box is full of everything you will ever need," said Phonophobia's Mark Chant, initially sceptical of what dBTechnologies and its largest line array system could add to his inventory. On 5 November, however, it was a different story. "It was a total success! We provided clear, clean audio at high SPLs across a large audience area, flying a to

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Australia - The X Factor is the hottest TV franchise around the globe with the second Australian series currently underway and drawing large audiences every week. The set and lighting for this series is very similar to the first series with a few exceptions such as the addition of 28 Vari*Lite VLX LED wash lights.

"The VLX fixtures in the system replace the VL3500 wash and VL2000 wash fixtures that I used last year," commented Ian Anderson, production lighting director for the show. "There wasn't a specific reason for choosing them this year other than I really just wanted to give them a go."

This is the first time that he has used an LED source as one of the main workhorses in the rig and he is delighted with the result.

"The VLX fixtures provide the entire colour wash on the stage," he explained. "They have been working very reliab

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UK - Artichoke, producers of extraordinary live events, have unveiled the full programme of artworks, installations and events for this year's Lumiere festival in Durham, 17-20 November 2011. Artichoke returns to Durham at the invitation of Durham County Council who are providing significant funding for the event along with Arts Council England, and a raft of sponsors and funding bodies. Lumiere will bring together more than 30 British and international artists working with light in every conceivable way. From dramatic installations, vast animated projections and human rivers of light, to quieter, more subtle interventions on buildings, streets and bridges, the artworks in Lumiere "will re-invent the familiar in a city-wide nocturnal trail that will surprise, delight and stop people in their tracks".

In a new commission for Lumiere, French fire alchemists Compagnie Car

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