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UK - Kinesys's expansion plans continue to unfold with the news that they have employed Cristiano Giavedoni in the role of marketing and business director as part of their current business development plan.

Dave Weatherhead, managing director at Kinesys explains further, "In 2011 we started phase one of our consolidation and growth strategy by tripling the floor space that we occupy and by creating a brand new training and education zone in our new building. This allowed us to provide an enlarged support and training centre for both our customers and end users alike.

"Now in 2012 phase two of our strategy sees us increasing our staffing levels to where we have all the resources in place to continue our growth. I am delighted to be able to welcome Cristiano on board wit

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USA - Sensaphonics has graduated two more audiologists to its Golden Circle. The company's two-day Golden Circle seminar teaches audiologists the specific skills required to serve music industry clientele regarding hearing protection, in-ear monitors, and related topics.

The audiologists gaining Golden Circle certification at the seminar, held 28-29 July at Sensaphonics headquarters in Chicago, include Stelios Dokianakis of Holland Doctors of Audiology in Holland, Michigan, and Jennifer Dionneof Comprehensive Otolaryngology & Audiology, serving Portsmouth and Exeter, New Hampshire.

The Golden Circle seminar is taught by Dr. Michael Santucci, Sensaphonics president and founder, along with the company's audio engineering consultant, Joe Tessone. Participants are taught the basics of concert sound systems, with specific emphasis on in-ear monitoring.

Dr. Michael Santucci commen

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UK - A BlackBox BBR64-MADI Recorder was used by award-winning engineer Donal Hodgson to capture Sting's recent Henley Festival show.

Hodgson, who has recorded and mixed Sting for over a decade said, "I have been using Pro Tools in the studio, live on and off stage, but just recently broke free of my comfort zone and decided to try JoeCo's BBR64-MADI Recorder. Sting has been using a Studer Vista 5 for FOH so I was very confident that the A to D would be good and utilising the BlackBox meant I wouldn't need to hire a van to carry my usual rig to the show, or upset production by taking up valuable seating space with a couple of big racks.

"Actually I was surprised how small my recording rig turned out to be. All I needed was a 2U rack - 1U for the BBR and 1U for the Glyph GT062E HD. The BBR64-MADI is surprisingly small considering it records 64 tracks. And, as it has an

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UK - Detonate Indoor Festival in Nottingham is an eight-arena, four-venue music festival featuring over 50 artists and dozens of Chauvet fixtures. The annual event features some of the leading drum and bass acts around, including Sub Focus, David Rodigan and Skream.

One of the venues, The Forum, featured a stage filled with 48 Chauvet Professional MVP 18 modular video panels, 14 Chauvet Professional Q-Spot 260-LED and six Chauvet Professional Q-Wash 260-LED moving heads, and eight Chauvet DJ Intimidator Scan LED 300 scanners.

Found throughout the other four (of the eight) stages were a selection of Chauvet fixtures, specified by Stage Electrics and JPS Sound and Light.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Orbital Sound has announced the introduction of the CSC tRemote iPad app, which brings remote trigger-list viewing and control capability for the CSC Show Control & Audio Playback System.

Developed by CTR Electronics, and distributed exclusively by Orbital Sound, the CSC system provides sound effects and show-control management on theatrical, musical and live-event productions worldwide. Now available as a free download for iOS devices from Apple's App Store, the CSC tRemote iPad app is also making its debut on the current UK tour of the hit musical Starlight Express, where it is an integral part of one of the most elaborate CSC deployments to date.

The CSC tRemote app is providing the production's deputy stage manager (DSM) with a wireless remote viewing and triggering facility, to monitor and control the 100-plus sound effects being handled by the CSC system. Wit

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UK- Robert Juliat will have two products making their PLASA debut this year: the new TIBO and ZEP profile spotlights, which expand Juliat's comprehensive spotlight range with new LED and tungsten solutions.

ZEP is a new LED profile spotlight featuring a powerful new 150W white LED engine that offers high light output yet low power consumption. Available in warm white (3200K) and cool white (6000K) versions, ZEP is based on Juliat's long-established 600SX range, uses the familiar SX double condenser optics system and is available in three zoom ranges - 643SX 28/54?, 644SX 16/35? and 641SX 11/26?.

TIBO is an innovative, compact, lightweight versatile profile spotlight, featuring an entirely new compact design that mates either an LED or tungsten lightsource to a unique optical design that offers two zoom ranges in one single fixture. In LED form, Tibo uses a 75W white LED array

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UK - ArKaos, creators of an acclaimed range of media servers and VJ software, will be showing the new Stage media server and MediaMaster Pro 3.0 software at this year's PLASA Show.

MediaMaster Pro 3.0 is the latest version of the software that powers ArKaos' complete range of media servers, and which can also be used to turn any powerful computer - Mac or PC - into a fully-fledged media server capable of running live or programmed HD video shows.

"A key feature of MediaMaster Pro 3.0 is the ArKaos Video Mapper extension, which allows easy mapping and masking of video onto irregularly shaped surfaces, whether that be an unusually shaped screen or an entire building. The Mapping Editor provides a fast, intuitive user interface complete with undo/redo implementation, making creating even the most complex maps a breeze," says the company.

"The ArKaos Stage media s

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Maldives - The holiday resort destination of the Maldive Islands, in the Indian Ocean, has provided the exotic location for PR Lighting's latest foray.

Local event management company, BeamOn, is using the popular XS1200 Spot on the celebrity TV show, Tharinge Rey 2012, broadcast by Maldives TV station, DhiTV.

Recorded in a local theatre, the series runs once a week (over four weeks), with all shows pre-recorded two days in advance.

Working in conjunction with the TV station, BeamOn designed the lighting rig, specifying six of the high power XS1200s among the lighting effects, chosen for their colour temperature filters and colour saturation; the lighting is controlled from an Avolites Pearl Tiger console.

Everyone has been delighted with the lighting dynamics, reports BeamOn's Abdulla Shareef (Allo), and he expects these will feature again on future DhiTV shows in t

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South Africa - An audience of 2,000 attended Super M Live with The Parlotones performance at the Gateway's Wavehouse in Durban on Sunday, 5 August 2012. The concert was hosted for winners of the Clover Super M competition, and was also held in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Durban based rental company, Hirezone Audio Visual, provided the full technical at The Wavehouse including lighting, sound, av, staging and screens. The Robins came out to play, and while most of the fixtures were rigged on the Prolyte Ground Support and on two Prolyte bars above the stage, some were also placed on the stage for beam work. Philips Selecon Profiles were utilised for flood lighting and LED parcans added colour.

"The Parlotones were excellent," commented Richard Gild from Hirezone. "I have a new found respect for them and on stage they rock." Gild adds the entire show r

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South Africa - The 2012 PSL Awards were staged at the Lyric theatre in Gold Reef City, Johannesburg, and honoured South African football players, coaches and officials.

This year the event was lit by Nicholas Michaletos from l technical solutions provider, Sound Stylists, who supplied lighting equipment and crew for the show.

Robe moving lights were at the core of the rig for the event, which was broadcast live on SABC channels 1, 2 and 3 as well as SuperSport.

Michaletos worked closely with set and production designer Wayne Sproule from Pendragon Dezign, with whom he's worked very successfully on previous projects including the Sports Awards of Gauteng at the end of 2011 for the same client - producers Warren Bowles Corporate Communications (WBCC).

They were very keen to keep this visual continuity with the PSL Awards, and so asked both back in the same roles.

The Robes

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UK - Perfectly timed for London's Olympic summer is the new stage adaptation of the classic British film Chariots of Fire - telling the story of a much earlier Olympic Games.

Described as "one of the great treats of the summer" by the Sunday Times, the show opened at London's Hampstead Theatre before transferring to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End. It is adapted from Colin Welland's original screenplay by writer Mike Bartlett, features Vangelis' original music from the film, is directed by Edward Hall with designs by Miriam Buether and has lighting by Olivier- and Tony Award-winning lighting designer Rick Fisher.

To supply the lighting for the show, Rick Fisher turned to his regular collaborator White Light, which supplies his award-winning design for Billy Elliot in London and has regularly supplied the touring rigs for his designs for both

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Grand Finale - The London Olympics closing ceremony was broadly welcomed by the world's critics. According to The Guardian, the event was "a kaleidoscopic spectacle" that showed "the energy of British popular culture over the past few decades". The Telegraph said the show was "meant to be about cheese - an unabashed, honking hunk of over ripe Stilton".

"This all-star mix of live and pre-recorded music was a major crowd-pleaser," declared David Rooney of the Hollywood Reporter, saying the event would be "regarded as a wonderfully chaotic treasure trove by some and a hot mess by others". The New Zealand Herald described the event at the Olympic Stadium in east London as "a pop culture smorgasbord that had touches of brilliance, beauty and bewilderment".

Olympic Effect - West End box of

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presented by: Panellists: Jason Baird (Martin Audio) | Werner 'Vier' Bayer (d&b audiotechnik) | Miguel Lourtie (Meyer Sound)
Tuesday 11 September, 3.30pm - 4.30pm

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Ecuador - The Midas distributor for Ecuador, Electronic Amusement S.A., has sold the country's first Midas PRO2 Live Audio System to the country's leading rental company, Speakers Group. Speakers Group designs and delivers total audio solutions for high profile corporate customers in a number of sectors including car dealerships, drinks companies, make-up manufacturers, pharmaceuticals and government.

Since its inception in 2005, Speakers Group has established itself as one of the most important companies in its market in Ecuador. Company owner David Vicedo says: "It's our company mission to acquire market leading equipment for our clients. Midas consoles have been high on our wish list for some time. For Speakers Group, it's crucial to offer to our customers the best and without a doubt Midas offers unsurpassed sound quality. We have established our name as a leader in the

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UK - Touring with 5-piece indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, sound engineer Chris Leckie is using Harman's Soundcraft Vi Series consoles for all FOH and monitor needs. Kaiser Chiefs, who released their debut album titled Employment in 2005, have enjoyed great international success touring throughout Europe and the North America.

In 2007, Kaiser Chiefs were about to embark on their most ambitious arena tour to date in order to support their second album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob, when their previous engineer decided to give up his position. Leckie came on board and adjusted to the task, but was always jealous of the Soundcraft Vi6 console that was on tour with them to handle the opening acts. "As the tour progressed I found myself experiencing console envy!" said Leckie.

Leckie noticed how easily visiting engineers, from youngsters to experienced professionals

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France - Les Vieilles Charrues celebrated its 21st birthday in July this year. Founded in 1992 in Brittany with the aim of making the widest possible range of music genres accessible to everybody, Les Vieilles Charrues, often cited as a French Glastonbury, has rapidly become the biggest music festival in France.

The 2011 edition saw over 270,000 revellers over the four-day duration, and 2012 was set to break all records with headline acts including Bob Dylan, Sting, The Cure, Portishead, LMFAO, Kasabian as well as many huge French artists such as Thomas Dutronc, Zebda, Orelsan, Amadou et Mariam and many others.

Console brand Innovason also had a strong presence at the festival in conjunction with Sombrero & Co who are specialists in live audio and video recording of major artists and events. Sombrero & Co were in action at Les Vieilles Charrues with no less than three consoles

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UK - Offering spectacular views over the River Thames, the Grade II-listed Old Billingsgate is one of London's largest 'blank canvas' venues, with the capacity to stage major events, from film premiere parties, private dinners, concerts and fashion shows to conferences and exhibitions. Of its three spaces, the vast 28,000sq.ft main space, with its triple height ceilings, is the centrepiece, and can host sit-down dinners and conferences for in excess of 1,000 people.

LCI was invited to tender for the technical design, installation and commissioning of a comprehensive house production system, incorporating industry standard sound, lighting and video. This would be available to any incoming production companies along with smaller event clients who don't have a production partner associated with them.

Speed of rigging/derigging was an essential part of the criteria, as was a small

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UK - Pro Audio Stash (PAS) has announced the release of multiple new products boosting its already comprehensive range of 19" rack cabinets, enclosures and accessories.

This is to further service the far wider and more diverse range of customers who are now investing in PAS's well engineered, high quality ranges, says the company.

PAS has added a new 5U rack shelf, new 2U Utility shelf and new 600mm deep shelving to the existing product ranges that have been hugely popular and at the core of PAS's day-to-day business.

Added to the PAS server enclosure range is a new 800mm depth product to complement the successful 600 mm and 1000mm depth options. This has been in response to direct client-feedback and makes PAS's server ranges among the most flexible on the market.

Server enclosures are currently available in 22, 32 and 42 models. The free standing network cabinet com

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South Africa - Following the recent success in sales and the need of training and support of lighting control desks in South Africa, Electrosonic SA cc in Johannesburg has announced the addition of Jesse Dullabh to its team.

Dullabh studied at Witwatersrand University and has a degree in dramatic art. He has worked both in the TV industry and theatre industry around South Africa and most recently worked on the Grahamstown Arts Festival.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Andy C played the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas on 8 June as part of his latest US tour.

As a technical person himself, Andy C wanted to provide a live audio visual experience showcasing what is possible when you "merge the leading technologies from sound and video into one system and hand the controls over to the number one drum and bass DJ in the world".

The Alive tour produced by Made Up Ltd brought in Picture Works who specified Green Hippo's Hippotizers.

"The Hippotizer was the only media sever capable of creating the complete multimedia, fully interactive, audio visual performance that Andy C required," says Jon McMullan, project manager, Made Up Lld.

The DJ booth took inspiration from the Alive logo which was one of the main features. This 8 x 4m structure made up the face with one GrassHopper containing 10GB of HD Media and 20,000 l

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UK - Midas' PRO2 digital console has been praised by FOH sound engineer Dan Lewis for adding great tone to the sound of Beady Eye whilst protecting precious punch at the band's recent gig at Manchester's Heaton Park.

Lewis, who is a director of Urban Audio Productions, comments, "When you're dealing with a band that has a big guitar sound you need a console that is sympathetic to that sound and not too analytical. All the Midas PRO series have what many engineers call this 'warmth' to them and it is this sound that I feel helps to tame really raw sounding instruments whilst preserving what you are really after in a mix."

A long time Midas user and fan, Lewis has already purchased a PRO2 and a PRO2C console for his company Urban Audio Productions and has previously used a PRO6 for Beady Eye live shows. But for this performance, as Gallagher's Beady Eye supported The S

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