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The AB features a 2000 capacity Main Room with full over-stage grid system and a 16m wide stage, plus a smaller club performance space. It is one of the most prominent live music and performance venues in Europe, featuring many high profile artists, staging over 300 live events a year and featuring around 500 bands which are enjoyed by over 300,000 people.

Around 90% of the artists visiting the AB use the in-house lighting system, and approximately 75% of these will bring their own LDs, so it is vital that they stay at the forefront of a constantly evolving world, and are able to offer all the latest technologies.

The decision to invest in Robe moving lights

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This year the Durban ICC was named "Africa's number 1 meeting and conference centre" by the prestigious World Travel Awards, for the 11th time in 12 years. The ICC has welcomed kings, queens, presidents, actors, icons and entertainers and has hosted some of the biggest, most high profile conferences in the world.

The anniversary project's objective required event organisers to showcase the capacity, versatility and flexibility of the ICC to stage major international events

Makulu Events was awarded the tender to organise the event and with the ICC, invited a number of companies to propo

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Bruce first heard the product range at PLASA Focus and was overwhelmed at the audio quality of the loudspeakers which incorporate the SDS horn and said, "After arranging a demonstration on site on behalf of AC Entertainment technologies and RW Salt we were so impressed by the clarity and throw for the size of these loudspeakers against other well respected manufacturer that we decided these were the right choice for the venue. The versatility of the speakers has no end, they can recreate soft male and female vocals beautifully right through to rock and roll, this will be a big help with all the variations of shows that the theatre brings in."

Paul Atherton of RW Salt, who d

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Producing a range of shows, awards ceremonies and events, the 120 seat theatre is a fully equipped space with a flexible format, used by students on the Performing Arts and Technical Theatre courses.

Based only a few miles away, AWC contacted ACSP when looking for a wheelchair-friendly, flexible and safe method for their students to work on rigging technical production equipment at ground level.

The project was led for ACSP by project manager, Lance Bromhead, who worked closely with AWC's theatre technician, Jake Edmonds to provide a cost e

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It's Farmer's first tour with Andre, asked on board by tour director John Proctor, although he has known CSE's Haydn Cruickshank for many years and worked with the company on several previous occasions. CSE was able to supply both lighting and video in a very competitive package.

The tour is visiting a variety of venues, taking in theatres, concert halls and arenas, so Farmer's rig is designed with innate adaptability to work in all of these spaces. Farmer's starting point was a basic concept from show producer Christian Storm of Mass Movement, which included some specific video treatments from which Farmer star

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The brief for the new suite was to create a multipurpose studio complex suitable for C5 News, which uses Virtual Reality to generate the on air environment, ready to broadcast from mid-November.

With limited space, designing a system flexible enough to cover all eventualities was the design team's biggest challenge, as Antony Vine, project manager for installation company White Light, explains, "The studio has very limited head room and absolutely no space for a dimmer room. To overcome this problem we've used eS21 Dimmer Bars, with the Dimmers and Relays inbuilt. The modularity of the eS21 bar design is of particular importance as this

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Rising to the challenge was Chilliwack-based Go Audio, the company behind the audio installations at both Cheam Leisure Centre and cross-town neighbour Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre. Both projects employed a very novel design approach featuring the Renkus-Heinz Iconyx digitally steered array.

Unlike most applications where the steered array is used as a vertical column line array, the approach at the aquatic centres involved suspending the Iconyx from the roof overhead, and steering the beams to focus the sound away from the walls and other highly reflective su

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After being closed for nearly a year, the 1250-capacity venue has been transformed by a dramatic 3D ceiling starburst using 120 of SGM's LT-100 LED pixel tubes, run from a proprietary media server. These have been rendered and pixel-mapped so that the lighting chase sequences can one minute resemble a spectrum analyser, before sending waves shimmering through the 1-metre long rods, which make up the inspired architectural chandelier - all the while offering a 2 x 170° viewing experience.

Right from the outset, Luminar CEO Peter Marks knew the venue was in need of reinvention, and brought in Design at Source to transform it. At the same time he promised, "Moka will have a state-of-the-art lighting rig s

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In the Constant Curvature video, Scott Sugden (head of application, touring, US) gives a short presentation on the physical principles and acoustic properties of L-Acoustics WST constant curvature line sources and how they can be exploited in a variety of applications.

In the ARCS Wide and ARCS Focus video, Sugden presents the ARCS Wide and ARCS Focus constant curvature line sources. He reviews the main features of both enclosures and the associated SB18m subwoofer, as well as discussing the system deployments, rigging options, amplification, DSP and software control.

Both of these videos are available on the L-Acoustics website, with six language subtitles options avail

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David Kan joined Soundking Europe in 2009 with a business management background in Malaysia and the UK. He has held the position of general manager and acting director of R&D for the past two years.

Commenting on the new appointments and future development plans for the company, Kan stated, "Over the last few years I have been closely involved in strategic planning at senior management level, both here at CADAC and at our parent company Soundking. This has placed me in a unique position to assist in determining the future development of CADAC.

"It is our absolute commitment that

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The entertainment series, filmed for BBC1 at Elstree Studios, is an adaptation of an original format he worked on, on radio - And the Winner Is......

It sees a number of celebrities each episode nominate artists or objects in weird and wonderful categories such as 'Smuggest Nation of People', 'Dullest Pastime' and 'Most Baffling Campfire Song' with the winner receiving a Lucas Award.

Roger Williams designs the lighting show with is provided by Richard Martin Lighting (RML).

The warm lighting rig includes Robe Robin 600 LEDBeam, Stage Bar 54, Chroma Bank, Alpha Spot 575 HPE and Source 4. The lights help enrich the lounge room feel of the show, which is designed to look like

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"Working directly with Turbosound and our area rep, Mainline Marketing, has been great. Both did a tremendous job in supporting our deployment of Turbosound products to our customers; this was a critical component of the success we have experienced," reports Lennox Foster, Sound Media's president and founder. "We bought 16 of the 75-degree boxes last year, and it took our business to another level. The TFA-600 is one of the best sounding boxes I've heard in a long time. Now we're expanding again, so it was natural to stay with the sound signature that has helped us get so many new and repeat customers. Now w

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The company has recently extended their premises to meet the increasing product and training demands of their customers, and have some exciting expansion plans for 2013. There is an expanded show room, and increased training facilities, a larger warehouse, and bookable programming suites.

There will be a sneak preview of the new Clay Paky Sharpy Wash, the Clay Paky A.LEDA range and the new MA onPC fader wing.

There will be plenty of Christmas snacks and drinks to get the party going. New and existing customers are invited to join the Ambersphere team from 2pm-8pm on Wednesday 19 December.

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To meet that requirement, audio designer/installer K.D. Forsha specified a system comprised of Tannoy's new VLS passive column speaker arrays and Tannoy VS 10BP subs, thereby addressing the sonic challenges of the highly reverberant, roughly 450-capacity sanctuary, without detracting in any way from the aesthetics of the church treasured by its congregation.

Given the existing church was built in 1923, the acoustic challenges of the space were substantial. But, even with the

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Entec offered a flexible, cost-effective, quality technical package and illustrated how thorough planning can enable a high profile and ambitious one-off to be delivered to the best standards in a single day.

The show was the latest in a series of Asian megastars visiting the UK and Europe that have used Entec. Sound

Entec's sound department was crew chiefed by Ed Hammond, They drew on their vast experience of producing similar shows in Wembley combined with the spec from Jam Hsaio's engineers David Wang (FOH) and Alvin Kuo (Monitors).

A d&b J-Series was supplied comprising 10 x J8 speakers with two J12 down-fills per side for the main hangs plus side hangs of six V8s and two V12s, the latter being at the top of t

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"When I spoke to Bryan Grant and Lez Dwight at Britannia Row about the Turbosound Flashline system they said 'you have to try it - you will definitely like it' and I do," says Alanis's FOH engineer Maurizio Gennari. "Having used practically every system on the market on this tour, in a variety of venues from clubs to arenas, I have found this one to be extremely clean, clear and crisp. There's plenty of headroom and it has a natural sounding midrange. It's definitely powerful and precise, I am really looking forward to using the system again."

Supplied by long time Turbosound partners Britannia Row, freelance system engineer

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The innovative R2020 has a 500mm width which enables installation into the very tightest and most challenging-to-access spaces, and is ideal for all types of installations and 19 inch racking set ups where space is at an absolute premium.

The 500 mm wide by 500 mm deep footprint provides a flexible solution for multiple applications, including professional audio and AV, data and computer systems as well as residential installations where purpose-built areas for AV equipment may not be readily available.

Another bonus is the R2020's easy assembly. It has only six components - a top and a base plate plus four rack-rails which are also used as the integral support bars. A single Allen key is the only tool needed to assemble a complet

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Soul singer Michael Kiwanuka came out on top last year, with Adele, Jessie J and Ellie Goulding among past winners. The 2013 line-up includes boy-girl pop duo AlunaGeorge, Birmingham indie group Peace and Californian sisters Haim. Other acts tipped for success include all-girl post-punk band Savages, Glasgow electro-pop three-piece Chvrches and London rock quartet Palma Violets, whose debut single Best Of Friends was recently named track of the year by the NME.

The Sound of 2013 winner will be announced online and by DJ Huw Stephens on the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show on 4 January.

Theatre Awards - Danny Boyle's

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Performing to an audience of national leaders and Nobel laureates will be artists including British soul singer Seal, Portuguese trio OqueStrada, Romanian Gypsy brass legends Fanfare Cioc?rlia, as well as Ne-Yo, Kylie Minogue and Milow. The show's diverse musical requirements certainly played a part in sound supplier AVAB CAC AS's audio selection, but above all, the call was for superlative audio quality and rock-solid reliability.

"The Nobel Peace Prize Concert is a very high-profile gig and is televised worldwide, so it is absolutely essential that we work with the hi

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Spearheading operations for the Danish lighting company will be the experienced Michael Herweg and Thorsten Sattler, who were previously managing director and sales manager respectively of SGM's German distribution company, dB Technologies Germany.

The formation of SGM Germany is a joint venture between the two partners and the parent company. Explaining the rationale, SGM CEO Peter Johansen described the move as an important strategic development. "We have already enjoyed a good deal of success in Germany, and having the experience of Michael and Thorsten on board will leverage sales of our wide portfolio of unique LED solutions into even wider market applications."

Michael Herweg agreed. "This development will speed up the already impressive market growth