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USA - The New York City Police Department's headquarters building in downtown Manhattan is understandably a challenging RF environment. Inside, the 500-plus-seat auditorium is used for all manner of presentations using wireless microphones, as well as video teleconferencing, for applications that can range from officer graduations and assemblies to large-scale counter-terrorism strategy and information exchanges with other police and security agencies around the world.

As good as the sound components in the auditorium are, the existing wireless microphone systems had been experiencing RF interference, feedback and other problems as a result of being mounted on a pair of movable podiums. These are necessary to make the auditorium as flexible as possible, but it made the wireless au

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USA - On 18 and 19 May, DigitalSound Production Services (DPS) supplied new Meyer Sound Leo linear large-scale reinforcement system for the 30th anniversary of the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride festival. The new system powered the festival's main stage performances, headlined on Saturday by R&B singer Fantasia and on Sunday by finalists from the television shows American Idol and The Voice.

For DPS production manager Chris Verducci, the outdoor festival was the perfect opportunity to introduce the power and clarity of the company's new Leo system.

"It's a very high-profile event and a large area to cover, so we really wanted the extra punch that LEO provides," Verducci says. "It's an all-around great choice, and the fact that we can get more punch from fewer cabinets is a huge plus. With another brand of speakers we'd need far more cabinets to g

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USA - Audinate has announced that Bose Corporation has licensed Audinate's Dante patented media networking solution. The agreement will enable Bose Professional to integrate Dante into its professional audio products.

"By including Dante in our products, we make it easy for our customers to meet the requirements of the installations that call for this solution to exchange high quality digital audio over virtually any network layout", says Akira Mochimaru, general manager, Bose Professional Systems Division.

"Bose is one of the best known brands in the world", says Lee Ellison CEO of Audinate. " Bose products offer powerful professional quality and superior performance, and we value the fact that their customers are requesting Dante for their networks."

(Jim Evans)

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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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UK - Sennheiser UK originally launched its Masters of Sound campaign at the beginning of 2012 by giving aspiring musicians the life-changing opportunity of helping to create a new track for singer-songwriter and producer, Labrinth. The next phase of this hugely successful venture is now underway, with the company producing a series of informal videos that will provide an insight into the work of some of the industry's most renowned and respected audio professionals.

The first video to be released features producer Steve Levine. This will be followed by Grammy award winning guitarist, keyboardist and music producer Mark 'Kipper' Etheridge, who is best known for his cooperation with Gary Numan and Sting, and live sound engineer Matt Napier, who works with some of the world's most exacting artists, including Madonna and Kylie Minogue.

"Sennheiser works with many of industry'

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Australia - - P!NK is currently out on a massive 10-month global arena tour in support of her sixth and most recent record, The Truth About Love. Currently trekking across Europe - following an initial US leg that began in February - P!NK and her entourage will eventually head down to Australia for the summer months before making their way back to North America for a second sweep that will carry the pop superstar through the end of the year and possibly beyond.

Manning her FOH mix, as he has for the past five years, Chris Madden has specified the use of a full L-Acoustics K1 system for the entire duration of the tour, which is being equipped by Sydney, Australia's JPJ Audio - the merged operation of Jands Production Services, L-Acoustics' longtime Australian rental partner, and Johnston Audio.

Madden, who has also performed FOH duties for Joe Cocker, Sade and Jessie J i

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UK - Allen & Heath's GLD digital system was employed to manage FOH and monitors for Elvis - the Ultimate Performance staged recently at the London Palladium. The show ran off AR2412 and AR84 input expander units, with 28 inputs on stage and three inputs into the GLD-80 mixer for playback and talkback.

Elvis - The Ultimate Performance stars Elvis performer, Chris Connor, accompanied by a comprehensive band comprising drums, bass, rhythm and lead guitar, keys and synth, dedicated wind band, brass section containing saxophone, flute, trumpet and trombone, plus four backing vocalists.

The GLD-80 was fitted with a Dante card, enabling a previous multi-track recording of the show to be played back for virtual sound check, making an easy system set up and system EQ.

"It's a great advantage when going to a new venue to be able to hear the PA as if the band were pl

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UK - 2013 has seen a constant stream of heart wrenching news stories being broadcast, many involving building collapses caused by natural disasters such as earth quakes. More often, it is by specific man made destruction from rocket or high explosive shells as in Syria

However it was caused, people - men, woman and children were killed or trapped under tons of rubble.

"We are so lucky not to experience or live through such horrendous and simply unimaginable circumstances" quoted Stuart Gibbons, managing director of Le Mark Group including the Dirty Rigger work glove brand. "However, my parents and in particular my mother, did live through the London Blitz of 1940/41, I have never forgotten the stories I was told as a child."

Watching people scrabble through rubble with their bare hands, Gibbons realised Le Mark could, in a very small way, help.

Having r

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South Korea - Creative Production Agency ECA2 of France has broken new ground in show technology with BIG-O, a breathtaking multimedia installation at the EXPO 2012 grounds in Yeosu, South Korea.

BIG-O enjoyed a stunning debut at EXPO 2012 and stands impressively as a giant 41m high sculpture and 3,000-nozzle water curtain that transforms into an immersive multi-sensory show by night. The magnificent interaction of light and water incorporates 30 Martin MAC 2000 Profile and 48 MAC 2000 Beam XB luminaires as an integral multimedia element. All Martin luminaires are in protection domes and were supplied by Martin distributor Hansam System Co. Ltd.

ECA2 pushed the envelope of innovation with BIG-O, creating the largest sea water curtain ever attempted in a multimedia show - the cascade screen - and then incorporating various show elements like lighting, flames, lasers and video i

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Europe - Eros Ramazzotti is always on the crest of the wave and is taking his NOI Tour 2013 throughout the continent. After 14 dates in Italy, the tour has come alive in the rest of Europe, where the shows are recording an excellent turnout even in this difficult economic period. This confirms continued interest in this musician, who has trod the boards of music venues for 30 years.

The set, video and lighting were designed and built entirely by lighting and video designer Jvan Morandi and his company Placing Shadow. "The set itself consists of large hanging parallelepipeds, which are fitted with high resolution LED panels and large areas for video projections," said Morandi. "The entire 18-tonne assembly is equipped with a vertical automation system attached to the corners of the 3D structures (four triangles, a diamond and a cube), which can be moved to g

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USA - PLASA Focus: Orlando, the latest addition to the North American regional event series is hailed a great success, impressing local visitors with the newest and most innovative products and a show stopping line-up of seminars.

Nearly 700 attendees saw a number of new products make their regional debut, including the first fixtures of Martin Professional's new range - RUSH; four new fixtures from Robe Lighting's multi award-winning Robin product line; Elation's EZ6 LED Video Panel, Rayzor 7 and Platinum Beam 5R Extreme; DiGiCo's latest theatrical software updates for the SD9, showcased on the Group One booth; GLP German Lighting Products Impression X4S; Truss Aluminium Factory's TOWER 05; and iWeiss's ViaTraveler and BannerHoist.

The PLASA Professional Development Programme proved a massive hit once again, packing out rooms to see names such as Matt Conover, vice president

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UK - Martin Professional heads to the ABTT show (Stand 125) with a full stable of new lighting, video, control and smoke products.

Join the Martin UK team June 12-13 at the Old Truman Brewery in East London and be some of the first to see the newest members of the award-winning MAC Viper Family of moving heads.

From the MAC Viper Wash with superior colour mixing to the MAC Viper Wash DX and MAC Viper Performance, both with internal framing, theatre professionals will want to check out the complete MAC Viper Family, says the company.

Martin's 1500 W MAC III Wash will also feature as will the latest in Martin's VC Series of creative LED video products, the VC Strip.

ABTT will also see new launches from Martin smoke including a nearly silent C02 hazer, the Jem Ready 365, the Jem AF-1 Mkll, an upgrade of Martin's industry-standard compact fan, and Pro Clean Supreme, a high-per

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South Africa - Lighting designer François van der Merwe of Wizardry Group chose Robe moving lights to be the central fixtures of his classy lighting scheme for the 2013 Metro FM Music Awards event, staged at the Durban International Conference Centre Arena in South Africa.

François was working for Dream Sets, commissioned to deliver the technical elements of the event for producers, Blue Moon Corporate Communications.

Dream Sets' Robert, Sean Hoey and Eben Peltz were technical directors and worked closely with leading SA rental company Gearhouse South Africa, whose Durban facility supplied most of the equipment used on the show.

Seventy Six Robe fixtures were used in total - 24 x Robe Robin LEDWash 600s, 24 x LEDBeam 100s, 12 x ColorSpot 2500E ATs and 16 ColorSpot 700E ATs - together with generic and LED lights, all programmed and operated by François using a grandMA2 ful

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UK - The Knight of Illumination Awards has revealed details of this year's much anticipated glittering ceremony in London.

For the first time London ExCel's Platinum Suite will host the KOI Awards. The event will kick off at 18:30 on Sunday 6 October to allow plenty of time for networking between old friends and colleagues. As is traditional the Awards coincide with the opening day of PLASA London, which also takes place at ExCel for the first time this year.

"Last year, hundreds of top creative lighting professionals donned their finery and put on their dancing shoes to celebrate the outstanding creative achievements of lighting designers working on productions in the UK," says Pio Nahum, chief commercial officer for Clay Paky. "This year's KOI Awards have already seen a record number of submissions, so we will be showcasing an incredibly high level of talent f

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USA - Orbital Sound reports that it is currently out on the road with the Big League Productions' US national tour of the hit musical Dreamgirls, with the 21-week show schedule ending up on another continent this August - in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. Sound design on the show is by Matt Geasey and Mike Tracey, with Orbital contracted to supply and support the show's state of the art sound system.

Dreamgirls' big sound is delivered by the d&b audiotechnik V-Series speaker system, chosen for its compact yet extraordinarily powerful design, complemented by a Yamaha CL5 mixing console. The touring system comprises 14 V8 cabinets, four V12s, and four V-SUBs, which are designed to be flown or ground stacked, giving the show's sound crew complete configuration freedom depending on an individual theatre's requirement - all driven by d&b D12 dual channel amplifiers. The V-Seri

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UK - Working alongside Creative Director, Oli Metcalfe, as well as Production Manager, Chris Vaughan, TAIT provided both custom and rental elements for Muse's stunning stadium tour which opened in the UK this week.

Tait provided a large 61m by 17.6m rolling main stage for the production, with a thrust extending out 26m to the B-stage. The main stage and thrust were finished with specially treated marine wood, paired with a quartz treatment to prevent water damage and provide texture. Two key performance areas were finished with a high gloss treatment for performer movement.

Tait also provided two custom designed technical bunkers with an integrated water protection plumbing system. Housing the backline and sound technicians, the bunkers kept the technicians close to the band but out of audience view during performances. Two front of house bunkers were also manufactured by Tait

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Belgium - A key player in the European flight case market K-Teg, has recently agreed a new distribution deal with Dirty Rigger to stock an extended selection of the rigger gloves & accessories range.

"Over the past year we have received a lot of positive comments from our clients about the Dirty Rigger range," says K-Teg's Joeri Swennen. "Confident our customers would benefit, we decided to stock a much wider selection from Dirty Rigger's tool pouch, rigger gloves and accessories range and display them in retail store for customers to come in and view up-close.

"We supply clients in various professional industries throughout Europe and the diverse work glove range that Dirty Rigger and K-Teg now offer gives greater flexibility of choice, allowing clients to select a more suitable glove for their working environment. The Dirty Rigger range seems to constantl

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UK - White Light's range of entertainment services made the company a suitable choice to supply production solutions for David Bowie is, the latest exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. The expansive retrospective, which opened in March, is the fastest selling exhibition in the museum's history, bringing in crowds as diverse as the experience itself.

David Bowie is combines lighting, video, and physical elements with the dramatic and distinctive sounds of Bowie's music to create a larger-than-life sensory experience. For the exhibition, White Light provided lighting fixtures, lighting control and production services, including project management and console programming. The entertainment lighting specialist worked with electrical contractor Reed Engineering to achieve Adam Grater's immersive lighting design.

As visitors journey through Bowie's career

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Australia - The P.A. People have been discovering the benefits of their Clear-Com Tempest Wireless Intercom System on a couple of recent major gigs: Sydney New Year's Eve Celebrations and the How To Train Your DragonAustralian / New Zealand and US tour.

For Sydney's New Year's Eve Celebration, The P.A. People provided data and communications including Clear-Com Eclipse Matrix, V-Station Panels, and Tempest Full Duplex for communications, network time-code, audio transport and much more.

Throughout the various key sites Clear-Com's Eclipse Matrix systems were deployed, including one Omega, two Medians and a Pico. Paul Barrett, communications manager for The P.A. People for the event, used Clear-Com Eclipse Matrix units in a distributed fashion to allow easy deployment of over twenty-five Clear-Com V-Series key stations. These were deployed and connected either directly o

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UK - Turbosound's Flashline speaker system delivered the sound for Emeli Sandé's Hammersmith Apollo show at the conclusion of her warmly received seven-date UK tour.

The Flashline line array system - designed to deliver hi-fi sound to large audiences using paper cone midrange transducers to deliver beautiful vocal frequencies - was specified by Sandé's live sound engineer Darren Connor, and supplied by Mansfield-based Entertainment Sound Specialists (ESS) via Britannia Row Productions.

Connor deployed a configuration of 11 Flashline TFS-900H flown per side, six TFS-900B subwoofers per side on the floor, two Aspect TA-890H in-fills, and two TQ-308 passive two-way front-fills for the show.

This is a system that has been really well thought out, from the flying system right down to the amplifier features," says Connor. "I was impressed with the contained

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Germany - More than five million viewers followed the second Helene Fischer Show on television during the Christmas season. Andrea Bocelli, David Garrett, Ricky Kam, Loreen, Unheilig, Andreas Gabalier and others performed during the show, produced by Werner Kimmig GmbH TV Produktion. It goes without saying that such a line-up of artists requires a professional set, which LD Jerry Appelt created with a lighting design he put together in part using equipment from the Lightpower stock.

The lights he used included 20 Clay Paky A.leda K20s and 20 Clay Paky A.leda K5s. PRG also provided 72 Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1500s, 72 Clay Paky Sharpys, six MA network processing units and two MA network signal processors.

Jerry Appelt reports, "I used the A.leda K20s as an alternative to conventional gas-discharge-lamp washlights, and they performed their task in a truly extraordin

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USA - As some of music's biggest names came together for the fourth annual Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound company and experts in supplying and supporting wireless systems for live and broadcast events, was busy providing frequency coordination for all the artists and media outlets in attendance at the event, the nation's largest beach bash.

Billed as the first and only event of its kind, the Hangout Festival is a three-day music party staged on the white sand beaches of Gulf Shores. For this year's event, the PWS team of experts was responsible for monitoring the RF spectrum to ensure there were no issues with the more than 600 frequencies in use. This marks the second consecutive year PWS provided frequency coordination for the festival.

"From an RF coordination standpoint, one of the great things about

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