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Europe - Frank Ocean, has just completed a tour of Europe with an Allen & Heath iLive digital system at FOH. Requested by engineer, Dave McDonald, who has toured using iLive with Adele, AIR, and Florence & the Machine, the iLive system comprises an iLive-112 Control Surface with 8 in, 24 out, RAB2 ACE, connected to a modular iDR10 MixRack with 56 in, 24 out, RAB2 ACE and Dante. There was an analogue split between the iLive and monitor console.

"I've been with Frank for 14 months now, starting off with club shows where there was a different console and different PA every night. For the tour, I'm travelling with an iLive-112 and iDR10 - my favourite mixer, which is flexible for what we're doing. We are using 64 channels, as on stage there is everything from modular synths to ol

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Czech Republic - Clay Paky's bright yet compact Alpha Spot HPE 700s and Alpha Wash 700s alongside its beam shaper Alpha Profile 1500s are being used to light the pop idols of tomorrow on the Czech and Slovak Nova TV show SuperStar.

Clay Paky's distributor, Pro JGS Light, Sound and Video, based in the Slovakian capital Bratislava, supplied the fixtures to Prague based production company Media Pro Pictures, which used them on Prague's Barandov Studio's SuperStar production - a joint Czech and Slovak production aiming to discover the countries next big singing sensation. The show was broadcast on popular Czech TV channel, Nova TV.

In total Pro JGS supplied 40 high-speed, graphic effects-ready Alpha Profile 1500s, 20 Alpha Spot HPE 700s featuring an array of optical and graphic devices, and 20 extremely high luminous efficiency Alpha Wash 700s.

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UK - When Tim Carter, technical team leader at the University of Westminster's department of Media, Art and Design, was asked for his input on a new entrance forum at the Harrow campus, he immediately brought Doughty Engineering on board to help make his vision a reality.

Having met Doughty Engineering at the Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) last year, Carter realised that of all the companies he'd considered for this project, Doughty was most evidently able to meet his brief for the new multi million pound space.

The new entrance to the department is just one aspect of the University's major redevelopment to make the Harrow Campus a world-class environment for students, with state-of-the-art facilities, new and improved social and learning spaces and an enhanced sense of community for students and staff. Harrow is also working to become a more sustainable site with reduced environm

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Indochine X PixMob Fan Immersion

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!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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USA - Chad Kuney of award-winning lighting design and AV production studio Full Spectrum specified four Robe ColorSpot 250 AT moving lights to illuminate the interactive Shark Bay Ray Dive Theatre at Newport Aquarium, just outside Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Theatre measures 30 x 48ft, has a 23ft high ceiling and is popular with aquarium guests staging a variety of dive-based shows for an audience of around 150. It is also used as an events space. It features one of the largest water tanks in the aquarium, the central focal point of which is a visible viewing area of 17 x 9ft.

The four ColorSpot 250 ATs are rigged off the ceiling grid at the back of the theatre. It's a challenging space which entailed the use of custom brackets so they can be suspended below several large air ducts.

This gives an ideal angle for them to be pointed all around the space and also to light and project

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South Africa - The sounds of the American trio, Chevelle, recently hit South Africa. Chevelle had plans to play at local festival Oppikoppi in 2011, but due to obligations to finish their record, they had to cancel. Keeping their promise to come back, fans were delighted to welcome them to Johannesburg and Cape Town.

In Cape Town the show was hosted at the Grand Arena at GrandWest on Friday, 31 May 2013. Rental Company, Ultra Event Technical Solutions, had the use of the Grand Arena's in-house sound and lighting but also supplied additional lighting fixtures, and were responsible for the technical and support.

Yasheen Abdullah from Ultra Events did research on Chevelle to ensure he could recreate their lighting style. "I had a tool, the grandMA2 light, which made my life easier," said Abdullah. "It helped me to make the show as good as it was." Abdullah fel

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Belgium - The new Ghelamco Arena in Gent - new home to football team KAA Gent has just opened in a blaze of glory, complete with a cutting-edge media façade on all four sides and a spectacular exterior architectural lighting scheme designed by leading European creative visual design practice, Painting With Light.

Genk-based Paining With Light was asked by Philips Lighting Solutions to propose a complete scheme with bespoke control solution for specialist visuals in certain areas of the new venue. Their concept was chosen by the project's chief developer Paul Gheysen, CEO of Ghelamco.

Led by Luc Peumans, the PWL team utilised their cross disciplinary experiences in the worlds of entertainment and rock 'n' roll and their penchant for stylish building lighting to deliver a spectacular result in a very short timescale ... of just under two months.

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UK - The first deployment of JBL's new all-weather AWC stadium speakers has taken place at one of the oldest professional football clubs in the UK.

The 125-year-old Preston North End (PNE) has relied on the services of public address specialists TG Baker to keep its audio fit for purpose for nearly two decades.

When it came to upgrading the 8,100 capacity Sir Tom Finney stand - built in 1995 at a cost of £4.4m - they saw the opportunity to debut the new AWC129.

Project manager Jason Longworth recalled, "We were sent a couple of speakers for evaluation by [Harman Professional UK & Eire distributors] Sound Technology and we put them through their paces and really liked them." The AWC129 itself is a compact, coaxial-driver, 2-way, highly weather-resistant (IP56) full-range loudspeaker which is designed for speech and music.

Faced with installing these as part

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India - TC Group has implemented a definitive plan for sustained growth in the Indian market with the opening of a new office in Noida, India, and a significant appointment to its technical sales team.

Binny Sharma has been appointed as the company's technical sales and support manager for India. Based at the new India office in Noida, Binny will be responsible for providing application and technical support to Tannoy, Lab.gruppen and Lake customers throughout the country.

Binny comes to TC Group with several years of experience in the pro audio industry, including six years in the field of AV systems integration. He has been part of the design and technical support departments in Bose and Bosch.

In his new post, Binny will assume the lead role in the region by providing design and project commissioning support for system integrators, as well organising technical seminars an

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UK - ASVL Group has introduced the new QTX SG300 and SG350 Shotgun microphones which offer focused, long range sound pickup.

Powered from a single AA battery inside the microphone body with a 3-way switch for off, cardioids and hypercardioid polar response patterns. Each has a balanced output and is supplied with a 4m XLR lead.

Also supplied is a short XLR to 3.5mm jack lead, hot-shoe mount and foam windshield for location camera work. They are available in shotgun and long shotgun versions to cover a range of broadcast, stage and surveillance applications.

(Jim Evans)

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Europe - Launched at Prolight + Sound 2013, the Kreios SL is the first LED spotlight from Osram with a high light output exceeding 3000 lumens. 'Excellent colour rendering, with a high CRI (colour rendering index) of 95 and a broad dimming range (5-100%) makes the Kreios SL an extremely versatile fixture', says the company.

It is currently the most powerful LED spotlight available on the market and has been designed for a broad range of illumination applications where a zoom able light source is preferred; in particular, for background lighting of TV and studio recordings.

Kreios SL replaces standard 100W to 250W halogen spotlight solutions and is an especially economic alternative for event, TV and studio experts. Its long lasting and high quality LEDs give a service life of up to 30,000 hours, therefore no relamping is required. Comparable halogen spotlights would usually ne

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USA - Six new sessions have been added to PLASA Professional Development Programme taking place in Austin, a two-day programme of free educational seminars and workshops running alongside PLASA Focus: Austin, at the Palmer Events Centre, on 10-11 September, 2013.

The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the biggest and most technically advanced productions in the world. In Eurovision: Mega Production, Mega Budget, Mega Fun technical director Ola Melzig, a part-time Austinite, will discuss some of the triumphs, challenges, highpoints and low points of putting on this year's production which took place in Sweden.

Audio Engineer Rich Davis will present Audio Engineering for Live Performance - Across the Board. For the past decade Davis has been the sound man for Jimmy Buffett, and has previously worked with entertainers including Doc Severinsen's Big Band, Melissa Ethe

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UK - Neets have announced its new exclusive distributor in the UK as Sahara Presentation Systems Plc.

Sahara Presentation Systems Plc is a trade only distributor and manufacturer of Audio Visual (AV) products including major brands as well as their own brands of audio solutions, mounting products, and more traditional presentation products including rail systems, dry wipe boards and notice boards.

The agreement, which sees Sahara distribute the full Neets portfolio means Sahara can offer a comprehensive range of control systems, connectivity and input panels predestined for classrooms, board rooms and conferencing facilities.

Shaun Marklew, sales and marketing director at Sahara says, "I am very pleased with the addition of Neets to our product portfolio adding great connectivity products and value for money for our resellers."

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Hungary - The Agora community and arts centre (Hungarian: A Vértes Agorája) in Tatabánya, Hungary, has been equipped with two Meyer Sound systems, supplied by Budapest-based Chromasound.

In the Agora theatre, Chromasound installed a permanent CQ-1 loudspeaker system to support small ensemble musical and theatrical performances. A separate mobile system, based on the Meyer Sound JM-1P arrayable loudspeaker, complements the CQ-1 system during rock concerts, and is also used for outdoor events. The upgrade at the Agora was part of a wider government initiative to upgrade Hungary's cultural facilities.

"The mobile system is capable of delivering a very high SPL, and the integration between the mobile and installed systems is easy to achieve," says Makkay Imre, director of Chromasound. "The outstanding quality of the Meyer Sound loudspeakers proved itself fr

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Sweden - As some of the world's most pronounced DJs took the stage at the Sweden Summerburst Festival, a team of lighting professionals designed and managed a complete Martin lighting display, highlighting artists such as David Guetta, Sebastian Ingroso, Axwell, Steve Angello, Alesso, Steve Aoki and Hardwell, among others. Deployed by Westridge Audio AB, the Martin system was required to have enough power to shine brightly and effectively during both day and night performances.

Music & Lights AB supplied 72 Martin MAC Aura's, 12 MAC 301 Washes and 62 Atomic 3000 strobes for the festival's two, two-day events in Göteborg and Stockholm.

"The MAC Aura did an amazing job at the Summerburst Festival," stated production manager Daniel Rüdén. "The brightness of the fixtures and lenses are very usable during daylight and when the sun set, the zoom beam was almo

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USA - Audio-Technica reports that Nyack, New York-based On the Road Marketing has been presented with A-T's President's Award, for their work representing Audio-Technica U.S. On the Road Marketing's Principal Doug Brown accepted the award, which recognises a leading manufacturer's representative for outstanding commitment and dedication during the Audio-Technica 2012/2013 fiscal year.

The award was presented by Philip Cajka, Audio-Technica U.S. president and CEO and Michael Edwards, A-T V.P. Professional Products. Also representing On the Road Marketing were Justin Walker, Chris Grajewski, Jon Stafford and Jason Longobardo. On the Road's Frank Portalatin was absent. The A-T President's Award was presented at a ceremony during the 2013 InfoComm Expo on 12 June in Orlando, Florida.

Phil Cajka commented, "On the Road Marketing has been awarded this honour for their continued

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Australia - Scene Change in Sydney has given their lighting inventory a boost with the addition of more ETC Source Four Profiles, Jands 4PAK-D four Channel Dimmer/Controllers and the new Jands Stage CL lighting console.

Vicken Hekimian, director of Scene Change Sydney, says that the Jands Stage CL is a really smart entry-level console and ideal for controlling LEDs.

"It's really easy to set up, simple to use and has a lot of features for the price point," he said. "The menu structure is very good so it's intuitive and easy to operate. It's a great little LED control surface that simply just works."

Vicken describes the ETC Source Four Profile as a particularly good value item saying that the cost for what you get is amazing.

"It's a good, even light source and is very reliable," he added. "We own many ETC Source Four Profiles and we've ne

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Germany - Tübingen-based visual artists and large format projection specialists Casa Magica created a spectacular daily evening show - Lux Eucharistica - for the 2013 International Eucharistic Congress, staged in Cologne's iconic Cathedral, organised by the German Bishop's Conference.

The stunning projections were produced using six large format projectors fitted with single scrollers, manufactured and supplied by PANI/Hardware Xenon. These were supplemented by lighting from four Robe Robin DLS profiles and a single Robin MMX WashBeam, all sourced from Dortmund based Niclen.

Casa Magica's Sabine Weissinger and Friedrich Foerster won a competition to present a dynamic projection and visuals show in the space, in which they first worked in 2004 - also the first time the Cathedral had experienced such an installation.

For the Eucharistic Congress, the drama and ethereal nature

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UK - The picturesque town of Kings Hill, near West Malling in Kent was the venue for the Music on the Hill festival on the 19-21 July. The object of the festival was to raise funds for three popular children's charities- Teens Unite against cancer, Demelza children's hospice and the Children's Development Trust. A varied line-up included Jools Holland, McFly and Peter Andre.

Subfrantic were the production company for the event and they used 10 of MilTec's Batten2 LED battens for pixelmapping and visual effects. The battens were suspended vertically from the roof truss and staggered to give depth, filling the space above the performers with light and effects.

Steve Davies from Subfrantic commented, "We were very pleased with the MilTec battens, They added character to the stage and were very bright, with good visibility even during the daylight hours."

(Jim Evans)

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Macau - Robert Juliat's distributor for Hong Kong and Macau, Pacific Lighting (HK), has supplied three additional RJ Lancelot 4000W HTI followspots to the 15,000-seater Cotai Arena in Macau.

Sited on Macau's famous Cotai Strip, the Cotai Arena is part of The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel, a luxury hotel and integrated resort which is the largest single structure hotel building in Asia.

The new RJ Lancelots will augment the venue's existing lighting inventory which already boasts four of these powerful long throw followspots.

The RJ Lancelots have been put to good use over the years in this extremely popular and busy venue. Since it opened in 2007, the Cotai Arena at The Venetian Macao has played host to large-scale concerts from the likes of Lady Gaga and Celine Dion, with big names Rihanna and Justin Bieber due to play this autumn, Sporting events and international televised

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UK - Due to continued growth, Rubber Box moved premises this year into a larger building, putting everything under one roof. It has allowed the company to expand its already extensive range of standard boxes and look at developing more new products.

New to Rubber Box this year is a range of audio breakout boxes. Says the company, "We looked at the market and found there is a need for a range of audio boxes. We then had discussions with audio and sound engineers and took on board their comments and suggestions to come up with boxes specifically designed for the audio market: We currently have five new standard boxes that have been added to our 'On the Shelf' range."

Rubber Box has been designing and building custom boxes for customers for over 20 years and will continue to offer the same bespoke service in the audio box range.

The audio box range will use the same t

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UK - "Since we secured representation for Robert Juliat we've been running a series of open days across the country," says a typically bullish Glyn O'Donaghue, MD of Ambersphere Solutions. "We've been showing products from the Robert Juliat range at venues like the RSC and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. The reaction has been amazing; we knew these lanterns were revered in the theatre world but we were still taken by surprise."

Ambersphere completed the deal with Robert Juliat in early June; days later they found themselves exhibiting their new brand at the ABTT show. "And what a successful show it was," said O'Donoghue. "ABTT has always been a favourite networking event with the back stage fraternity, a meeting on our stand with Tim Boyd the technical manager at The Oxford Playhouse was typical."

"We've been long term users of Robe

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