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UK - Arcstream AV, specialist provider of interactive tech and special effects for events and permanent installations, supplied a range of cutting-edge technologies for the Pepsi Experiential Cube, part of the #LIVEFORNOW campaign, which was open to visitors from 5-9 March at Observation point on London's South Bank. Commissioned by DesignScene, Arcstream supplied a videowall, an interactive floor, and a fog screen.

The videowall was a 65" display behind frosted glass. The display showed a life-sized man trapped behind an ice wall. He appeared to bang against the ice when people approached, fading away back into the ice when they moved away. An infrared beam break sensor triggered a media server to run the content when people approached. A second IR beam break sensor reset th

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India - Multiple stages, over 60 artists, one massive campground and a range of activities, sports, food and drink: India's recent Enchanted Valley Carnival was a blend of music and adventure that brought together international performers and homegrown talent in one spectacular event. The picturesque venue in Pune's Aamby Valley City became the headquarters for top-of-the-line sound, jaw-dropping lights and visuals and a host of activities, complete with an eclectic line-up of artists and crystal-clear sound by D.A.S. Audio professional systems.

Event organisers Twisted Entertainment called in Mumbai-based company Sound & Light Professionals to design and install the sound solution for the EVC. The team was faced with the challenge of ensuring powerful yet clear sound for the fans at the Main and Trance stages, which faced each other at right angles. After studying the venue's p

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Europe - Yamaha's Commercial Installation Solutions (CIS) series is receiving two major product additions in the form of the MA2030 Digital Mixer Amplifier and PA2030 Power Amplifier. Designed to operate in tandem, the cost-effective units are designed for small-to-mid sized applications.

Yamaha's experience of designing user friendly interfaces has resulted in deceptively simple control panels, which allow for fast setup and straightforward daily operation. Yet the MA2030 features powerful DSP functions for the background music market, including a feedback canceller, ducker and auto leveller.

The MA2030 features two microphone inputs, one on an XLR/6.3mm combi jack and a Euroblock connector, plus three stereo inputs - two for RCA plugs and one for a stereo 3.5mm plug. A pair of RCA line outputs connect the MA2030 to the PA2030, while both units feature barrier strip loudspeak

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UK - With new personal protection equipment (PPE) and chain bags added to its range, Unusual Rigging launched its first ever sales brochure at PLASA Focus: Leeds.

Known principally as a solutions and rental company, Unusual Rigging is also the sales partner for several companies, including Lyon, the leading provider of equipment for work at height and distributor for companies such as Petzl, Maillon Rapide and Beal, all well respected names in the industry. As such, the range of PPE products now available to buy from Unusual Rigging has grown enormously, encompassing body harnesses, helmets, pulleys, waterproof and kit bags, gloves, hauling lines, karabiners, lanyards and ladders . . . the list goes on.

Also new to Unusual's products for sale is a range of high performance, rugged chain bags. Available in five sizes, they fit all the main chain hoist brands used in the enterta

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USA - Elation's new SixPar Series of indoor and outdoor PAR colour changers features a revolutionary six-colour LED multi-chip that provides an expanded palette of colours, including stunning ambers, true whites and even ultraviolet. Useful for production applications or installations as a wash light, uplight, wall wash, truss warmer and more, the SixPar's high-power single lens RGBWA+UV LEDs provide a creative colour boost to the lighting designer toolbox.

Available in four versions - SixPar 100 (indoor), SixPar 100IP, SixPar 200IP and SixPar 300IP, with 7, 7, 12 and 18 x 12-watt LEDs respectively - all luminaires in the series are wrapped in a rugged die-cast aluminium housing and feature 15° beam and 25° field angles.

All SixPar luminaires house an electronic strobe and are capable of smooth dimming from 0-100% with excellent stability throughout the range. They als

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Benelux - With a 50 year history in the industry, Phlippo have become one of the biggest competitors in the Benelux area for equipment hire and full production support. Phlippo provides both dry rental of all their equipment as well as full production support to everything from musical productions, TV shows and dance events to touring productions, festivals and corporate events.

Phlippo consists of two companies. A rental branch, Phlippo Rental, which deals with rental activities and Phlippo Productions, which works on all the production support. Offering a wide variety of equipment including moving lights and control desks (Clay Paky, Vari*Lite, Martin, Robe, Highend Systems), video (2000sqm of LED screens) and sound (Digico , L'acoustics, Martin Audio), Phlippo have, after careful consideration, decided to add Hippotizer to their product range.

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UK - The latest creative stage luminaires from Philips Entertainment's four premier brands - Selecon, Showline, Strand Lighting, and Vari-Lite - will be on stand 55 at this year's ABTT at London's The Old Truman Brewery.

Following successful outings at Prolight + Sound and PLASA Focus earlier this year, Showline is exhibiting the SL NITRO 510C LED strobe, which adds full RGBW capabilities into the same compact size luminaire as the SL NITRO 510, while maintaining similar massive output, multiple zone control and continuous-on abilities.

Showline is also showing the SL WASH 350, a compact moving washlight with three independent zones of homogenized RGBW control. In addition, budget minded projects will appreciate the new SL ePAR 180 and SL eSTROBE 130. These two luminaires offer high output and innovative features in a compact size.

Philips Selecon will be on stand to demo th

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India - Since Ansata CS Pvt Ltd were appointed sole distributorship for the whole Indian subcontinent at ProLight + Sound in Frankfurt in March, the company has engaged with the d&b audiotechnik product range with considerable vigour.

"We had already fully briefed all our staff and trained three engineers in Application and Service support at the d&b facility at Backnang by the time the appointment was made," said company founder Leslie J Lean. No small undertaking with seven offices across India. "But we wanted to reach out to our clients and end users as quickly as possible." A brief discussion with application support at d&b head office in Backnang, Germany, lead immediately to a plan; APAC education manager Gert Sanner being dispatched to India barely a month later.

"In the space of a week I have visited three of Ansata's offices, in Delhi, Bangalo

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USA - Elation products were again put to work across several stages at the 2014 Coachella music and arts festival but this year also fulfilled a new role as powerful site lighting

Elation gear has become a staple of the Coachella Festival as it has grown to become one of the largest and most successful music festivals in the U.S. This year, Coachella hosted more than 500,000 people over the festival's two weekends with headliners Muse and Arcade Fire, along with a list of surprise guests and more than 180 other acts, delivering another memorable event.

Elation dealers Visions Lighting, AG Lighting and Felix Lighting supplied an abundance of Elation lighting for this year's festival. Used all around the festival site including the Outdoor Theatre Stage (Platinum Beam 5Rs - Visions Lighting), the Sahara Tent (Platinum Spot 35s, Opti Tri 30s and Design LED 60 Tri-strips - AG Ligh

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UK - Sony has announced today it has partnered with Joss Stone and Big Earth Productions to provide production equipment for the singer's record-breaking Total World Tour. While Joss will be performing in every single country on earth, in the most comprehensive world tour ever attempted by a musician, a two man production team will use Sony equipment - including wireless microphones, handheld camcorders, and Sony ActionCams - to capture her journey.

Having started on 28th March 2014, Joss Stone has already begun her mission to play at least one gig in every country on the planet, and will be collaborating with local musicians to play a combination of indigenous music and her own songs. During the tour Joss will also be joined by high-profile artists and friends. As part of Sony's vision to provide products that help to capture the emotional intent of the artists, the company has

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India - Come 3rd of July 2014 and the gates will be thrown open to welcome the trade and professionals to the Indian Industry's Premier Exhibition on Music Production, Entertainment & Events Technology - Indian DJ Expo 2014 - in New Delhi at the Pragati Maidan.

"The Indian DJ Expo was conceptualised after carefully analysing the steady growth in the entertainment and events sector with night life, dining, DJ gigs and music festivals becoming increasingly popular and in-demand in India, which has resulted in huge investments into DJ gear, sound, light and visuals," say organisers.

The rise of the DJ in India's entertainment and events industry has also resurrected the dying 'music production' sector, which was previous limited to producing Bollywood soundtracks and pop albums etc. But there has been a sudden rise in studios set up by artists and DJs alike who are now

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China - At the 2014 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, 20 car manufacturers relied on nearly 300 self-powered Meyer Sound loudspeakers to provide visually unobtrusive and high-quality reinforcement. These brands included Chrysler, Toyota, Volkswagen, Subaru, and Honda; luxury makers Bentley, Ferrari, and Maserati; and six domestic Chinese manufacturers.

"Our business is focused on commercial exhibition, and it's a great advantage for us to offer self-powered Meyer Sound systems," says Dakun Bai, audio technology department director for Beijing Huelead AV Equipment, which provided more than 124 Meyer Sound loudspeakers for voice and music applications. "The line level audio cables don't suffer the attenuation losses of speaker cables, and they are easier to tie on a truss. Self-powering also eliminates the noise and heat dissipation of amplifier racks, an

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USA - Featuring British artists such as The Wytches, Slaves, and Dinosaur Pile-Up, and an audio system comprised of UK-made audio gear including Tannoy loudspeakers and Lab.gruppen amplifiers, the 2014 British Music Embassy venue had a major impact at SXSW 2014.

Now in its seventh year, the 2014 showcase at the iconic Austin, Texas festival boasted a powerful but compact audio rig comprised of Tannoy point source loudspeakers, Lab.gruppen amplifiers, Allen & Heath GLD digital consoles and LAKE DSP.

In the past, line array systems have often been deployed at the British Music Embassy, but at the request of the promoters, Cato Music Ltd. of London, Tannoy was asked to provide a system made up of Tannoy VQ 60s and VS 218DR subs powered by Lab.gruppen amplifiers with Lake control.

Pairing Tannoy point source loudspeakers with Lab.gruppen amplifiers provided high quality sound, e

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Spain - A Lynx Pro Audio LX -V8 line array system was used for the final of basketball's Eurocup. The final was between teams Unics Kazan (from Russia) and Valencia Basket (from Spain) with the final played over two legs and Valencia Basket winning both legs to become European Champions.

Fuente San Luis in Valencia, where the first leg was played has a capacity of 9,000 and was full to the brim . The audio was flown under the centre marker, with six LX-V8 arrays around an aluminium frame . All Lynx LX -V8 boxes installed had the possibility to be controlled by Ethernet , meaning the OCS control software could control the settings for each zone to perfection, providing power and intelligibility for the event.

In total 20 LX -V8 units were used in the pavilion for the sound reinforcement. Guillermo Tébar, sound engineer for Sonovideo, the company which carried out the ins

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Korea At the KOBA Tradeshow 2014 in Seoul, South Korea, Shure introduced the QLX-D Digital Wireless System.

QLX-D Digital Wireless transmits accurate audio with extended, flat frequency response. The system's automatic channel scan and IR sync make finding and assigning an open frequency quick and easy. Ideal for live sound events as well as installations at corporate and government facilities, academic institutions, houses of worship, hotels, music venues, and more, QLX-D's solid RF performance enables users to confidently cover applications with diverse requirements.

"This system packs in a lot of sophistication and delivers incredible wireless audio performance. It has outstanding spectrum efficiency and frequency bands covering up to 72 MHz, allowing QLX-D users to operate more channels on-air than with any other wireless system in its class," said Erik Vaveris,

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USA - Miami's Club E11even is a 24-hour hybrid club, operating as an intimate lounge space by day and a gentleman's club by night with an expanded space, Cirque Du Soleil acts, aerialists, contortionists and interactive theatrical characters. Recently, Miami-based iDesign installed Martin Professional lighting fixtures to be the centre of all parts.

With a total of 38 Rush Profiles (32 - main room, six - day room), 16 Rush Beams in the main room and three Hazers (two - main room, one - day room), Club E11even chose Martin for its power and, most importantly, its reliability.

"The design grew from a bunch of ideas," stated Michael Meacham, iDesign Productions. "We saw the new Rush line at the Prolight + Sound Show in Frankfurt and we were very intrigued. We knew we needed a fixture with the power and LED engine that could go nonstop and the Rush line was a great

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UK / USA - Le Maitre Ltd, a leader for over 35 years in the manufacture, design and development of pyrotechnics, smoke and haze machines and other special effects, announced that it has hired Bruce Baum as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Baum will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of Le Maitre's US operations and the oversight and management of Le Maitre group's financial team. He will be based at Le Maitre's US location in Las Vegas, Nevada. Baum's efforts will be to support the current management team in the development and implementation of Le Maitre's growth strategy and continue to improve the company's delivery of products and services to Le Maitre's worldwide customer base.

Most recently, Bruce was the chief financial officer of Pyrotek Special Effects, Inc. a leader in providing special effects for concert touring, live perfor

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Russia - Sound and light contractor, Next-proaudio's Russian distributor, recently installed a Next-proaudio's line-array system in a big church - 'Word of Life', located in Moscow. The main aims of the installation were to achieve high sound pressure levels and high sound fidelity throughout the venue.

Word of Life is a protestant church. They provide daily sermons and practically every month organize musical events. It is a church, with a large number of members and in a central location, with both an ability to break through with the Gospel in its own culture.

Light and Sound Contractor chose the new line array system of Next-proaudio - LA212x to fulfil all the requirements of this building, because the system in this room required not only to cover a large area with powerful sound, but also good speech intelligibility. Light and Sound Contractor installed 16 LA212x line ar

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UK - Entertainment equipment engineering expert Triple E is celebrating its 30th birthday at ABTT by exhibiting a raft of new products, sponsoring the ABTT Awards, and hosting a competition to rig a motorised Unitrack system in the fastest possible time.

The company first attended ABTT in the same year it was founded - 1984 - and won the ABTT Product of the Year Award for its 'Loose Pin Hinge', used by everyone for scenery construction.

Three decades on, Triple E is inviting companies to enter a competition to rig a motorised Unitrack system in the fastest possible time, with the quickest team winning one of Triple E's Erail tracks complete with an SDRIVE motor system. The competition will take place in the Test Bench area at ABTT. To enter the contest, visit www.3-eee.com/news/track-competition.php

The company is also manufacturing the coveted ABTT Awards and engraving them

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UK - Avolites and Avolites Media's industry-leading range of control consoles and media servers will be available for hands-on demos on Stand 69 at this year's ABTT Theatre Show.

The Avolites team will be exhibiting its 'ultimate in live control' Sapphire Touch and new Wing, offering an additional 30 Motorised Faders and third hi res touch screen. Avolites' hot off the press Titan Mobile Fader Wing - which enables expansion of every Avolites Titan console, giving direct access to extra handy features - will be on stand for demo and hands-on experience.

The entire Titan range, two Titan Network Processor systems and the Tiger Touch II with Wireless Remote are also available for demo and hands-on experience.

Avolites will also be previewing the Titan V8 software on the Tiger Touch II - featured highlights include Multiuser, Global and Nested Palettes, Highlight Relevant Palett

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UK - Panasonic has expanded its line-up of professional digital signage displays with the launch of a 65 inch LED screen.

The Full-HD TH-65LFE7 is aimed at digital signage applications and mid-sized conference room installations and is equipped with a narrow bezel, designed to blend aesthetically in to conference rooms and provide eye catching commercial settings.

The display features a 10.8mm (0.43 inches) bezel and depth of only 52mm (2.1 inches). It includes standard connection terminals (HDMI x 2, DVI-D, PC-IN) as well as control terminals (RS232C, LAN, IR-IN/OUT) needed for professional use. The speakers are built into the display, so there is no need for external speakers when using content with a soundtrack.

Enrique Robledo, marketing manager at Panasonic, said, "This is an addition to the Entry Level LFE LED displays for signage and corporate presentations, exte

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