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UK - The annual Clotheshow Live at Birmingham's NEC, organized by Haymarket Exhibitions, is billed as 'The Style Event of the Year'. This year's show featured an impressive fashion show, staged in a 5,500-seat theatre, and for which Pulsar's LED ChromaRange was utilized to answer many of the shows design criteria.

The initial creative idea was sparked from the production team's lighting director Ben Fox, who suggested the need for light from within the stage and catwalk runway. The Light inside the runway would follow the models as they made their way down the catwalk and the light inside the stage area would be used to fill a space imaginatively.

Freelance lighting designer Paul Devine, who has worked with the lighting and set design on the Clothes Show for the past 12 years, was called in, and his wealth of experience contributed greatly to the practical side of the design c

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UK - SEOS will be demonstrating images with the help of JVC D-ILA (Direct Drive Light Amplifier) projection technology on its booth at the International Planetarium Society (IPS) conference and exhibition in Valencia, Spain, from 4-8 July 2004.

The booth has been built specifically for IPS and features four of JVC's DLA SX21 projectors displaying images onto an 24ft (3.6m diameter) tilted dome. When used in combination with SEOS' ScorpionRT system, multiple real-time sources can be presented across the dome. In addition SEOS' Chameleon provides the distortion correction and edge blending required to achieve a 180ºH x 160ºV field of view. The booth design gives visitors the experience of feeling like they are looking up into the night sky when walking on to the booth.

The JVC DLA-SX21 incorporates three high performance SXGA+ (1400 x 1050) 0.7" D-ILA devices (1.5M pixels

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UK - Corporate sound rental company Audio Alliance's extensive range of stock has been further expanded by recent purchases of new equipment. The company became the first UK recipient of Sennheiser's Evolution G2 radio microphone system and, following the success of these first 20 units, has confirmed an order for a further 10 systems.

Other recent acquisitions include a selection of mixing consoles from Midas, Soundcraft and Yamaha, a range of Meyer loudspeakers, XTA compressors and graphic equalizers, Telex BTR radio talkback systems and a Yamaha DME32 digital processor.

Some of this new equipment was put to good use at the recent Marketing Manchester promotion in Manchester Square, London. The aim of the three-day event was to highlight all that the rejuvenated city has to offer. Chris Wright, production manager from Constellation Worldwide, praised Audio Alliance for their

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UK - Furman Sound has moved its UK distribution arrangements to Kelsey Acoustics, having approached the Surrey-based cable and accessories company earlier this year. As a result, all the 240V models in the American company's extensive range will be stocked by Kelsey Acoustics.

Kelsey sales manager, Tony Torlini, says the company was initially attracted by the new lightweight products in the power distribution range. "Furman have vastly improved their new range of products, with LED lights and better power conditioning," said Torlini. "For example, their new power distro units come with non-sacrificable surge protection - which operates by absorbing the energy and dissipating as heat."

He also pointed to the compatibility between the Furman and Kelsey range of accessories, making the two brands an ideal fit. The new products will be on public view for the f

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UK - AuviTran - Audio Video Transcoding - the technology company formed in March 2003 by former Digigram employees, has appointed Marquee Audio as its distributor in the UK. AuviTran designs and develops innovative audio and video networking and computer-based solutions and products. As a full EtherSound licensee, AuviTran is exploiting this technology with its own EtherSound-based products, as well as offering services to other companies in the professional audio industry.

Marquee Audio will be focussing mostly on the AuviTran products that provide audio distribution and networking using the EtherSound protocol. In particular, Marquee's Andy Huffer expects success with Auvitran's AVY16-ES cards, which bring EtherSound compatibility to Yamaha digital mixers and other professional audio products featuring the 'mini-YGDAI' interface.

"The Auvitran card effectively brings Ya

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Germany - MTV's Rock im Park, held each year in Nuremberg in conjunction with Rock am Ring, is one of the biggest open-air events in Germany, with three separate stages. At this year's event in early June (2004), German rental company Pave Veranstaltungstechnik from Nuremberg, one of the newest members of HK Audio's Cohedra User Network, provided the sound at the Suzuki Alternastage.

Among the international bands appearing on this stage were Moloko, Black Eyed Peas, Seeed, N.E.R.D., Bad Religion, Ben Harper, Turbonegro and Starsailor, together with German bands Wir sind Helden, Sportfreunde Stiller, Beatsteaks, 5 Sterne Deluxe and Max Herre. The acts played to crowds of up to 20,000 covering an area of over 100m by 75m.

Earlier in the year Pave had invested in a 'double-12' Cohedra system consisting of 12 CDR208T and 12 CDR208S mid/high units, plus 24 CDR210 subw

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UK - White Light is to host James Thomas Engineering's Pixel Roadshow, following its appointment as distributor. Celebrating the announcement at ABTT 2004 that White Light is now a distributor for its revolutionary Pixel range of solid-state LED fixtures, James Thomas Engineering's Pixel Roadshow is organizing a special event.

This takes place at White Light's Wimbledon premises on Tuesday 29 June. The James Thomas Pixel Range team is in town during June with its roadshow, highlighting the capabilities of the Pixel product range. Pixel Range's Tony Cameron heads the roadshow, alongside Andy Sugars and Emma Long from IRAD, who demonstrates the PixelDrive software control system. Cameron says: "We're all very excited to be working alongside White Light, one of the most respected entertainment lighting companies in the UK with a wide range of interesting and challenging lighti

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Germany - In May, a delegation of Canadian pro audio specialists and dealers visited the Telex Communications Academy in Straubing. Although Telex academies have been held in almost all corners of the globe, the company's European headquarters in Straubing remains one of the most popular venues for this trade seminar formats. Franck Fabry, director of export sales for America, who played host along with Gilles Elhadad, Greg Hansen, Mark Kulas (Canadian sales representatives) and Telex Communications Inc. president, Mathias von Heydekampf, drew the following conclusions from the four-day trip: "This academy was highly successful. The participants were committed and interested. We all had a great time as well."

The centrepiece of the series of seminars was the detailed presentation of new highlights of the EVI Audio range such as the EV SxA360, the EV Plasma, the new EV

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Denmark - Kupé is a trendy new lounge recently opened in Aarhus and attached to Train, the live/event discotheque located next door. It is a place to warm up before a concert or cool down afterwards, with a style rather more London or New York than Aarhus, guests can venture back and forth between Train's upbeat atmosphere and Kupé's more intimate setting.

The 350 capacity lounge maintains a sociable, comfortable atmosphere - the architectural design and lighting scheme is by Henrik Bønnelycke, who has been visibly inspired by contemporary big city club trends, including the venue's bar, chairs and tables.

However, the lighting is what makes the venue unique, with large ceiling and wall-mounted projection canopies awash in rich colors, courtesy of Martin color changing luminaires. Conventional tubes and halogen downlights provide additional lighting.

Behind six wall-mo

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USA - Rental and Staging Systems selected Wybron's new Nexera fixture line as an award recipient during InfoComm 2004 in Atlanta. Deemed the Best Lighting Product in the category of Staging Market/Standard Luminaires, the Nexera Wash and Profile luminaires offer designers a quiet solution to their lighting challenges.

Using a 575 W tungsten source and a CMY dichroic color-mixing module, ease of use and consistent, smooth performance, make the units ideal for venues from Broadway to rural churches. Fanless operation means less noise, keeping the patrons' eyes to the stage instead of the rigging.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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UK - Corporate a/v and theatre supplier, Blitz Sound, has substantially increased its Sennheiser 3000 series hire stock with the purchase of a further 24 channels, including 3072 handheld and 3063 pocket transmitters.

Blitz Regional Manager, Chris Jordan commented that a key factor in the purchase is the ability of the 3000 series to meet the increasing demand from the corporate market for very high quality sound. He also said the extensive use of radio mics at events means that there is a greater need to avoid conflict in venues, which the 3000 series achieves by the use of channels 35 and 62, in addition to 69. It also means that site specific licensing can be provided for the client.

(Barry Howse)

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USA - American sound contractor, Reid Sound, Inc., has installed a pair of Allen & Heath iDR programmable DSP audio systems at the Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems facility near Philadelphia. Two iDR-8 mixing processors - each integrated with an eight-channel iDR-in expander unit - have been installed in two conference rooms at the 420,000 sq.ft. facility, located in Pennsylvania.

The first installation, completed earlier this year, was in a product development review room that is approximately 100 x 40 feet wide, according to Darren R. Sussman, chief engineer and owner of New Jersey-based Reid Sound, Inc: "They specifically wanted to have remote control of the sound system for the person at the front of the room." Sussman researched what was available and found that the Allen & Heath iDR system, with its PL Series of remote controllers and wall plates, fit the

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UK - Following its demerger from the InvestinMedia Group earlier this year, Avesco plc, the specialist service provider to the corporate presentation, entertainment and broadcast markets, has announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2004.

In his Chairman's statement, Ian Martin commented that the past twelve months represented the third difficult year in succession for the Group and pointed out that within the period covered by the results, Avesco had only been trading as an independent company for a short time. Also, significant additional costs were incurred to achieve the demerger and Avesco's subsequent listing on the AIM (Alternative Investment Market), together with the provisions required for the reorganization, relocation and restructuring of the demerged company. However, he described the results as, at best, only satisfactory.

Group turnover fro

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Australia - Cochlear Ltd, the innovative manufacturing and research company responsible for the development and manufacturer of the Nucleus Cochlear Ear Implant System, has chosen ARX ZA 600 six-channel power amplifiers as its amplifier reference source at its Sydney, Australia research headquarters.

Two ZA 600s power its standard seven loudspeaker array system, which is used for the development and testing of its hearing aid products, and also offer the extra channels required for its special 12 loudspeaker "audio circle" aural location testing.

Cochlear Ltd is listed on the Australian Stock exchange, and has offices in the USA, UK, Switzerland, Germany, China and Japan. Over 50,000 Cochlear ear implants are now in use worldwide.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - High End Systems is now shipping Wysiwyg dongles to all current owners of Wholehog III lighting consoles. Current owners must register for their Wysiwyg upgrade kit at the websites below. Each upgrade kit consists of the most current Wholehog III operating software, Wysiwyg Console Edition software and a Wysiwyg dongle.

Since the release of Wholehog III operating software version 1.3.6 in May, all new consoles been bundled with Wysiwyg Console Edition software and dongles. This new version of Wysiwyg connects directly to the Wholehog III system via Ethernet. It provides 512 channels of visualization and auto-focus functionality. In future versions of Wholehog III software, additional functions such as patch transfer and blind preview will be possible.

Wysiwyg Console Edition is a feature-rich version of the well-known visualization tool, which includes CAD, data manageme

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UK - Richard Martin Lighting has a well-established reputation for bringing its customers new and innovative products, and its latest purchase is no exception, says the company, whose search for a control system that could respond to the ever-growing complexities of television lighting has ended with the new Compulite Vector. In fact, so impressed was the company, that it invested in three new Vector Blue consoles from Stagetec Distribution, which have now been delivered and are ready for hire.

With its intuitive Windows-based operating system, two TFT touchscreens, multi-use encoder wheels, backlit trackball and motorized faders, users can quickly select, modify and update information using an interface which is familiar to them. The ability to group faders to provide a 'super playback' means operators can have absolute control over all playback parameters.

Vector's dual proc

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USA - Following the live broadcast of the National Hockey League's post-season awards show, CBC lighting designer Brad Dickson praised the 24 Vari*Lite VL3000 Spot luminaries he used in the rig: "The VL3000 Spot was the main light," Dickson said, "mainly because of its zoom range. In the set itself, we had a bunch of headers, so we were tight for real estate. We needed fixtures that would give us as much spread possible in a short space. That's why the VL3000 luminaires were chosen."

Although the trim was 27ft, the set height was just 20ft, and the point of focus was only 10 to 15 feet away in some places. The 10- 60° zoom range on the VL3000 Spot luminaires provided Dickson with the smooth beam spread he needed. Because the show was televised live on CBC, Dickson also needed fixtures that would provide good skin tone colours. The ability of the VL3000 Spot

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Italy/UK - RCF UK has announced the details of its UK distribution network for Commercial Audio and Installed Sound products. The UK regional distributors have been strategically appointed with reference to individual market penetration and geographical positioning, plus the ability to provide strong support.

"With RCF's new European centralized warehousing facility it is important to work with the long-established UK PA distributor channels in order to provide more immediate inventory support for installation contractors," explained Phil Price, adding: "All the companies involved are able to provide excellent pre and after sales support including System Design Quotations."

The companies are as follows:
Leisuretec Distribution Ltd - Central UK: RW Salt Communications - The North: Blaydon Communications Ltd - North East: Louis Grace Electrical Ltd - Scotl

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Denmark - Whilst in Catholic countries, the carnival season is generally the week before Lent, the Scandinavian begin looking out their red noses at the end of May. Such at least is the case in Aalborg, scene of northern Europe's biggest carnival and place of annual pilgrimage for children of all ages. This year's theme was 'Atlantis' and the oganizers of the event relied upon the skill and equipment of DBlux, with Ascon, the Danish EVI Audio partner.

The DBlux team had their work cut out: they were tasked to provide the ideal sound system, not only for the highly varied programme of musical events, but also to ensure high quality intelligibility for the announcements, speeches of welcome and any urgent messages that might need to be conveyed. After consultation with Ascon, the DBlux technicians opted for a mixture of Dynacord Cobra-4, Electro-Voice X-Array, Delta-Max and RX-sy

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UK - Blitz Sound has purchased a quantity of iP2100 Lab.gruppen amplifiers, selected for the show Songs My Mother Taught Me for sound designer, Mike Walker. The show opens at the Savoy Theatre on 6 July.

Following its Broadway success, Songs My Mother Taught Me is a one-woman show featuring Lorna Luft, daughter of Judy Garland, who reminiscences about her childhood with a number of her mother's most famous songs including Come Rain Or Shine, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, The Trolley Song and, appropriately, For Me And My Gal. The show also features tributes to famous figures in Judy Garland's life including Harold Arlen, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.

This follows other recent purchases of Lab.gruppen for theatre shows by Blitz. Specified by Martin Levan, Lab.gruppen iP1150 amplifiers were used for Phantom of the Opera in Madrid and,

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UK - Deafblind UK, the charity to assist thousands of deafblind and dual sensory impaired people throughout the country, will this year benefit from a generous support package care of CIE-Group and Armstrong i-ceilings.

Following the launch of the new Peterborough-based National Centre for Deafblindness, CIE-Group (UK representatives for leading brands such as Inter-M, Armstrong i-ceilings, Switchcraft, EverFocus, Chauvet Lighting, IC Audio and Euromet) were approached to enhance the sound reinforcement system for the Centre's in-house conferencing facilities, with the additional requirements of improved voice clarity for the hearing impaired and SPLs capable of producing vibrations which would allow deafblind users to 'feel the sound' in music appreciation sessions.

Through specialist disability services provider 'DDA Installations', CIE-Group donated a multi-zone combined vo

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USA - ATI was recently commissioned to custom-manufacture a 64-input Paragon II Production live sound mixing console for the Grand Ole Opry House, home of performances of the world-famous Grand Ole Opry. The new PII replaced a 64-channel Paragon P40 that had served every Opry show for the past 11 years.

The flexibility and functionality of the ATI Paragon PII Production includes state-of-the-art dynamics, including ATI's patented compressor, plus four-band parametric EQ on each input channel. The console can generate eight stereo subgroups, eight mono aux sends, four stereo aux sends, eight stereo matrix outputs, two mono main outputs and two stereo main outputs, allowing it to fit any application. Each channel also provides two variable direct outs. Onboard scene automation utilizes the company's Distributed Intelligence design for improved performance over traditional systems.

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USA - DPA Microphones has appointed a new exclusive distributor in New Zealand by Amber Technology (NZ) Ltd. Formed in 1987 as a result of a management buy-out of the audio and film divisions of Rank Electronic, Amber has become one of Australasia's leading professional audio, multimedia and audio-visual distributors.

Amber's New Zealand office has a national network of offices to provide distribution and support across the country and is active in markets including broadcast, recording, live sound, post-production, education and government. A third of its technical staff work in technical support roles, and the company takes advantage of factory training for support staff wherever possible, communicating with the technical/engineering staff of suppliers to establish strong working relationships. Its central warehouse and logistics system, which maintains over 3,500 individual p

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UK - Stand-up, sausages, a shindig and the support of Stage Electrics, marked the first ever fund-raising event at Battersea Art Centre. Stage Electrics donated the use of sound and lighting equipment to support BAC's contribution to developing theatre arts on a local, national and international level. BAC's programme structure helps new work to grow by showing it at unfinished stages to an audience. The collaborative approach this fosters means that BAC is a creative breeding ground for the next generation of theatre makers, not just actors and directors but for lighting designers, sound artists and technical staff.

Stewart Lee, comedian and long-term fan of the trailblazing theatre, organized an extraordinary line up of comic talent in aid of BAC's fundraising campaign. Lee is also the co writer of Jerry Springer The Opera, the breakaway smash hit that began its life at BAC. H

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