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Yeast Culture was formed by Nick Hillel and Marc Silver six years ago. They create music visuals, art installations, films and documentaries. Two years ago, Cullum saw a Yeast performance and asked them to work with him.

XL's project manager Paul Wood says, "Nick has produced a very intense yet intimate look that truly enhances the Jamie Cullum live experience." Cullum does not have a set list and the shows are completely random, so all the mixing is done l

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Top producers and engineers, as well as artists, have been quick to acquire the AWS 900 for their private or commercial studios, says SSL. Installations include five at Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis's private studio, Flyte Time; Will Smith's studio, the Boom Boom Room; Alicia Keys's the Oven Studios; and engineer/producer Tal Herzberg's room at Henson Recording Studios.

SSL also exhibited the XLogic range of rack mount products, including the X-Rack modular rack system. The X-Rack Mic Amp and Channel EQ, introduced at NAMM, join the existing Dynamics unit to form a comprehensive processing solution for studio or live applications.

Also on display were

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Now in its eighth year, the event has become a Motor City institution, routinely selling out in a matter of days or even hours. Past years' events have included performances by Franz Ferdinand, Dashboard Confessional, Good Charlotte, Jimmy Eat World and many other top names.

This year, headliners, 311, were joined by Our Lady Peace, Alien Ant Farm, Fall Out Boy, Rise Against, Coheed and Cambria, Switchfoot, Motion City Soundtrack and Social Code. The show's organisers promised an experience bordering on "sensory overload," and Detroit-based concert sound providers Thunder Audio helped deliver the goods with a powerful Meyer Sound line array.

With a total

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The Digital Technology Centre is a flagship centre in the North West that provides training, IT and manufacturing support, managed office units and conference facilities for developing technology or innovation businesses. It also works closely with students and staff at Burnley College, providing links between business tenants and the education sector.

"This centre is the first of its type in the region and we're keen that each area reflects our aims and ethos," explains Chris Baxter, managing director. "We wanted to show what we

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MAS has derived its successful installation business from its corporate origins as a rental company. The company's Erik Bjerre explains that, despite handling distribution for some distinguished sound reinforcement brands, MAS was seeking a line of installation loudspeakers which would be suitable for restaurants and other such venues which didn't require high SPLs but wanted real speech intelligibility and accurate reproduction.

"We first saw Vieta's Do-Line at the PLASA show in London, where the design of the cabinets stopped us in our tracks," says Bjerre. "This range is a perfect fit for designer restaurant and bar interiors, and its availability in black and white f

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Full details will be confirmed in the coming months, but visitors can expect the same show format as in previous years. The free guest speaker seminars will provide an opportunity to hear some of the industry's leading experts discuss the latest technologies and innovative entertainment projects.

Exhibitors will include a wide range of leading lighting, audio and associated equipment brands from A.C. Lighting's large stockholding of entertainment technology products, and representation from many of the key industry associations and publi

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"The dramatic improvements in price/performance in all AV products, and specially in large displays, is leading to expanded market opportunities," suggests Bryan Denyer, editor of AV News. "As the vital link between manufacturers, distributors and end users, resellers are in the best position to know what is going on in the industry ... who is buying, what the applications are, what sort of products are most in demand, which manufacturers and distributors are doing the best job working with them, and a host of other key issues.

"We are hearing repeatedly from our manufacturer and distributor contacts that they need a better un

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D8++ hoists fulfil the requirements of German safety standard BGV D8+, meaning that once a load has been positioned, no further safety device, such as a load arrestor or secondary safety line is required.

Halls also installed bespoke truss and cable management systems for 96 ways of dimming for the new house LX system in the venue which is owned and managed by Bournemouth Borough Council, operating alongside its sister venues, The Pavilion Theatre and Ballroom and The Pier Theatre to provide some of the best technical facilities in the UK.

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The funding impetus for the £5 million project came with the death of Menuhin, the school's founder and mentor, in 1999. The new venue was finally completed and opened in January. Lead Architect Mark Foley of Burrell Foley Fischer worked closely with the School's acoustician Bob Essert of Sound Space Design and theatre consultants Anne Minors Performance Consultants.

The Menuhin Hall is a chamber music venue and a daily performance and rehearsal space for school use. The students are primarily string and piano players, however they also participate in school choirs, and student rock groups are starting up. Additionally, the Hall is available to hire for other music events and

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Madrid's Kulteperalia provided full production - sound, lighting, sets, even armchairs - to turn a bullring into a place to enjoy a great theatrical spectacle. To support the singers, actors and 74-strong orchestra, Kulteperalia opted for a Meyer Sound MILO curvilinear array system.

The main left and right arrays each consisted of ten MILO cabinets, a MILO 120 high-power expanded coverage curvilinear array loudspeaker for downfill, and three M3D-Sub directional subwoofers. Three CQ-2 narrow coverage main loudspeakers on each side provided sidefill. A centre cluster was built from an MVC-5 graduated vertical coverage loudspeaker

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Held at the Novotel London West in Hammersmith, the fifth edition of the show was production managed by Steve Allen, and featured the input of PSL Music (video), ML soundadvice and Meyer Sound (audio), HSL Group (lighting), A.C. Lighting (additional lighting equipment), Star Events Group (rigging & truss), Kroos (crewing), Blackout (draping), Ice Lighting (bar LED lighting) and Edwin Shirley Trucking (transport).

A highlight of the production was the work of video graphics director Richard Shipman, along with Richard Bagshaw and Kate Perring of Digital Insanity, who designed a video projection wall

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CMT's project manager Richard Hawkins says, "Cake's Gary Wilson approached us saying that they wanted to achieve a transformation of the city skyline using projected images of the phone and the Motorola 'bat wings' logos."

The targeted buildings were: the Old Stock Exchange (two fascias), Tower 42 (aka The Nat West Tower), Deutsche Bank, Lloyds and the old Barclays HQ. Two locations were used for rigging the projectors - on top of the Royal Exchange, and the roof of a derelict building across the road, at 67 Lombard Street.

Fourteen 7 K Hardware For Xenon projectors were used in total, running in pairs with the images overlaid for maximum brightness on each s

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Over Sixty intelligent lights were utilised including Robe ColorWash 575ATs, ColorSpot 575ATs and Spot 250XTs, all run though a PC lighting controller.

The lighting gear used for the concert included some equipment permanently installed in the venue, which was augmented with additional kit supplied by south east Queensland-based rental and production company, Dominica. All the show's lighting and media server requirements were designed and operated by Luke Criss and programmed by John Buchanan, both from Dominica.

Most of the ColorWash and ColorSpot 575AT lights were rigged over-stage on seve

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The lighting at this event is taken just as seriously as the prestigious guest list. Not only are there strict rules regarding rigging and visibility, the banquet is broadcast live on Swedish National television's SVT1.

Spectra Stage & Event Technologies in Stockholm supplied creative design and production management services, plus all lighting and AV equipment for visual requirements at the banquet. W-DMX transmitters and receivers were used to control the fixtures. Spectra utilised SGM's latest Giotto Synthesis 700 moving lights, Barco R18s for the projectio

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"When these arrived on the market, my prayers were answered," said Kerr. "Building on top of the basic work horse rig, are an arsenal of "specials" or better known as "my expensive toys", from flame lights, fibre optics, LED fixtures, moving mirrors, water effects, DHA wheels, gobo rotators, candle effects and so on."

All of this equipment (combined with other luminarie

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The star-studded line up included New Order, The Doves, Johnny Marr & The Healers, Elbow, 808 State, Nine Black Alps, Badly Drawn Boy, and the tightly packed evening also included DJ sets from the Utah Saints, Tin Tin and Mr Scruff plus other local talent and acoustic artists during the change-overs.

ADLIB fielded a total crew of 19 who worked in two shifts to separate the load in crew from the event crew. The get in started at six a.m. that morning, and the show commenced at 6.30 p.m. in the evening. With doors at six, this left 12 busy hours to rig, set up and sound check eight headlining live acts. "It was an extremely hectic one day festival scenario," says ADLIB crew chief Dave Kay (recent winner of the 2006 TPi Award

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Trevor Peters of Matrix says: "The Coca Cola dome near Johannesburg enjoys a less than favorable reputation for its acoustic characteristics. The space itself is a nightmare in that it is exceptionally reverberant. Furthermore, the domed shape of the venue leads to summing and cancellations dependant of the sound level and listening position. We were very excited to be involved in this event, as it presented us with an opportunity to use the largest Alcons line-array system assem

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FOH sound sngineer Fernando Dias and monitor engineer Enrique Kike were hearing their mix through 24 Adamson Y-18 cabinets, eight Y-10 cabinets and eight SpekTrix cabinets which are being used for the entire tour. The Mago de Oz kicked their second act of their "Gaia la Boca Tour" to gear in Galicia, Spain. They will grace a further 80 venues

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It was attended by a host of top Bollywood and Indian TV celebrities, some of whom also performed, and the show was also broadcast live on TV for India's number one Channel, "Star Plus".

Sonpal has designed all the major awards ceremonies in India for the last four years, and was a natural choice to be the creative mastermind of this one. All lighting equipment was supplied by his rental company, Mumbai-based Jagmag Electric.

Sonpal's starting point for the lighting was the spectacular wide set designed by Mr. Kunal for Kosmos India consisting of a spherical central fea

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Comprising G-LEC LED PhantomFrames, which hung juxtaposed and layered at varying angles and heights around the stage, Bingemann's set featured an exaggerated perspective to ensure the stage looked much bigger than it really was. PhantomFrames were installed beneath a clear Perspex stage and, when combined with the set elements, created a low resolution video solution.

Wilcox says: "

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The Delft-based firm has been managing sound for top-line festivals and concerts in The Hague and Delft region for many years. Towards the end of 2005, the need arose for two new mixing consoles to upgrade and replace existing mixers, providing quality and versatility for a range of FOH and monitor duties. Unit Sound acquired a 10 aux, 8 group, 12x4 matrix GL2800 and a 6 aux, 4 group, 7x4 matrix GL2400, from Allen & Heath's Dutch distributor, TM Audio.

Unit Sound's managing director, Chris Snoep, says: "Extensive testing lead us to the new A&H GL Series, which clearly stood out from the competition. New preamps and EQ has resulted in excellent sound quality, and noise ratios have improved drasti

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"I believe that this was one of the first time that a rock band had taken MAC 700's on tour," said Bradsmith. "When I was at Martin's Denmark factory earlier in the year they showed me a prototype of the MAC 700 and asked my opinion on it. I have to say that they have really put a lot of thought into the effects, it's like an advanced MAC 500 which is a popular unit in itself."

Bradsmith says that the MAC 700's have been trouble free on the r

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The Kursaal, a newly refurbished 2,201 seat multi-purpose auditorium in Ostend, was equipped with an MCR system that allows the reverberation time of the room to be varied, without the addition of electronic reverb, in nine discrete steps at the touch of a button. This allows it to provide an acoustically optimized playing and listening environment for every type of performance from orchestral and opera to TV shows and reinforced music.

The system has to perform four separate roles - sound reinforcement for co