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Italy - At the recent Winter Olympic Games, the nightly medals presentations were conducted in the heart of Turin, followed by a celebration which included concerts of various artists and fireworks. All this took place at the Medal Plaza, located directly beside the Piazza Castello in front of the Royal Castle.

The consoles of choice for controlling these complex lighting systems were grandMA multimedia consoles. Lighting designer Giovanni Pinna used a grandMA full-size and two grandMA light desks to control the large lighting system for Medal Plaza. He had to control more than 300 moving lights, countless Pars, fresnels, profiles, strobes and LED fixtures for the different areas on and off stage. One grandMA light served as backup while the second one took control of the LED fixture installation on stage.

But Medal Plaza was not the only place where grandMA multimedia console

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UK - The Technical and Production Arts department at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow will hold its Graduate Exhibition and Trade Show on 22-23 March 2006. The event highlights the latest in creative and technical thinking in the entertainment and event technology world.

A free seminar programme runs across both days, with a range of sessions including an introduction to moving lights, information on the Bristol paint range and its use across film, television and theatre, a glimpse into the world of LED lighting, a history of dimmers, how to become a lighting designer and the use and abuse of chain hoists. Visitors will also be able to learn more about the latest technologies and their applications, and take the chance to have some focused discussions in a relaxed environment.

The work of students graduating from the RSAMD's BA Technical and Productions

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Sweden - Starlight AB, one of the largest technology and service providers in the Swedish music and stage industry, has joined forces with United Audio AB, one of Sweden's leading pro audio rental companies. The two companies will start cooperating immediately, making up what it says is "the first true total service provider for the Swedish entertainment and events industry".

The company now controls the greatest resource available in Scandinavia, consisting of staff, stages, audio, lighting, and transportation services for the music industry, and will soon be able to compete on the European market while maintaining a strong local prescence. United Audio / Starlight will remain represented throughout Sweden, with offices in Stockholm, Avesta, Gothenburg, and Malmo. "The new, nationally available equipment resource, combined with the high level of competence that h

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UK - SPS supplied the Kennel Club with a spectacular LED display for this year's Crufts event - the world's leading dog show. The installation of a four sided 'cube' display was a great solution that provided stunning visuals to all four corners of the arena - something not achieved in previous years.

Nicholas Brooks-Ward of the Kennel Club commented: "Everyone at Crufts was thrilled with the screens. They added a huge amount to the event for everyone in the arena as well as forming an intrinsic part of the BBC television coverage."

Four-sided displays are becoming more common in permanent arena installations, but this was the first time that a temporary installation of this kind has been installed at the NEC. Barco Dlite 7mm LED provided the viewing public with clear high resolution images. Each screen measured 10sqm 3.6m wide by 2.5m high. Live feeds from the BBC w

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Canada - McGill University in Montreal is no stranger to technology. A school renowned for state-of-the-art education in audio recording, video, performing arts and audio research has teamed with Sennheiser Canada to bring cutting-edge sound reinforcement technology to the university. Peter Holmes, technical manager for McGill was looking for a natural sound for classical music, speakers that don't sound like a typical PA with a palatable timbre to the educated ear.

"With our limited budget, we expected it would be difficult to find a loudspeaker system that would be liked and appreciated by our demanding user base. It was therefore a pleasant surprise to hear the K&F offering. Since we installed the system we have had many compliments on the quality of sound reinforcement in our new hall."

The Tanna Schulich Hall, located in the New Music Pavillion at McGill Univers

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UK - Carlsbro has announced that the team from computer DJ will be joining its stand at the ProLight&Sound show in Frankfurt to demonstrate their incredible 00DJ Lap top DJ/Karaoke mixer and MP3 player. This new collaboration also sees Computer DJ pairing the 00DJ exclusively with Carlsbro's active Orion and Gamma loudspeakers.

Commenting on the collaboration, Computer DJ managing director Shaun Minns said: "Due to the massive interest in the 00DJ system we were constantly being asked by customers for recommendations for speaker and amplification configurations to complement the system, so after a great deal of research we found a company that had the same principles and ideas about design and customer service as ourselves, as well as some outstanding products that can deliver the optimum sound quality that our system dictates and in Carlsbro we have found that partner.&quo

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Belgium - Visualisation specialist Barco, is delighted to announce the latest addition to the SLite family of outdoor LED display solutions. Ideally suited for large outdoor venues, the latest SLite product combines excellent visualization characteristics and extreme reliability with a very competitive price setting to suit this competitive market, say the company.

Typical applications include rock and roll concerts, mobile displays, and all outdoor applications from entertainment venues to sports stadiums, theme park and outdoor advertising.

Using proven Dual Pixel Technology on 4 LEDs per pixel, the SLite 10 XP has a visual 10mm resolution. It also features an ultra high bright 5,500 Nit calibrated output and its rugged IP65 rating, makes it completely weather proof and ideal for use in both rental and staging environments and fixed installations. Additionally, the revolutio

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UAE - Multisell Technology, the Dubai-based display solutions specialist, has announced the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement for MENA with Lumin Visual Technologies AG, for the use of its patented high-end display projection screens.

Multisell Technology will offer this technology to its clients exclusively as part of its turnkey solutions for retails showrooms, advertising displays, command centres, large format displays and other vertical markets.

Commenting on the agreement, Florian Lauterbach, president of sales and marketing for Lumin Visual Technologies AG said: "Lumin Visual Technologies AG is happy to announce an exclusive Distribution Partnership with MultiSell Technology Middle East FZCO for the Middle East. Multisell will be in charge for introducing the Lumin Display products in the Arabian markets and develop a reseller network in the area, as w

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USA / Worldwide - Radian Audio Engineering has strengthened worldwide sales and support of its loudspeaker systems and speaker components with the appointment of seven new distributors serving the installed and touring live sound markets in Western Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and Asia.

Radian Audio has appointed Fuzion plc (www.fuzion.co.uk), located in Surrey, just southwest of London, as the exclusive distributor for the UK. Fuzion, which was established in 1994, is one of the UK's most successful independent distributors of professional audio products and consistently tops pro audio manufacturers' "best distributor" lists.

Audio Design Nederland (www.audiodesignnederland.com) has been appointed as the exclusive distributor of Radian Audio products for the Netherlands. Founded in 1987 and with offices in Drachten and Almelo, ADN offers import and sales services

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UK - Pro Audio Systems, the Bradford-based audio and AV rental, sales, and events production company, recently produced events for Harveys and Provident Financial.

The sales conference for Harveys, the furniture retail chain, was produced for McKendrick Associates, and accommodated 250 sales managers in the Kings Suite in the Metropole Hotel, Birmingham. Two live camera feeds were mixed with PowerPoint and video presentations on two large projection screens. A 24ft x 12ft main stage was erected, along with four 12 x 12ft product display stages, and a large red back wall set backdrop. Lighting comprised Strand Coda floods, Strand SL zoom profiles, Strand fresnells, Source Four Pars, Celco dimmers, an Avolites Pearl console, and CM ProStar motorised hoists for suspending the lighting truss.

Audio was supplied with a Meyer Sound system, comprising six self powered UPJ-1P speaker

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Germany - Just one year after the start the integration of Klein+Hummel into the Sennheiser Group has been completed. The brand is becoming successful internationally. Just before the prolight+sound tradeshow the new headquarter of the Pro Audio speaker manufacturer in Hanover-Wedemark has been officially opened.The new facilities will house the sales and marketing teams, as well as the R&D division. A state-of-the-art un-echoic chamber and purpose built 'live' stage have been created there to test and demonstrate the entire K+H product range. The opening kicked off with a house warming party on 24 February 2006. The a-cappella band Harmony Central gave the new stage its first airing to the audience.

Klein+Hummel president, Achim Gleissner, commented: "It's been a great challenge to integrate the K H operation into the Sennheiser Group. The sales, ordering, invoicing and lo

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Sweden - During the SIEL exhibition in Paris, Capture Sweden settled an agreement with LT-Light to launch the new Capture 2005 LT-Light Edition. Starting from 1 January 2006, LTLight is bundling the Capture 2005 LT-Light Edition with its brand new Hydra Space, Hydra Sky and Hydra Spirit consoles.

"The launch of the LT-Light Edition signifies the start of a new era for Capture Sweden," says Lars Wernlund, the company's technical manager. "We have not bundled with any consoles before, but with increasing pressure from console manufacturers along with new technical possibilities with Capture 2005, we have finally managed to take this step ahead! This fits well into our goal of not only offering a lighting design tool, but also an extension to the console during programming."

The LT-Light Edition is a full-blown Capture 2005 Basic Edition, limited to operate on

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Australia - The last six months have seen audio companies servicing key markets across Australia rapidly expand their inventory with Kudo systems. Kudo - the latest horizontal and vertical line source array from L-Acoustics - has achieved worldwide sales of more than 1500 elements since its release in March 2005.

In Perth, AAA Productions and Audex Sound have taken delivery of 24 Kudo and rigging, 6 MTD112b all powered by LA48a amplifiers. They have recently used their new system for the Emirates Concert featuring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, held outdoor at Lake Karrinyup (Perth) in January 2006.

Frontline Tasmania based in Launceston have also purchased 12 KUDO, 6 SB218 subwoofers along with 10 115XT HiQ floor monitors also powered by LA48a amplifiers. Frontline has debuted the Kudo system for the Launceston Carols by Candlelight<

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Denmark - The Danish Music Awards 2006 were celebrated this month at Copenhagen's KB Hallen, with the two-and-a-half hour event broadcast live to air on Danish National Radio (DR) and television (DR1). With 10 of the 12 bands performing live, a Digidesign 96-channel Venue system was used both in the OB truck, where the desk was tracked to Pro Tools HD, and at front-of-house.

All acts were accompanied by their own sound engineers for the FOH mix (and many for the OB). Even though most had no previous experience of Venue this seemed to represent no obstacle. "Everyone was excited about the sound quality, the ease of use and the use of the plug-ins," says Digidesign's Ineke van der Voort, who provided support in the OB truck. All mixes were stored into snapshots.

As the sound designer (and FOH engineer) for this year's DMA, Claus Pedersen was able to choose the console

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Spain / Germany - Leading Spanish loudspeaker manufacturer Vieta Pro has announced a key appointment in its distributor network, bringing Sonus GmbH on board to represent the Vieta line in Germany.

Sonus has a solid reputation as a manufacturer in its own right, developing innovative pro-audio products from special transducer technologies. Vieta is the first comprehensive speaker line that Sonus has taken on for distribution.

Technical director Martin Greis explains the appeal of the Vieta Pro line: "Vieta offers us a full portfolio of European-made loudspeaker products that are extremely well-designed with excellent audio performance. There are clever controller options and a well-planned range of accessories."

Martin Greis has already spotted the best-sellers for the German market, highlighting in particular the Do Line of high-performance passive speakers, speci

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Ireland - i-Vision has supplied an eye-catching internal architectural lighting scheme based on its Lumos LED lightsources for Brubakers, the latest multi-purpose night venue to open in Ireland's buzzing new party town of Dundalk. The venue was previously incarnated as a long, narrow space that served as a pub but was totally inadequate for staging live bands.

Owner and local entrepreneur Declan Muckian had the place gutted and re-designed from the ground up, transforming the same footprint into a classy and more functional new 650 capacity environment combining four bars, a restaurant area, dance-floor and live music facilities. He called in Eamonn O'Neil from Vibe Sound & Lighting to supply a top quality audio, AV and lighting package, and he in turn asked i-Vision's Geoff Jones onboard to design and supply the specialist environmental lighting requirements.

"It's alrea

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Italy - PMC's Italian representatives, Feel Communications, have signed a major contract to supply audio monitoring to RDS (Radio Dimensione Suono) - one of Italy's largest national independent radio networks. The contract is the first of three to supply the Italian broadcast sector that will come into effect in late 2006 and one which includes the RTL network in Milan.

This initial contract includes 10 pairs of PMC's AML1 and four pairs of DB1S-A two-way active monitors. They will feature in the newly converted ancient monastery located on the highest of the seven hills within the city of Rome. RDS's latest state of the art complex includes one main On-Air control room, four edit rooms, an extensive surround music production area and large live performance auditorium with control room. Estimated at over fifty million Euros, the station incorporates full redundancy backup across

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UK - The Riccallish Allsorts, a community theatre group from Riccall, Yorkshire, began planning their 2005 Christmas pantomime early in October. An important feature was to be the new stage, for which a grant had been provided. Value for money was an obvious factor in finding the ideal company to provide the equipment. Ken Davison, of the Allsorts, requested a quote from Maltbury.

As staging requests go, this one was fairly simple. A stage was needed that could be easily assembled, but also give a professional appearance. Metrodeck was the perfect system to replace their ageing chipboard stage. Affordable and simple, the Metrodeck could be quickly assembled by any member of the group to create a professional stage, and was also easy and quick to store.

The staging provided was used in conjunction with a trussing structure and drapes to create a self-sufficient proscenium-arch

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UK - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's first collaboration, and its history has been one of evolution, an evolution that continues in the current national revival tour of the show.

Joseph was only 15 minutes long when first performed as a cantata in 1968, but grew in subsequent versions to 40 minutes and, finally, a full 90-minute musical. The new production shows its evolution in the technical aspects of production, especially its sound system: self-powered loudspeakers from Meyer Sound and, at the FOH position, an LCS Audio Matrix3 audio show control system with a CueConsole control surface. The system was specified by Duncan Robert Edwards, the show's sound designer, and supplied by Specialized Audio-Video, N.Y., with logistical coordination by Mark Norfolk and Mike Weirich.

In the years since Joseph's f

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Russia - Midas and Klark Teknik have appointed Moscow-based Theater Technics and Technology (TTT) as its Russian distributor. Formed 15 years ago, TTT also represents Midas/KT fellow brands Electro-Voice, Telex and Dynacord.

"We really appreciate the opportunity of becoming the official Midas and Klark Teknik distributor in our country," says company president Mikhail Godin. "Our immediate priority is to increase sales and technical support across the Russian Federation."

Godin first came across Klark Teknik's internationally-renowned equalisers more than 20 years ago while working in state recording studio Melodia. Both brands have also been used by TTT in its systems integration work for installations in Azerbaijan and in Moscow.

"Klark Teknik and Midas have come to represent unique sonic quality and reliability," says Andrey Kovalevsky, who,

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UK - Sound Division has recently supplied a fully iPod-driven distributed background music system in the spa and treatment rooms at the legendary Browns hotel in Mayfair. The emphasis at Browns is on intimacy and quintessential English charm. However, this has not stopped the hotel opting for a thoroughly modern background music solution.

The system is based on a number of Opus MS micro ceiling speakers distributed throughout four zones. The first comprises reception and the main corridor; treatment rooms one and two make up the second zone; treatment room three is the third zone, while the fourth zone is the gymnasium. Sound Division has supplied three Cloud RL1 remote volume control panels and two Cloud mixers amplifiers; a four-zone Cloud 46/50 for zones 1-4 and a separate Cloud MPA-626 single zone device for the gymnasium. Acting as the music source for the entire system Sou

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France - The first Studer Vista 8 digital audio front-of-house console to be used in Paris's theatreland has been installed in the 1000-capacity Theatre de la Ville, which has chosen Studer as the digital platform for an extensive refurbishment programme that will take place over two years.

Once known as Theatre Sarah Bernhardt for its association with the legendary French actress, this popular municipal theatre now offers the top names in contemporary dance, innovative French theatre, and evening concerts of jazz and world music.

In 2003, the audio production team, led by Pierre Tamisier, began the search to replace the theatre's 12-year old Studer 900 analogue console. Having examined digital technology from several other leading manufacturers, they still wound up at the door of Audiopole, distributor of Studer in France, with an order for a 32-fader Vista 8 with 10-fader ex

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UK - As they complete a major round of Brannigans bar lighting and video makeovers for owners Herald Inns & Bars, contractors PV Audio Video have found Futurelight products to form an irresistible combination over the dancefloor.

Having recently completed sites in Manchester and Reading (with the final venue in Warrington destined to be rebranded), PVAV's Peter Varey believes his quest for reliable, cost-effective lighting has ended with the discovery of Futurelight's DJ-Scan 250 and CY-250 - distributed by Fuzion plc's lighting division (DiFuzion).

The former is an innovative DJ-scanner with rotating gobos; seven dichroic colourfilters (plus white); rainbow effect with adjustable speed in both directions; gobo-wheel with seven rotating gobos (open and blackout) and strobe effect with adjustable speed (1-10 flashes/sec).

The CY-250 is a similarly-featured barrel effect, whic

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UK - One of the harder working bands around, Mudvayne has spent as much of the past six years on tour as off. Their most recent outing with Sevendust on the Masters of Horror Tour covered more than 30 cities over a two-month period. New England-based Rainbow Production Services provided a sound system built around Meyer Sound's Milo high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers for the dates, which leaned toward larger arenas, amphitheaters and stadiums.

FOH mixer Scott Tkachuk commanded the rig, which featured 24 Milo cabinets, two Milo 120 high-power expanded coverage curvilinear array loudspeakers, and a dozen 700-HP ultrahigh-power subwoofers.

"The Milo is really proving to be one of the most versatile line arrays there is," Tkachuk says. "It's amazing that a system capable of handling the nuance and detail of acoustic guitars and jazz can also deliver th

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