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14 March 2016

Those with iTunes, a video iPOD or podcasting software such as Juice, iPodder or iPodderX can now tap into these fresh feeds, which will include interviews, product demonstrations, tutorials, new technology 'sneak peeks' and more.

HES has a history of producing its own videos, which are posted on the HES website and transmitting these videos via an iPOD will now offer a portable convenience not offered by traditional web services. It also allows the ability to produce exclusive episodes, campaigns or podcast contests.

Tim Grivas, HES director of creative services, says: "Offering our videos through podcasting gives our dealers, sales team, techs in the field and lighting professionals an immediate access. It c

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14 March 2016

PALA India is the first international exhibition of its kind to be held on the sub-continent, incorporating all of the vertical markets within professional AV and entertainment technology, and the only show for audio installation and AV integration in the region.

PLASA is promoting the show to its membership, and assisting IIR, the organisers, in marketing PALA India to the professional lighting and sound industry in the UK. PLASA managing director Matthew Griffiths confirms the organisation's support for what he sees as an opportunity for its members, he says: "It's good to support an industry trade show in an emerging overseas market. The fact that it is organised by II

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14 March 2016

Ndylight specified Megabay Lighting Enterprises, a certified member of the Luxeon Lighting Network, to create a relaxed, stylish environment through the creative use of light, while taking advantage of the stunning views of the city.

As the new lounge is surrounded by glass on three sides, lighting design director, Susan Lambert, had the challenge of minimising the amount of interior light being reflected back into the lounge. To achieve this, Ndylight's solution for the Executive Lounge incorporates Luxeon LEDS on both the interior and exterior. These are used to highlight individual elements of the design.

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The system comprised nine per side (three wide by three deep) TA-890H mid/high cabinets flown left and right of the stage on a Serious Stages' Lunar Boom, with a further six TA-890L 15" bass cabinets and two TSW-218 18 inch horn-loaded bass cabinets ground stacked left and right. An additional two TA-890H cabinets per side were also ground stacked, with another pair in the centre to produce the correct sound image and with ei

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14 March 2016

As fans eagerly await the release date of a new album, Radiohead has begun debuting some of its new material on a European and North American tour. The tour also marks the debut outing for Martin's Mac 700 Wash.

Andi Watson, who helped beta-test the Mac 2000 Wash on a number of Radiohead's European shows in 2002, and subsequently used the luminaire on the band's Hail to the Thief tour, has real-world tested the Mac 700 Wash on this latest Radiohead tour. "I am incredibly impressed with the Mac 700 Wash," he says. "

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14 March 2016

Aside from motor sports, Charter has continued its involvement in other sporting fields, providing the HD Link for the ACS Tethered Blimp System used in the Sky coverage of England's Test Cricket throughout the summer, and supplying two complete digital radio came

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14 March 2016

The £4.5 million project, designed by architects the MEB Partnership from Oxford, has seen the creation of a 343 seat flexible space - which can also be configured in thrust and in-the-round formats - to service the school's own busy Performing Arts Centre department's productions as well as those of visiting companies, assorted local 'am dram' shows plus conferences and events.

Funded by the Seckford Foundation, which is dedicated to the young and the old of Woodbridge, it's a professional

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This year saw Tez Sheals-Barrett make her debut as Star Events Group project manager for the event. The first show in the series featured the Foo Fighters, who played to an 85,000-strong crowd on 17June. "We arrived in Hyde Park on 10 June to start the main stage build, allowing just five days in advance of production arriving on site!" says Sheals-Barrett.

"We had a lot of involvement with the band's production team due to the specific nature of the numerous structures they required. These included a specially designed thrust to allow Dave Grohl to run from the stage to the front of house towers and we had crew on hand throughout to make sure they got exactly what they want

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14 March 2016

Norwood's programme, Keep It Straight, has seen the Giant Records artist sharing his story with over 650,000 kids across the US and overseas. Norwood opens each date with a musical performance, warming up to his audience and creating a bond that enables him to share his own experiences, from his roots as the son of a preacher to his success as a performer, including his own struggles with drugs and alcohol.

Helping Norwood's message reach the students is a state-of-the-art sound system donated by Community Professional Loudspeakers. The Chester, Pennsylvania-based company outfitted Norwood with four XLT46E three-way bass reflex cabinets an

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14 March 2016

Burton was already using a pair of HS3000s for overheads but was looking for a new microphone for the snare. After a couple of meetings on the last tour a side-facing pencil microphone was designed, able to be placed close to the drum without presenting such a large target for the drummer and, when placed on a stand, less likely to move. The pick-up pattern and handling is ideal for loud sources such as drums, say the company, and so far it has seen action not only on Prodigy shows but was used in its first outing in Serbia for a show with Balkan superstar Ceca in front of 150,000 people.

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The historic theatre, built in 1926 and eventually falling into disrepair, re-opened in 2001 as a performing arts centre following years of renovation work by the all-volunteer Stadium Theatre Foundation. Since re-opening, however, sound quality within the theatre's Grand Hall was not up to expectations, leading the foundation to seek a professional solution.

The shoebox-shaped Grand Hall offers approximately 1,100 seats split between the main floor, balcony and side boxes. Its ample stage now hosts more than 90 events a year, including concerts, theatrical productions and lectures.

The new system was implemented by ATR/Treehouse of nearby Providence, Rhode Island, with input and support from Stadium The

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The aim of the event was to recognise staff achievements and successes over the past year. The theme was based on the musical Grease and featured cheerleaders, a Greased Lightnin' Band, and an American style convertible car.

Five halls at the ExCel Conference and Exhibition Centre were completely wrapped in Starcloth from Blackout creating an environment that was transformed into a tribute to the 1950s. 75 motors and 460 metres of lighting, AV and sound trusses were provided along with an 8m diameter truss circle. Four giant projection screens dressed to look like Drive-In Movie theatres were rigged by Blackout along with giant iconographic images from the

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The band's FOH sound engineer Will Markwell says: " Adlib have supplied a great system and really looked after us. Everything has gone extremely smoothly and above all they are really nice people." The short DCFC tour was overseen by Adlib's own Steve Cole and James Neale.

It ended at Brixton Academy in London, where the system was configured as 10 VT 4889 elements per side with six Adlib DF4 subs, a favourite Adlib cabinet combination yields.

The top four cabinets in the flown VT array were arranged to maximise coverage across the Academy's cavernous stalls and balcony.

The VerTec was powered by Camco Vortex 6 amps and the subs by

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14 March 2016

Cowen was given a solution to support Jonny's pedalboard. This consisted of two cable runs, each 12.5m in length. The first cable featured Van Damme Instrument Cable / Mains in a pliosil loom, while the second featured Van Damme Instrument Cable / Speaker Cable in a pliosil loom. VDC also supplied various loose connectors, blank panels and speaker reels.

The new loom is already being put through its paces in various European venues and television studios as the band undertakes promotion for their second album, Razorlight, launched this month.

"VDC has done a fantastic job and the loom is working perfectly," Cowen says. "The design is straightforward but the quality of the cabl

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14 March 2016

The Showtec products used on the show are; 16 Showtec Explorer 250 Pro, 10 Showtec Explorer 250 Wash, two Showtec Shogun Green Laser moving heads, and an assortment of ShowtecLED Par 36 fittings.

Off The Wall are Performing over two hours of classic Pink Floyd, including a complete rendition of the album Wish You Were Here, and their aim is to recreate the spectacle of the biggest rock concerts ever staged with lighting and video effects to match the music.

All the Showtec Explorer Pros and Washes are supplied in pairs ready loaded into flight cases, Neil from Zig Zag lighting has been highly impressed w

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14 March 2016

The Hudson Hotel, the latest addition to the 21-strong Festival Inns portfolio, is the result of merging a former post office, night club and office block into a complete leisure operation, including 31 technology-led bedrooms, The Hudson Bar and Hudson Club. To fulfil the brief of providing cutting-edge technology the company turned to Edinburgh-based Dynamic Productions.

Dynamic's project manager Graeme Anderson has brought all his expertise to bear over the three hotel room floors, ground floor bar/reception and basement nightclub, where he has worked magnificently to convert a space with restricted ceiling height into a vibrant, atmospheric dance venue.

Working within the confines of a Grade-B restrict

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14 March 2016

"With HK Audio, we succeeded in taking probably the most innovative German manufacturer of sound reinforcement systems into our distribution range. Especially with the Lucas systems, HK Audio has an extremely attractive offer for the Italian market. With the help of the Lucas display, we will establish the brand in many Italian music stores and thus, expose the consumer to the products of HK Audio and their excellent sound quality," says Claudio Bugari, owner and managing direc

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Promoted by Bob Mardon, the event has grown so quickly that 160 performances now take place over 10 stages, making it the largest free festival of world music in the UK. Last year it was estimated that more than 40,000 people thronged into the town. All of which puts increasing pressure on local PA/rental company Rossco (and their Martin Audio PA fleet), who have been involved with the event for the past six years.

Run by Ross Sharples and Mark Donovan, Rossco were again responsible for equipping the six main stages with no fewer than 72 Martin Audio enclosures - including the premier stages in the Town Square and Portmill Lane. These witnessed classic performances by Osibisa and the huge kodo drums of Dulsori, a dynamic traditiona

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14 March 2016

AVA Audio is the latest manufacturing representative for the mid-west region; including Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Southern Illinois. First Choice Marketing will represent Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Northern Idaho and Western Montana.

AVA Audio Video Associates, Inc., offers large corporate and hotel customers "state of the art" equipment and responsive technical support, says the company. AVA Audio Video is a full service, audio visual provider, and has been an independent manufacturer's representative agency since 1988.

First Choice Marketing continually demonstrates excellence with its contract A/V integration, broadcast, touring/renta

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14 March 2016

"The PMD 671 has proven itself as an invaluable tool to us, especially for immediate recordings. It's very useful, we could be FX editing one minute then down a tube station the next shooting trains, as on Creep where we used the PMD670 to record a lot of additonal train FX including doors, engines etc."

Art4Noise have used the PMD671 alongside their other studio gear to record in-house Foley spots - kettle boils, pot noodle slurps, plastic scrapes, door knocks and so on.

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"It proved to be a breathtaking three weeks," reports managing director, David Graham, "so much so that we immediately augmented our existing stock with a further 12 NEC 42in and 50in models."

Among the notable London venues that either hired or purchased displays were Charles and Adam Breeden's All Star Lanes and The Lonsdale. While the former ordered a 50in display, three 42in plasma screens were distributed around the exclusive Notting Hill bar restaurant.

1 Lombard Street brasserie in the City purchased three 42in plasmas, while the upmarket restaurants Beach Blanket Babylon and Nozomi also lai

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Rick Lawson of Funtime AV was the LD for the show and his brief was to design a series of distinctly different lighting states to enhance a catwalk show by a number of different designers. He explains: "We used a combination of Mac 250 Kryptons, Mac 250 Washes and Mac 550s. Among the benefits were high light output, sharpness of image and the speed and quietness of the motors. Also due to an extremely low ceiling all the units have to be situated on the floor, so the fact that all the units were part of the same range, gave a visual uniformity when it was rigged, which looked a lot tidier than using several manufacturers."

He added: "I chose th

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14 March 2016

Karma enjoyed a warm reception to its opening in the heart of Minneapolis's club district. There, a sound system based on the EAW Avalon speaker system is propelled by 55,000 Watts from a combination of MC2 E25 and E45 amplifiers powering the mains, subs and fills. The two-story club features a separate VIP suite and several private cabana areas.

Visage, which opened in April, has a fashion theme - a video display behind the bar presents the French fashion channel FTV and non-stop runway action, while every F

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Now A&F has taken retail environments even further with its new, 36,000sq.ft flagship store on Manhattan's highly competitive Fifth Avenue, enticing shoppers with a uniquely rich sound experience powered by Meyer Sound UPM-1P ultra-compact wide coverage and MM-4 miniature wide-range loudspeakers, supported by UMS-1P ultra-compact subwoofers. With the store's four high-ceilinged sales floors and stylish lighting, the precision of the sound system is critical to setting the store's club-like feel.

"Abercrombie & Fitch expects every aspect of their stores to be stimulating. They don't