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Working for communications agency, Cricket, to a high-class design from James Grey Design, the team at Stage One transformed the room. The work included trimming and cladding existing bookshelves and producing a number of graphic panels, which were then inserted amongst them. Several false walls were built, one to house two 50 inch plasma screens and one to create aproduction control room, both of which required trim detail, skirting etc. Finally a cable trough was built to run between the two new walls, which was designed to blend in with the existing hotel walls.

Ted Featonby, Stage One project

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Lighting designer James Campbell was given the task of lighting the new series: "The brief was to recognise and produce the traditional Mastermind look, with a suggestion of different architecture, like the different locations they used in the original series."

The Lighting rig is made up of 20 MAC 500s and one Stage Zoom 1200.

"The central image to the show is the iconic chair, where I use an intense arrangement of moving lights (the MAC 500s). The background is kept black with the multi-dimensional beams in striking shades of blue."

By Campbell's own admis

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Multi-purpose in use, promedia mms runs Que Pasa's bespoke music and music video profile and controls all aspects of the sites entertainment offer be it scheduling on-screen graphics, programming lighting effects, controlling what is seen on each screen, and adjusting the audio presets throughout the trading week. And in addition to this, promedia mms ably assists the on-site DJ with its integral fully featured touch-screen DJ console.

As well as supplying the promedia mms system, tsg specified and installed a robust screen and lighting system and also tweaked and brought up to date the existing audio system

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"We used evolution series e935s on all the vocals, including our guests, Lou Reed and Billy Gibbons," says Neil Heal, monitor engineer for The Raconteurs. Reed made an appearance with the band early in the show performing the 1967 Velvet Underground classic, 'White Light/White Heat'. Later, The Raconteurs were joined by ZZ Top's Gibbons for a rendition of his band's 'Cheap Sunglasses', an

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Terry Nelson joined IBC Technical Resources eight years ago and works closely with the Audio Technical Coordinator, Tim Kerr, specifying systems for the rooms and acoustic consultation. Together they are responsible for the set up of the rooms and the final tuning o

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Having been a preferred supplier of audio-visual services to the award-winning Brewery for the past seven years, the London event services company PSL was the ideal candidate to handle the design and installation of new production facilities. "PSL is familiar with the building, and we're very comfortable with PSL," says Lawson. "They've led the design process throughout but we've been closely involved, especially when it came to the replacement of the sound system."

The Brewery has worked closely with PSL and the Corporation of London on

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For the evening line-up of DJs at the Grosser Stern, a number of conditions had to be met. At the Column, the organisers wanted powerful 360° sound coverage, evenly dispersed but without exceeding the pre-determined volume limit of 105dB(A). As the view from the Victory Column to both the east and the west was to be as unrestricted as possible, the structures needed for mounting the loudspeakers had to be kept very simple.

For the DJ stages at the east and west sides, a higher level of amplification was planned, which was to be integrated into the overall sound reinforc

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14 March 2016

The History Boys, a multi award winning play by English playwright Alan Bennett, originally opened two years ago at the Lyttelton. After touring the UK, and then internationally, it enjoyed a successful run on Broadway earlier this year. Another UK tour kicked off this past August - this time with Martin's tungsten halogen wash as an important element of the rig. The History Boys will play at Wyndham's Theatre in the West End before the TW1s settle into the Lyttelton.

Simon Fraulo, chief lighting technician at the National Theatre, reproduced the lighting for the tour, making adjustments to lightin

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The consoles were applied to control conventional fixtures as well as moving lights and are ready to integrate video at a later stage. William Ng of City Harvest church points out: "I got to know grandMA in the US. The possibilities and the powerful performance were very impressive. Back home the recommendation of Desisti Asia, which offered comprehensive project support, and their after-sales service convinced us to invest in MA technology."

City Harvest Church serves as the centre

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Providing facilities for some six studios, 16 Edit suites, graphics and content managers, Master Control is the hub of the ITN operation. As a live news broadcaster, ITN takes feeds from numerous OBs every day, and an essential part of their intercom requirement was a system to route incoming and outgoing lines at the touch of a button. The new TELEX ARP (Audio Routing Panel) developed for ITN achieves this, allowing fast switching with visual confirmation and reverse interrogation of routes throughout the complex.

Paul Flook Head of Broadcast Engineering ITN explained: "We

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Blige is a longtime user of the hybrid handheld microphone that combines a Neumann KK 105-S capsule with a Sennheiser SKM 5000-N transmitter. According to monitor engineer Ramon Morales, for this tour Blige has the Neumann capsule paired with the new nickel finish Sennheiser SKM 5200 handheld, which offers a redesigned user interface, mechanics and electronics compared to the previous model.

"The supercardioid 105 capsule is not for everyone," n

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The official opening of the headquarters of the Royal Nautical Club of Tenerife took place back in 1905, in an art nouveau building, designed by architect Mariano Estanga, situated in the façade of the Castillo de Pedro. The Club was reopened after the Spanish Civil War during the celebration of the 1941 May festivities on the island. At that early stage the building hosted bathrooms, a swimming pool, dressing roo

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The specially designed 40,000 sq.ft building is been constructed on a 1.5 hectare plot of land acquired by the company 18 months ago, together with another adjacent 70,000 square feet, which is already reserved in anticipation of future expansion. Approximately 35,000 sq.ft the new space is devoted to warehousing, service and storage areas.

The remaining 5,000 sq.ft is an open-plan office, complete with a contemporary interior design created by Buro Belgium. Maximising natural light, the offices have also been acoustically treated and designed to limit noise interference between the different workspaces and areas.

"We want it to be as pleasant and stimulating a working environment as possible on all levels," explains XL Video

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The initial interface between the two companies comes in the form of an Innovason Dio module, DioAV, which is easily installed in one of the two locations available on the DSP board of the Sy48 and Sy80 consoles. Two CAT5 connectors offer direct digital connectivity to two 16-channel networks and Aviom's signature Pro16 Personal Mixers via Aviom's proprietary protocol, A-Net.

A prototype DioAV interface was shown for the first time at the recent AES show in San Francisco with commercial availability planned for the first quarter of 2007.

Innovason Xavier Pion, director of sales and marketing, regards the partnership as a highly positive move

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Each Color Web 125 panel consists of 64 individually addressable colour mixing LED cells with a pitch of 125mm / 5", providing double the resolution per square metre compared to the original 250mm / 10" version launched last year.

The choice of panel resolutions makes Color Web suitable for more demanding visual effects applications and provides customers with a choice of products to suit their budget and display requirements.

Also on display will be the latest range of Chroma-Q Color Block LED accessories, including eight new colour options designed for

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Sound design is by Dan Moses Schreier, who was also responsible for the sound on the last three Stephen Sondheim revivals, with a Cadac J-Type Live Production Console taking a key role at the heart of the show's sound system.

Staged at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, the musical involved a delicate balance, featuring an intricate and highly lyrical score delivered at a cracking pace. Dan Moses Shreier explains:"This show poses an extraordinary challenge from the sound perspective, based on getting the balance between the voices

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Following speeches by John Saunders (retiring chief executive of the SIA) and Vernon Coaker (the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for security, policing and community safety at the Home Office), Radio 2 presenter Jeremy Vine hosted the ceremony, where 14 awards given out to the key achievers over the previous year.

Showsec managing director Mark Harding collected the Event Security Team of the Year award, as the company was recognised for it's achievements in the event sector over the previous year. Harding says: "I'm delighted that the criteria was for the 'best team', and am proud to accept this award for every member of the Showsec team who have contributed to a great year. We are committed to the ongoing improvement of standar

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Mikael Uddh is the ELC product manager, and the full sales team are available for enquiries, from the four point of sales and distribution: in Stockholm, Malmö, Gothenburg and Gävle.

ELC Lighting say that they are "fully confident in the re-organisation of this sales structure,and we will be fully supporting Spectra Stage & Event Technologies AB in their activities".

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The main challenge for lighting designers Christian Bréan and Jacques Rouveyrollis was to cover with light the 11,000 m2 of surface area of the stadium - which was covered in compacted red clay.

"The lighting for this mega-spectacular required detailed study of the placing of the projectors around the entire oval that covers the Stade de France" - the two lighting designers explained. "It needed at least a year's work to plan and implement the lighting design.&qu

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Seventy tons of equipment are transported every week from one town to another. "Our team consists of 40 people. They need two days to build up the studio," explains Jörg Privsek of Make It Real. "We want to get as close to the people as possible, therefore our system has to be mobile. Our set designer Jürgen Harsler arranges the seats around the studio stage to produce a stadium feeling. The lighting rig with its four pylons also reminds the spectators of this."

Lighting Designer Manuel da Costa adds, "Important for my choice o

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An estimated national audience of over 1.49 million viewers tuned-in to watch the show's 2006 AFL Grand Final broadcast which aired on Australia's Channel 9 (GTV-9) television network last month.To mark the occasion, the network created a spectacular studio set, located at the Rod Laver Arena in the heart of Melbourne's city centre.

As part of the set design, over 130 Lighthouse LED video panels were strategically deployed around the stage to create a number of R4, R10 and R16i/o high-definition video displays which were used to project vibrant images of the event. This included the showcasing of foo

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Gary Brookes is the front of house systems engineer for ESS alongside Mike Benson, Imogen's front of house engineer, and Darren Connor who handles the monitor position for ESS.

At the Brighton Dome the system comprised eight TA-890H mid/high cabinets flown two wide by two deep a side, plus five TA-890L vertically ground stacked with two TSW-718 double 18 subwoofers aside. "We're using the older 718s to emphasise the real low end," explains Brookes. "This is a little o

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With the itinerary covering a host of gigs from Nottingham Rock City to Brixton Academy, the Adlib crew - Hassane Essiahi and Richie Nicholson - knew to be prepared for all eventualities and for the wide discrepancy in venue sizes. The VerTec proved its worth on stages large and small, demonstrating its very flexible and workable floor stacking options on some of the smaller shows.

For Brixton, they utilised 10 flown VT 4889 elements per side, together with eight floor-stacked JBL VerTec 4880 subs. These were run in conjunction with two of Adlib's own FD full range cabinets per side for

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By being able to offer QSC-based solutions from the Californian company's extensive product range, their territorial distributor, Beijing-based Prime Connections Inc (PCI) has successfully tendered for a number of contracts. In particular, they report that QSC sound reinforcement and network control systems have been supplied to a number of conference centres, sports halls and stadiums.

Founded in 1724, Beijing No. 2 Middle School has become the most prominent school of its type in Beijing. With its concept of all-round education, high-quality staff and advanced facilities it has produced many star pupils.

Asked to participate in the provision of a pro audio system for its newly-constructed sports ha