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The lasers are used specifically to reproduce the cover artwork of Dark Side Of The Moon. The effect was conceptualised by Marc Brickman, ETG's Kelly Sticksel, and Lightwave International's George Dodworth. Design was executed by Chris Nyfield of Hindsight Studios and Brickman, along with Sticksel and Dodworth.

The base structure was fabricated by ShowRig, headed by Eric Pierce. Final assembly was a joint effort between ShowRig, ETG, Lightwave International, Hindsight Studios, Stack Technical Services, and GCN Technologies.

(Jim Evans)

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Performing at Live Earth, the original members of Spinal Tap - singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) - scorched the stage, startled the horses clear across town in Buckingham Palace's Royal Mews, and shattered eardrums with a set list including the incendiary hit Big Bottom, cult favourite Stonehenge, and a new single written especially for the occasion, Warmer Than Hell. As longstanding Shure endorsers, Tap relied upon a bevy of the company's products

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"This was a terrific CEDIA Expo," says CEDIA chairman, Simon Williams. " The event was bigger than ever, and looked more professional than ever. Exhibitors really stepped up to the plate, putting together some fantastic stands. And the education programme was again a top attraction for delegates.

"With mandatory certification on the horizon, the designer and installer examinations proved especially popular. CEDIA Expo continues to grow and we look forward to another great event in 2008."

(Jim Evans)

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Around 3000 attended the event, with estimated television audiences of 800 million in China and two billion worldwide. Promoter for the event was Live Nation in partnership with OPG.

A 15m Orbit Flexidome was chosen as the appropriate stage system, as the site has a shopping mall beneath and no other structure could provide the rigging capacity combined with low self weight and point loads. Working on the roof of the shopping mall also meant the use of any cranes, pickers or forklifts was not allowed, so the whole system had to be hand

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Actor Dei is based on the history of Saint Pio from Pietrelcina, an Italian priest who became famous for his piety as well as alleged supernatural events including the appearance of stigmata. The systems have been provided by Italy's leading PA rental company Agora which purchased them from local Midas distributor Texim.

Long-time Midas aficionado Claudio Venturelli is sound designer and chief sound engineer for the show. "As soon as I was told about the availability of two complete systems from Agora, I immediately migrated to the new Midas platform," he explains. "There was only one reason for my choice: I had absolute confidence in its sound quality, and the XL8 didn't disappoint me.

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14 March 2016

A company statement says: "Harman Pro UK recognise that financing the purchase of such high-value equipment can be a challenge for tour sound companies, so they've arranged the new 0% package to help spread the impact of re-equipping."

Various types of agreements are possible under Harman Pro UK Finance, depending on the requirements of the company applying. 0% finance is available over two years, but "exceptionally low rates" are offered over longer periods. Deferred payment schemes can be arranged for the purchase of Vi6 and/or VerTec systems.

"We know from experience

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With his partner Noreen O'Riordan, director of the lighting department at Entec Sound & Light, John was father to two young sons - Kieran, aged 9, and Thomas, aged 6.

Among his many clients as a freelance engineer were George Michael, David Gilmour, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Macy Gray, Annie Lennox, Christina Aguilera, The Pretenders, Phil Collins, Ozzy Osbourne, Luther Vandross, Sting, Sinead O'Connor, Eric Clapton and George Harrison.

In his early career, working mainly with Entec and Tasco, he laid the foundations of his skills working with bands including The Stranglers, Thomas Do

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14 March 2016

Audile of Manchester provided a Funktion-One PA system, comprising Resolution 5s and F221 subs, with a range of XTA units including two DP448s at front-of-house, with a DP324 SiDD inserted over the left and right channels being utilised for system EQ. A GQ600 graphic was also inserted at FOH for guest engineers to get their hands on. To keep the DJs under control, a D2 was set to work which helped to get levels consistent across the whole audio spectrum with the varying material being supplied by

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The BB's were selected by the London event's lighting designers Patrick Woodroffe (responsible for the stage/show lighting) and Mark Kenyon (responsible for the TV and BBC's lighting requirements), and supplied by lighting contractor PRG London - along with all the other equipment.

Lighting for the Live Earth concerts challenged its designers to make the rig as energy-efficient as possible, so they used as many high output, low-energy lighting fixtures as possible - including LED and HMI sources. (Tungsten elements were reduced to an absolute minimum).

Ahead of the event, PRG's project director Carol Croft, approached a series of LED lighting manufacturers including i-Pix and asked them t

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"For our new distribution arrangement in China we were looking for a company that was solidly established on the mainland, with young, motivated sales, marketing and technical staff, plus an organisation with the financial resources to bring A&H to prominence in the growing Hong Kong and Macau region," comments Allen & Heath's Asia regional sales manager, Bardy Hayes. "In Sanecore, these criteria were not just met but exceeded, and we are very proud to be in partnership with the Chang brothers, Michael and Bernard, and t

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"The input end of the show is relatively simple - a DVD player providing four channels of audio along with timecode," says Scott Chester of CBC. "The steep and deep shape of the venue and noise restrictions outside means a balance of complete, controlled vertical and horizontal coverage and intelligibility is essential - something the zoo felt the programme was lacking last year. The XLD is proving the ideal solution."

Arrays of seven XLD are flown each side, each over two ground-stacked X-subs for low-end support. EV CP4000S amplifiers han

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Leading the team of professionals in Singapore will be Juan Luis Garcia who has been responsible for sales in Asia and the Middle East over the last six years. His association with D.A.S. spans more than a decade and his experience includes the successful set-up of the D.A.S. Audio of America sales and distribution centre in Miami, Florida.

(Jim Evans)

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"The Far East is a market that ChamSys is keen to expand and with the appointment of Tongsuh Technologies & Trading, ChamSys is proving itself as it has in Europe," says a company statement.

Tongsuh Technologies & Trading was established in 1995 and since that time, Tongsuh has taken a leading role in the lighting control equipment market. Not only servicing the stage and studio market, but also to the entertainment and rental lighting market.

(Jim Evans)

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"What people forget is in the 80s we didn't have today's electronic technology, no mobile phones, faxes, laptops, or computers in the production office," reflects Hutchinson. "We had a couple of phones in a Portakabin that we'd all be fighting over and if we wanted signage we had to bring in a sign writer.

"On the scale of what we have now the electronic era has really got a grip. We used to check the oil and water in the generators every morning before we started. Now, through telemetry, our generators talk back to a cen

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Designed and installed by Electracoustic, the system features the TCS Compact series, with a pair of TCS-121Cs as main stage loudspeakers, plus four TCS-081Cs as delayed pairs down the length of the room.

"The TCS Compact series offers high audio quality at a very good price, but the colour option was also crucial as it was important that they were visually unobtrusive," says Electracoustic's Jon Trotter. "I also wanted a product I could use with and without bass cabinets, depending on the type of event.">P>Driven by MC2 series amplifiers and controlled by a Biamp Nexia digital audio controller, the system is req

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"We've always been a reactive and proactive company that understands the market place we're in," says Gordon. "However, when you have external investors, there is a need to explain the ins and outs of decision making processes and that can slow things down.

"The management buyout removes that requirement and means we can focus more of our time on doing what we do best, making us an even more agile and focussed company."

Along with a number of plans yet to be revealed, DiGiCo will be putting a share incentive scheme in place for its employees. "It's nice that as a modern company we're able to

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Chris Jenkins, BIC's entertainment and events manager and chair of the Bournemouth and Poole Music Industry Forum says, "Sun, Sea and Sound is all about encouraging people interested in pursuing careers in the most creative industry on the planet. There is no time like the present for our local industry to come together and hopefully inspire the future of the music business. This is great event for Bournemouth and Poole."

The Bournemouth and Poole Music Industry Forum was set up to provide a catalyst for projects like this and to provide a mouthpiece for the music industry in the are

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The event kicked off the high profile venue's new life as a major UK concert venue in grand style - with performances by Basement Jaxx, the Kaiser Chiefs and Tom Jones. The show was presented by Dermot O'Leary.

Packed close to its 23,000 capacity, guests were treated to a five-camera IMAG show directed by Kevin Watts. The four manned Sony D50 cameras were positioned one at FOH, two left and right high up in the bleachers either side and one hand-held onstage. The fifth camera was a hot-head rigged to a circular truss hung over the front of the stage.

IMAG was fed to the side screens, while the onstage scr

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14 March 2016

The Scenofest attracted over 7,000 theatre students to a giant international festival of theatre technique. Its aim is to encourage students of lighting, staging, scenography, sound design, costume, makeup and more to expand their artistic and technical horizons through mutual collaboration during over 300 performances, events and workshops.

A non-profit event, Scenofest 07's numerous venues and stages were built and equipped on a voluntary basis.

ADB Lighting's contribution was to equip two main stages with its latest luminaires, including the motorised WARP/M automated zoom profile spotlight. ADB rigs featured in both the iconic Paper Box Theatre and the central Scenofest Stage.

Michael Ramsaur, pr

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The Badminton is now a 2,500-capacity theatre, but a clue to the venue's original function is in the name: it was created from a badminton arena built for the 2004 Olympic Games. After the games, the building was used to stage a four-month run of Cats, proving it could function as a successful theatre. It has been rented by the Athens-based A.B.C.D company for a 20-year term, and a major six-month renovation project took place which included digging down 7.5m to create an amphitheatre-style auditorium.

A.B.C.D. opted for the Midas XL8 when it came to choosing a mixing system. "We wanted to create a high quality theatre experience for our audiences by providin

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Velvet Revolver's sound system consisted of a JBL VerTec 4889 system, designed for the theatre & arena venues, with 10 elements a side for the main hangs and four for the side-drops. This was run in conjunction with JBL VT 4880 subs.

Adlib supplied one of its Dolby Lake control racks at FOH, and Camco Vortex 6 amplification for the main system with Crown T-Tech 8000s for the subs. The FOH console was a Digidesign Venue and on monitors it was a Yamaha PM5D, both supplied by the band and run by their own engineers.

For monitors, Adlib supplied their MP3 low profile wedges plus three stacks of Nexo Alpha for side-fills. A pair of Yamaha M7CL desks were used for the support band, and the crew were Kenny Perrin and Hassane Es

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Stage Electrics staff presented Colorweb, which was a key interest at the show with an 8m x 4m section suspended along one side of the exhibition hall. The Colorweb system was programmed by Projected Image Digital, who provided on site advice and demonstrations of the PixelMAD LED mapping software and media server throughout the day.

Stage Electrics also presented the Apollo Right Arm, and also at the show was the HME DX200 wireless communication system, plus products from Swisson and Prolyte.

Business development manager Ed Gamble said, "It has been a fantastic event for both manufacturers and customers, spending time together taking an in depth look at some of the most exciting new technology in the marketplace, all in

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Products available will include the range of Yamaha AV receivers, digital sound projectors, CD and DVD players which will be available with, or without rack mounting kits.

The move comes as Yamaha confirms that it is experiencing significant growth in sales to the installation market, an area the company has been concentrating on since the successful launch of its IS speaker range and the recent introduction of new CobraNet and EtherSound enabled DME distributed DSP and I/O solutions.

Supporting this growth, Commercial Audio (UK) has also appointment a dedicated installation specialist and increased their field support capability with new hires.

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"The day-long programme included military bands, USAF flyovers and kids' entertainment leading up to the big firework display, all fed to remote jumbo video screens reinforced with EV equipment," says Moore.

"We used ZX5 speakers to cover the Grand Terrace, Xi-1122 to cover the VIP area, and Xi-2123 to cover the parking lots - even the visitors barbecuing way out there could see and hear everything clearly. And of course we were also running EV CP series amps and Dx34 and Dx38 processing. The systems were time delay