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The Gallo Center For The Arts has two performance venues to satisfy a wide range of performances. The Mary Stuart Rogers Theater is the larger of the two with 1,250 seats, while the Foster Family Theater has a capacity of 444 seats. Owned by Modesto County, the facility was financed by private donations. It is a regional facility that is home to the Modesto Symphony and will serve as a multi-purpose centre for a broad range of entertainment. Media Systems Design Group was the audio design consultant, with Principal Tim Hart overseeing the design.

"We used the Vertec line arrays for the front of house systems because of their wide acceptance throu

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The total of 44 workshops, held during the four days of the trade fair will cover topics such as singing on stage and in the studio, signal processing for vocal recording, and how to find the ideal microphone of a lifetime.

The moderators are jazz trumpeter Nils Wülker, vocal trainer Annette Marquard, choir trainer and studio manager Rainer Stemmermann, acoustics expert Peter Maier, audio engineer Nils Hamann and Foley artist Dieter Hebben.

Wolfgang Fraissinet, president of marketing/sales at Neumann Berlin says, "We have expanded the range of topics covered in our workshops in response to frequ

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Being built to house up to 52 members of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Halley VI is the latest in the series of Halley stations that have been operating since 1956. Designed by Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton Architects, the new station incorporates seven 60-tonne laboratory, energy and sleeping modules raised on giant legs and booted with skis.

There is also a separate large module, which houses all the administrative and living facilities. The elevated modular configuration lifts Halley VI above accumulating surface snow (up to 1.5m per year) and enables it to be moved periodically to accommodate shifts and cracks in its location on the Brunt Ice Shelf.

Working with M&E supply contractor Merit Mer

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Dave Wooster has been in charge of FOH at Moore's recent performances and for this latest tour he chose a DiGiCo D1 console. Any DAW on the market can be connected to a DiGiCo console, but Wooster went with Pro Tools.

"It was the first time I'd used a DiGiCo outside of turning up at a festival or a one off show and just having to use what is there," says Wooster. "I've actually had the chance to play and programme the console. Alongside the D1 we had a Pro Tools HD1 system that seamlessly integrated into the desk, whi

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The Blue Man Group tour is a travelling version of the theatrical production show that combines music, comedy and multimedia theatrics. The main performers in the production, the 'Blue Men', are silent characters who use a variety of unusual materials to create musical tapestries that have also spawned three successful albums. The production is also supported by a full live band that plays throughout the performance.

Now in its fourth leg, the tour has already played in countless venues throughout North America, South America and Canada. Audio Analysts has empl

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House of Fraser wanted to create a Spring/Summer 2008 press event to establish their recently enhanced image in the minds of the media and provide an appropriate setting for the 2008 collections. Burlington Gardens at London's Royal Academy was chosen as the venue and Event Concept was appointed to work with the store's visual marketing team to create the setting for the event.

Working closely with the House of Fraser team, Event Concept created an engaging route through eight adjoining rooms which previewed the Womenswear, Menswear, Homeware, Childrenswear and Beauty collections before guests took their seats by the catwalk for a first glimpse of House of Fraser's new Spring collection

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The H2000 has been installed into the 1,250-capacity Council Hall of Moscow cathedral, which is used for meetings of Local and Bishops' councils as well as events ranging from meetings and conferences to orchestral, organ and choral, and folklore performances. The multipurpose hall, noted for its beautiful décor, unique architectural features, frescoes, Florentine mosaics and winter gardens, is also equipped with state-of-the-art acoustic equipment.

Head of the department of communication for the cathedral fund, Roman Demidov, explains: "The issue of purchasing a mixing console for the Council Hall had been going on for about a

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Further upstage, MAC 2000 Performances provided extra colour and effects on a translucent drop, creating clouds, sunsets, and 'amethyst mountains'.

Programmed on a Martin Maxxyz lighting console by Matt Schleicher, the lighting fixtures reportedly behaved con

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Tennessee athletic officials commissioned the $20 million overhaul in celebration of its 20th Anniversary. The roof-to-floor renovation includes new chairs, 32 new luxury suites, upgraded box seats and a $3 million state-of-the-art scoreboard.

Bandit Lites design and consultation associate, Chris Barbee said he was originally brought in as specialty lighting consultant. After the initial inspection, Barbee decided that the first phase of lighting renovation should not be a new 'look' as previously suggested, but an update to the control system.

Barbee installed a Payne-Sparkman system. With the new system, operators would be able to turn lights on/off in the entire arena from a sin

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To service this goal, a position has been identified for a workshop coordinator. The individual or firm will be responsible for all facets of events such as, but not limited to; the securing of venues, promotion in conjunction with the two organisations, coordinating the events, and working with the joint Advisory Board.

Work will commence on or about 1 March, 2008. A request for proposal has been created to outline in greater detail all aspects of the position and the qualifications necessary. The RFP may be downloaded at the web address below.

(Jim Evans)

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More conventionally, this is used by companies in the roofing and wetroom sealing business, but Fineline is going to utilise it for a range of stage, presentation and performance based applications. Its primary function will be for spraying items like sets and props that have been machined from polystyrene on their five-axis CNC router.

"This is part of our ongoing investment in the fabrication side of the business," explains Fineline's Darren Wring, adding that it will also help increase the efficiency and speed of Fineline's operation which enjoyed exceptional growth last year.

The company has just completed part of the set build for the Strictly Come Dancing Live tour via Total Solutions. Fineline supplie

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The Council has to cater for up to 40 councillors in each meeting, but it was felt that the layout of the room permitted the use of one microphone unit between two delegates; this was possible due to the characteristic pick-up pattern of the MCW-D microphone capsule and flexible microphone stem. A total of 27 MCW-D 521 delegate microphone units plus an MCW-D 523 chairman unit make up the system, which is supplemented by two hand-held radio microphones for members of the public to address the meeting if required.

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The handmade art piece is made of a special synthetic material and is made even more dynamic by ten Martin FiberSource QFX150 fiber optic illuminators. "The Martin FiberSource illuminators suited our needs for this project and we had good experience with this projector on previous projects," states Thomas Schindler of Cristallux of his decision to install the fixtures.

The FiberSource QFX150 is an automated 150 W colour-changing luminaire for illuminating fibre optic cables in permanent ins

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"It was kind of family reunion," reports Don Lockridge, project manager for grandMA supplier Bandit Lites, who was on Brooks' lighting crew back in the '90s. "We had three active grandMAs and a grandMA light all networked together in a typical front-of-house set up with about 14 universes. There were three operators: lighting designer, Dave Butzler who wrote the cues for the key lights and performer-specific back lights, Kyle Russelberg, who controlled the audience rig, and programmer Kevin Lawson. We use a lot of grandMAs at Bandit, a

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The AEC venue contains a club, restaurant and casino and is also used to stage boxing contests and other sporting events. It is located on Arbat Street, one of the best known thoroughfares of the city.

LSC has engaged in many design, supply and installation projects in the casino world, and have also completed several other schemes within Arbat, which is why they won the contract to kit out the restaurant.

In addition to tables, the Tropicana also features a stage for live music and cabaret performances and a dancefloor area for discos, so the new lighting rig needed to have an additional degree of flexibility explains LSC's Andrey Zhukov.

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Beijing traffic police officers and their families came from all over the canton to witness the presentation of the awards to those who have made a valuable contribution to the work for the traffic management. The event was organized by the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau and China Central Television (CCTV) at the Beijing Worker's Stadium, a site that has undergone extensive renovation in order to host the football quarterfinals and semi-finals for the coming Summer Olympics in 2008. Many local dignitaries attended, including the Beijing government management team, the Ministry of Public Security.

In addition to the awards ceremony, there were performances

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The exclusive interior called for a discrete speaker and 28 Cornered C6s in white were chosen to deliver the sound throughout the venue. The installer chose the version with rear mounted recessed cable terminals so that all speaker cables are hidden.

Music is distributed in zones so that the sound pressure in each area of the venue can be controlled precisely.

(Jim Evans)

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The preliminary investigation discovered allegedly counterfeit DBX products being sold in the shop. Under the search warrant of the Chiangmai District Court, the police raid team and members of Quantico seized a large number of various models of fake graphic equalizers bearing the trademark 'DBX'. The estimated value of the seized goods is more than THB 1 Million.

The counterfeit products were seized and delivered to the Amphur Muang Chiangmai Police Station for an extensive investigation and possible prosecution. The alleged infringer was charged with criminal offences under the Trademark Act and the Penal Code, and may face a civil lawsuit by Harman Internationa

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Deputy technical manager Alan Igbon says: "ACC Liverpool is sponsored by the Liverpool Echo and the Convention Centre by BT, so we arranged for PRG Europe to project the logos onto the side of the buildings.One of the projectors was sited on the top of a multi-storey car park, while the other was on top of a yet-to-be-completed hotel."

On the same weekend, PRG Europe was asked by SLS Group to project a giant Liverpool '08 logo onto the front of the scaffold wrapper covering the hotel.

Project manager for PRG Europe Loz Wilcox says, "We used a Pani BP6 projector to project the Echo Arena logo, and then the larger Pani BP12 project

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The Carrodus, created by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù in 1743 and valued at AUD$10m (approx EUR€ 6m), is among the finest violins in existence, being one of only 100 del Gesù violins in the world today. It has been acquired by an anonymous Australian private benefactor for the use of the ACO's artistic director Richard Tognetti.

"The ACO is most proud to own a stereo pair of these exemplary 4006-TL mics," says Tognetti. "I have personally tried many different set-ups and without doubt these DPAs pick up the inherent warmth and clarity of my del Gesù violin."

(Jim Evans)

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airSOUND is launching a further application of its technology at ISE - for the first time anywhere - with its patented Walls of Sound design. Walls of Sound is claimed to be the world's first in-wall/ceiling speaker design to provide full spatial stereo sound from a single flush enclosure. The technology and design provides all of the advantages of wall mounted speakers without the any of the si

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14 March 2016

Due to its conical construction, the Porsche Customer Centre provided Gert Pasemann from CWC Pasemann, who was responsible for the technical execution of this event, with a number of sound reinforcement problems, since the building tapers off.

Given these acoustic challenges, he contacted Shure Distribution, QSC's German distributor, for technical and product support. Upon consultation, Santiago Alcalá, system specialist for QSC in Europe, Middle East and Africa, flew to Leipzig to provide on-site support.

Prior to the concert, Alcalá and CWC Pasemann engineers used QSC's EASE Focus software to assess different sp

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The original specification had included a sound system that sadly fell far short of the standard required for musical performances and concerts. But, thanks to an anonymous €50,000 donation, the theatre team was able to commission a new audio installation better suited to the venue.

A PA system was hired in for the theatre's inaugural event, Midnight Specials with Dieter Falk and his band giving the audience an opportunity to audition the exceptional performance of the new system. Before the final decision co

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The FOH system used for the event consisted of 20 V-DOSC elements along with 14 SB218 subwoofers. Four dV-DOSC were used for the FOH lip-fills while four ARCS along with four SB218 Subs were used on stage for side-fills.

(Jim Evans)