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Recently, leading German architectural lighting designer Bernd Grewe was commissioned by locally based architects Struhkarchitekten Planungsgesellschaft to create a new contemporary lighting scheme to replace the fluorescent lighting surrounding the columns of the building's entrance hall and lobby. The idea was that the structure of the entrance hall should be 'clarified' by the new lighting.

One of the architect's remits was to use low power light-sources and fixtures that were aesthetically pleasing and that blended seamlessly into

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With a brief of creating inspired lighting appropriate to this iconic civic building, both externally and internally, and emphasise its standing as a gateway into the city, Speirs and Major specified building-wide ETC dimming and control systems.

Keith Bradshaw, associate director

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The National Library of Belarus is the main informational and cultural institution of the country and receives over 90,000 visits per year.

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The Centre will comprise a 1,800-seat auditorium, which will provide a concert hall for symphonic performances, a 600-seat auditorium and a 300-seat hall, plus smaller meeting spaces. Arup is providing building services engineering design - which includes services such as ventilation, heating and plumbing, as well as acoustic and venue consultancy.

Raf Orlowski, project leader at Arup Acoustics, says: "In the past 20 years, Krakow has be

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This has replaced the original Diamond 3 which had been in residence since the Waterfront opened in 1997. It was part of an upgrade instigated by stage electrician Oscar Kane and was supplied by Belfast-based Production Services Ireland (PSI).

The console is used to control the house lighting systems in the Main 2000 capacity auditorium, and is also moved around the building and sometimes used in the Studio Theatre.

"It was a completely logical move to go on to the D4 after the D3" says Kane, "It's a console that can be used at very basic or highly complex levels - as required."

PSI's Sean Pagel arranged the sale of the D4 to Waterfront. He worked at the flagship v

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Forum participants included representatives from the National Academy, the Central Academy in Beijing and the Shanghai Academy. Neil Fraser is the Technical Course Director at the London Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and his key note address (the highlight of the Forum) introduced the UK training system as practised at RADA.

"It was a great honour to represent and introduce the concept of Lighting Teaching in the UK and at RADA to the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts and to do so sponsored by Selecon Lighting," says Fraser. "I was especially honoured to be made an associate professor of the Chinese Academy and it h

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14 March 2016

QuartzColor are one of the leading lighting brands in this industry sector, with a strong reputation based on pioneering product innovations such as the Redhead, Blonde, Bambino and Pinza.

QuartzColor's export sales executive, Jean-Marie Reynaud, comments, "We appointed A.C. Lighting due to its renowned expertise and experience in the UK lighting industry. They are committed to ensuring the market's needs are met with the highest possible levels of support, in particular with fast supplies and state-of-the-art after sales service, which is so important in our industry."

Under the agreement, A.C. Lighting will support the entire QuartzColor product range, which includes the HMI daylight Fresnel and PAR spotlights range, Studio and Bambino tungs

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In addition to three floors of office space, the ten-storey, 84,000sq.ft facility features a total of 14 rehearsal studios, two of which can be used as function rooms. Owned and operated by The New 42nd Street Inc, it was set up as an independent non-profit organisation to assume long-term responsibility for seven historic theatres on the block.

The facility recently tasked its lighting designer, Anne Militello, of Los Angeles-based Vortex Lighting, with the revitalisation of the building, replacing the conventionally-lit extravaganza she had designed at the start of the new millennium, with a LED solution using Coemar fixtures.

When the architectural firm Platt Byard Dovell originally conceived the New 42nd Street

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SAE Cape Town is housed in a landmark building situated in the heart of Cape Town's business district. Based on three floors, SAE Cape town is home to a state of the art recording studio, an advanced computer centre and two fully-equipped lecture halls, offering the latest technology in all fields of creative study, says the organisation.

The first diploma intake for Audio Engineering, Digital Animation and Multimedia and Web Development will commence in July, with new courses such as Electronic Music Production and the "revolutionary Digital DJ course" set to launch later in 2008. SAE Cape Town is also set to offer its Film diploma in 2009, aimed at students looking to enter South Africa's dynamic film industry.

"Cape Town, as a cosmopoli

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With just a single stack per side, comprising a VQ NET 60 cabinet above an accompanying VS218 DR subwoofer, the aesthetic impact on the visual projection space of the Igloo interior was minimal.

Tannoy's Tim Gray comments: "I was worried that just two subs and two VQ NET 60 tops for 1400 people would be cutting it fine, but it did the business. The best thing about the system though, was getting more familiar with the subs.This new twin 18" design clearly sets a new performance standard for Tannoy subwoofers and it's just awesome for sub-bass."

The new VQ series was designed for any application where prec

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For La Cova's owners, David Pecharroman and Coral Martínez, the move is the latest chapter in a long relationship with QSC Spain, and specifically their sales manager for Catalonia and the Balearics, Ezequiel Mayoral.

Inside the all-white interior, with its long rectilinear shape, Tony Espin masterminded the installation for DJ Factory to ensure not only even distribution, but via a series of system presets optimised the sound depending on whether the venue would be presenting live music, comedic speech or hard dance playback from the highly-specified DJ station.

"The whole idea was to provide LaCova with maximum versatility for minimum investment," says Mayoral.

Thus the venue has been equippe

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Over the past two decades, Procon, an international technical full service provider for the media, entertainment and event industry, has assembled one of the most advanced and comprehensive equipment pools in the world.

Together with an order of NX-6 true black LED displays, Procon ordered a significant quantity of MiTRIX modules, DX-700 video processors and XLM HD30 high brightness digital projectors. Also included in the order were 25 Showguns and 25 Showpix, both products from the recently acquired lighting specialist High End Systems.

"At Procon, we have made it our mission to offer our clients the most advanced products on the market today" says Morten Carlsson, CEO of Procon. "We are delighted to add the NX-6 together with all

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"We had lots of patience in working with this project and therefore didn't encounter many hurdles," says owner Lorne Leier. "We took time in thinking out the layout and took proper procedures when time came to execute. We didn't have our mouths precede our brains. I guess you could say it was installed 'smartly.'

"We decided to go with Martin as a referral from Skaha Sound, our dealer here in Penticton." Skaha acquires its Martin gear from Martin Canada.

The lighting upgrade also included an Atomic 3000 strobe and a PC-based Martin LightJockey control system. "Having the touch screen component makes things very quick and easy to use," Lorne adds. "Changing the effects to its required moods i

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DPA Soundco of Soborg, Denmark, once again provided concert sound services for the occasion. A total of 60 JBL VT4889 full-size line array elements were suspended using ground-support trussing structures which flanked the festival's orange tensile-membrane outdoor stage covering. Each main left/right array included 18 VT4889's, supplemented with out-fill array hangs of 12 boxes each. DPA Soundco's Paul Hammann and Claus Pedersen headed the onsite crew responsible for system deployment and operation.

"This is the first year we have deployed JBL's Vertec system for Roskilde, after using another system for many years," says Sten Jensen of DPA Soundco. "

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The mission of ALAS is to increase awareness of the more than 32 million children living in poverty in Latin American countries. The organisation wants to encourage Latin American corporations and governments to finance programmes that will provide food, health care, and education for these children.

"We're honoured that our products were chosen to be used at these concerts to help raise awareness of this very important issue," said José Rivas, director of sales and marketing for Shure's International Americas Business Unit. "I'm proud of all of our endorsers who performed at both concerts."

Shure endorsers Alejandro Sanz, Calle 13, Fito Paez, and Gustavo Cerati joined

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14 CT 115 ConTour Series high-/midrange units, biamped with DSM 2060 controllers and LABgruppen FP 10000 power amps, served as front monitors. Two CT 112 enclosures and four CTA 118 units provided the drum-fill, and one ConTour Array with two 2 CTA 208 and CTA 118 enclosures made up the side-fill system.

Commenting on the performance, Taylor noted: "I've been an HK Audio user for quite some time. Because the cabinets that we used last year didn't work out so well, this year I used the CT 115 from HK Audio, which satisfied all the demands, and performed and sounded excellent. With 43 bands and 20 minutes each change-over time for the entire stage, you need monitors that handle this kind of action.

"I was tremendously satisfied

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Attracted to the unit by its feature set and ease of use, Becker reports that the 'unit "worked amazingly great... just what we needed to get a little analogue in a digital signal path".

Diamond performed to a large welcoming crowd on Glastonbury's Pyramid stage and received a rapturous response with five star reviews.

Becker states: "We inserted the Ebony A2 on the outputs of the DM1000 before Neil's transmitter for his belt pack. The A2 really did the trick - the compressor worked very well with the adverse levels we threw at it and the tube stage and EQ really shined."

(Jim Evans)

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It took a year to completely redesign the Umkirch building which now offers space on more than 800 sq.m for more than 70 employees from the sales, purchase and dispatch departments.

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The Chroma-Q Color Block DB4 provided show lighting designer Richard Larkum's first venture into LEDs for the debut Kaiser Chiefs tour in 2005, and he's been using them ever since on his rig for the band, with the number growing on each successive tour as the budget and venues have got bigger.

The Color Block has also been a main workhorse fixture in the rental stock inventory of Prism Lighting, who introduced Larkum to the DB4 for the band's debut tour and have been supplying the lighting ever since.

For the last Kaiser Chiefs tour, Larkum came up with the idea of custom lighting 'pods' consisting of square frames holding either strobes or Molephay strips. T

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As the demand for screens for use in public arenas was so high, Supervision ordered two digiLED d11N screens to add to its LED tour inventory.

The two giant 49.52sq.m digiLED d11N screens were installed in the Fan Zones at Basel's Kasernenplatz and Münsterplatz. The Kasernenplatz screen was built into a structure positioned at the side of a stage, whilst the one in Münsterplatz was centre hung above the stage.

Each day's programme started at 1.30pm, with live entertainment, bands and promotional sponsor videos being shown on the screens. DJs revved up the crowds before the football started and then kept the fans entertained during and after the matches. The Supervision

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Dave Jones comments: "The Circus and Cabaret fields at Glastonbury are now part of our heritage as we have supplied sound systems since 1994. This year was especially poignant to us as a mark of respect in memory of Bella Churchill, a significant and very sad loss to the festival. We will always look forward to being associated with the Glastonbury Festival Circus and Cabaret fields. To us these stages epitomise what this festival is all about."

In the Cabaret Tent, Adlib set up a Nexo Alpha system, tech'd by Nick Bellis, Steve Pattison, George Puttock and Kenny Kristiansen, complete with a Soundcraft Series 4 at FOH and a Soundcraft MH3 console for monitors. Onstage they also supplie

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More than 90% of respondents to the survey found their roadshow visit useful and would attend such an event again. And 20% of survey respondents were currently not Audio-Technica dealers or re-sellers.

Audio-Technica senior UK marketing manager Harvey Roberts commented: "The response to the roadshow has been excellent. The survey results show that customers were very receptive to Audio-Technica going out to see them, rather than having to travel to us in the usual trade show environment."

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Built on the site of a former cinema, the aim of the Pala Riccione (or the Palazzo dei Congressi di Riccione to give it its full name) is to become one of the major conference venues in Italy and Europe - thanks to a progressive audio visual infrastructure, masterminded by Rimini-based installation company Alter Echo, which chose a BSS Audio Soundweb London solution.

The Pala Riccione extends over a number of floors and includes six digital cinemas (on Level 2), and a number of reconfigurable con

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"We want to take advantage of the opportunity presented by our manufacturing process to reduce waste," said Rodger von Kries, vice president of Technomad. "This also benefits our customers by allowing us to minimize our manufacturing costs compared to using new plastic, a petroleum product that is subject to cost increases along with rising oil prices."

The switch to recycled plastic reduces waste without altering the manufacturing process or lessening the durability that is a hallmark of Technomad loudspeakers, says the company. The rec