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The installation was carried out by FSD Electronics. Their technical staff, led by Andreas Loizou, chose the D.A.S. Variant and Reference systems to properly set up the resorts various lounges and restaurants.

The D.A.S. Variant powered compact array systems were installed in the main multipurpose room, which comes equipped with a small stage for live performances. A total of eight Variant 112A systems accompanied by six Variant 18A subwoofer units were installed, forming a powerful sy

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The three-day Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival held 16-18 April in Indio, California near Palm Springs used the W-DMX system to achieve otherwise impossible cabling for an event of this size.

The production company for the site lighting at Coachella was Visions Lighting of Placentia California run by Todd Roberts. The system consisted of a single W-DMX BlackBox S-1 transmitter and 20 receivers controlling 20 7kW Falcon moving lights from A&0. The lights were mounted on 30ft towers, surrounding the festival area. An 8dBi omni antenna was at the transmitter, and each receiver had a 24dBi grid antenna. The longest distance was 2033ft.

Roberts comments, "The W-DMX system worked perfectly, this was our third year using it since it's proven

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For the UK festival season's first major outdoor event, the company worked closely with audio providers Britannia Row and Adlib Audio to supply equipment and on-site support to the main and second stages throughout the weekend.

All main stage presenter microphones were SKM 5200s with KK 105 heads, while all main and second stage in-ear monitors were ew 300s. An A5000-CP antenna and Vulcan launch system were also deployed on the main stage.

Artists using Sennheiser equipment included Cheryl Cole (custom SKM 5200) and main stage headliner Florence and The Machine (SKM 5200 and 2000 Series IEMs); Faithless (SKM 945 G3), Diz

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Calvary Baptist School has approximately 225 students spread across seven buildings, some of which mix elementary, junior high and/or high school classrooms. The school was seeking an audio and notification system capable of distributing scheduled events, including bells and announcements, to seven distinct zones. The zones are segregated by grade levels instead of buildings, which required an intelligent system that could clearly recognize the specified PA points withi

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"My goal is to realise a compact studio within an affordable budget, but without compromising the quality. The addition of the Audient Zen has gone a long way to help with this," says Minjauw, who is currently upgrading the studio - previously just a mixing room - by adding a recording booth for basic recording and overdubs.

Brussels-based Ohm Studio has also upgraded to an Audient Zen. "It has an incredible

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The event was held at the Aspire Dome, credited as the world's largest indoor multi-purpose dome, offering the highest quality facilities for multiple sports and international events.

The event was managed by Big Events Australia. At the opening and closing ceremonies, TechnoPro (Qatar) provided and installed lighting fixtures and truss structures - with the lighting dominated by automated fixtures from PR Lighting (which they distribute in the region). Suspended from the trusses were 50 XL1200 Wash lights and 12 XL1200 Spots.

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Noted pianist Balázs Havasi was the featured entertainment, performing with the Havasi Symphony and 40-person choir. Havasi holds the Guinness Record for The Fastest Pianist in the World by managing to beat the same bar on the piano 490 times within a minute - a title he earned in November 2009. No one has ever tried to do the same.

The Budapest Congress & World Trade Centre is the largest, most modern congress and meeting facility in Hungary, located in the heart of Budapest. Lighting designer Attila Lenzsér used nearly all Clay Paky lightin

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Randal A. Lemkee executive director & CEO, InfoComm International says: "The AV marketplace has enthusiastically embraced InfoComm as the place to make their purchasing choices, network with product and service providers, and enhance skills through our robust educational programme."

There were 925 exhibitors participating at InfoComm this year, up from 832 at InfoComm 09. Exhibitors occupied more than 475,000 net square feet of exhibit and special events space.

Opera News - Henry Purcell's When I am laid in Earth, from the opera Dido an

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The list of companies taking stands at The ABTT Theatre Show 2010 covers the spectrum of products and services for the theatre production and staging market, with a strong showing from the engineering sector, but also from the sound and lighting fraternity. Some of the highlights of brand new innovations at the show include:

Soundcraft's Vi1 digital mixer is the highlight of the Sound Technology stand. In a compact footprint, the Vi1 features the Vistonics user interface.

London Light Production Services is exhibiting for the first time to raise awareness of its services offered to the theatre and events industry, including lighting design, production, equipment hire and sales of integrated AV and lighting systems.

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Kim Akester from ShowTex South Africa explained the challenges of printing on such a grand scale, "We started with a design depicting a figure playing football. Since the dance floor rolls are 150 cm wide, the print had first to be divided over these panels at just the right spot. Then, after printing, came the intricate work of matching up all the panels on the stage and attaching them without visible seams.

"Not only did the lines and the colours have to blend into each other to recreate the image, the wide a

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The show demands artful blending of disparate audio elements: an eight-piece on-stage band, four female singers, the voice of Elvis, and dynamic sound effects. To support the mix with full impact, sound designer Jonathan Deans engaged a total of 279 self-powered Meyer Sound loudspeakers and the largest all-digital Matrix3 audio show control and CueConsole modular control surface system ever assembled.

"Cirque didn't want to recreate anything they have done before," says Deans. "They wanted to create something new and special for Elvis and for Las Vegas, drawing on the energy of Elvis's liv

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It was also the first time that Adlib has worked for Flight of The Conchords, having developed a penchant for the specialist requirements of live large-scale comedy performances.

Adlib's Ben Booker and Hassane Es Siahi were the systems engineers for band engineers Ryan Pickett (FOH) and Matt Shane (monitors), with Nick Jevons as production manager / lighting director.

The main system was a JBL VerTec - comprising 4889 cabinets with 4880A subs. Though not generally a bass heavy show, there were certain instruments that needed serious low end, like a miniature acoustic guitar with a

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For Saturday night's headline act, Jorge Ferreira, crowds were estimated at anything up to 22,000, and it was a similar story for Louisy Joseph and Quim Barreiros on Sunday night. Handling all the audio requirements for the festival stage was local rental company and APG Uniline partner, SNO Technique. SNO Technique supplied a powerful Uniline line array system for FoH and an SMX15 monitor system.

"We were all totally bowled over by the number of people who came," observed SNO Technique's Jean-Francois Fougeras. "We were expecting a maximum of 15,000 if the weather was good, and we ended up with over 20

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An estimated 185,000 fans lined the streets of Sandton's business district in support of their national team ahead of the World Cup opening match. The Bafana Bafana football team paraded the streets in a double decker bus, whilst radio presenters from both stations interacted with the players and crowds along the route.

As well as a performing DJ, Deysel is a producer at the top Johannesburg radio station, Highveld Stereo (94.7), which organised the event in partnership with Talk Radio 702 and Southern Sun.

"I have used a variety of controllers and can honestly say that the DX is by far the most superior when it co

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As the show kicked off, Sharp Dragon's representatives were inundated with both Chinese and international visitors at the stand, and three times as many Chinese-language product catalogues were distributed as compared to the previous year. General manager Shelly Xia comments, "This is the best PALM show to date. We had a good number of existing customers visiting, and made a very pleasing number of new contacts."

Asia Pacific sales manager Martin Capp feels that this demonstrates the acceptance of the dBTechnologies brand and i

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For the top ten placing Belgian entry by Tom Dice, Me and My Guitar, ShowLED Chameleon starcloths sparkled behind the lone troubadour in vibrant red. During the dramatic vocals of the Belarus group 3+2, the starcloths were diffused by silk drapes to create softer colour accents on the circular stage.

For Ireland's performance, the starcloths hung behind the textured backdrop fabric enabled a transformation from a rich green hue to a warm red glow without any change of scenery.

The ShowLED Chameleon curtains were supplied by rental Partner ShowTex NL, Norway distributor Norsk Sceneteknikk. The ShowLED system allows for full colour mixing, dmx con

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SES's Gordon Cooper commented, "Despite our usual heavy demand for our products during the summer season, we managed to produce the power requirement for the racecourse a day ahead of schedule, ensuring that demands were met by the racecourse for its vendors.

"A wide range of products have been supplied over the past few weeks but this last minute order really did put us to the test, and we are very pleased that we were able to meet expectations. This time of the year is always a very busy time for us and this has been added to with two exceptional exhibitions namely PALME in Dubai and PLASA Focus.

(Jim Evans)

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The Finnish pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is called Kirnu (Giant's Kettle). Its gorge-like shape reminds visitors of ravines found in Lapland and leads them through a peaceful visual, illuminated and aural experience, disconnecting them from the hectic expo environment. The pavilion is a miniature city, presenting both Finland and its society to the world.

The virtual guide is one of the technological highlights of the pavilion. Various virtual guides are projected on huge animated screens to help the guests understand the themes and stories by interact

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Production guru Hadden Hipsley of Lambda Productions once again called on Bandit Lites to serve as prime lighting contractor for the three-day arts and music festival. Bandit's Dizzy Gosnell works with Hadden, Leslie Radigan, Joel Carmichael, AC Entertainment, Superfly Productions and Coran Capshaws Red Light Management to provide the artists with their illumination needs at the award-winning event.

Artists at the 2010 Bonnaroo included Dave Mathews Band, The Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder

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For many years, small government grants have been available to companies throughout the UK economy wishing to explore business opportunities in overseas markets. The APRS is the ATO (Accredited Trade Organisation) for the AES Conventions and despite the current economic climate, has succeeded in negotiating a higher level of grant for successful qualifying candidates for TAP (Tradeshow Access Programme) support in San Francisco.

Peter Filleul, executive director of the APRS, comments,"US AES shows are very different creatures to the European shows - they're much more music-oriented, and considerably more 'rock'n'roll'. What's more, each ye

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The live stage production is similar to a television variety show, with many elements from Late Night With Conan O'Brien including sidekick Andy Richter and members of the show's band. The tour also includes video bits, musical and comic performances and cameo appearances by celebrities, while O'Brien himself performs music throughout the production.

Before shipping out the Vertec line arrays to Los Angeles for initial rehearsals, Audio Analysts fine-tuned the entire system at its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. "The reliable perfor

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In Luxembourg, Audio Vision takes over the distribution. Audio Vision is familiar with the fields of theatre and media installations and also with live events. The first projects are already in the planning stage and should be realised with Kling & Freitag products.

In Turkey, Dinakord will take over sales. Up to now, Dinakord was mainly operating in the MI business. The distribution of Kling & Freitag is emphasises their ambition to extend activities to the ProAudio market.

Acti-Tech from Nigeria is the first official representation for K&F on the African continent, selling the Kling & Freitag products mainly in installations. Peter Madu, manager of Acti-Tech comments, "I am happy that with the brand Kling & Freitag I will be able to include in my sa

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Inytium is a premier supplier of professional-grade lighting, sound and media control solutions to the Belgian theatre, show and scenic design markets. Recently rebranded from Blue Squares Sales and Distribution, the company has links with the industry dating back over 20 years.

As a supplier of leading brands including Adamson, Clay Paky, D.T.S., MDG, Robert Juliat and Zero 88, the company was looking for a LED brand that would provide a complete range of performance lighting solutions.

A demonstration of the latest generation Chrom

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The prime-time Saturday show, MC'd by Gerry Scotti, featured 29 singers aged between seven and 15 from singing schools across the country, competing for a trip to the US for a study vacation under the wing of top international producer David Foster. The entrants sang solo and together, as well as duetting with some of Italy's top pop names, accompanied by a resident 33-piece band.

The show's impressive set, designed by Marco Calzavara occupied a third of Studio 20, one of the country's largest TV