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Barclay Dakers, who heads up oubiance.co.uk, said: "Traditionally, online shopping for theatrical consumables can take up a considerable amount of time, wading through difficult to understand codes and product descriptions. We wanted to offer a completely different way of doing things. This site is run by techs, for techs."

The site utilises easy to navigate menus and aims to cut through the confusion by offering simpler methods of finding the desired item. For example, the range of replacement lamps is illustrated to enable users to compare what's in their hand with what's on th

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Lighting designer Dan Terry chose White Light to supply lighting and video equipment for the event. The lighting rig consisted of 12 VLX LED moving heads and six VL3500Q Spots. Due to the limited load in and fit up time the design needed to be quick to rig, reliable and versatile.

"A variation of effects and looks was needed for a concert that was full of different musical styles. I was eager to use the new VLX wash lights and I was impressed with their output. I also needed spots with a bit of punch and the VL35000Qs were ideal," says Terry.

Supplementing the lighting rig, White Light supplied a Hippo Critter Media Server. Terry pre-loaded the content onto the Hippo Critter at White Light's Sou

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Lighting designer Christian Bonde knew that with lots of travelling, short load in and out times - and no certainty of the house gear each day - that he needed to bring fixtures that would be bright, fast, easy to rig, and take up next to no space in one of the two bus trailers they had (which also had to take backline, audio, wardrobe and merchandising).

Bonde decided that the GLP impression fitted the bill and took eight as the main part of his system for the show (moving up to 10 for the European leg). He commented, "The impressions were perfect - plug and play, just as I like them. This meant I could rig and de-rig them easily by myself if the local crew were busy with the extensive backline we

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They went on to commission London Light to provide design, equipment, crew and transport for the production lighting for three outdoor events over the summer period, with the first taking place at Dunsfold, Surrey, in June. The event, called Strings and Wings, started on a Friday evening with a Queen tribute act, re-enacting some of the finest music of the 1970s. Then, on the following day, the history of the aerodrome was celebrated with a classic concert in honour of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

James Hodgeson, managing director at Rel-Event, says, "Although we've worked with London Light's technical director Sam Cro

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Stevie Wonder helped the festival celebrate its 40th anniversary with a crowd-pleasing set to close this year's event. He brought Michael Eavis on to the stage to help sing a version of Happy Birthday.

In The Sale Room (1) - A crystal-studded glove belonging to the late po

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The group had a special announcement to make at its 30th anniversary celebrations on 19 June, held at West Midlands Safari Park. It was an emotional moment as one member of the programme was offered the surprise opportunity to become a drpteam member as an events assistant.

The Believe programme began in April with 30 potential candidates joining the scheme. These individuals received expert training in computer skills, administration skills and a basic understanding of what it is l

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Linked to a Yamaha PM5D-RH console, chosen for ease of use and changeover, Procol Harum FOH engineer Graham Ewins explained how the 24-channel multi-track live audio recorder proved its worth.

"Hook-up was simplicity itself, connect the looms, connect the hard drive, power up and off you go. We had to configure our new hard drives for fat 32 file handling, but once this was done, we were up and running very easily. Procol Harum channels total to 22, with channels 23 and 24 used as a stereo pair for audience c

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14 March 2016

"The MultiDyne LiGHTBoX gives us a lot of flexibility, providing connectivity over one multiple strand of fibre cable," says Michael Rooney, director of Media Convergence, Empire City Casino/Yonkers Raceway. "We can go places we never thought we could, and whether it's in the casino, Winner's Circle or down in the paddock, if there's fibre there, our cameras can be there as well. Also, it was easy to integrate our older analogue cameras onto the LiGHTBoX, along with our SD and HD cameras, which gives us more camera shots and flexibility."

Rooney adds, "I will continue to use the LiGHTBoX for other organizations I work with such as the Pittsbu

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Electro-Voice's partner in the region, Prosound won the commission to install the sound systems. A mammoth task: - four of the stadiums were new constructions and the other six had to be renovated, extended or partly rebuilt in order to meet the stringent demands of an event of this calibre.

In the case of the sound reinforcement, each stadium was the subject of a separate invitation to tender and to merit serious consideration each sound reinforcement solution proposed had to be tailored to the acoustic and other requirements of each individual stadium.

"Ever since founding the firm over 37 years ago, I have worked closely with Elect

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14 March 2016

The system was designed to meet a special request from the Embassy's technical department, who were seeking a system that would be able to provide open conference, simultaneous interpretation, recording and some basic sound reinforcement. Furthermore, it needed to function virtually operator free.

"When I saw the space, it was clear that it was much more than a conference hall," said DT

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14 March 2016

In collaboration with Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and Lord Cultural Resources of Toronto, who was selected to develop, design and implement the Canadian Pavilion, Christie's projectors promote Canadian tourism and showed 2010 FIFA World Cup matches in High Definition on 30' and 16' screens.

Christie's MicroTiles modular display technology is a focal point at the Pavi

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ARX managing director Colin Park recently finalised the new distribution agreement with Interton's Geza Balogh after an initial meeting at the Frankfurt Pro Light & Sound earlier this year.

Founded in 1990, Interton Electroacoustics also represents QSC, Community, Toa and Yamaha Commercial.

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Sennheiser has spent around 15m euros on the new centre, not including the costs involved in moving production from Burgdorf and transferring the engineering department. As part of the construction of the new building, all manufacturing processes were reorganised to create increased efficiency for the future.

"The meticulous planning and the intensive consultation process with ergonomists and manufacturing experts has paid off," concluded Volker Bartels, president of manufacturing and logistics. "From the beginning of this year our production and engineering staff have been working in a superbl

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One of the major challenges producers face when broadcasting this show is the use of different conductors during each performance, while the orchestra remains the same.To help maintain consistency between numbers during this year's festival, every member of the orchestra utilized the Aviom A-16II Personal Mixer (in previous years only the rhythmic section used the Aviom equipment). The 16 presets on each of the A-16II mixers proved to be an asset for musicians and engineers ali

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During the evaluation stage, the Theatre's engineer, Jay Christie, approached PA company and installation firm, SRD Group, to request a demo of the iLive system.

"Jay was looking at various digital options but iLive came out on top because it is so flexible, easy to set up and install, has DCA groups, and unlike many other smaller consoles, has a Touchscreen," explains SRD's Stuart Roberts.

"I also liked the fact that the EQ, gates and compressors are all laid out on the front of the surface rather than hidden in a Touchscreen menu, making set up and operation quicker than other consoles we tested," adds Christie.

The Theatre selected an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 Contr

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The deal was co-ordinated by Gearhouse Splitbeam's Alistair Kilbee and DWR's Duncan Riley and is the largest sale of Vari-Lites yet to date in South Africa, and also the first purchase of the premium brand by Gearhouse.

The units were delivered to Gearhouse Splitbeam's Johannesburg office. Some will be immediately deployed on the Closing Ceremony of the 2010 Soccer World Cup taking place at Soccer City stadium, Soweto, on 11 July (LD Hugh Turner), and a substantial quantity will go straight onto the upcoming Asian tour of High School Musical (LD Declan Randall) for which Splitbeam is supplying the full lighting production.

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The extensive Behringer line-up includes mixers, loudspeakers and studio monitors, power amplifiers, PA systems, signal processors, modelling and effects processors, microphones, MIDI controllers and audio interfaces.

Samson began over 25 years ago as an audio technology company designing wireless microphone systems and has pioneered a number of technical breakthroughs in wireless technologies. The product range includes USB microphones, processors, equalisers, portable PA systems, mixers, power amplifiers and power distribution.

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"This is the kind of work that our team love to get their teeth into," says Stephen Reid, Black Light's head of hires. "We love the challenge of creating something really impressive within a relatively narrow time window. It's really satisfying when our team swings into action and all our careful forward planning proves its worth in a job well done."

Thanks to Black Light's comprehensive inventory, it was able to exactly fulfill the client's staging brief and its team of installation experts were happy to work within the strict time parameters demanded by t

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The Soundcraft Vi6 was installed in a way to cope with all manner of monitor feeds, allow for joint front-of-house redundancy and to provide ultimate portability. "After researching the venue and presenting our ideas, the Vi6 was the easy choice for the Hall to make," says Aaron Rudden, owner of CET /AMR Export. "Key items that secured the Vi6 were its 96-channel solution, Soundcraft's commitment

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Adlib is supplying an L-Acoustics V-Dosc system, with dV-Dosc in-fills, Arcs side-fills and SB28 subs. This was specified by Davidson for its sound and clarity.

The set-up varies according to venue, and in its largest format the main arrays consisted of 8 V-Dosc cabinets a side, with three dV underhangs. They are using a combination of d-V and ARCs in-fills and out-fills along the front of stage and with James Neale as systems tech, it's fine tuned each day.

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The Institut Français du Design (IFD) picks products and services that put concern for the user and their environment first. With the help of a jury of 50 experts from a wide range of fields with backgrounds in business, the creative professions and human sciences, the IFD awards the Janus to products which meet these requirements.

"When we showcased MicroTiles at the American Institute of Architects Convention in Miami on 10 June, the system greatly impressed the audience of architecture and design professionals. We're really proud of the success it's b

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Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine-based Indigo Music Companywhich handles a wide range of projects encompassing live sound for concerts, commercial installations, as well as broadcast and telecommunications applications, was contracted to provide sound reinforcement for the event.

Company president Dmitry Lokshin reports, "One of the biggest obstacles we faced on this conce

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Midas Klark Teknik's Ukrainian distributor CORTMI provided a PRO6 as FOH console for the entire three-day seminar. As well as demonstrating the Midas sound to delegates for all the presentations, the set up was used for a vocal microphone test arranged by the Ukrainian Sound Engineers Union, as well as a sound engineers' proficiency contest.

The seminar also included a presentation devoted especially to the PRO6 by CORTMI sound engineer Vladimir Prokof'yev. Delegates participated in a workshop introducing them to the practical aspects of working with the console, and were given a presentation by sound engineer Vitaliy Siroshtan from rental company Jazz-Club Service, the first Ukrai

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Located in Dammam, Moon Systems handles a range of high end products geared towards the professional recording and post production markets. It now has exclusive rights to distribute Prism Sound recording and post products as well as the full range of SADiE products.

Commenting on the appointment, Jody Thorne, Prism Sound/SADiE's sales and marketing manager, says, "The Middle East is already a successful territory for us and it is great to have a company like Moon Systems supporting and selling our brands in Saudi Arabia. We look forward to a long and profitable relationship with them."

Among the products Moon Systems is handling is the new SADiE 6 software. This allows audio professionals the opportunity to access the power and flexibilit