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InfoComm International will continue its programme of support for the UK's AV rental and staging community when it hosts a range of education sessions at PLASA 2011.

The sessions will take place at London's Earls Court on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 September. They will be led by Andre LeJeune, CTS, InfoComm's Rental & Staging Staff Instructor, who has more than 30 years' experience of staging and presentation and has been responsible for many large-scale productions for corporate clients around the world.

Topics covered will include 'Lighting for Video in the Large Meeting Environment', 'Audio Techniques for Corporate AV Events', and 'Project Management for Stage Labour'. Each session will last 90 minutes and will earn attendees 1.5 RUs (Renewal Units) towards continued InfoComm CTS certification. All sessions are free to attend.

Chris Lavelle, InfoComm Regional Manager, UK & Ireland

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Palmer has launched a new range of guitar cabinets to house a variety of Eminence speaker options. The Palmer cabinets are rugged, flexible and affordable, featuring front-mounted speakers and a detachable grill. The solid workmanship on these products is guaranteed with the speaker mounting and quality check being carried out in Germany.

Andrew Richardson, the Managing Director of Adam Hall UK, says: "the Palmer custom made cabinets give the guitarist fantastic flexibility so that he or she can load them with their own choice from 10 recommended variants."

The Eminence speaker options tailor the sound of the cabinet to a variety of genres including Classic American Rock; Classic Rock tones of the 60's and 70's; Rock and Roll, Country and Blues; American Rock, Blues and Southern Rock; Classic British Rock of the 60's and 70's; Country, Jazz and Classical; and Classic Britis

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LD Systems will launch its new D1013CUSB universal condenser microphone with USB connector at PLASA 2011. The microphone is both Windows and Mac OS X compatible, and does not require a driver.

It has, the company states, a perfect cardioid pickup pattern and a wide frequency range (30 Hz - 18,000 Hz) and so can be used for capturing the subtleties and nuances of almost any tone. The clear and natural sound of the D1013CUSB makes this microphone perfect for usage within podcast recording situations, multimedia presentations and a multitude of other scenarios.

Low inherent noise, the ability to block out background noise and a strong output level are among the features of this microphone. Andrew Richardson, Managing Director of Adam Hall UK says "The D1013CUSB is a versatile microphone that will add a new dimension to your sound. Mmany customers use a variety of platforms to recor

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Funktion-One says that in order to keep pace with the huge success and high demand of the recently introduced Resolution 3, it has enhanced its production with a new set of tooling for the mid high wave guides. The company says: "This new tooling created the opportunity to refine the technology, taking the product to a new level".

This has also given rise to the new stand-alone R3SH which has been used to great acclaim in venues as diverse as the National Theatre, for Danny Boyle's production of Frankenstein, and to the main room at Space Ibiza. The development further underlines Funktion One's stance that good loudspeakers are in no way genre specific and are suitable for all audio applications.

Demonstrations of Funktion-One's full range of products will be taking place throughout the show in the company's demonstration room, in the Permanent Press Office, near the Terrac

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CableJoG will be launching its latest cable tester, the Avjog, at PLASA 2011. The Avjog is designed to assist in the installation and maintenance of AV cabling in schools, universities, theatres and stadiums. It is the latest cable tester produced by CableJoG Limited, designed by Eddie Zych and manufactured in the North West of England.

The Avjog provides a two-box solution to testing installed cables where both ends of the cable cannot be plugged into a single tester. Each box carries a wide range of connectors as used in AV industry applications, i.e. DVI, HDMI, SCART, VGA, RJ-45, DIN, USB, XLR, Jack, Phono, BNC and Coaxial.

Testing has been made exceptionally easy; the user can simply connect the cable under test to the Local and Remote Avjog units and press the 'test' button. The Local unit checks all the connections found against an internal database of known cables and displays

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With a worldwide reputation for Ethernet and DMX data networking products for lighting and LED wall systems, Netherlands-based ELC Lighting has extended its range of add-ons to include digital communications and cue lights over Ethernet. Stand 2-S15 at PLASA 2011 will be the launchpad for GreenGo - what company describes as "an innovative digital communications system with outstations that are simple to use and connect into any Ethernet network".

GreenGo provides high quality digital voice communications, and optional text messages and cue lights, simply by connecting beltpacks and wall-mounted outstations anywhere on the Ethernet network. For basic voice comms, just a set of beltpacks is needed - an expensive central matrix unit and separate power supplies are not required - as all the data settings are stored in each beltpack, which is powered via the network delivering sta

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Acclaim Lighting will show its new Rebel Band 600 which, the company says, can scale 100' buildings with ease. This powerful IP-rated LED wall wash provides lighting professionals with a solution for long throw dynamic illumination of large structures, façades and landscapes.

The biggest and brightest LED fixture introduced by Acclaim to date, the Rebel Band 600 is equipped with 104 high-power Rebel LEDs. It provides enough output and covers enough area to handle large-scale applications where LED fixtures typically haven't been used, such as washing 100' building façades.

With an IP-65 rating, the Rebel Band 600 is able to withstand rain and dust, so it can be used either indoors or outdoors. In addition to architectural applications, its precise light distribution and extremely even field make it perfect for high-impact stage scene settings, adds the company.

The Rebel Band 600

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LD Systems, exhibiting with distributor Adam Hall, is set to unveil its newly developed MAUI 28, a compact, active and modular "all-in-one" system. The company describes it as the perfect solution for musicians and DJs, as well as for presentations and events with sophisticated music playback. Because no cables or stands are required, this "plug-and-play" system can be quickly and easily set up and dismantled.

According to Andrew Richardson, Managing Director of Adam Hall UK, "With its outstanding features, the exciting new Maui 28 is sure to be a winning solution for all performers. It is extremely portable and given its amazing price, represents one of the most exciting products we have released to date."

Frequency-response-based 4.1 five-way amping results in a clear, dynamic and balanced sound throughout the frequency range of this system. The array

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Device+context, a German company with offices in Berlin and Weimar, will be showing the latest MXWendler products at PLASA 2011. The company focuses on developing software and hardware for video playout in performance and presentation, and specialises in computer graphics, hardware programming, synchronisation techniques and multiscreen handling.

PLASA Show exhibits will include the MXWendler FXServer, a well known media server for up to six outputs, designed to aid in setting up complex sceneries, facade projections and LED lighting, and the MXWendler Stage Designer self-installable media server software.

The company observes: "In theatre performance, no stage, no scene is the same. In modern scenography the projection and its form are as important as the content itself. Every event, every scene changes in projection angles and projection surfaces. This is very important in the

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UK - The National Skills Academy is heading to the Norwich Playhouse/The Garage on Tuesday 11 October for the Norwich leg of this year's Offstage Choices programme, which introduces young people to the variety of career options available 'offstage', through workshops and tours backstage in industry venues.

Join them from 5.30pm in the Playhouse bar for an evening of informal networking and the opportunity to discuss topics including:

* How the Skills Academy can benefit you

* How the NSA can support Norwich's creative and cultural industry

* What opportunities are available with existing Skills Academy Members in the East of England

* The backstage training centre

* Future projects and potential opportunities

CCS Skills are particularly interested in talking to freelancers about the new freelance membership of the Skills Academy which will be rolled out in the next f

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UK - As part of the PLASA Education and Training Programme, Artistic Licence Engineering will be holding a training seminar on the DMX and RDM protocols during the show's 'Skills Wednesday'.

This Artistic Licence Engineering sponsored training event will focus on the understanding and use of the DMX and RDM protocols.

The three-hour course will cater for product designers, systems integrators, lighting technicians, artists and students who seek to expand their scope of these two industry-standard lighting protocols.

A step-by-step approach on how the protocols communicate will provide delegates with a solid basis from which to use DMX and RDM with confidence. The electronic requirements will be examined and demystified. Tools of the trade will be presented and demonstrated.

The course will be conducted in an open and casual manner, allowing attendees to "think through

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UK - Independent AV consultant Richard Northwood of COMS has given a resounding thumbs-up to the final and definitive test of the Nexo sound system he specified at Glasgow's Ibrox Stadium, the home of Rangers Football Club. After a recent home match, attended by more than 50,000 fans, he described the newly-installed PA/VA as being "as near as one can get to hi-fi in a performance space as large as this".

Ibrox is listed as a heritage site, which means that parts of the 130-year old building's architecture are protected by law. It is also of huge cultural importance to its community of supporters; many fans have been attending matches, sitting in the same seat, for decades, and so the design and installation of a new sound system had to consider sensibilities far and above the provision of audible evacuation instruction.

Stephen Scott, project manager for Ibrox, expl

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World - The 2,194 passenger capacity AIDAsol is the fifth of seven ships for AIDA Cruises built by the Meyer Shipyards in Germany and is the latest luxury liner to set sail outfitted with Martin Professional entertainment and architectural lighting solutions.

The AIDA ships are designed by Architects Partner Ship Design, a creative team from Hamburg, who together with Christian Schönrock, director of new building at AIDA, are 100% responsible for the integrated visual style of the AIDA brand.

Chief lighting designer for AIDA is Hilton Jones, who was commissioned to create dynamic lighting schemes for the myriad of entertainment spaces on each AIDA ship.

"For AIDA Cruises, entertainment has always been a very important part of the experience for the guests on board, and an extensive program of shows has been part of the concept from the very beginning of the AIDA brand,

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USA - When Premios Juventud 2011 aired live on Univision, millions of votes had been cast to honour Spanish-speaking celebrities in the areas of film, television, music, sports and fashion. While the awards ceremony is a vibrant and enthusiastic evening filled with musical performances by some if the top artists today, behind the scenes lighting designer Carlos Colina was tasked with bringing the annual celebration to life for both the live and at-home audience.

Faced with various lighting obstacles, Colina would need a suitable lighting package to help him succeed, so he called upon Atomic Lighting who provided him with a rig full of Vari*Lite automated luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite.

"When I received the initial set design in April 2011, I looked it over and immediately knew that we would have a few challenges with how the set was laid out," says Colina. "I

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UK - Jersey PA company, Stage 2 Productions used Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing systems for a majority of events during the company's busy summer season and has decided to increase its iLive stock.

Stage 2 deployed iLive systems to events including monitor duties for Russell Watson, FOH and monitors for Leslie Garrett, FOH and monitors for Alfie Boe, and several dates managing FOH for a Motown show.

The company also manages the entire production of annual Jersey festival, Grassroots, where it used iLive systems exclusively throughout the site, comprising iDR10, iDR-48 and iDR-32 MixRacks with iLive-176, iLive-T112 and iLive-R72 Control Surfaces. Artists included Arrested Development, Easy Star All-stars, Ben Howard and Seasick Steve.

"Once again iLive performed faultlessly and guest engineers very quickly got to grips with the logical and intuitive iLive operating s

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Japan - With 150 different home-grown acts performing over three days, Rock in Japan is Japan's biggest music festival. This year's event saw Apex Intelli-X² processors used for the first time.

The 2011 event took place at the Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki-ken and featured six stages. The entire audio production of the festival is supplied and managed by MSI Japan, whose CEO, Fujii Shuzo, takes personal responsibility for this prestigious event.

Supplied by Apex Audio's Japanese distributor Audio-Brains, two Intelli-X² processors were used on the Lake Stage, the festival's second-largest.

The Apex units were used for system EQ and crossovers for the Martin Audio W8LM line array elements of the PA system and made a very positive impression.

"MSI Japan has been using the Intelli-X² processors on various productions for the past two months and were so pleased with t

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World - A Midas PRO6, supplied by Britannia Row Productions in Europe and Delicate Productions in the USA, has gone out for the first time on monitors on Foo Fighters' world tour in support of their seventh studio album, Wasting Light. The tour kicked off in Tulsa, Oklahoma in May, taking in over 60 dates across North America, Europe, and Australasia, and with new dates still being added, will continue into 2012.

Monitor engineer Ian Beveridge, who has worked with Foo Fighters for some 17 years, says of the PRO6, "It's the best sounding console I have ever used, bar none. The band themselves commented on the sonic improvement the moment the PRO6 arrived. Their latest record was made without any computers at all; it's five guys with five instruments on the record and live, and the sound of the PRO6 complements this approach perfectly."

For recording the shows,

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UK / USA - As part of its ongoing merger activities and in response to the end of year departure of Ruth Rossington, executive director in Europe, PLASA has taken the opportunity to restructure its management team to ensure it continues to move the organisation forward while progressing a wide range of projects of benefit to members.

With effect from 1 October 2011, a new company structure will be put in place which sees CEO Matthew Griffiths heading up the association, whilst also temporarily overseeing the Events divisions in the UK and North America. Finance director Shane McGreevy becomes chief operating officer (COO) with responsibilities expanding beyond finance and core services into operational administration and personnel.

Lori Rubinstein, current executive director in North America, becomes the new director of membership, skills, standards & technical overseeing thes

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UK - HHB Communications has redesigned its website with expanded features and a new look: http://www.hhb.co.uk.

The site now provides a comprehensive information source for wide range of products and is much quicker to navigate. All the features from the previous site are available, in addition to enhancements such as downloadable technical reports, video tutorials, connection to HHB's Twitter page and expanded shopping facilities.

A larger catalogue of products is also available alongside data sheets, manuals and product videos to accurately provide for the needs of audio professionals the world over. News, case studies and product announcements will be updated weekly to offer the latest industry information from manufacturers and users.

HHB group sales director Steve Angel commented: "We are very excited to announce the lau

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Kuwait - Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises, Roland Professional distributor in the region, has recently hosted the third Roland Roadshow in Kuwait. The event, which attracted professionals from the AV industry included individuals from installation companies, live sound rental firms and broadcast integrators.

"Kuwait is a completely new territory for NMK, so the Roland Roadshow was a great way to enter the market," commented Moswain Antao, Roland product specialist. "Attendees to the event were very happy with the knowledge shared during the day and the opportunity to work with the latest equipment from Roland."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - PLASA has announced the finalists for the fourth annual Rock Our World Awards, to be presented at the PLASA Cocktail & Awards Reception at LDI 2011. The PLASA Rock Our World Awards were created to honour groundbreaking achievement by its members and to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of the technology and the designer or integrator who applies it in a real world environment.

The finalists for the fourth annual Rock Our World Awards are:

83rd Annual Academy Awards - Green Hippo, PRG, TMB

ALEXA Digital Camera System - ARRI

coolux Widget Designer 3.0 PRO - Coolux GmbH

DataGate Mk2 - ENTTEC

Disney World of Color - A.C.T Lighting, Fisher Technical Services, MA Lighting, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Creative Entertainment

EverGrip Molded Motor Control Cables - Lex Products Corp

Garsington Opera - Unusual Rigging Ltd (UK)

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USA - More than 25 years in the making, Dallas' AT&T Performing Arts Centre is a cultural nexus in the city's revitalised downtown arts district. The area is home to a number of different entertainment venues, from the Dallas Symphony's Meyerson Auditorium and the intimate Wyly Theatre to the Winspear Opera House and the open-air Annette Strauss Square, making it a busy hub of activity on any given evening.

The 2,200-seat Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, created by architect Foster & Partners, with theatre design by Theatre Projects Consultants and acoustician Sound Space Design, is home to the Dallas Opera, and an anchor in the new arts district. The Winspear's sound system, designed by Martin Van Dijk of Toronto-based Engineering Harmonics, is centred around left/right arrays of 12 Renkus-Heinz STLA/9R RHAON empowered loudspeakers that retract into the ceiling when not in

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UK - Manchester-based lighting rental company dbn supplied large scale spectacular architectural lighting to Culture Liverpool for a special event celebrating both the 100th anniversary of the iconic Liver Building and the opening of the new Museum of Liverpool - the largest newly-built national museum in Britain for more than a century - both located on the City's famous Pier Head waterfront.

dbn's team was led by Pete Robinson. Their brief included the lighting of a live performance stage on the Pier Head and providing complimentary lighting onto the Liver Building itself, which framed a large format projection show created by Czech AV specialists Macula, using 35000 lumen Christie projectors.

On the Liver Building, dbn had ensured that light filled the space between the outer limits of the centrally positioned projections and the edges of the building, in the process, highl

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USA / UK - High End Systems, a Barco company, has announced its partnership with UK based The Lighting Hospital. This cooperative agreement aids High End Systems customers in the UK and Europe by providing a UK service location. The Lighting Hospital is authorized for warranty level fixture and console repairs as well as direct circuit board repairs.

The Lighting Hospital is located in a 750sq.ft office in Bristol UK. They specialise in board level repairs and work with some of the best known lighting rental companies in Europe.

"The Lighting Hospital has been in business for more than two years as an independent service and repair centre to the lighting industry throughout the EMEA region," says Dik Welland, director of The Lighting Hospital. "Our repair team carries years of expertise in the industry and have assisted on many of the world's most significant sh

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