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The Netherlands - The Dutch Maritime Museum - Het Scheepvaartmuseum - has reopened following major renovation. The museum consists of several themed exhibitions, object exhibitions and interactive exhibits. Rapenburg Plaza made an important contribution to the interior layout of the Museum.

Rapenburg Plaza is responsible for the complete media and lighting control, the major part of the audio-visual installations and also the entire technical content, including the lighting & sound design for the Voyage at Sea - an impressive maritime experience. A Richmond Sound Design SoundMan-Server Virtual Sound System with 96 track playback and 48 input and output channels handles all the sound content and effects as well as all audio from the video sources in this attraction.

The Voyage at Sea is a 20-minute show divided over five rooms in which the public is taken on a jou

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South Africa - Showgroup recently underwent a complete transformation from a fresh new logo, new website, trucks with bright green sign-writing, office renovations and a Spa where clients and staff alike can make appointments for anything from free manicures to massages, ensuring everyone's welfare is looked after, says the company.On the technical side, Showgroup purchased 16 Robin 300E Spot fixtures, liking the optics, design and zoom of the fixtures, along with 14 new LTM Loadguard 500kg hoists. The Robins have already been hard at work on various gigs including ABSA Choirs, the Business Women's Association of South Africa Awards and a rather spectacular reveal of the AHRLAC!At the Teatro at Montecasino, Showgroup used 16 Robin 300, eight VLX Washes, and VL 2 500 Spots for the seventh annual ABSA Choir Halala Festival. A grandMA was hired in for the show.The concept behind the

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Germany - L-Acoustics certified provider Soundhouse has installed a Kiva WST modular line source system into the Max Littmann Saal concert hall in Bad Kissingen.

The historic concert hall, built in 1913 and panelled in cherry wood inlaid with ebony, can accommodate 1,160 people and specializes in classical music and spoken word performances through to blues and rock music. When the time came to upgrade its sound system, the major requirements were low weight, wide and controlled coverage and low visual impact.

Soundhouse installed a left/right system of eight Kivas and two Kilo low frequency extension units per side, driven by LA8 amplified controllers. "This system provides an appropriate sound coverage while remaining almost invisible in this historic environment," says Christoph zur Loye from Soundhouse. "It can be configured for floor and/or balcony coverage

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Indonesia - "In keeping with tradition of making the best sounding speaker boxes in the world, Adamson have outdone themselves. The E15 combined with the T21 is a force to be reckoned with. This changes everything," declares Ken 'Pooch' Van Druten about his experience mixing Linkin Park on the new Adamson E15 rig in Jakarta Indonesia.

A set of shows over two evenings was the Asian maiden voyage for the new Adamson E15 system. Big Daddy productions based in Jakarta, Indonesia together with Team 108, Adamson's distributor for Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia), came together to provide a large scale E15 system for the two back-to-back events.

Big Daddy productions, a division of Big Daddy Entertainment Group recently acquired an E15 system as a beta testing company. This enables Big Daddy to place the new system in front of numerous tours and FOH engineer

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UK - Llanelli-based Lighting Technology Projects (LTP) was asked by Lancashire-based Lite Ltd who are a Philips partner for the Midlands and the North providing solid state lighting solutions, to bring to life their lighting design for a new illuminated cube array feature at the city's Eagle Market.

This bustling town centre market is incorporated within the new Westfield Derby shopping centre development which opened in 2007.

The nine internally lit cubes are suspended from the steel grid ceiling structure and illuminated with over 3500 nodes of Philips CK i-Color Flex SLX. This was spec'd by Lite and LTP as a flexible dynamic, robust and energy efficient solution, which would allow programming of some interesting abstract coloured dynamic effects - including twists, scrolls and swirling rainbows as well as being able to provide a straightforward colour changing lighting appe

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Canada / France - L-Acoustics and Sennheiser Canada Inc. have announced their joint decision to end their collaboration. Sennheiser Canada will cease to be the exclusive distributor of the L-Acoustics brand in Canada, effective 1 January 2012.

Starting January 2012, all sales support will be provided direct from L-Acoustics. A communiqué to this effect will be issued to all Canadian customers and users within the next few days. As for the future representation of the brand, L-Acoustics will establish a Certified Provider Network for Canada. This scheme has already been implemented successfully in other European markets and in the US.

L-Acoustics business development director Jochen Frohn comments, "Sennheiser Canada has always proven to be a professional and dedicated partner for L-Acoustics during our many years of collaboration and we wish them well for the futur

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Poland - Mitsubishi Electric has commissioned a major stadium screen installation for the newly-opened Wroclaw Stadium in south west Poland. The 42,771 capacity stadium will be the main venue for the UEFA Euro 2012 soccer tournament as well as an impressive range of other major cultural, entertainment and sporting events planned for the coming year. The two 98sq.m screens overlook opposite ends of the stadium and have already been used successfully at several high profile music and sporting events.

Working closely with local long-term partner and AV integrator, Shadok Audio-Visual, Mitsubishi supplied the two 12.8m by 7.68m screens, consisting of its recently introduced Diamond Vision ODX8 LED screen modules. Each 15:9 aspect ratio screen offers a native resolution of 1600 by 960 pixels at 6000 cd/sq.m, delivering extremely high-quality images in all lighting conditions.

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South Africa - Lighting designer Denis Hutchinson joined creative forces with Robert Grobler from rental company Techrig to produce a masterpiece of imagination and style for the Gala Dinner event at food and beverage brand specialist Clover's annual conference. This was staged in the Royal Ballroom venue at the Sun City resort, in the Pilansberg Mountains, South Africa.

Robe moving lights - including 24 Robin 600 LEDWashes - were the key fixtures of the design, supplied by Johannesburg based Techrig, who provided lighting equipment and crew to the entire Clover event for the first time.

Set designer Michael Gill produced a large and innovative scenic design for the gala dinner. Grobler initially gave Hutch - as he's widely known - a basic show brief, which included several high profile live performances, plus an idea of the look they wanted to achieve, to which Hutchinson soo

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UK - Newcastle's Theatre Royal reopened its doors to the public on Monday 12 September following an extensive £5m restoration project. The complex renovation drew on the theatrical expertise of UK theatre consultants, Charcoalblue.

Charcoalblue began work on the refurbishment project in September 2009. Managing director of the company Andy Hayles explains, "The scope of the restoration for this Grade I listed theatre was particularly ambitious, and included complete internal redecoration, new seating, new and refurbished pit lifts, new lighting positions and extensive rewiring. Charcoalblue was responsible for the design of all the technical systems and their integration within the historic fabric of the building, as well as advising on sightlines and seating layouts."

The works, which restored the original 1901 designs by theatre architect Frank Matcham in the

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USA - "It is always disappointing when church technical teams have their expectations for a new system threatened by budgetary limitations," explains Michael Garrison, founder and owner of Michael Garrison Associates, a system design/consultation firm that has worked with churches all over the United States. "This was the exact situation we walked into at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church."

Located in Menlo Park, California, the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church originally commissioned plans for a comprehensive building renovation in 2007. The renovation included all new theatre seats, a major stage redesign as well as modern technical systems, including a concert-level line array and an electronic 'variable' acoustic system to support the diverse types of services and music performed in the room.

"Our mission was to come up with creative design solutions th

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Kenya - This year's annual Safaricom Kenyan Classical Fusion series of classical concerts took place from 28 September to 2 October and were reinforced by Turbosound's Flex Array sound system.

The Classical Fusion series consists of three concerts spanning two cities - Nairobi and Mombasa - and all three events were technically managed by Xtreme Media Solutions Africa Ltd with Nairobi sound company EdTheMix providing sound and monitoring systems.

With audience sizes ranging from a small select VIP group of 800 in the Nairobi Arboretum to the huge public gathering of 12,500 people in the Impala grounds, a flexible audio set-up was required to deal with these extremes, and as a result Turbosound's Flex Array line array system was chosen for its fast set-up and easily scalable configuration.

Based in the heart of Nairobi, EdTheMix is an established sound and lighting company th

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Denmark - Moto Rental has been supplying equipment for the annual Ledreborg Slotskoncerter (Ledreborg Castle Concert) for almost 20 years. Since 1999, Moto Rental has used L-Acoustics systems for the event, hosted by the Danish National Chamber Orchestra with various guest performers. This year, FOH engineer Henrik Bonné chose Moto's new Kara WST modular line source system with SB18 subs for the concert.

"Everyone was very excited about getting this large Kara/SB18 system," says Bonné who has mixed the concert since 1995. "Normally we work with V-DOSC in larger venues and Kara in smaller venues. But using Kara on this large outdoor concert, which attracted with 24,000 people over two days, really impressed us. We only received good, positive feedback about the sound."

The main system consisted of 20 Kara cabinets each for left and right hangs,

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UK/USA - Calrec Audio reports that Cameron-Pace Group is the first customer to purchase Calrec's new Artemis Light audio console. The sale took place at IBC2011, on the same day as the official launch of the Artemis Light console.

The Artemis Light is the newest member of Calrec's Artemis family of Bluefin 2 Hydra2 audio consoles, introducing a compact processing rack dedicated to delivering digital signal processing (DSP) and routing capabilities in a 4U enclosure. Cameron-Pace Group chose the Artemis Light to upgrade Mobile Unit 1, a Fusion 3D mobile unit for on-location broadcast and post-production. When the upgrade is complete, Mobile Unit 1 will be capable of producing audio in surround sound via the advanced capabilities of the Artemis Light.

"The Artemis Light is the perfect choice for the complex audio requirements of our newly upgraded Mobile Unit 1, and we are

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UK - When Edward Mason of Mason & Taylor opened his first London pub site - the award-winning Duke of Wellington in Dalston - the emphasis was as much on its cinema club activities as its real ales.

But Mason wanted a unit which was free of tie, and when the Underdog Group put the landmark Green & Red Mexican-themed bar/club in Shoreditch on the market, it fitted the operators' requirement.

In its previous guise, The Sound Division Group had carried out an advanced sound and lighting system installation in the 220-capacity basement venue two years ago.

The new operator wanted to reconfigure the basement and add a large projection screen system. Having inherited the previous owners' preferred vendor list, Edward Mason was soon discussing his options with Sound Division Group MD David Graham. "It made perfect sense to go on personal recommendation - and I'm pleased that I

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UK - West London based lighting and sound rental company Entec Sound & Light specified and supplied a full lighting and sound rig for comedian Micky Flanagan's current sold out West End run at the Garrick Theatre.

The lighting rig was relatively straightforward and hung on the theatre's house bars. For moving lights, Entec supplied Martin Professional MAC 300 Washes - which fit perfectly into the space and the spec. These were joined by 16 ETC Source Four profiles with 19 degree lenses, 27 x Source Four PARs and three 20-lamp MR16 Birdie Battens.

The vast majority of the lighting was static throughout the performance, and most of the fixtures were used for general stage coverage. For the delivery of Flanagan's gags, it was essential that his facial expressions could be seen clearly from all around the room, and therefore good, clean shadow-free lighting was absolutely crucial.

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USA - Acey Decy Lighting, a sales and rental company in San Fernando, California that has been servicing the feature film and television industries since 1963, has added Robert Juliat 1159 Victor and 1459 Flo 1800W followspots to its rental inventory.

"We bought four Victors," says Carlos Sandoval, vice president of operations at Acey Decy. "Victor's light output is very even from the centre of the spot towards the edges; you get a much more even light across the fill with the optics. And the fact that they have a douser at hand level, where you operate the light for panning and tilting, is definitely perfect for us. The variable focus range is excellent, and its size factor is also a plus."

Acey Decy acquired a pair of Flo followspots to replace 2K Xenon fixtures. "We chose them for the same reasons as the Victors," Sandoval reports. "Riggin

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UK - Hertfordshire-based staging company, Brilliant Stages, was responsible for creating a set featuring the signature pronged 'pylons' in homage to Muse's 2001 album Origin of Symmetry for the band's appearances at the 2011 Reading and Leeds Festivals.

The music events take place simultaneously over the August bank holiday weekend and share the same bill, so Brilliant Stages needed to design the giant, top heavy pieces to withstand the outdoor venues and be quick to set up and take down.

The design brief from lighting and stage designer, Oli Metcalfe, was realised by Brilliant Stages' CAD designer, David Harrison, who also acted as Brilliant's project manager and worked closely with Muse Production Manager, Steve Iredale, in delivering the various elements.

The set comprised of five forked 'pylons' ranging from 9.5m in height with a 2.5m wide span, to the smallest at

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USA - Pulse Stage Lighting reports that it is among the first in its service area to own the new Impression Spot One 400 Watt RGB LED Moving Spotlights from manufacturer German Light Products (GLP).

"From its sharp focus, outstanding optics, and unique color mixing and color correction capabilities to its smooth dimming system and highly-efficient, flicker-free design, we found GLP's Impression Spot One to be an incredibly impressive fixture," says Pulse Stage Lighting president Scott de Villers.

"As a company dedicated to providing customers with the highest level of service and the most innovative technology available in the industry, we're delighted to have equipment of this caliber in-house for the first time and are excited about all of the opportunities it presents to us and our customers."

According to Rick Fallon, eastern regional sales manager fo

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Show Business - AES Convention chair Jim Anderson has announced another major coup in attracting artists to participate in the upcoming 131st Convention in NYC. On Friday 21 October Judy Collins will participate in a rare one-on-one interview with music journalist Jason King. The discussion will focus on Bohemian, Collins' upcoming CD release.

In making the announcement, Jim Anderson remarked, "The AES has always drawn major artists including Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, Jackson Browne and Mick Fleetwood. But they are generally focused on visiting the Exhibits or working with specific manufacturers. This year's show has attracted a trio of superstar participants, Tony Bennett, Ben Folds and now Judy Collins. We are extremely fortunate to provide their insights to our attendees."

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Romania - SGM lighting fixtures and control feature exclusively in the Grand Ballroom of the new Hotel Ramada Pite?ti in Romania.

All the overhead intelligent lighting for the stage and auditorium floor has been supplied by SGM, and comprises six fully-featured Idea Spot 575 (with 575W discharge lamp), four Idea Wash 575, 575W moving head zoom wash lights and two IDEA Colorchanger 575's, with 7-segment colour and effects wheels. These are all run off a sophisticated SGM Pilot 3000, capable of controlling up to 1024 DMX channels via two independent DMX outputs.

The contract for all the architectural and production lighting was won by Professional Sound Impact (PSi), working through Briliant Technologies Group, and the design was conceived by PSi founder, Sorin Stanescu.

Having spent nine years as sales manager with Stage Expert, SGM's Bucharest-based distributors, during whic

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Guatemala - PR Lighting's new PR-5000 advanced moving head spot and powerful XLED590 LED wash light made their Central American debut at a high profile concert in Guatemala recently.

Popular Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Tito el Bambino, headlined a concert at the Feria de Xela in Quetzaltenango in a show of great success.

Local company The Best Music, who have also been PR Lighting's distributor for the past six years, fielded a vast array of the Chinese manufacturer's products as part of a complete sound, light and video package which dazzled the audience of 2,500.

Working for the production company, Audio Illusion, they fielded four of the new PR-5000 spots alongside eight XL 1200 spots, and eight each of the XL Beam 300 and XL 700 while a further eight each of the new XLED 590 and XLED 390 provided dazzling LED washes from 90 x 5W LEDs and 90 x 3W LED's respectively. Th

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Asia - American indie rock band, We Are Scientists (WAS), recently completed a string of dates throughout Indonesia and Singapore, specifying an iLive digital mixing system to manage FOH audio.

The tour started in Bali at the newly opened Temple of Enthusiasm venue, where local rental company, Sumber Ria, supplied the system, which comprised an iDR-48 MixRack with iLive-T112 Control Surface.

FOH engineer, Tim Walter, mixed both the support act and WAS. "It was the first time in that area that iLive had been used and the results were incredible, especially as it was amid total chaos, including a domestic dispute that climaxed in a full bottle of beer exploding on the T112," reports Walter. "The surface and I were both covered in beer and glass but the local techs cleaned up the desk whilst I ran to the stage to mix from my laptop for a few songs."

WAS also

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UK - A JoeCo BlackBox Recorder was used to add electronic tracks to a recent live performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The Video Game Heroes concert was part of the Vision Sound Music Festival - the UK's first festival of music for visuals.

The tracks were prepared for the live performance by project programmer Chris White, who was also responsible for making sure that they were triggered on cue during the actual performance. The BlackBox was situated by the monitor console, with feeds from the recorder going into the console.

From there, click tracks were sent to the conductor Andrew Skeet and other relevant performers, while backing track stems went to the FOH desk to be mixed with the orchestral channels.

"We discussed various options and settled on using a hard disk machine, as the idea of running on a laptop was too

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Germany - An L-Acoustics KARAi modular WST line source system for permanent installation has been installed into the 881-seat Celebrity Theatre of the Mein Schiff 2 cruise ship.

The system consists of six KARAi cabinets and four SB28 subs in cardioid mode per side, with three 8XT coaxials as front-fill.

"There were a few reasons why we chose an L-Acoustics system," says Ingo Rippe from German systems integrator Protones, which also owns a Kara system for rental. "The first reason was the performance of the KARAi and SB28.

"In addition, an advantage of L-Acoustics' amplified controllers is the possibility of remote monitoring, as well as AES/EBU and analogue signal connection. These options are always an advantage, but especially on board a ship where they are installed in a room quite distant from the stage and FOH position. As well as the cruise ship sta

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