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Ambersphere hosts a fully equipped training centre at their West London based facility, and there are courses available for users at all levels.

"Our entry level courses are open to people who have a working knowledge of DMX and lighting systems, but we also offer advanced courses, and courses specific to the theatre, rock n' roll and TV sectors," states Chris West, training and support manager for Ambersphere Solutions.

Forthcoming courses cover general use of the Grand MA2 and the new, one-day, onPC command wing introduction course.

"The training

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LD Rolf Wenzel has worked with Die Happy for many years, designing many of their concerts and tours. For the commemorative concert Wenzel specified 24 Technospot automated luminaires, one Road Hog Full Boar, two Wholehog Playback Wings, two DP8000 DMX Processors, one Hog IPC and an Arcus Lighting Hog Switch 8A as the Main/Backup Switch.

The Technospot fixtures were his first

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The sound systems in particular have been chosen with a view to ensuring the closest possible correspondence between the studying environment afforded the university's aspiring musicians and sound engineers and the environment they will encounter in their day-to-day work after graduating. Aside from the technical education, the declared objective of the new Sound Engineering degree of the Department of

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"A colleague (David 'Steedsy' Stevenson) was installing a system in a Glasgow venue, and suggested I'd take a listen. I was blown away. The system was loud! We all know just turning up the volume does not make things better (refer to the loudness wars here!). Although it was loud, I couldn't believe the definition, detail, and more importantly, the headroom that the system had. It was then decided I had to get one of these rigs out touring.

"I had a couple of gigs comi

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Submissions can range from the simplest problem-solving product to unusual or complex uses of technology to projects that highlight the collaborative nature of our industry. If you've seen something that's impressed you in the last year, now is your chance to tell the world. It could be a piece of equipment you worked with, something you saw at a trade show, read about in an industry magazine, or an event you experienced. It could also be something your com

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"Shure chose to work with Audinate because they deliver a robust, scalable, flexible networking solution that is easy to set up and configure," said Christine Schyvinck, executive vice-president of global marketing and sales. "Dante networking will enable future Shure products to be seamlessly integrated with network-based audio-visual systems in all types of applications. We're happy to join the growing list of companies that are embracing Dante."

The first Shure products to include Dante

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Reaching the market at the same time as mainstream LED lighting fixtures, such as ETC's Source Four LED, the ThruPower modules are designed to work with Sensor3 to provide a perfect power control solution for the growing variety of loads, allowing selection of constant, dim or relay modes.

London's National Theatre has received and commissioned one of the first Sensor3 installations in the UK. Lighting resources manager Michael Atkinson comments, "We expect to see an increasing number of LED and automated fixtures in the rigs across the theatre in the next few years, and so it makes sense to prepare the venue for the future. This move from solid state relays to proper air gap relays will work much better with switch mo

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Marcelo Aravena, business manager of Fancy Music, part of the Audiomusica Group accepted the accolade at the Frankfurt ProLight & Sound earlier this year. "It's an honour for us to receive this award, and we are really proud to be part of the dBTechnologies family," he says. "We are very happy with the results we've achieved together. I'm not only talking about sales, but also the great teamwork between the two companies. This close rapport gave us a strong advantage when we entered the market."

Audiomusica's part

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The design of the square is based on a formal rectangular grid seamlessly connecting with the riverfront promenade and the surrounding developments. The abstract place making quality of the square is accentuated by 16 boxed trees and a lighting installation by artist Peter Fink. The art work creates an informal overlay over the paving grid using embedded LED programmable strip lighting. The presence of people in the squa

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The Clock comprises several thousand short extracts from cinema history, each suggesting a particular time of day or referencing a specific moment, often through the appearance of a watch or clock-face. Marclay has stitched these extracts together to form a continuous visual sequence synchronised with the real time of your visit - if it is noon you'll be watching a scene referencing noon. Even more impressively, the scenes suggest countless interlocking narratives despite the constant changes in genres, eras, locations and plotlines.

"A number of galleries were vying for the rights to

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"The desk I was looking for had to be compact, new, clean, clear and easy to use. I bought the ASP4816 and now I have everything I need," explains Angrand. "The sound quality is amazing. You can really focus on the important element of a song.

"Then there's the stereo compressor which makes me very happy. The preamps work beautifully too, very transparent and an excellent response from what you hear at source. A snare sounds like a snare, a guitar like a guitar - and all this without

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Two new pairs of BLU-160 and BLU-120 DSPs will provide the mosque with greater flexibility and redundancy, advanced functionality and substantially increased processing power - which is essential since this is the largest mosque in Western Europe.

Originally Inaugurated in October 2003, the giant complex in Morden, South London, provides the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community with a focal point for meetings, social and religious events, which are broadcast worldwide on Sky Channel 787 by MTA - Muslim TV and translated simultaneously into eight different languages.

With the available processing power in t

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The massive domed structure - referred to by local press as "The First Christian Church of Tomorrow" during its dedication ceremony - was designed by R. Duane Conner of Conner & Pojezny Designs, a congregation member during the 1950s. The expansive, thin-shelled concrete dome covers the main sanctuary, which seats 1200 in theatre-style pews. The sanctuary houses a large pipe organ and frequently features performances by symphonic orchestras, bell choirs and other chorale groups.

While the building has won much acclaim as an architectural masterpiece, it has

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The new division will be managed from Music Group's new Manchester, UK Centre for Engineering Excellence.

Music Group founder and CEO, Uli Behringer, made the announcement from the company's Las Vegas office and showroom by stating, "The new pro division brings together three of the most respected brands in professional and touring sound under one roof. Our goal is to offer exceptional pre and post-sale support with a team of dedicated professionals who o

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"We are delighted to welcome A.C. Lighting Inc. as our exclusive distributor for USA and Canada," says ArKaos business development manager, Agnes Wojewoda. "A.C. Lighting Inc. has a strong presence in the US market that will ensure ArKaos is represented at a much wider range of tradeshows, broadening our reach and making our products more readily available to a greater number of new customers. We are looking forward to a very exciting relationship ahead."

ArKaos' product line offers software and hardware combinations that allow those working on shows of all scales (and budgets) to incorporate video, projection or LED control into their productions and integrate them with the show's lighting.<

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In anticipation of a busy summer for events across the UK and with event planning for the Olympics gathering pace, Dry Hire Lighting is making sure it is well positioned to serve the expected increase in demand for rental equipment.

States Rob Merrilees, director of Dry Hire Lighting, "At last the industry can boast a dedicated UK based 'dry hire' company. We do what it says on the tin . . . offering hire exclusively to rental companies . . . but with the added value of exceptional service and top of the range equipment. It goes without saying that Clay Paky needs to feature heavily in our available stock."

Comments Glyn O'Donoghue, MD of Ambersphere: "The premise upon which Dry Hi

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The 'palatial' theme of previous years was continued with events at Hopetoun House, South Queensferry (near Edinburgh), Ragley Hall at Alcester in Warwickshire and Pennyhill Park in Bagshot, Surrey.

"We appreciate that travelling sometimes very long distances and giving us a whole day out of their schedules is a very generous commitment from our customers, so we really did all we could to make the days as useful and pleasant for them as possible," says Sennheiser UK's Ken Morrison.

"We aimed to fill the days with a lot of useful topics and this year introduced breakout workshop sessions between the main topics, all delivered in a very comfortable and convivial

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The expanded design features XL Video's brand new Pixled F-12 LED screen product. XL Video is the first company in the UK to take delivery of this impressively bright and clear surface.

The screen layout for this leg of the tour - developed by production and lighting designer Paul Normandale - features five striking circular F-12 surfaces onstage. The central one measures 9m in diameter and is flanked by two at 8m and then two at 10m on the outside. The two 8m screens are slightly angled to maximise site lines for the audience seated on the sides of the stadiums.

The live camera mix is cut by Andy Bramley, and the media server system is designed, programmed and opera

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With a prototype already undergoing testing, this new level of cooperation between AFMG and Lake looks to herald a much anticipated development for end users in the field, with integration between Lake's industry leading processing platform and SysTune's advanced measurement capabilities, say the companies.

SysTune is real-time, professional measurement software that embodies a host of major features including spectrogram, transfer function, real-time IR, Virtual EQ, SPL/LEQ and SSA filter for high noise immunity. Their latest update comes with an automatic delay alignment function and support for mobile devices.

"Having the measurements from SysTune as an integration

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ArKaos has now developed a strong user base in China, which is progressing so rapidly with the ArKaos technology that its R&D department claim they are challenging its development! ShowPower is doing a great job in promoting ArKaos in this region and showed ArKaos products to great effect at PALM Expo, says the company.

The ShowPower booth exhibited the new Video Mapper extension for MediaMaster Pro as well as LED walls powered by MediaMaster Express and Kling-Net. The ArKaos Kling-Net protocol was also used on various other booths from different LED manufacturers at PALM Expo. The response from the visitors demonstrated the big interest for the new ArKaos Kling-Net protocol in

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The stage, which was being set up for the final show on the North American leg of Radiohead's world tour, collapsed at 4.00pm local time, around one hour before the gates were due to open, killing 33-year-old Scott Johnson, a British drum tech who was working on the stage at the time.

Of the three people injured, a 45-year-old male suffered head injuries, but these were reportedly not life threatening. The two others were less seriously injured and were treated at the scene.

A message on the Radiohead website says: "We have all been shattered by the loss of Scott Johnson, our friend and colleague. He was a lovely man, always positive, supportive and funny, a

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Yann KOZIOL, ESL's purchasing manager, says: "This is a great opportunity for ESL to extend our range with the addition of high quality VMB products. The value for money is also very interesting with the VMB range and the product is already very well received in the market."

ESL president Alain Cornevaux adds: "The partnership between VMB and ESL is an exciting challenge and completes our strategy of distribution of quality products."

VMB's export manager Ben Sinclair comments: "ESL's reputation in the French market is well established and it was an obvious choice to hand them the distribution of VMB. We have always had a stron

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The popular training days will be hosted by some of RSG's biggest dealers; starting on 20 June at Wigwam Acoustics in Heywood, followed by 27 June at SSE Audio Group in Redditch, 5 July at Stage Electrics in Avonmouth, with the final event on 11July at SFL Group in Reading. Advance registration is required, which can be done via the RSG website (www.rolandsystemsgroup.co.uk).

Designed to cater for all backgrounds and levels of knowledge, the training days give unlimited access to REAC, Roland's core technology for digital audio systems, as well as the M-480 and M-300 digital consoles and the D

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With judging taking place throughout the day and final decisions made late in the afternoon, winners were presented with their hook-clamp trophies in the Truman Brewery's Corbet Place Bar, in front of exhibitors, guests and ABTT members. The winners are as follows:

ABTT 2012 Theatre Show Engineering Product of the Year: Metool Reels - Multicore Contactless Reeler.

Judges' comments: "We are pleased to find a method of feeding multicores on a drum that does not use slip rings. The panel was impressed by the tool-less cable installation and ability to run Ethernet on a cable reeler."

Eric Marks-Oldham, sales di