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14 March 2016

Now firmly established as the seminal event for all rigging practitioners and professionals across the global entertainment sector, the PLASA Rigging Conference is proud to confirm the speakers for two more presentations added to the schedule.

Adding to the international profile of the Conference are Rinus Bakker and Roy Schilderman from the Association of Riggers and Grounders in Holland (ARGH). Their presentation, 'Common Practice?' complements one of the central objectives of the Conference: to develop and establish common practices across Europe. All touring personnel will be familiar with the sometimes erratic variations in terminology, safe working practices and standards as they cross borders on

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Visentin's creative relationship with Bocelli started in 2006 and this tour's natural innovative design contains lots of subtleties, with slow colour changes and no visible movement. It is operated completely 'live' every night using the Vista's powerful visual interface and just a few pre-programmed presets. This allows Aldo the creative freedom to reflect the spirit of the evening in the lighting, and flow organically with the mood of the set.

Rather non-conventionally, a typical Bocelli tour will feature two or three shows a week over a three week period - often on different continents. Instead of touring a production lighting system, lighting equipment is normally hired

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This beautiful Castle provided a dramatic backdrop to a spectacular concert that featured the Royal Philharmonic orchestra conducted by John Rigby, the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and the Military Wives Choir. There were also solo performances from tenor James Edwards and soprano Claire Rutter.

Sound, lighting and PA specialists SRD Group provided all of the equipment for the concert, including a large selection of DPA microphones, which it leased from sound engineer Ian Barfoot.

"DPA microphones were ideal for this project because they always deliver fantastic audio quality and are very rugged, which means you can put them through the mill without having to worry about

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Florian Kessler, head of audio at Toneheads, Cologne, relied entirely on L-Acoustics systems, deploying a grand total of 180 Kara WST compact line source loudspeakers, 96 SB18 subs and 80 Kiva ultra-compact line source speakers with 30 Kilo low frequency extensions, powered by 30 LA RAKs and flown from the ceiling of the venue. Six arrays of Kiva line source elements driven by LA8 amplified controllers were used as nearfield monitors.

L-Acoustics' proprietary acoustic simulation software, Soundvision, was used to design the sound for the new and unfamiliar arena.

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"There's a substantial difference in the quality of this system compared to the one they used when they operated as a portable church," explains Wade Russell, lead systems integrator at Elite. "One of the main reasons we selected the Lake LM 26 was the fact that it did 96k AES. We're running AES from a Midas PRO2C console to the LM 26 and the amps, and integrating the Midas and Lake processing was key to creating a very dynamic system that was power

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14 March 2016

Showtec's audio production manager Chandra Mohan confirmed that the first outing for Showtec's expanded MSX 48 Splitter Racks will be the feature celebrations for Singapore's 47th National Day to be held at The Float @Marina Bay, Singapore.

This year Showtec's audio system will feature 32 replay tracks from a ProTools HD system and 36 channels of Shure UHF-R radio mics mixed for FOHon an Avid Venue D-Show console feeding a d&b FOH System consisting of 64 x J-8s and 32 J-SUBs powered by D-12Amplifiers.

Monitors Mixer duties are to be provided by an Avid Venue Profile console feeding 40 Sennheiser IEMs from 12transmitters.

Mohan reports that all ProTools tracks, radio mics

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"Our customers in Belgium are recognising the great value that working with Crestron can bring to their businesses", says Frank van Meeuwen, CEO Crestron International. "Our technical support departments needed to grow to support this success so we have added 11,000sq.ft of extra floor space to the department. We are really excited to be opening the new office, as it represents the fruits of the hard work and dedication of our staff in growing our busi

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Following a meeting at NAMM and another at the Frankfurt Prolight & Sound 2012, FBT and Boujikian Bros. Co. Ltd. have recently agreed a new distribution agreement for Lebanon. Boujikian Bros. Will handle the professional audio and installed sound lines of the Italian company.

"We were very pleased to meet with Mr. Gary Boujikian during his recent visit to our factory in Recanati where he received information about our work processes and our products, as well as a complete demonstration of our different product families," says FBT's export manager Roberto Mataloni. "Of course, this interaction has been also important for us to understand be

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The event service's modular system, Geo Structure, consists of identical, reconfigurable steel components which provide structural integrity and creative flexibility far beyond other scaffolding-based systems currently on the market, claims the company.

The result of 20 years of research, it has been developed by a team of event specialists and engineers. Rebranded after a major external investment, it has launched a new website (www.rightstructures.com) and expanded its stock inventory, product range and capabilities to work across Europe.

Ruben Caruana, Right Structures' business development director, said, "We offer a design-led alternative for events looking for structures, complete with full structural calculations and engineered to the highest E

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It was organized by the regional office of Bosch Communications Systems in conjunction with Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG).

Attended by 13 participants ranging from Egypt over Lebanon to Oman, the training was the first of its kind in the region for Electro-Voice and Dynacord partners. The three-day courses, hosted by AFMG's trainer Paul Malpas, took place at the Robert Bosch Middle East's training facilities in Dubai. The detailed workshops covered EASE, the worldwide standard for acoustic simulation both inside rooms and in open areas.

"The demand for training in the Middle East is generally very high", says Tony

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SRD Group of Tonbridge, Kent used six of MilTec's LEDHead 324W moving head washes for main stage. Stuart Roberts, MD of SRD Group commented, "We chose the MTM-324W to replace our ageing discharge lamp moving head wash lights and are delighted with the purchase. They are lighter and probably brighter than the units they are replacing, and yet consume a fraction of the electricity, which saves on cabling as well. The built in programs work well and are useful when time is short to get a good looking show up and running.

"We used them for the first time on our 12m trailer stage at the Maidstone Torch Relay celebrations in

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For the first time, say the organisers, four separate, focused events (The ARC Show, Interiors LDN, kbb LDN and DX) will combine to serve the broad sourcing needs of these key specifiers.

Brand director Andrew Vaughan commented, "Each year we work closely with the lighting design community and take on board their insights to ensure we deliver the right event for the industry, therefore our commitment to strengthen our relationship with mondo*arc will only serve to make the 2013 event its best ever. By developing our content we were able to deliver a fantastic 2012 event which saw an increase in audience groups such as architects and lighting designers

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Audio production house Britannia Row Productions was responsible for all the live sound. Joshua Lloyd was the system designer who designed the sound system (that needed to be invisible) for the seated invited audience around the temporary stage constructed on the Queen Victoria Monument. "It was necessary to create a large distributed system to achieve this goal" comments Lloyd. "We used 24 stacks of Outline Butterfly loudspeakers, for a total of 96 boxes, to create this complex system. Each stack of Butterfly's was driven by a Lake LM series processor, and all were networke

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Adlib's relationship with Liverpool's hit station Radio City goes back more than 20 years, when it worked on their roadshows - and both companies have become Liverpool music institutions in their own right.

Some of the biggest names in UK pop were lined-up for the 2012 Radio City Live event including One Direction , Professor Green, Will Young, Labrinth, and Stooshie & Rizzle Kicks among others who performed to a capacity 10,000 crowd at on a sunny Saturday Liverpool evening .

Steve Hill and David Andrews (of EMO LTD) oversaw the event planning and management, with Andy Grey and Neil McDonald in place as production managers and Steve Pottinger stag

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This recently includes the popular Fly On The Millions quiz show, recorded in Studio 4 of GG Studios, Neverelan, Jerusalem, the country's main TV production facility. This show is in its third series and will soon be rolled out in the US via NBC and also in Europe.

Contestants answering questions wrong are spectacularly dumped from the set via a trap door opening beneath their podium. The show is broadcast on prime time Friday night, on Channel 10.

Lighting is being supplied by Danor Rental and the Robe count includes 20 Robin 300E Beams, 10 ColorWash 700E ATs, six ColorBeam 2500s and 10 ColorSpot 1200E ATs.

Jacobi's initial st

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On tour, the band (Tyler Glenn, Elaine Bradley, Branden Campbell and Chris Allen) and their production manager Mike Bangs have come to rely on Audio-Technica microphones "for their sound quality, durability and versatility".

The band's arsenal includes the Audio-Technica Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless System with AEW-T6100a transmitter, used for lead vocals, as well as the following hardwired models: AE6100 Hypercardioid Dynamic Handheld Microphone, ATM250 Hypercardioid Dynamic Instrument Microphone, AE4100 Cardioid Dynamic Handheld Microphone, ATM450 Cardioid Condenser Instrument Microphone, ATM650 Hyperc

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The Technomad loudspeakers, which previously covered a four-block radius, now blanket the entire downtown area with intelligible voice and high-quality musical reproduction. Pete Torino, who specifies and installs PA systems, almost exclusively uses Technomad loudspeakers due to their fully weatherproof, MilSpec design and ability to project high-quality audio with broad dispersion over long distances.

Torino uses high-power Technomad Berlin and Noho models on downtown build

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The unique nature of the festival with its stunning backdrop of the Szeged cathedral is enhanced by a flamboyant programme of world premieres and internationally ranked stage shows and concerts, and every year, the stakes are higher in the quest for technological perfection and flawless sound.

This year, ES Audio's Sandor Elek who has been managing audio for the festival for the last 12 years via his rental company, Votec, decided to raise the bar even higher and opted for a co

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During the all-singing, all-dancing spectacular, Dame Edna promises to "empower" audiences as she meditates on the big issues of gender, ethnicity and climate change.

While Act One of Eat Pray Laugh! features Humphries with his friends, this really serves as "just a bit of foreplay really before I make an orgasmic appearance in Act Two", Dame Edna says.

Norwest Productions are providing the audio for the tour and FOH operator for the show is one of their long time employees Aaron Mason. The show

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London 2012 has a 'zero to landfill' policy for the event and therefore all products are required to be fully recyclable or have a quantifiable after life. Working with Danny Boyle and his designer Mark Tildsley, Tait Technologies designed the beds so that they could be sent to medical facilities in less fortunate countries after the event.

In order to find a suitable placement for the beds, Tait Technologies contacted work colleagues Charlie Hernandez and Lori Tierney from "Just a bunch of Roadies", www.justabunchofroadies.org , a team of men and women that work behind the scenes in the concert touring industry who, in conjunction with Project C.U.R.E, set up a highly effi

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Viewers were also wowed by a range of images including a computer generated image of the birth of the internet, which started on the field of play and shot outwards into the audience and beyond. The giant video screen was made up of small paddle-shaped Pixel Tablets designed by Tait Technologies, each attached to a seat in the stadium and bearing 9 full colour pixels arranged in a square.

Together, the 70,500 Pixel Tablets created a 'human powered' screen of unprecedented size, on which Crystal's spectacular digital animations were displayed. Designed to support and extend th

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Over one billion people worldwide watched on Friday, 27 July, 2012 as the Olympic torch passed under the bridge by speedboat on the way to Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremonies. Television crews worldwide will use the Tower Bridge and its rings as a backdrop for their Olympic coverage throughout the games.

Lighting designer Adam Bassett specified over 90 moving lights and a variety of other gear that required four universes of SHoW DMX wireless DMX to control, along with panel antennas with custom antenna extension cables, with Transceivers built into equipment racks. The SHoW DMX equipment was provided and installed by Neg Earth.

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