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Set up by brothers Paul and Preston Hoffman in 2005, Pulse Lighting were asked to light the Californian-based 'fusion' band in their own right for the first time. "The management knew we had experience of the venue, and in running concert lights for broadcast," said Preston.

The day of the event - 20 April 20- was also significant since it is the day when counter-culturists celebrate the love of cannabis, as Preston explains. "With cannabis legalised in the state in 2013, the 4/20 show was historic for everyone involved in that c

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The new tour, which began in Columbus on 4 April and will wrap in Scandinavia in October, marks the first for the band since 2009's sold-out Unleashed tour. This year is also the 35th anniversary of their Rumours album, one of the most successful in recording history.

Lighting designer Paul 'Arlo' Guthrie of Minneapolis-based Toss Film + Design is Fleetwood Mac's long-time lighting designer. "I have to cater to four different personalities (Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks) and bring them together as one team," he explains. "For this show we have four big LCD panels and 32 Sharpy Washes on curved lighting pipes, some of them on the floor, some on the rigs and some

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Four MA VPU plus (Video Processing Unit) together with a grandMA2 replay unit and two grandMA2 light consoles were used for lighting and video control.

MedienReich - Gesellschaft für professionelle Eventtechnik mbH was responsible for the technical realisation of the event. Holger Turban worked as lighting technician and programmer, while Chris Pauli worked as video technician and programmer and created the video content.

Pauli commented on his choice of the MA system, "The MA system convinced u

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14 March 2016

The main Royal Shakespeare Theatre auditorium and smaller adjacent Swan Theatre were re-opened in late 2010 following extensive re-modelling, accompanied by a substantial and ongoing investment in new production technologies. Just prior to the re-build, the nearby Courtyard Theatre was created as a temporary home for the RSC's productions. It is also the prototype for the new one-room theatre format proposed for the RST and Swan to create a more traditional Shakespearean performance area, characterised by a deep thrust stage surrounded by audience on three sides.

A recent purchase for the Courtyard's audio infrastructure has been a 48x48 TiMax2 SoundHub matrix with MADI o

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LKAB (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag) is the world's technical leader in supplying iron ore pellets, acquired from underground mining, to the global steel industry. Its rich magnetite mines are located in the north of Sweden above the Arctic Circle. A new research centre in Koskullskulle includes a visitor centre that welcomes guests to the nearby Malmberget mine. LKAB's iron ore mining operations are among the most productive in the world and feature automated processes that result in the "greenest" production of iron.

Electrosonic's Stockholm office was tasked by LKAB consultant WSP with designing and engineering the audio-visual facilities at the visitor centre, inclu

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More than 15,000 people turned up at the Autódromo La Guácima, where technical production company LuzArt provided a dynamic infrastructure. This included 18 of PR Lighting's super bright XR300 Beam, equipped with 300W Platinum 15R lamp and convex lens, and 36 compact XLED 336 LED moving heads. These were mounted on the backdrop truss, and on the ground, where they were used as floor FX.

LuzArt has been working with the Chinese manufacturer's products for the past three months and the company's owner, Francis Villalobos, confirmed that they were able to put up a compelling argument to the artist's production team for using the PR Lighting fixtures. "Although they weren't specified on the ri

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Although SGM fixtures were also used throughout the EuroVillage, it was in the main action of the contest itself that these FX worked their magic, adding genuine dynamic for lighting designer, Fredrik Jonsson. Along with ESC's experienced technical director, Ola Melzig (working on his 11th Eurovision), he had first seen the impact of these LED solutions on the SGM stand at the PLASA Show in London and later at LDI 2012 in Las Vegas.

According to Melzig, "We fell head over heels in love with them and knew this was something we had to have."

Jonsson first evaluated the X-5 strobes during an X-Factor broadcast he had been involved with back in November 2012. "We rigged a few of them next to other strobes I had in

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14 March 2016

"We are very pleased to add ADB's considerable lighting experience to the White Light Distribution network," said Peter Threadgold, sales director at White Light. "We have seen ADB's commitment to quality and innovation over the years. This matches perfectly with our desire to deliver the best lighting solutions for our customers."

White Light will offer sales and support for ADB's extensive range of high perf

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14 March 2016

Ambersphere Solutions is the exclusive UK distributor for German lighting control manufacturer MA Lighting and Italian moving light manufacturer Clay Paky. "Robert Juliat offer a desirable range of theatrical lanterns and followspots which perfectly complement the existing Ambersphere product range," says Ambersphere managing director Glyn O'Donoghue. "Our Total-Support distribution model is ideally suited to Robert Juliat's exceptional product range."

Robert Juliat sales director Claus Spreyer comments, "Our products are based on optic

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Speaking to The Independent, the BBC's head of music television Mark Cooper said the rock legends were "nervous about how much they should share". The Stones, he told the paper, were "stepping out of their comfort zone". He added: "At this point, I'm quite optimistic we'll get a sufficient amount of music." The BBC statement said: "We're confident that we'll be able to deliver fantastic coverage of this year's amazing Glastonbury line-up." The Rolling Sto

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The band are rapidly commanding respect and building a fan base with their original sounds, and are hotly-tipped for great things since their An Awesome Wave debut album won the 2012 Mercury Music Prize.

Siyan was asked on board by production manager Mark Ward from Proper Productions, with whom they have enjoyed a long and successful working relationship.

Siyan's director Nick Valdez commented, "It's been hugely exciting for us! The band is critically acclaimed, and it's great to be working with someone of Vince's calibre and see him develop a really stylish show."

The rig supplied by Siyan was entirely floor based - and as per Foster's design, completely asymmetrical - forming the core of th

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A sea of kinetic sculptures were hung throughout the entire arena roof, resembling interior design lamps which would raise, lower and change colour for the different performances. The sculptures were hung from custom winches designed by Tait Technologies with the majority hung over the audience and 14 placed directly over the main stage.

Two W-DMX BlackBox F-1 MKII units controlled 70 W-DMX Micro OEM Transceivers (with support of RDM), utilising three channels for an RGB LED located inside the fixtures and two channels for their speed and position. Although independently controllable, the sculptures as a whole were designed in unity, creating wave effects or lowering at the same time to give an intimate feel to the arena. Control came via gra

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The eclectic four-piece who've been together since 1993 starting out as Pezz and later changing their name for legal reasons, consists of Ben Kowalewicz (lead vocals), Ian D'Sa (lead guitar), Jon Gallant (bass) and Aaron Solowoniuk (drums).

The main PA comprised 14 Martin Audio MLA cabinets and one MLD (down-fill) flown on each side of the stage with 12 W8LC per side for left and right side PA, 12 MLX subs floor-stacked and eight W8LM cabinets along the downstage edge for in-fill/out-fill. Martin Audio MA 4.2 amplifiers were used to power the side and in-fill/out-fill systems.

Crew for the show include

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Bluman Associates provided the technical production for the video for the whole tour and designed all the content in-house, following the creation of the company's design department earlier in 2013.

A 40ft by 20ft backdrop was the canvas for the projection. This also cleverly hid the video wall set up that co-headliner and fellow rock legends Journey were using for their set, making the quick turn-around between acts possible through a simple reveal.

Bluman Associates utilised three Barco 40K

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But since JBL introduced its radical CBT70J Constant Beamwidth column arrays he has really gone into overdrive. "We like this product a lot," he says. "It's absolutely fantastic, with good sensitivity; it delivers great acoustic energy, has good frequency response and we try and get that into most of our church jobs."

Recently Grainger put his theory to the test in one of Ireland's heritage buildings - St. Macartan's Cathedral in Co, Monaghan whose construction dates back 150 years.

"The old sound system had been installed 30 years previously - it was speech only and towards the end of it

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14 March 2016

"International demand for our products has significantly expanded over recent years, which has given us a much deeper understanding of how global our markets really are," said Bob Luther, CEO of Lex Products Corp. "Lex Products Limited is an incredible opportunity for our company to deliver a wide range of trusted and durable technologies to a variety of customers."

Mike Scala, president of Lex Products Corp. added: "Lex Products' innovative Ever

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NewArt headed by Francisco Pinheiro has been involved in the moving light market since 1995 and maintains a head office as well as a workshop space in San Paulo. The new cooperation got off to a flying start at this year Prolight+Sound Show in Frankfurt and the complete CRMX product range will now be available in the Brazilian market.

Francisco Pinheiro says, "We always go with the best products on the market and LumenRadio's product range will be a perfect complement to our current brand portfolio. The introduction of the CRMX product range underlines the importance of not only supplying great quality products, but also backing thi

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14 March 2016

"At the onset of our 40th Anniversary in 2013, Outline has become the system of choice for the highly regarded Warner Theater in Washington, D.C. and the historic jazz club, Little Gem Saloon, in New Orleans," says Tom Bensen, sr. vice president and managing director of Outline North Ame

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Originally a tomato canning factory, the 2,500sq.m complex has been transformed and renamed Fougaro (smokestack), with reference to the building's 36m chimney. The former industrial buildings have been stylishly developed by Florica Kyriacopoulos, a businesswoman and renowned art collector. Ms. Kyriacopoulos wanted to fill a void in the local artisan market, whilst achieving her own lifelong dream to enrich the cultural life of Nafplion with a venue exclusively dedicated to creativity. The Fougaro complex includes a library, art shop, amphitheatre, arts workshop, café-bar, art spaces and a summer cin

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With an architectural reverberation time of 1.7 seconds, the hall suits orchestral performance well, but is less accommodating of other musical genres. Now with Constellation, Svetlanov Hall can provide the proper acoustics for pop and jazz performances including Al Di Meola and The Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as its magnificent 5,500-pipe organ, the largest in Russia.

The dramatic improvement to Svetlanov Hall's acoustics was immediately lauded by conductors, musicians, and audience alike.

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Keiluhollin becomes the second major bowling complex to be opened in Reykjavik. Jakob Kristinsson, of ETOS, comments, "In 2006 I installed a non-Peavey system into another [bowling] venue, but now, seven years on, all three of the audio processors have broken down, so I knew I had to come up with a much more flexible solution this time round," he explains. "It quickly became clear that the only system that would tick all the boxes was Peavey's MediaMatrix

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The HK Audio seminar conducted between 11-12 June will focus on the history of the company, technical sessions on all the products and an in-depth hands-on for live applications. Technical sessions include HK Audio's Concert Series, Portable Series systems, amplification techniques and FirNet controller configurations. Instructors will also be open to answer any questions that the attendees may have and share their knowledge based on their experience.

The DPA Microphones seminar conducted on 18 June will cover What to expect from your

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14 March 2016

Installed by Poll Sound, L-Acoustics' local certified provider for install, rental and distribution channels, the new systems--which are primarily used for speech reinforcement and musical augmentation--complement an existing dV-DOSC and dV-SUB music reinforcement system provided by the same integration team six years ago.

According to Poll Sound general manager and lead sound system designer Deward Timothy, the most recent install is made up of two parts: an exploded centre cluster for the front lower bowl seating and a delay ring for the rear

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Marcos Olivio, lighting designer and photographic director, stated, "We used the grandMA2 system due to its reliability. The past years working with MA products have given us a lot of confidence. The whole system offers so many benefits and it is easy