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Based in Neede on the eastern border of the Netherlands, Audio Integrate is a distributor of AV equipment aimed at all sectors of the AV market ranging from education, worship and retail to corporate, sports and entertainment environments. The company also offers professional advice and services for tenders and projects, accompanying the client from start to finish.

Richard Grevelink, director of Audio Integrate, comments, "Audio Integrate is a distributor for pro audio, video and digital signage solutions," he explained. "Our customers are mainly AV system integrators. We are always looking for reliable products to complete o

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Blue Man Group is a heady mega-mix of music, technology, art and excitement which immerses and delights audiences by wrapping them in its infectious beats and vibes. Lighting plays a crucial role with a dynamic and energetic maelstrom of colour, movement and emotion.

When Blue Man Group's Las Vegas show moved back to the Luxor at the end of 2015, it was an ideal opportunity to upgrade and change certain aspects of the lighting rig to optimize the more intimate venue.

The space ideally lent itself to more compact fixtures to fulfil Tony award-winning lighting designer Kevin Adams' visual concept, which had been developed in 2013 when the Blue Men had moved a new show into the Monte Carlo Hotel.

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Tim Eyles, Theatres Trust Chair, says, "With our renewed strategy for protecting theatres in our 40th anniversary year, we're delighted that our HLF Sharing Heritage grant award will help more people discover our country's fantastically rich built theatrical heritage. The project also offers an excellent paid opportunity for those seeking a career in archive and heritage work to gain valuable skills and contribute to the development of the

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Held on Easter weekend at the Palais du congres, the Bal en Blanc was produced by Produkt with One Drop as its official cause partner. One Drop is a Montreal-based non-profit, created by Cirque founder Guy Laliberte, whose mission is to provide safe water to communities worldwide. 45DEGREES staged its One Drop Moment to showcase this collaboration and provide a taste of what's to come as the partnership continues with Bal en Blanc 2017.

"The challenge was to create a unique Cirque moment during a big EDM show with a live

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Together with director Roine S

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The lighting installation was the last part of a refurbishment programme by Land Securities to enhance the arcade, which runs from The Strand to Buckingham Street near Charing Cross Station.

In line with the client brief, ACSP proposed that Traxon 40PXL & 20PXL colour-changing, diffused LED Media Tubes were the best solution, given their IP66 / IP67 rating and robust design. It makes them ideal for withstanding the outdoor elements, particularly in a public environment.

"The designers wanted to implement a fluid movement of light through the arcade, in a hexagonal arrangement to create a sense of interest and interactivity. Traxon's Media Tube

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Celebrated lighting and set designer Eugene O'Connor, who has worked with a number of high profile artists including Metallica, Usher and Katy Perry, specified 30 Mythos fixtures for the show, which was performed to a live audience as well as being filmed for DVD.

Held in memory of the late actor Sammy Johnson, Sunday for Sammy features a galaxy of stars from the worlds of TV, theatre and music. The shows sell out in minutes, raising funds for creative, talented and enthusiastic young performing artists from the North East of England.

"As set designer I decided to rig three circular screens at the back of the staging: a main six metre screen in the centre a

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Rather than a climatic connection, what is common to every one of thes

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The FOH path count for Mumford & Sons is large - it starts with around 76 inputs, but Pollard adds to that with extensive use of the L500's Stem bus type - a grouping bus with discrete send levels and full processing that can be picked from any one of six points on the contributing path, and routed anywhere, including to other stems.

By inserting an FX into a stem and routing channels to that stem, Pollard creates a fully processed auxiliary bus without requiring a separate return path

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George Gorga has been the audio director for Nitro Circus since the original MTV show first took to road six years ago. His biggest challenge is looking after himself during the rehearsals and main events.

"It's probably the most dangerous operating position I've ever worked in as normally we are out on the track," he remarked. "The likelihood of having a bike or skateboard land on you or getting blown up by a pyro is quite high. You really have to have your wits around especially during practice as the whole arena floor is the stage. It's like walking on a highway, you have to keep looking all around you."

Other than a pyro accide

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For the fourth year running, Sky Arts in collaboration with Storyvault Films and Papilo Production Management entrusted Blackout project manager Tomas Burcik and his four-strong crew to install a cost-effective ground support circular truss system suitable for both broadcast and live audiences.

Tomas Burcik comments, "Working to the production brief we designed a structure which incorporated an inner 7m truss circle and a 10m diameter central truss circle split into thirds. Each third played host to a competing artist, challenged with painting a celebrity guest. The outer truss circle included cross sections to hang broadcast lighting, and seven supporting legs to ensure clear sightlines of the celeb

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This event has been designed to cover the basic operation and implementation of Kinesys equipment and will showcase a broad range of products that will appeal to individuals and companies involved in the increasingly popular discipline of automation / motion control.

The invitation is open to lighting and show designers, automation operators, rental suppliers and rigging service providers - anyone with an interest in this dynamic element of modern show production.

Key products include variable speed chain hoist systems, programmable fixed speed motor control and load cell monitoring systems. The format will serve as in-depth introduction to products like the iconic Elev

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The addition of induction loop technology compliments Showsupply's already established offering of leading audio brands and invites the opportunity to expand into a new market.

Over the past 25 years hearing loops, also known as induction loops, have become the default assistive listening solution in Europe, Scandinavia, Australasia and the USA. This is primarily as a result of technological advances by Ampetronic and the efforts of people with hearing loss, who are demanding the benefits that this technology can bring to them.

A hearing loop system transmits an audio signal directly into a Telecoil hear

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Installed by Paxt's Kenyan distributor, Sound Creations, the Qu-32 was selected for its sound quality, good FX engine, ability to have 32 channels on a single layer, simplicity, cost effectiveness, and plenty of mixing and output options. Sound Creations Ltd. also installed dB Technologies T4s alongside the mixer.

Mr.Kaka, Karura's sound technician, was very satisfied with the mixer: "I think the new sound system has awakened Karura Community Chapel. People who used to come late to worship now run so that they don't miss it."

"The system sounds great. Most of my installation

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The Seoul World DJ Festival (SWDF), which kicks off Korea's music event calendar, has been growing in strength every year, since its first edition in 2007. Today, it attracts some of the best EDM DJs in the world, and transforms the town of Chuncheon and its Song-Am Sports Complex. This year's bill included Blasterjaxx, Tomswon, Julian Jordan and KSHMR.

In 2016, an important liaison was made with influential EDM producers Q Dance from Holland (Qlimax, Defqon, Tomorrowland) who collaborated on this year's festival. Q Dance brought its hallmarks of dynamic staging, pyro an

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Tomislav Stubi?an of HUST commented, "With our team of highly qualified professionals we provide integrators with complete support, through concept, design and supply to commissioning and after-sales service. Our projects comprise many applications, including stadiums, hotels and retail, hospitality and tourist venues, hospitals and public buildings.

"We are able to help our customers achieve optimal quality for their

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"I worked on some of the first moving lights, and we all evolved from bashing dents out of parcans to become electronic technicians," Tim says. "Now we are in the networking age and we all need to become network technicians, (not a job that I ever wanted on my CV). The new switcher from MA is quite something; literally plug and play, and keeps the focus on the job at hand."

Tim was asked to be the lighting designer at the South African Film Awards (SAFTAs) held recently. He worked on a grandMA2 full size. "The show required a fast network," said Tim. "So Nick Britz of DWR brought along a MA Switch.

"I'm always a bit nervous about networks, I've had network problems in the past and feeling helpless with show time fast approaching is no-ones idea of

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Tony Raciti of The Venue, along with The Goliath Brothers were approached to take the space which was a former restaurant, and convert it into a comedy club where wholesome food with a touch of Mediterranean, Asian and Mexican, would also be served. The interior design was by Refined Existence In Space.

"We installed three lighting bars manufactured by Rob Young and his team at our office," explained Schalk Botha from DWR. "We incorporated two Robe Robin miniPointes, two Robin LEDBeam 100s, a Robin DLS, a Titan One control system, a Le Maitre MVS Hazer and a DiGiCo S21 for sound. A mixture of Longman LED fittings also forms part of the rig.

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Michael Hassett, CEO at TDC comments, "TDC works on the latest in projection and interactive technologies for Vivid for a total of 11 months prior to the event collaboratively engaging with all project stakeholders in enabling the artists' creative imaginations to be writ across the skyline.

Destination NSW chief executive officer and executive producer of Vivid Sydney Sandra Chipchase says, "Technology is a key element to the festival as an enabler of artistic works. We're constantly amazed at what TDC achieves for us each year and this

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Commenting on the sale, which makes his organization the first in the region to offer the Speechline Digital Wireless for rental, James Ghamlouch, head of audio at 3db said, "We've found that the system's clear focus and USP of speech intelligibility is the perfect fit for our customers' needs. Not just this, the Speechline Digital system boasts automatic frequency management and interference avoidance, which coupled with the fact that it uses the less congested1.9 GHz fre

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East Coast Lighting & Production Services (ECLPS) turned to Elation Professional's EPT6IP LED video displays as the main visual element of the set design, creating a dynamic false proscenium and dazzling LED panel 'sunburst' for the 2016 edition of the International Portuguese Music Awards held 23 April at the Zeiterion Theatre in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

The EPT6IP panels were hung from a box truss with a set of video legs upstage of that left and right. "The EPT6IP panels are very rigid structurally, so the legs hung easily and went up fast," said ECLPS's Nate Almeida, lighting designe

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Bandit Lites once again provided the lighting for the massive celebration, where teams from around the globe assembled to compete in challenges created to inspire creativity and promote logical skills.

A massive parade of nations, a dance presentation from Step Afrika! and the members of The Exchange, a pop vocal group performed at the opening ceremony where Bandit lighting designer Shawn Beaulieu and general manager Giff Swart utilized last year's success of an in-the-round design at Thompson-Bowling Arena.

Bandit's exclusive LED GRNLite moving head washes were placed on hexagonal tru