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Set in a National Park, the play was based on mythological characters and stories of the region. The Park laid down stringent noise and lighting conditions relating to the show. The production company, Goma 2 Producciones Audiovisuales, called in pro audio sound and lighting rental company Siempre Creativos to rig for the performance.

Sound Chief David Castelló, chose d&b audiotechnik's J-Series line array system to provide the sound. Assisted by David Roselló from d&b Spain and Jonas Wagner from d&b's Central Application Support based in Germany, t

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"Sol Fleising and his team have an outstanding reputation throughout Canada and we're very happy to add them to our family of talented distribution partners," said Joel Brazy, Aviom's director of international sales. "As our product line continues to grow and we expand into new markets, SF Marketing's organisation, expertise and experience in the Canadian marketplace will be a great asset to Aviom in this important territory."

Montreal-based SF Marketing was established in 1978 by Fleising and also has sales offices in Toronto, Halifax, Calgary and Vancouver.

"SF Marketing is thrilled to be the new distributor of Aviom products for the Canadian market," said Fleising. "Aviom's leading position and technical innovation in personal monitoring and audi

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Producer/director and broadcast consultant Vernon Antcliff at Liverpool FC TVsays, "We wanted a good, solid analogue console which was relatively straightforward to operate and very, very good at what it did and that's why I went for the BB100." Part of the nine-channel Setanta Sports Pack on Satellite TV, the new Liverpool FC channel will also be broadcast live over the web.

The BB100 will be based in the gallery of Liverpool FC TV's studio and used for live transmission of premiership, UEFA Champions' League and reserve matches along with a fifteen minute news programme broadcast twice every evening.

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20+20 CDH 483 Hi-packs were used for FOH and 8+8 CDH 483 on 'side' coverage, all backed up by 16 Subtech 218 subwoofers, amplified by Series T power amps and controlled by Genius 26 processors, also by Outline.

July 2007 was a busy month for Britannia Row's Butterfly systems, with engagements including the Concert For Diana and Live Earth at Wembley Stadium and the Metallica concert at the same venue.

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In making the announcement the company emphasised the benefits of the flotation in allowing it to increase its capital in order to continue its current phase of growth.

The group's turnover in 2006 was close on €50 million, showing an impressive growth of 26% over 2005.

Arturo Vicari, managing director of RCF Group said: "Through the quotation operation, the RCF Group intends to continue its growth in the international markets. The synergies between the high-toned prestige of the brand, the know-how of an internal Research and Development team, as well as the abilities to catch the high growth potentials of both professional audio and public address markets represent the strong points of ou

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Pandemonium Productions' MD, Simon Garrett collaborated with Brunel University's event manager, Liz Thomas, from the outset. Garrett appointed Malcolm Birkett as production manager. Together they managed their team of preferred suppliers to tackle the challenge of transforming the Athletics Centre into a ceremonial auditorium environment, which complied with current DDA regulations.

Working with appointed set designer, Ian Fogden of IFD Design, Pandemonium configured a set that was sympathetic to the simplicity of the hall.

Custom built by Centre Stage, the modular stage boasted a curved fr

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Doscientos Veinte CEO, Jose Maria Mendez comments: "I carried out my own market research on InnovaSON consoles within my territory, and what came back was that this was a reliable and stable product much appreciated by sound engineers who love the sound quality and user-friendly control surface."

InnovaSON's Xavier Pion adds: "If Doveinte has a great reputation for providing both high quality products and high quality service, it's because they've earned it. They work hard to put their products in front of their customers as often as possible so that the customer has the opport

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Full Sail is probably one of the best known music and media production schools in the US and Full Sail graduates continue to make their names working on award-winning films, albums, live productions and more.

Recording Arts programme director Bill Smith comments, "The Sound Dynamics course, which is where A/V Lite is principally deployed, is fundamental to the Recording Arts program in that it addresses the issue of audio itself; signal flow, acoustics, how studio design can affect sound, as well as basic live sound principles. If you haven't got to grips with the principles taught in this class, the rest is irrelevant."

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ARX managing director Colin Park says: "Exact's product manager Roman Wieser and I finalised the distribution agreement at the Frankfurt Pro Light& Sound show earlier in the year and we both agreed ARX's range of signal processing products was a very complementary fit with the other lines Exact currently represents."

Alongside ARX, Exact also represents manufacturers including Audix, QSC, HK Audio, Rane & Adam Audio.

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The main system used a total of 80 M3D line array and 24 Milo high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers. As a point of reference for the immensity of this system, 24 Milo cabinets has proved more than sufficient as the main system for outdoor shows by major rock acts, while the same number of M3D cabinets has been used to power a hard rock festival. The Grönemeyer system used well over four times that many cabinets.

The M3D complement

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The EXIT festival's musical programme mixes major international hard rock and hip-hop artists with dance music. The artist lineup this year included The Prodigy, Beastie Boys, CSS, Lauryn Hill, Robert Plant & Strange Sensation, Basement Jaxx, Snoop Dogg, The Wu-Tang Clan, LTJ Bukem with MC Conrad, and more.

''Even though we have worked on this festival for the past seven years, we perform detailed preparations each year in order to achieve the best possible sound quality," said Zoran Matic, system engineer for Studio Berar. "This festival has a great meaning for us here in Serbia, because in doing it

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Jerry Lee Lewis's Spring tour of northern Europe and Scandinavia took in two venues in Norway, including the 3,000 capacity Kongeparken Amfi in lgard, a small town located south of Stavanger on Norway's west coast.

The sound system supplied by PA Produksjoner brought together the Soundprojects Linex, SP18 subs and SPA-15 diamond loudspeakers with power provided by MC2 Audio E45 and E25 amplifiers and processing by XTA. Jan Olav Sandsmark, CEO of PA Produksjoner said: 'We chose this set up for the Kongeparken Amfi because we needed to use a system that would cover the theatre's 3000 seats.

"The Soundprojects Linex comes with XTAs with presets for different setups and MC2 Audio's E45 and E25 fit the the syst

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This latest upgrade follows the company's establishment last year of a Strategic Quality Team, the addition of a Reliability Test Lab, and a successful transition to RoHS compliance. By utilising the latest technology available, Crown has now fully transformed its manufacturing approach from a traditional batch and queue assembly method to a state-of-the-art, streamlined, continuous flow process with a constant examination of quality from start to finish, says the company.

Crown quality support manager Rupa Shanmugam comments: "Whereas most companies are simply looking for defect management, Crown has gone beyond this basic use and is utilising GainSeeker in three different areas: real time data collection of test results at board level and finished product, re

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The console manufacturer will also be exhibiting the latest developments in its iLive digital mixing system, and the Xone:3D, 2D and 1D DJ MIDI controllers. Models from the ML, GL, WZ, PA, and iDR Series will also be on display.

See Allen & Heath at PLASA07 - stand E16.

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European Performers House (EPH) intends to be at the forefront of entertainment in the arts and has already forged relations with comparable institutions around Europe, securing agreement for EPH studies to count towards formal educational qualifications from those institutes.

As such, they have invested heavily in the tools and technologies of modern presentation, the entire school is networked through an Apple Mac server system, linking all rooms to the resources of recording studios and other such facilities maintained on campus.

Audio receives much attention; al

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The Interstate Batteries-sponsored event regularly packs the American Airlines Centre (home of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and the NHL's Dallas Stars) to full capacity during its three-day run, all to benefit the Dallas's Children's Medical Centre. For the sixth annual event, more than 20,000 fans filled the stands to watch rodeo pros compete in bull riding, barrel racing, and tie-down roping

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At its core is a combined analogue and digital Cadac system, comprising an 82-input Cadac J-Type Live Production Console, complemented by D16 Digital Mix Matrices and M16 remote controlled microphone amplifiers. The main PA rig is from Opus, representing the company's largest theatre system to date, including eight AT1000 cabinets and eight SB218 subs, plus Sennheiser SK50 and SK5012 radiomics, and XTA 26 processing.

"The show is great entertainment and very well written," says Brooker. "The songs

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Following this warm-up show, the band are hitting the worldwide festival circuit and taking the Vi6 with them for a series of concerts and festivals from Croatia to Japan.

The Vi6 is an integral part of Unkle's live sound, recommended for the band by Chris Roberts, a sound engineer with over 20 years experience working with artists ranging from Mel C and Death in Vegas to the Fun Lovin' Criminals. Chris, who also works as a chief front-of-house engineer at the Glastonbury Festival, first put the Vi6 through its paces at London live music venue Koko, while working for The Bluetones. "Harman had installed one there as a house desk and I found it really easy to use," he reports

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The company managing the project, Arts, Dance and Music Productions (ADaM), spared no expense when it came to the theatre's technical equipment and called in Athens based pro audio and lighting specialists Telmaco to advise on the sound and lighting installations.

"The Badminton management demanded a high class sound reinforcement system," said Thanassis Drossos, Telmaco's audio projects engineer who was responsible for the design of the sound system. "I arranged for their Technical Director, Renos Papapaschos, to accompany me to d&b audiotechnik's headquarters in Backnang,

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Although Shepherd already runs a couple of utility digital desks in his inventory he became intrigued by the Digidesign environment after being exposed to the console during the Black Eyed Peas' recent tour. The band own their own desk but when lead singer Fergie was asked to support Justin Timberlake at the O2 Arena, Shepherd says "this was just the excuse we needed."

With Marquee Audio sales director Andy Huffer providing full training and support, BCS Audio purchased the mixing surface with 48-channel Stage Rack, Local Rack and multicore.

"I love the feel of the desk and the options it gives us,&

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"The client wanted a design/install company that could deliver a simple integrated solution" explains VSI's technical manager Tony Moruzzi, who oversaw the project working closely with Clive Hopkins, one of the owners.

VSI's brief included enabling Blancos' meeting rooms and public spaces - through the establishment of a technical infrastructure - to be as flexible as possible for multiple functions and events.

VSI specified LED lighting for all its energy saving properties, and its low running cost and maintenance advantages. In the main Function Room, they installed 72 i-Vision Lumos 3 RGB Link LED strips, ensconced in the coving

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Cahyo Budiono was recruited as design consultant and PT Kairos Media Pemuja was appointed to design and install the audio systems. Having successfully installed the combination into other houses of worship, the Kairos team selected Allen & Heath's iDR10 DSP stage rack and iLive-112 control surface for its mixing needs, and an RCF line array speaker system.

"There were four reasons behind choosing the iLive system. Not only is this a cost-effective solution, but the system provides recall of settings for the various users, complete flexibility, and, with the addition of an EtherSound card, has the bonus of offering recording capabilities for the small recording studio above the main sanctuary," explains Kairos' Pratama Budiman.

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First staged in 2004, the Crossroads Guitar Festival was created by Eric Clapton to bring together musicians of all genres. In addition to Clapton, featured artists at the all-day show included Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crow, Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughn, BB King, Albert Lee, Stevie Winwood, John Mayer and many more.

"This was a once in a lifetime musical experience," observed Dave Shadoan, president of Sound Image. "The amount of musical talent that was pulled together in one place, on one stage, for 11 hours of live music, had to be experienced to be believed. On events like this, JBL's Vertec system really proves itself."

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RCF played a leading role in this, the most important summer concert shows in Italy. Diego Spagnoli, tour and stage manager of Vasco Rossi, and his technicians chose to use the TT+ High Definition Touring and Theatre products for the stage monitoring of the Vasco Live 2007.

RCF's TTSM25-A stage monitors have been used mostly on the two 22m long fly bridges in the front part of the stage. In these areas, where the audie