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Portugal - NEXT-proaudio has added to its subwoofer options with the LAs418 2x4ohm, a new version of the current subwoofer LAs418. Housing two long excursion and very high power 18" drivers, this subwoofer has been designed to offer ultra-low frequencies at a very high SPL delivering magnificent precision and punch at incredible pressure levels.

The cabinet volume with optimized port tuning featuring high peak-to peak excursion capability, is capable to deliver true sub performance down to 24Hz at -10dB. Providing low frequency resolution and a maximum SPL of 143.8dB in a 94kg, front loaded, bass reflex enclosure and measuring 516mmx920mmx1030mm (HxDxW), the new subwoofer version incorporates 8 handles and rigging system.

Housed within a multi-laminate birch plywood enclosur

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The Netherlands - At this year's Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Amsterdam, Fohhn Audio will preview the latest technical updates to its Beam Steering loudspeakers and shows the most recent developments in its digital amplifier technology (Hall 7, Stand 7-H190).

As part of an ongoing digital development strategy, Fohhn will introduce the next generation of its award-winning Linea Focus loudspeaker systems with Beam Steering capability. The latest models are to be equipped as standard with both digital AES/EBU- and Fohhn AIREA inputs. They will also be available with optional inputs for Dante or Optocore - as well as analogue XLR inputs if required.

With Fohhn's new DI-Series, show visitors can take a closer look at the German manufacturer's latest developments in digital amplifier technology. These Class-D, DSP amplifiers will be equipped with the same analogue and digi

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USA - All four ETCP examinations will be given on one session at USITT in St. Louis, MO on the morning of Saturday, 11 March, 2017. The deadline is quickly approaching. Interested applicants must submit their application, along with supporting materials and fee, to the ETCP office no later than 14 February, 2017. The ETCP office is located at 630 9th Ave, Suite 609, New York, New York, 10036. USITT members and employees receive a $100 discount on examination fees.

Candidate information, including eligibility requirements and applications, is available on the ETCP website (http://etcp.esta.org/usitt2017.html). Materials can also be mailed by contacting Meredith Moseley-Bennett, ETCP certification manager, at 212-244-1505 or etcp@esta.org.

ETCP provides evidence of technical proficiency and professionalism in the industry. Having ETCP Certification shows which technicians ar

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USA - For many, Christmas Eve is an evening of reflection and celebration with loved ones, and Bandit Lites was proud to help facilitate a special programme from Berea College entitled Listen! A Musical Celebration of Christmas.

The holiday concert was broadcast Christmas Eve on CBS affiliates and featured performances from both students and faculty members including the Berea College Folk Roots Ensemble, Concert Choir, Jazz Ensemble and Bluegrass Ensemble along with a reading from a copy of the St. John's Bible, the first handwritten and illuminated Bible published since the invention of the modern printing press.

Naturally, the Berea Chapel was not designed with the intention of being utilized as a television event space, meaning lighting designer Mark Carver had to fashion a lighting system that would fit the venue, compliment the various music stylings and trans

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UK - S+H Technical Support supplied a large quantity of its LED Starcloth to be used as a complete wrap around the stage and audience seating for a one-off Christmas Special of the popular 1980's comedy games show Blankety Blank which was hosted by David Walliams and broadcast by ITV on Christmas Eve.

The show was recorded in Studio 1 of London Studios in Waterloo, central London in front of a live audience of 400, with a set design by Joshua Grace who specified the starcloth.

"We wanted the familiar, cosy feel of a starcloth background, something festive and Christmassy - and a little camp!" he explained, and the S+H ShowLED RGB product met all criteria with a flourish of style.

Having the cloth colour changing and twinkling brought that special touch of "perfect LE (light entertainment) Christmas magic" to the show commented Joshua. It gave the production team

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USA - Gareth Emery has been on quite a roll. Following his No.1 iTunes Dance hit Drive, which garnered over 26mYouTube views for its official video, the English house DJ/ producer launched Electric For Life, a weekly Trance radio show that's broadcast on Sirius XM and online. Recently, the multi-talented Brit has taken his programme from the airwaves to the road with a sold-out Electric For Life tour.

On 31 December, the EFL tour was in the place to be on New Year's Eve: New York City. Emery performed at the waterfront party and concert spot Brooklyn Hanger as part of RPM Present's Big Week NYC. Lighting up the concert and flowing with Emery was a massive, colourful and fast-moving light show created by Kevin Mignone of KM Productions that relied on a rig dominated by Chauvet Professional fixtures.

"There was a wide variety of Chauvet fixtures throughout the

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Bahrain - A daily crowd of over 10,000 came together at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir for the 2016 edition of the annual BIC National Day Festival. The event, which ran from 14-17 December at the circuit featured the Kingdom of Bahrain's biggest fireworks display and performances from major Arabic stars including Khalid Fouad and Abdallah Al Rowaished.

Bahrain's Maestro Sound & Light provided audio production services for the festival and technical director Kiran Tauro decided that, considering the event's prestige and elite list of performers, an Adamson Systems Engineering solution was the right sound choice.

"For the crucial mid-high requirements of Arabic artists these days, the choice of PA was obvious," touts Tauro. "We all leaned towards the Adamson E15, which in my opinion has the best possible mid-high performance than any other box on the market. Co

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Europe - Evago AG, German event infrastructure provider, has acquired 100% of the shares in Mojo Barriers' global crowd barrier business.

The Evago Group, which includes German full service event company B

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USA - At NAMM 2017, Sennheiser and Neumann will expand their live performance and monitoring portfolios with the introduction of several new products.

Sennheiser and Neumann launches at NAMM 2017 will see Sennheiser launch XS Wireless 1, a series of six wireless microphone sets for the budget-conscious user looking for exceptional ease of use and fast set-up. The audio specialist will also preview XS Wireless 2, which will become available later in 2017 and take the benefits of XSW 1 further.

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USA - HK Audio has unveiled Lucas Nano 602, the latest and most affordable member of their Lucas Nano 600 series of professional, portable PA systems.

Lucas Nano 602 is a compact PA for any musician or DJ who prefers to use their own external mixer. Featuring one stereo input, it delivers the Lucas Nano family's standard "professional sound to go", and can be set up for its optimized use as a 2.1 stereo system in seconds. It also combines easily and quickly with any other 600 series Nano to form a powerful Twin Stereo system where even more power is required.

Weighing in at just 16.3 kg/36 lbs, Lucas Nano 602 can be transported in just one hand, with the satellites mounted inside the subwoofer. And despite its small size, it houses a number of g HK Audio technologies. These include the Multicell Transformer, which delivers the quality performance of a large high-frequency

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USA - At the 2017 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, Shure has announced GLX-D Advanced Digital Wireless products and accessories. The latest addition to the GLX-D Digital Wireless line, the new GLX-D Advanced Digital Wireless is an enhanced suite of products, including the GLX-D Advanced Frequency Manager, rack mount receiver system, remote antennas, and accessories.

Whether used to outfit live and event venues, educational institutions or auditoriums with multiple wireless system requirements, GLX-D Advanced Digital Wireless products provide the best-sounding, easiest multi-system wireless experience, says the company.

GLX-D Advanced creates the opportunity for to benefit from notable GLX-D features, including exceptional digital audio, automatic frequency management, and intelligent rechargeable batteries. Using the new Frequency Manager, GLX-D Advanced users can seamlessly a

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UK - Camberley Theatre, a thriving performance venue in Camberley, southwest of London, has recently undergone extensive refurbishment, including significant additions to its in-house lighting. A new installation of Elation Professional fixtures, supplied by Yes Events Ltd, provides maximum flexibility for this multipurpose community space.

The 408-seat theatre has replaced its house lights with the high-power, colour-controllable Colour Pendant LED downlight. The 41-degree, totally silent LED unit provides rich saturated colour wash to the auditorium for show use, as well as bright white light for maintenance. Visiting shows now have full control of the colour of the entire venue, meaning they can more easily immerse the audience in the performance.

In addition to the Colour Pendants, the venue has turned to Elation for its on-stage colour too, where 16 SixPar 200 LED Par

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UK - Patrick Hamilton's Gaslight is currently being revived for a UK tour. The Victorian thriller opened last week at Birmingham's New Alexandra Theatre and is now visiting venues across the UK. White Light was called upon to provide the lighting equipment for this production.

This latest revival of Gaslight stars Kara Tointon (Pygmalion, Mr Selfridge, EastEnders) and the lighting designer is the award-winning Howard Hudson. "Somewhat fittingly for this particular show, the actual gaslight used throughout plays an important role in the overall narrative," says Hudson, "largely as it signals the movements of the main character as he journeys to the various spaces throughout the play. The conceit is that, as he turns up the gaslight to move around, the other lighting within the space dims. Therefore, achieving that genuine feel of gaslighting w

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Europe - Allen & Heath's dLive S Class digital mixing system has become the mixer of choice for Travis's FOH engineer, Jon Lewis, following several months of extensive touring.

The band embarked on a European tour in May 2016 to promote its new album, Everything At Once. The tour was followed by dates on the worldwide festival circuit, finishing in December with a run of arena gigs back in the UK.

"I was very excited about getting to take the dLive out on tour," explains Lewis. "The first thing I noticed about the dLive is the quality of the pre-amps. Travis use a lot of acoustic guitars throughout the set, both 6 string and 12 string, and with the dLive pre-amps the amount of detail and warmth you get is incredible. It really allows you to push certain instruments in a mix that you couldn't do with a lesser quality preamp."

Lewis specified a S7000 Surface with

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The Netherlands - Light, both literal and metaphorical, plays a crucial role throughout the musical Hair, which plays out against the backdrop of the tumultuous and colourful 1960s in New York. Nowhere is this more evident, perhaps, than in the show's intense visual climax, which sees the ultimate prevalence of light over darkness.

Luc Peumans and his team at Belgian creative design practice Painting with Light captured the spirit of Hair's finale on the show's recent Netherlands tour, which was produced by Stage Entertainment, with an intense light display that featured 14 STRIKE 1 multi-formatted fixtures from Chauvet Professional. With their warm white glow, the LED fixtures were instrumental in evoking a natural sunrise for the thematic conclusion, which played out to the music of the iconic Hair anthem, Let the Sunshine In.

"Given that the conclus

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UK - When the profits from a 1400-capacity, multi-room venue are used to provide opportunities for young people, it needs to maximise revenue by attracting the highest possible calibre of performers and clients. This is the case at the OPEN Youth Trust in Norwich, where a new investment in Yamaha digital mixers has ensured it has the technical specification to match its ambitions.

Founded in 2005, OPEN aims to make a difference to seven to 25 year olds through support and a wide range of free activities. Money for delivering these is raised through its multipurpose venue, based in a 50,000 ft2 former bank building, which hosts live music, conferences and other events.

The venue first opened its doors in 2009, with the original audio system based around Yamaha M7CL and LS9 digital consoles.

"It was important for us to have mixers that were flexible and visiting engineer

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Germany - On 15 January 2017, German-speaking households discovered It Takes Two, the new show broadcast by RTL. In the new five-part music show series, nine celebrities compete in a singing contest. Supporting them are three professionals, who accompany the amateurs as mentors. The five-time jazz award winner Tom Gaebel, the Austrian pop rock singer Christina St

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UK - Source Distribution has taken on the exclusive distributorship of Vicoustic - a leading provider of acoustic treatment panelling and products - for the UK.

Vicoustic was founded in Portugal, 2007, by César Carapinha, with the aim to pioneer market-leading acoustic treatment products that combined outstanding performance with the highest quality materials and attractive, modern design. The company has gone from strength to strength, with Vicoustic clients currently including the BBC, ITV, Sony, Microsoft, the SAE Institute and many more.

Vicoustic products cater for multiple market sectors which include music and broadcast, home cinema, and building and construction, offering complementary and unique products in each, available in multiple colours to suit the broadest range of environmental installations. Vicoustic has invested in building integration on an inte

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UK - PLASA Focus Glasgow kicked off the 2017 show season unveiling exciting new product launches and UK debuts including: EM Acoustics' ESP-8 and IC range, Allen & Heath's new dLive C1500 on SSE's stand, RCF's TT45-CXA touring and theatre series, Area Four's EXE Rise 500kg electric chain hoist, and ETC's new AV version of the Color Source desk.

The show, taking place at the SECC in Glasgow, attracted a record number of visitors on day one, hosting packed seminar sessions - including Phil Ward's panel entitled Is Point Source Fighting Back - and the Riggers Forum.

Chris Toulmin, director of PLASA Events says: "PLASA Focus Glasgow has gathered fantastic momentum in the Scottish region, attracting industry support from likes of the BBC, Department of International Trade and The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The buzzing show floor is further testament for the thrivin

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Italy - Powersoft has announced escalated efforts for the division responsible for the Deva family of products. With immediate effect, Karl Kahlau, one of the company's most senior and experienced managers, relinquishes his post as regional sales account manager (EMEA and India) to head the new initiative as executive director, Deva.

The heavy focus on Deva has been brought about to maximise the potential of an industry-unique IoT product, encapsulating a wide array of technical and functional features. The core of the system is a fully captive self-powered audio system, a high-definition video camera, a motion-sensor for triggering various functions and a high-powered LED light for night surveillance.

Kahlau, along with the Powersoft Deva team, will set out to reform the global sales and support organisation for the product. Preparations for the next step in Deva's evolut

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USA - Dynaudio PRO has announced its latest addition to the LYD studio monitor range. The new LYD 48 features a three-way speaker design, coupling an 8" and a 4" woofer with a 1" tweeter, making them well suited for nearfield as well as midfield monitor applications. It will be available as white and black, as the original LYD range, but also in a classic all-black version.

"We are very excited to now add a bigger brother to the LYD range," says Sebastian Rodens, product manager for Dynaudio's PRO division. "This new three-way monitor shares many of the same benefits as the original LYD range, including significant low-volume precision. Obviously, the new three-way is even more powerful and brings audio precision to your passion regardless of whether you produce electronic music, rock, jazz, classical or any other genre - and at any listening volume."

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