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USA - Football at Colorado School of Mines is a tradition dating back to 1893 allowing the school to boast of the "oldest football field west of the Mississippi". And, in September 2015, Mines celebrated the opening of its new, 5300-seat Marv Kay stadium with meeting and event rooms, a large press box and VIP suites, dedicated sports medicine and strength training spaces and a new sound system with Community R Series loudspeakers.

Tom Falgien of consulting firm WJHW designed the stadium's new sound system. Falgien says the planning and needs analysis began in August of 2013 and involved the stadium's architectural firm and the school's athletic staff. The school wanted even coverage for the field and for both home and visitors seating with high voice intelligibility and plenty o

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UK - Adlib supplied an L-Acoustics PA for US pop-punk band All Time Low, for their recent Back to The Future Hearts UK Tour, plus a support package for special guests Maryland rock band Good Charlotte, back after a long hiatus.

The PA system technician for Adlib was Alan Harrison, working alongside Adlib's Hassane Es Siahi, with Jay Petch looking after monitor world. An experienced and enthusiastic crew, who all worked closely with All Time Low engineers Phil Gornell (FOH) and Ricky Fernandez (monitors) plus Good Charlotte's Jim Carmichael at FOH and Chris Cotten on monitors. Against The Current was the other support act.

Both Phil Gornell and All Time Low production manager Dan Nickleski are big Adlib fans, and were keen to get the Liverpool company on-board for this leg of the tour - with Phil specifying the L-Acoustics K1 system complimented by K2 side-hangs for the (mo

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UK - Bristolian band Coasts rocked London's Roundhouse in February with a captivating, atmospheric lighting show created by Tom Campbell using an Avolites Sapphire Touch and networked Tiger Touch II.

"This was a stripped back version of the bigger shows we've got planned for later in the year, designed to suit the iconic Roundhouse and create the right feel," says Campbell. "I'm using a lot of tungsten in the show, and a video wall of Ereimul Elidy 'S' matrix fixtures and Clay Paky Stormy CCs, which curves around the band in a 'C' shape."

Campbell's consoles are loaded with Titan v9 for the tour, and he's utilising an array of the new and powerful features available in the software.

"The show is packed full of Key Frame Shapes-powered looks, which allow me to get a wide variety of textures and feels," Campbell continues. "Key Frame Shapes is an extremely powerful featu

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USA - Howard Jones and Nate Alves, who co-designed the lighting for Brantley Gilbert's Black Out World Tour, have selected an array of Clay Paky fixtures - including the new Scenius moving head spotlight - for the current leg of the arena tour

Gilbert, the country rock singer and songwriter, kicked off the US and Canada leg of the Black Out World Tour playing to capacity crowds in Saginaw, Michigan. After the tour wraps this spring Gilbert will take a breather before launching the Take It Outside summer tour. The current lighting rig will be reprised for the summer tour.

Howard Jones, is president of DCR (Digital Console Rental, Inc.) in Nashville, which provides the sound, lighting and video for the Black Out World Tour. He also designed Gilbert's previous two tours: Hell on Wheels in 2011 and Let It Ride in 2013-14.

"I've been with Brantley since early in his career,

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UK - Continuing a long-running relationship with Waltham Services, producer for Autosport International's Live Action Arena, PRG XL Video has supplied a state-of-the-art high brightness projection solution for the 2016 show, held at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre.

Autosport International is a globally renowned trade show, exhibition and performance car show created and managed by Haymarket Exhibitions at the NEC every January.

Alongside appearances by current and former drivers and teams from a variety of motor racing series, one hall of the NEC holds the Live Action Arena, where members of the public can see an array of current and classic racing cars put through their paces by a team of expert drivers.

For more than five years, PRG XL Video has worked with Malcolm Forbes of Waltham Services to provide projection in the Live Action Arena. For the 2016 show, t

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Qatar - As it prepares to become the first country in the Middle East to host the landmark football championships in 2022, Qatar is investing in state-of-the-art infrastructure and technologies for the stadiums at which the matches for different sports will be held.

Among these is the successful implementation of world class wireless microphone systems from Sennheiser at the Lusail Iconic Stadium, which played a vital role in enabling handball fans across the world enjoy the televised broadcasts of live matches. This stadium will be used for boxing, handball and basketball championships and also for live in concerts in the future.

Sennheiser, which also supplied microphones for the football stadiums in Brazil, highlighted the importance of its audio solutions. "With several hundred million TV viewers watching live, there is no room for error," said Mig Cardamone, director

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USA - Nearly six months into operating under its new structure, Harman Professional Solutions has announced its participation in Miami Music Week 2016. This partnership demonstrates the division's commitment to its customers in the nightclub market, along with appointing Bradley Drummond as nightlife solutions manager in October 2015. Providing solution expertise in key markets is designed to help customers, like nightclub operators, advance their businesses by providing unique experiences and improvements in quality, procurement, design support, installation, programming, commissioning and customer service.

"Nightclubs used to be about one thing only - music," said Drummond. "But today, nightclubs are driven to provide audiences with unique and memorable experiences. Every night, they must create a visual and auditory masterpiece. Not only does the audio quality have to be su

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USA - High End Systems has announced Hog Factor 2016. Following the response to the first edition and the extremely exciting live finals held at LDI 2015, this year's competition kicks off right now. The competition is open to all college and university students in the USA and all information, rules and most importantly the programming package can be obtained by going to www.highend.com/hogfactor.

Just as in 2015, all students are able to take part by downloading Hog 4 PC and the special Light Converse show file by registering at the link above and there is no charge to take part.

Following Phase 1 of the competition (closes on June 30th 2016) three teams will be whisked away to the Live Finals. These will be held on Friday, 21 October at 5pm on the High End Systems booth at LDI in Las Vegas, where they will compete to win a $20,000 scholarship and Hog 4 for their Universi

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UK - Ever since the first use of a PA system beneath its domed roof, London's Royal Albert Hall has been a famously difficult gig for mixing engineers, due to its circular construction, which results in a highly reverberant space. Thanks to L-Acoustics, however, Amaluna is maintaining a grand tradition of great-sounding Cirque du Soleil shows at the venue.

Running from mid-January to early March, Amaluna marks Cirque du Soleil's 20th anniversary of Albert Hall productions. A re-telling of Shakespeare's The Tempest, female performers make up the majority of the cast and the entire accompanying band. The set is as lavish as one would expect from Cirque du Soleil, with stylised trees hanging from a central truss which, as well as supporting airborne acrobatics, also accommodates the main L-Acoustics hangs.

The production's head of sound, Fran

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USA - Elation Professional has introduced the TVL CYC RGBW, a theatre-style cyclorama wall wash luminaire that delivers a smooth and even field of seamlessly blended colours onto cycloramas, backcloths, scenery or any surface.

Designed for TV, film, theatre and broadcast applications, the TVL CYC RGBW features a powerful 150W RGBW LED engine for floods of uniform light in virtually any colour while linear variable white colour temperature presets (7200K - 3200K) make it a convenient white light luminaire.

Light output is measured at 884 LUX @ 6.6' yet the luminaire consumes only 170W of max power. Featuring smooth colour mixing and 16-bit dimming, the TVL CYC RGBW's Chip on Board (COB) LEDs provide not only a greater output than surface mounted LEDs, they provide a more even light distribution with better colour homogenization.

A 90° x 113° elliptical beam angl

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Denmark - Martin by Harman has announced the RUSH MH 6 Wash CT, a true white wash light designed to meet the needs of customers in the house of worship and performing arts markets. White light is often needed to illuminate performers in these sectors and the RUSH MH 6 Wash CT blends both warm and cold white LEDs for complete colour temperature control in a cost-effective fixture, says the company.

Compact yet powerful, the RUSH MH 6 Wash CT features a fully pre-mixed white colour system from 12W x 10W cold white/ warm white LEDs with a spectacular 10°-60° zoom. It also offers full electronic dimming, strobe effects and temperature-controlled fan cooling for quiet operation. Pre-mixed whites range from 2700K to 7800K.

"Since launching the RUSH MH 6 at LDI 2015, we've received a number of requests to create a pre-mixed white version," said Mark Buss, product manager,

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Germany - Wisycom will introduce its newest true diversity IEM receiver, the MPR50-IEM, at Audio Technica's booth at Prolight+Sound 2016 (Hall 4, Level 1, Booth C24). This new addition to Wisycom's extensive product line was specifically designed for professional in-ear monitoring applications.

The MPR50-IEM is based on Wisycom's MPR30-IEM, and contains a user-friendly interface that incorporates the popular features that Wisycom's clients have grown to demand. It also features a new ENS compander that now caters to music and live shows, significantly increasing the quality of audio transmission when complex data, such as full songs and instruments, is transferred. Vocal transmission, the main function of the previous system, is also much improved with the MPR50-IEM.

This new IEM receiver possesses exceptional channel switching capabilities, allowing the user to switch fro

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Germany - The FEGIME Group, the European-wide collaboration of 230 electrical wholesalers, has added the Aurora Group, global manufacturer of energy saving LED lighting solutions, as a preferred supplier of lighting products in Europe.

The announcement, made at Light + Building Frankfurt, will see Aurora Group products being made available to thousands of electrical contractors across Europe via FEGIME's 1,150 sales points and presence in 27 countries. FEGIME currently has a 10% share of the European electrical market.

David Garratt, managing director of FEGIME, says, "Currently, the lighting business is in a state of constant change. Consequently, it is important for FEGIME to have a wider range of partners to better exploit the opportunities arising. We regard Aurora as a highly innovative, motivated, flexible and distribution-oriented partner. We are happy to welcome th

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USA - When Jennifer Lopez decided to return to her musical performance roots with a residency at Planet Hollywood's AXIS Theatre in Las Vegas, she and her team left no stone unturned in their efforts to create an outstanding show.

A key piece of the puzzle was finding the right combination of microphone and wireless system for the artist - one that would handle the hostile RF environment of a major production. They found the Shure Axient wireless with the new KSM8 Dualdyne premium dynamic capsule to be ideal.

According to Shure artist relations senior specialist Nelson Arregu

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Canada - With two NHL size hockey ice pads, spacious lockers and a well-supplied pro shop, the Garnet B. Rickard Complex in Bowmanville, Ontario is an ideal sports venue. Although the modern brick building also houses a conference room for events, its event space does lack the defining architectural elements that are often necessary to add warmth to a gathering and make it more inviting.

The absence of such finishing touches can present a challenge for anyone lighting an event at the facility. However, Matthew Beauchamp of Mobile Productions met this challenge in stunning fashion at Ontario's Fire and Ice Gala recently by using Well Series uplighting fixtures from Chauvet Professional to create a more inviting atmosphere in a lacklustre space.

"This is what I would call a blank canvas," said Beauchamp. "Although the room is comfortable, there aren't a lot of architectural

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Russia - Lighting rental house, Global Show Trade (GST) has set up a massive showroom at its HQ in Moscow, enabling many manufacturers, including PR Lighting, to demonstrate their products.

Initially, GST began with a standard showroom for lighting equipment, but this developed into a full production area for some of the best practitioners in the city.

The initiative of lighting specialist, Alexey Zhuravlev, the move has been welcomed by one of the company's key lighting designers, Roman Vakulyuk.

He explained, "We are inviting all lighting designers, 3D designers, lighting engineers and programmers - in fact anyone that has an important role to play in designing a light show.

"When visualising a new stage concept it is very useful to be able to connect up lighting fixtures and try something different and incredible. And of course when customers visit the showroom

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UK - Lighting designer Phil Supple (of Light Refreshment) has again turned to SGM's P-5 IP65-rated wash light to create a mesmerising lighting 'trail' at the Rouken Glen Park in Glasgow for East Renfrewshire Council's Electric Glen Festival.

As the event's creative director, for three years his inspired design concept created the same wow factor as it had two years previously with a similarly memorable night time trail illumination of the Palm House at Kew Gardens - again using P-5s at the famous London World Heritage site.

Meanwhile, the self-guided illuminated trail at Rouken Glen followed the woodland paths to the holy grail - the waterfall, which was brought to life over the two weeks by 24 of the low-profile, carefully concealed P-5s. With this cavalcade of colour as a backdrop, many visitors took the opportunity of a selfie.

The fixtures were supplied to main tec

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South Africa - Lightship Productions, owned and run by the enterprising Ni-Lou Breytenbach, is the latest South African lighting production, design and delivery specialist to invest in MA Lighting control with the purchase of an MA onPC command wing, delivered by SA distributors, DWR Distribution CC.

Lightship Productions works across all industry sectors including corporate and live events, TV productions and theatre shows, the latter hailing back to Breytenbach's industry roots. His varied workload includes designing and programming his own shows, providing operating and FOH co-ordination, support services for others and working as a lighting systems engineer.

"With business expanding, the time was right to invest in a powerful industry standard control surface," he explained. "With MA being an obvious choice - it's what most top level shows are using." As a systems tech

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South Africa - Shattered Glass AV & Staging, a respected South African rental audio visual company active in the corporate realm, has invested in 12 Robe Robin DL4X Spot, eight Robin Pointes and a new Le Maitre MVS Hazer.

"We are terribly excited," said Richard Horwell of Shattered Glass. "It was time to upgrade, but we didn't want something that would be discontinued in two years' time, but rather equipment that would have a long shelf life."

Richard came across the DL4 Range at the Robe stand at Mediatech 2015, Africa's largest advanced technology trade expo. The Robin DL4X Spots were purchased from local Robe supplier DWR Distribution and delivered a couple of weeks ago. The units have gone straight onto shows and are being enjoyed by the crew. "The Pointes have all the usual selling pointes," added Richard. "They are multi-functional and that makes them very appealing.

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UK - Allen & Heath's dLive digital mixing system is currently being employed by front of house engineer Steve Pattison on Wet Wet Wet's UK headline tour, which recently included a date at London's O2 arena.

Supplied by SSE Hire for the tour, the flagship dLive S7000 control surface is partnered with Allen & Heath's DM64 MixRack to handle an on-stage line-up that comprises the Scottish four-piece's traditional backline, multiple vocals and horn section. As a longstanding fan of Allen & Heath's iLive system, Pattison's decision to rely on dLive for the tour was an easy one to make...

"It really feels like dLive is a step on from the iLive system that I've enjoyed using with various artists over the years," says Pattison (whose CV includes a five-year stint with Amy Winehouse, Ellie Goulding, Texas, Glasvegas and Royksopp). "It's very fast to use, despite the amount of contro

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Norway Oslo Opera House frequently hosts events that need sound reinforcement - and it needs a loudspeaker system that's up to the task. To deliver the best possible listening experience for discerning audiences, the venue has installed a flexible solution from d&b audiotechnik.

With regard to acoustic excellence, buildings don't come much more impressive than the Oslo Opera House, home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet. The acoustics at this stunning, waterside building are so good that no amplification at all is required for opera performances. Here, the design is literally all about sound, from the interior spaces and the shapes of the walls and stage, to the materials used for construction.

Although the acoustics at the opera house are world class, there are plenty of occasions when a loudspeaker system is needed. Often, recorded music is used in ballet produc

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