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Germany - At its press briefing at Prolight+Sound, Cadac unveiled a number of new hardware and software developments for its CDC consoles and MegaCOMMS audio network. These were the CDC MC Optical Bridge, CDC MC AES3 Stagebox and CDC MC Router software application, and CDC Console V3.01 Software. These were all trailed ahead of the press briefing. Previously unannounced was the new CDC six and eight offline editor.

CDC Offline Editor mirrors the CDC six and CDC eight consoles operating software with an identical Graphical User Interface, enabling full offline functionality within a Mac® based software package.

With the ability to edit and save all key operating parameters, and drag and drop capabilities - precisely as on the CDC consoles' touch screen - it is an essentia

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USA - Colour-changing LED luminaires are a fact of life in today's lighting industry, but intelligent lights require intelligent control. When time and money are tight, the results aren't always pretty; small venues around the world have experienced a rash of purplish light, poor colour rendering and garish transitions.

Since 2014, ETC's ColorSource family of products has fought back against this epidemic of bad LED lighting by providing affordable, high-quality luminaires and effortless power control. Now, with the announcement of the new ColorSource and ColorSource AV control desks, the family is poised to really take control of the issue - one venue at a time.

Approachability is key for a small console; many venues are staffed by students, volunteers or visiting artists, and operators need to be able to walk up to a board, learn it quickly and bring up great lighting lo

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UK - Plenty of excitement surrounded the high profile re-launch of Virgin Radio on the DAB digital radio platform, with an exceptionally strong presentation team, a great music and entertainment policy and all the ingredients to repeat the ratings success it enjoyed in the nineties and noughties.

Event technical production specialist Maestra London was asked by live event and TV producers TBI Media to provide creative lighting for the inaugural broadcast which took place aboard a Virgin train running from Manchester to London. It was hosted by Virgin Radio presenters Edith Bowman and Matt Richardson complete with special live sets from a number of bands including The Feeling, Travis, Mystery Jets, Walking on Cars and Gavin James.

Maestra's Jack Jury designed the lighting and project managed this aspect for the east London based company. They rose to the challenges of insta

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UK - When the opportunity arose for PRG XL Video to support London's latest in-vogue theatre venue, Found111, and Emily Dobbs Productions' latest show, Bug, PRG XL Video quickly realised the potential of the space and talent connected to it and were delighted to come on board working with lighting designer Richard Howell lighting the play, as well as supplying a small, but versatile lighting package for the themed bar area.

Found111 is a pop-up theatre performance space run by Emily Dobbs Productions in the old Central St Martins School of Art & Design on Charing Cross Road. Emily explained her reason behind embarking upon such a project. "When the prospect of taking on an alternative space in the heart of the West End came along, what really attracted me to it was the chance to create a level of intimacy that is rare in the West End.

"A venue where the space become

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Germany - A permanently installed Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system at Hamburg's Stage Operettenhaus is currently supporting Love Never Dies ( Liebe Stirbt Nie), the musical sequel to the long-running The Phantom of the Opera. Lloyd Webber's longtime sound designer Mick Potter uses Constellation's acoustical effects throughout the show to optimize the aural experience for the audience.

"The Operettenhaus is a very dry sounding theatre, so we're using short reverb time presets throughout the show to add a beautiful, natural acoustic ambience to the room," says Potter. "We also use Constellation to enhance the drama by completely changing the acoustical space, like when we use longer reverb times for scenes in the phantom's lair and shorter ones for outdoor scenes."

In addition to transforming the theatre's acoustics to suit each scene, Constella

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UK - The UK premiere of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was big news throughout Europe. Setting an appropriately grand tone for this A-list event at London's Leicester Square, Impact Production Services, created the highest profile video installation in the company's history using a collection of PVP X6IP LED panels and pixel mapped ÉPIX Strip Tour LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional.

Anchoring the dramatic design by IPS client Limited Edition Event Design was a massive video wall display. Lining the red carpet, the display was made of 14 individual 2m x 2m x 5m high Layher towers positioned in zig-zag formation; each tower sporting a 1.5m wide by 2.5m high matrix of Chauvet PVP X6IP panels. The panels displayed visual content and pictures of the various comic book figures in the film, in addition to Batman and Superman lettering.

"The 6.9mm pixel pitch

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USA - ETC has been a major donor to, supporter of, and participant in ESTA's Technical Standards Program since its inception. Now they've taken that support to an even higher level by becoming a Visionary Level Investor in Innovation with a pledge of $10,000 for each of the next five years.

Representatives of ETC were present at the very first meeting discussing the creation of the TSP and have always been active on TSP Working Groups. Steve Terry, ETC's vice president of research and development is also a long-time member and former chair of the Technical Standards Council and Maya Nigrosh, senior software engineer, is currently serving as co-chair of the Control Protocols Working Group.

Steve presented a cheque for the first instalment of their pledge at the recent USITT show to Technical Standards Council co-chair Mike Garl, commenting, "From ETC's point of view, the ES

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Create new traditions – Cameo P6 - High Output Full-Spectrum Ellipsoidal

Cameo's P6 is a future-proof LED profiler with a powerful 600 W RGBACL engine and 16,000 lumens. It’s an energy-efficient replacement for 2.5 kW halogen profile lights in theatres and venues. With excellent light quality and natural colour rendering, it fits perfectly in theatres, musicals, TV studios, congresses, and live events.

With an LED life of 50,000 hours and low power use, the P6 cuts energy costs and supports the EU’s ‘Green Deal’ goals for climate neutrality by 2050. It also meets updated eco-design rules for lighting.

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USA - Known for his ability to "routinely fill stadiums" (Las Vegas Sun), this year's ACM Entertainer of the Year Jason Aldean is having an incredible year, and it is only April. The multi-Platinum country music megastar will return to the road as his Six String Circus tour launches 19 May in Rogers, AR with a lighting package provided by longtime vendor Bandit Lites.

Stand out elements of Mike Swinford's lighting design include the massive MagicRing-R9 fixtures, MagicBlade-R and pods comprising of MagicDot-R's. Bandit recently added a massive quantity of these Ayrton fixtures to its touring inventory, fixtures that Swinford praises for their consistent output and precision. "I find them appealing because they are on the cutting edge of LED creative technology," said Swinford. "This gives us a fresh new approach to the design and a look that we had never been able to

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UK - A bright sunny April day saw the 6th Annual Behind the Scenes UK Charity Golf Day kick off in normal chaotic style. The morning started with all 20 teams having to pass the BTS Golf Academy before being let loose on a proper golf course with real balls. The teams had to negotiate the four crazy golf putt putt holes, swiftly followed by the driving range and 'nearest to the pin' challenge. This being a BTS Golf Day the challenges are never normal and these tasks involved the golf balls being replaced for marshmallows. Surprisingly some of the golfers chose to keep using the marshmallows on the main 18 holes as their game suddenly improved with straighter and longer shots!

A networking lunch was rounded off with final instruction from BTS Golf Day judge, jury and executioner, Lee Dennison. The teams departed to their holes and the game was afoot. Never one to let people enj

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UK / USA - "We really can't tell you how this saved our home and family." "For everybody who contributes to Behind the Scenes, thank you. You helped save my life." "I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness and generosity at a time in my life when I needed it the most."

Without the help of Behind the Scenes, these people - and many more - would have been in real financial difficulties as a result of illness or injury. By Design Day, a major fundraiser for the charity, is being held this year on Saturday, 23 April. It is the day for members of the design community to make a personal donation, hold a collection at work or support the day by giving a day's royalties.

Raising money for Behind the Scenes in both North America and the UK, By Design Day returns this year supported by a galaxy of well-known champions. Neil Austin, Ken Billington, Paule Constable, R

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UK - London-based event company Capital Sound has made its first investment in Powersoft's patented advanced technology, investing in 24 of the new X8 amplifiers to power its new Outline GTO line array system.

Both the Outline GTO C-12 line array and the Powersoft amplifiers were supplied by UK distributors CUK Audio, while this compelling combination also reflects the long OEM trading relationship the two Italian manufacturers have enjoyed, dating back to 1996

Said Capital Sound project manager, Robin Conway, "We have friends in the industry who have long promoted Powersoft and when we set up a demo at O2, and CUK Audio showed us the X Series, it became a no-brainer. These new amplifiers are just so powerful, compact and clever, with a ridiculous amount of features.

"At O2 we were able to drive the majority of the demo rig off just three amplifiers," he continued. "We

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Germany - Hamburg dance / trance trio Scooter - considered the most successful German singles recording act with 23 top 10 hits and over 30m records sold - kicked off their 2016 tour with an eye-catching lighting and set design by Jerry Appelt, one of the best known lighting and visual professionals in Germany.

Twenty-two of Robe's new LED strobes were right at the heart of the design which is being looked after on the road by lighting director / associate designer Marc Brunk Hardt.

The design's architecture is formed from five raked pods flown above the stage and loaded with lights. The idea of this 'roof' can be altered and adapted to fit into different sized venues on the tour - with capacities of between 2000 and 12000 - whilst retaining the basic depth and integrity of the design. It's also a great solution for dealing with varying headroom - looking equally good with

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Germany - Ayrton presented a number of new products at Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt, exhibiting with its German distributor, Vision Stage, on a 'double-decker' stand where this year's new creations were shown to spectacular effect in a dazzling light show. Designed by Stéphane Migné, the show, featured over 650 fixtures in a 224sqm booth, and culminated in a surprise ending which wowed the crowds who came to see the new creations in action. There were plenty of new and innovative ideas, with no less than nine new products launched.

Yvan Pe?ard, Ayrton's visionary Chief Design and Technology Officer, delivered an array of innovations which have enlarged the scope of several of the Ayrton ranges: the largest and most efficient optics on the market have been incorporated into the XT range to provide an optimised version designed for large-scale venues; the SX range mar

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Germany - MDG's stylish new stand at Prolight+Sound was a popular gathering place for those interested in the best of atmosphere generation. The stand was busy on all days with visitors interested in products across the board, and receiving demonstrations of the Atmosphere range, the Me Family, the IceFog Series of low-fog generators and the award-winning, theOne. Customers also benefited from fabulous videos that showed on screen how to unleash the full potential of some of the larger generators that the environs of a trade show were not able to accommodate.

One of these was the new Me8 fog generator which was launched at the show to great excitement. The biggest of the Me Series, the Me8 is an 8-nozzled monster capable of pumping out a massive 800m3 of fog per minute. Visitors were able to witness the speed at which it could fill a 60m x 30m x 8m (15,000m3) space with thick

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Germany - Arkaos PRO enjoyed one of its busiest shows to-date at Prolight+Sound with a constant stream of visitors coming to discover the latest developments in ArKaos PRO software. The stand demonstrated the video mapping capabilities of the ArKaos PRO MediaMaster 4.2 software with an intricate array of 3D shapes outlined to perfection as projection surfaces.

Visitors were able to try MediaMaster out for themselves to understand just how easy it is to achieve complex results with ArKaos' software and to put any questions to the ArKaos sales team first hand. The versatility of MediaMaster as a total solution-in-one software continued to impress everyone: visitors confirmed that ArKaos technology was fast, easy and comfortable to use, enabling anyone to work with it. They agreed that the ability to use flash files, and MediaMaster's mapping features were great advantages, and e

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Germany - Yamaha enjoyed an award-winning presence at both Prolight+Sound and MusikMesse in early April, as the RIVAGE PM10 digital mixing system and four of the company's MI products won prestigious PIPA and MIPA awards.

The annual pro audio and MI industry decampment to Frankfurt saw a change for many exhibitors, with PrlLight+Sound exhibitors moved into new halls and the dates for the show and MusikMesse staggered. For Yamaha it was a highly successful week, with a busy presence at both shows that included a number of key product debuts.

The icing on the cake was provided by no less than five Yamaha products being winners at the third annual Prolight+Sound International Press Awards (PIPA) and 17th Musikmesse International Press Awards (MIPA).

Voted for by journalists from over 100 specialist publications, Yamaha Commercial Audio saw the RIVAGE PM10 digital mixing s

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Germany - There can have been few stands at the recent ProLight + Sound Show that were more consistently busy than that of GLP.

Taking up 240sq.m in their new Hall 4.0 location, traffic was driven to every corner, thanks to a series of inspired lightshows (on the hour and half hour), showcasing the new products in a dedicated theatre designed by Opus Award-winning LD Bj

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USA - DPA Microphones is showcasing its new linear version of the popular d:facto Handheld Microphone range at NAB 2016 (Booth C3336). The new mic is dubbed the d:facto Linear Vocal Microphone. DPA will also be highlighting the GM1600 Gooseneck - a new mount for its d:screet Omnidirectional Miniature Microphones.

Already the vocal microphone of choice for artists such as Sting and Stevie Wonder, the new version has an extremely linear frequency response compared to the original d:facto Vocal Microphone, which features a boost at 12kHz. The new d:facto is for sound engineers who prefer a truly uncoloured sound, giving them free range to EQ as much or as little as they see fit.

Featuring a new capsule with an isolation-optimized supercardioid polar pattern that is specifically designed to augment the human vocal range, the d:facto Linear Vocal Microphone combines the very be

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USA - Elation Professional's award-winning Sniper 2R multi-effect light "just got better and brighter". Elation now offers the Sniper PRO, a new and improved hybrid effects projector, scanner and laser simulator with more power, more effects and greater speed than the original Sniper 2R.

Featuring the new 280W Philips MSD Platinum 14R lamp and emitting an ultra-narrow 2.5° beam, the Sniper PRO is capable of producing the same precise beam and laser like effects as its successful predecessor but now with three times the brightness.

"We met with a lot of success with the original Sniper when it launched in 2014, but we also had some customers tell us they wanted more power and more color choice," said Elation Professional sales director Eric Loader. "So we increased the lamp from 132 watts to 280 watts and upgraded with CMY and more effects to give designers the chance t

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Germany - Fohhn's award-winning Linea Focus series, with beam steering capabilities, is now equipped for networking via an Optocore fibre solution. A SANE-FX module is mounted directly inside the Linea Focus housing, enabling direct fibre connection to the speaker.

The Linea Focus series is often used in combination with the security and evacuation system (PAVA), for instance in railway stations, airports, tunnels and theatres. As the Optocore fibre network is a modern IT-based 'copper free' audio infrastructure, it fulfills all demands in this area, thus greatly simplifying installation in respect of security, weight and flame-retardant design.

Speaking of the collaboration, Fohnn CEO, Jochen Schwarz,said, "For some time now, our ongoing aim has been to achieve multi-channel digital connectivity for our speaker systems and compatibility to any major digital audio network.

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UK - Penn Elcom has launched a new series of ingenious space-saving Cavity Wall Racks designed for housing rack-based AV, IT and communications equipment ... in any usable void wall space.

Almost every building - whatever the style and era - will have a wall void of some kind, explains Dave Roberts who heads up Penn's R&D at Bristol.

Stairwells and loft spaces are the most common - however a plethora of other 'spare' spaces are frequently created during building and refurbishment projects. The Cavity Wall Rack can also be fitted into cupboards and closets ... in fact, into pretty much every imaginable place!

The very first Cavity Wall Racks were a custom design for a smart-home project - a sector with huge potential for this product. The national house builder this was originally designed for, now installs one in every new home built.

This design provided such a si

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