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USA - Elation Professional now offers the RDMX6S, an easy-to-use six-way RDM/DMX data splitter useful in maintaining proper data levels over long runs or several runs of RDM or DMX signal.

The RDMX6S helps to correct disruptions in the signal by splitting the DMX/RDM data link into six separate branches while boosting the weak signal to its original output level before it becomes too low.

RDM E1.20 compliant, the RDMX6S features opto-isolated DMX output ports with DMX loop through port with built-in termination. It houses 5pin XLR input, a 5pin XLR thru output, (6) 5pin XLR outputs and powerCON In connection.

Wrapped in a rugged die-cast aluminium housing, a single-unit mounting bracket is included for truss/clamp installation and optional single and dual unit rack mount

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UK - Calibre's first ever-combined video & audio 4K scaler-switchers are in the form of four new models: HQView620A, HQView625A, HQView630A and HQView670A.

Enabling access to a greater range of applications which can benefit from Calibre HQUltra 4K technology, the new models are designed to reduce the level of equipment in installations, the multi-function units being suitable for lecture theatres, boardrooms, meeting rooms, house of worship and more.

HQUltra uses Calibre's in house developed video processing algorithms to deliver best in class solutions providing a seamless interface between the worlds of HD and 4K. Calibre HQUltraFast is the world's fastest input switching technology that changes inputs in typically 0.25 seconds, or a quarter of a second.

"This new product type brings Calibre technology to the mainstream audio visual market. It includes analogue and

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USA - As is customary each January, the annual winter NAMM show at the Anaheim Convention Centre recently concluded. For anyone who has ever walked the aisles of this show, the first and foremost impression is just how unbelievably loud it is. For this very reason, loudspeaker manufacturer D.A.S. Audio elected to take matters 'off-site' and host an after show party so that interested parties could hear the D.A.S. difference in a more controlled environment.

Available for free to all NAMM show badge holders, the after show party took place on Saturday, 23 January at the Sutra nightclub. In addition to hosting a wide range of business associates, the event was specifically geared as an opportunity for critical listening of D.A.S. Audio's recently introduced Sound Force series loudspeakers, which are designed for today's high-level dance venues where exceptional sound, imposing p

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UK - Traction Sound has provided a bespoke 40" sub woofer for Audint as part of a recent project from Toby Heys and Steve Goodman (Kode9) that explores the boundary between art and weaponry. The pair behind Audint have a strong pedigree in sonic manipulation - Toby Heys covered the "utilisation of waveforms as weapons" in his PhD and is also a research fellow at the Manchester Institute for Research & Innovation at the Manchester School of Art. Steve Goodman is most famous as dubstep artist Kode9 and for running Hyperdub records, and also has a PhD and has published a book on Sonic Warfare.

Audint utilises infrasound and ultrasound to investigate how we perceive soundscapes. Infrasound are frequencies below human hearing and ultrasound are those above it. Audint do this in the context of both military and civil applications. Their hardware already included ultrasonic loudspeak

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USA - Tim Ottley, lighting director for Asbury United Methodist Church, Tulsa, is a great advocate of ArKaos MediaMaster PRO which he uses on an ArKaos PRO Stadium Server to create his stunning environment projection mapping within the interior of the church.

Following on from the success of the Easter presentation last year, Ottley is already planning more superb visuals to enhance the upcoming Easter celebrations.

"Environmental projection in church is such a leap forward from the more usual form of presentations on a screen or series of screens," says Ottley. "Before we started using projection mapping, we used a centre screen and two white curtains either side to show our visuals, but this looked boxy and square, and gave the congregation a passive experience, rather like watching television.

"But church is not a passive environment. It is a gathering place which b

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UK - American pop-punk fusion band All Time Low toured five of Britain's biggest arenas in February, stunning fans with a bigger, brighter and more powerful lighting show by Jeff Maker using his Avolites Sapphire Touch console.

All Time Low scored a UK number one album in 2015 with Future Hearts, elevating them to arena status with legions of new fans. Their long time lighting designer Maker responded by conceiving a sense of the design "being alive, to achieve the ultimate engaging experience for the audience".

"I've been using Avolites consoles for 10 years and I've been using the Sapphire Touch since 2014," says Maker. "I absolutely love the console. The set list function puts the playbacks I need at my fingertips and I love how exact and sensitive the touch screens are. It's easy to update any attribute on the fly, it's extremely user friendly, and easy to progr

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USA - It was Nashville's turn to host the 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend, and the four-day event in Music City was packed with enough star power on and off the ice to excite thousands of hockey fans. Morris, formerly known as Morris Light and Sound, was charged with conceptualizing and executing the audio and lighting installations and providing 24/7 production management at five venues during the weekend. Morris deployed grandMA2 consoles at three of the locations.

Matt Geasey, visuals department manager at Morris, and his team oversaw the lighting design, 3D rendering and equipment specifications for multiple activities. For the free IntelliCentrics Outdoor Concert Series, part of the Bridgestone Winter Park venue in front of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, he selected 90 x Clay Paky Mythos and 30 x Sharpy Wash 330 for the Honda Stage.

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Ukraine - More than 200 Clay Paky fixtures have delivered an extraordinary light show at one of the Ukraine's biggest televised events of 2015, The M1 Music Awards.

The event, which took place at the Palais des Sports in Kiev and was produced by the M1 Music Channel, saw a large gala-style concert with performances from the country's biggest pop stars.

Lighting designer Maksym Balashov of leading rental operation ALIGHT specified an extensive package of Clay Paky fixtures for the show and awards ceremony, including 162 x Sharpys and 24 x A.leda B-EYE K20s.

"The Clay Paky Sharpy, which has already become a legend for me thanks to its intense brightness and speed, remains a staple fixture for me in the creation of any light show," says Balashov. "When it comes to the B-EYE K20, the overall design and fantastic technical features allow me to achieve looks that would be im

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USA - In celebration of World Hearing Day 2016, hearing wellness expert Sensaphonics reached out to a star-studded array of musicians to help raise awareness of the importance of hearing health among online fans. Participating artists included Coldplay, Maroon 5, Dave Matthews Band, Lisa Loeb, OK Go, The Lumineers, and Umphrey's McGee. Their social media posts on Twitter and Facebook used #HearingDay and #RespectYourEars hashtags along with hearing-related messages.

Building momentum from Sensaphonics' artist outreach, World Hearing Day messages went out to an audience estimated at over 60m people. Tracking activity throughout the day, Sensaphonics documented over 15,000 likes and 2,000 shares/re-tweets from artist posts alone. Additional musicians, sound engineers, audiologists, and organizations like Audio Engineering Society joined in, with fans liking and sharing, thus ext

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Russia - Nestled in the central square of Izhevsk, Russia, the Tchaikovsky State Theatre of Opera and Ballet recently underwent a massive renovation in preparation for the 175th anniversary of Tchaikovsky's birth. For nearly two years, the theatre was closed for the upgrade, which included a modern makeover of its stage technology, conducted by ETC dealer Imlight. Last year, the theatre reopened with a new ETC lighting system.

A large portion of the theatre's repertoire consists of iconic Tchaikovsky works, such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Eugene Onegin, Iolanta and The Queen of Spades. Just before the grand reopening of the theatre, the facility was renamed in honour of Tchaikovsky, who was born in what is now the Udmurt Republic, where Izhevsk is located. "It would have been a shame to have given the old theatre th

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UK - PLASA is pleased to announce the launch of its new National Event Lifting Certificate (NELC), with the support of the National Rigging Advisory Group (NRAG) and key industry sponsors including the BBC, White Light and Britannia Row.

The official NELC launch took place on Thursday 3 March at the International Live Music Conference Production Meeting at the Copthorne Hotel, Kensington, London, with PLASA's NRC Manager Paul Riddiford introducing the new certification scheme to those present.

NELC has been created to meet the needs of those who already work in the industry in disciplines other than Rigging, such as Lighting, Sound, Video or Scenery etc, who are called upon to carry out occasional Rigging tasks including lifting operations as part of their duties. It is also suitable for individuals wishing to be assessed for their skills within Rigging, without undertakin

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Talent Search - Arts Council England chief executive Darren Henley has spoken out about the need for the arts and culture sector to attract talent from all backgrounds if it is to thrive in the long-term. Giving the keynote speech at the Creative and Cultural Skills National Conference 2016, at the Backstage Centre in Thurrock, Henley said he embraced apprenticeships as a way of opening up routes into the arts.

"We need an emphasis on diversity in its widest sense, across barriers of race, diversity and socio-economic disadvantage. We need greater diversity because it will create a just, fair and strong society and because a society that's equipped for the future makes use of all of its talent, wherever it emerges."

He credited the Creative Employment Programme, a £15 million fund delivered by the National Skills Academy to support the creation of traineeships, forma

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UK - Adrian Searle, former technical director at Stage Electrics, has joined technical production expert, Hawthorn to drive forward the ongoing development of its successful equipment hire service.

Adrian is based at Hawthorn's headquarters in Old Dalby, Leicestershire, and has been appointed to head up the company's seven day a week hire service. Working together with Hawthorn's head of hire, David Slater, Adrian will ensure the smooth running of the operation, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and development, in line with Hawthorn's commitment to delivering an excellent customer experience.

Adrian joins Hawthorn at an exciting time for the hire service which has recently seen significant growth in commissions to supply equipment to the touring productions. Hawthorn has recently worked with renowned lighting designers, Mark Henderson on the Mark Knopfl

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USA - In the world of high-powered laser, users often must choose whether they want to produce vibrant aerial beams or be able to create crisp custom graphics. The new Mobile Beat MAX MK2 removes that decision entirely, and allows mobile entertainers to craft both aerial beam shows and graphics displays without sacrificing brightness or precision - and without any compromising, says the company.

"It's no question that DJs, nightclubs and entertainment venues have loved our Mobile Beat series, and we wanted to make sure that continues into the future," Dan Goldsmith, president of X-Laser USA, said. "With the MAX MK2, we made this simple by combining the brightness of the traditional Mobile Beat MAX and the graphical precision of the Mobile Beat MAX IE that came out last year. The response we've gotten on the MAX MK2 so far has been awesome, and we think it'll be popular for a l

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UK - BroaMan has announced a new version of its Route66 video router, now offering AutoRouter and smart fibre patch bay. This additional functionality is powered by sister brand Optocore, making it suitable not only for Installation (where there are multiple connection points, including mobile devices) but equally for live events or broadcast.

The AutoRouter is compatible with Optocore and DiGiCo fibre loops, creating a redundant 'star' out of the advanced ring topology.

It was developed based on customer's needs, especially in the installation market, where mixed ring/star or star topology is more desirable due to a star based fibre cable layout.

The Route66 AutoRouter automatically finds mobile and remote devices and closes the Optocore loop even when unconnected wall boxes are found. It always switches the links automatically to establish redundancy. New I/O units o

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UK - Martin Audio has announced that its Coaxial Differential Dispersion technology, that lies at the heart of its best-selling CDD installation range, has been awarded a UK Patent, GB2525407.

Coaxial Differential Dispersion technology combines the true 'point-source' benefits of coaxial designs with the consistent coverage Differential Dispersion technology, and in the process overcomes the weaknesses of both classic coaxial systems and systems with fixed dispersion X° x Y° horns.

Significantly, until now one disadvantage of conventional coaxial devices has been high frequency beaming, where the high frequency dispersion reduces as the frequency increases. This is primarily because conventional coaxial devices channel high frequencies through a narrow tube in the pole-piece of the magnet system. CDD Series coaxial devices overcome this by incorporating an innovati

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Italy - After Le voci di dentro, the Servillo brothers have chosen the Teatro Bellini to bring their latest creation, La Parola Canta, to Naples. It is a concert, a recital and a festival - skilfully illuminated by Clay Paky - made up of music, poetry and songs which celebrate Naples: the eternal magic of its living tradition, and the importance of the fusion of different epochs and the widest possible participation in culture.

The show reveals an inexhaustible imagination and poetic richness, which generates and feeds Peppe and Toni Servillo's extraordinary theatrical creativity.

Toni and Peppe Servillo reinterpret tradition with a jazz, folk and pop slant, also thanks to the valuable and charming musical support of the Solis String Quartet. They take the audience on an extraordinary voyage through Neapolitan theatrical culture: a journey made up of imagination and creati

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Germany - Full-service production company satis&fy and lighting manufacturer Elation Professional will be holding an Innovation Day on 31 March at the satis&fy facility in Karben, Germany, just outside Frankfurt. This will an opportunity for lighting professionals to demo Elation's latest lighting innovations, including the award-winning Platinum FLX and Emotion digital light, as well as preview upcoming Prolight & Sound launch products.

satis&fy recently added Elation's multi-functional Platinum FLX hybrid moving head and Emotion moving head digital light to its inventory and Innovation Day will give local rental companies, lighting designers and other interested lighting professionals the chance to demo these two exciting lighting innovations. Innovation Day attendees will also be the first anywhere to get a sneak peek at some of Elation's upcoming Prolight+Sound launch prod

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France - Nexo fielded a stellar team of different loudspeaker models for one of the most prestigious sporting trophies in France, the Leaders Cup, which is organised by the LNB (Ligue Nationale de Basketball) and staged at the Disney Events Arena at Disneyland Paris.

In an arena packed with nearly 5000 spectators, the final eight teams of France's premier basketball league competed for the Leaders Cup in a high-octane environment, complete with dazzling lighting effects, high SPL concert sound and half-time entertainment from dancers and cheerleaders.

To mark this highlight of their calendar, the Ligue Nationale has announced the signing of a technical sponsorship deal with Nexo, which will see Nexo systems widely used in professional basketball throughout France. As explained by Alain Beral, president of the LNB, "sound is an integral part of the experience offered to our

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UK - The new £4.5m Leicester Community Sports Arena - a joint venture project between Britain's oldest professional basketball club (Leicester Riders), Leicester City Council and Leicester College - opened at the end of January, with the 2,400-capacity audience treated to quality sound exclusively from Martin Audio's new CDD installation series.

Twelve of the CDD15 (15") loudspeakers were specified and installed by local sound and lighting integrators, MBSL.

Mark Broadhead's technical company was brought in just two weeks before the venue's inauguration when it was discovered that while the six 100V line speakers, specified by another party, might have been sufficient for voice evacuation, it was certainly not up to delivering American style razzmatazz, complete with cheerleaders, in the arena on match days.

With nearly 30 years' experience under their belts, and

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