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Flying Pig Systems' Wholehog III lighting control system got one of its debut gigs this summer in Liverpool for the Summer Pops series of concerts. BB King, Van Morrison and Jools Holland were among the many artists featured nightly for shows during the month of July. Rob Fowler, providing technical support for Flying Pig Systems, commented: "Though most of the shows were run from Hog II, significant beta testing was carried out with programmer Dave Hill (Rolling Stones, Millennium Dome) during rehearsals and the console was used on one of the shows toward the end of the run - the Last Night of the Pops."

(Lee Baldock)

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Live events have become more and more important as marketing ‘tools’ in recent years and The Showman’s Show 2002, with its unique outdoor setting, will showcase the best new entertainment and production companies for event professionals organizing these events.

For any marketing manager wishing to include events in their plans, the Showman’s Show is a good place to source specialist event suppliers, whether for a product launch, road show or music event.

Star’s of the recent Zurich Financial's TV commercial - the flying pigs - will be putting in a ‘celebrity appearance’ at the show, courtesy of Judy Hancox at the Butts Farm, in Cirencester, highlighting the creative possibilities marketers can achieve through understanding the potential of the events world. Other ‘entertaining’ companies exhibiting at the show include fairground r

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Messe Frankfurt and Intex Shanghai have announced their collaboration of a new international exhibition in China for the professional audio and entertainment lighting industry. ProLight+Sound Shanghai will make its debut at the Intex exhibition centre and the Shanghaimart in 15-18 October, 2003. The show will be positioned as a professional marketing platform for manufacturers of audio, lighting, staging, laser and effects technology, and will feature live performances and special events, including a DJ competition.

Messe Frankfurt adds ProLight+Sound Shanghai to a portfolio of two existing trade fairs for the pro-audio and lighting sector, including ProLight+Sound in Frankfurt, Germany, and Musikmesse/ProLight+Sound in St Petersburg, Russia. ProLight+Sound Shanghai will be held in conjunction with Music China, a new international exhibition for musical instruments, which debuts this

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The Institute of Sound & Communications Engineers is running a special seminar on ‘The Ins & Outs of Audio’ this coming Friday (October 11) at the Watford Moat House Hotel. The session will be led by Terry Billau FInstSCE, who will discuss how to connect equipment together so that it doesn't hum, buzz, squeal or receive Radio 1. Within this, he will cover balanced and unbalanced inputs and outputs; Impedance ‘matching’; ground (earth) loops; the ‘Pin 1’ problem; transformers; phantom power and cables and connectors.

The session will be of interest to anyone involved in sound system design and installation. The cost is £20 + VAT for Members of the ISCE and £30 + VAT for non-Members and registration will take place at 1.30pm. The Seminar is part of Institute Day 2002, which includes the AGM and Annual Dinner.

For further information call Cathy Mack

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Derivative Inc has teamed up with NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, to advance the art of real-time visual performance with an impressive display of 3D animation set to the music of legendary rock band Rush. As part of the band's current 40-city, 'Vapor Trails' concert tour of North America, Derivative's Touch 012 visual performance tools and NVIDIA GeForce4 Go graphics processing units (GPUs) are being used to deliver on-the-fly improvisation of 3D animations projected during 11 songs, providing concert-goers with an exciting new way to experience live music.

Designed for creators of interactive artworks, the Touch tool set uses powerful Academy Award-winning visual effects technology to enable digital artists to author, perform and share expressive interactive 3D visuals from their PCs. On the 'Vapor Trails' tour, Touch artist James Ellis is usi

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ETC Halcyon Silent

High End Systems Halcyon Silent builds on ETC’s legacy of fanless automated fixtures by incorporating features from the highly sought-after Halcyon family. Halcyon Silent perfectly balances silent operation with brilliant output of 18,400 lumens and high-impact features. 

For more information visit us at www.etcconnect.com

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At the 113th AES exhibition in Los Angeles, Yamaha Corporation of America has introduced an additional solution for digital mixing with the debut of the DM1000 Digital Production Console. Designed to meet the needs of the audio for film, video, post-production, and broadcast markets, the multi-platform DM1000 delivers 48 channels of transparent, dynamic 24-bit/96kHz audio, effects and processing on every channel, extensive surround production features, integrated control for digital audio workstations and automated recording into a very compact rack-mountable package. "The DM1000 has been engineered for permanent or portable applications where high quality digital audio production is paramount, but space limitations are a major consideration," says Larry Italia, general manager of Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems Division: "The DM1000 will be a valuable tool for digital edi

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Hand Held Audio has recently developed a new strain of custom ear monitors. The company was approached by Craig Donaldson, sound engineer for the Super Furry Animals, to see if acrylic ear moulds could successfully be coupled to Sennheiser IE3 generic monitors. This made a lot of sense for the band who are Sennheiser endorsees.

Acrylic ear moulds were the original custom ear monitors developed by Garwood back in 1990 which remain ever-popular today. They were designed to couple with Sony Walkman-style drivers to produce a great-sounding and inexpensive ear monitor. The challenge in adapting the design for the Sennheiser drivers lay in their radically different shape, particularly the sound exit tube. A certain amount of head scratching is normal in such circumstances, and after due process it magically produced a couple of new engineering techniques. The drivers were in the moulds - no

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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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Screenco provided three big screen displays for last month’s tense Ryder Cup competition at the Belfry in Warwickshire, continuing a long tradition with both the major sporting event and the production company, Viewpress. Such was the cheering from the huge partisan crowd out on the course that Screenco often had to use their 50sq.m screen on the 18th fairway to switch away from the live action to the Ryder Cup logo - in order to ensure minimal distraction for the players on the 1st and 10th tees.

The contest has come along way since 1985 - one of the first Ryder Cups that Screenco supported, which was also held at The Belfry. This year Screenco supplied three 25mm displays - the 50sq.m screen and two 32sq.m rigs - all configured in 4:3 aspect ratio. The two smaller displays were sited on the practice green and in the tented village, forming part of the corporate hospitality area

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A Compulite SparkTop lighting desk was stolen from the Guild Hall in London on Monday 16 September. The desk was in a burgundy carry-case and carries the serial no: 029575. If anyone has been offered this desk for sale or knows of its whereabouts, please contact Paul on 020 8236 1303.

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Vari-Lite Inc has entered into a partnership with LDDE Vertriebs GmbH, granting the Vienna-based dealer rights to the sale of Vari*Lite products in Austria. Through the distribution agreement, Austrian customers will have direct local access to first-class sales, service and support of Vari*Lite products, including the recently-introduced Series 3000 product line, which includes the 1200W VL3000 Spot and VL3000 Wash luminaires. Through LDDE, customers can also purchase the highly popular Series 2000 products and the award-winning VL1000 ellipsoidal reflector spotlight.

"The Austrian market is established and holds good potential for Vari-Lite," said Vari-Lite vice-president of sales and marketing, Bob Schacherl: "We are excited about the opportunities that the partnership with LDDE presents. LDDE is well-respected within the Austrian lighting industry for its quality and

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Following Unusual’s significant infrastructure programme in Central London for The Golden Jubilee celebrations in June, they were contacted by The Countryside Alliance, who had specific infrastructure requirements for what was initially described as a ‘large march’. In the end, over four hundred thousand protestors took part in the Liberty and Livelihood march.

The main requirement of Unusual was to provide a focal point to the march in the absence of a rally at the end. Due to the number of people involved, it was essential that the focal point addressed the need for efficient dispersal at the end of the march. Unusual designed a 28m wide double arch structure to span the width of Whitehall. Two of these units were positioned directly north and south of The Cenotaph. Between the two structures, the marchers were counted and a digital messaging board on the southern a

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This week sees the launch of AVR-USA, a joint venture between Marcel Fairbairn’s recently established Gear Source (see earlier news) and AVR Colourmaster UK - the company launched by Steve Watts. The venture will be marketed as AVR-USA and the company will promote the AVR Colourmaster brand throughout North and South America. AVR-USA will be displaying their product line at LDI 2002 in Las Vegas at the end of next week, as well as other lighting, retail and architectural shows in the coming months.

AVR has enjoyed much success across Europe and the Asian Pacific region since its launch three years ago. The products have been embraced by architects, interior and lighting designers alike. Based on the philosophy of making architectural colour changing an economically viable option, AVR has used its 10 years’ experience manufacturing in the UK to create a complete range of col

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Key members of the former management team of the Lighting Technology Group have taken the Northern division of the company forward to launch a new, specialized national entertainment lighting company - Flashlight. Flashlight is the re-birth of the Northern team of the Lighting Technology Group, the leading lighting supplier, which went into administration earlier this year following a well documented difficult financial year.

Rob Williamson, Andy Dodd and Fred King from the original Lighting Technology Group Northern team have 70 years’ combined expertise in the entertainment lighting industry. Together, they have been servicing the BBC and other major independent TV companies, as well as rental houses for a number of years. They also have vast experience in the theatre and specialist lamp industries. Specializing in the film, TV and theatre lighting industries, Flashlight will o

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Audio Export GmbH in Heilbronn has reached a mutual agreement with the representatives of SCV International to acquire 100% of the shares of EML. The Belgian distribution company belonged to the French SCV International. Group.

Audio Export, with its subsidiary Audio Pro, is one of the largest pro audio distributors in Germany, handling leading brands such as JBL, Crown, Soundcraft, Lexicon, BSS Audio and Genelec. Willy Günther, president of Audio Export, states: "Acquiring EML is of major strategic importance for our Group, there is great synergy to be found in the product portfolios and the expansion is in line with our plans for the Benelux market. The goal is to combine Audio Export’s strong financial, logistics and marketing backbone with EML’s leading market position, which is based on excellent customer support and a powerful sales front end."

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Avesco plc has announced that Creative Technology, a leading company worldwide providing audio-visual services, is establishing a new operation in Germany. CT is now based in London, NEC Birmingham, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Stuttgart.

Creative Technology Germany, will be located near Stuttgart and plans to be operational from mid-November 2002. The new company will be headed by Georg Roessler who gained his over 12 years of experience in the audio-visual industry at ict AG, latterly as Director of the Board.

CT Germany will specialize in project-oriented solutions for its customers. As a full service provider, CT Germany will be supplying a full range of audio-visual services used in events, trade shows and fixed installations. Georg Roessler and his qualified staff have years of experience in these activities. "I have known Georg for 12 years and, when we heard h

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The ARRI Group have announced their relocation to a new, state-of-the-art waterside HQ, next to the Grand Union Canal in Uxbridge, Middlesex. The Group is made up of ARRI (GB), responsible for the sales and service of cameras and lighting products, while ARRI Media and ARRI Lighting Rental both service productions with the rental of camera, grip and lighting equipment.

The long-awaited relocation and purchase of the property has been necessitated by steady and consistent growth over the last 19 years, and can be seen as an endorsement of the group’s confidence in the UK film and television industry. The philosophy behind the new building’s design is to offer filmmakers and technicians the ultimate facilities for preparing, testing and planning their projects.

The new four-acre Highbridge HQ site will consist of three buildings totalling 75,000sq.ft, containing warehousin

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Jonathan Hilton has been appointed as the product manager to head up the new Intralux division of the Light Projects Group. With many years experience in the lighting specification market, he will specialize in promoting this key range of products from one of Australia’s leading lighting companies.

Charlie Wadsworth, commercial director at Light Projects commented: "With a raft of diverse and impressive ranges, we need an adept and skilled manager to promote them. Jonathan joins us with a lot of experience and knowledge of the specification market." Hilton will be handling the 'Kove' range of fluorescent fittings; the 'Flare Wall Washer' range; the 'Slite' range for close proximity illumination; the 'Cog' range of exterior luminaires and Xenflex, the long-life xenon strip system.

(Ruth Rossington)

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Hundreds of thousands of Catholic worshipers from over 150 countries gathered in July for the 17th World Youth Day celebrations. Organized by the Catholic Church, World Youth Day began in the mid-1980s when Pope John Paul II invited youth from around the world to gather in prayer for peace and reconciliation.

Christie Lites of Canada supplied an abundance of MACs for the two-week celebration, including a huge Papal Mass held at Downsview Lands on July 28th. The Papal Mass attracted a crowd of some 800,000 and was broadcast live to a worldwide television audience of millions. Over 300 Martin fixtures were used on the main stage where the Papal Mass was held, all supplied through Martin Professional's Canadian distributor Erikson Pro/Martin Canada.

The lighting designer for the event was Kelly Jones, a long-time user of Martin lighting. "The lighting was designed to not overwhelm,

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The audio industry’s annual charity sailing event took place over the last weekend of September. In glorious weather eleven, matched, boats sailed a series of four races in the Solent. With three firsts and a third, Beyerdynamic was declared the overall winner, with T.M. Audio from Holland in second place. Other participants, in alphabetical (not result) order, were Arup Acoustics, Brahler, The Elizabeth Foundation, HW International, Martin Audio, Neutrik, Sound Advice, Sound Foundation and Vistek.

After two races on Saturday and putting into Cowes, IOW, the crews repaired to the Island Sailing Club for a well-earned supper - and to contribute to the charity raffle. Originally begun in 1989 as PASTY (Professional Audio Sailing Trophy) with Dave Martin on the winning boat, the event was revived in 1990 and the name changed in memory of that first winner. Since the revival, all pro

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Ken DeLoria, founder and president of Apogee Sound Incorporated, is to leave the company to pursue other interests. After 18 years of designing and providing leading-edge loudspeakers, amplifiers and other products for the pro audio industry, DeLoria will now concentrate on his ‘second career’ of consulting, commissioning, tuning and operating sound reinforcement systems for installations and events worldwide.

DeLoria commented: "During the years that I ran Apogee, I was fortunate to be able to help many clients achieve maximum performance of their sound systems by participating directly in system design, tuning, operator training and other hands-on tasks for a great number of permanent installations, shows and events, which was highly rewarding."

DeLoria is a veteran engineer of six Grammy Award shows, seven Academy Award shows, two Super Bowls, numerous Bro

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FX Music Control, the sales arm of the FX Group, has acquired a very rare analogue EMS Synthi 100 synthesiser, which is now undergoing extensive restoration to bring it back to its original, pristine condition. As any collector of vintage synths knows, the EMS Synthi 100 is one of the most sought-after musical instruments on the market. Originally built in the early 1970s, the Synthi was the instrument used by the BBC's Radiophonic Studio in Maida Vale to create the soundtracks and sound effects for such classic programmes as Dr Who.

Only 25 to 30 Synthis were ever made and of those, very few remain intact. Most were dismantled years ago for parts or were heavily modified. With its serial number of 002, it is believed that FX Music Control's Synthi is the oldest in existence. No one can remember what happened to 001 but 003 went to the BBC and 004 went to Radio Belgrade and has probabl

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