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Spain - Soundart the Spanish specialist in DSP systems, in partnership with SpinAudio Software, has announced the full release of a software plug-in ported to Soundart’s Chameleon platform - the world’s first fully re-programmable DSP-based rack-unit.

FXDesigner from SpinAudio is the first VST/DX plug-in to be ported to the Chameleon platform. It is a delay-based digital audio effects processor with a flexible signal processing design that allows to produce such audio effects as chorus, flanger, phaser, spatial effects, various reverbs and any combination of above. FXDesigner offers six modulated delay lines with LP/HP filter sections, six freely assignable LFOs and flexible tap interconnection matrix. The plug-in is perfectly suited for any experimental electronic mu

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UK - Few in the entertainment and installation industries can have failed to notice how LEDs have transcended their original role as indicators, to become true illuminators. They are 90% energy efficient (compared to just 10% for tungsten), can be made to produce a ‘daylight’ white light, are virtually unbreakable, have life spans of up to 100,000 hours and produce minimal heat. They are poised to become the standard light source, taking over from incandescent sources in many applications, from traffic indicators to street lighting.

Wavicle is a new company set up by former lighting designer and technician Nick Cooke to deal in torches, lanterns and headlamps based on the latest advances in LED and electroluminescent light sources. The advantages offered by LEDs are combined in these products to produce lightweight hand-held lighting instruments. The user benefits by

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UK - Following the creation of its dedicated pro audio sales department last year, Birmingham's SSE Hire Ltd has announced a new addition to its sales portfolio - the Midas Venice mixing console.

The company has become a member of the exclusive main dealer network for the Venice consoles and now offers potential and existing Venice users the full range of services which SSE's clients benefit from, including sales, service and custom flightcase manufacture. This latest addition to SSE's sales lines joins an already formidable line-up including Nexo, Camco, InnovaSon, Klark Teknik and Allen & Heath.

(Ruth Rossington)

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Australia - Port Fairy, a coastal village south west of Melbourne, Australia, held its annual Port Fairy Folk Festival over the March Victorian Labour Day holiday weekend, and this year the event was attended by over 15,000 people, entertained by more than 130 acts including 20 international acts.

Performers came from as far as Ireland, Scotland and the USA to join well known local performers such as Jenny Morris, Joe Cameleri, the Waifs and David Bridie for the four-day festival. Powa Audio were contracted to provide sound and lights for four of the seven stages, with Phaseshift Productions supplying the lighting.

Well known lighting industry figure Dave Jackson was engaged to design and operate Stage 2 for the festival. Drawing on the experience of previous years he built a design based around subtle projections and soft moods. X.Spots (eight in total) were selected as the k

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UK - Lumileds LED technology has been used by lighting specialist Tryka LED Ltd as part of a project to light the outside of the new M Club in Belfast. Developed as an additional element to the overall M Club launch, the external lighting project was designed around the building, with the glass windows at the front of the club providing the ideal basis for an LED lighting system. Initially tested on a single window, the design was finalized by PSD Electronics, who worked with Tryka to achieve the desired control and effects.

The project utilizes the Tryka Strip Module 36 in two different lengths - 22 strips at 1200mm and 34 strips at 1700mm. In total, 2016 Luxeon LEDs, 672 each of RGB, have been used to light the external fascia of the M Club. By using a standard silver film over the interior of each window, together with a sealed 'light box', Tryka was able to create a dramatic

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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. 

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UK - On Monday 24 March 2003, the nva organisation, one of the UK's most successful independent arts charities, will unveil two major outdoor lighting schemes for the Glasgow College of Building & Printing and the Glasgow Tidal Weir at Glasgow Green.

Both schemes have been designed by David Bryant of Spirit Design UK, and are part of Glasgow City Council's Lighting Strategy for the City. nva began to develop artist-led lighting designs for buildings having been awarded a grant of £95,000 from the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund. A number of keynote buildings, structures and architectural details were and partnership funding was acquired through Glasgow City Council's £2.4m lighting strategy and from the building owners themselves.

The two lighting schemes being launched this spring are the most ambitious to date and will set a benchmark for urban lighting design

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UK - Asked to provide sound services for American legend Arthur Lee and Love, Worcester-based RMPA considered that the UK tour would offer a relatively gentle opportunity to ease themselves back into the rock and roll rental market. Instead, Lee's profile went through the roof, with the star being mobbed by MPs amongst others, and shows selling out all over the country.

Arthur Lee and the band he fronted, Love, are acknowledged as one of the finest and most influential groups of the late 60s, their psychedelic-folk masterpiece, Forever Changes, regularly appearing high in polls of the greatest albums of all time. Their comeback tour included several weeks in the UK, with RMPA providing an Electro-Voice system with Midas control when required.

"The show was already challenging," says Rick Bailey of RMPA, "featuring a rock band plus eight-piece orchestra on stage.

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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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UK - This week has seen the launch of The Marketing Business, a company which offers SMEs in the entertainment technology industry, the full range of marketing expertise, from business development and export advice to corporate identity and public relations.

The Marketing Business is an informal association of three companies which together have over 60 years experience in the entertainment technology business and which individually are recognized as experts in their field: PE Consulting, Harmer PR and The Wells Partnership. PE Consulting was formed in 2002 by Peter Ed, previously marketing director for ETC Europe and business development manager for Strand Lighting. Peter’s experience will be of great benefit to companies wishing to expand their business by moving into exporting or into new market segments by combining tried and tested marketing techniques with in-depth k

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UK - As Trevor Nunn's reign at the Royal National Theatre ends, DHA Lighting has just concluded work on three major productions at the theatre. Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia, Nunn’s revival of the Cole Porter musical, Anything Goes, and the director’s swansong, Shakespeare’s Love's Labour Lost, all called on the expertise of DHA staff as well as the company’s products. DHA has a long association with the theatre and has contributed to many prestige productions. The company’s founder, lighting designer David Hersey, has himself lit a number of acclaimed shows over the past 30 years.

DHA was called upon last summer to work with Hersey and set designer Bill Dudley on Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia, nominated for four Olivier awards, including best set design and best lighting design. With Anything Goes, exp

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UK - The Canford Group has announced a big increase in profits. Pre-tax profits rose from £142,000 in 2001 to £545,000 in 2002. Figures released recently show that while total sales fell by £1.25m in the last financial year, profits substantially increased.

The fall in sales was largely down to a decline in sales to France and Germany, reflecting weak European demand, and a planned reduction in low margin business, but exports overall remained stable and contributed just under 30% to the group’s turnover. Sales to the Middle East were particularly strong, trebling to £600,000, whilst sales to the Irish republic were also good thanks to the completion of a £1m contract with the Irish police. NEAL, the security side of the Group’s business continues to strengthen.

Gross margins improved by just under one per cent, and interest costs were substantially reduced as

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UK - The education market has traditionally been a strong business area for Strand Lighting thanks toits diverse range of products suitable for use in Educational facilities of all sizes. The introduction at PLASA last year of a wide range of new controls and dimmers aimed at this market has further enhanced the company’s product range, and in support of this, Strand has now launched a new website dedicated to the Education Market and those who specify products for it.

(Ruth Rossington)

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UK - A recent comprehensive install in the Soho Cafe Bar in Christchurch, Dorset, by the CPS Group is an impressive example of the often complex brief such installations require. "Our brief was to install a sound system which was truly multi-purpose," explains Richard Colegate of the CPS (Complete Production Solutions) Group.

"The venue is a fashionable wine bar/pizzeria which has three distinctly different clientele types. On weekday daytimes the system is required to provide a low-level background music source throughout the whole venue at an even level with even coverage. With things livening up considerably on weekday evenings, the system then provides dance floor music levels on the main dance area, and bar/club style programme material throughout the venue. This also has to cater for DJs doing personal appearances some nights. Friday and Saturday night are,

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UK / Germany - PCM, the UK-based specialist in lifting, moving and flying equipment, used the recent Frankfurt ProLight+Sound show to launch its new sales and manufacturing operation for special Columbus McKinnon Lodestar hoists to the German market. PCM is renowned for establishing the Lodestar motor as an industry standard in the UK and Europe. This started in the early 1990s, and the company continues to be the most proactive European supplier and stockist for these industry standard hoists.

This latest strategic move leaves PCM’s German sister company, Augsburg-based Pfaff Stage Technologies (PST), free to concentrate on the design, sale and installation of major special projects. Recent examples of PST’s work in this area include a project for the Flora Theatre in Hamburg, a huge new theatre to which PST supplied 24 customized electric winches.

PCM’s man

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UK - Power Gems, best known for its design and manufacture of electronic HMI ballasts, has released the first in a series of high frequency ballasts for the remote control of fluorescent fixtures used in the motion picture and TV lighting businesses. This four-tube model, FB4/2P, automatically drives both 4ft and 2ft tubes without the need for manual selection. Additionally, a local dimmer and a DMX512 input, provides continuous dimming from full light output at 75W down to 1% light output. Individual tube cut switches are provided for greater flexibility and save the need to disconnect tubes at the fixture. True tube running indicator LEDs are provided for each tube.

The design team’s brief was to come up with a ‘rugged ballast’ with a reduced parts count. The result is a unique four-tube power circuit which employs just three FETs, including a ‘unity&rs

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UK - In the April issue of Lighting&Sound International magazine, our regular Technical Focus section will be looking at the technology related to the development and manufacture of smoke/dry ice and haze machines. We will also assess some of the current standards and safety issues in this area, including ESTA's current work on a new standard covering Theatrical Fog Effects and Equity’s study of the effects of theatrical smoke. This will be followed by a brief profile of the main manufacturers and coverage of a selection of the leading products in the marketplace.

If you would like your product to be featured in this report, please e-mail L&SI’s technical editor James Eade at the e-mail address below before Friday 28 March, 2003.

(Ruth Rossington)

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UK - DMX Music, an international digital music, imaging and messaging provider, has launched two new products - ProFusion X and ProFusion D, created to deliver highly customized in-store music and messaging programmes to retailers.

ProFusion X is an innovative multi-zone delivery system that stores and plays up to 1000 hours of professionally programmed music, audio advertising and video. Capitalizing on DMX Music’s music profiling, ProFusion X allows retailers to use in-store audio-visuals as a marketing tool. It is also designed to deliver branded in-store Retail Radio complete with DJs, idents, sonic triggers and advertising, all produced by DMX Music’s production department.

ProFusion D is a cost-effective way for retailers to take their first step into the world of professionally programmed digital music. Unlike CD players and tape decks, Profusion D uses M

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UK - Crest Audio's X-Rack mixers have been proving to be a popular choice for audio engineers across the country. With the XR20 FOH console seeing use with W.E. Audio during the Queen's Jubilee celebrations in Portsmouth and with SSE in the Top of the Pops Star Bar, amongst others, it is possibly the XR-M monitor console that has proved to be the more popular of the range.

Last year saw Mick Potter specifying two XRMs for use on the monitor system for the West End hit Bombay Dreams with sound supplier Orbital Sound. Greg Clarke, an independent Sound Designer, had seen these in action and was impressed enough to specify them for the current RSC touring season of Merry Wives of Windsor and Corialanus.

The photos show the console in action at The Swan Theatre in Stratford with regional tour sound supervisor Steve Mayo. Steve comments: "The XRM was an ideal choice for this jo

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UK - TSC Music has retained it highly valued ‘Investors In People’ recognition for a record third time.The Crawley-based company, which produces professional business music compilations and systems to high street shops and corporate brands across the UK, has become the only company in its market to earn this status and successfully maintain it three times in a row, after satisfying IiP inspectors during the company’s recent reassessment.

Having surpassed necessary key indicators, the IiP standard helps TSC to continue working more closely with its staff to monitor and develop employee skills in an effort to becoming a more customer-focused organisation.

Chairman and managing director Neal Abdool, said: "We recognize staff as our most valuable asset and with the right nurturing and appropriate training they make the difference that counts in TSC achieving

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Hong Kong - Hong Kong's famous Cathedral of Immaculate Conception has recently completed the installation of their new state-of-the-art audio system. Nestled in the foothills of Hong Kong Island overlooking Victoria Harbour the Cathedral has served as the religious and social centre for the Island's sizeable Catholic population since it was completed in 1888.

The lead contractor for the installation was Hong Kong's Pacific Audio Supplies who made extensive use of the Bose Modeler and Auditioner design programs in the design and consultative stages of the project. Featuring an innovative Loudspeaker System constructed from multiple Bose FS32SEs in a line array configuration the system is powered by a combination of Bose and Carver power amplifiers.

All Loudspeaker Feeds from the console output groups are equalized with ARX EQ60 1/3rd octave graphic equalizers. Bose ‘doubl

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Canada - Q1 Production Technologies Inc introduced its new banner, new image and a new approach to its business at the Q1 open house and product showcase at its Vancouver facility on 28 February and 1 March. With over 35 years of combined industry experience, Q1 partners Brian Konechny, Phil Bernard and Marc Raymond were on hand to introduce Q1 to over 500 industry representatives who gathered to learn about the new partnership, innovative new lighting products, and the products and services available at Q1.

"Q1 combines our international experience and expertise with the impressive service reputation of Showtime Lighting in Vancouver and our expanded asset inventory in our 20,000 sq ft facility here in Vancouver," stated partner Marc Raymond on behalf of partners Phil and Brian at the open house.

Representatives from Vari-Lite, High End, Strand Lighting, Rosco, Sm

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UK - Award-winning event production company, AVC Productions, has just added to its already impressive portfolio of presentation solutions by investing in the very latest indoor LED screen technology.

The ultra slim 36-panel system allows screen sizes of up to 12sq.m and facilitates the relay of both video and data imaging. Patrick Hill, Group managing director told us: "We have always driven our business forward by looking for ways to improve the service we offer. By investing in this product, we can now provide clients with an innovative solution where more conventional projection alternatives just don’t work."

The LVP0630 purchased from Lighthouse, has a pixel pitch of 6mm and a very high brightness of 3000 Nits. It incorporates Lighthouses proprietary fourth generation M4 Technology that has been developed to ensure that the colour balance of every pixel, a

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