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UK - In a move designed to update and improve its technical infrastructure, Stirling Audio Systems has relocated its entire operation to a brand new building in West London. The pro audio equipment supplier, which distributes a range of high-end equipment from manufacturers such as Audient, Lexicon, M&K, iZ Radar, Sanken and Aphex, now offers much-improved loading and warehouse facilities from its new premises close to the A40. Stirling Audio's managing director, Andrew Stirling, told us: "We considered staying where we were, but we felt our staff and customers would be better served if we could improve our operating efficiency. A building needs to operate as efficiently as any business system, but sadly our old premises simply weren't designed for the demands of doing business

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UK - The Institute of Export for Northern Ireland has chosen Belfast-based data compression specialist, APT (Audio Processing Technology), as the recipient of its prestigious Exporter of the Year Award for 2002.

APT's managing director, Noel McKenna, received the award from Jim Stewart, chairman of the Institute of Export in Northern Ireland at its annual awards dinner, which took place on December 4th at the Dunadry Hotel, Belfast. Commenting on the award, McKenna told us: "We are delighted to receive this award from the Institute. We have been supplying high quality audio products to countries as far apart as Korea, Japan, Taiwan, USA, Canada, Middle East, South Africa and Europe for the last 10 years and we are constantly trying to open up new countries and market sectors to our technology. APT has contributed in excess of £20 million in electronic products exports

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UK - Strand Lighting has launched a quarterly Newsletter. First seen at the 2002 PLASA and LDI trade shows in paper form, the Newsletter is now available electronically, downloadable in PDF format from the newly re-designed Strand website.

Intended to keep readers up-to-date with Strand's latest projects around the world, while also providing information and guidance on the use of Strand equipment, the current issue of the Newsletter includes stories about Strand's close involvement with the new Esplanade Theatre on the Bay in Singapore, the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts at the University of Southern California, the Telekom Headquarters building in Berlin, a number of projects in Salamanca in Spain, European City of Culture in 2002, and the new production of LesMisérables in Mexico City. Each newsletter also contains a Console Programming Tips section, of

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UK - It has been a hectic start to 2003 for leading lighting rental company White Light - with five new shows arriving in the West End and some old favourites going back out on the road in the first three weeks of the year.

The West End arrivals cover a wide range of styles: at the Arts Theatre is a new comedy from America, Triple Espresso, whilst at the Whitehall Theatre, the musical fun of Sing-along-a-ABBA has replaced the long-running Art, which used White Light equipment throughout its run. At the Old Vic, White Light is supplying the rig for Hartley TA Kemp's design for The Tempest - as with its initial run in Sheffield, the show is using automated lighting from The Moving Light Company.

Also combining conventional equipment from White Light and automated equipment from The Moving Light Company are Midnight's Children, the new RSC adaptation of the novel by Salman Rushdi

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UK - A regular and long-standing supplier to the UK's leading electronic retailer QVC, Triple E was back there towards the end of 2002 installing its lightweight, but strong Unicyc track in Studio One of the channel's London headquarters.

Prior to this installation, Studio One had a make-shift rig on which a cyclorama and lights were hung, but as it was outdated and inflexible, Mike O'Brien, QVC's backstage manager, approached Triple E to come up with a solution. Unicyc was created especially for TV studio applications and allows for a vast degree of versatility as it can be curved and assembled on site. Replacing Studio One's original track, the new U-shaped Unicyc system also incorporates ladder-frame lighting crossbeams, a points system and storage areas. "The system provides the opportunity to hang two cyclorama curtains from it, whilst the crossbeams allow better light

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UK - Aztec, the live console from Audient, has recently completed a three-date tour with Heather Small, the voice of M People, and the Snake Davis Band. The tour kicked off on December 5th at the Tunbridge Wells Assembly Theatre and went on to visit the Newcastle Opera House on the 7th, and finally the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London on the 15th December. Sound for the tour came courtesy of the SRD (Sound Reinforcement and Distribution) Group, who were introduced to Aztec by GPA's Chris Hinds, who had previously used it with Groove Armada. Aztec has also been used by the SRD Group on projects for the James Taylor Quartet and Courtney Pine.

SRD's Dave Gledhill, FOH Engineer for the tour says of the Aztec: "It sounds great. Dave Dearden and Gareth Davies are known for designing and making great consoles and this one lives up to that reputation. The EQ is very musical

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USA - Users and potential users of Symetrix SymNet modular audio mixing, routing and digital signal processing system now can experience even more precise and reliable control over large audio systems thanks to the new 3.0 update of the operating system and software.

This is the fourth upgrade since the product was introduced in August 2001. SymNet Designer 3.0 software, a PC-based package that allows CAD-style 'drag and drop' control over audio processing modules, now incorporates a new category labelled Control Modules. By selecting and combining the 50 tools included in the new module, users can exercise a greater degree of logical control over the system involving programming, simple or complex decision making, and processing sequential, triggered events.

With the addition of control signal outputs to many of the existing dynamics modules, as well as a new class of modules

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UK - The APRS starts its 2003 programme with a seminar co-hosted by the DTI for all manufacturers and service providers who are interested in exporting goods or attracting overseas clients to UK facilities.

The event, postponed last year because of the Tube strikes, has been re-scheduled and re-designed to provide a broader exploration of exporting in general with a special focus on the fast-expanding Indian and Chinese markets. India has the largest film industry in the world and a significant proportion of domestic producers are now looking to enhance their production values in the hope that more Indian-made films are viewed by western cinema audiences. In the past, India has proved to be a challenging market beset with tariff and other bureaucratic barriers, however the World Trade Organisation rules mean that tariffs will be removed by 2005 and so now is the time to establis

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UAE - The first installation of ETC's Obsession II lighting control console in the United Arab Emirates was completed in Emirates Media's Abu Dhabi TV when the studio upgraded its lighting equipment to prepare for the new game show Win Your Weight In Gold. An alternative take on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, the programme's top prize is determined by the individual contestant's weight!

The television station's technical team, supervised by Mohammad Refaie, head of Abu Dhabi TV's Lighting Unit, specified the technical requirements for the upgrade. "We needed a new console, capable of handling both conventional and moving lights," said Refaie. Oasis Enterprises, officially appointed ETC's regional distributor in October 2002, came up with the perfect solution to meet the brief, supplying and installing the 3000 channel Obsession II, together with ten Source Fours.

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UK - Turbosound reports that its diminutive Impact 50 loudspeakers have been installed on Cardiff's Millennium Riverwalk, to provide audio replay facilities as part of an innovative arts project for the city's Chapter Arts Centre. Surviving gale force winds and driving rain, the 32 Impact 50 loudspeakers, which utilize injection-moulded enclosures, are mounted on the Riverwalk's suspension cables, and relay the sound of 5000 Calls - a large-scale sound performance by David Chesworth and Sonia Leber - to passers by.

The Impact 50 loudspeakers were installed by Cardiff-based Cynhyrchu Illicit Production, with the company's Giles Parbery providing overall project management, and were supplied through Dimension Audio of west London. The project represents the European première of 5000 Calls, with the work being replayed along the length of the Millennium Riverwalk, alongside Cardif

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UK - Following the success of Pop Idol and the Johnny Vaughan show, engineer Fred Jackson, of Jackson Post Ltd, was contracted by LWT to work on its latest musical success story, Pop Stars - the Rivals. Working in conjunction with TV sound suppliers Plus 4 Audio, Jackson invested in the latest technology from Klark Teknik, this time in the form of two Helix DN9340 digital equalizers.

Jackson explained that he needed more outboard equalization in addition to the qraphic equalizers on board the Yamaha DM2000, which is where the Helix devices came in. "I used two units on the primary mixes for the show," he said, "and was very pleased with them. Although Helix is a digital unit, the sound is consistent with all of the analogue units that KT has developed over the years.

"In the Pop Stars application I found the notch filters to be especially useful. Because Ri

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UK - Columbus McKinnon has announced the addition of Adrian Forbes-Black to its international sales team. Forbes-Black, who will be regional manager for Europe, was previously general manager at Tomcat UK, a distributor of Columbus McKinnon products. Ned Librock, vice-president of sales, commented: "The Lodestar chain hoist continues to be the theatrical market leader and we believe this appointment will further support our European distributors, customers and users."

Adrian will be based in the Wirral, UK and will be supported by Columbus McKinnon's UK and European-based subsidiaries.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Funtime Installations has been sold in a management buy-out headed up by Mark Parker, former installations manager of the company. After six years at the helm of the company, Jonathan Reece--Farren has taken the difficult decision to step down. "It has been a very exciting time," says Reece-Farren, "with our company experiencing amazing growth and development over the last six years, as well as industry recognition with the usual BEDA Awards nominations, and accolades for our various club and bar installations.

"Recent months have been busy - we were commissioned to supply all the sound and lighting for the PLASA 25th anniversary celebrations, which was a real honour, as well as full production for the 2002/2003 Theme Awards." Other recent credits include sound and lighting for the BEDA Awards party, and the BEDA Chairman's lunch, supplied on behalf

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UK - Following the membership vote at the end of 2002, PLASA has welcomed three new members to its executive committee - Andrew Bishop of Carlsbro Electronics, Steve Cole of Navica and Matthew Tonks of Stage Technologies. The subsequent internal election for the officer posts saw David Hopkins OBE, managing director of Audio Design Services, elected as PLASA chairman, while Sammy DeHavilland of Dare Pro Audio takes on the role of vice-chairman, and Tim Brown of Apple Sound replaces DeHavilland as PLASA treasurer.

The new places were made available by the departures of Paul de Ville of Lightfactor Sales, Nikki Scott of Stage Technologies and Tracey Patterson of Artistic Licence, all of whom decided not to stand for re-election. Mick Hannaford, who stepped down as PLASA chairman at the close of 2002 after three years in the chair, acknowledged the valuable contributions that all h

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UK - The Sound Division Group has recently supplied and installed a comprehensive sound and lighting system to the American Community School in Egham in Surrey based on a Crown-driven Nexo audio system complete with Martin projectors and a Selecon lighting rig.

The school, which educates over 550 students between the ages of 3-18 who come from all over the world took the decision to move drama production into the main sports hall and invest in a proper theatre-style sound and lighting system. Once the decision was made and the specification agreed, the whole installation was turned around in just two weeks.

Sound Division supplied and installed a total of four Nexo PS-15 loudspeakers which were flown from the lighting truss, and two PS-10 stage monitors plus the requisite TD controllers. The system was driven by a Crown MA3600VZ and a Crown MT2400 power amplifier. In addition

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UK - The McKenzie Group has appointed David Laing as general manager of the Glasgow Academy. He joins the team from Queen Margaret Union at the University of Glasgow, where he set up and headed the Entertainments Department. In just over four years, Laing successfully increased the number of live gigs at the University, as well as promoting a number of key dance events and club nights.

The 2,500 capacity Glasgow Academy is the latest sister venue to be added to the expanding list of McKenzie Group venues, namely Brixton Academy (London) Bristol Academy, Birmingham Academy and London's Shepherd's Bush Empire - famous for staging events as diverse as Madonna and the Rolling Stones. Glasgow Academy will launch in March this year, and to date has confirmed live shows with Massive Attack (April 8th & 9th), Inspiral Carpets (April 2nd) and Sugababes (March 28th).

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Austria - L-Acoustics has appointed Audiosales as the new L-Acoustics distributor for Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Audiosales was established in 1984, and has its headquarter in Austria, while Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic are individually serviced by national Audiosales subsidiaries. Over the years, Audiosales has acquired a significant amount of experience within the pro audio market, and has become the sole distributor for many top brands.

Due to the wide variety of products that they distribute, Audiosales have become specialist in managing permanent installation projects and supplying rental companies alongside their more regular sales activities. Reinhard Brummer, Audiosales sales director, adds: "We can efficiently support all the technical demands from and to our customers, owing to a professional team of support engineers and

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UK - XLFX, the UK-based pyrotechnic manufacturer, has appointed Graham Thomas as sales executive. Thomas will concentrate on export sales and business development. "It's a great opportunity for me to re-establish contact with many old friends in the industry," comments Thomas. "The response that XLFX received from the new products at both PLASA and LDI has been overwhelming, the quality of the engineering and simplicity of operation make the XLFX pyro system extremely innovative."

Martin Blake of XLFX added: "We are delighted to have someone of Graham's calibre onboard; he has a wealth of experience in global sales and can develop a really customer-friendly approach to making the XLFX product range easily available worldwide." The company's new pyro factory will be fully operational by the summer of this year and control equipment shipments will com

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Spain - As the popularity of multi-functional cabinets increases with rental companies, HK Audio's T-Series model VT 115 X, has been enjoying steadily increasing international success. This 15"/2" cabinet can be used as a stand-alone system, as a mid/high unit together with HL 118 subwoofers, as a down-fill in conjunction with the R-Series touring system, or as a floor monitor (as during the last Deep Purple world tour or the most recent episodes of the BBC live show Later with Jools Holland).

The VT 115 X offers interesting features and well thought-out accessories that make it even more flexible and easier to use, such as a switch to select either passive or biamp mode, aeroquip flying tracks, M10 threads, suitable mounting yokes or HK Audio's own TripleTilt pole-mount adapter, which allows for three different mounting angles.

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France - L-Acoustics has appointed Gauthier Dalle and Stéphane Ecalle as new regional sales managers. The appointment is part of L-Acoustics' strategy to further strengthen its regional support for customers. Dalle and Ecalle will report directly to Michel Brouard, the company's international sales director.

Now in charge of sales at L-Acoustics for South and Central Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Indian regions, Dalle brings 10 years sales experience to the role, the last five within the pro audio industry, most recently with Innovason. Ecalle, meanwhile, has nine years experience within the pro audio sector, formerly working for both Yamaha and BSS USA. He will be responsible for the North European, Russian, Balkan, and both Central and Latin American markets.

(Ruth Rossington)

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The Netherlands - Prolyte Products, a well-known manufacturer of high quality truss, will kick off the year 2003 with a stunning action. Under the name 'Axion X' Prolyte Products launches a permanent price reduction of 25% on the standard lengths and corners from the X30-series that will be effective from 1 February 2003.

Prolyte Products has always heavily invested in their production facilities. Through the years this investment was paid back in high quality trusses and an outstanding reputation for reliability and durability. Making the production process more efficient is a constant challenge, not only for the engineers, but for the welders as well. Based on these insights in the complete production process, Prolyte gained an enormous effectiveness by intelligent routing of the production line of standard truss from the X30 range.

After a period of intensive try-outs and t

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