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USA - An eco-friendly art fair with 'green' artists, curators, designers and lighting was featured in Miami's premier art show Art Basel.

The green art fair Miami 2008, held the first week in December, drew 15,000 art patrons into its venue - three 5,000 sq.ft adjoining tents made of recycled fabric and aluminium. Inside, visitors viewed a fashion show and browsed art made of recycled materials. Their purchases were also packed in reusable shopping bags.

Chauvet LED lighting fixtures were used to highlight the eco-friendly products. Nick Assunto, CEO of Visual Formula, located in Miami's design district, volunteered to light the fair using 82 Chauvet LED wash fixtures, powered by solar panels and a biodiesel generator, further lessening the eco-friendly lights' carbon foo

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USA - The Pandoras Box Media Server from Coolux is being used by Geodezik, a Montreal-based multimedia design and production company, to support video projection for ZAIA, Cirque du Soleil's first permanent show in Asia. Staged at The Venetian Macao, ZAIA is the dream of a young girl who journeys into space on a voyage of self-discovery. Geodezik incorporated Pandoras Box into the show to help tell her story and illustrate her perception of the stars and planets, space and infinity, and the variety of fantastic creatures inhabiting them.

"Cirque du Soleil's stage productions are distinguished by their artistry and expressive power, and Pandoras Box proved to be a valuable tool in creating a visual narrative for ZAIA," said Jimmy Lakatos, who worked with fellow Geodezik founding member Raymond Saint-Jean to provide video system and content design for ZA

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USA - Technomad Associates has announced it has altered its manufacturing process to ensure RoHS compliance for sales into the European Union. The complete Technomad product range is now RoHS-compliant, including Technomad IP56-rated weatherproof loudspeakers, the Schedulon automatic mp3 player and recording system, and the company's PowerChiton series of networkable, weatherproof powered amplifiers.

To comply, Technomad has switched to RoHS-compliant driver and network components for inside its loudspeakers, and eliminated the use of lead within the soldering process. The European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) dictates all electronic components and assemblies sold into Europe must restrict the use of six materials, including lead.

This announcement comes on the heels of Technomad's switch to recycled plastic within its loudspeaker manufacturing process, par

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USA - At the 2008 Country Music Association Awards, Shure endorser Brad Paisley made it two in a row as the event's chosen male vocalist of the year. Co-hosting the awards show at the Sommet Center with Carrie Underwood, Paisley also took home the evening's best video award for Waitin' on a Woman (featuring Andy Griffith), and kicked off the programme with Start a Band, a duet with Keith Urban, using Shure UR2/SM58 and UR2/KSM9 wireless microphones, respectively.

Memorable moments onstage at the 42nd annual CMA Awards continued throughout the night with appearances by Shure endorsers Martina McBride, who sang Ride using a UR2/SM58 combination, and Miranda Lambert, whose rendition of More Like Her was heard via a UR2/Beta 58.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Showlight has always been highly regarded as a key networking event in the international lighting calendar, with plenty of time given over to the social side of the event. Showlight 2009 (16-19 May 16 2009, at BBC Scotland Glasgow) continues in that tradition, with an afternoon of visits arranged for Glasgow and the surrounding area which offer a mix of strictly business and the not-so-serious.

One of the most popular will be the visit to the Philips factory in Hamilton, which offers the opportunity to see one of the last remaining lamp manufacturing processes in Western Europe. Philips makes the SOX range of lamps here, with much of the work still being carried out by hand, and also assemble other types of luminaires, many of them specifically for sports venues, such as all the fittings for the first night time Grand Prix at Singapore.

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UK - Top Gear Live has thrilled the crowds across the country combining an action-packed live version of the TV show with an exhibition of the most exciting performance cars in the world. Recently, Stage One provided both the set and the spectacular show-finale, in the form of an automated monster called Swampy.

Stage One were brought in by Top Gear Live production manager, Simon Aldridge and were responsible for the construction of both the set and Swampy, along with the associated automation. Designed by Paul Bonomini, the set both framed and became part of the live action.

Stage One built a replica oil tanker, which split open to reveal Swampy - an 8m high, automated, fire-breathing monster. Swampy was constructed with a steel frame, a moulded head and four metre long arms with over sized sculptured hands. He was scenically dressed in camouflage netting

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USA - AKG has launched a trade-in programme for customers of any brand of wireless system that operates in the over-698 MHz range on its WMS 450 system. This rebate programme gives customers a $100.00 instant rebate when they trade-in their '700-MHz' wireless system against the purchase of a WMS 450 from a participating contractor or retail dealer. A $100.00 mail-in rebate is available via a downloadable PDF form for new customers when purchasing the system from a participating online or catalogue retailer.

Many wireless users that have systems operating in the 698 - 806 MHz range are worried that their systems will become unreliable or unusable after the transition to DTV broadcasting occurs on 18 February, 2009. That frequency band was auctioned off by the FCC earlier this year and will be implemented by its new owners for public safety, voice and data communications.

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The Netherlands - A total of 432sq.m of B10 10mm enhanced resolution LED banner and 60m2 of S10 10mm virtual resolution digital signage screens from LED screen manufacturer, Lighthouse Technologies are currently enhancing Dutch supporters' football experience at a number of locations across the country.

Sold by Dutch systems integrator and Lighthouse's distributor in The Netherlands, Hecla Professional Audio & Video Systems BV, one system resides at FC Utrecht, the football club that has its home in Holland's fourth largest city, whilst the other is co-owned by two rental companies and two advertising agencies which have signed deals with several separate clubs.

"The first system we sold was 216m2 of Lighthouse's new B10 LED banner system," says Jos den Hartog, new business manager for Hecla. "This was purchased by a combination of two rental companies and two a

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Chile - Estadio German Becker in Temuco is the latest in a long list of large Latin American sports venues to install sound systems from Electro-Voice. Prosound Ltda. of Viña del Mar, Chile completed the system design and installation of EV Sx600 dual element/single enclosure line-array loudspeakers at Estadio Germán Becker. Designed specifically for stadium-type environments, and proven around the world in Olympic and World Cup soccer stadiums, this marks the first major Sx600 installation in Chile.

The new stadium was officially inaugurated on 5 November 2008 with a Women's World Cup soccer warm-up match between Chile and Brazil. The first official match of the Women's Soccer World Cup was played on 10 November. The President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, visited the site to check on the work progress, and congratulated Prosound for the job.

"This installation raises t

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UK - Yamaha Commercial Audio UK has initiated a series of training seminars to introduce theatre audio professionals and students alike to the key digital audio protocols, while raising awareness of the possibilities that are now available to mid- and small-scale productions.

Presented by deputy general manager Karl Christmas and installation manager Scott Fraser, the first of these seminars took place at London's Central School of Speech and Drama in late November.

"As a company, we have extremely broad knowledge of audio networking technology," says Christmas. "The half-day course is intended to be a thought-provoking introduction to the subject, covering a range of digital protocols and examining which is best for any given situation."

Although using Yamaha equipment for demonstration purposes, the course is designed to be as 'non-partisan' as possible

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UK - Five dealers have been appointed by DiGiCo to handle sales for its new entry level SD8 digital mixing console: Autograph Sales in London, Hawthorns in the Midlands, Stage Electrics in the South West, Wigwam in the North of England and Ireland's Rea Sound.

"Being a lower cost, higher volume product with a slightly different market emphasis to DiGiCo's existing consoles, it requires a different route to market," says Mick Anderson, whose company, Mick Anderson Consulting was brought onboard in July 2008 to help put in place the commercial template necessary to capitalise on the SD8's exceptional take up since its launch at PLASA in September.

"We are delighted to be chosen as one of the key dealers for the new SD8 console," says Autograph director, Duncan Bell. "It continues the close association that we have built with DiGiCo.over the last five yea

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UK - Leeds-based UK MI distributor John Hornby Skewes & Co, recently appointed exclusive England, Scotland & Wales distributor for Allen & Heath's PA and ZED Series of small format mixers has taken over sales and distribution of these product ranges in Northern Ireland and Eire, effective 1 Januasry 2009.

"As predicted, Allen & Heath has proved to be a perfect complement to our other hi-end pro audio brands - HK Audio, LA Audio and LAB.Gruppen," comments JHS MD, Dennis Drumm. "As such, adding Northern Ireland and Eire to our A&H sales territory is the perfect way to capitalise on our work with the brand. We look forward to generating similarly successful results with the additional expansion of these areas to the JHS sales map."

A&H sales manager, Martin Daley adds, "The transfer of PA and ZED distribution to JHS has proved very successful and the sale

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UK - The nominees for the 2009 What's On Stage Theatregoers' Choice Awards, which cover productions that have opened in London's West End and beyond over the last 12 months, have now been announced.

The 2009 awards mark the introduction of a new Best Lighting Designer category to the awards. This category is sponsored by White Light.

As with all of the other categories, nominations for the Best Lighting Designer award came from members of the public. The lighting nominees are Chahine Yavroyan for Relocated at the Royal Court Upstairs and Wig Out! at the Royal Court Downstairs; Jean Kalman for The Year of Magical Thinking at the NT Lyttelton and In The Red and Brown Water at the Young Vic; Malcolm Rippeth for Brief Encounter at The Cinema, Haymarket and Six Characters In Search Of An Author at the Gielgud; Mark Henderson for U

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Portugal - Since opening its doors in April 2005, the Casa da Música concert venue has transformed the cultural life of Portugal's second city, Porto. While architect Rem Koolhaas' multifaceted building has charmed architecture critics worldwide, musicians of many genres and nationalities have been drawn to the Casa's special interior design and enjoyed the warm reception offered them by local audiences.

Until this year, however, the Casa lacked its own permanent sound reinforcement system - a situation now remedied by the installation of Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers in both the main 1,300-seat venue, Sala Suggia, and the Casa's auxiliary hall, Sala 2.

The permanent systems are supplied by Meyer Sound Portugal, and installed by the Casa's own engineering department under the direction of in-house technical production manager, Ernesto Costa. Explaining the time lag be

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Australia - ARX Systems has announced the appointment of Barcelona based Check Audio as its new distributor for Spain.

ARX managing director Colin Park commented, "I have been discussing the possibilities of working together with Check Audio in Spain for some time, Their sales team felt our range of signal processing products was a very complementary fit with the other lines they currently represent, especially our newer USB and Analogue interface and dynamics products.

"Spain has always been important for ARX, along with the UK and Germany it's one of Europe's trend setting markets. We're looking forward to working with Jon Ivory and his team at Check Audio to consolidate ARX's position in the Spanish market and to reinforce to their customers the state of the art performance that ARX products can offer them."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Kanbar Hall at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF), one of the city's newer performing arts venues, recently upgraded its sound system with the installation of an L-Acoustics ARCS and dV-SUB loudspeaker setup.

The 468-seat theatre now benefits from twin horizontal arrays each comprised of two ARCS enclosures flown above the left and right sides of the stage accompanied by a single dV-SUB enclosure per side down on the deck. L-Acoustics LA Series amplifiers power each of the loudspeakers.

According to Michael J Graphix, production manager and technical director for Kanbar Hall, "We've wanted to upgrade our system since we opened in 2004. We present many European and Israeli performing artists, and L-Acoustics equipment is usually their first request on the tech riders."

In addition to the new ARCS/dV-SUB system, Kanbar Hall has also utilised L

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UK - MC2 Audio has announced the appointment of CMI Music & Audio as its sole distributor for Australia. Established in 1978 as a musical instrument distributor, the company successfully expanded into the pro audio market representing such products as HK Audio, dB Technologies & Wharfedale Pro and more recently, has entered into the software/hi-tech market.

While CMI's head office and national distribution warehouse are located in Melbourne, the company maintains a national presence through sales offices and territory managers who service an extensive dealership network across all Australian states and territories. CMI Music & Audio's product ranges are supported by the company's extensive experience in sales, service, marketing and distribution, all of which is underpinned by local market knowledge.

CMI's managing director, Peter Trojkovic, states, "We have worked hard t

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UK - Last year saw specialist sound rental company, Audio Alliance, move to larger premises and increase both its stock and staffing levels. This year has seen the company's expansion continue, with further increases in stock and more new members of the team,

Additions to its product portfolio include ten UPJ-1P compact VariO loudspeakers and a number of UMS subs from the Meyer Sound range as well as a Cadac S-Type mixing console, which has already seen service on a new concept in corporate entertaining and creative business development, The Great Northern Cook Off.

Pete Stanbank has joined tghe company as warehouse manager and a new association struck with sound engineer Steve Phillips.

"Audio Alliance concentrates on the corporate sector," says director, Oliver Driver. "Demand for our services is high, with regular work coming from a selection of Euro

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USA - Vortek, a division of Daktronics, showcased two new products at the LDI convention in Las Vegas. The Wired Remote Vortek Automation Center (VAC) and M Series Controller expand the current product offerings for Vortek's theatrical rigging.

The Wired Remote VAC, designed for the Pro Series, allows technicians to move hoists, set or modify cues from a variety of onstage positions. The walk around, full-function work station (along with up to 100ft of cable) gives the technician freedom to see the hoists clearly during movement.

"Theatrical rigging requires precise movements, in close proximity, at very high speeds. You need to be able to see the equipment moving," said Ted Paget, Vortek central region sales manager. "The Wired Remote VAC allows for a clear line of sight between the technician and the equipment when it is moving."

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UK - Nottingham-based E-luminate were contacted by Architainment Lighting, Philips SSL Value Added Resellers (VAR), to work with the developers of TRMNL, a new dance club located in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham.

They planned to redevelop a partially derelict, old Victorian factory into a top dance venue. The plan was to keep as many of the existing features as possible and combine this with an LED-based lighting system to create something special.

The brief for the LED lighting was to recreate the lighting system and atmosphere of the Watergate Club in Berlin.

The lighting system created consists of a 14m x 2.7m light box which runs 12m along the ceiling and 2m down the wall at the back of the DJ booth. The lighting is provided by 910 Philips icolor Flex SLX nodes supplied by Architainment Lighting. These nodes were mounted onto panels which were then suspended from t

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Monaco - Moods nightclub boasts an audio system that includes a DiGiCo D1 Live and XTA DP448 digital signal processing. It is a multi-layered venue which, despite having acoustics that were carefully taken in to consideration during its construction, has proved challenging to provide full audio coverage for.

Philippe Barguirdjian of French sales and rental company Arpège Son Lumiere carried out the specification and installation of the system. "We specified the D1 because it is a great sounding console, because the space it has to fit into is very tight so the small footprint of the D1 is good and because of the price," says Barguirdjian.

Another factor in Barguirdjian's console decision was that the engineers at Monaco SBM (Société des Bains de Mer) were already familiar with DiGiCo consoles.

"During the summer, an SD7 and a D5 were used at Mon

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