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The Netherlands - The CR1 is an ultra-compact three-way sound system, designed to provide medium output, high quality cinema and AV sound reproduction. It is designed for cinema theatres, screening rooms, boardrooms, dubbing stages, as well as surround sound recording and home theatres / residential sound systems.

The shallow MDF enclosure design of only 18cm provides for flexible mounting in even the smallest spaces behind the screen. It can be stacked, wall-mounted, or even flown, with a weight of only 29.8kg.

Featuring a 4" pro-ribbon driver for HF, a Neodymium 6.5" vented mid-range driver and Neodymium 12" side-vented woofer, the system's frequency response is 45Hz - 20.000Hz (-3dB) with a dynamic range of up to 128dB.

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UK - Despite the credit crunch apparently biting ever deeper, the organisers of The ABTT Theatre Show (10-11 June 2009, The Royal Horticultural Halls, London) are delighted to announce that the show is looking unaffected, with stand re-bookings for 2009's show remaining constant compared to this time last year at 75 per cent.

As the marketing initiative for The ABTT Theatre Show begins for 2009, show director Roger Fox comments: "The ABTT Theatre Show in 2008 again revealed a growth in our visitors and highlighted a 40 per cent rise in new attendees. We're aiming to build on this success in 2009 and remain confident in the current economic climate, to deliver another major networking opportunity for technical theatre."

Recognised for embracing a developing range of technologies for use in any auditorium, the ABTT Theatre Show has built an enviable position as a uniqu

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USA - Bandit provided lighting for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony, held at the Waldorf-Astoria's Grand Ballroom in New York City, NY. In addition to the awards presentation, Grammy-nominated rock band Matchbox Twenty performed and comedian John Pinette also entertained the audience at the 5 December, 2008 event.

At the ceremony, driver Jimmie Johnson added his name to the NASCAR record books by becoming the second driver in the sport's history to win three consecutive Cup Series championships.

Lighting designer, Mark Carver oversaw lighting production at the event. Equipment included Vari*Lite 3000 Spots, MAC 250s and 600s, PixelRange Pixelines PAR 64s, Lycian M2 Spots, and ETC Source Fours. Lighting was controlled by two Grand MAs and NSPs.

Co-production manager, Steve Hoover, said that the VL 3Ks, MAC 600s and PixelRange Pixelines all acted, in part, as the c

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UK - The Pogues have embarked on their sixth annual Christmas tour with a Midas PRO6 Live Audio System provided by HD Pro Audio at front-of-house.

The 12-date tour, which began in Belfast and continued through Scotland and England before its finale in Dublin, has become an annual fixture, providing a dose of alternative seasonal celebration and culminating in a magical live rendition of their Christmas ballad, Fairytale of New York.

This was the first Midas digital outing for Pogues engineer, and Midas analogue aficionado Paul Scully. "I was very keen to try out the PRO6 on this tour and somewhat jumped in at the deep end, and I'm really happy with it," says Scully, who first got to try out the desk during production rehearsals.

Working alongside the PRO6 is a Klark Teknik DN9331 Rapide graphics controller, which Scully describes as a vital part of the kit,

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Australia - In celebration of its 20th anniversary, lighting control and automation specialist Dynalite will step out in 2009 with a new look, logo and image.

Founded in 1989 by CEO John Gunton, Dynalite has grown from a six-person team in the Australian lighting control industry, to a 130-person enterprise with offices in China, UK and the Middle-East. The company is also represented by a distributor and dealer network in over 40 countries. According to Gunton, the success of Dynalite - which is still Australian-owned with all manufacturing in Sydney - has been the result of picking people who are the best in their field and incorporating a customer focus into every part of the business.

"Our new corporate logo heralds the beginning of a new era for Dynalite," Gunton said. "It represents where we are today and where we see ourselves going. While the future of t

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Portugal - L-Acoustics' Portuguese distributor Avitel has installed a dV-DOSC system into the main, 1,0000-capacity multipurpose hall at the Casino Figueira in the city of Figueira da Foz. The casino, which has recently been renovated, is more than 100 years old and features some historic frescoes on its domed ceiling.

The main front of house system consists of six dV-DOSC line source cabinets and two dV-SUB subwoofers per side, each hang being driven by four LA8 amplifed controller racks. Further sub bass reinforcement is provided by four SB118s driven by one LA8, while four 108P self-powered monitors take care of front-fill applications.

Additionally, six 112P self-powered coaxial speakers and two 108P self-powered monitors are being used as floor monitors.

"For a long time the Casino Figueira had been looking for a solution for its main room, the Salão Caffe,"

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UK - Creative aluminium specialists Litestructures has designed and manufactured a triangular ground support structure for the SpinVox Wishing Well, an interactive public installation as part of Covent Garden London's Christmas Delight campaign, designed by FreeState.

Litestructures was approached by Brighton based design and development experts Millimetre to produce an outdoor system that would create a visual delight both externally and internally. Litestructures technical sales manager Paul Hadfield discussed the Wishing Well concept with Millimetre's Marc Thomas and Ivan Clarke to gain a greater understanding of what was required of the final installation and the Litestructures design and manufacturing team swung into action to provide the structure.

The main support structure is 7.2m high with 6m spans between each tower and consists of Litestructures high performance Lit

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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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USA - Bandit Lites recently lit an invitation-only dinner, funded entirely through private donations, which was held to celebrate the completion of the new University of Tennessee College of Business Administration facility.

The new six-floor, 174,000sq.ft building at the corner of Andy Holt Avenue and Volunteer Boulevard houses 34 classrooms, more than 50 offices for staff and administration, 35 team and presentations rooms, a technology centre, an investment centre and an atrium with a glass elevator.

Lighting designer Shawn Beaulieu chose to use ETC Source Fours, Martin MAC 2000 Washes, Vari*Lite 3000 Spots and Coemar LED Pars to light the event. Lighting was controlled by a Flying Pig Systems Wholehog II.

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USA - Aviom has announced the release of a major firmware upgrade for its Pro64 Series of digital snake and audio networking products. The software release, which is available for free download from Aviom's website, www.aviom.com, includes support for m-control for Yamaha digital consoles. With m-control, a user has direct access to the preamp settings on Aviom's 6416m Mic Input Modules from the user interface of most Yamaha digital consoles outfitted with a 6416Y2 A-Net Interface Card.

The m-control feature offers another control path for Aviom's Pro64 Series mic pre. All settings on the 6416m can also be set from the device's front panel, as well as controlled remotely from any point in the network with the MCS handheld controller. A single MCS can be used for up to 64 channels of mic pre control, and multiple control points can be set in a single network. All three control me

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Lifetime achievements - Motown legends The Four Tops are to receive a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement, organisers have said. The group, best known for hits such as I Can't Help Myself and Reach Out I'll Be There will be given the honour along with late Rat Pack star Dean Martin. Gene Autry, the Blind Boys Of Alabama, Hank Jones, Tom Paxton and Brenda Lee will also receive career awards. The prizes will be given at a ceremony in Los Angeles on 7 February, one day before the 51st annual Grammy Awards.

Neil Portnow, president of The Recording Academy - which runs the Grammys - called the recipients a "prestigious group of legendary performers, creative architects and technical visionaries". He added: "Their outstanding accomplishments, legendary passion and artistry have positively affected our culture and will continue to influence and inspire ge

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USA - At Chicago's Grant Park Barack Obama's 2008 victory speech ran through crowds, as MA Lighting's grandMA consoles (supplied by overall Lighting Contractor - Christie Lites) took front row. States lighting designer Bob Peterson, "The Obama campaign provided the statement for the directive, which was to elegantly transfer from the exuberance of the campaign to the seriousness of the presidency. What that meant to me was to deem victory night a serious and strong historical evening."

According to Peterson: "We massaged our single look over a course of three nights. The primary component was to light the President Elect to his very best advantage, then cleanly illuminate the 100,000 plus people in the park, all at exposures that would allow the skyline and city to be a backdrop in the network cut shot." Several disciplines of equipment including Martin, Sync

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UK - A host of celebrities and artists from the worlds of music, comedy and theatre came together for the annual Royal Variety Performance. Celebrating its 80th anniversary, the show returned to the London Palladium to be performed in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Headlining for 2008 were Take That, alongside artists such as Pussycat Dolls, Duffy and Leona Lewis. Recorded on 11 December, it was transmitted on BBC1 on Wednesday 17 December.

Lighting director Bernie Davis comments: "The key thing is flexibility. All the programming is done over three days on site, and we have to be ready for any plans to change. The only way to achieve the range of looks is to use moving lights."

The decision on which lights to use was partly influenced by the venue. Bernie explained, "We took over the Palladium dur

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UK - Supported by Milton Keynes Partnership, the city's main shopping centre thecentre:mk, Midsummer Place and local newspaper The Citizen amongst others, Light Fantastic was a free public event that featured a lantern parade, French aerialists Transe Express performing a display suspended from a 150ft crane, acrobats suspended from giant balloons, gas jets flaring into the night sky, stunning images projected onto landmark buildings and a futuristic Exploratorium, all set to a bespoke soundtrack.

"We were approached as event producers and asked to come up with a number of different ideas," explains Mark Harrison. "Milton Keynes is set out on a grid system and the city wanted something unique that, when the centre of the city was closed off, would work with the road system, naturally leading people from place to place, with the building projections u

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UK - Stage Electrics has purchased 10 new Mercedes Sprinter vans for its national branch network, which will replace the existing branch fleet of vehicles. Each van is fitted with the ECO-Start system which turns the engine off after a two-second waiting period, while the vehicle is stationary. The engine will automatically restart when the clutch pedal is depressed.

The new vans will save fuel, vehicle emissions, noise and engine wear. Such features are especially beneficial for branch vehicles which often spend large periods of time stuck in traffic with the engine running. The vans are due to roll out across the branches from January, with two vehicles allocated to each branch.

Gordon Wells, head of finance, comments: "This significant capital investment highlights not only our fleet growth, but ensures we are actively reducing our corporate carbon footprint."

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Canada - The November tour of their homeland by Canada's Sam Roberts Band featured six XTA processors in use at front of house. The tour played theatre-sized venues throughout the country and the band's FOH engineer Phil Hornung was faced with the prospect of using house PA systems in most venues.

In order to maintain consistency of the sound, XTA's local distributor, Sennheiser Canada, supplied him with a package of processing options, comprising a C2 compressor, D2 dynamic EQ, E2 parametric EQ, G2 noise gate, GQ600 dual 30 band graphic EQ and DP324 SiDD digital dynamics processor.

"I was looking for a compact outboard package that would allow me to lend some measure of consistency to the sound," says Hornung. "The XTA package was small, compact and - most importantly - easy to use and interface with local PA systems.

"The D2 allows me to keep any PA or

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USA - Digidesign has announced the immediate availability of Pro Tools 8 software. Available now through authorised Digidesign dealers as well as at www.digidesign.com, Pro Tools 8 is the latest version of the digital audio workstation. An enhanced feature set is highlighted by a completely updated user interface, more than 70 bundled plug-ins and virtual instruments, fully-integrated MIDI and score editors and an expanded array of editing features for both music and post production applications.

"Customer excitement for this release of Pro Tools is at an all-time high," stated Tex Schenkkan, Vice president and general manager, Audio at Avid. "We believe that this is not only in response to the substantial changes and additions we've made to the product, but also because so much of what's new came directly from customer feedback. We are grateful for their contribu

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UK - For the second year running, A.C. Entertainment Technologies presented a British Racing Drivers' Club award to 2008 Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton at the BRDC Annual Awards luncheon. Over 400 people gathered at the Café Royal in London for this year's event. The star-studded guest list included many of motor racing's finest heroes from past and present to celebrate the success stories of the 2008 racing season. Also, the Club welcomed The Prime Minister, Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, as a distinguished guest.

A.C. Entertainment Technologies product development director, Glyn O'Donoghue, along with BRDC President Damon Hill OBE and Graham Hill's widow, Bette Hill, presented the esteemed Graham Hill Trophy to Lewis Hamilton. The trophy is awarded to the British Driver for the most meritorious performance in single-seater racing.

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Spain - D.A.S. Audio has launched its new LX-218 bass-reflex subwoofer system. The LX-218 high efficiency system is designed to provide "outstanding performance in terms of output power (142dB peak SPL), bandwidth extension and distortion control" say the company. The new horizontal cabinet configuration incorporates two 18" long excursion speakers in addition to electronic technology, using third generation Class D amplifiers for the powered versions.

The system is designed to provide high-level sub-bass reinforcement for mid-high units such as D.A.S. Aero line array systems. They are suitable for P.A. applications using systems for mid-to-large scale events in arenas, stadiums or theatres, ensuring magnificent levels of bass reinforcement.

The design philosophy behind the LX-218 is an advanced electro-acoustic solution with all of the main components including

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Iceland - At this year's Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavík-based Exton provided effective and powerful sound reinforcement for five festival venues using self-powered systems from Meyer Sound. Referred to by Rolling Stone magazine as "the hippest long weekend on the annual music festival calendar," the five-day music showcase introduces acts from Iceland and across the globe, including this year's CSS from Brazil; Junior Boys and Crystal Castles from Canada; UK-based Robots in Disguise; and White Denim and Boy Crisis from the US.

As Exton's Ivar Ragnarsson explains, the festival's largest venue, Reykjavík Art Museum's Port Room, was the most challenging. "The room was originally a warehouse," Ragnarsson says. "It's about 10m wide and 45m long, and very reverberant." Ragnarsson adds that aside from the acoustical challenges, the room required a quick set

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USA - First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, Missouri has re-configured its sound system from a basic two-fader setup with choir and pastor microphones into a complex multi-channel mix with a full live band.

To modernise both its sanctuary and it range of worship services, First Baptist recently undertook a $1.5 million renovation. Unity Pro AV of Jackson, Missouri was contracted to design and install a new $105,000 sound system. The church opted to retain its 24ft video screen, projector with long throw lens and multi-camera setup. "We have been working with First Baptist on small upgrades and maintenance issues for several years," Unity Pro AV's Matt Schwartz says.

In four short months, Schwartz designed both a new loudspeaker system and acoustical treatment using EASE, he gently persuaded the church that wall treatments were the right way to go and installed the co

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USA - Elation Professional has introduced a low-lying fog effect machine that doesn't require dry ice or any connections to external units. The company's Antari DNG-200 Low Fog Generator is a self-contained unit that produces a continuous output of low-lying fog while running on X-Fog Ice fog fluid.

Featuring a 3M fog conducting hose, the DNG-200 creates low-lying fog straight from its nozzle, just like a regular fog machine. With no CO2 installation to hassle with, the DMX-controllable DNG-200 is operator-friendly, says the company.

"Until now, most low-lying fog machines had to use dry ice to generate fog that stays close to the ground," said Eric Loader, director of sales for Elation Professional. "Another alternative was to buy a 'fog chiller' machine that hooked up to your regular fogger and converted its output to ground-type fog. The DNG-200 eliminates b

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