Germany - Logic System returns to the 2009 Frankfurt ProLight&Sound show on the back of their best ever show in 2008. Following on from last years' show, new export dealers were appointed in China, Indonesia, Romania, Russia, Switzerland and Singapore, leading to a 200% increase in export turnover in 2008. That impetus has been carried over into 2009, so they enter the showwith an air of optimism.

The company will be located in hall 8 on stand J18, and the show will be used to showcase the existing Ethos VA and CA live sound products, along with products from the ML and LMranges.

New at the show will be the Nd115 bass enclosure. Designed principally as a bass option for use with the Ethos CA enclosures, the cabinet can be used as the basis of a pole mounted system or flown above

UK - The Great Easter Switch On Stage Electrics' free launch event, tailored to be of special interest to people responsible for live events, will be an informal day of stimulating presentations and product demonstrations featuring: LED Screens Launch; Temporary Ice Rinks (live demonstration); New SPLnet noise and sound monitor; Health & Safety for live events.

The event will be held at The Pavilion (WH Smith entrance), The Mall, Cribbs Causeway, Bristol on Tuesday 7th April between 10.30am - 2.30pm.

Register for this event at the address below.

(Claire Beeson)

Israel - Following closely on the heels of the announcement in January of the formation of its Live Division (www.waveslive.com), Waves Audio is quickly becoming increasingly popular for live audio processing applications.

Also, since its release in November 2006, Waves Live Bundle has been used extensively with Digidesign's Venue consoles. Prominent Pennsylvania-based A/V contractor Clair Brothers owns and uses Waves Live Bundle, SSL 4000 for Live and MaxxBCL for high-profile concerts. FOH engineers Mick Hughes (Metallica, Led Zeppelin), Ken Van Druten (Linkin Park, System of a Down, Guns N' Roses), Phil Strong (Kanye West), Cirque du Soleil's Jonathan Deans and Leon Rothenbergcurrently use Waves processing in all sectors.

Alex Hadjigeorgiou, of UK-based Wigwam Acoustics comments: "Within my capacity as technical specialist at Wigwam Acoustics, I have been responsible fo

UK - Stardraw.com has awarded its Master European distributor with two separate awards. German communications technology distributor, COMM-TEC, has earned the double recognition of both Distributor of the Year 2008 and Most Improved Distributor of the Year 2008. Both awards were presented at the recent ISE show in Amsterdam.

Based near Stuttgart, Germany, with offices in throughout Europe, COMM-TEC boasts an impressive portfolio of brands. They cover all AV market sectors from audio, lighting, video, presentation technology, signal management and show and event control right down to racks and bespoke equipment housing. COMM-TEC is the exclusive distribution channel for all Stardraw products throughout continental Europe, including Ukraine, Eastern Europe and Turkey.

According to Stardraw.com marketing director Rob Robinson, COMM-TEC's success with Stardraw is due in large part

USA - A new online, self-paced class allows installers and technicians to learn the non-technical skills needed for success in just a few short months. NSCA University's Quick Start for Systems Contractors is designed for new employees or staff who were never properly trained on these essential aspects of the job.

Quick Start contains five modules that focus on industry knowledge, customer service, troubleshooting, project documentation and responsibility.

"In today's economy, setting yourself apart from your competitors is key," said Norah Hammond, NSCA senior director of professional development. "Simple exercises - such as practicing consistent customer service, knowing the industry, and understanding a range of products and services - show your customers that you will get the job done right, and also improves your representation of your organis

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USA - Element Labs reports that its Cobra display has been chosen as the preferred LED display solution to replace the existing LED screen at the Hard Rock Live venue at Universal Studios in Orlando. The new COBRA LED screen totals 14.88sq.m and has a (virtual) resolution of 16mm.

The Hard Rock Live, dubbed "Orlando's best concert venue" by performer Elton John, features imposing columns, majestic archways and a grand entrance, as well as all the latest in sound and lighting technology, making it one of the country's foremost performance venues for today's top performers. To maintain its reputation, Hard Rock Café chose to replace its existing LED display with the COBRA.

Installed in cooperation with Message Centers of Fort Myers, Element Labs adds that it was able to deliver and complete the installation well before the deadline of Thanksgiving. "We beli

Denmark - Intelligent lighting manufacturers Martin Professional and JB-lighting have entered into an agreement that allows Martin Professional to market JB-lighting's JBLED A7 moving head fixture in a MAC 301 Wash version.

The mutually beneficial agreement gives Martin the right to market the LED moving head through its extensive global distributor network while JB-lighting gains the benefit of greater international exposure in a fast growing segment of the market.

The JBLED A7 has been well-received in the market since its introduction last fall, including several positive product reviews by both German and international trade magazines. Martin will launch the MAC 301 Wash version at the Pro Light + Sound exhibition in Frankfurt in early April.

Peter Skytte, moving heads product manager at Martin, commented, "We see great potential in this agreement and are pleased to

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Denmark - Martin Professional has announced the hiring of Morten Ørnstrand-Søborg as business area manager - clubs and bars at the company's headquarter office in Aarhus.

Ørnstrand-Søborg assumed the position on 1 February with full global responsibility of the business area, which includes defining and executing business area specific strategies and action plans, as well as indentifying new business opportunities. All activities will be managed in close cooperation with Martin's global sales organisation.

Commenting on the new position, Ørnstrand-Søborg said: "Martin, as the leader in dynamic light, has an excellent brand and strong product portfolio with a long reference list from proven jobs. This gives an ideal platform for continued success. Additionally, Martin has a very positive work atmosphere and I'm pleased to be on boa

France - L-Acoustics has announced its new 2009 training seminar schedule. Information and on-line registration are available at www.lacoustics.com.

These seminars have been designed for both technicians and mixing engineers. They encompass the fundamental aspects of Wavefront Sculpture Technology (WST), system integration, setup, and design. They cover KIVA, dV-DOSC, KUDO and V-DOSC as well as the LA amplified controller platform and the LA Network Manager software. Seminars will take place at L-Acoustics headquarters in Marcoussis and are available in both French and English.

These training seminars offer a blend of theoretical knowledge (day one) and installation procedures (day two) in order to operate and optimise WST systems in a safe and controlled environment. System seminars can be extended to a third day dedicated to the Soundvision 3D simulation software. At the end

USA - Loud Technologies has announced the appointment of Paul Yue as director of procurement and Kevin Mahony as director of operations, Asia - both newly created positions.

"Kevin and Paul bring more than 30 cumulative years of supply chain strategy, management and quality control experience to Loud," commented Jim Stewart, Loud's chief operating officer.

Yue joins from Philips Healthcare where he most recently developed and managed a Chinese-based manufacturing joint venture relationship for the company's medical imaging business. He will focus on optimizing Loud's material supply chains and developing strategies for key commodities.

With more than 15 years' experience in pro audio manufacturing and supply chain strategy development, Mahony will oversee demand plan fulfillment and quality control across Loud's Asian suppliers. Prior to joining Loud, Mahony served

UK - Worcester Cathedral is the centre of a vibrant community and attracts visitors from all over the world. 80 custom-built PixelPups featuring white only LEDs have recently been installed inside the building. The fixtures all have built-in power/control units and feature 12 white Luxeon (3200k&5600k) LEDs. The mixture of both warm and cool white luminaires highlight the architecture.

The cathedral's head electrician Steve Hughes explains, "The Cathedral is very environmental conscious and the PixelPups have not only improved the lighting, they have also saved us money in running costs. The old lighting system consisted of 120 watt PAR 38s; the PixelPups are only 28W- so far more cost effective and more importantly, it reduces our carbon footprint."

He continues: "We are delighted with the PixelPups and are proud to showcase the latest in architectural LED ligh

UK - Eat To The Beat has won the contract to provide dressing room and the production team catering at this year's V Festival in Chelmsford.

Mary Shelley-Smith, Eat To The Beat operations director said, "We are delighted to be adding this prestigious festival to our extensive roster of high profile summer events. The backstage catering has become a key ingredient in the success of the festivals we have become regulars at, thanks to great staff, equipment and expertise. We have previously worked with V Festival in the USA through our American office so to also be working with this one on our home turf is an honour."

Eat To The Beat has over 25 years of tour, location and festival catering experience spanning across the music, film, television and production sectors. During that time they have secured many long term festivals contracts including Glastonbury, Reading an

UK - CoNi - a leading supplier of high-quality lighting, sound and audio-visual equipment to the leisure industry - will be present at PLASA Focus Leeds this April 28 - 29.

Also a major rental house, supplying lighting solutions to tours such as Lee Evans, Live @ The Apollo, Will Young and the forthcoming Michael McIntyre tour just to name a few, the company has direct accounts with some of the world's leading brands in all areas of the entertainment business and aims to supply "leading products at competitive prices,"

"We stock the latest in intelligent lighting technology from Martin Professional, industry standard lighting desks from Avolites coupled with an extensive range of generic lighting and effects. We also stock an extensive range of trussing, rigging and staging, again using industry standard names such as James Thomas and Tomcat," say the compa

Germany - Luminex will be exhibiting their lighting control equipment at Frankfurt's ProLight & Sound exhibition. Luminex will display its latest innovations and enhancements: the New Ethernet-DMX4 MkII and LumiNet Monitor V2 Software.

Launched at the beginning of the year, the Luminex Ethernet-DMX4 MkII is a 4 way ArtNet node that comes with 4 shielded and fully isolated DMX inputs/ouputs, plus all the well known features of the Ethernet-DMX range firmware. The unit can be managed through its front panel, through its built in web site, or through the new LumiNet Monitor V2 software. "The Ethernet-DMX4 MkII offers the reliability and flexibility of Luminex product in a very affordable way."

Visitors will find the company's product range on Focon's booth (Hall 9 - A40), and can visit staff on the Sonoss booth (Hall 9 E86).

(Claire Beeson)

Germany - Alcons Audio will demonstrate its latest innovations including the LR7, the smallest addition to its L-series pro-ribbon line arrays at ProLight+Sound.

LR7 is a micro-sized line-array system, designed to be used in stacked or flown configuration, for both portable and permanent installations. With a width of 3 CD's and a height of 1,5 CD's, the LR7 is suitable for A/V projects, where very compact form factor with perfect line-array throw and imaging are required.

In what has become a regular feature on its ProLight + Sound stand, Alcons will exhibit a new 'design study', providing a glimpse of its R+D activities by displaying assembled prototype developments, some of which may be applied to future products.

To enable visitors to get an idea of the quality performance of Alcons sound systems, low-SPL demo's will take place on the stand, with the VR8 compact monitor

Germany - At ProLight+Sound, Philips will show the latest additions to its FastFit range. With over 50 fixtures, put on the market by 19 different OEMs, the Philips FastFit range has increased greatly since the introduction in 2006.Following therecent launch of two halogen lamps - Philips 750/115 FastFit and Philips 800/230 FastFit, are three new additions. Philips MSD Gold 300/2 MiniFastFit and Philips MSR Gold 700/2 MiniFastFit have expanded the lower wattage group of the seriers. A smaller lamp base, so-called MiniFastFit, is installed to enable the design of even more compact fixtures.

The MSR Gold 2500/2 FastFit lamp enlarges the series of higher wattage discharge lamps. This new high wattage FastFit lamp concept has an arc size of 9.5 mm and an efficacy of 77 lm/W.

(Jim Evans)

USA - Blue Sky has introduced two new components to its full line of monitoring solutions: SUB 212 400-Watt Push-Pull Active Subwoofer and the SAT 8 300-Watt, Compact Mid-Field Monitor.

The SUB 212 is designed to be an integral part of the monitoring system, enabling a studio monitor, such as the SAT 8, to be positioned for the best imaging, and the SUB to be positioned for the best bass response, says the company.

"Our customers were asking for a powerful system that was similar to the Sat 12 and Sub 15, but in a smaller package," said Blue Sky vice-president Chris Fichera. "The Sat 8 and Sub 212 will address those applications."

(Jim Evans)

Ireland - The University of Limerick is one of Ireland's largest campuses, and its Department of Languages and Cultural Studies (LCS) is a particularly well-regarded programme. Recently, the LCS department benefited from the unveiling of a new Languages Building. With this new facility came a massive technology upgrade, and a key component were products from Xantech Commercial. The equipment was installed by Kildare-based Audiviz.

The Language Resource Area (LRA) offers support to the learning, teaching and research that takes place within the LCS department. The LRA works closely with the Language Support Unit (LSU) in assisting language students and the facility includes two computer labs specifically equipped for language teaching and learning, as well as a digital language lab.

The main hub of the LRA is its state-of-the-art Self-Access Centre, which contains many resource

USA - When the Professional Bull Riders Tour (PBR) went shopping for some new automated lights, production manager Clayton Cullen and his crew searched for a rugged, reliable fixture that could withstand the dust and dirt kicked up by 2,000-pound bulls - as well as this fast-growing sport's intense 10-month national touring schedule.

They also needed a fixture that could handle the versatility of the PBR's weekly televised competitive events, which are "more akin to a rock 'n roll show with beef," says Cullen. Held in major indoor sports arenas like Madison Square Gardens and the American Airlines Centre in Dallas, the shows are full-scale productions that feature not only cowboys and bull riding, but also music and special appearances by guest artists.

"We never know when a major artist will stop by - or what we'll be doing in our shows. So we have to be very,

USA - Communications Specialties is consolidating its two fibreoptic product lines, Fiberlink and Pure Digital Fiberlink, into one cohesive entity known as Fiberlink.

"We have a brilliant brand in Fiberlink with excellent industry-wide recognition," states Derek Miranda, director of marketing. "Our customers have always referred to each of our fibre optic offerings as Fiberlink. It was time to strengthen our connection to our customers through a strong, homogenous and recognizable brand."

"There was a time when it was very important to clearly differentiate the two core fibre optic technologies that we provided to our customers, digital and analog, because we have always been at the forefront of the technology," says John Lopinto, president and CEO. "Now that digital fibre optic technology has become the foundation for all of our fibre optic

USA - Wybron customers can shop for colour changers, luminaires, gelstrings, and more anytime day or night with the lighting manufacturer's new online store.

Launched this week, the online store at www.wybron.com sells Wybron's Coloram IT, CXI IT, and Forerunner colour changers; Nexera LX CMY dichroic colour-mixing luminaires; gelstrings; and accessories such as power supplies, mounting brackets, and cable.

The full line of Wybron products, including such items as the Eclipse mechanical dowser and the Transition fibre optic illuminator, will only be available through the company's distributors or the company's internal sales team.

"We expect that most people will continue to buy Wybron products through dealers," said CEO Keny Whitright. "The store just gives customers and end users another way to research some of our best-selling products from their computers.

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