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On its own, the Web Intelligent Controller is an event-driven component with two RS232 ports (configurable for RS422/485 and RS232 for control via Xantech or third-party units by AMX, Crestron and others) and two IP ports. The Event Manager is capable of timed events, calendar events, telnet and serial events and features a full FTP site, web server and email server.

Used as a room controller for a presentation system, the web-Intelligen

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"It's great to be back at Showman's," says national sales manager, John Phillips who will be one of the team on hand throughout the show. "Crowd management at an event is an extremely important element to ensure both the safety and enjoyment of those attending.

"At A.P., we pride ourselves on looking at each job on an individual basis to ensure the best results. Because of this, we have great relationships with our current clients and we're looking forward to developing some new ones during the show."

(Jim Evans)

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Stage One was asked to provide six giant tracking front projection screens, each a different shape and size, with the largest 14m high by 10m wide. They also provided two 20m long back wall screens, a further screen that lifted and another that folded down. All of these screens overlapped to form a collectively massive tracking projection surface.

"These were the biggest screens that I have ever seen in over 25 years in the industry and once in place they formed an awesome sight," said Steve Dolan, pr

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"Fostex has a long history of manufacturing top professional audio products and affordable recording gear for project studios, field recording, and broadcast applications," states Lynn Martin, president of American Music & Sound.

"We couldn't be more excited to be the exclusive distributor for Fostex recording products in the USA. We are looking forward to growing market share and continuing to strengthen the Fostex brand."

(Jim Evans)

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In the festival's Steinmeister pavilion, audio suppliers Schallmeister utilised a DiGiCo SD8 digital mixing console for covers band SE7EN CENT.

Schallmeister purchased its first DiGiCo console from German distributor Atlantic Audio immediately after the launch of the SD8 in 2008 for its rental and dry hire business.

Since then, the console has proved very popular amongst Schallmeister's clients and impressed the organisers in Crange with its outstanding performance. This is why owners Marcus Ugljanin and Tim Jansen

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"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Monte Wise, systems applications specialist, pro sound, for Bosch's Communications Systems Division.

"Monte was an expert, a true professional. Monte's 'golden ears' were second to none in the pro audio industry, and he helped perfect thousands of sound systems across the Americas, making friends everywhere he went.

"A model for others, Monte's care for our customers was never-ending. No matter what the time of day, he went to extreme lengths to ensure their happiness. For many, Monte was a mentor who improved and helped shape their businesses.

"Always on the go, always smiling and always gracious and patient, Monte's hands-on know-how was an

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The intention of releasing an 'alpha' version is to gain the experience of system engineers consistently working in the field. Building on the success of V.I.P. (Vector Implementation Protocol), the idea is to have the engineers contact the company with a "wish list" of additions to the software that would assist them in the future.

Openarray has in its user files at present the three line array products from Outline, namely Butterfly, Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. and Mantas. By the end of this year all the subwoofer products will

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Lighting designer Howard Harrison and associate lighting designer Pia Virolainen used a grandMA full-size, a grandMA light and three MA NSPs (Network Signal Processor) as well as grandMA 3D for pre-visualisation.

Pia Virolainen comments, "The central issue here was to make the show tourable whilst retaining the original look of the show. We reduced the number of conventional units quite considerably and adjusted the moving light rig accordingly. The back cloth is now lit by led battens instead of striplights and ETC pars - this proved to be ver

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The decision for the application for ISO 9001 accreditation has been driven by the increased number of large scale projects that TMC has been asked to become involved with. Since TMC's involvement with the Governments' Building Schools for the Future Initiative, requests have been "flooding in" for TMC's expertise to design and install sound systems, architectural lighting and interactive visual effects for numerous construction projects.

Working with some of the leading property development companies and highly respected architects, TMC chose Keighley based BTAL and began the process for the accreditation in March of this year.

Natasha Fishwick of TMC commented: "Achieving the ISO9001 status has been an important development for

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"Serato has always been an admirer of Allen & Heath's DJ hardware and we've watched the development of the Xone:D series of controllers with keen interest. In our opinion, Allen & Heath design some of the best music production software controllers in the professional field," says Serato MD, Steve West. "Rather than a partnership to simply bundle our products, we wanted to collaborate with A&H at the drawing board stage, and design a product that would

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Chicane sound engineer Tim Peeling knows how difficult it can be to provide the best sound in constantly changing environments. He discovered the MIPRO digital system through UK hire company Concert Sound: "I was interested in it because it's digital and 'future-proof' and because of the rejection."

"I was really happy with the sound of it. The lack of compander works really well: I don't have to worry about the dynamic range. Every other condenser microphone I've used has been very wide open. With this, I can set it up with a very low input gain on the microphone so its sphere of collection is very small and I don't have the trouble of a wide open vocal mic on stage. I don't have to savagely EQ the vocal just to get it stable without feedback; I can EQ t

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It also includes 15 Robe ColorSpot 250ATs, which are attached to the bases of 15 custom Barco O-Lite video columns which join together to make a 15m wide by 3m high upstage screen.

It's very much styled as a back-lit show, however there are also eight Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 700E ATs positioned on stands and flightcases on both sides of the stage. These deliver the front, side and required key lighting.

The REDWashes are attached to eight custom designed trussing sections - fabricated by HSL to ensure that rigging them during the get-in is a fast and efficient operation. The eight vertical truss sections all sit

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The entire museum was renovated and extended with the addition of The Airborne Experience (September 1944). This exhibit, which leads the visitor from the para-landings, through the streets of Holland, to the 'Bridge too Far' at the Battle of Arnhem, is unique in Europe.

Concept designers Tinker Imagineers were asked to bring the battle back to life in the newly constructed 900 square meter basement. Entering this subterranean extension of the museum you are immersed in the war events of September 1944. Historical guns, impressive sets,

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Based in Athens, P. Vassiliou SA is set to focus its attention heavily on the Greek theatre and architectural markets and to expand Robert Juliat's presence in these markets.

The team from P. Vassiliou recently underwent extensive product and after-sales training at the Robert Juliat headquarters near Paris where they were brought up to speed on what Robert Juliat has to offer.

"We chose P Vassiliou SA as our new dealer because it is a very professional company which focuses closely on the product ranges it choses to represent," says Robert Juliat sales director, Lionel Garraud. "This means that, not only are the sales team well informed on all of the Robert Juliat range, but they are dedicated to providing their

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Ashton's carefully crafted mix of colour and precision lighting transformed the imposing 38m tall monument, built to commemorate the foundation of the German Empire after the Franco Prussian war in 1883, into a symbol of European peace and harmony.

Ashton was first approached at the beginning of the year to contribute a work to the festival by its curator and co-ordinator Helmut M. Bien, who already had Germania in mind as a site. Says Ashton "It was a huge honour to be invited to the Rheinpartie, and even more so to specifically be asked to work on a such a key site with the historic and strategic relevance of Germania.&quo

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The announcement comes on the back of long-term strategic reviews conducted by both Associations who believe that uniting as one body will lead to a stronger voice for members, the enhancement of existing initiatives and an expansion of the range of benefits and services.

The proposed merger has the full backing of both the ESTA Board of Directors and the PLASA Executive Committee who voted on the proposal this Summer and who will formally recommend the move to their respective memberships, subject to due diligence being completed successfully, during the Spring/Summer of 2010. If both memberships vote to go ahead, the first stage of t

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The fan-shaped screen was located behind the stage covering the back seating tiers, and reached right up to the full height of the top of the venue. Its total surface area was an impressive 2,160sq.m.

Fondazione Arena di Verona is a Roman amphitheatre dating back to 30 AD. The task of designing, supplying and installing the projection screen into this performance space was trusted to rigging and trussing rental company Decima Italia from Padova.

One of the many challenges they faced was ensuring that the installation had minimal impact on the natural architecture. The screen also had to be positioned milli

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"For over 60 years, leading musicians and engineers have used legendary AKG microphones to capture their sound so their audience hears every nuance," said Thomas Stubics, product marketing manager for recording and broadcast. "The C 414 family has been one of the world's most widely-used and respected studio and stage microphones in audio history. With the new useful

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The Cyberlight 2.0 is a full-featured automated luminaire with a 2000W short arc lamp, producing over 30,000 lumens of output from a new electronic ballast. As the newest version of High End Systems' classic Cyberlight, the Cyberlight 2.0 offers increased output, updated software capabilities and stunningly fast mirror movements. In terms of control, the fixture includes new RDM and DMX protocol and addressing, 5-pin DMX connectors, and an intuitive LED menu for DMX addressing. In addition to cosmetic changes, the Cyberlight 2.0 also offers a high degree of creativity, with tools such as electronic strobing, TriColor eff

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SpotTrack is a new program for making and managing followspot cue sheets - something that has traditionally been done in Excel or Word using ad-hoc documents created from scratch as required. SpotTrack, by contrast, has been built for the job - managing shows with one to four spots, and making it easy to do things that have traditionally been hard, like printing the cue sheets for each spot without it being full of blank lines occupied by cues for the other spots. At the same time, SpotTrack breaks up the cue sheet into scenes or songs, making it easy for the caller and all of the spot ops to find their place when jumping around the show during technical rehearsals.

SpotTrack also aims to reduce the amount of typi