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"The F1 Rocks concert is quite different from my past projects as there were 11 different acts using the same stage for three nights," said Williams. "This is a challenge and the lighting design and solutions have to be flexible enough to cater to the different needs of the performers."

"Being a front runner in the rental and staging business we are always in the lookout for solutions that will wow us," added Jospeh G

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Freestyle moto-cross, fireworks, flying motorbikes, and instruments played with power tools are just a few examples of the adrenaline fuelled line up that the X-Fighters Exhibition had to offer.

Proel had a high profile at the event, with all of the sound reinforcement, lighting and trussing coming from the Italian manufacturer. The sound system was made up of the high end Edge point source system, in a five-way configuration comprised of the Edge212P mid/high boxes, Edge218SP double 18" bass units and the impressive Edge121SP 21" sub-woofer unit for the extende

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Kauppinen was previously regional sales manager for PRG Distribution. He has been working for more than a decade in various roles in the business including product sales and rental, lighting design and touring.

Kauppinen comments: "I am very thrilled to join MA Lighting. Becoming a part of vibrant MA community and discovering and implementing cutting-edge technological solutions for our industry's growing needs is truly a positive challenge."

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Nokia's unusual brief was for an event to launch the 'Good Things' campaign associated with their global launch of the new OVI Service.

Mission Media contacted Neil Keane of Event production Management & Design (EPMD) who quickly assembled his team of long-term associates. A design for the screen evolved, as did details of the practicalities which would include a ground support stillage to dock the structure when it was not being flown.

EPMD contacted Gavin Weatherall and Damian Weymouth at The Rigging Partnership and Danny Whitemore at Lee Lifting to discuss the practicalities of fly

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FOH engineer Mark Hawley and monitor man Marcel Van Limbeek have recorded and toured with Amos for 15 years, and strive to reproduce the sound created in the studio in a live situation. To this end, the very same outboard units used in the original studio recordings have not only been reproduced, but duplicated at FOH and on monitors.

"It's a comfort blanket; it's what I'm used to," says Hawley. "Marcel and I make all of Tori's albums using an analogue desk, and this is the setup we've used over the years; we like the way it colours the sounds. As far as mixing goes it's identical to the mix that comes out of the studio console."

This complex and unusual setup is being assisted by many of the PRO6's featu

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A spokesman says, "The Ableton community has always played a key role; the company founders and staff would like to say thank you to all the musicians, producers, performers, DJs, artists, broadcasters, choreographers, engineers and visionaries who have joined the journey so far. Ableton looks forward to sharing the next 10 years with this unusually talented, innovative, inspiring and ever-growing Ableton Live community."

To mark the occasion, and as a special thank you, Ableton has put together a package of special offers, new products and birthday handouts.

For Live 8 and Suite 8 users, Ableton is giving away 1

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Comprised of internal polypropylene and outer Santoprene moulds, ProMolded assemblies are fabricated and guaranteed by TMB, offering long life and reliable performance in a variety of applications. The new products will be on show at LDI in Orlando this month.

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Attracting leading players from around the world, WSOPE presented by Betfair, complements the WSOP event, which is held annually in Las Vegas. WSOPE 2009 was held at The Casino at The Empire, Leicester Square and broadcast in the UK on sports television channel ESPN (UK).

For the second year running, Innovative Show Design's president, Christopher Runnells, was hired by Nevada based Poker Productions and ESPN (UK) to design the television and scenic lighting for the event.

Runnells needed a fixture that would not produce a multi coloured shadow and would give him the ability to mix the proper colour temperature of white light.

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This building will enhance the nationwide activity of a National Skills Academy which is currently delivering through 19 founder Further Education Colleges across the country working in partnership with over 170 employers.

Welcoming the announcement, Tom Bewick, Group Chief Executive, Creative & Cultural Skills, said:"The National Skills Academy is fundamentally important to a live performance sector that generates over £6 billion per year for the UK economy. Initially it will provide world class training in the technical theatre and live music production industries, enabli

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It was the PRS Music Members Benevolent Fund's Helping The Heart Of Music event which grabbed all the headlines, mainly because of the reunion of one of Britain's most iconic bands, The Faces. Three of the four remaining Faces took to the stage, joined by Bill Wyman on bass, with guest vocalists replacing the absent Rod Stewart. Among the singers were Mick Hucknall of Simply Red, Mike And The Mechanics frontman Paul Carrack, Amen Corner vocalist Andy Fairweather-Low, Spice Girl Mel C and Kiki Dee.

For Yan Stile of Canegreen, now part of the SSE Audio Group, this sell-out show was a great opportunity to specify Nexo's distinctive Geo T tangent-array sy

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A total of 24 Community Professional R.25 loudspeakers were arrayed to cover the crowd, utilising a pair of 5.8 GHz wireless remote systems to streamline the setup and minimise cable runs. A pair of Community RSH462 long throw systems covered the far reaches of the exhibition, and six R.5 subwoofers provided ample power in the low end.

"We mount the RSH462s on man-lifts, on all-terrain forklifts, even on scaffolding, depending on what's available," said Olmstead. "We mount the R.25s on tripods about seven feet up. The R.25, combined

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Entec provided lighting, sound, rigging and trussing, media servers, and set video projection for the event. Lighting designer was Entec's Ryan Brown who had six MAC 250 Beams, 12 MAC 700 Washes, 12 MAC 700 Profiles and 20 MAC 250 Washes as well as other automated and static fixtures at his disposal.

The MAC 250 Beam upgrade kit converts any MAC 250 Wash fixture into a punchy new beam effect in only five minutes. Brown chose to use the MAC 250 Beam because "we wanted to achieve beam effects that would render on camera while hiding the fixtures from view," he stated. "I originally had envisioned them for use in 'walk in' looks where they stood a better chance o

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Marquee Installations was established in 2000 and has grown to become one of the UK's leading audio, visual and lighting companies. The ISO 9001 certified company, based in Egham in Surrey, comprises of Marquee Installations, providing commercial audio, visual and lighting design and installation services, HD Pro Audio sales and distribution and Marquee Home, which designs and installs systems for the consumer market.

"Many venues and establishments are well qualified to maintain their equipment and systems and handle decisions on additions or upgrades to their audio, video and ligh

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Focus Advanced Event Technology from Amsterdam was responsible for audio, video and lighting of 17 different locations with this annual event. The three largest stages featured Alcons pro-ribbon sound systems.

At the Nieuwmarkt, the Province Noord-Holland stage hosted performances of Trijntje Oosterhuis and Acda en de Munnik a.o. The Alcons system at this stage consisted of 18 LR16 compact line-array modules and six LR16B high-efficiency line-arrays bass systems.These systems were amplified and controlled by Alcons ALC4 controller-amplifiers with DDP.

Close to the Muziektheater was the Grolsch

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A replacement of the aged equipment purchased from the University of Texas in 1971, the Meyer Sound system was part of the college's modernisation efforts to draw its athletic prospects' attention to superior facilities that also include a fitness complex built in 2002. "This is our biggest recruiting tool," says athletic director Joe Tubb. "Once we get them here, it's the people that they like. But, you have to get them here first."

The new system also presents a giant leap in the sound quality for public gatherings at the venue, including livestock judging contests and other award ceremonies. "This facility is the showplace for our community and it was due an upgrade like this," says Dr. Kelvin

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Among the shows DB will service are Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show, which is the UK's largest consumer travel show, The Baby Show, the International Gaming Exhibition, and the International Caravan & Motorhome Show.

Oliver Richardson, DB's sales director, said: "DB Systems has been working with Clarion Events since 2004 so I'm delighted that we will have the opportunity to build on our already solid partnership.

"As an event organiser, it is crucial for Clarion Events to have complete faith in its suppliers. The type of service provided by DB and Aztec instils confidence because we recognise that quali

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"We were delighted to be able to offer White Light a place on the Accredited List of Contractors at the National Gallery," commented Natasha Browne, the Gallery's head of events. "In particular, we feel that the LED lighting technology they can supply will offer our corporate members exciting new ways of lighting the gallery in a more environmentally sustainable manner for their events."

"We are looking forward to working with Natasha and the staff and guests of the National Gallery," adds White Light's director, Richard Wilson. "The building offers

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The Peavey IPR Series utilises an advanced design that allows Peavey engineers to dramatically reduce weight while increasing reliability, thermal efficiency and output power (up to 6,000W at 2 ohms stable). IPR Series amplifiers are designed with a resonant switch-mode power supply and a high-speed class D topology that yields the highest audio resolution and efficiency available. Four DSP-equipped models feature 32-bit, floating-point digital signal processing with program-sp

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In a departure from his recent stadium tours, Meeuwis's current appearances to promote his NW8 CD, recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios, are in theatre-sized venues across Holland, where engineers Michiel Lukassen (monitors) and John van Heertum (FOH) are finding the DiGiCo duo the right solution.

"Meeuwis crew used to be committed analogue guys," says Jaap Pronk of TM Audio, DiGiCo's distributor in The Netherlands who sold the consoles to Rent-All. "His recent switch to digital was the result of Lukassen and van Heertum's experience with DiGiCo during Meeuwis stadium concerts in 2008 and 2009.

"They found

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Included in the warranty are the recently-unveiled AT4080 and AT4081 Bidirectional Active Ribbon Microphones, AT4050ST Stereo Condenser Microphone and AT4047MP Multi-pattern Condenser Microphone, which debuted earlier this fall. Also covered are classic 40 Series models such as the AT4040 Cardioid Condenser Microphone and the AT4050 Multi-pattern Condenser Microphone, among many others.

"The move to extend the warranty reflects Audio-Technica's confidence in the quality of our 40 Series and shows the company's