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USA - EAW has debuted its new SBK Series Subwoofers. The SBK subs are designed to "perfectly complement EAW's MK Series Full-Range Loudspeakers in construction, size and sound", but they can also be used as stand-alone subwoofers in a system from any other manufacturer.

The line includes three models: SBK150 (Single 15-inch), SBK180 (Single 18-inch) and SBK250 (Double 15-inch) Subwoofers. All three units operate in passive mode. Applications can include concert halls, houses of worship, arenas, large ballrooms, live theatre products, gymnasiums and much more.

Premium components and optimally tuned ports match the performance associated with EAW's SB line of direct radiating subwoofers, says the company. The SBK line includes a variety of forms of subwoofer providing a

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Europe - Producers and re-mixers Jas Shaw and James Ford have been making a name for themselves as Simian Mobile Disco for the past six years. The DJ duo from London produce mostly analogue, techno, dance, and electro house music and have released various albums since 2005 with their own music and a range of remixes.

This summer sees them touring Europe and the UK to perform at numerous festivals including Rockness, Scotland and Pohoda, Slovakia.

Working on their production, lighting designer David Cohen of Sauce Design created an inspired structure using 181 Barco 340mm MiStrip LED lights. Cohen arranged the MiStrips in eleven rows of four and five hexagons, fashioning a 'honeycomb' shaped LED rig that allows him to create an ingenious mix of shapes and sequences when running content over them.

As the MiStrips are VideoMapped hundreds of times and divided onto individual co

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USA - Community Professional Loudspeakers is introducing two new monitors to its M-Class Series. Applications for the new MX8 and MX10 models include houses of worship, corporate presentations, musical theatre, education facilities, television, studio and live music performance.

Handling 300W and 500W programme respectively, the 8-inch MX8 and 10-inch MX10 use Community's proprietary co-axial driver units. Their co-axial design means that all of the sound emanates from the same point source and the Tru-Phase conical high frequency waveguide eliminates the transition anomalies that occur in most square and rectangular horns. This results in "exceptionally smooth phase and frequency response performance with reduced feedback, improved intelligibility and uniform coverage exactly where it's needed". The MX8 and MX10 are suitable for single performers who often move off-a

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UK - Delta Sound deployed an L-Acoustics Kudo system for a one-day VIP event during the 2011 UEFA Champions League final at Wembley Stadium. The football-themed event was hosted by Wembley's corporate hospitality sector, Club Wembley on behalf of UEFA.

Wembley Arena was converted into a large VIP suite for the event, with the main arena blacked out with backdrops covering the seating area and a stage along one side of the venue. This configuration effectively turned the room sideways and could accommodate up to 4,500 guests. The space was divided into areas celebrating the different ages of football. Projection screens gave flashbacks to important matches and interviews, while the main stage hosted presenters, VIP speakers and live entertainment.

Four hangs of nine Kudo cabinets were flown left, right, outer left and outer right of the stage to cover the wide performance area,

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Australia - Lighting designer Rohan Thornton is singing the praises of the Clay Paky Sharpy and the Alpha Spot 1500. "On all productions I now instantly specify 16 of each model - I would ask for more but that's all there is available for hire," he claims.

As head of lighting for Australian broadcaster GTV 9, Thornton has used the Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1500 on such projects as The Footy Show Grand Final Special, Carols By Candlelight, This Is Your Life, TV Week Logie Awards and Million Dollar Drop.

"The Alpha Spot HPE 1500s are a great light," he said. "They are bright, but that's not the most important thing, the optics is sensational, the zoom range is great and the colours are consistent. The CTO wheel is particularly good and manages to remove the 'green' spike that their competitors have been unable to achieve

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UK - In 1998, audio production companies Andy Rose Consultants (ARC) and Sound Moves used a Soundtracs DPC-II digital console to broadcast two live operas from the famous Glyndebourne venue in Sussex. Thirteen years on, the same two companies have facilitated another live broadcast for the same place, this time using the DPC-II's latest successor, the DiGiCo SD10B.

The performance of Wagner's only comic opera, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, was broadcast live on 26 June to 19 Picturehouse cinemas throughout England, Scotland and across Europe, as well as on the Guardian newspaper's website.

ARC's Andy Rose and Steve Williams of Sound Moves originally worked together at Fleetwood Mobiles in 1988. Ever since they have collaborated on a wide range of projects, with the broadcast of the 1998 Glyndebourne operas (Rodelinda and Simon Boccanegra) using W

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The Netherlands - Vondelpark, just to the south east of the old city centre, is perhaps the most cherished of parks in Amsterdam.

Originally laid out in 1864 and now stretching over an area of some 45 hectares, the park boasts serene stretches of water landscaped with trees, gardens and meandering pathways which lead the visitor to the Blauwe Theehuis (Blue Tea House), a haven for refreshment and conversation since 1937.

It wasn't until 1974 that the Openlucht Theater (Open Air Theatre) was built nearby to provide a venue for both musical and dramatic entertainment and, every summer since then, free events are staged, attracting large and loyal audiences whatever the weather.

Amsterdammer Rolf Dijkstra, the managing director of Netherlands based sound company Audiopro, was more than a little concerned when he learned that local residents had initiated legal proceedings to ba

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Czech Republic - Robe lighting supported the 12th Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ), by supplying moving lights and technical assistance for the 2011 PQ Awards ceremony, staged in the National Theatre's New Stage auditorium.

The Awards celebrated some of the most creative and innovative work and practitioners from the world of theatre, film and live arts. Equal space was given to street art, site specific interventions, socially engaged performance and puppet theatre as well as conventional forms of theatre.

The 10 awards categories ranged from gold medals for visuals, sound, production and stage design and emerging new talents to the Golden Triga for the Best Exposition, all of them recognising invention and imagination worldwide. The 'Best Use of Theatre Technology' Award went to Croatia's Numen/For Use project.

Attended by thousands of interna

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UK - Prism Media Products, whose brands include Prism Sound, SADiE and Imerge, has been presented with its Queen's Award for Enterprise in the category of International Trade. The presentation was made by Hugh Duberly, Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, and took place at the company's headquarters in Stretham. Also present were Jim Paice, MP for South East Cambridgeshire and Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire County Council.

Graham Boswell, sales director of Prism Media Products, expressed his thanks to everyone in the company, saying, "This Award would not have been possible without the hard work and effort put in by our staff and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them. I'm really proud of them all."

Hugh Duberly pointed out that a Queen's Award is equivalent to an individual receiving an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. "As Her Maje

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UK - Entec Sound & Light co-ordinated the full European touring production package and sourced key crew for the recent X Japan tour, and also supplied lighting equipment.

This was the first foray into Europe for the cult Japanese heavy metal superstars founded in 1989, who reformed in 2009 having disbanded in 1997 at the peak of a remarkable career in Japan. They have recorded four studio albums and sold over 30m records and 2m home videos.

Entec was brought in by the band's tour director Richard Ames who due to his own busy schedule touring with Supertramp in Canada, realised that it would be a practical and tactical decision to get an experienced European based rental company onboard to advance and handle all aspects of the tour, including crewing and sorting all the technical production departments.

Says Ames, "I specifically wanted a company that was dynamic and agi

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PLASA 2011 will see a landmark product introduction for Harman's JBL Professional with the début of its Marquis Dance Club Series loudspeakers: eight models designed to bring what the company says is a "new level of sonic excellence" to dance club environments. The JBL Marquis Dance Club Series incorporates new driver configurations and enclosure designs to deliver immersive sound with "exceptional clarity and fidelity, even at higher volume levels".

"JBL began offering loudspeakers for club use back in the 1970s, and JBL products helped define club sound when the industry was just beginning," says Jon Sager, Senior Manager, Installed Sound, JBL Professional. "The JBL Marquis Dance Club Series continues this heritage of innovation with a range of purpose-designed loudspeakers that brings high-impact sound to club goers who want to feel and hear

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UK - The Reflection LEDko, Coemar's LED profiler that had its world preview at ProLight+Sound in Frankfurt, received a special mention during the ABTT 2011 Awards ceremony.

Reflection LEDko (in the Soft Profile and Profile versions) is the first LED profiler able to project a shaped light with diffused edges, also offering the possibility to reproduce any tone and nuance of colour, and any shade of white, says the company.

It guarantees reduced installation costs and maintenance, and cuts energy consumption by at least 70%. What's more, it allows you to print gobos on glossy paper using a normal printer. The costs of lamp replacement, dimmer, scroller and gelatine are eliminated.

Reflection LEDko is available in three models: Reflection LEDko Full Spectrum, Reflection LEDko VariWhite 3000/7000 K, and Reflection LEDko White 3200 K, with Soft Profile and Profile optics.

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Sommer Cable is set to introduce a range of cable and connectors at PLASA 2011. Heading the list is the Semicolon 4 AES/EBU and DMX patch / microphone cable, a studio-oriented 4-wire miniature microphone cable with a diameter of just 5.8 mm which, says Sommer Cable, "can do almost everything the big ones can". It has dual shielding and may be cross wired for audio purposes, and the company says its performance makes it an ideal AES/EBU or DMX cable. Its small diameter allows it to fit miniature connectors such as 3.5mm mini jacks, mini XLR or phono/RCA plugs.

The Tricone XXL cable and connector is a rugged, flexible guitar, instrument and patch cable with capacitance optimised for loss-free treble reproduction over long distances. The matching Tricone XXL jack plug allows solder / gas free connection for low and constant transfer resistance values, while the dual hexagonal cr

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Introduced earlier this year, LD-Systems claims record sales for the MEI-1000, its new generation of in-ear monitoring. The MEI-1000, like its predecessor, the MEI-100, features 160 Channels in the UHF Band and can be purchased in different frequency groups within the range of 790-814MHz. In stereo mode, the two input signals can be heard both left and right through the receiver, allowing the balance between them to be adjusted.

In double mono mode, both input signals are mixed, heard centrally and balanced through the receiver, allowing musicians to alter the mixing level between instruments using an additional aux send.

Stated features include selectable focus, stereo mode or mono mode; improved crosstalk; clear, dynamic sound, long battery runtime, equaliser and limiter function; 160 UHF channels; ergonomic earphones including gig bag, multifunction receiver display; menu lock fun

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Adam Hall is to launch a new model within the Audac SP Series, the SP20HA, a version specifically designed for hanging. The SP Series are high efficiency sound projectors designed to provide good speech intelligibility and background music in a wide variety of applications. Weatherproof to IP56 for indoor and outdoor use, they are, the company says, perfectly suited for use in large 100 V broadcast systems such as train stations or airports. The enclosure is made of white weatherproof ABS with a white weatherproof coated aluminium front grill.

The SP20 is a humidity-proof 20W sound projector designed to ensure clear, powerful sound reproduction, making it suitable for speech and music. It is fitted with a 4" broadband loudspeaker, and power is adjustable via the integrated 100 V line transformer with four power taps for 20W, 10W, 5W and 2.5W.

Maximum power is 40W (20W RMS), with

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The Lectern Company, which designs and manufactures professional lecterns for live events, conferences, seminars and award ceremonies, will show its latest range of lecterns at PLASA 2011.

The lecterns feature inbuilt technology to enhance the presenter's performance, and are designed not only for the presenter, but for the stage designer, event producer and professional AV technician. The lectern can be uplit in a corporate colour via a DMX-controllable LED panel.

An integral 7" screen displays PowerPoint, messages to the presenter or video feeds, while a stopwatch or clock can also be displayed from a separate PC. The screen has speakers for audio foldback.

A drawer in the rear of the lectern accommodates a laptop PC, with a VGA cable running through the lectern to stage level. Also integrated as standard are audio cables, including four microphone inputs, one auxiliary cabl

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Lighting Innovation Hermann Sorger GmbH will launch its INNO Four 25°-50° zoom HMI effects projector, which the company describes as an "unprecedentedly powerful effect projector for its compact dimensions".

All effect parameters are DMX-controllable and the unit is based, the company says, on the brilliant optics of the ETC Source Four Zoom. The design combines the high intensity of the INNO Four 575 HMI lamp house with the GAM SX4 effect universal motor drive and electronic zoom and INNO Dim to create a high-intensity projection effect.

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Retop will show the latest in its range of cutting-edge LED displays in the shape of its new 12.5mm mesh product. Specially developed for the indoor and outdoor rental and staging markets, the IP65-rated product measures 400mm X 400mm and weighs in at just 3.5kg.

The company says it has invested in a fully automated encapsulation robot to manufacture the mesh, which is designed to be transparent, light in weight, and easy to build up and break down.

Off-axis viewing is cited as 140? (horizontal and vertical). The company adds: "With its hanging brackets and plug and play connectors for data and power, a display size of 100m2 can be built up in less than two hours by just two people, with no steel frame being required."

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Granite Sound will unveil two new series of intercom products at PLASA 2011 - the GS-SLVB and GS-SLVC beltpack product sleeves, and GS-STB1 range of in-line strobe lights for intercom systems.

The GS-SLVB (black) and GS-SLVC (clear) sleeves are designed to enhance all Granite Sound beltpack-style products. A simple-to-fit silicone sleeve with rubber corner points protects against accidental and transit damage, providing extended product longevity to the complete Granite Sound beltpack range.

Suitable for the GS-CBP1 and GS-SC2 single channel beltpacks, the GS-DC2 dual channel beltpack, the GS-SB3 and GS-SB4 splitter boxes and the new GS-STB1 in-line strobe light, the sleeve design ensures that any of these products manufactured within the last 25 years by Metroaudio, Stonewood Audio or Granite Sound can be protected by this style of sleeve.

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USA - Thanks to the residency of the Royal Shakespeare Company in New York's Park Avenue Armory this summer, you can meet the man behind the RSC Lightlock and see how he uses this innovation to light Shakespeare's works.

Vince Herbert, head of the Lighting Department for the RSC, will be on hand to demonstrate the RSC Lightlock's technology, discuss its evolution, and explain its use in the lighting system installed for the company's residency in New York. The event will be held on Tuesday, 2 August in the Wade Thompson Drill Hall of the Park Avenue Armory beginning at 2pm. The event is free and open to the first 50 registrants.

In addition to his responsibilities as the head of the RSC's Lighting Department, and his work in developing the award-winning technology of the Lightlock, Herbert has also overseen the reconstruction of the company's main theatre and home at Stratford

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USA - On his recent tour, ex-Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant joined forces with guitarist and Nashville producer Buddy Miller. Teaming up in the Band of Joy, the two concocted a mélange of sounds - from classic rock to folk and gospel-that demand utmost clarity and versatility from a live reinforcement system. That task fell to a Meyer Sound Mica line array loudspeaker system provided by Livonia, Mich.-based Thunder Audio.

Roy Williams, the veteran FOH engineer at the helm of Plant's live mix, reports, "There are some softer numbers - particularly duets with Patty Griffin - with a breathy quality that demands absolute transparency. But on others, we push it up to send a message to the Zep fraternity that, when we want to, we can still do it. The Mica system handles the dynamics with no problems at all."

The tour's complete Meyer Sound complement comprised

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