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Qatar - Qatar Vision has recently purchased the Encore system from ClearCom's UAE distributor Nicolas Kyvernitis Electronics Enterprises. Distributors in the Gulf for the live sound market segment, NMK hassupplied the rental firm the new two-wire partyline intercom system in addition to other equipment. The deal includes a master station, belt stations and a number of CC-95 headsets.

"For live performance markets, ClearCom is not just a brand. It is the default term used," commented Richie Hiranandani, marketing manager. "Qatar Vision has recently invested in upgrading their inventory across the board and communications was no exception."

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USA - MediaMatrix by Peavey has announced the avaliability of the new Nion nE, a l DSP platform designed for cost-efficiency and mid-market applications. At a lower entry cost, the NION nE brings the power and flexibility of nWare to a broader array or designers and contractors, says the company.

The Nion nE supports up to 32 channels of analogue audio, and up to 64 channels of AES digital audio via four Nio card slots in the NION nE frame. It uses the same Nio cards as a standard NION frame, so users get the same selection and variety of input and output options, including the new Nio-AEC echo cancellation card. The NION nE also accepts CobraNet or Dante digital audio transport network cards, which are optional.

"The Nion nE is built on the same foundation as the venerable NION n6 and n3," commented Charles Anderson, engineering supervisor for MediaMatrix. "Des

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UK - Audio Light Systems has recently completed the audio-visual and lighting installation for a complete renovation of the V&A Museum's Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre.

The listed and elegant environment posed several problems including designing a subtle yet working infrastructure and providing a versatile system for use with lectures and concerts alike.

A Doughty custom curved lighting bar was installed to the rear stage area, with IWB booms installed to the left and right of the auditorium. Strand dimmers and Selecon lanterns were the chosen solution to provide production and feature lighting. A Strand Classic Palette II provided the user-friendly control needed in such a venue.

The digital projector installed was the new Christie DHD-670-E high-def unit which "impressively filled the 7m screen."

Audio control has the Yamaha LS9 at the helm with a QSC

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USA - TED is a global set of conferences formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading". Held in Long Beach and Palm Springs, California, the four-day US programme featured TED's famous 18-minute talks by headline-makers and creatives on a wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture.

"TED is an unbelievable event where the best of the world's minds in art, science, philosophy, politics and business gather to share ideas with talks and presentations ranging from poetry to music to amazing medical advances," says Bob Bonniol, principal creative director of Seattle's MODE Studios, a grandMA2 user who was asked to provide video design for the main sessions and several social spaces. "I know that MA has put a lot of time into this console. What I hear from everyone, and what I experienced myself at TED, is that the grandMA2 is

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USA - Byblos Lounge and Ritual restaurants in Worchester MA feature sound reinforcement systems designed around products from D.A.S. Audio.

Worchester -based Powerhouse Sound & Lighting, which specialises in custom sound and entertainment lighting for both the commercial and residential installation markets in addition to their production services for special events, was contracted to design and install the sound reinforcement systems at both properties.

Michael Lavoie, the firm's owner, consultant, and systems designer, selected loudspeakers that drew heavily from D.A.S. Audio's Avant and Arco lines.

"Opened this past New Year's Eve, Byblos Lounge is an upscale nightspot specializing in Mediterranean fusion cuisine," Lavoie reports. "The establishment uses background music during the early part of the week and, then on weekends, offers live music entertainmen

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The Netherlands / Sweden - Visual Productions has announced the appointment of Svensk Ljussupport as its new Swedish distributor.

At the recent LLB show in Stockholm, Ljussupport launched the Cuelux software lighting controller with the aid of Visual Productions' Maarten Donath.

Sales director Hakan Bergh says of his choice to represent Visual Productions, "With new brands and products we don't like to take them on if we don't believe in them. Visual Productions have a truly great range and we did not have to think twice when we saw the potential."

Zoe Castle, sales manager for Visual Productions states, "The enthusiastic response, technical support and fast reaction to our products leads us to believe that this partnership with Ljussupport will prove to be fun and productive for business on the Swedish market."

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UK - CUK Audio has announced that Simon Druce is joining its sales team. Druce will be bringing his sales and technical expertise to support the complete line of brands distributed by CUK Audio, including Audica Professional, Community, Clair Brothers Systems, DIS (Danish Interpretation Systems), Digigram, MTSi, Powersoft, Sabine, Symetrix and Work.

Druce previously spent 10 years at beyerdynamic, and subsequently Polar Audio, as national sales manager. More recently he was employed by Audio-Technica as UK sales manager, pro-audio and installation.

CUK Audio MD, Stuart Thomson comments, "We have grown rapidly during our early years and acquired distribution of an excellent range of advanced technology brands. For our next phase of growth we need to step up our customer support, and that's where Simon's experience expands our capabilities.

"Simon will work alongside

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UK - Audac has released a new model within the SP Series, the SP20HA, a version specifically designed for hanging purposes. The SP series are high efficiency sound projectors designed to provide good speech intelligibility and background music in a wide variety of applications. They can be used indoors as well as outdoors and are suited for usage in large 100V 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 20 Watt sound projector that ensures "good, powerful sound reproduction", making it suitable for speech and music. It is fitted with a 4" broadband loudspeaker, the power is adjustable by the integrated 100 V line transformer and can be altered using the four different power taps for 20 W, 10 W, 5 W and 2.5 W.

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UK - At this year's ABTT Theatre Show, both the organiser - the Association of British Theatre Technicians - and an exhibitor that has appeared at the show every year since the show began - White Light - will mark important milestones, with the ABTT celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, and White Light turning 40.

While marking historic moments, both organisations will, as always, be concentrating on the future, showing some of the latest advances in lighting technology. White Light is taking two stands at the show.

Filling these will be some of the latest LED fixtures, which see LEDs move into the world of framing spotlights rather than just washlights: both the new Coemar Reflection LED ko and the Juliat Aledin spotlights will be on show.The Aledin takes the established Juliat profile spot bodywork and adds a white LED source, while the Reflection offers either white or colo

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USA - Technomad is set to introduce "the world's first completely weatherproof, all-in-one, self-casing portable PA system for the commercial pro audio market" at InfoComm 2011 in Orlando.

The DragonFly, adapted from Technomad's rugged military technology, is idesignedfor mobile pro audio and staging events that require "outstanding audio quality, lightweight portability, quick setup, ease of operation and durable construction for outdoor events". The self-casing, 100-percent weatherproof design fully protects the system components from moisture, dirt, shock and other elements in outdoor environments, supporting everything from ceremonies and parades to sporting events and concerts, says the company.

The inclusion of green, rechargeable and long-lasting battery power, along with a potent audio output, supports mobile audio free of extension cords for crowds

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Sweden - Lab.gruppen and Lake have announced the release of the latest version of Lake Controller software (v5.7) with accompanying firmware for both the PLM Powered Loudspeaker Management products and the LM 26 Digital Audio Loudspeaker Processor.

Working alongside both industry partners and leading end-users, engineers at Lab.gruppen and Lake have taken a significant leap forward with this latest release of Lake Controller; designed to offer "ever greater flexibility and compatibility for end users, further optimizing system audio performance".

New levels of functionality are provided as PLM Series products now support a new processing module type. The extensive filtering can be used to create both crossover and driver EQ, facilitating linear phase, minimum phase or arbitrary phase filters. The filters can also be used to create classic crossovers and specific driv

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UK - Goboland UK has chosen ABTT 2011 to launch its new website. The new user-friendly layout gives easy access to "all the information you need about Goboland gobos and products including the Black Steel Gobos, the famed Credit Crunch Gobo, GoboSlides, film slides, Black Holes, Tweakers and its bespoke etching service, Gobo Creative". Details of Goboland UK's specialist services for image size calculation, keystone distortion and pincushion correction and its Green Scene gobo recycling scheme are also to be found here.

To coincide with the new website, Goboland UK is also presenting a new catalogue at the show which can be downloaded directly from the website. Choose between Black Steel, Premier, Designer and Glass Gobo Collections.

Following its launch at PLASA 2010, Goboland UK will be promoting its GoboSlides, the economical film-based alternative to full colour

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Belgium - ArKaos has announced its new hardware A30 media server. Built for the MediaMaster software, the A30 is the result of the latest research made by ArKaos in terms of raw performance but also structural strength, vibration protection and heat tolerance, says the company.

The case has been designed to allow a very efficient air flow. Several fans, protected by a dust filter, are located at the front of the case and can be easily serviced without opening the rest of the case. This is done through a special door that gives access to both the fans and the filter without exposing any cables or electrical connections. This is very handy when working on long tours.

The custom-made case provides a convenient display on the front which allows the server to be used without the need to connect to an external display. The front cover also provides a large LED strip that gives feedb

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New Zealand - Philips Selecon head Jeremy Collins has announced he will be leaving Philips Selecon at the end of June.

Collins, who bought the company in 1985 (with colleague Andrew Nichols) and has been instrumental in building the Selecon brand over the past quarter of a century, says he is moving on "to a new stage' in his life".

Since Philips acquired Selecon in April 2009, Collins has been a driving force in ensuring a smooth transition and further development of the Philips Selecon products.

"For 25 years Selecon has been a major part of my life,' says Collins. "To my Selecon New Zealand colleagues and those around the world, a very special thank you - we successfully worked together and created a successful global business, which led our niche in many markets around the world. A fantastic achievement, which I hope you all take pride in, as I do.

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UK - The CometFlame, distributed by Le Maitre, is "a spectacular new machine which produces incredible flames up to 6mhigh and is designed for both outdoor and indoor use". It fires for five seconds at a time and can be set to fire in high frequency or at preselected intervals. Further, the flame can set at five different firing angles - 45, 22, 0, 22 and 45 degrees - to create different effects.

A feature of the system is that unlike other models, the flames can be produced in multiple colours, with six colour fluids in the range: red, green, yellow, blue, purple and orange.

The CometFlame doesn't need any gas, which means there is no need for any external pressure vessels containing gas or CO2. The absence of gas makes the system much safer and enables it to be used in environments where gas systems may not be used. No special license is required to operate the sys

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Germany - On 1 May, Alexander Donath accepted the position of sales manager Western Europe for Electro-Voice. In his new role, he will be the contact for distributors operating in Western European countries.

Donath states, "Rental companies and building clients on installation projects are obliged to invest in future-proof technology and therefore require comprehensive support from the planning stage right through to the commissioning and day-to-day operation of the equipment.

"Under the Bosch umbrella, Electro-Voice and its distributors are able to offer customers this high level of service and products. These are the most important factors contributing to the satisfaction of our customers, and I'm delighted to be working for a company with such a strong tradition and with such outstanding prospects for the future."

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UK - PR Lighting has announced the release of its new XS 1200 Spot - a versatile, bright moving head, with rapid beam movement. Its power is due to the use of a 1200W short arc discharge lamp, which is optimised by the super-efficient optical system, says the company.

The XS 1200 is fully featured, with smooth CYM colour mixing system with macro function, six dichroic colour filters (plus white) and linear CTO, as well as five indexable rotating gobos and seven fixed gobos plus white (all easily interchangeable). There is a motorised 12°-22° linear zoom, extended to fixed 26° (16-bit adjustment).

Other features include: DMX controlled, linearly adjustable focus (8- or 16-bit); 0-100% linearly adjustable dimmer and 5-100% adjustable iris; 1 linear lens, two frosts and one prism (bi-directionally, rotatable, indexable); effect wheel with one CTC, one CTO, one bi-colo

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Ukraine - The Opera Café has opened in Odessa's Arcadia Plaza hotel, complete with a QSC sound system.

Installed by the engineering department of Real Music, QSC's Ukrainian distributors, the venue takes its name from the world-renowned Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre. The Café itself is located right in Odessa's late night tourist mecca.

Operated by a local entrepreneur, the former private members club and restaurant within the hotel has been completely restored and repositioned as an elite karaoke restaurant. The venue is divided into four zones - the main karaoke hall, two VIP rooms and a dancefloor.

Real Music submitted the best technical solution, fulfilling the clients' request for a QSC sound system - which was preferred to other brands they had experienced.

Real Music set about the design, installing four QSC lightweight, portable active K8 8in full r

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UK - The ABTT has teamed up with leading insurance broker Jelf Insurance Brokers to present its 2011 Awards.

Jelf Insurance Brokers are part of Jelf ,an independent consultancy that supports both businesses and individuals, giving expert advice on insurance, healthcare, employee benefits and financial planning. Jelf is launching a bespoke insurance package for ABTT Members at the Theatre Show and it represents their first move into the theatre and entertainment sector.

"We're delighted to be able to show our support of the ABTT by sponsoring the 2011 Awards," comments Andy Tedstone, partnerships director (Insurance) at Jelf. "It is the ideal showcase for us to launch our insurance package to ABTT members, which is specially tailored to meet the needs of professionals working in the theatre business. We are also honoured to be part of an Awards scheme that celebr

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UK - Adele is in the midst of a world tour that sees the soul/R&B singer visiting Europe and North America in support of her second studio album, 21.

Handling production design for the tour is Rob Sinclair who has created a minimalistic, elegant design that reflects the feel and emotion of the singer herself.

The set is dominated by a series of warm lampshades with Martin Professional MAC 101 washes used as backdrop lighting and Martin MAC 700 Profiles rigged overhead.

Sinclair, who uses the lighting more for mood and performer lighting than effect, says the MAC 101s have performed and held up "really well" and that he chose the compact moving heads for their small size and bright output in an affordable package.

Lighting supply for the spring European leg of the Adele 21 tour was by UK company Neg Earth while Upstaging is handling the North America

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Sweden - The recent LLB fair in Stockholm, the Nordic region's largest trade fair for sound, light and multimedia technology, was a triumph for German optical fibre specialists Optocore.

Swedish distributors Arva Trading AB welcomed many visitors to their stand at the Stockholm Exhibition and Congress Centre and Optocore was well represented right across its product range.

"Optocore is well known in Sweden among pro audio users and has an extremely good reputation," stated Peter Beckman, the company's PA/Live and installation specialist. "We have been representing the brand for a year and this was our first opportunity to really test the market at a trade fair."

Arva Trading received an unexpected boost when theatrical sound engineer, Aaron Beck, assistant head of sound for the latest Cirque du Soleil production in Las Vegas, Viva ELVIS, presented

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