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"Although this is not a long tour, we are going large, very large on this," continues Wade. "This outing is really fulfilling commitments from last year that were disrupted by Adam Levine's involvement with The Voice in the USA

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At the age of 12, Mike Jurken started running his own DJ business, and 14 years later is president and CEO of Majic Productions, a major player in the event production world, running 1000 events a year with a client roster including Fortune 500 companies ranging from Harley-Davidson to Northwestern Mutual, as well as high profile non-profits such as The Boys & Girls Clubs of America and The American Red Cross.

The real proving ground for any audio gear is in the weekly, month in and month out park concerts, hotel conferences and other ongoing special events. A FOH audio engineer faces a diversity of challenges at outdoor events that are very different from the challenges found in a hotel conference room or poolside for a raucous fundraise

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Rental house Looijmans Showequipment supplied the Sharpys to the debut Dance Festival Breda.

"The Sharpy's enormous light output and fast movement has created a new standard in moving lights" says Eduard Looijmans from Looijmans Showequipment. "We've stocked Sharpy for more than two years now, and the market is still buzzing with desire to utilise their amazing features in stage designs."

For the dance event - which featured Dutch superstar DJs including Funkerman and Gregor Salto - lighting designer Joep van Oosterhout rigged 14 Sharpys to an electronic flybar system surrounding the DJ booth.

"I've been impressed with the Sharpy since the fi

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Today, the College based in Sidcup, Kent, delivers degree courses across the whole spectrum of theatre including a three-year BA (Hons) in Creative Lighting Control. Rachel Nicholson is programme director for the course and responsible for the design and management of the curriculum.

"The Creative Lighting Control course was created in response to the industry demand for specialist lighting and video programmers and technicians," explains Nicholson. "So it is a given that we need to invest in the most up to date and widely used control systems if we are t

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The third generation controller, which can be built up into a zoned installation by adding slave units over copper and/or fibre optic connections, is well established in the PA/VA market and features on recent high-profile projects such as the Signal Iduna Park football stadium in Dortmund and Zurich railway station.

PA/VA installations for sports stadia and transport termini continue to grow in scale so all areas can be covered to ensure passengers and staff receive messages and information relevant to them. Switch mode has been added to the IDA8 family to make this possible and to increase the IDA8 system flexibility whilst providing more cost effective installations.

Both features, Matrix an

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The fully automated system, housing an Osram HTI 1000 W/PS 1000W metal halide lamp, will receive its world debut.

Housed in an IP20, high temperature engineered plastic chassis, the fixture boasts several advantages over competitive models. For example it is brighter than a conventional 1200W discharge lamp, and with a weight of just 31kg it is both lighter, and smaller, than its market rivals, says the company.

Highlights of the powerful feature-set are seven rotating gobos and seven fixed gobos; a three-fact prism, soft frost and fire effect wheel, and a linear zoom with range of 9°-47°.

Other features include: 2800K-6500K linearly adjustable colour temperature; smooth CYM colour mixing system, plus CTO with m

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Andrea Ippolito, a graduate in telecommunications engineering and an amateur clarinettist, has already worked for several months on the iMode project, under the guidance of engineer Daniele Pagani.

Ippolito explains, "From my point of view, joining Outline's R&D team has meant having the opportunity of being involved in highly ambitious projects, using state of the art technology and working alongside some of the best engineers in the pro audio industry. My experience in the digital signal processing field has numerous applications in

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The show is characterized by an all-action narrative that includes free flying (wireless courtesy of a massive sub-stage wind turbine), dramatic visual effects, pyro and stunning fully 3D mapped digital scenery.

Peumans has worked on many previous projects for the producers, and once again he has imagineered a careful mix of spectacle and visual style to match the vibe, energy and magic of the show.

The concept for this version of Peter Pan was developed by creative director Luc Petit and Music Hall's Geert Allaert. Peuman's brief was to provide epic arena style lighting to suit and highlight the action within the fast flow

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LS-Live's staging equipment rental stock at its headquarters in Wakefield includes a large number of automation machines, from travelators and scissor lifts to turntables and toasters, so they can quickly respond to hire orders. The machines can also be built into their standard stage decking for a seamless look.

Said Ibrar Haque, Maynineteen production manager, "We would like to express our thanks for all the hard work that you and your team put in t

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It will be an advanced, resource-efficient sales and distribution point for all Robe and Anolis LED brand distributors and customers in the geographical regions between India and Australia / New Zealand on the Indian Ocean side, and China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea in the western Pacific.

This will enable quicker and more streamlined communications and access between Robe's full sales and support network in the region as well as strengthening Anolis's presence in the architectural segment.

Robe Asia Pacific (RAP) will be headed by sales director for Asia Edwwerth Lai and technical operations director Desmond Kwan, both well known and respected industry 'movers & shak

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The Band's manager Dougie Souness and production manager Pete Bell approached XL to assist with realising a production design created in conjunction with lighting designer Martin Nicholas and consultant Miguel Ribeiro, who worked closely with the band on the creation of content.

At the heart of this was an 80ft wide rear projection screen gently curved - cyclorama style - by two end-wings angled at around 15 degrees.

They wanted the video system to be as flexible as possible, and to be able to switch playback content and IMAG camera footage between the main screen and two side screens.

XL's project manager was Paul 'Macca' McC

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Bexel's new systems have been utilized successfully at the US Open, where the company was tasked with supporting CBS international broadcast feeds, followed less than one month later by the PGA Grand Slam of Golf for TNT originating in Bermuda.

"Bexel's Lawo-equipped fly packs are designed specifically for events where the infrastructure does no

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In developing this world class facility the HKA remained committed to the principles that it considers to be of paramount importance. In this respect, as well as an internationally acclaimed, dynamic educational programme, the Academy has constructed a campus that adheres to the internationally recognised system that assesses and certifies the environmental performances of new buildings in Hong Kong.

A major feature of the new campus is a 350-seat auditorium, one of a number of facilities designed to be shared with the wider community. Through Hugh Chinnick of Pacific Lighting (HK) Ltd working with

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Sound Image, located in Escondido, California and Nashville, Tennessee, was once again selected to provide sound reinforcement and support for the tour.

Made to Love is on the road with an Adamson Energia E15 PA. The typical venue configuration features left-right hangs of twelve enclosures per side with front fill support provided by four SpekTrix enclosures.

The newest items on the tour are eight Adamson Energia E218 subwoofers, which recently joined the inventory at Sound Image.

"The technology in the Adamson Energia E218 sub is leaps and bounds ahead of its competitors," explains Dave Shadoan, president of

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The lower levels serve as retail space and help to anchor Rochester's current downtown revitalization. Its public areas recently benefited from a sound system overhaul that centred on processing, amplification, and control provided by commercial audio manufacturer Ashly Audio of nearby Webster, New York.

"Although it had been fine when it went in, the old sound system was 20 years old," said Alan Clayton, sales representative with the local integration firm, The Presentation Source, that designed and installed the new system. "The owners wanted to add some

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Most success stories speak of zeal, but Gild had an added advantage when starting his business in 1995 and officially creating Hirezone in 1998. Qualified as a Chartered Secretary he could avoid several knocks and bruises new companies tend to face; practical minded, he rarely makes emotional purchases.

Looking back to the eighties, Gild found himself fresh out of the army, and although having a CIS qualification, he was unable to find work. "A friend of mine worked in the AV Industry and they d

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Having ETCP Certification demonstrates that you are in the top third of the industry professionals in North America; furthermore, to maintain your certification, you must accrue continuing education credits which shows your employer that you are current with industry developments and practices. ETCP has issued almost 1750 certifications! Don't get left behind, submit your application today!

The ETCP Examinations will be given at USITT in Ft. Worth TX. All three ETCP examinations will be given in one session the morning of Saturday, 29 March, 2014. Candidates who wish to take more than one exam should contact ETCP. Members and employees of members of USITT receive a $100 discount on examination fees. Interes

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"We have chosen the DN-700H because it is very easy to use, it delivers audio from a wide range of different sources, the display provides all the information you need and it can be used fully straight 'out of the box' - there are no follow-up costs like needing a computer to manage the sound," says Just Fit owner Jörg Böhme.

Just Fit clubs offer a wide range of fitness classes and programmes. The Frechen clubs are numbered 03 and 16 in the Just Fit portfolio and use a variety

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The event was watched by over 200,000 people along the banks of the Thames and live at home by 13.7m through the BBC One broadcast. This year, through the partnership between the Mayor of London's Office and Vodafone, the live experience featured the world's first 'multi-sensory' fireworks display. Exotic fruit flavours, synchronised special effects and colour-changing LED wristbands were added to augment the firework display - adding an extra dimension to the midnight spectacular.

The Shell Centre, just to the side of the EDF Energy London Eye and an iconic landmark on the South Bank of the river, was used to project

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Craig Breigle, premier systems account executive, Mood Media, based in Austin, TX, notes that the PowerMatch and ControlSpace products are chosen for their reliability, as well as the flexibility that comes from having several channels on the amp, a hallmark of PowerMatch.

"The system configurations in these malls vary greatly from project to project. For example, sometimes we have a single 'head-end' control room, and sometimes there are two or three, d