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USA - Digidesign has reported a number of international touring acts including Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Travis Tritt, Vince Gill, Kelly Clarkson and many others are among the early adopters of the Digidesign Venue live sound environment.

After only six months of availability, Venue systems have been used all over the world by major tours such as Nine Inch Nails, Black Eyed Peas, The Cure, Placebo, John Hiatt, Donny Osmond, Joe Satriani, Alicia Keys, Sound Tribe Sector 9, the popular Japanese band Love Psychedelico, Umphrey's McGee, The Thrills, Nena, and many more. Venue systems have also been called into service by those bands and others at major festivals, such as Live8 in Paris, the Montreux Jazz Festival, The Gathering of the Vibes music festival (celebrating Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead), 10,000 Lakes Festival, and Lollapalooza.

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Germany - In December 2003, the Central Stadium in Leipzig, which had taken three years to build at a cost of 88.5 million euros, was opened - one of the 12 venues selected to host the world's most watched sporting event - football's World Cup. Its first game, Match 6 of the competition, will kick off at 15:00 on the 11 June 2006.

One of the most important, if not the most important, area covered by the FIFA regulations is stadium safety, in which the quality of the alarm and public address systems is of crucial importance. Like many of the top football stadiums in Europe, the Central Stadium is equipped with a sound system from EVI Audio; in this case, a Dynacord ProAnnounce, comprising DPM 4000 digital system controllers, DCS 420 monitor units and DPA 4140 power amplifiers, installed with support from Sigma TBL of Chemnitz.

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India - V & P Sounds, Bangalore's leading pro audio equipment rental house, recently augmented its inventory with the purchase of a 48-mono-/four-stereo-channel Soundcraft MH3 desk (Touring Pack). This was supplied by Cinetekk, the distributor for the Harman Pro Group in India.

"We've chosen to standardize on the second largest configuration of the MH3 because it basically offers everything we need in a board of that size - VCAs, muting capabilities, user-friendliness, client acceptability, and an economical price tag," says Mr. Vishnu, founder and owner of V & P Sounds. "Also, the fact that these boards can do monitors and house sound equally well is a big plus inventory-wise.

"Everyone seems to really like the MH3, including a lot of engineers who have never previously mixed on it, because it's still a relatively new console. I'm not at all surprised by t

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UK - Sunday 11 September sees the opening day of this year's PLASA Show and Pioneer will be kicking things into place with some spectacular DJ sets - from James Zabiela, Eddie Halliwell and Addictive TV.

This year's show is promising to be one of the greatest yet for Pioneer - products being showcased include the Professional DJ Booth range of stunning DVJ-X1s, the new EFX-1000 and DJM-1000 digital mixer. Other products available for you to try include the new CDJ-200 single CD deck. Old favourites will also be making an appearance.

Pioneer will also be unveiling its latest products so visit the stand to find more. From Monday 12 September, other great DJs playing on the Pioneer stand will include Eclectic Method, Phil K and Dan Tait.

Pioneer can be found on Stand E63.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - In its ninth year, the V Festival has become one of the UK's leading live music events. Since its inception, Edwin Shirley Staging has continued to assist in its success. This year, ESS chose to use Universal Aerial Platforms for its powered access requirements. "Choosing the right powered access, on time and at the right price, is key for achieving our goals, since it assists in so many parts of the job - right from set-up to final snagging work," says Vicki Wiseman, buyer at ESS.

She continued: "With Universal's good previous track record with us, combined with their competitive prices, large fleet and in-house logistics, we were confident of a first-rate service."

The Genie S85 with its fly jib and robust construction and ability to scale well above the apex of even the main stage was the ideal plant for the job, say ESS, who selected the plant from

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UK - One of the keynote sessions at this year's PLASA Show (11-14 September, Earls Court 1, London) will be an audience with American lighting veteran Sonny Sonnenfeld (Tuesday 13 September, 4.30pm). Sonnenfeld has been involved in theatre and architectural lighting for over 60 years: his career started at Century Lighting (now Strand) in 1945, where he became New York sales manager. In 1961, he co-founded Lighting & Electronics, rejoining what had then become Strand Century between 1975-85. In the intervening years, he's also been a sales representative for Colortran, Wybron and ETC.

During his professional career, he has taught lighting, won several awards, written numerous articles and founded the Broadway Lighting Master Classes, making a major contribution to the professional development of many of today's leading architectural and theatre lighting designers. After almost 6

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USA - The Crazy Horse Memorial, Black Hills, SD is a very high profile installation. At 563 feet high and 641ft long it's also not just a profile, but a massive three-dimensional sculpture. Chief Crazy Horse, and the mount he rode in on, is being carved and blasted out of mountainside in Rapid City, South Dakota. The project has been a work-in-progress for 57 years - and completion is not in sight.

The memorial to Crazy Horse was the life long work of sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski (1908-1982) who came to the Black Hills at the invitation of Chief Henry Standing Bear of the Oglala Lakota tribe: "My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man has great heroes too," said the Chief's invitation. On Memorial Day this year, Legends in Light - a multi-media laser-light show - premiered on the site. The laser-light show transforms the mountainside int

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Switzerland - The Hallenstadion in Zurich reopened on 31 July, with a new sound system from Bose, which the company says is "defining a new benchmark for sound in modern multipurpose arenas". Project 'Hallenstadion 2000 plus', which undertook the complete renovation of the historic multi-purpose arena, was first introduced to the public in 1999. The objective of the extensive redevelopment was the reconstruction of the Hallenstadion to create a new kind of event arena for 13,000 visitors, which would offer even better multifunctional purposes, optimum security, modern conveniences, and excellent acoustics.

The Bose Sound System in the new arena utilizes the broad and versatile product portfolio of the Bose Professional Systems Division. In the Event Arena itself, Bose engineers installed a high quality Bose Panaray LT speaker system including 50 mid/high cabinets and 1

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The Netherlands - The 2005 Red Bull Air Race World Series is the latest version of the spectacular "slalom-in-the-sky" event that debuted in 2003. The Air Race was conceived in 2001 with the idea of creating a competitive air event involving not only speed, but also aerobatics. To develop the idea, Red Bull tapped Hungary's two-time World Aerobatic champion Peter Besenyei. The Air Race premiered at Red Bull's Air Power 2003 event in Zeltweg, Austria, successfully enough to engender a second 2003 race in Budapest and three more races in 2004.

This year, the second week of June found Rotterdam hosting 700,000 spectators for the second of eight races in the newly created World Series. The huge crowd of air show fans turned out on racing Sunday to watch planes fly under the Erasmus Bridge at speeds exceeding 400 km per hour and hear the race called, over pounding "hou

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USA - The ESTA Foundation has announced the launch of its new website (follow the link below). The entire range of ESTA Technical Standards Program publications, including American National Standards and recommended practices, is for sale, available via electronic download or hard copy. Discounts are available to ESTA members and for quantity purchases.

The Foundation's Seminars and Training area offers educational resources for entertainment technicians, including a comprehensive bibliography of rigging reference materials and rigging seminars. The site also includes information about the Essential Skills for the Entertainment Technician Program, now in development.

The ESTA Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization established in early 2005 to create and support educational and charitable programs for the entertainment technology industry. The primary goals of the

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China - This year over 750 exhibitors of musical instruments and accessories, more than 130 exhibitors of professional audio and lighting equipment, and a packed schedule of events to entertain and enlighten visitors at the Music China and Prolight + Sound Shanghai show, which will run side-by-side at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Pudong from 19 - 22 October.

Prolight + Sound Shanghai may be smaller than it's neighbour Music China, but it's growing steadily and attracting some of the world's leading pro-audio and lighting companies into the fold. With over 130 exhibitors from 10 countries and regions - including China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, Norway, Singapore, Taiwan, the UK and the USA - the 2005 fair will show a good range of entertainment and AV equipment.

Amongst the exhibitors are: Roxland (representing McCauley, Crest Audio, Pioneer and Shure)

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Australia - Over 100 Robe ColorSpot 170 moving heads and Anolis Arcsource RGB LED fixtures have been installed in the newly refurbished banqueting and ballroom facility at the Grand Hyatt, Melbourne, Australia.

The new facility's multi-purpose function areas now cover two levels, offering 2100sqm of conference facilities, and include the new Art Deco style Mayfair and Savoy Ballrooms The banqueting facility is designed to meet the highest international standards and is unparalleled anywhere else in Australia.

Lighting was integral to the whole interior design: designed by Michael Huggins the installation was completed by two companies - Premier Lighting (for the Robe elements) and Lightmoves (for the Anolis fixtures). Robe Show Lighting and Anolis brands are both distributed in Australia by ULA.

The Savoy Ballroom features over 100 Robe ColorSpot 170s which are discreetly lo

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USA - The government of San Luis Obispo County, California recently moved into its new administration building. The move was the culmination of more than five years of designing and building a facility tailored to its specific and varying needs.

The slow pace of design and construction was a reflection of the desire to get everything correct. This was particularly evident in the increasingly vital area of audio/visual and information technology, according to Joey D'Angelo, principal consultant with Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc., the San Francisco-based consulting firm who designed the facility's A/V system.

The design specification went through several incarnations, but one element recommended by D'Angelo at the outset remained on the list: SymNet Audio Matrix from Symetrix. "Much of the project's architecture and A/V system design changed over the years, but the rec

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UK - Following the success of his first two restaurants in Willesden Green and Hoxton, David Azouri has taken his concept into west London and recently opened a third Shish in Bayswater.

For the sound system, Shish has once again called in the services of installation specialists, the Sound Division Group. Sound Division's David Graham described the brief: "Given that there was already an existing sound system in the premises when Shish took it over, we weren't required to start from scratch. However, a fair amount of work was needed to bring the installation in to line with the rest of the venue. We completely serviced the existing WORK loudspeakers and Cloud mixer amplifier, and added two DBX 215 dual graphics and a Pioneer PDM603 6-disc multiplay CD player. The restaurant space has been reconfigured into three separate zoned areas so we've provided three Cloud RSL6 devic

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USA - Northern Sound & Light (NSL) recently received the Outstanding Sales Performance Award for 2004-2005 from dbx/Lexicon Professional Products. The company was chosen from many competitors in the Eastern region of the United States

The award was given to NSL based on a phenomenal sales performance representing 23% sales growth year over year for the dbx/Lexicon product line. It was personally delivered to Steve Raslevich, president of NSL, by sales rep Bob Podolinski of RLA and Aaron Kunz, eastern regional sales manager for dbx/Lexicon Professional Products.

"The partnership between NSL and dbx/Lexicon is a winning combination," said Kunz. "We have a collective goal to increase sales and brand promotion while offering first rate service and expertise to the pro audio market."

"I am thankful that Bob and Aaron took the time and effort to recognize

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UK - Multiple Brit Award-winner Scissor Sisters has employed the services of Specialz to custom design and build an illuminated curved sign that incorporates their famous logo - the scissors with legs. The dramatic, sparkling sign has 4ft letters spelling out 'Scissor Sisters' with the 9.5ft glyph motif in-between.

The 16-part sign and has over 800 15W E14 prismatic light fittings which are across three circuits to enable chasing. The sign and transportation dollies were built in 10 working days. The effect of this sign works well with the artistic nature of Scissor Sisters and their cabaret style. The overall look creates an amazing Moulin Rouge spectacle on the stage.

Scissor Sisters lighting designer David Ross commented: "From the initial phone call to reality, the whole project was handled in the most professional of manners, and within the very limited deadline that

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UK - Serious Stages supplied two of its new 25m Space Roof structures for the main stages at both Leeds and Reading sites creating a new look for the Mean Fiddler's flagship Carling Weekend Festival event.

Serious also supplied decked staging for most of the tented stages at both festivals, including the Carling, NME/Radio 1 and Comedy stages, the Dance Arena, plus the Lee Sounds Live at Leeds.

The Space Roof is a new product, launched by Serious earlier in the year. Its first outing was as Glastonbury's Other Stage, and the 25m version is one of the largest complete temporary festival staging systems available in the UK.

The Space Roof features a substantial eight tonne distributed load bearing capacity, which will accommodate all types of production requirements for flying lighting, video, sets, etc.

The Leeds and Reading Space stages measured 25m wide by 26m deep and al

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UK/Canada - Photonic Products Ltd, is sponsoring Paul Cocksedge as a keynote speaker at IIDEX/NeoCon, Canada, 22-23 September 2005, in Toronto.

Paul Cocksedge is one of the UK's most exciting lighting designers working today and will present his lighting designs plus an overview of the latest products, designers, innovations in technology and emerging lighting trends coming out of the UK today.

"Crystallize", designed by Paul Cocksedge for the Swarovski Crystal Palace Collection, is a chandelier made from light. When there is no light the chandelier disappears. Using lasers and crystals in perfect alignment, the iconic shape of a Swarovski crystal is drawn in mid air. At the heart of the chandelier is a single crystal which sparkles as it catches the light.

The development of this chandelier was made using Photonic Products' green laser modules.

The 532nm DPSS gr

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UK - The Liverpool Culture Company this year gave the City's Mathew Street festival a compete makeover, resulting in record crowds of up to 350,000 enjoying Europe's largest free urban live music festival.

The three-day event culminated on the August Bank Holiday Monday with six stages in and around the city centre, featuring top live performers from all over the world. Liverpool Culture Company's general manager of events, Lee Forde explains that the Culture Company took over full control of this year's event: "It was an absolutely essential move to keep the festival progressing and diversifying."

Two stages were installed at the Pier Head for the first time - North and South. The North stage was effectively the main stage. On the Sunday, it featured The Buzzcocks, The Stranglers, Tony Christie, The Christians, Liverpool Express and Neville Skelly among others. The

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UK - During the forthcoming PLASA Show (11-14 September, Earls Court 1, London), PLASA is planning to launch a new National Rigging Award, and would like to invite members of the rigging community to a short presentation to be held on Monday 12 September, from 11.30am - 12.00pm. During the presentation, PLASA's representatives will give an overview of the structure and criteria that the Association hopes to apply to the proposed PLASA National Rigging Award.

An article from the September issue of Lighting&Sound International magazine, which also appeared in the August issue of PLASA's Standards News, explains the background to this new initiative - read it here.

If you would like to attend, or nominate a colleague in your place, please RSVP to the e-mail address below.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - The organizrs of the PLASA Show have advised that pre-registration for this year's show )11-14 September) closes today at 5pm so today is the last chance for visitors to benefit from the half-price tickets. However, visitors will still be able to purchase tickets on the door at the full price of £15. To pre-register today, please visit the website below.

(Lee Baldock)

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Italy / South-East Asia - Italian pro audio manufacturer Outline has appointed Discovery Lights & Sound Pte Ltd as its sole distributors for Singapore and Malaysia, with effect from 20 July 2005. The sales and technical staff of Discovery have around 30 years experience in the entertainment industry and Outline has told LSI Online it has every confidence in their capability to support its customers in these territories.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Boston's AVFX serves clients such as Medtronic, Philips Medical, IBM Software and TJX (the parent company of retail chain TJ Maxx), and has gained a reputation for having the latest media technology, the know-how to use it, and the experience to understand how to best service corporate needs.

Although much of AVFX's emphasis has always been on visual media (multi-image projection was the rage when the company started in the early 1980s), the company has also supplied sound systems for years. One of their long-time audio mainstays has been the classic UPA-1A loudspeaker, which AVFX started using many years before the self-powered UPA-1P became available. The versatility of the UPA-1A insures that those conventionally-powered legacy speakers not only remain in AVFX's inventory, but continue to see constant use.

As AVFX continues to grow, the firm's Meyer Sound inventory ha

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UK - London PA and Promotion company, Up All Night Music, employed its new Allen & Heath GL3800 live sound console at the recent Reading Festival. The mixer was installed in the Tiscali VIP tent, which hosted exclusive sessions from a variety of the artists performing on the main stages over the weekend.

The 32-channel mixer managed 20 bands over the three days, providing live sound reinforcement for acts such as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Graham Coxon, The Rakes, The Subways, Echo and the Bunnymen, the Futureheads, Funeral For a Friend, and Mondo Generator. The select 100-capacity audience even included some big names such as Dave Grohl and Pete Doherty, who came to see their celebrity associates perform.

"The GL3800 performed flawlessly - it's a fantastic desk," commented sound engineer, Ed Shackleton. "I particularly love the new EQ, which has a great range

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