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Spain - LA Audio has appointed Lexon S.A. as its new distributor in Spain: the company will take over responsibility for the sales and marketing of the LA Audio brand in this territory.

Lexon S.A. was established in 1977 with offices in Sarriá, Barcelona, and Santibáñez de Béjar, Madrid. Its primary business is the import and distribution of professional audio and video products for fixed installations, rental companies, contractors, consultants and engineering companies. It also supplies specific products to the broadcast sector, in particular radio and TV stations, as well recording and post-production in studios. It operates in the whole of the Spanish territory, including the Canary and Balearic Islands, with over 1300 regular customers.

According to Luke Baldry, director of sales & marketing for Audient and LA Audio, the move will greatly improve the opportunities for

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UK - Massive Attack’s current world tour in support of their new album, 100th Window, has turned out to be a veritable showcase for XTA, whose SiDD digital dynamics processor and the new Series 2 units have been specified throughout the PA system.

GPA Hire is supplying its Funktion One Resolution Series system, comprising 10 mid-high cabinets a side, along with five under-hungs and downfills and up to 12 subwoofers - depending on the venue size - all powered by QSC PL2 and PL4 amplification. TC2290 delays and Lexicon PCM80 and PCM91 reverbs complete the hardware inventory.

Gary Young, mixing front-of-house on a Midas Heritage 3000, specified five DP324 SiDD dynamics processors for compression and dynamic EQ on the low end of the vocals and bass guitar. He comments: "We’re really just grabbing hold of stuff and sorting it out, which you can do easily with a SiD

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USA - Martin Professional Inc has announced the details of its LightJockey Contest - a lighting design competition in which entrants are asked to design a creative 3-minute light show, coded to music, using the Windows-based Martin LightJockey controller software.

The designs must be based on one of three digital format songs available from the Martin US website. The most creative design will win $5000 dollars’ worth of Martin gear and a trip to Denmark to tour the new Martin factory. The runner-up will also receive a trip to Denmark. Other prizes will also be available.

The deadline for entries is September 30, 2003, and the winning entries will be announced at the 2003 LDI show in Orlando.

(Ruth Rossington)

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UK - Leading lights and newcomers to the entertainment industry turned up to see what the future holds for lighting at the launch of Scene Change on March 25. The new company, sister to DHA Lighting, is taking DHA’s 30 years of experience in gobo creation and large-format projection for the performing arts forward into the video age. It offers a huge range of video effects, from abstract animations to bespoke footage. It also provides royalty-free video clips from its own libraries and those of Artbeats, Digital Juice, The Digital Vision Motion Clip Library and others.

The Open Day at the MacOwan Theatre, Earls Court, was staged in conjunction with High End Systems, whose Catalyst system has proved ideal for replaying Scene Change’s video footage, and Flying Pig Systems, who provided control of the lighting and projection through the new Wholehog III. It took place o

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USA - The Seattle Opera House, home to two of the most prestigious and world-renowned performing arts organizations - Pacific North West Ballet and Seattle Opera - is currently undergoing complete renovation works worth $125million. The dramatic refurbishment commenced in January last year and the newly named Marion Oliver McCaw Hall is due for reopening in June this year.

According to the Opera House’s artistic directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, the passage of time and millions of visitors have taken their toll on a building that has received no major repairs to either its mechanical, technical or performance spaces since the late 1920s. The new 2,890-seat auditorium has been redesigned to be an aesthetically stunning and state-of-the-art performance hall worthy of housing Seattle’s world-class performances for years to come.

JR Clancy, specialists in the

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UK - Following the restructuring of Bose (UK) Ltd’s route to market for their professional audio range in the UK, Leisuretec Distribution has announced that it has declined the offer to become a Bose Pro Partner. "The new Pro Partner agreement is not tailored to suit Pure Distribution" says Nick Spalding, Leisuretec’s managing director.

He continues: "Whilst wishing Bose (UK) Ltd every success, Leisuretec Distribution will actively be promoting alternative solutions from a comprehensive portfolio of products which include the JBL, KEF, Mission Pro, Electro-Voice, RCF, Mackie, DAS, Yamaha, Nexo & Tannoy brands."

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UK - The Live Floor Show, back for a second series on BBC Scotland with new host Dara O'Briain, is a blend of comedy, music and entertainment recorded in front of a live audience that goes out on Saturday nights. Glasgow-based audio specialists Sound Acoustics were approached to provide the sound requirements, and having invested in a Nexo Geo system last year (supplied by Fuzion), the company’s Tommy Gorman was keen to put it through its paces in a TV recording studio environment.

"Essentially what we're providing is the PA for the audience, so it's like a mini-concert set-up," explained Tommy. "We're flying six Geo S805s with two CD12 subs per side driven by Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers with control from Nexo's NX241 digital controller. It's one of the cleanest-sounding PA systems I've heard, and of course its size gives it a huge advantage in a situation lik

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UK - The Harkness Hall Group has sold its theatrical products division, Hall Stage, to its current business management team. All employees working in the division will transfer to the new company, Hall Stage Limited. The separated businesses will continue to work closely together and will share the same premises in the immediate future.

Harkness Hall, which manufactures screens for a wide range of applications including cinema, AV, theme parks, attractions and special events, will now focus on its core screen manufacturing and distribution activities. Andrew Robinson, MD of Harkness Hall told L&SI: "The divestment of the theatre products division follows an opportune approach from its management. It will enable Harkness Hall to focus on developing our worldwide screen business based on our operations in Europe, USA and Asia.

"Our current range of screen surfaces and

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Turkey - Istanbul based Park Audio & Lighting, ARX's Turkish distributor, has been busy recently installing ARX’s ZX and ZR Series power amplifiers as well as ARX signal processing into a number of five star hotels throughout Turkey as part of a series of system installations and upgrades. Park's managing director, Oktay Karasoglu, advises that ARX's ZX 3200 high current low impedance power amplifier has been especially popular for powering dance club subwoofer systems, an arduous application, given that some of the clubs are open for up to 12 hours at a time.

In Antalya, the Kremlin Palas Hotel Resort installed ARX EQ60 graphic equalizers and DI 6S line adapters, and eight ZX3200 and ZR 850 power amplifiers. Also in Antalya the Topkapi Palas Hotel Resort installed EQ60s, DI 6Ss and ZX3200 and ZR 850 power amplifiers. Finally, in Bodrum the Beach Club Hotel installed four

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UK - If you want confirmation of how tough the market is, then look no further than the latest findings from industry analysts, Plimsoll Publishing Ltd. Their latest report confirms that zero growth, sliding profits and escalating debts have pushed over a third of the UK audio industry to the brink of failure.

Plimsoll's annual financial health-check of the top 268 companies in the UK sound equipment industry reveals that consolidation will be essential as supply is currently outstripping demand. Plimsoll 'rates' every company in the industry based on its overall financial strength. Ratings are given as Strong, Good, Mediocre, Caution or Danger. Alarmingly, 48% of companies rated have now deteriorated in overall financial strength from last year's ratings. Perhaps even more disturbing is that 58 companies are experiencing their second year with a 'Danger' rating. For these compa

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France - Parisian PA rental company Régietek has become the first French member of the Synco Europe Network, in an agreement confirmed at the 2003 AES Convention in Amsterdam this month. Synco Network founder Fred Heuves, a director of the newly-privatized Ampco Flashlight Group, made the announcement with Laurent Maestre, sales and financial director of Régietek.

The company was founded in April 2002 by three experienced sound engineers, Laurent Maestre, rental director Régis Casu and commercial director Cédric Duminy. Their move was promopted by the mutual desire to develop a highly professional rental, service and distribution operation.

The agreement to join the Synco Network marks Régietek’s first investment in equipment, following a year of feasibility and technical studies into various audio brands. "Our aim was to create a high-performance sound reinfor

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UK - Autograph Sales has hosted the first Meyer Sound SIM System II FFT Analyzer course to be held in the UK for five years. A total of 10 students, comprised of freelancer engineers, rental company and venue technical personnel and audio designers, attended the five-day full-time course at the Radlett Centre in Hertfordshire under the instruction of Meyer's director of education Mauricio 'Magu' Ramirez.

"The course includes a significant audio theory element, without which it's pretty impossible to optimise or even measure a sound system," says Mike Mann, technical manager at Autograph Sales. "It also includes hands-on time learning the routines and sequences for measuring and adjusting systems in live situations. There's a lot to learn over the five days, as it's the mostintensive training course Meyer offers.

Oliver Driver, a partner in Audio Alliance North,

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USA - This year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony featured over 50 Audio-Technica mics, assuring the audio at this momentous event was a worthy tribute to the legendary musicians being honoured. The presentation was held on 10 March, at the Waldorf Astoria Ballroom in midtown Manhattan, and the 2003 performer inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were AC/DC, The Clash, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, The Police and the Righteous Brothers. As in years past, the spectacular performances became the focus of the occasion.

A-T’s new Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless System, which is rapidly gaining favour with a wide range of artists, featured in a number of frontline vocal performances. Gwen Stefani, John Mayer, Steven Tyler, Paul Schaffer and the Righteous Brothers all used A-T’s 5000 Series wireless systems. Paul Simon’s vocals feature

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Sweden - Primetec, one-stop supplier of sound, lighting and AV technology for events and exhibitions, has been awarded the assignment to light Liseberg’s latest super attraction: the new ‘Balder’ rollercoaster. The lighting system for Balder, the biggest and steepest wooden rollercoaster in the Nordic region, is the biggest permanent outdoor lighting installation ever seen in Sweden.

In March, the new pride of Liseberg, the biggest amusement park in Scandinavia, was opened for a preview and a press visit. Balder will be a breathtaking 37m high experience with a 70° pitch and a top speed of about 90km per hour. In total ‘Balder’ has cost around SEK 100 million.

"Liseberg in general and Balder in particular are a total experience that starts as soon as you approach the attraction or drive past Liseberg along the E6 motorway. In this respect th

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UK - The Moving Light Company was chosen by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum to supply the automated lighting required for its production of The Handmaid's Tale, which opened this week. This is the first time that moving lights have been used in a production by the English National Opera.

Adapted from the novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale is set in the America of the future, where the government has been overthrown by a religious dictatorship. The production was premiered in Copenhagen in 2000, where the creative team of director Phyllida Lloyd, designer Peter McKintosh and lighting designer Simon Mills made use of the Royal Danish Opera's automated lighting system. Having decided that the use of moving lights - as movable, high-intensity, colour-changing discharge sources - was essential to the look of the production, talks began with

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Germany - Andy Schindlbeck, the head of the Perkam-Radldorf-based events and entertainment company Schindlbeck Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH, has finalized the acquisition of three complete Dynacord Cobra-4 systems. He explains: "With this equipment, I can guarantee a completely balanced and homogeneous sound for virtually all sound reinforcement applications," adding: "the sound performance is powerful yet the handling is child’s-play."

Schindlbeck first encountered this system extension to the compact line array system at the Telex EVI Audio in-house exhibition (or ‘Hausmesse’) at the end of January 2003. Four weeks later he was the owner of the brand-new sound tool, and three weeks on from that he is able to tell us something of his first experiences with the new system: "I’ve used the system now around 20 times and each time I ha

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UK - Large format projection specialists E//T//C UK were called in by the London Tourist Board to help launch their high-visibility ‘Totally Lond On’ advertising campaign. E//T//C’s Paul Highfield supplied a single 6kW PIGI projector, slide artwork and his technical expertise for the event, staged in the fabulous new glass roofed Great Court of the British Museum.

Keystone correction was by Wyatt Enever at DHA, and the projection was beamed onto the new limestone arch in the Great Court. It consisted of a simple slide, pastiched in the style of a London Street sign, emblazoned with the words ‘Totally LondON’ and ‘www.visitlondon.com’.

White Light supplied architectural lighting and LD Simon Jones for the event. Both E//T//C UK and White Light were approached for the project after their highly successful illumination of the Tower of Lon

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UK - Entec Sound installed a large d&b system - including the new long-throw C3 speakers - into London’s Royal Albert Hall for last week’s six-night Teenage Cancer Trust event. This was the first time the C3 has been used in this high profile venue. The TCT shows, featuring some of the UK’s top bands and performing artists, were organized by Harvey Goldsmith and a hand-picked production team. The aim was to raise funds and awareness for the charity, which is greatly supported by Roger Daltrey.

Entec’s innovative system design was a collaboration between their own Tristan Johnson and d&b’s Ralph Zuleeg. The pair designed and flew the PA and set up the system, before leaving the running and day-to-day tweaking to Entec’s crew chief Ritchie Gibson. Johnson explains that the RAH was the ideal venue to put the C3 through it’s paces in terms o

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Latvia - Latvian Television (LTV) is producing this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Riga on the 24 May, with an estimated worldwide television audience of 200 million. Swedish specialist company Spectra+ will be achieving its Eurovision hat-trick this year, with its third Eurovision project, and will be working alongside Latvia’s leading lighting company, Riga-based Company NA Ltd, a supplier of technical equipment and knowledge with a strong reputation throughout the Baltic.

Spectra+ and Company NA’s mission includes supplying lighting, video and rigging equipment for the event, including technical co-ordination and technical crew. Spectra+ and Company NA crew members will be working on site for approximately one month prior to the event.

Swedish television, SVT chose Spectra+ as the official lighting supplier and technical co-ordina

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Sweden / Denmark - On 11 June in Stockholm, and 12 June in Copenhagen, Master of Light seminars is hosting a seminar with lighting and production designer Marc Brickman. Brickman's credits over his 25 year career include Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, the Barcelona and Nagano Olympic Games Ceremonies, Steven Spielberg's ‘AI’ and the new ‘Cat in the Hat’ movie. Current projects include the new touring production of the Blue Man Group and Matchbox 20.

Each day’s programme will consist of two half-day seminars: in Stockholm, these will take place at the premises of VLSC, and in Copenhagen at Seelite. Admission to each seminar costs 1950SEK in Stockholm and 1950Dkr in Copenhagen. A 5% discount is available for bookings of five or more people from the same organization, and a 10% discount for bookings of 10 or more people from the same or

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USA - Creative Studio Solutions Inc (CSS) of Denver, Colorado, has been chosen to design, build and install Entercom’s new suite of broadcast studios at its new facility at The Denver Technology Center. Entercom currently operates four broadcast radio stations in the Denver area. CSS will design and install a total of 12 new studios for Entercom - four on-air studios, four production studios, three news studios, and a live room.

CSS’s CEO and chief engineer Andrew Rosenberg says that this project is exciting for him and his staff. "There is nothing better than getting involved in the studio design process from the ground up. We are honored that an organization with Entercom’s reputation for excellence has chosen CSS to do this project."

CSS is primarily utilizing Wheatstone technology and its related products for this project. CSS will also be using

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UK - Scream Studios, the rehearsal and recording facility group, is taking an all-EV approach for its prime showcase studios in south-east England. Scream, which began in 1991, expanded from its original site in Carshalton to a second operation in Croydon, and its latest location is in Brighton.

The recently-opened Brighton complex, which houses seven rehearsal rooms, also has a 100-capacity showcase room, linked to a recording studio and video editing suite. This has been equipped with an Electro-Voice RX sound reinforcement system "that can take the loudest of the loud" according to owner Aide Aires.

The new room has already been used by a wide variety of artists, from the 40-piece Carnival Collective, to Status Quo and Gary Moore. Apart from a highly individual design scheme, which features an 8ft tank with floating droids and cyborgs, the room uses two EV RX112/7

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Spain - LA Audio has appointed a new distributor in Spain, Lexon SA, taking over the responsibilities of sales and marketing the LA Audio brand in this territory. Lexon was established in 1977 with offices in Sarriá, Barcelona, and Santibáñez de Béjar, Madrid. Its primary business is the import and distribution of professional audio and video products for fixed installations, rental companies, contractors, consultants and engineering companies. Lexon also supplies specific products to the broadcast sector, as well recording and post-production in studios. It operates in the whole of the Spanish territory, including the Canary and Balearic Islands, with over 1,300 regular customers. Other than LA Audio, Lexon distribute BSS, Cedar, Schoeps and many other recognized brand names.

Eva Thullen, assistant manager of Lexon, says: "We are very happy about taking the LA Audio li

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UK - Reading-based Blinding Light supplied Studio Due Mini City colour changing luminaires to TV lighting director Bernie Davis for a special edition of the BBC’s ‘Songs of Praise’ called ‘The Big Sing’, staged at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall.

Their seminal role in the show was to light the acoustic ‘mushrooms’ in the Albert Hall’s roof, in a series of beguiling, rich saturated colours. The mushrooms - normally a dull off-white - are a vital ingredient of the Hall’s sound, but a constant source of aesthetic distraction to anyone working on visuals. By transforming them into a feature, the mushrooms become an integral part of the live experience of being ‘on location’ in one of the world’s most architecturally spectacular venues.

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