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Nexo's pedigree in sports stadia is well-established, with venues such as the Stade de France in Paris and the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, using different Nexo loudspeaker products. Drawing on the success of a stand-alone GEO S system in the commercial village outside the Stade de France, the 35,000-capacity Geneva Stadium has become the first to use Nexo's flagship GEO technology as the main SR system.

The original specification followed very conventional lines, calling for 120 x 15 degree loudspeakers spread under the roof, with 60 amps located in one position. Cabling runs were enormous, and the project called for two people to spend three weeks, just hanging the loudspeakers. The

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Market-leaders already signed up for the show include newcomers Yamaha of Japan, and Young Chang of Korea - one of the oldest and most prestigious piano manufacturers in Asia. Exhibitors coming back for a second time will include Steinway & Sons and Warwick of Germany, AXL and Electro-Harmonix of the USA, Pearl River Piano of China, Tom Lee of Hong Kong and Fazioli of Italy. A supporting programme of special events is being arranged to flesh out the show. The programme is likely to include competitions, live performances and educational visits.

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An eclectic mix of corporate and one-off events are interspersed with all of this touring activity, using a selection of Turbosound, d&b, DV-dosc and X-line XLC. Brit Row’s Br

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Lighting for the opening event was provided by GLP Inc and Maryland Stage Lighting Inc, and constricted of 18 MAC 2k washes, 24 MAC 2k profiles, 12 MAC 600s, 16 MAC 500s with an additional 200 conventional fixtures, all run from one of the first grandMA lighting consoles ever sold in North America. Lighting designer Gary Pair, lighting director/programmer, Demfis Fyssicopulos and ME Bob Halem, were responsible for lighting all three main ballrooms.

In order to control all three of th

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black light already stocks a variety of ETC equipment, but the company realised that an upgrade to Emphasis would prove beneficial, both for its own use and for its clients. Project manager Paul McGreal explains: "Apart from renting the system out for productions, we also intend to hire it to lighting designers and programmers, as well as inviting them to use it in our pre-programming studio. We already owned both an Express and an Expression desk, and as the Emphasis server has software for both, the decision to upgrade was an easy one.&qu

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The project involved the installation of various Turbosound components in several public areas of the W San Francisco, a hotel located close to the city's Moscone Centre and Museum of Modern Art, in the downtown South-of-Market neighbourhood. Part of the Starwood Hotels and Resorts group, which also includes the Westin, Sheraton and Four Seasons chains, the W hosts entertainment events in the Atrium, XYZ Bar and Restaurant.

"We had an arrangement with the W to provide sound reinforcement rental services," Megerssa elaborates. "They handle major events attracting up to 1,500 people.

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ELP were in charge of structural design and all rigging services. Their specialist crew made use of an assortment of rigging hardware, 'A' type trussing and sand ballast to create a solid and safe structure. Head rigger Richard Wythes remarked "Jack is genuinely scared of heights so it was a real ordeal for him.we had to make sure that every health and safety aspect was checked and double checked."

Despite blustery conditions the event was a great success and became one of the most memorable episodes on red nose day. ELP managing director Ronan Willson co

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Miguel Lourtie told us: "As our company name indicates we’ll be making use of existing partnerships with leading experts in all areas of the Industry, providing complete solutions for the most daunting ideas and challenges in the theatre, installation and sound reinforcement markets."

"Our company’s philosophy is total dealer support with project and technical sales backupwhich will allow us to better train our partners, to give them the edge ove

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Hortus Audio is the result of the determination of Silvère Davoust, former audio product manager at Master Europe, to continue the business and save the jobs of the employees. The mission of Hortus Audio is, the company says, to offer its partners reliable high-quality products that are designed and manufactured in France, in such a way as to achieve rapid return on investment. Hortus Audio is driven by the commitment of a dedicated t

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Thunder’s head audio engineer Scott Minkley described the event and how the fully programmable Helix and Helix slave units were able to meet the EQ requirements of each act’s FOH engineer with seamless transitions from set to set. "We brought a whole PA system down for the various acts’ engineers to use. The Helix was particularly useful because there were 10 zones of audio and numerous engineers to work with, so the units were definitely put to task and proved themselves extremely versatile. The event took place at the PGA National Resort and S

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Davies said: "The Mackie HDRs were all flight-cased and rack-mounted and we all had to do was connect the multicore, press the record button and we were away. It was as simple as that. We didn’t have a lot of opportunity to listen back to the recording on the road. But when we finally did, the results that came out of the Mackies were phenomenal."

However, sifting through all material recorded from 45 shows was not quite so ea

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His long-term experience will prove invaluable: after graduating from Newcastle-upon-Tyne College of Art and Design, Patterson worked initially as a musician and DJ and then for a number of record companies including Chrysalis, Pye, RCA and Polydor in promotion and public relations. In the mid 1980s, he moved into international marketing with Chrysalis and eventually became Director of EMI Music UK in 1992. He told us: "I am delighted to be offered this position and believ

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Due to the variety of jobs APR is involved in, there was an increasing need for versatile multi-purpose consoles. Some of the applications will be monitor and FOH use on festivals, tours and one-offs, and as an all-purpose console in broadcast, corporate and theatre productions. With the ML5000 the rental company will be even better equipped for meeting the rising demand for flexibility and the ever-increasing use of in-ear monitoring.

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For each of the five stages, Bandit Lites is supplying a basic 120k rig. In addition, the two barge stages will be augmented with six Martin MAC 500s and six MAC 600s per stage. The bill inlcudes acts such as Def Leppard, John Meyer, the B-52s and Joe Cocker. "We are extremely honoured to be a part of this event as well as working with such a great production

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A collaboration between Stade de France Productions and Festival Interceltique (I3C) the one-day festival built on its inaugural success last year and used Coemar lighting heavily in the production. This was designed by Roch Segovia and supplied by Paris-based contractors, NAT. Programming was by Fabrice Delmontel and Jerome Feuillade.

NAT supplied two each of their newly-acquired iWash Flex and iSpot Flex, for which they provided a world debut earlier in the month for Renault, at the Geneva Motor Show. These were used with 45 of the Coemar CF1200 HE and 22 CF1200 Wash lights, along with 40

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Metropolis’s brief also included the design of an integrated operating system for all things technical in the venue. The Metropolis team was headed by Simon Harris, and included site manager Stuart Clowes, technical director Shane Winterbourne, design project manager Martin Geraghty and installation engineers Shane Stanley and Ian Benstead.

The open plan venue has three levels, including a 1200-capacity Function Room/Showroom;

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A new concept in integrated acoustic ceiling systems, i-ceilings is the latest development from Armstrong, the world’s leading manufacturer of ceiling products. i-ceilings utilizes flat panel speaker technology to provide a unique loudspeaker system which exactly matches Armstrong’s market-leading range of suspended ceilings, to combine their existing aesthetic and passive acoustic qualities with the audio benefits provided by NXT.

Announcing the launch of the i-ceilings Approved Installer Network, CIE-Group marketing manager Chris Edwards explained: "The partnership between CIE-Group and Armstrong World Industries has brought t

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Adlib’s Dave Kay has been onboard as FOH engineer with the Liverpool-based outfit since last summer, when they supported Oasis at Finsbury Park. The Coral are a unique-sounding band, with musical influences from reggae to rock, Motown to country and western, and Kay naturally jumped at the opportunity to work with them. He describes mixing each song "like it’s a different gig" - from dreamy ballads to hardcore guitar thrash.

With six band members, four of whom sing, it’s vital that the vocals have are prominent i

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Students on these courses are training to be sound recording or lighting engineers respectively; they will be in charge of every technical aspect of the event from pre-production to rigging and operating the show, staged at the college’s professional theatre venue, the Cockpit Theatre. "We want to give the students an opportunity to produce, rig, light, record and operate a major event of this type," commented music technology course Tutor Steve Hepworth. "This is the only way you can give students a feel for what happens at a real event, and give them an opportunity to receive invaluable experience. We ha

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The main outdoor stage at Event is traditionally flanked by 12 boxes of HK’s stadium-friendly R Series, offering a total of 7.2kW. An HK Projector system will additionally be positioned infield of the main stack, representing a good chance for show visitors to find out what these systems sound like when run at something approaching true outdoor SPLs. Elsewhere on the JHS site, a dedicated HK Audio demo theatre will feature many pro audio systems and components from the HK catalogue, including the successful L.U.C.A.S, E.L.I.A.S and A.C.T.O.R self-powered activ

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As well as staff members from all of the White Light Group companies, including White Light Hire, White Light Sales, The Moving Light Company, The Service Company, Colourhouse, Modelbox and Enliten, the Open Day will allow visitors to explore the latest products from a variety of suppliers and manufacturers including Blackout (with their new LED starcloths), E//T//C (with the latest in large format projection equipment), Howard Eat

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The theatre is Wales' major drama producing theatre company and arts centre, and is the home of a highly-acclaimed company. Head of sound, Kevin Heyes, says it was always the plan to buy a second DM2000, to add to the desk they bought from Marquee late last year. The high performance digital console offers 96 (24-bit/96kHz) audio input channels, extensive surround production features, integrated digital audio workstation and ProTools control, providing more than nine times the processing power of the Yamaha 02R.

"With 50-60 inputs on some of our big rock ’n’ roll pantomimes, we were filling our 02Rs to capacity," admitted Kevin.

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Kelsey Beard has a range of experience: he was most recently employed as a Certified Home Inspector for Pillar to Post, a franchise throughout the US and Canada. He was previously owner/partner in Beard-Wolf & Associates Inc (1976-1999) - manufacturer representatives for commercial, industrial and residential lighting products. During that time the company grew to achieve over $4m in sales in Tennessee. Beard worked closely with architects, electrical engineers, and owners in the design of lighting requirements of commercial and industrial buildings.

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Bilk’s long career has seen many milestones including the 1960 hit ‘Strangers on the Shore’ - the first recording to simultaneously top both the UK and US charts, a collection of gold and platinum discs for record sales, and the MBE he received in 2001 for services to music. 50 years at the top of his profession have not dimmed Bilk’s enthusiasm for live performance and during preparations for his 2003 UK tour, Bilk’s tour manager and front of house engineer for the past 30 years, Les Squires, called Audio-Technica to see if he could put a couple of microphones which had been recommended to him through their paces.

"Every time A-T put a microphone in fro