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UK - Liverpool-based installation company B&S Sound & Light recently selected Tannoy loudspeakers for the sound system when the Exchange Bar and Grill in Leeds was fully refitted. The client and installer have been so impressed with the system's performance that Tannoy has also been selected for the newly refitted Stevenage branch of the UK-based chain of restaurants, owned by the Greene King Group.

The refitted licensed grill restaurants in both Leeds and Stevenage have a predominantly New York Bronx theme with bright graffiti décor. Each outlet also features a smaller eating area with a more sumptuous ambience and a clever backlit system on the main windows portrays a New York skyline. Owner of B&S Sound and Light, Billy Gillbanks, explained: "Good quality audio reproduction was a prerequisite for the sound system which provides music at various levels throughout the day

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Saudi Arabia - Allen & Heath's Saudi Arabian distributor, Halwani Audio Visual, has installed a DR66 digital processor in a new themed restaurant in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. The restaurant, called the Lost City, is divided into six zones, each area depicting a different theme - a cave, jungle, Mexican house, Spanish villa, VIP area, and the entrance/waiting area. There are several styles of music playing in the different zones, distributed through the 6-input/6 output DR66.

Using the DR66's patch functionality, audio in the venue is programmed with multiple modes. There are two SFX tracks running continuously as background ambience and track fillers during silent periods - in some zones it is jungle sounds, while in others there is the relaxing sound of a waterfall. The DR66 automatically mutes this background sound whenever an audio track is activated. To prevent tampering

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UK - Projected Image Digital has supplied Creative Technology (CT) with 240m of Element Labs VersaTUBE linear LED effects fixtures, purchased for the current series of ITV1's talent show, X-Factor, which is being recorded at Fountain TV Studios in Wembley. The VersaTUBES were specified by set designer Christopher George, and are integral to the large set - used as decorative delineative edges for the main 'X' centrepiece above centre stage, for another 'X' shape built into the floor directly beneath, and for marking out the centre stage staircase.

Measuring 1m in length, with a 16-pixel resolution, an IP65 rating and taking video input (DVI), the VersaTUBES are used to create complex and fast moving patterns, colours and effects. They are also used statically, as architectural outlining devices for the contours of the set. They also come into play for the show's more up-tempo p

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Australia - Returning to the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour from 13-15 February 2006, Entech 2006 will see the launch of a new seminar and conference program, the organizer has announced. Continuing to attract the pro audio and lighting markets, the Entech 2006 conference program will also cater for the audio-visual and broadcast market and further explore the integration between entertainment technologies.

The organizers report that the response to Entech 2004 was "overwhelming" and that Entech 2006 is evolving even further. The format remains the same and will occupy halls 5 and 6, several demo rooms and two huge conference rooms. Some changes to the floor plan will provide easier navigation for visitors and more floor space for exhibitors, say the organizers.

Many previous exhibitors have already secured stands after experiencing great s

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UK - Newton Preparatory School, a co-educational school in Battersea, South London, recently opened its new 288-seat theatre in a ceremony led by renowned theatre director Sir Peter Hall. Also in attendance were White Light's technical sales manager Roger Hennigan and projects coordinator Esther Heaslip, marking White Light's close involvement with the creation of the new venue.

During the project's design phase, the school's electrical consultant, Phil Whiffin from Engineering Co Partnership, contacted White Light for advice as to how to equip the venue. Roger Hennigan and David Howe from White Light's projects team devised a comprehensive, flexible lighting system that suited both the school's needs and its budget.

The theatre's new dimming system uses four 12-way ETC SmartPack rackswith RCD protection controlled by a Strand 300-series lighting console. An internally-wired

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USA - Established in July this year, 3G Live is still a relatively unfamiliar name on the sound reinforcement scene in Southern California. But thanks, in part, to the recent purchase of a massive turnkey L-Acoustics loudspeaker system, which includes the first two dozen 115XT HiQ floor monitors sold in North America, the company aims to quickly change that.

At the helm of 3G Live is VP Jay Curiel, a 15-year veteran of the Orange County and Los Angeles concert production scenes. Curiel is notably accompanied in his new venture by both lead sound engineer Julio Valdez and president Eli Stearns, who also heads up 3G Productions, 3G Live's parent company in Chicago.

With regard to product, the touring company has now taken delivery of 24 V-Dosc and 12 dV-Dosc loudspeaker systems, 16 SB218 and 4 dV-SUB subwoofer enclosures, 24 of the new 115XT HiQ floor monitors and a full comple

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Australia - UK-based manufacturer Turbosound reports that Wollongong's hottest nightspot - Cooney's Tavern, with its brand new nightclub Bustin' - has been equipped with a new Turbosound system, installed by Sydney-based Innovative Lighting and Sound.

The main room system comprises a mix of TXD-121 mid/high and TXD-081 mid/high delay speakers, complemented by TSW-718 subs. Innovative also supplied a separate outdoor portable DJ system of TXD-121s and TXD-215s, with additional TXD-081s installed for the bar area audio system. Designing the main system from the ground-up, starting with the subs, Innovative arranged for Turbosound's TSW-718 models to be trialled in the venue for three months prior to the installation. The depth and tight response of the 718s proved to be ideally suited to the club's dance music requirements, say the company. A variety of mid/high speakers were als

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Spain - The second annual 'Producción Audio Awards' recently brought together the leading professionals and companies of the Spanish audio industry. Valencia-based D.A.S. Audio SA won the 'Best Sound Manufacturer of the Year', award, recognizing the enormous success of the Aero line array systems. The gala was held at the IFEMA International Trade and Convention Center in Madrid and coincided with the SIMO Computer, Multi-Media and Communications show. Fernando Fernández Pinto, the D.A.S. sales representative for central Spain, accepted the award on behalf of the company.

The award recognizes the company's efforts in innovation, technological advancement and success of its product in the markets. As in previous years, voting for the finalists was open to the public through the website. Once the Internet voting was closed, a jury formed by independent industry professionals

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UK - Creative Technology fielded an impressive array of Barco iLite 6 high-brightness LED modules to fulfil John Anderson's set design for the BBC's annual Children In Need fundraising spectacular, at the Television Centre in London. In addition to providing the totaliser screen, banner screen and stage left screen, this year CT fielded an additional 28sq.m screen at the rear of the set in studio TC1 - where Gaby Roslin and Terry Wogan again anchored the seven-hour TV marathon. The main central screen opened and closed via a tracking device behind the presenters.

Commented John Anderson, in his second year of designing the show: "The idea of a sliding screen this year was at the request of director, Richard Valentine. Also we moved the (36 x 1 module) i6 LED banner from the overhead proscenium last year onto the stage; it looked very prominent in the foreground.&quo

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UK - Lightfactor Sales has supplied leading UK lighting rental house Siyan with SGM Giotto 400 CMY moving lights for hire stock, eight of which have gone straight out on the Joss Stone tour. The latest SGM products add to Lightfactor's existing hire inventory of SGM fixtures. Joss Stone's lighting design was conceived by Siyan's Bryan Leitch, and further developed by him and James Thompson who programmed the show and is LD'ing and operating on the road.

Four SGMs are positioned on the rear truss, with another four on two upstage/offstage Manfrotto stands each side of stage - for additional depth and separation. He uses the fixtures as the core of the rig, enthusing: "They are fantastic. They're proving robust and reliable on the road, and the effects you can create with the sheer power and brightness are really excellent."

The fixtures are used extensively for gobo

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Saudi Arabia - HAV Productions, a division of Allen & Heath's Saudi Arabian distributor, Halwani Audio, was appointed to organise a private concert for a family wedding in the Red Sea port of Jeddah, selecting various Allen & Heath consoles to manage sound reinforcement. The concert, held for three consecutive nights, took place in a private football field on the family estate, and included performances from some of the top singers in the Gulf, including Nabil Shoail, Hussain Al Jismi and Abu Bakr Salem Balfakeeh. The family also extended the invitation to the public, hosting a 5,000 strong crowd.

HAV productions supplied and operated a 56-channel Allen & Heath GL3300 multi-purpose console at the FOH position - one 40-channel GL3300, connected to a 16-channel GL3300, via the company's proprietary Sys-Link system. HAV also selected a 48-channel ML4000 VCA console to manage monit

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UK - Richmond Studios' Audio Logistics live recording division was brought in to record Rod Stewart's recent special concert for BBC TV at the Royal Albert Hall. Rod performed many of his classics and his Great American Songbook repertoire (the third volume of which was released last month). The evening also featured a mixture of classics by Gershwin, Cole Porter and more, performed with a 50-piece orchestra and Rod's own band.

The concert was shot for a BBC TV special, which went out the following Friday, and also for a DVD release on BMG. Directed by David Mallet with Al Gurdon as lighting designer and Bill Laslett providing set design, the Audio Logistics team, headed by founder Toby Alington, provided the audio recording, production equipment and crew. The feeds from Rod's band's standard set-up was taken 'as is' by the team, while for the orchestra, Alington specified the

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UK - Bandit Lites UK supplied lighting equipment for the spectacular stage and catwalk show at the centre of the 2004 Erotica exhibition in London's Olympia. Bandit's Lester Cobrin project managed, working closely with the show's technical production supplier Derek Halliday Productions and lighting designer Ben Fox. It was Bandit's second Erotica show - the first being in Manchester back in March - and Derek Halliday has been involved since the exhibition's inception in 1997.

The action packed 50 minute, four-times-a-day stage show, produced and choreographed by Torture Garden, was the exhibition's central attraction and featured aerial performance, dancing - including with fire and water - and a catwalk parade. Lighting had to be highly versatile and also had to contend with daylight for two shows a day, courtesy of Olympia's glass ceiling.

Ben Fox has lit Erotica's stage sho

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UK - Scottish audio sales and rental company, GB Audio, has supplied a 16 channel Allen & Heath GL2200 multi-purpose console to Queen Margaret University College (QMUC) in Edinburgh.

The GL2200 has been installed in QMUC's Gateway Studio Theatre, and is an upgrade for the College's Drama Department, which was looking for a compact, yet fully-featured desk for training students to be theatre technicians. The mixer will also be used to manage audio for the College's productions, as the Theatre also hosts performances by students and professional theatre companies throughout the year.

GB Audio's Graham Bodenham comments: "Allen & Heath is renowned for designing consoles with the best build and sound quality, and the GL2200 mixing console ensures a comprehensive, quiet and reliable front end of the audio system. The College was also looking for a mixer with flexible output ro

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UK - Showsec has signed a new two-and-a-half year contract to supply London's Earls Court venue with crowd-management services. The contract builds on two successful years with Earls Court, where Showsec has managed the front of house security and stewarding operation, across events including The Prince's Trust Urban Music Festival, Madonna and Justin Timberlake concerts, Coldplay and Paul McCartney. This new agreement extends Showsec's relationship with the venue.

Showsec's Earls Court team, along with the rest of its London staff, is continuing its programme of the NCFE event stewarding qualifications, SIA door supervisor training and event supervisor courses to ensure high standards of customer care. Over the next year Showsec and Earls Court will also be ensuring the new SIA regulations are adhered to as they are introduced in London.

Showsec southern regional manager Simo

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UK - Geoff Hoon MP recently sang the praises of a local music firm when he visited their factory. The Ashfield MP, who is known for his passion for music, had a tour of Carlsbro Electronics in Kirkby and met a number of apprentices. Carlsbro, which manufactures amplification for bands and musicians, was established in 1959 is one of the few remaining of its kind in the country and continues to go from strength to strength.

In a recent high-profile project, the company created a live music venue in Westminster for 220 MPs. The event was organized to raise the profile of live music and featured live acts such as MP4 - Parliament's first pop band!

Geoff Hoon's visit to Carlsbro was made to coincide with the first ever 'National Enterprise Week' (15-21 November), a government-backed initiative to help foster a more dynamic enterprise culture in the UK. Hoon commented: "The

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Austria - HK Audio's Cohedra (Coherent Dynamic Response Array) system has been used by theatrical PA rental company Showtime in Austria for a large-scale musical production, Coming Home. "Cohedra is now gaining a good reputation in Austria as it's been used for many corporate shows such as 100 Years of Kleine Zeitung in Graz, the Gackern culinary event in St Andrä, as well as for the leading TV show Wetten Das," says Roman Wieser from HK Audio's Austrian distribution company, eXact. "Showtime's production manager Christian Polster had heard a lot of good things about Cohedra and wanted to test the system. This wasn't going to be an easy project as the show featured more than 130 artists, an orchestra, band and vocalists, so they decided that it would be the perfect challenge for Cohedra. He was very satisfied with the results, both for the ease with w

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Australia - Coemar DeSisti Australia (CDA) has supplied Channel 7 with 26 4-bank and nine 2-bank De Sisti Delux fluorescents for the new studio they have just completed at Martin Place in Sydney. After successful use of the fluorescents with Channels 7's Melbourne Broadcast centre, plus for Channel 7s coverage of the tennis, golf and racing (Channel 7 has an extensive stock of De Sisti fluorescents, which are used on all these outside broadcasts) the De Sisti product was a natural pick for the new studio in Sydney, say the company.

The Sydney studio is quite a challenge for the lighting people with two sides of the studio being glass walls; therefore, they have to contend with changing light levels and colour temperature throughout the days, keeping in mind the studio is in use from 6am in the morning to the late hours of the evening. The extremely high output and possibilities

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Estonia - Estonian audio company MuMix Inc has installed a KV2 Audio system at the Bonnie & Clyde nightclub, in Tallinn, Estonia. The club, which is located on the first floor of Reval Hotel Olympia was looking to completely upgrade its sound and lighting systems. Having done his research, MuMix's Kaupo Uibo had no doubt in specifying a KV2 Audio, ES system. Alex Pagliani of KV2 Audio says: "Once we had demonstrated the ES system to Mr. Uibo he was convinced that the system would work at Bonnie & Clyde. We already new that the club featured both live and recorded music, which made the ES system a perfect match."

MuMix installed installed four ES 1.0 (two per side) with four ES 2.5 subwoofers. The newly installed audio system was commissioned in early October and has immediately attracted huge crowds to the club.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Computers Unlimited have teamed up with the Central School of Speech & Drama in London to stage the first ever UK VectorWorks Spotlight event. VectorWorks Spotlight is an entertainment and lighting design software, which merges sophisticated 2D drafting and powerful 3D modelling with advanced lighting design and production tools. The organizer says the event will provide an opportunity to see some outstanding projects created using VectorWorks Spotlight.

Mark Stephens, director of The Design Division (a specialist VectorWorks reseller and producer of the new VectorWorks Spotlight Training CD), will start the event with an overview of VectorWorks. He will then demonstrate the specific Spotlight features, and will also show the new VectorWorks training CD which now includes specific movies on Spotlight. Alex Wardle, a lighting designer and technical manager, will cover setti

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Spain - This marks seventh industry award for HES' Digital Lighting fixture High End Systems' DL1 Digital Light fixture won Best Product of the Year at the Pro-Audio and Lighting Awards in Spain. The honor was presented 11 November at the Broadcast 2004 trade show in Madrid. Produccion Profesional magazine sponsored the awards.

Ramon Setien of Pro-Lighting, a High End Systems distributor in Spain, accepted the award. Pro-Lighting was also in the running for lighting company of the year. The jury was comprised of professional lighting designers. Says Carlos Martinez-Iturralde of Pro-Lighting, "The judges said the DL1 deserved the award because it was the best lighting product for its innovative technology in the lighting market."

This is DL1's seventh industry award since its introduction in 2003.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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Spain - LT-light has announced the appointment of Lightronics Inc. as its new distributor for the Hydra Range of lighting controllers for the USA and Canada. The well-known American company will provide full sales assistance, extensive technical support and service as well as customer training and specialist seminars.

International sales manager Fernando Krijer commented: "We are pleased and very much looking forward to working together with Lightronics Inc. They are a tremendous complement to our existing portfolio."

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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Greece - Cadac supplied two J-Type Live Production Consoles to one of Europe's largest cultural centres, Megaron - the Athens Concert Hall Complex. The J-Type consoles, comprising one 60-input and one 56-input frame plus a flexible 24-input sub frame, are installed in two new multi-functional halls at the Athens Concert Hall, and were supplied and installed by Cadac's Greek distributor, Telmaco SA, after a two-year bid process.

Athens Concert Hall opened in 1991, some 35 years after the Greek government originally donated the site for its construction. The venue is jointly governed by the Athens Concert Hall Organisation, the Friends of Music Society, and the state, and hosts an extensive schedule of musical productions and events.

The two new halls, the 1800-seat Alexandra Triandi Hall and the 400-seat Nikos Skalkotas Hall, were opened at the end of 2003, complete with new so

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Denmark - Martin Professional, which offers a variety of tailored financing options to its customers, has announced that in the past seven years, it has secured financing of more than US$100,000,000 for its customers, either through its own internal resources or in some cases in partnership with external financing firms. In so doing, Martin says, it has helped countless businesses stay competitive while creating extensive product availability worldwide.

Begun in 1997 and unique to the industry, Martin's finance options are inclusive plans that offer flexible financing to its entire customer base from small installations to large rental companies. The company says it is committed to offering the products and services that support customers' growth by working with them to meet their financing objectives.

(Lee Baldock)

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