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"Throughout the year, we run a large number of sales, marketing and training seminars, including courses for clinical education with live surgical links from operating theatres to seminar rooms that enable surgeons to learn more about surgical techniques and our products," says Irwin Crowe, Biomet's International Marketing Services Manager. "Each of these events has a requirement for audio visual equipment and we have now invested in our own systems because it is more cost effective to buy the equipment than to keep hiring it in.&qu

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But the team achieved more than outstanding sound quality for the 63,000-seat stadium with the design; they are also saving the owners upwards of $100 million over comparable projects of this size and scope, according to Pro Sound's president, Rod Sintow: "The simple fact that Meyer Sound equipment is self-powered enables us to accelerate our installation schedule by 12 weeks," says Sintow. "The UPA-1Ps were installed in eight days. If we'd done that with unpowered speakers, that alone would have t

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These productions add to their already impressive musical portfolio, which includes Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Guys and Dolls, We Will Rock You, Mamma Mia!, Billy Elliot, The Lion King and the recently opened Sinatra at The London Palladium. Autograph is equally well represented in the play market too; supplying Embers, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, Blackbird, The Crucible, Smaller, The RSC Season at The Novello and Resurrection Blues.

Both Avenue Q and Spamalot are designed by the prolific

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The Cardan brings a new level of sophistication to Lisburn, with its upstairs club Distil keeping things going into the darker hours. Atmosphere was the natural choice for owner Jon Poots to keep the ambience appropriate to the design and feel of the bar. Poots says: "I used Atmosphere in my last venue and was delighted with the control offered and the service provided by Zest Audio, it was the natural choice for The Cardan. Again I am delighted with what is achieved and with the back-up service.&q

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No surprise then when the technical director Marc Vrebos chose to invite all serious pro-audio manufacturers to demonstrate their latest sound systems when the time came for renewal of the house PA. "The previous system had been installed in '96, we knew from our own experiences, and from listening to what touring sound engineers told us, that the time had come for a line array," he said.

AB's head of sound Tom Janssen, assisted by Sven Van den Broek, AB's longest serving in-

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The Tottenham Court Road Gala installation utilises 45 VersaTUBES, integrated vertically into a central feature of the main bar on the first floor. This is part of an extensive aesthetic revamp for the venue. The physical installation was completed by Viking Electrics and PID commissioned the TUBEs to Reason's specification. The

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"This is a critical time. Teens are at a greater risk than ever in terms of hearing loss," says Marilee Potthoff, director of marketing for the House Ear Institute. "Sennheiser's support of HEI programs is valuable in helping us reach the young consumer audio market, and is bringing greater exposure to what is proving to be a very successful public education campaign."

HEI, a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing hearing science through research and education to improve quality of life, was established in 1946. Its Sound Partners hearing conservation pro

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He has spent several years working with Martin Audio along with a very long stint with BSS Audio Ltd providing the audio community with technical support and servicing. He is still - although not working for BSS actively - supporting the entire breadth of the BSS product lines.

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Restaurant manager Belinda Jarman, administration manager Hannah Ross and marketing and communications manager Hannah Westway were instrumental in instigating the change. "We wanted to have a very definite change of atmosphere in the evenings," explains Ross. "Each day, we change from being a more formal lunch venue to a very relaxed evening venue and we wanted a look to reflect that. With the lighting that Mushroom has installed we've definitely achieved that, to the point where we have had a series of reviews that name Prism as the place to be with our red lighting theme and 'The Brain' wall projection."

To achieve this, Mushroom supplied red cold cathode low voltage lighting a

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SETS owner Marcus Eustace says: "Our team handles the logistics of several hundred productions a year, many of which utilise quality PA systems. We believe the D.A.S. Aero gives the quality of audio reproduction required for both theatre and outdoor events. In choosing the new system we worked with James O'Leary of CoNi who has a strong reputation in supplying this type of equipment.

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The product is described in the ADA finalist pages as "an innovative lighting console for the programming and control of lighting for live performance. Through innovative software and compact design the Vista S3 allows the user to build lighting designs visually on screen. The Vista software provides an intuitive and creative process for creating lighting effects and uses a window-based system similar to modern computers. All aspects are seen in timeline format which gives an entirely new approach to design and performance to speed the programming process. The V

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Among its features is the ability to link multiple units together, enabling single HD images to be spread across many output displays - ideal for multiscreen applications. In addition, the mixer can be remotely controlled by any Edirol instrument via MIDI or RS-232C. Other features are, picture-in-picture with joystick, size-dial to control position, size, pan and zoom, plus a lock facility can be used simultaneously with the keyer in the HD and graphics section. The built-in TBC and real-time upconverter and scaler all ensure totally smooth transitions.

You can now happily mix together your existing SD v

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The event has developed beyond an AGM in recent years, and is now much more of an active discussion forum for members who feedback on the work PLASA is doing and contribute to the future direction of the Association. The Members Lunch, which follows, grows in popularity each year, and in 2006 it is anticipated that 200 member companies will be represented. This year's speaker is business troubleshooter Alasdair Jeffrey who will talk to members about the challenges of growing and running a business. He was 'discovered' by the award-winning BBC series Trouble at the Top in 2004 and, as the subject of the 2006 BBC series The Ferocious Mr Fixit, he has built a formidable reputation over the years as a man who mak

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Under the ground-breaking agreement, which comes into effect immediately, Ampco Belgium and TM Audio will distribute, support and promote Peavey products with a highly developed infrastructure that will include dedicated vertical market sector sales teams, sales force and reseller product training schemes, product marketing support programmes, educational support initiatives and user endorsement programmes.

Uniquely, Peavey will integrate Ampco Belgium and TM Audio into its European logistics system, ensurin

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Making the presentation on behalf of New World Symphony at the 2006 Internet 2 Performance and Master Class Production Workshop in Miami Beach, Florida, Taylor was joined by Richard Bunn, systems consultant from the London office of Theatre Projects Consultants (TPC). The two are close collaborators on the project, which will occupy two adjacent city blocks and which will enable high definition video and audio to be sent to and from a remote site at speeds thousands of times faster

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The course has been designed to provide essential and valuable information for anybody involved with working with laser lighting products, whether they be show operators, installation companies, manufacturers, or resellers of laser projectors. Course Director, James Stewart, says that, currently, with the dramatic advances in solid state laser technology, the large, expe

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The shareholders of the new company are: Britannia Row Productions, Canegreen, Capital Sound, Concert Sound, Skan PA Hire, SSE Audio Group, and Wigwam Acoustics. M7 Audio has committed to taking an initial eight 96-channel systems and associated components worth in excess of £1m.

The foundations for M7 were laid during 2005 when the worldwide audio rental industry was invited by Midas to evaluate the initial concept and plans for the manufacturer's digital project. Subsequent discussions between the M7 partners revealed a shared consensus that joint ownership was the best way to launch XL8 int

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Initially, Maltbury MD Philip Sparkes visited the church to assess the needs of the choir. Tiers were required, but they would have to fit neatly between the organ and choir stalls and take account of a marble altar platform at the back. The stage would also need to store compactly, as it would have to be kept in an outhouse behind the church when not in use. The requirements were very precise.

Frequent communication over two years produced a customised Metrodeck stage. The resulting tiers fit perfectly between the existing fixtures in the church, creating a fully demountable performance

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During the week, over a number of quite different shows, Ice lighting played its cool media effects across a horizontal batten array, where it supported a multitude of acts including Razorlight, Bloc Party, Goldfrapp, Anthony and the Johnsons, Starsailor and Boy Kill Boy.

The overall lighting design was by Tom Kenny with individual LD's adding their distinctive feel to the proceedings.

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RSVP exhibition featured VideoTheque, an innovation which takes the use of AV to a new level, using it to create the backdrop for an entire event. This will allow organisers to create any environment for their party, in any venue, changing it as often as they wish.

The concept included a full sound system, live musicians and vocalists, and party footage created specifically to use the screens to maximum effect. Guests on the stand were featured on the screens as part of the content. This was created by a series of Hot Heads (remote controlled cameras) and hand held camera men which provide video feeds to be used in conjunction with all other pre recorded video material.

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Entec was contacted by Martin Wilkie from Experience Design Management Ltd, the production company licensed by the BBC to operate Doctor Who exhibitions and activities worldwide. In addition to the lighting kit, Entec also supplied technician Niall Hannell to rig and programme the exhibition.

The exhibition features a wide selection of monsters and villains - including the legendary Daleks - and a host of original props and costumes, designs and video clips from the new series starring Christopher Eccleston an

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The rig consisted of a mixture of conventional Source 4s and fresnels, intelligent lights in the form of AC's tourspot, and 24 of the ChromaQ DB4 colour blocks, to create an understated yet interesting look.

The venues, ranging from London to Bolton and Birmingham presented a fewchallenges. Lighting operator Richard George said: "Fitting the set and all its attendant lighting and AV equipment into some of the smaller venues was a real challenge at times, especially on the power side of things.

Then there were the problems of making the set seem to fill the lar