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The charity event featured Eddie Izzard, Russell Brand, Chevy Chase, Seth Green, Dylan Moran, The Mighty Boosh, Graham Norton, John Culshaw, Al Murray, Andrew Maxwell, plus live music from Natalie Imbruglia, The Magic Numbers and The Zutons.

"The design brief was to produce a simple and memorable set that effectively communicated the Amnesty message" says event producer John Farquhar- Smith. Two large LED screens flanked the organ; a satellite stage in the shape of amnesty's logo and large projection screen was added at gallery level for those sitting behind the satellite stage to see the faces of those performing on it.

The satellite stage at the centre of the au

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Nordic Rentals boasts the largest inventory of Dolby Lake Processor and Lake Contour digital loudspeaker processors in Europe - 20 units in total - and regularly supplies the sound and lighting equipment for all of the festival stages.

"I am a very happy owner after hearing the new Dolby Lake Processor at work over the last three months and receiving a massive positive response from audiences, promoters and band techs," says Jens Elsborg, technical director for Nordic Rentals. Elsborg said. "My first impression was of sweet, soft and highly detailed super-highs, and the lows are filled w

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The RSS system uses CAT 5e to connect the stage hardware to the FOH desk. At the stage end there are numerous female XLR connectors mounted directly onto the brains of the PCB. To make this connection point more rugged - and to give PA companies the opportunity to incorporate their existing line systems - Roland asked VDC's technical staff to devise a panel that would sit over these XLRs and provide one simple multipin connection.

At the other end of the system, where it connects to the FOH mixer, VDC was asked to devise another panel that would convert the fiddly D25 connectors to a simple and much stronger VDM150.

VDC director Giles Copeman, who was in charge of the proj

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The new Moyer Student Union is being built in two stages, the first of which opened this autumn. The new 135,000 sq.ft space is bigger and better, offering a dining court, a TV lounge, office space for student advocacy and interest groups, more and expanded spaces for studying and socialising, a 300-seat movie theatre, and a powerful sound system utilising several models of Commu

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"The biggest challenge was to create a lighting design powerful enough to be effective in broad daylight" said EVENT designer James O'Connell. "With the right kit in place, we were able to project shadow effects against the vast walls and floor of the hall, extending the impact of the installation across the entire space. It was crucial that this effect was able to counter the natural light from the huge glass ceiling."

Once the equipment had been sourced and initial design work done, EVENT began working with the

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The AIC team began by scoping out the system design using Meyer Sound's MAPP Online Pro acoustical prediction software. "MAPP is powerful and accurate," says AIC head engineer Mark LeCorre. "First we worked out the design in MAPP, then my system engineer Jamie Howieson and I spent a lot of time walking every part of the room with a WiFi-enabled tablet PC that controlled our system processor, making adjustments, and using o

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14 March 2016

For the European tour, Lighting designer, Travis Shirley, chose to use Martin MAC 2ks, MAC 500s, MAC 250s, Martin Atomic Colors, High End Systems Studio Beam PC, Pulsar Chromabanks, PARS, and Color Kinetics Colorblast.

Shirley said that the overall lighting design was created to produce a concert atmosphere that matched the mood of the band's music. An important feature of the lighting design was the rig itself. Shirley said that he wanted the rig to display a dysfunctional look- to give a "disturbed" feel. The juxtaposed placement of fixtures created a multi level, asymmetrical wall. The strobes were in a grid allowing ver

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14 March 2016

The Halloween event takes place on November 4 in the atmospheric venue of The Caves in Edinburgh's old town, situated in the old underground vaults of the city.

Northern Light is providing its expertise in sound and lighting free of charge for this event, which boasts a line up of DJs from the very best of the Edinburgh clubbing scene.

The event is showcasing 14 different clubs over four subterranean rooms and all profits will go to Edinburgh's Sick Kids hospital. In addition, the National Lottery has agreed to match all funds raised pound for pound.

Colin Cuthbert, managing director at Northern Light, said: "I'm delighted to offer our services to help such a

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Jones says, "There's a stronger demand than ever for Motor Schools from our clients, who want their staff and regular crews to be fully clued up on all the maintenance issues. We'd wanted to run Motor Schools for some time, but we had to wait until the current series of building modifications and expansion was completed before we had the space."

Numbers were deliberately limited to 16 places. Jones explained that their past experiences proved that this was the ideal number to allow a one or two person presentation team to give everyone sufficient individual attention. It was also a 'friendly' number that worked well in LTM's new training room

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One full-size and one light grandMA console were used to light the two main stages. The video content came from two grandMA mediaPCs with grandMA video. Another grandMA full-size controlled the entrance, meeting, demo rooms and dance floor area lighting. Additionally a grandMA micro was utilised.

On the two stages the artists performed at different times. For this reason each media server was dedicated to a specific stage which had a unique screen composed of a high-resolution Barco LED wall and a low-resolution VersaTube on the top and bottom parts. Light

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The company's stand at PLASA was designed to provide stimulation of all five senses; sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. Visually, the stand adopted a clean, gallery like approach to the display of products and graphics, while digital signage, promoting the new corporate branding, provided additional stimulation. Ambient sounds reproduced birdsong, while an aroma machine produced the smell of freshly cut grass, giving a sense of freedom and of being outdoors. Green tea was offered to visitors, and a central 'chill-out area' offered Japanese head and ha

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Bandit CEO, Michael T. Strickland, commented, "I wish to thank the entire global staff at Bandit Lites for making this award possible. We are very honoured that the industry has again chosen Bandit Lites as the 'best of the best' and we promise to live up to the accolade. On behalf of Bandit, I would like to thank all of our clients, their staff, TerryLowe and the great people at PLSN Magazine for allowing Bandit this opportunity."

The Parnelli Award marks the third 'Lighting Company of the Year' Award that Bandit hasreceived in 2006. The company was also presented similar awards from Po

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"We chose the SSL C200 console because of its powerful recall functions, and our ability to switch effortlessly between massive production set-ups in seconds," says Geffen Records chairman Ron Fair. "We found the sound to be absolutely comparable with analogue SSL consoles, and we expect to make many hits with a seamless transition."

SSL Inc. president Phil Wagner comments, "We are obviously thrilled that UMG/IGA is installing the C200. This order represents the most significant commitment to SSL's C200 Digital Production Cons

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Working for organisers Frieze Events, the Summit team of up to eight riggers led by Jay Call suspended over seven kilometres of steel wire rope in the ceilings of the four main tented venues. This consisted of catenary wires at two different heights, a lower one to accommodate the false ceiling and a higher one for suspending heating and air conditioning ducts and other elements of plant.

They did the same in six additional subsidiary tents - all supplied by Owen Brown. The work was completed over a two week period, with Summit going in after the construction of each of the tents was completed. The largest tent measured 200 metres long by 40 wide. Summit also installed truss

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The show's sound designer, Bobby Aitken, chose the CSC Software after an extensive evaluation between other solutions and is using the product to replay sound effects and music tracks. The system is controlled from the production's main console and outputs to multiple speaker zones including an onstage "gramophone" for realistic "rehearsal scenes".

CSC is gaining rapid adoption within the theatre community due to it's powerful, yet easy to use interface, says Orbital. It has recently been deployed on a variety of productions including, It's a Fine Life(Queen's

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Shure Distribution UK will be running a free prize draw on each day of the event. Visitors will have the opportunity to win a limited edition Black Beta 58 microphone complete with cable and stand. All they have to do is enter their details with Shure on the stand.

Shure's premium KSM9 vocal condenser microphone will be on show in wired form. It features a dual diaphragm design and time-saving set-up features like automatic frequency selection and automatic transmitter sync.

Shure's all new Performance Gear Wireless Systems, on show for the first time at Music Live, combine sound quality and stage-proven endurance with advanced features like internal diversity ant

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Lighting designer Stevie Marr specified the VersaTubes and the Catalyst, with the Tubes also forming the main architectural element of the performance space upstage of the band and stretching right out to the sides of the stage. The VersaTubes were attached to 18 vertical sections of A-type trussing - four per tube - clamped to the two onstage chords of the truss.

Marr produced all the video content used to drive the VersaTubes himself, as part of his masters degree in Graphic Design (specialising in Interactive Media) at the Arts Institute of Bournemouth.

The Maximo Park tour was project managed for XL by Jo Beirne, a

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The contract for Dubai Mall includes a total of 571 square metres of LED. The Mall will host over 1200 outlets, spanning in excess of 336,000 square metres of retail space, and will also include an array of leisure pursuits, including an aquarium, fashion show arena, gold souk and Olympic size ice ring.

Emaar executive director Rashid Doleh comments, "We have selected Barco as we are convinced that the quality and creativity of their solutions is

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For the hard-edge fixtures, Jackson has opted for a combination of VL2500s and Martin Mac2k Performances. For the 2ks, he added in the Patrick Woodroffe Gobo package to give some new variety to the light, which he says made a world of difference. Jackson also uses Syncrolite B-52s along with Mac 300s and Mac2ks.

The show is packed with video- including an upstage LED wall that is 30 feet wide, and then another 40 feet of Low-Res panels (built by Screenworks). It became essential to match the video with a lot of lighting, in order to cut through a backdrop that produces a fair amount of light on its own.

Jackson uses Morris Leasing's ESP Vision Studio in Nashvi

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This thorough evaluation process ensures that all projects are assessed on the excellence of the lighting design as a whole rather than relying solely on possibly misleading photographic evidence. The long list is compiled by the judging panel from written and photographic submissions put together by all the entrants.

The presentation ceremony of the Lighting Design Awards takes place at the London Hilton Hotel on Park Lane on Thursday 15 March 2007. The black-tie ceremony is a highlight of the lighting industry's calendar. The Lighting Design Awards is organised by Emap, the publisher of Lighting magazine, and the Institution of Lighting E

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"We see this as a disco of superlatives," says Index managing director, Holger Bösch. His plan is for the Index to function as a disco at the weekends, whilst remaining available during the week for corporate functions, wedding parties and other events. "We aim to offer guests the optimum experience, so nothing less than the finest equipment will suffice,"

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Prizes will include Audio-Technica ATH-EM7 GM headphones, as well as tee-shirts and autographed copies of the band's new album In My Blood. Breed77 are performing on the Music Live stage at around 2pm, before arriving on the Audio-Technica stand, where they will also take part in a question and answer session with visitors about why and how they use Audio-Technica microphones live on stage.

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With background music during the day, lounge levels at night and DJ sessions during weekends, the lounge required a sound system that delivers well at background level, but still provides convincing dynamics and involvement when pushed by the DJ's.

A lot of work went in to the visual design and ambience of the venue and the sound system. In order not to compromise the clean visual impression, four aluminium finished Cornered C6TRM boxes were discreetly installed horizontally in the corner between ceiling and walls. Crossed at 80 Hz, the top-boxes only call for a minimum of sub bass support and a customised 8" active su

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The 24 ColorWash 1200E AT, 12 ColorSpot 1200E ATs, plus eighteen Robe StageBanner 10 ATs were specified by lighting designer Gunther Hecker. Hecker - also the inventor of the StageBanner - who developed an attractive, flexible and unusual design with the 18 StageBanners, with each holding a reversible screen. The banners, each measuring 1 metre wide with a 10 metre drop, were all rigged off the back truss.

This overall design created a projection screen for custom produced video content that could either be displayed on a "standard" black background or onto the banners set at 90° - which had the effect of increasing the perc