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The event was co-presented by Vladimir Lukasevich, resident lighting designer for the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg and Rainer Weggen, Selecon's market manager for Germany, Austria & Switzerland using a mix of presentational techniques and hands-on experiences with Selecon luminaires.

Alexey Kapustin from Selecon dealer, Sistema, was responsible for the organisation of the event and he was delighted with the interest shown by the attendees and the professional and capable manner in which the presentations were handled.

Rainer Weggen commented, "The respons

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Out Board director Robin Whittaker comments, "We only have four or five rehearsals in the RAH and it can be very difficult to know what you are listening to, for example, if an actor is not where they were blocked, or Sharry misses a couple of movement cues because he is focused on getting the orchestra mix right or EQing a mic, then the delay scenario from that actor's mic could be way off."

This year sees

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Casella comments, "From a hands-on perspective, the XL8 is really well thought out. It's a highly sophisticated piece of equipment, with a vast range of practical features missing on other digital offerings. "All digital desks 'work' in a controlled environment, but we, as engineers, do not. The XL8 was designed with that in mind. Around 175 cues are written into the X

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Lighting designer was Mario Bastos and the moving and digital lights were programmed and operated by Mario Rui. The show featured performances by Portugal's top entertainers, musicians, singers and comedians. Rui and Bastos and executive producer Rita Carrelo all worked closely with the team from Backlight to realise the event's technical production in the very tight timeframe.

Avolites Diamond 4 Vision and Elites are the consoles of choice for Rui, wh

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"We used 16 channels of the Sennheiser EM550G2 wireless microphone receivers, with SKM935G2 handhelds," says monitor engineer Scott Scherban. "There were eight channels of EW300IEMG2 in-ear systems." The setup also included two Sennheiser NET1 wireless management systems, providing control, monitoring and management of the microphone and

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Hosted by Suggs, of Madness fame, a record 1,200 people from the live entertainment industry attended the ceremony. "It's a great honour to be recognised as an industry leader by your own peers," said a clearly delighted Cronin.

Over the year, Total Solutions provided staging for Kylie, Il Divo and George Michael along with a host of other top artists. The Company specialise in blank paper design challenges such as

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Timo Kunnas of Noretron, RCF's distributor in Finland explains, "We had carried out several demonstrations of the new line array system here in Finland, so when this project came up we put the TT+ forward for it".

The design and installation of the system was carried out by Jämsän Discofix, where Ville Rantanen takes up the story, "The arena is very large and is used for a variety of different events including live bands and discos. We needed a system that would cover the entire area. By side flying the TT 33's together with the TTS 28A subs under the stage it gave us the coverage we wanted"

Also specified were Acustica C3110's compact units for the front fill delay speakers, and a pair for the DJ monitors. For th

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"My big worry was that Prince's mic was going to get soaked and quit working," admits James Stoffo, who has been in charge of wireless systems for the musical entertainment segments of the Super Bowl for many years. "But it never did die. It was soaking wet when we got it back, but it never quit on me.

"Although there was a spare standing by, the vocal microphone, which pairs a chrome-plated handheld Sennhei

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"After working on the Whole Hog platform for ten years, discovering the grandMA control system was a revelation for us," related Dunn, "The features of the desk not only make lighting programming faster and more productive but the cues are restructured and look totally different. Being able to personalise the desk to create a completely comfortable control system to work with is also a great feature"

Together with the NSPs one grandMA full-size controlled the conventionals and moving lights. The other one was used to operate the two mediaPC which de

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Located at Perseverance Works in London's Shoreditch design district, Element Labs' neighbours include architectural, design, and other creative firms. The new office is conveniently located to provide demonstration, project management, and technical support services to London and the broader UK market, as well as continental Europe.

"Expanding our presence in Europe beyond our Germany office is essential as our international business continues to grow," says Nils Thorjussen, president and CEO of Element Labs. "The opening of our London office demonstrates our ongoing commitment to our extremely important UK customers."

The new office includes an extensive demo facility loaded with the full-range of Ele

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"Robe was selected for its price and quality," stated Bob Finical, senior manager of Theatreworks, which has over 30 years' experience in production design, covering all areas of the professional entertainment industry.

The fixtures were supplied to Theatreworks by Robe America's West Coast office who, Finical explains "really excelled themselves in organising a demo at our shop in Branson, showing us first hand all the great features and functionality of the CS 575."

The Palm Springs Pavilion Theatre is a concept of Dick Taylor Productions, designed to provide live, family entertainment on a year-round basis. It is located in the heart of downtown Palm Springs on Tahquitz Canyon Way directly

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XL worked with production designer Brian Hartley to provide an 8ft XLTV custom-designed MiPix Globe populated with 2,500 MiPix LED, which was suspended over the crowd, stage left; four Mainlight Soft LED High Res panels, hung upstage, three portrait-style Barco D7 panels configured two wide x three high were positioned in front of the soft LED panels and two High End Systems Catalysts.

XLTV's president, John Wiseman, said: "Rarely do we get a chance to work so closely on the front end as we do with Tommy Lee on all his projects. For RSSN, we were given the chance to bring in our favourite creative team including Nick Militel

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Overlooking Piccadilly Circus, with spectacular views down onto Eros, the Under Construction theme of the party came from the venue itself still being a building site! Nonetheless, it was transformed to host a spectacular party for over 600 guests, who enjoyed performances from the casts of Chicago and Tap Dogs and by Private Drama, food and party design by The Admirable Crichton, sound by Delta and event lighting courtesy of White Light.

White Light's lighting designer Jason Larcombe used a comprehensive range of equipment from White Light's diverse hire stock to create lighting that highlighte

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Martin distributor A&T Trade was commissioned to create a club atmosphere for the multifunctional space, one that included dynamic as well as static lighting. "Use of the installation depends on the type of event," says Denis Bessonov, director of the company MasterMedia. "The fixtures support the work of the professional artists as well as creating different lighting effects on the dance floor. They are used to reflect the mood of the various musical styles."

Arena is housed in a two-story building with a ceiling height of 12m. The original plan called for lighting fixtures to be fixed on the

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Adlib's head of lighting Pete Abraham says: "It's exciting to be working with such an amazing breakthrough artist as Mika. There's a massive buzz about him and he's a great live performer. Ian came up with a highly adaptable and dynamic rig that fitted a variety of venue sizes." These ranged from the Birmingham Barfly to Koko in London.

Tomlinson started with floor-based trussing to build a structural outline for the stage. To give it a quirky flavour - matching Mika's interesting performance style - he chose a semi circle of truss that rested on the floor at the back creating an arched effect, flanked by two quarter circles, which also appeared as arches.

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The lighting supply was a joint production between HSL and its Blackburn neighbours Lite Alternative. This combination worked well on the recent Human League tour which Sinclair also directed.

HSL's Mike Oates says: "It's great to be working with Rob again. He has a unique vision and creative direction, and is always coming up with new and innovative ideas and presenting us with new challenges."

Sinclair wanted his lighting design to be flexible enough to give the band plenty of space when they needed it, whilst also to being able to close the show right in at more intimate moments. He chose to do this using pantograp

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Intercom managing director Damir Begovic says: "The primary purpose of Piece Of Cake Studios is to serve as a regional demonstration facility for the pro audio equipment brands that we distribute in South-East Europe. We believe that hearing is believing and with fantastic pro audio brands on our roster it made sense to have a properly equipped facility where prospective clients could literally get their hands on this equipment and try it for themselves."

Piece Of Cake Studios will also be available for commercial projec

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As well as a rehearsal space, Keane will be using the premises to write new material. The band is currently rehearsing for its forthcoming UK arena tour, which will be closely followed by a tour of South America in April.

Freelance engineer, Ant Carr, started working with Keane when he was part of the Skan PA Hire team in Reading, where he covered system tech duties for several band engineers. "I had a look at what consoles were available before deciding on the GL2400," he says. "I had a set budget and in all honesty, there wasn't another desk available for the price that could provide the professional features that the band needs."

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Andre Serafini, technical production manager for the event, explained: "This was very much eleventh hour. As soon as we saw the renderings of their huge triangular set, a mass of Pixel Line, Versa Tubes and video wall we knew there was no way we could put other acts on in front of them without revealing the magic."

Promoters, Haddad Productions, also saw the dilemma and without hesitation ordered in another 60 x 40 outdoor stage. "We also had to pull in another PA system," continued Serafini. "My company, Beach Sound Incorporated, already had the other four stages covered, but we were max'ed out equipment wise with some simultaneous corporate events elsewhere in the States taking the last of ou

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By this time London-based Viba Sound had already filled the Wardour Street venue with distributed 12" ceiling speakers. "While these would have been fine for the girly nights, with the new direction something with much more punch was now required for the dance weekends," said the company's Peter Kellet. So he opted for a complete Nexo solution.

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Bosch's immediate commitment to the improvement and expansion of these factories literally adds concrete to the common goals that brought Bosch and Telex together - high quality without compromise, brand stability and long-term growth. By keeping production rooted in each brand's country of origin, Bosch reinforces a dedication to brand quality and, of course, the associates who live near and work at these plants.

Following millions

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EMAP Radio's National Director of Engineering, Alex Lakey, says the studios were installed as a replacement for facilities that were built seven years ago when Kiss moved to Mappin House from its old base on Holloway Road. "After seven years of abuse by Kiss DJs, the mixers were well past their sell-by-date and the original installation had been modified too many times," he explains. "We also needed to add extra facilities when the Kiss brand was extended into the former Vibe FM

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Martin Audio territorial distributors, Ampco Belgium, report that after careful market investigation, followed by a W8LM demo, it became clear that this would provide the best solution for De Schakel's main hall in Waregem. Measuring 19m wide and 20m deep, the 536 seats stretch right down to the front of the stage - thus to give every seat almost identical sound quality and coverage was no easy task. But the W8LM Line Array concept proved it could cope with this demand and deliver from a small footprint precisely what the customer wanted.

Local supplier, installer and rental company Big Dynamic was appoin

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A 14-way Kinesys system - along with all rigging and crew - was supplied by Summit Steel for the UK section of The Killers tour. This was a sub-hire to lighting rental contractors Siyan. Lighting designer Steve Douglas' upstage truss featured four contemporary chandeliers - consisting of steel wire rope drops of lights - rigged onto a truss flown on two Kinesys motors. This was brought in and out at the appropriate moments.

Downstage were three box shaped lighting pods, each suspended on four Kinesys motors - all half tonne CM Lodestar JJs running at up to 21-me