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Having previously worked for Marantz professional in Europe, as well as many other clients in the professional AV sector, KGa has an extensive knowledge and experience of product technologies and applications in these markets.

DMi D&M Installation, a division D&M Europe, is dedicated to the distribution and support of products from all of D&M's brands to the commercial AV and custom install markets. DMi offers products from Denon, Denon professional, Marantz and Marantz professional ranges, alongside Escient digital music servers, Opus multi-room systems, and Boston Acoustics' wall, ceiling and

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Initially there is a substantial amount of video to entertainthe audience before the fighters come out. During this portion of the evening, the lightsare minimally used to provide an atmosphere for optimal video viewing. Then, when the fighters come out, the full lighting production begins. Smith said that onechallenge for lighting these shows is that the fighters request that there is very littlesmoke. As a result, he has to use as little df-50 as possible, but still somehow achievethe same resu

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The D4 is controlling 76 Vari*Lite 3000 Spots, 32 Vari*Lite 3000 Washes, 8 Vari*Lite 1000 AS fixtures, 34 Vari*Lite 4s, 50 Atomic strobes and scrollers, 50 Molefeys, eight MX1000 Syncrolights, 12 MX3000 Syncrolights, 120 Color Kinetics ColorBlast 12 truss toners and a series of LED strips illuminating the four bars inbuilt into the stage set.

The shape of the lighting rig is based on over a kilometre of curved trussing custom made by LA-based Show Rig which mirrors the geometry of the stage below. It was designed around six moving screens which fly in and out to different positions constantly throughout the show, which is a high octane fusion of live performance, ligh

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All 32 mix outputs of the iDR10 are utilised, and the programmable nature of the iLive surface allowed the engineers to configure the different mix outputs to provide feeds to the stadium, boxes, hospitality suites, track, OB vans, other broadcast feeds, and monitor mixes.

"The iLive was chosen for its routing flexibility, easy of use, superior audio quality, and small footprint, " states Owen McClain, Emerald Downs'

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Applicants are asked to submit work showing the development and processes of a successfully realised lighting design performance project. The project must have been completed at some point during the last 12 months (July 2006 - June 2007). Materials such as photographs, storyboards, plans and any other work the student feels appropriate can be submitted, along w

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2007 was the first time that this unusual festival took place over two days, 19t-20 April, with artists such as Travis, The Charlatans, The Damned and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club sharing the same stages as lesser-known acts.

"As we were working in so many venues and there were so many bands playing, the idea was very much to have a standard system in all of them," says Britannia Row's Roly Oliver. "We needed to deliver a package that was very simple and very compact, but delivered great sound. Self-powered Turbosound cabinets gave the size, quality, reliability and flexibility we needed - and we also wanted to give the new NuQ cabinets a tough test."

The NuQ systems were installed in

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Stagecraft Theatre Services Ltd were contracted to overhaul the venue by removing all the old lighting bars and lights and tidy the venue up to turn it into a club environment to cater for all ages of customer and to make the venue more fun.

Bryan Kelly, Project Manager of STS explained what they did. "This is the first time that we have installed a rig at an ice rink and we thoroughly enjoyed working with the team at the Link Centre. STS was responsible for the design, installation and project managemen

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The Dancefloor is Singapore's first televised dancing competition, aimed at finding new dancing talent, and has attracted intense interest and record ratings over its three-month run. The 110 groups and couples initially auditioning were whittled down to 32 contestants who started the series. They were voted for by a combination of panel of judges and the public, ending up with the five finalists.

Lighting equipment for the series and the final was specified by Mediacorp Studios' head of lighting Mr Lim Joo Liong. Lighting for the final was programmed and operated by Mr Loh Eng Keat, with set designed by Fuji Quek. The Robe fixtures were supplied by S

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Maintaining Pure's superior position requires constant diligence on many levels, including focused attention on the club's entertainment technology systems. Neu Visions Design (NVD) supplied and installed the Martin lighting system back in 2004 and has overseen the club's lighting gear since its opening.

"Pure Management Group was looking for a powerful and versatile lighting system that could cover the venue's approximate 10,000 sq.ft main room," states NVD's managing director Adam Camp,

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Jon McClintock, APT's commercial director, says: "The new website reflects the depth and breadth of APT's product portfolio, both as a technology provider and a codec manufacturer. The content is clear, concise and readily accessible to both Licensing partners and codec users."

(Jim Evans)

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"This Reproduced Sound conference will be hosted at one of the UK's newest and largest venues for staging concerts and other live events," says an IOA spokesman. "We will have an auditorium to use for the presentations and for any demonstrations associated with these, so there is an exciting opportunity to devote a large part of the conference to subjects relating to audio in the production of live events. These might include: sound reinforcement, room acoustics, recording (audio and video), broadcast, loudspeakers and microphones, intelligibility, innovations."

Any paper on electroacoustics topics will be considered. Abstracts of 200 words should be submit

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A recent was a sold out evening featured Linkin Park previewing material for their upcoming European and North American Tours.

Kenneth Van Druten, Linkin Park's FOH engineer, specified Adamson for the upcoming Linkin Park dates after meeting with Jesse Adamson at a ZZ Top gig using the Adamson Yaxis rig in Corpus Christi, Texas, who were playing on an Adamson's Yaxis rig.

Van Druten's requirements for the show were specific: even coverage and excellent intelligibility throughout the venue to do Linkin Park's new material proper justice. Jochen Sommer, Adamson's newest addition to its European support personnel assisted with the final system design

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"The concert took place in an old music hall near Sacre Coeur, in front of an invited audience," Summerhayes explains. "Access to the venue was very restricted, so I had to use a D-Rig instead of a mobile recording truck. However, Avril's road crew were incredibly helpful and made sure I had everything I needed. Her performance was electric and that atmosphere really came across on the soundtrack."

The programme was directed by MTV's Russell Thomas and the pictures were recorded on High-8 video by Bolke Burna

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Amanda Chester, Harman Pro UK's marketing manager, commented: "We're delighted to join Club NME at Koko for the rescheduled final. Club NME is all about great music and upcoming talent, so it's the perfect fit for Unsigned Heroes. It's going to be a great night for music."

(Jim Evans)

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The event will be presented by lighting designer Dave Byars (Beautiful South, Futureheads, Young Knives and many more) - known for his innovative work and as a leading exponent in the art of blending lighting and video sources into one visual theme. He has designed a special lighting rig for the occasion to illustrate the various topics and themes of the event.

He is joined by Radical Lighting's technical director, Simon Carter. Both will be on hand to answer questions, along with HSL staff and crew.Day One is titled, 'The technical world of Media Servers', and topics covered will include an introduction to media s

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Staged at Cardiff's Sherman Theatre, the entire performing and technical crew of the production were students of RWCMD, which was also the first independent theatrical production of Quadrophenia to receive the endorsement and creative input of The Who's Pete Townshend.

A Yamaha M7CL-48 console was chosen to mix the show, with second year student Seeta Mistry as the show's FOH engineer. She was tutored on the console by RWCMD 'old boy' Nigel Thomas, with some help from Yamaha's Karl Christmas.

Having previously been head of sound at Bristol's Old Vic theatre school - where he determinedly introduced digital audio, Thomas' recent experience with the M7CL on an Opera Babes tour convinced him t

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The man behind the move and responsible for the creation of A-Works is James Lee, along with former Nexcor colleague Eddie Kim. Between them, the two men have worked with their three core brands over many years and are confident that the new company will grow business significantly and increase market share for each brand throughout South Korea.

"We feel that the future of pro audio here in South Korea, as it is throughout the rest of the world, lies increasingly within the digital domain," explained James Lee. "We're delighted to have InnovaSON on board as a premium digital console product, and one in wh

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With this seminar, the manager of Guangzhou ACME Show Technology, Wyman Lee and Outline's vice president and international sales manager, Giorgio Biffi , introduced Outline's complete product line, sold in China under the Butterfly brand.

During the seminar, Prof. Fan Bao Yuan and Prof. Shen Hao described to attendees the tests recently carried out at their Institute on a number of Outline/Butterfly products, confirming the high quality of the products and their full respect of specifications declared by the Italian manufacturer.

A listening demo of the Butterfly line-array and oth

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The new OB truck has been fitted with a Clear-Com Eclipse Matrix with 32 digital and 96 analogue ports, and the new Eclipse PiCo digital matrix. In addition to this, Clear-Com has developed a customised LCD desktop panel to meet TVN's exact installation requirements.

"We have worked with Clear-Com for a long time," said Frank Beekmann, chief production engineer at TVN, "and we've had very good experience with this highly flexible communications system."

(Jim Evans)

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Zap Audio, the Geneva-based equipment importer and system designer, has already created an impact in the city with the installation of a Geo S tangent-array system in the celebrated Victoria Hall, a landmark classical music venue well-known in international touring circles.

Encouraged by the success of the Victoria Hall, the Zap team was next consulted by the Casino Theatre, a smaller venue also of historic importance to which they often supplied rental systems. The theatre's technical team chose to design and install the system itself, using Nexo's GEOSoft package.

The Casino Theatre, also known as Le Petit Casino, is mainly used to present small musical and drama

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The event used W-DMX of Wireless Solution Sweden to transmit DMX signal to four High End Systems DL.2s and a HOG iPC, along with numerous computer lights.

(Jim Evans)

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The sessions will cover topical subjects that play a vital role in today's theatre designs, including digital audio networking and scene management, whilst exploring the creative possibilities of placing a modern digital console at the hub of a system encompassing most of the current audio network solutions available.

Orbital Sound's Simon Whitehorn and Sebastian Frost will host the sessions and fuse their experience and expertise to deliver an illuminating and i

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The console case was specified by XL Video's Malcolm Whittall, who worked closely with 5 Star's design team on its development. It is designed so the desk stays sitting inside the case once in position and set up.

5 Star has also made cases for other XL Video consoles in the past, and Whittall comments, "They have an excellent woodworking department, are really flexible and will make things on request - always a great advantage."

The console case is based around 5 Star's Heavy Industrial range of flight cases and is sloped and shaped to the Kayak, featuring all the usual recessed hardware and the XL Video logo and graphics cut into the wood.

XL put the