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"We have had a strategic relationship with Microsoft for many years and have used Microsoft technologies since the launch of the first Stardraw application in 1992," said David Snipp, CEO of Stardraw.com. "We are extremely pleased to have attained Gold Certified Partner level in the Microsoft Partner Program now. This allows us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers, not least because of the requirements of the Microsoft Partner Program."

(Jim Evans)

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The show was lit by Ben Ormerod who is known more for lighting classical theatre, contemporary dance and opera than musicals.

"When I read the script and the novel that the script was based on, it was obvious to me that the show needed to have strong Californian sunlight as a major element, and you can't create that with anything other than tungsten. We might have used par cans but they would have used up the very limited rig space for just that one look".

"Clearly everything had to move to

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"We had enough of computers disguised as mixing consoles and wanted genuine analogue ergonomics and unmatched sonic quality," says Frederic André, Fa Musique managing director.

EVI AudioFrance's Jean Marandet provided technical training for the Fa Musique engineers enabling them to take the XL8 on tour as soon as possible. The new console will make its first appearance at the Francofolies festival taking place in La Rochelle in July.

Eric Garnier, EVI Audio France director of sales, comments, "Although Fa Musique was one of the last rental companies in France to purchase a Heritage 3000, it is the first in the country to buy an XL8, demonstrating a new commitmen

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Personnel from Aethra and Speednet are providing six dedicated videoconferencing rooms fully equipped with state-of-the-art Aethra vc solutions, including the set-top systems Vega X5 and Vega X3 and the next-generation videophone Maia XC.

These videoconferencing services are available during the event to the 60 heads of state and government and their delegations, the 1500 national and foreign accredited journalists following the proceedings, the event organization committee and the Peruvian Minister of External Relations.

The dedicated videoconferencing rooms will be utilized in partic

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Midway through an £800,000 refurbishment, which will also see the creation of a roof terrace, he has commissioned Bernard Mani at Systems Etc to replace the old sound system with a new Martin Audio WT3 rig, processed via Martin Audio's new Engineer 418 DSP.

"Originally the club was specced with Martin Audio H3s but I wanted to achieve a more theatrical and accurate sound. I knew all the components of the WT3 so was confident in what a fully active system would sound like - and that is predominantly a much smoother midrange and greater warmth," says Mani.

The compact three-way trapezoidal system's mid-range and HF are generated by compound mid-hi

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14 March 2016

Motor shows are notoriously demanding applications for big screen displays, and especially so for LED screens as colour fidelity, contrast and image quality must be maintained over wide viewing angles and close distances. Having already experienced the superior performance of the Mitsubishi screens at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year, Chrysler, Honda, Lexus and Bentley once again specified IDT4 4.00mm and IDT6 6.00mm Black Package screens for the main video features on

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The 11 April concert at Velez Sarsfield Stadium drew a sell-out crowd of 40,000 people. To meet Stewart's concert rider specifications, B.A.L.S. used a total of 52 VerTec line array enclosures. The main left/right arrays featured 14 VT4889-1 full-size line array elements per side, with 12 VT4889-1 elements per side for out fill arrays. For additional low-frequency output, B.A.L.S. used both stacked and flown subwoofers - a total of 32 enclosures - to complement the full-range VerTec system. JBL's new VerTec V4 DSP presets were used.

JBL's new VT4889-1 full-size line array loud

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Talking to Robert Bell in 2004 for his book Let There Be Light, managing director Wayne Howell says: " I take the company name quite seriously. Lateral thinking is the most important part of a design . . . (in addition) you make it as future proof and reusable as you can."

By focusing on the two halves of the company - product development and project design & installation - Howell has developed a product range which can be taken both as total solutions or as components for incorporation into individual designs.

Feedback has always been of prime importance to Artistic Licence

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Menter Bro Dinefwr is part of Menter, a government-funded group promoting the Welsh language. The translation part of the organisation, Dewis, has four full-time translators providing live simultaneous translations for public meetings and conferences in Carmarthenshire. Dewis hands receivers to non-Welsh speakers at public meetings, ensuring that when someone asks or answers a question in Welsh, non-Welsh speakers can hear the translator translating the Welsh into English.

Sound Induction Systems provided Menter Bro Dinefwr seven sets of Sennheiser 2020D digital Tourguides. "They have seven boxes of headsets with transmitters," Philip Nicholes o

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Over the course of two months, three buildings have been completed, fitted out and equipped in Utrecht, Holland and Boom, Belgium to house all but two of the group's 14 separate companies including the head office of the parent company, Ampco Flashlight Holding.

The final piece of the jigsaw was put in place when lighting rental company Flashlight Rental moved into the massive 15,000 square metre (162,000 square foot) Rental and Technology building at Proostwetering 50, on a new industrial park outside the centre of Utrecht.

In the same build

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The grandMA is the console of choice for programmer Tim Routledge who comments, "With both a video and lighting element, certain parts were programmed simultaneously using both consoles networked together. Even a last minute request to drive some monitor software over Art-Net was not a problem and easily integrated into the show."

The lighting rig includes 56 x Vari*Lite VL3500Q wash, 34 x Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1200, 20 x Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300, 20 x Clay

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The event showcased the top 21 bands from this competition. These up-and-coming bands were all in the running for the $50,000 grand prize and two year management deal. The winners of the event, The Underground Rebels, also won a complete EV mic package.

Bosch Communications Systems pro audio rep Buck Tallman was on site to support the show: "This is what it's all about! A live, full-bore rock n roll war. We were there to provide hands-on support and meet the bands - we're committed to supporting new talent, and that fact was heard loud and clear over the course of the competition, with EV mics all across the stage and an array of EV, Dynacord, and Midas PA equipment (provided by FBP Group of Las Vegas) ensuring

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Jaquiss chose L-Acoustics dvDOSC for the left and right arrays, 12 mid-high boxes a side, along with 4 dvSUBS and eight of the new L-Acoustics SB28 subs, all of which were ground stacked, and they used eight ARCS cabinets for in-fill.

"It sounded superb," says Jaquiss, "It was the perfect system for the largely cabaret style show."

They took two Soundcraft Vi6 consoles, used for both FOH and monitors. It was the first time Jaquiss had used a Vi6 on tour. "It's a good sounding desk," he comments, "It's designed to

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The event, in its fifth year; has taken place at the spectacular Sakira Circuit in the Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain has involved CT every year since the inaugural race in 2004. This year however saw the introduction of several new products from the CT inventory.

CT works alongside long-time partner Screen Visions, who are responsible for the overall project management, logistics and production of the circuits dedicated closed circuit TV channel 'Fan TV'. In previous years this required a fully equipped PPU (Portable Production Unit). This year CT streamlined the production with the introduction of the "Slate", a revolutionary PC-based production system which incorpo

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The major lighting story of the week is Clay Paky's announcement that it has signed Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG) as the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky moving lights in the US, English-speaking Canada and Japan.

China continues to offer great business opportunities for specialist manufacturers and installers. In total, the multiple venues of Guangzhou University City utilised 124 Community R2, 124 R.5 systems,

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ELIT, L-Acoustics distributor in Turkey, supplied and installed a complete L-Acoustics FOH line source array in the 860 seats venue. The system consists of nine dV-DOSC and three dV-SUB cabinets per side, all driven and protected by six LA8 amplified controllers. In addition L-Acoustics self-powered coaxial enclosures 112P and 108P are being used as mobile systems for monitoring and fill applications to suit the various production requirements.

Cédric Montrézor, technical support engineer for L-Acoustics, comments: "I was very impressed by the professionalism of ELIT's crew and by the quality of integration in this project. Our combined engineering

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Birmingham has welcomed major regeneration in recent years, including the Bullring Shopping Centre and in 2006, Birmingham City Council granted planning consent to Martineau Galleries for a £600m Eastside Parks development, including the Priory Square Shopping Centre and Dale End, incorporating the existing location of Carling Academy Birmingham and surrounding area. The project team proposes a mixture of retail, leisure, office and residential spaces, with work anticipated to start in 2009. The Academy will continue to trade whilst development of the new venue take

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Dodinuf and Yapadú Produccions, who were responsible for the audio element, opted for Lab.gruppen amplification throughout, in the form of 10 fP Series fP 6400s, eight fP 3400s and two FP 13000. Processing was courtesy of Dolby Lake with an EAW KF730 system on the front end.

Eduardo Soriano, Yapadú Produccions co-owner and sound technician specialist reports, "I honestly enjoy my job

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ETC will also highlight products that offer low cost of ownership and sustainable solutions. Its highly efficient Source Fours will be on display. These fixtures are currently being deployed in Hackney's Arcola theatre being powered by a

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Allen & Heath's ML4000 VCA console was used as the FOH mixer, with the digital iLive system, comprising an iDR10 mix rack and iLive-144 control surface, managing monitor sound.

(Jim Evans)

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Back Stage Technolgies copied the idea of a concert speaker system - i.e. the complete system was made up of many smaller systems that were bolted together. The foam machines were made in such a way that they became modular and, like the speaker systems, could be bolted together on location and suspended in arrays. In this way they could create a foam generating system that was both portable as well as giving them the

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14 March 2016

The V-Mixing System from RSS, comprising the M-400 48-channel digital console and 40-channel digital snake, will be offered up for test drives. Sister company Edirol will be presenting professional video technology and addressing topical issues such as audio-video integration.

Sound reinforcement system manufacturer RCF will be demonstrating its new line array and power amplifier designs. Sennheiser will offer a selection of wired and wireless microphones to be tried out in a real live environment, with real live musicians.

RSG's Open Afternoons wi

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The ITEC exhibition is dedicated to defence training, simulation and education and takes place at the Stockholmsmässan in Stockholm, Sweden from 10 to 12 June 2008.

The projector range includes models at 1,920 x 1,200 (16:10), 1,920 x 1,080, (16:9) and 1,400 x 1,050 (4:3) resolutions, all of which are based on DLP technology. They are available in a variety of platforms and applications and come with multiple lenses and optics, advanced colour and black-level processing, interfaces and asset management properties. The projectors are designed, hand-built and made for each specific application in Norway and are ideal for the most critical and consistent operations

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The purchase was recommended by JHL's general manager (and head of audio) Robert Harding. It proved so successful that it's now incorporated it into the regular control and PA package on the new series of Later ... With Jools Holland (BBC 2) - which now incorporates a live-to-air show, broadcast on Tuesday evening, as well as the regular show that airs on Friday.

While Harding also project manages Later..., it is JHL's Aden Gregory who has started operating the Vi6 on the show. He comments: "We started doing this s