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The event celebrates the best of South Africa's hugely diverse music culture, and this year, the 14th SAMAs featured 64 categories and was watched by over three million TV viewers.

The 24 StageQubes were supplied by Mark Gaylard of MGG, the first rental company in South Africa to invest in the medium resolution Robe LED panels. The lighting design - which also included Robe moving lights - was created by Robert Hoey, and the stage design featured additional low and high resolution LED surfaces and plasma screen columns. David Hossey of Strike Productions was production manager.

The StageQubes were placed centre stage beneath the main onstage hang of LED screen, mounted on two custo

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SGM has a wide range of professional products, including moving head fixtures, scanners, follow spots, colour-changers, lighting control consoles, dimmers, strobe lights and smoke machines.

SGM's VP of sales Franco Natalisays: "The synergy between our two companies will result in an excellent partnership which offers the customers and users of SGM good and fast service as well fast deliveries."

Mr de la Haige, founder and president of Highlite International BV says: "Highlite will give full support to SGM and their products. We are convinced that together we can offer an excellent product range to the Benelux market.

(Jim Evans)

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Heading the new office as general manager of the Korean region is J.C. Chung who, with 20 years experience within the consumer electronics industry, is well placed to strengthen BBE Sound's presence in Korea, says the company.

Chung said: "The opening of the Korean office marks BBE's commitment to better serve our local customers. With our knowledge of and experience in this region, along with BBE's renowned audio technology, we will be able to provide Korean CE makers with unparalleled solutions."

(Jim Evans)

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The core system comprises six W8LC Compact line arrays flown each side of the stage, with a W8LCD downfall enclosure at the base. Two stacks of four Martin Audio 218x subwoofers, isolated on concrete pillars, provide the bass rumble.

Additionally the club purchased a pair of Blackline F12s (and an S15 sub) from Capital Sound Hire to ensure the DJs had the best reference sound up in the control booth. The venue also bought the combination of Martin Audio MA4.2 and MA2.8 amplifiers, which power the entire system. In the DJ booth is a Soundweb SW9010 'Jellyfish' remote, which enables switching of the Martin Audio EQ presets between dance and live mode.

Upstairs in the Elite Room (which formerly trade

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The eye-catching interior was designed by Szabolcs Kövesi who also took an active interest in the LED lighting scheme, on which he worked with Colossal's Csanadi Csaba. Csaba had been involved with the club since its early planning stages and the bespoke LED design was optimised to suit the interior.

22 pieces of Anolis ArcLine RGB (a combination of Arcline 12, 24 and 36 units) have been installed on the walls and in the bars to give the club a special look and feel. Frosted glass is used throughout Tabu to maximise the brightness and washing potential of the lighting. The bar fronts all have special patterns which

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14 March 2016

In his 30-minute presentation, VENUE and Pro Tools|HD or Pro Tools LE, Scovill will cover how to determine which Pro Tools recording system to use for various live sound applications. He'll also introduce viewers to the different Pro Tools hardware and interface options, archiving concepts, and more.

A total of five presentations are planned as part of the Live Sound Webinar series. The first, Introduction to VENUE and Mix Rack, was webcast on 23 April, 2008. The third webinar will take place on 25 June, 2008.

(Jim Evans)Robert Scovill

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"We were looking for a light line array system with a long throw range, compact dimensions, and lots of power," commented Andreas Röder. "In the past we had worked mainly with an American manufacturer and were not HK Audio users, but with other companies, the support situation is often not ideal. Dependability and good service are tremendously important to us.

Our colleagues from the German rental company Triacs have used Cohedra with success for a number of years, so firstly we figured we are just 100 km from the HK Audio company headquar

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This follows 5 Star's existing arrangement to supply DiGiCo with casing solutions for the SD7. Eighth Day Sound, based just outside Cleveland, Ohio, ordered two of the recently launched digital consoles, and required additional features as part of the flight case.

The cases were based on the DiGiCo supplied model with additional bespoke features specified by Eighth Day.

5 Star produced the two special SD7 cases for Eighth Day Sound in a tight timeframe but on schedule. These were immediately dispatched to DiGiCo's UK production facility in Glenrothes, Scotland for onward shipping to Ohio, complete with the SD7 consoles packed inside.

(Jim Evans)

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The Middleton Grove lighting design specialist has installed one of the first pole-mounted external Symmetric luminaire LED lighting systems in the UK at Asda's Leeds city centre head office car park.

Results will be monitored closely and compared against Asda's energy usage and maintenance costs on its existing conventional lighting system. With output reduced from 460w to 257w, the estimated energy saving alone is 45%.

Graham Kemp, joint managing director of High Technology Lighting, said: "The system offers Asda the winning combination of reduced energy consumption, virtually maintenance-free ownership and high quality controlled light distribution.

"Our LED lighting solution also offers a user-friendly white light, which

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Last summer Gerriets provided eight Tube systems for a show in Las Vegas. The systems wind and unwind at a speed of 2 m /sec (6.5 ft/sec), are DMX compatible and provide state-of-the-art safety features.

For a company event in Baltimore, Maryland, Gerriets provided, in cooperation with All Staging Unlimited, seven large Carbon Fiber Roller screen systems. "We linked all seven of the controllers together via DMX interface and a laptop to allow single button control of all Tubes", explains Mark Gentry from All Staging Unlimited.

In January, Gerriets installed two Tube systems at a popular night club in Cancun, Mexico. The screens are an integral part of the club's new live music show. Two m

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The signs and labels are available free of charge to any facility with counterweight rigging, noted Tom Young, J.R. Clancy's vice-president of marketing. "We'll send you actual signs on sturdy plastic stock, or you can download files to print your own signs," he said. "Each sign has guidelines for operating the rigging system safely. While many operators are seasoned professionals with years of experience using a rigging system, it's important to have visible reminders to be sure that operators complete every step."

(Jim Evans)

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"The new concert hall is primarily designed for chamber music," explained Elena Shabalina, acoustic engineer with Aris-Pro, a leading Russian pro audio specialist. "We were asked to tender at the beginning of last year. At the time a proposal for a sound reinforcement system had already been devised by an external audio consultant, and so Mr. Vladimir Fomin from the Department of Culture of Moscow City, the body responsible for the School, asked us to review and update the original design."

"The system tender proved to be far more than was required for such a venue. This is a small concert hall ideal for Chamber music, and caters for audiences of approximately 200. Considerin

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The quad preamp was used for the keyboards on stage to help replicate a smooth retro sound. Keyboardist and musical director of the show, Goziam comments: "We used the TL Audio to get a fantastic sound from the keyboards as just going straight through the front of house desk wouldn't cut it, we have been using loads of retro sounds and the quad pre really helps it to sound warm and authentic."

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These were followed by 'hands on' sessions that permitted the sound professionals attending the course to form their own impressions of the practical advantages of the systems on view. Academy participants were also given a full tour of the works and were able to inspect the production and test facilities at EVI Audio's European headquarters in Straubing.

Export sales manager Frauke Jungbluth, who, together with Dynacord product managers Uwe Peppler and Martin Traut, was responsi

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Wigwam is Ateis UK's first reseller of the Messenger digital line array column series, which are recognised for their exacting speech intelligibility in reverberant environments.

"Wigwam has enjoyed much success with the range and is excited about offering this training day to all designers, engineers, installers and rental specialists wanting to learn more about Messenger's potential across all commercial, ecclesiastical and auditoria application environments," say the company.

Most notably, Messenger has been deployed in Liverpool's Cathedral to offer a precise and effective solution in one of Europe's largest and most cha

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The stadium, home to the MTSU Blue Raiders teams that play in the Division One Sun Belt Conference, is the newest venue within the university's Murphy Center Complex, which comprises all the athletic venues on campus. According to Josh Hoevelmann, electronic equipment engineer for MTSU Murphy Center, the Technomad Berlin loudspeakers rival the larger PA systems used for the football and baseball stadiums on campus.

"Everyone I talk to on campus is surprised at the audio quality and power output we're achieving from just two loudspeakers," said Hoevelmann. "The output is extremely clear even at mid-field, and it's not overbea

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Worshippers packed out ExCel's main hall for Festival of Life, an event supported by over 150 churches in the UK.

Reading-based production company SFL Group provided the complete technical solution and production management for both events. This included over 120 speakers of d&b audiotechnic with Yamaha digital control surfaces, Barco projection and control systems, acoustic draping and stage lighting.

Brighton-based Tamplins Stage Lighting was engaged by SFL to provide the stage lighting element.

Lighting designer Sam Tamplin comments: "Last year I was looking for a more powerful desk to handle our growing show control needs and entered a competition to win a day's free

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The Red TX mobile recorded the concert for promotional broadcasts and for a 13-minute electronic press kit that Universal is issuing to the media to promote the band's album and forthcoming tour.

Mike Kaufman, from production company Live Nation, commissioned Red TX to handle the audio recording. He says: "We needed an experienced team and you don't get much more experienced than the team behind Red TX. Choosing them for this project was a no-brainer."

(Jim Evans)

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Given a choice, personally I would put SM57s on everything," Scott Sherbin says. "Ask me how to mic an elephant, and I'd just put a 57 on him. First and foremost, this is a rock 'n' roll band. That means they were born and bred with SM57s and SM58s. We don't ever want to lose sight of that fact, but at the same time we want to augment those sounds. Given the volume we're producing, we need something that steps out and allows us to change for so

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Directional amplification, also referred to as Source Oriented Reinforcement (SOR), describes a practical technique to deliver amplified sound to a large listening area with even coverage while providing directional information to reinforce visual cues and create a realistic and non-contradictory auditory panorama.

The session included audio demonstrations of the fundamental psychoacoustic techniques employed in an SOR design and its limits discussed. Workshop chairman, Out Board's Dave Haydon, outlined the history of SOR; from Steinke & Fels pioneering work with their Delta Stereophony System in the m

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Created by owner Phillippe Baeijens and Architects 4A, and with visual design by Luc Peumans' Painting With Light, the Royal Bowl was designed to combine a bowling alley with a restaurant and dance area. In the words of Candela project manager Geert Custers, "They created a bowling venue of a type never seen before in Belgium - a place where people could enjoy a complete night out."

The installation covers the venue's bowling lanes, restaurant, bars and dance floor with an integrated system that puts lighting, audio and video under the control of an E:cue system, commanded by a pair of ELO touch screens, programmed by Custe

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The action-packed line up included Madonna, The Kooks, Usher, The Fratellis, Scouting For Girls, Goldfrapp, The Enemy, The Zutons, The Wombats and many more. The event was project managed for XL by Des Fallon and crew chiefed on site by Carl Martin.

The main stage visuals were designed by Paul Normandale, for which XL supplied 40sq.m of Lighthouse R16 LED screen, rigged left and right of the stage, plus 24 panels of Martin LC2140 screen onstage.

Two delay projection screens inside the tent were fed by two Barco R12 projectors. For the outside delay video, XL supplied one of their Barco B10 trailer-based LED screen systems.

The XL package also included a three Sony D50 camera system for the m

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"Flexibility and reliability are what make the grandMA control system perfect for us," reports Artfag, LLC's Patrick Dierson, the lighting director for both artists. "We have both main and full-tracking backup consoles for lighting and video.The lighting consoles are networked into a PRG Series 400 system, which provides both power and data distribution for the show. A laptop in the dimmer pit runs grandMA onPC software to help facilitate everyday system checks before the FOH consoles are brought online."

(Jim Evans)

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Aviom has identified training as a top priority in 2008. "There's a lot of interest in audio distribution and networking, but there's also a lot of uncertainty and confusion," says Lange. "Good, reliable information is critical to helping consultants and contractors make good design decisions. This year's training programme marks the beginning of an ongoing