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Spain - The Face in Valencia achieved legendary status during the 1990s as one of the best underground dance music venues on the Spanish Coast.

Now, the Valencian club has undergone a complete renovation and re-opened much to the delight of both old and new clubbers alike, and it has chosen to install the entire venue with over 35.000W of VMB sound systems.

The Club directors were very specific when specifying how they wanted the club installed - "Constant pressure level throughout all the rooms in the club with the best sound quality possible". With this in mind they chose a Lynx V8 Line Array for the main system, located in the exterior part of the club and the Phase Neo installation series was installed in the rest of the venue.

Electrotech solutions were in charge of the installation. Matt Senna says: "The Lynx V8 was the perfect choice. We had to cover a

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Thailand - JM Rental, one of the largest LED display rental companies in Asia, was chosen to supply the LED screen requirements for four of the world's highest profile motor manufacturers at the 30th Bangkok International Motor Show.

Attracting around 1.6 million visitors, the Bangkok International Motor Show is one of the highest profile motor trade events in Asia. With 130 exhibitors from 111 different countries attending, the event brings together a diverse array of production and concept cars, motorcycles, commercial and rough terrain vehicles, parts and accessories.

Four Japanese motor manufacturers - Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Suzuki - commissioned the official contractor of show, PM Center Co (Thailand), to provide lighting and audio equipment including Lighthouse LED screens.

JM Rental operations director Kenneth Yip comments, "The Bangkok Motor Show is a bi

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USA - Nearly 200 attendees packed the International Plaza Resort's Indian-Pacific Ballroom for Renkus-Heinz's 18th Annual Consultants' Breakfast at this year's InfoComm Convention. This year's event held added significance as Renkus-Heinz celebrated its 30th anniversary at the show.

After a breakfast buffet, attendees were treated to a presentation by Mark Dodd, Celestion's head of group research, entitled A New Methodology for the Acoustic Design of Compression Driver Phase-Plugs with Concentric Annular Channels. Dodd's enlightening dissertation helped to shed light on new directions in driver development technology.

"Renkus-Heinz as a company is well known for its passion for innovation," commented Dodd. "I'm honoured to have been invited to speak at this event, which is an ideal opportunity for us all to share our experience with a view to opening up n

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USA - The Juilliard School is an internationally renowned performing arts conservatory located at Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts in New York City. In 2008, the school identified a number of areas to be built or renovated as part of a redevelopment project. One of those newly created spaces included the Rosemary and Meredith Willson Theatre, a multi-use performance and event space. A DiGiCo D5T will serve as the central hub of the control room, connecting the theatre with the Music Technology Programme's new recording room.

Juilliard's Chief Audio Engineer and veteran audio professional, Marc Waithe, specified a DiGiCo D5T system for the theatre. In his 17-year tenure at the school, Waithe designed all of the main performance audio systems, as well as systems for The Museum of Modern Art and The School of American Ballet as a freelance consultant.

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UK - Somerset PA company, Maltings Audio, recently invested in a new mixer, selecting Allen & Heath's iLive-T digital system, to complement an HK Audio contour line array and complete the company's main FOH system.

"We first evaluated iLive-T at the Anstruther Homegame festival, where we were impressed by the system's capacity, easy load in and set up, and intuitive layout," explains Maltings Audio's Doug Siddons.

Maltings ordered an iLive-T, comprising the iDR-32 MixRack and iLive-T80 Control Surface, and immediately put it to work at the Holt Music Festival, a one day event featuring eight bands, with a headline performance from 14-piece soul band, Soul Destroyers.

"This event would have been impossible for me to manage with my old desk but the new system handled it brilliantly," continues Siddons. "iLive's DCA groups were the pivotal featur

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Hong Kong - Robert Juliat continues to invest in the emerging generation of new lighting designers by supplying profile and Fresnel lanterns to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts this year as part of a sponsorship arrangement for the Academy.

An initial donation was made by the French lantern manufacturers of 1000W RJ Lutin Fresnels with interchangeable PC and pebble lenses, 2000/2500W tungsten RJ329 PC units, and some 1000W RJ 600 Series and 2000W RJ 700 Series profile lanterns. This was then followed by an additional purchase by the Academy itself of 10 RJ 710 SX2 2500W zoom 10° - 25°profiles and 40 RJ 329 HF 2500W Fresnels. All were delivered to the educational establishment by Robert Juliat's Hong Kong distributor, Pacific Lighting (HK).

Hugh Chinnick, director of Pacific Lighting (HK) says, "As a previous senior lecturer and head of theatre lighting fo

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Germany - German superstars Die Ärzte and their way cool lightshow were a major highlight at the 2009 twin festivals of Hurricane and Southside in Scheeßel and Neuhausen ob Eck, north and south Germany.

The band's long standing LD Lui Helmig had designed a specials package that could be integrated with the 'house' lighting system for the band's performance at both sites.

With the shows taking place during the longest days of the year to defy the setting sun and ensure impact even in daylight, Helmig used five of Robe's most powerful moving lights - ColorWash 2500E ATs - along the back of the stage. These were an integral element of their festival lightshow.

Helmig had first used these units at the Tauberntal-Festival in 2008 and was immediately impressed. At Hurricane/Southside, even though there were only five units, their beams blasted straight throu

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Russia - At over 900 years old the city of Ryazan, which is 180km south east of Moscow, has much to be proud of. Two years ago, during its self proclaimed Year of Culture, the city embarked on a series of major arts venue refurbishments. Coinciding with the start of the world's current financial tempest, the fact that these projects have all largely been successfully completed is justifiably a matter of some civic pride. That it hasn't all been plain sailing will come as no surprise, but from what quarter these choppy waters emerged was unexpected.The Ryazan Drama Theatre was founded in 1787. Originally an Opera House, it converted to drama and musical t

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Italy - One of the most popular cabaret shows on Italian TV, Zelig, has enjoyed record ratings since its inception in the mid-1990s. The show is recorded twice weekly in front of an audience of 2,500 in Milan's Arcimboldi Theatre.

Sound reinforcement inside the theatre is the responsibility of Milan-based Backstage PA. Speech intelligibility is paramount to comedy shows, and music plays an important role in creating and steering emotions. To satisfy both requirements, the team from Backstage PA opted for sound systems from Electro-Voice. The PA comprises 24 Electro-Voice XLD281 loudspeakers (12 per side) driven by a single EV CP4000 amplifier with nine CP3000s. The monitor system that delivers foldback to the stage is also from Electro-Voice: six XLE side-fills and two XS212 monitors driven by two CP3000 power amplifiers.

Frederico Farina, the show's sound engineer, com

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South Africa - With a show presence extending from low-SPL demo's, high-SPL outdoor demo's, sound reinforcement for the giant LED screen and a seminar on pro-ribbon technology, Alcons made itself seen and heard at Mediatech Africa through Alcons' South African representative, Matrix Corporate & Theatre Sound.

On the show floor, the LR7 micro pro-ribbon line-array and the new LR7B line-array bass module were on display, as well as the other pro-ribbon line-arrays LR14 and LR16, plus a performing QR36 line-source column. The recently released LR7 caused a stir with a number of audio visual companies directly expressing interest in the compact, lightweight system.

Trevor Peters, CEO of Matrix said: "No doubt, both the LR7 and QR36 were the main ear-catchers; The 1m tall QR36 piqued everyone's interest after Tom's outdoor demo's with its three degree vertical dispersio

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UK - A new Hilton Hotel in Reading, Berkshire is home to two Baldwin Boxall systems - a Mitre public address system and an OmniCare disabled refuge system. The design and installation of both systems was carried out by Trinity Protection Systems, Oxford.

The calm atmosphere of the hotel, which opened in May, is enhanced by the zoned background music facility of the public address (PA) system. The 16 zone PA system includes a total of seven CD/MP3 players, which provide sound to selected areas. This allows the hotel management team to create different ambience in selected areas. With 210 bedrooms, health centre and the largest ground floor conference facilities in the area, this is a useful feature.

The two BDM416 16 zone microphones enable live broadcast to zones selected by the operator, with a BDM401 microphone providing an all call facility for the Maitre dhotel. Additional

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USA - Christ's Church of the Valley in San Dimas, CA, has grown steadily in recent years, making a switch to digital audio mixing a necessity. With multiple locations, six weekend services, and a broadcast function that includes live streaming and broadcast in New Zealand and Australia, requirements had increased beyond the capabilities of conventional analogue.

To meet its needs, the church selected two Allen & Heath iLive systems - an iDR MixRack with iLive-176 Control Surface for the main sanctuary and an iDR10 with iLive-80 for the broadcast centre, located in a separate building.

Patrick Gourley, technical director for the church, worked with Anaheim-based installation firm, Sound Bridge, during the console selection process.

"All our engineers are volunteers," Gourley said. "In addition to all the technical requirements, we had to find something with a f

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Germany - Camco GmbH is redesigning its international export strategy, electing to work with a network of partners in key territories, rather than a single distribution source. The first implementation of the new business model is in Italy, where Joint Rent S.A.S. has been appointed as Camco's new premium partner.

As the premium partner for Italy, Joint Rent, based in Ravenna, will be responsible for the appointment of a network of representatives. Together with these new partners, Joint Rent will seek to enhance and expand business and supply services between Camco and its end-users.

Gianni Fantini of Joint Rent comments: "The new arrangement will allow Camco to be more visible in the Italian market. This is one of the top five amplifier brands in the world, and the new products coming out of the company today have the same hallmarks of quality and value as those of 20 y

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UK - London's Clapham Grand was recently renovated, and the club's new PA system features loudspeaker and processor components from EAW. South Africa-based pro audio distributor/installer Surgesound supplied the equipment, and the London branch of the SSE Audio Group installed the system and is in charge of its maintenance.

The system consists of four EAW DC4 Medium-Format Dance Club loudspeakers, four EAW DCS2 Bent Horn Dance subwoofers, 10 EAW JFX100i Compact Full-Range loudspeakers and one EAW UX8800 Digital Signal Processor. Lab.gruppen FP+ Series and C Series units are used for amplification.

The owner of London's Clapham Grand also has several venues throughout South Africa, many of which feature EAW units supplied by Surgesound. Andrew Rowan of Surgesound, stated: "We have equipped many of those venues with EAW, including the award-winning Manhattan Club in Rivonia

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South Africa - Gearhouse South Africa's Durban and Johannesburg branches combined resources and skills to provide all technical production - including rigging, sound, lighting, AV and sets - required for the high profile launch of Emirates Airline's new non-stop service between Durban and Dubai.

The show was produced by Emirates with support from The Event Production Company and staged at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban. It was project managed for GHSA by Durban branch operations manager, Stuart Andrews, who comments, "Emirates is a six star client and extremely precise in their requirements. Our local knowledge of the venue coupled with the fact that we could draw on expertise from other areas in the company to supply elements like the bespoke staging, enabled us to deliver these exacting standards."

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UK - The start of August 2009 saw the Heavy Metal fraternities descend once again on Knebworth. Spread over two days and four stages, Peavey's backline was out in force supporting endorsees and stages alike, especially on the Jägermeister branded stage for up and coming artists.

The Jägermeister mobile stage featured a full Peavey Versarray line array PA system consisting of four VR112s and two VR218 subs per side, powered by Crest Pro 9200 amplifiers for the tops and Pro 7200 for the subs. The system showcases the versatility of the VSX26 for handling crossover, limiting and system EQ duties.

Monitoring was handled by QW monitors again bi-amped using the VSX26. A Crest CV20 handled front of house and all monitor mixes.

Peavey endorsees were out in force at the festival too. Saturday saw the Apollo Stage headlined by Bullet For My Valentine using the 6505s,

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Germany - Bürgerfest (Citizen Party) attracted 750,000 spectators to Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Germany's constitution. For this national event, Bundespresseamt, Germany's federal PR agency, hired Berlin-based Mediapool production company to provide also sound reinforcement, with a massive Meyer Sound system comprising 186 loudspeakers.

The system configuration was designed by IT Audio founders Til Schwartz and Ivo König with equipment supplied and operated by Emsdetten-based POOLsound (formerly known as Westfalen Sound). POOLlight provided lighting, with event planning supervised by POOLproduction.

The large crowd was captivated by a star-studded lineup split between two stages, including a political talk show hosted by journalist Sandra Maischberger and TV presenter Thomas Gottschalk of the popular Wetten dass..? The outdoo

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USA - The San Diego Zoo recently partnered with Natural Encounters, Inc. (NEI) to present a bird-themed entertainment experience at the Zoo's Hunte Amphitheater. SOAR: A Symphony in Flight is scheduled to run for 17 months, and required the Zoo and the SOAR's producers to invest in permanent sound reinforcement for the show.

CBC Technical worked closely with Buck Tallman and Dave Brown from Quantum to design and install an extensive Electro-Voice sound system to provide high-resolution sound for the SOAR's atmospheric soundscapes.

Chris Batchelor, Sales Manager for CBC, comments: "We've been supporting summer shows at the San Diego Zoo on a rental basis for the last few years with a system built around an Electro-Voice XLD compact line-array system. This year the producer of this new, permanent show asked me to put together a system that could provide

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USA - Crown CTs series amplifiers and PIP-Lite modules were deployed for the redesigned sound system at Camden Yards, in Baltimore, Maryland. Home to the professional Major League Baseball team the Baltimore Orioles, the 48,000-seat stadium, opened in 1992, has received consistent praise as one of the best ballparks in the country.

Sound integrator AVI-SPL performed the installation, which also included BSS Soundweb London signal processing devices. "When you're dealing with a project of this magnitude, you're constantly looking at the solution on a large scale. We need to know that the individual components will work together seamlessly and perform with the highest level of reliability. With Crown you know you're going to get that consistently," stated Will Parry, senior vice president, large product group at AVI-SPL.

"With the CTs series amps paired with the P

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Italy/UK - Clay Paky has announced the nominations for the Knights of Illumination Lighting Design Awards that are to be awarded in association with the ALD and the STLD at the Awards dinner on 13 September 2009.

These awards are being generously sponsored by Clay Paky to recognise the outstanding contribution that lighting and lighting designers make to live performance and television created in the UK. They also honour work across a wide range of rock, theatre, opera and dance as well as four categories of televised work. Another feature of these awards is that each distinct area is being judged in a way deemed appropriate by practitioners in their respective fields.

The ALD advised Clay Paky on how the theatre awards should be decided. There is no way that a group of lighting designers could find time to see enough of the excellent work being produced nationally so the ALD

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USA - Elation Professional has appointed Montreal-based Intellimix Corporation as its exclusive Canadian distributor. Under the agreement, Intellimix will distribute Elation's professional lighting and control products to dealers, lighting installers, designers, rental houses and architectural clients throughout Canada.

Founded in 1996, Intellimix was one of the first in Canada to become involved with LED lighting. Its products have been used in many high-profile installations and projects, including the video set of Le Match des Étoiles, Canada's version of Dancing With The Stars.

"We are thrilled to have a company so highly regarded in the industry as Intellimix come on board as our Canadian distributor," said Eric Loader, director of sales for Elation Professional. "With Intellimix's proven track record, product expertise and large custom

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Europe - U2 are back on the road with their 360° tour, with a lighting design by Willie Williams and a set design by Mark Fisher.

Lighting director Ethan Weber accepted the challenge of operating the lightshow, and has chosen two grandMA full-size consoles, with lighting associate Alex Murphy selecting two grandMA lights to run the stage and structure LED fixtures. There are a total of 10 MA NSP (Network Signal Processors) for lighting control.

Weber says: "The grandMA is a reliable and enjoyable console to programme and run. The worldwide support I've gotten from MA Lighting has always been great, no matter what size show I've been on. It's also comforting to know that there's a large network of users that I can call, all of whom are more than willing to share their knowledge and tricks."

Two grandMA full-sizes, one run in Full-Tracking-Backup-Mode, are

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Equatorial Guinea - The RCF Forum 9000 digital conference system was chosen by The Makinen Venture Corporation for the Equatorial Guinea Parliament, located in the capital city Malabo.

The system is composed of 250 FMS 9411-S microphone sets, semi-flush mounted on the desks of the parliament. The consoles are enabled for voting operations, with the possibility to assign a different level of audio to every seat, and to enable simultaneous translation.

Four FDC 9900 dome cameras with high-speed movement allow camera follow to the microphone in use, displaying video images on to two large plasma displays routed via an FVM9844 audio/video-switching matrix.

RCF Acustica C3110 loudspeakers have been installed as the main audio system for the room, delivering a uniform and highly defined audio coverage.

The project and the system start up, which were configured on site, have been

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UK - Cooper Controls reports that the ORB lighting controller, the newest theatrical lighting console from Zero 88, was selected by the lighting designer for the London production of the hit show at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival What's Wrong with Angry?.

Lighting designer Chris Withers was approached to design the lighting for this gritty, yet sensitive production. With a tight timescale to programme the show, Withers needed a lighting console that was easy to learn and could control a theatre-style show with a mixed rig of conventional and moving lights. Withers first saw the ORB at its UK launch at the ABTT show in June.

"The ORB has all the features necessary to quickly programme a show when you haven't got time to learn a new desk. The functionality is simple, straightforward and yet very clever. I knew exactly what was happening within the Cues at any tim

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