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Malta - E/T/C London's Ross Ashton was asked by the President of Malta, George Abela to create a high power video projection show to run right through the two hour Rockestra concert, a high profile fundraising event for the Malta Community Chest charity.

President Abela is the patron of the charity, the largest on the island, and with an enthusiastic audience of 12,000 packing into the Malta Conference and Convention Centre (MFCC), this was the largest ever indoor event to date on the island.

Ross Ashton has a past history of spectacular work in Malta, and for this they wanted some high impact additional visual production dynamics. The concert, under the music direction of Sigmund Mifsud included specially orchestrated versions of rock classics by Queen, the Beach Boys, the Eagles, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, plus instrumental pieces performed by the Malta Philharmoni

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Denmark - A large quantity of DPA microphones have been used to record the soundtrack for a new film production of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairytale, The Wild Swans. The production has a strong link with the Danish royal family, as the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, worked on the backdrops and visual designs for the film, using an imaginative technique incorporating decoupage and paintings which, combined with green screen technology, create elaborate and dramatic film sets. The Queen Margrethe, known for her work on many stage productions, also designed the film's costumes.

The film score, written and directed by Sven Skipper, was played by the Odense Symphonic Orchestra, a fitting tribute to the great Danish storyteller who was born in Odense.

DPA's Mikkel Nymand was asked to collaborate on the musical production by Peter Juul Kristensen, who runs Clear Pro

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UK - When ETC introduced its iRFR (Radio Focus Remote for iPhone and iPod Touch) four months ago, Luke Delwiche from ETC Tech Services in London suggested that the profits be shared between Light Relief and its US equivalent, Behind the Scenes.

At PLASA09, Luke was delighted to present a cheque for £1,800 to Light Relief trustee Lesley Harmer. In thanking Luke for the money, Lesley said: "This is an incredible amount of money to raise in just four months. We thank Luke and everyone at ETC for their generosity, and for a brilliant idea which will continue to raise money for this worthwhile cause year after year."

When users purchase the iRFR application from the iTunes store, they designate the charity of their choice. The Light Relief or Behind the Scenes logo then appears as the iRFR start screen. ETC software engineer Chris Mizerak developed the application w

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Canada - Established in 1961, multi-cultural Willingdon Church located in Burnaby, British Columbia recently installed a new Adamson system. In the 1,200 seat House of Worship where musicals, cantatas, weekly sermons, worship services and concerts are enjoyed by members of the Burnaby Community.

Pastor Ron Clark commented: "After listening to the Adamson system the first time and then reviewing other line array's in the industry, it seemed that they were missing something that could not be pin-pointed, but upon coming back for a final demonstration with Adamson, it was apparent that Adamson fulfilled all sound requirements, and we were convinced it was the right choice."

Willingdon Church purchased 16 Spektrix Cabinets, four Spektrix Subs, one M121.5, and nine CB1's with Lab.Gruppen Fp and C Series amplifiers. The Church's Dynacord 12" stage monitors received a

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UK - A group of bikers connected to entertainment on a long fun-ride raising money for good causes, the idea for The First Night Riders (motto Out of the Wings and into the Wind) came out of the tyre tracks of America's Long Reach Long Riders. The initial event for the First Night Riders, in 2010, will raise money for The Theatrical Guild, one of the UK's longest serving theatrical charities which offers support to those working backstage and front of house.

Launched at PLASA 09 by a galaxy of stars, including Brian Conley and Liz Robertson, both currently starring in Hairspray, Issy van Randwyck (of Fascinating Aida), Fiona Mollison and director Edward Hall, the event has already enlisted the following riders (subject to work commitments): Richard Bullimore, Steve Colley, Neil Collins, David Edelstein, George Ellerington, Ric Green, Darrell Hewitt, Simon Le Bon, S

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South Africa - Gearhouse South Africa supplied all technical production - including, sound, lighting, power and structures - plus audience seating for the hugely popular 2009 South African Tattoo, staged at Montecasino, Johannesburg.

The extravaganza featured over 600 local and international performers, blending the traditional Tattoo spectacle of massed pipe bands and Highland dancers with a distinctly African flavour. It was the second year that Gearhouse has been involved in the event, working for producers MC Squared. SABC2 also supported the show and recorded it for future broadcast.

This year the show's production and lighting designer Tim Dunn wanted a fresh, vibrant, contemporary feel, and so chose to light the 'Parade Ground' performance area solely with moving lights and LED fixtures.

Sound was designed by Gearhouse Audio's Dave Tudor and mixed by Pierre Slabbert.

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UK - The Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries, a new faculty of the University of Glamorgan housed at the ATRiuM campus in Cardiff, brings together several creative disciplines, including Design, Media & Communication and Drama & Music. Recently, the school decided to upgrade its technical equipment with a number of loudspeaker components from EAW. The system was supplied by A.C. Entertainment Technologies.

The equipment list included four EAW JFL210 Compact line array modules and four EAW JFL118 subwoofers. The upgrade was specifically geared toward the school's Division of Music and Sound, which will feature the JFL Series units in a new facility.

Glen Thompson of A.C. Entertainment Technologies was one of the main on-site contacts for the project. He stated, "These JFL210s and JFL118s will be an integral part of the School's music and sound curriculum. They

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UK - Packing 12,000 people into London's ExCeL Centre on each day of its five-day conference demonstrates only a fraction of the powerful reach of the Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), one of the largest Christian establishments in Europe, led by Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo. KICC's annual London event - the International Gathering of Champions (IGOC) - is broadcast live to an estimated 55 million followers in Africa, the Caribbean and Europe.

Gospel events make distinctive demands of professional sound reinforcement systems. So says sound system designer and FOH engineer Schon Emmanuel, who has worked with the KICC since 2003. "It requires rock 'n' roll levels, R&B-type production quality, and corporate sensibilities."

In the featureless and acoustically challenging environment of the ExCeL convention centre, the IGOC event serves up dynamic public speaki

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Bulgaria - Dance Club Revolution, in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, has recently had a new Community-based sound system designed and installed by ProAudio. Sunny Beach, also known as Slanchev Bryag, is Bulgaria's largest Black Sea resort which has more than 120 hotels and is rich in entertainment facilities.

The 1,000 capacity, 550sq.m Revolution club is situated underground on the main street below the Slam Café, another customer of ProAudio. For the new building, ProAudio was commissioned directly by the owners of the venue. "In this top resort, the competition to be better amongst clubs is high", commented ProAudio's Stanislav Petrov, "So, our brief was for a system that would really enhance Revolution's reputation for the best sound."

"We chose Community for the main system", continued Petrov. "Four SLS960 with two delay iBOX iHP1596 louds

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UK - At the PLASA09 exhibition at Earls Court, London, this week, DiGiCo announced that it would donate its 500th SD8 digital mixing system to honour the contribution of two well-known, loved and respected engineers, John Roden and Jim Douglas. "Both showed tremendous support for DiGiCo in the early days of the company, but are sadly no longer with us," said managing director James Gordon.

Having only launched the console at PLASA08, manufacturing the 500th console in May 2009 was a huge achievement - and the DiGiCo team wanted to mark the occasion by putting something back into the industry they are so proud to be a part of.

As well as being known as a first rate engineer and consummate gentleman, John Roden was a friend and inspiration to many. He had an impressive list of credits to his name, but was perhaps best known as Paul McCartney's monitor engineer, a role

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Denmark - One of Denmark's most iconic cultural venues, the Opera House (Operaen) in Copenhagen is a multi-million dollar concert venue which opened in 2000. But, though huge resources were put into the venue's acoustics, it has taken a Yamaha digital mixing engine installation to get the perfect result for performers.

Administered by the Royal Danish Theatre, the main stage of the Opera House features five satellite stages for set preparation and training purposes, as well as such conveniences as stage lifts and movable ballet floors. In total there are over 1000 rooms within the building, yet only around 1500 seats in the auditorium to ensure acoustic perfection for audiences.

However, one problem that became apparent for operatic performers was that the onstage sound is very dry. To solve this, audio systems specialists Moto Audio Sales devised a solution using a Yamaha DME

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USA - When it comes to intelligibility requirements, very few, if any, productions are likely to be more demanding than providing a PA system for the White House Communications Agency. With that in mind, when US President Barack Obama recently spoke to a crowd of employees, political dignitaries and members of the press at the Navistar/Monaco Coach plant in Wakarusa, IN, Cincinnati-based production company Loud & Clear chose to deploy a small yet highly effective L-Acoustics loudspeaker system.

The rig consisted of three dV-DOSC flown per side, paired with a single ground-based dV-SUB located back by the mix position. Two stand-mounted 115XT HiQ enclosures per side delivered side-fill to the audience, with another pair discreetly positioned under a school bus for VIP area fill. Furthermore, four 8XT coaxial systems were located on the Presidents platform--two providing front-fil

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UK - During last week's PLASA09 exhibition at Earls Court, London, Allen & Heath celebrated 40 years of pro audio product design. The British mixer manufacturer marked the occasion with a party held on the top floor of London landmark, the Gherkin, attended by distributors, industry partners and the press.

Allen & Heath took the opportunity to announce its distributor of the year, which was awarded to Audio-Technica in Germany, before introducing special guest, former MD Neil Hauser, who headed up Allen & Heath from the company's inception in 1969 until 1988. Current MD, Glenn Rogers, took the helm in 1990.

"It would not be an exaggeration to claim that I have witnessed innovation on a daily basis at Allen & Heath since I started as a junior engineer in 1983," stated Rogers. "For 40 years, the company has maintained a philosophy of listening to customers and str

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UAE - Tannoy's Qflex digital beam steering array system has been deployed to great effect within the highly advanced new Terminal 3 development at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE.

Formally opened in April 2009, the new AED 1bn (c.£200m) Terminal 3 facility marks a significant milestone in the impressive growth of Abu Dhabi's main airport, expanding the capacity to 12m passengers per annum - an increase of 5m. The 88,000sq.m terminal has been built to serve as a hub for the UAE's national airline, Etihad Airways.

The client (ADAC) appointed acoustic consultancy PMK International which has a regional base in Dubai, to design and specify an audio system that would meet the demands of the expansive airport retail area, and after considering many options Tannoy's Qflex was selected for the project.

A total of five Qflex 32 arrays was all that was required to prov

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UK - Announced at the PLASA09 exhibition in London, Trantec is to offer a trade-in discount of up to £450 per channel for Trantec, and other qualifying manufacturer's radio mics, when purchasing new Trantec channel 38 equipment. With the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the funding of the Channel 38 switchover, Trantec says it is offering "a positive solution for end users and dealers alike".

The scheme was introduced alongside the company's new 'Channel 38 ready' S6 Wireless System at PLASA09. The rack-mounted S6 receiver comprises eight receiver modules, internal antenna distribution, headphone monitor, and USB connectivity - and also incorporates a comprehensive user interface on the front panel allowing the user to configure and monitor all channels, with or without an external PC.

The trade-in scheme, which will work in conjunction with the Trantec dealer a

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Italy - Taking place for the second year in 2009, the Jazz:Re:Found festival is fast becoming an Italian answer to that most famous of jazz festivals held in Montreux, Switzerland. This year Lighthouse Technologies became a technical sponsor of the three day event, providing two LED screens and technical expertise throughout.

Held in the city of Vercelli, near Milan, Jazz:Re:Found is already becoming one of the most important events in Italy's musical calendar and so event management company Casanoego went out of its way to build on the first year's success.

Artists such as Lamb, Josè James, Jazzanova, Hot 8 Brass Band, Stephanie McKay and Casino Royale were booked and the technical infrastructure also saw a significant upgrade, with Casanoego choosing Lighthouse screens to provide "the ultimate in visual impact and performance".

Lighthouse supplied a 4 x 4

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UK - At PLASA09, London-based installation company The Sound Division Group became the first UK customer for Nexo's new PS8 R2 compact loudspeakers, launched at the show earlier in the week.

David Graham of Sound Division placed a substantial order with Tony Torlini, sales director of Fuzion plc, for PS8s, LS500 and LS400 subs, and system processors. He confirmed that the new speakers will be installed at the Berkeley Square venue Morton's Club, which is opening a new boutique nightclub as part of an extensive interior refurbishment.

Nexo's PS8s are a regular fixture on London's chic nightclub circuit. Recent installations include Raffles, Vendome, Bungalow 8, Kitts, Stringfellows and the Pigalle Club.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - EMF worked closely with the Southbank, Royal Festival Hall and the Shell Centre to provide two nights of projection with multiple large format 7kw slide projectors and 8,000kW Space Cannon Search Lights as part of the launch of the new game, Monopoly City Streets, a collaboration between Hasbro and Google.

EMF transformed the iconic riverside building into the golden 'Monopoly Towers'. The charity Kidscape also benefited from the projection of big outdoor of images which successfully promoted their anti-bullying campaign.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Sennheiser UK provided on-site support at the twin V and Reading/Leeds festivals over two consecutive weekends.

At V2009's Weston Park site, Sennheiser UK's artist relations team Mark Saunders and Phil Cummings, along with its RF service team, were on hand throughout the weekend of the 22 and 23 August. Based in a Portakabin located adjacent to the main stage, the team was well placed to offer advice and support - plus the odd free chocolate - to anyone who needed it.

Artists using Sennheiser microphones included Lily Allen and Dizzee Rascal, who were using the new G3 SKM 935 hand held radio mic with G3 EM 500 series receiver; Keane using the SKM 935 G2 with EM 550 receiver; The Saturdays with the SKM 935 G2 and EM 500 receivers and The Script using SKM 5200 handhelds with KK 105 heads. In addition, Snow Patrol made good use of the Neumann KMS 104 wired vocal microphone.<

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Australia - 13 September 2009 saw Lightmoves celebrate 20 years of operation. Starting off as a theatrical lighting company, Lightmoves has expanded into architectural feature lighting, lighting control and home automation across various sectors of the entertainment, architectural and electrical industries.

Managing director Braham Ciddor is a little surprised at the company's longevity: "When we started out, we really didn't know where we were headed and we certainly couldn't have predicted where we are now. Starting out trying to fill a niche in the entertainment industry, the business quickly expanded when we saw the emergence of lighting control technology and our partnership with Dynalite has seen the company and the markets we work in expand dramatically."

Braham's business partner, and Lightmoves technical director Andrew Sherar, has seen firsthand how much te

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UK - Following the success of last year's event, Shuttlesound has announced another Big Day Out, a celebration of all things Electro-Voice for the UK's pro-audio industry professionals. This is an opportunity to get hands-on with the full range of EV products, from the four different line-array formats to the latest in wireless microphones, says the company.This event, which is free on registration, is to be held at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton on Tuesday 3 November. Interested parties should contact Jac Butler at Shuttlesound by phone or email to reserve their place, or ask their Electro-Voice dealer to arrange it.

The format of the one-day event will include presentations from leading engineers and designers on system set-ups and engineering techniques, as well as the latest developments in line array, processor, microphone and amplifier technology from Electro-Voice ex

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India - Following the success of his revolutionary design and installation in matter, the super club located in London's O2 Arena, Dave Parry is now returning to India to set up a sister company, Most Technical India, with his two new business partners: ex-Avolites and event organiser Isa Sapin and Indian entrepreneur and promoter Arjun Bahl.

With a reputation for visionary ideas and ground-breaking innovations, Most Technical India will be providing a unique design and specification service for the emerging Indian market. Most Technical has already designed some of the best nightclubs in the world such as Fabric and Matter in London, and Elevate in Delhi.

The current projects are in Mumbai with the soon-to-be-opened Comedy Store and in Hyderabad, South India, where Most Technical India is currently designing a nightclub in one of the boutique hotels owned by Apeejay Surrendra

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USA - When the Evangelical Lutheran Youth of America held its annual gathering in the Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans in July, audio company Gand Concert Sound installed one of the largest ever flown Nexo rigs in the USA. The set-up included Yamaha amplifiers powering a significant part of the system plus Yamaha consoles at FOH.

The Gathering was attended by 38,000 teenagers from across the world and featured a wide range of praise activities, theatrical performances, musical performances from Christian acts including Skillet, the Katinas, Group 1 Crew and a musical mass featuring communion for the entire 38,000-strong congregation.

Gand Concert Sound - based in Glenview, Illinois - supplied a flown system comprising 60 flown Nexo Geo T, 24 Geo S and eight CD18 subs, with 24 additional ground-stacked CD18 subs.

20 Yamaha PC9501N amplifiers powered the top 12 Geo T per side,

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UK - Stage Electrics recently supported the Ellen MacArthur Trust Skandia Round Britain voyage which began in May. The yacht Scarlet Oyster set sail from Cowes on the Isle of Wight with five young people in recovery from cancer or leukaemia on board for the first leg of the sail. After 17 legs, 85 young people, and four and a half months later in September, Scarlet Oyster returned to Cowes, having completed a momentous journey around Britain's waters, whilst inspiring many young people both in and out of treatment.

At each port of call throughout the voyage, including Falmouth, the record breaking yachtswoman presented to a packed audience stories of her voyages and experiences, and raised awareness of the importance of the Ellen MacArthur Trust. The ticket sales from these presentations went towards the trust's fundraising.

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