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14 March 2016

A British Subject was originally performed at the Pleasance during the Edinburgh Festival and was directed by Hannah Eidinow and produced by Pleasance Theatre Trust. Following an initial consultation and training with Orb specialist Richard Lambert, lighting designer Mark Jonathon and assistant George Bishop chose the Orb for pre-programming prior to their acclaimed festival run.

"As someone who has used the Frog 2 for a number of years, the power, versatility, and user friendliness of the Orb made it a no brainer to bring it across for the show. Once again the support from Zero 88 has made this production an incredibly pain

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14 March 2016

For three years in a row, Johanne James has won the Classic Rock Society Award for Best Drummer of the year, earning his place among the best drummers in the UK. He is no stranger to the limelight, having played a variety of stages from small venues to major festivals around the world, performing with the likes of Dream Theater, Psychotic Waltz and Pain of Salvation. James is best-known as the 'engine room' of Threshold, a veteran band on the progressive metal scene, and has recently formed his own hard metal three-piece, Kyrbgrinder, as a means of sharing his own style of hard driving, infectious melodic rock.

Johanne James will be giving the new EV microphones an exhaustive road te

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14 March 2016

A four-minute immersive experience designed and produced by Master Image Films will be staged at the Singapore Airshow in February 2010, followed by Berlin, Hamburg and Farnborough. The film will breathe life into an aircraft that has only ever been modelled in 3D using computer-generated graphics.

The project began in March 2009 when Master Image Films (Toulouse), an Airbus partner for 20 years, was asked to design a system to allow Airbus to spread the word about its future A350 wide-body jet and use the world's largest airshows as a platform to announce the start of production.

To design and complete the

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VSI is a specialist in sound, lighting and AV design, specification installation and integration. The PAI Group also includes sister companies Lighting Technology Projects, PA Installations and Link-AV.

SAFEcontractor is a leading-edge accreditation scheme that assesses the health & safety competency of contractors and service providers, designed to help industry improve its safety record. The SAFEcontractor programme recognises the very high standards of health and safety practice existing amongst UK contractors.

VSI's application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by the need to establish a uniform standard across its business. It is expected to enhance the company's ability to win new contracts, and the commitment to

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14 March 2016

Inytium is a supplier of professional-grade lighting, sound and media control solutions to the Belgian theatre, show and scenic design markets. Recently rebranded from Blue Squares Sales and Distribution, the company has links with the industry dating back over 20 years. As a supplier of leading brands including Adamson, Clay Paky, MDG, Robert Juliat and Zero 88, the company was looking for an innovative lighting control solution to complement its existing product portfolio.

Thierry Renard, CEO of Inytium, comments: "It made sense to look for a hi-tech console to complete our range. Jands has an excellen

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14 March 2016

Blair Parkin, MD at Visual Acuity comments, "This exciting, fun and informative session will start by debunking the myths around climate change and put the science into context for a technology based audience. The LEED green building certification programme will be explained in detail along with an outline of reasons to use it and an examination of its effects on the AV / IT profession."

A case study based on the world's largest green building, the California Academy of Sciences and some practical AV / IT methodology will be presented alongside de

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14 March 2016

In November 2009, the Italian manufacturer -together with some Senior Chinese stage-lighting designers such as Professor Liang Hongzhou - staged two seminars on Lighting Design and Lighting Technology organised by Shanghai LasLead Technology.

Located on the riverside of the Pearl River, the Guangzhou Opera House will resonate the high notes of Chinese Opera as a lasting monument to the New Millennium. Designed for the 2010 Asia Games, this big cultural project on the South of China covers an area of 46,000sq.m with 1,800 seats and a multifunctional digital hall w

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14 March 2016

The HMP100 Hyper Media Player will be integrated with the Poster Digital 1.0 web-based digital signage management software tool from Madrid-based engineering company, Tecnilogica Soluciones Avanzadas.

"Poster Digital 1.0 has been created with the HMP100 in mind," says Jorge Gutiérrez, MD at Tecnilogica Soluciones Avanzadas. "The failsafe Poster Digital 1.0 software is able to control most of the configuration parameters of the HMP100, as well as the content and interactive features of the HMP100 in real-time.

"An easy to use interface designed by one of Spain's leading user experience designers Jesús Gorriti ensures that basic digital signage tas

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14 March 2016

Based in Blackburn, near to EDC's original site, Quick Discs has been launched by Grant Mitchell, who had worked at the company for more than 20 years. When, earlier this year, the decision was taken to close EDC's Blackburn facility and to move all operations to Germany, Grant recognised that many UK music producers - one of the company's primary customer groups - would be left without a specialist supplier. He therefore resolved to create a new bu

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14 March 2016

Miss Q is a 420-capacity pool bar, diner and live music club/saloon in Earl's Court, west London, which adds a contemporary twist to retro 'Beat' Americana and is defined by its rock 'n' roll interior and heady mix of live music, pool, classic American diner-style food and hard liquor.

The venue is the latest venture from Nick Valentine and the first venture for Eddie Bloom, son of Jamie Bloom, former owner of the legendary Rainbow Theatre. The concept, interior and branding of Miss Q's has been created by Paul Daly Design Studio, the firm behind high-profile p

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In order for all delegates to gain the messages brought by the speeches and presentations in a clear and precise way it was important that the audio system was of high quality. The dBTechnologies DVA Line Array system was provided and installed by Cyber Audio Engenharia.

Cyber bought their first DVA Line Array system more than a year ago from distributor Guangz

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14 March 2016

This partnership brings together Peavey's 45 years of research, development and VST software innovations, as well as its extensive global distribution network and manufacturing capabilities, with Muse Research and Development's technology-based product designs. By utilising each company's core competencies, the companies will bring to market innovative new products beginning with the flexible MuseBox musical instrument and effects box.

"We are very excited to establish this relationship with Muse Research and Development," said Hartley Peavey, founder and CEO of Peavey Electronics Corporation.

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The building's council chamber, or Rådssalen, has been the seat of Stockholm local government since 1923, with seats for 108 councillors and a balcony that can accommodate 200 members of the public.

Although the council chamber had an induction loop, it was proving very troublesome with less than adequate coverage, so Stockholm-based audio specialists Sennberg AB were asked to design and install a replacement.

"I was asked to do an analysis of the existing loop system because there had been a lot of complaint

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Originally constructed for the Dublin International Exhibition of 1865, the building was converted into the central building of University College Dublin (UCD) when the National University of Ireland was founded in 1908. With UCD gradually relocating to a new campus in the 1960s, part of the building was converted to a music venue and reopened as the National Concert Hall in 1981.

Having done many years of sterling service, the replacement of the PM5000 with a PM5D also saw the addition of an LS9-16 mixing console and two SB168-ES stage boxes for the hall

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During the event Spanish company SAC Audiovisuales was responsible for the central HD projection covering an area of 20 x 6m, for which it used two Christie Roadster S+20K projectors.

The meeting was held in Hall 2 at the Seville Conference and Exhibition Centre, comprising an area of 7,200 m2. SAC Audiovisuales was commissioned with producing and preparing the whole event, including projection, lighting, audio, translation, video, CCTV, IT equipment, AV design.

Gonzalo Palacio, manager and partner

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[FIR-Drive is the name that EV gives to its entire range of FIR offerings, including FIR-capable processing hardware, custom FIR speaker setting files and related software.]

"The FIR-Drive products have given X-Line a new lease of life, it's like a different system," says Jerry Wing, technical head of Britannia Row Productions. "X-Line always was a good rock 'n' roll system, but the FIR filters have unleashed something that was hidden - as well as being raunchy and loud, the system now has finesse and clarity."

Brit Row debuted its FIR-enabled X-Line at the Classical Brit Awards with system designer Derri

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Located in the centre of Vendôme, the 'Le Minotaure' complex has a total area of 1,500sq.m. It hosts a 769-seat theatre hall, a multi-purpose hall (holding 400 people seated and 600 standing), several smaller meeting rooms and a naturally illuminated foyer for exhibitions. Le Minotaure was inaugurated in 2002, and has hosted numerous shows since .

The theatre hall suffered from poor acoustics. The coverage was uneven, and the stereo image unbalanced. In 2009, it was decided to replace the front of house reinforcement system.

Several systems were compared - among them, a Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. vertical line array, lent by Outline's French distributor Audio2. This system pass

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The 2000 capacity seating stand - supplied by Havaseat (a Gearhouse company) - was on dry land. The three weeks of the event spanned the peak festive holiday season, and included the resident AquaCircus, a special daily performance devised by Zip-Zap, a local circus school dedicated to developing the skills and potential of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Other highlights included the H2Opera, AquaJazz, AquaBallet and concerts by a wide range of artists

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The event's ongoing sound system supplier, GQ Acoustics of Lagos, pampered the enlarged crowd this year with an expanded Meyer Sound system that had been boosted with more Milo line array loudspeakers and 700-HP subwoofers, plus a new complement of problem-solving JM-1P arrayable loudspeakers.

"The main venue is an open quadrangle about 170m across, with the stage on one long side, grandstands opposite, and three-story pavilions on the short side

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14 March 2016

As part of 2010 Grammy Week, the P&E Wing will be celebrating the music of Island Records and its founder Chris Blackwell, whose vision and commitment brought to the world the music of artists such as Desmond Dekker and the Aces, Nick Drake, Melissa Etheridge, Grace Jones, Bob Marley, Roxy Music, Cat Stevens, Toots and the Maytals, U2, Steve Winwood, and many others.

The event, entitled Catch a Fire is named for Bob Marley's first album, which is a 2010 inductee into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Honorary chairs for the eve

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14 March 2016

New Year's Eve celebrations in Rotterdam and Amsterdam and a Christmas charity event in Groningen brought together tens of thousands of people in each city with each presenting different challenges for crowd safety. International barrier company Mojo Barriers worked with production companies on each events to supply tailored barrier systems to ensure each event was safe.

For the double New Year's Eve events Mojo Barriers used two teams to work in both Rotterdam and Amsterdam. In Rotterdam a floating stage on the canal hosted a music concert and The Production Factory commissioned Mojo Barriers to install 750m of barrier along the canal bank. 20,000 people attended and the Mojo team used their experienc

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With such a building, the associated opening ceremony had to be as impressive as the tower itself. Dubai based Prisme International was selected to organise the complete event. Prisme designed a lighting set based on more than 300 Space Cannon, spread all around the building, and also installed on 17 terraces.

Prisme International has worked for several years with France-based Sonoss, French dealer of Luminex equipment. Following a request from Prisme, Sonoss and Luminex supplied a complete network solution to transport all lighting datas, all over the ground level, and in

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14 March 2016

As part of the team's move from their previous home in Irving, the recently opened $1.1bn stadium sports a retractable roof from which the world's largest HDTV screens hang. The four panels, which together weigh 600 metric tons (600,000kg), are suspended approximately 30m above midfield. The sideline panel stretches from one 20-yard line to the other and measures 21.76 x 48.32m; it has just been recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest High Definition (HD) video screen.

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According to Stardraw.com marketing director Rob Robinson, the move represents an exciting step forward. "RGB Communications is a company that specialises in providing solutions, not just products and, having formerly distributed some very well-known control brands for the best part of two decades, what they don't know about control systems isn't worth knowing.

"We are extremely flattered that, after careful deliberation and extensive product evaluation, RGB Communications has concluded that Stardraw Control 2010 is the right platform on which to provide the next generation of control so