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Tens of thousands of revellers gathered in five cities, with a massive line up featuring more music than ever before - including main acts like Empire of the Sun, Tiga, MSTRKRAFT, La Roux and Autokratz, along with local supporting DJs such as Art vs. Science.

Clifton Productions supplied moving lights for the Melbourne event with stage designs by Fuzzy Events and Parklife's national lighting designer, Davyd Williams. This massive production was managed by local production manager Adam Gibson in conjunction with national producer, Josh Chapman. Over 90 Robe fixtures were utilised across four stages, with Parklife featuring its trademark Earth, Wind, Fire & Water themed arenas an

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XL project manager Chris Saunders, who coordinated the camera and playback elements was also clocking up an impressive sixteenth Brit Awards, working alongside XL's Paul Wood, who managed the screens, projection and specials. Saunders and Wood both work closely with The Brits production team each year, together with lighting designer Al Gurdon and set designer Nicoline Refsing from Stufish, to create a distinctive look and feel for the show.

This year, the central onstage 'artists' screen was made up of 80sq.m of Pixled F11, which returned after leaving such

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Having worked previously for Beyerdynamic, EAW and more recently Crest Audio & Peavey, Harrison has a thorough knowledge of the EMEA market and is a well-known and respected sales professional. QMS's current portfolio includes a number of US guitar amplifier manufacturers, namely Jet City Amplification, ZT Amplifiers, Soldano Custom Amplification and Piranha Cables.

"It is becoming increasingly important to have good sales representation in today's challenging economic climate, and using an agency format like QMS is an extremely attractive proposition for many companies who are not in a position to finance a full-time sales operation in certain territories,"

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The first true 1080p HD video screen in an NBA or NHL facility, Lighthouse's American Airlines Centre installation in Dallas features a 1080x1920 high definition video screen and includes 25 individual Lighthouse screens for superior impact and visibility.

"Lighthouse is excited to play such a large role in the NBA's showcase event," said Ed Whitaker, Lighthouse N.A.S.A director of sales. "Our LED video technology and

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Roberto Alonso, technical manager of the 120-year-old venue, believes it is easy to pinpoint the success of Soundcraft digital audio mixers. "The Vi4 is very user-friendly," he states. "After 20 years using an analogue mixer, the transition has been an easy one to make. In very little time sound engineers can gain the same confidence they had when using any traditional mixer."

Earpro is firmly convinced that digital audio is the gateway to the future and fully endorses the Soundcraft roadmap. "Soundcraft's mission hasn't ended with the Vi series - the new Si series proves that an 'analogue' method working is not incompatible with the digital era. Th

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In the event, the installer turned the situation to his advantage. "We welcome challenges and restrictions such as this," he stated. "I derive no satisfaction in trashing historic buildings. But what you don't want to see is a pulpit ahead of where you want to place your speakers."

Angela Tilby, vicar of the Anglican Franciscan Church and well-known broadcaster, had long been aware of the shortcomings of the old omni-directional system. It was when she was appearing as guest preacher at nearby St. John's, where About Sound had installed a webcast system, that she remarked on how refreshing it wa

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Comprising an iDR-48 MixRack and an iLive-T112 Control Surface, the system has already been employed for various events over the busy Christmas period, and has embarked on the European tour of celebrated Swedish rock band, the Backyard Babies.

Entitled the Them XX Tour 2010 to mark the band's 20th anniversary, the tour visits Finland, Sweden, Norway, Spain, France, Germany, UK, Switzerland and Italy, with a full PA touring rig from Parashoot.

"The major reason for using iLive on this tour is the sound quality," says Parashoot EA's Oscar Söderlund. "All the house engineers we have met so far on the tour like the light weight, space-saving size, and ease of use. It's a great system for tour

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The gobos used for many of the projections were created by Moment Factory and manufactured by Rosco.

The designers chose to use custom made glass gobos in Martin 1200 projectors. But they were restricted to using an exact match of the official colours of the Winter Olympics and to design and produce them so they fit the triangular surfaces of the sails, with no image spill off the sails.

Rosco manufactured more than 40 colour glass gobos for this project, as well as nearly a dozen black and white glass gobos.

Anne Hunter, who supervised this project

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"I'd been terribly impressed with how the XL8 was used out in Oslo, and this was an ideal opportunity to get it onto one of my shows," he says. "When I started on the Brits in 1993, it would take around six consoles to run a live show like this, with short changeovers, almost all of which were Midas XL4s and Heritage 3000s. With the introduction of digital consoles, the benefits were huge in terms of space saved and ability to recall what th

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According to APG's Xavier Pion, the move represents a significant step forward for the brand. "Germany is one of the biggest and most dynamic markets in Europe, so it's important that we have strong representation here," he says. "Audio-Technica is an internationally recognised brand with a high-end product image which reflects our own. Furthermore, Audio-Technica Germany, as a subsidiary of Audio-Technica, has a well-established and technically knowledgeable sales force with excellent market penetration."

"The only other brand they currently represent is Allen & Heath with whom they have been extremely successful so far," continues Pion. "Sales across the range have been exce

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Situated on one floor, the new industrial unit in Gräfelfing gives them twice the space that they had previously to service the additional production and customer requirement; meanwhile the 'loft' style layout has enabled them to incorporate a show/seminar room and dedicated meeting room alongside warehousing and offices for the first time.

Sales and marketing director, Tine Helmle, said that with its 4m high ceilings, bright rooms and large picture windows it is the perfect environment in which to pursue their vigorous development programme following the introduction of their acclaimed SANE (Synchronous Audio Network plus Ethernet) protocol last Autumn.

"Our large R&D room will enable us to support con

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The event was held in a series of marquee structures at the historic Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire and organised by event production specialists GSP with interactive technology experts Arcstream AV providing the technology.

The entertainment programme included aerialists and contortionists and live opera and drummers, featuring headline performances from Akon and Sophie Ellis Bextor.

The biggest spectacle of the evening was a fully choreographed, special effect, laser and water show produced by Arcstream AV which took place in and around the 72m pool, watched by guests through the glass sided marquee. The company used its newly acquir

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Ismail Khatib and Marcus Vetter were inspired to take on the mission of refurbishing Jenin's historic cinematheque during the making of Vetter's documentary The Heart of Jenin. The film received the Cinema for Peace Award for Most Valuable Documentary of 2009.

Renovations are scheduled for completion in the spring of 2010. Gerriets, the theatrical equipment company, is donating materials. In August the theatre will host the city's first international film festival, which a number of prominent guests, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Mikhail Ghorbachev, and Roger Waters have already agreed to attend.

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The event was staged in the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg and at the Grand Arena at Grand West, Cape Town, with Gearhouse working through technical production company Lucidity for Brand Events SA, the official licensee for Top Gear Live in South Africa.

Gearhouse project manager Michael Lewis worked closely with Lucidity's Paul Newman, technical production manager, and the international Top Gear Live touring production team to ensure that sound, lighting, staging, rigging and 6000 seats (from Havaseat, also a Gearhouse company) were installed into the Dome to create the Top Gear Live arena.

Live arena lighting was designed by Steve Sinclair from the international Top Gear Live team, wh

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Spanish distributor Neotecnica supplied the tour with the AKG equipment. Each and every concert will be using 24 different DMS 700 channels for voices and instruments and will also use 16 channels of the IVM4 in ear-system. For vocals, the DMT 700 will be equipped with D7 and D5 handheld capsules that prove to be the best solution for adapting to Sanz' vocal style.

"After speaking with Alejandr

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This one day session will take place on Wednesday 3 March at the new UK office in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. Controlled by d&b's Steve Jones, the day will explore d&b amplifiers within the network and the d&b Remote network topology.

The workshop will look at all the necessary hardware including cable options along with the R1 Remote control software's installation and preparation as well as a practical session using it to programme a user interface.

Further information on d&b's full education programme and registration details are available at the web address below.(Jim Evans)

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The sound crew behind the recordings was Sound24, the BAFTA winning and Oscar nominated team from Slumdog Millionaire. The team included supervising sound editor and sound designer Glenn Freemantle; sound designer Tom Sayers; dialogue/ADR supervisor Lee Herrick and field recordists Nicolas Becker and Hugo Adams. They chose the 4006s for their clarity, transparency and sound quality, as well as the mic's low signal to noise ratio and high SPL which meant they could record people whispering one minute and roaring the next.

"The clarity of sound from the mics wa

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Beside Carreras, the renowned Croatian singer Toni Cetinski, Ireland's premier soprano Celine Byrne, the Ivan Goran Kovacic academic choir, the Zvjezdice girls choir and the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra completed the line-up.

The goal of the 'Step into Life' project is the better socialisation of children without proper parental care by means of scholarships, and the foundation has already assured more than 30 scholarships for young people who can't afford to go to university.

Audio production services for the concert at the 15,000 capacity Zagreb Arena were provided by Croatian production company Lite-Prom, fielding a

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Today, China is in the midst of constructing a huge high speed rail (HSR) network, embracing a distance of 120,000km in total by the year 2020, at an aggregated investment of RMB 5 trillion (US$ 732 billion). And YangQuan forms an important part of that network.

Situated on the high-speed line between ShiJiaZhuang and TaiYuan, YangQuan North train station has already been equipped with China's first Q-Sys fully-integrated digital audio platform within a transportation hub. This digital audio networking system boasts high-speed characteristics of its own, providing all the audio routing, processing, control and monitoring necessary for any facility while maintain

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Rick Rudolph, chair of the Behind the Scenes Committee, responded: "We are incredibly grateful for this generous grant and the recognition of what Behind the Scenes is accomplishing and the community we represent. We have had an unprecedented number of requests for grants in just the first six weeks of this year and this gift from BC/EFA will ensure we can c

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The mid-January event presented the equipment in the real theatre setting of the Central School of Speech and Drama's Embassy Theatre. At different times of the afternoon, visitors were able to play 'hands on' with the products, to watch the products in action in mini-shows designed and programmed by students on Central's lighting courses, and to participate in feature-by-feature run-throughs of each product with the ability to ask to see specific actions (slow fades, colour changes), or combinations of products compared side by side.

Included in the rig were some of the latest LED lighting fixtures

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Reopened in December of 2009, Mumja is a 600 capacity club that features DJs from all over the world and also hosts live music. The new Martin gear was supplied by Martin's Albanian distributor Prosound Shpk and also includes a Magnum 1200 fogger and a PC-based LightJockey for lighting control. Lighting design was by Armand Dosti of Prosound.

"The club wanted high quality lighting but something other than the usual moving heads, so we suggested the MAC 250 Beam which has very good aerial effects," says sales manager Kliton Gjika of Prosound. "It can also be used to highlight the live bands using the fixture's frost effect."

The 250 Beams are the first for any club in Albania and Mumja Club is happy with them.

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The package assembled by MS-Max Company included 12 EAW JFL210 compact line array modules and four EAW JFL118 subwoofers. Processing is handled by the EAW UX8800 digital signal processor, and the system is powered by Crown MT-series amplifiers.

The circus, which features such spectacles as tigers, lions and other large animals, is performed in the round. The biggest issue with th

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The events were attended by approximately a 1000 people. They also included a dinner and a show by the Pepe Lienhard Orchestra.

Matthias Kern of Kernfusion Design, based in Switzerland was responsible for the lighting and media design, operation and programming. Kern used a Compulite Vector Blue and Vector motorized playback wing for the event.

At the back and to the sides of the stage were three scenic elements constructed from different Styrofoam shapes, suitable for lighting and projections. Kern used two of the DigitalSpots 7000DTs positioned each side of the stage to throw projections onto the two 15m S