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14 March 2016

To commemorate the 150th Anniversary, the Mexican government hired creative and production firm Five Currents out of Monterey, California to create an elaborate stage production at the site of the fort. Under Executive Producer Scott Givens, Five Currents managed a production like no other, complete with massive lighting, video, pyrotechnics and a cast of 2000.

Lighting designer David Grill of David Grill Associates Inc. specified 44 Clay Paky Sharpys, with 20 lined directly behind the stage, providin

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14 March 2016

This course, presented for the first time in South Africa, aimed not only to professionally train follow spotters, but also to raise the standard and enable follow spotting to become a full-time job.

"Good follow spotting is never noticed, but bad follow spotting can ruin a show," said Gerda Kruger, one of South Africa's most prolific lighting designers. "A good follow spotter should be acknowledged, be paid their worth and be an integral part of the show's lighting as the designer and board operator."

The first full-day course was attended by eight technicians from three companies, PanTilt, MGG Productions and Blackmotion Production.The morning was devoted to theory, covering t

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Richard Martin Lighting (RML) support LD Roger Williams in creating a very cool, edgy and urban look. 2 Lites and 8 Lites were chosen to create an almost Industrial look which complements the eye-popping routines and electrifying dance skills that are displayed throughout the show, which is aired on Saturday mornings on BBC2.

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Starring Alan Cumming in all the major roles, it plays the Tramway Theatre Glasgow, and the Lincoln Center New York.

One of the co-founders of video design group Mesmer, Ian William Galloway presented original, cutting-edge and highly atmospheric visuals for the show, which is set inside an asylum.

To achieve this, he worked closely with programmer Salvador Bettencourt Ávila and the National Theatre of Scotland design team to create a unique CCTV video playback. This video enables Cumming to interact with virtual versions of himself and pre-recorded characters to create this highly intense presentation of 'The Scottish Play'.

"The production called for three remote controllable CCTV cameras to follow

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The company is owned and run by Chady Akiki, working closely with his cousin Alain. A DiGiCo SD9 and SD10 are the pride of their rental stock.

As a Front of House engineer himself, Chady knows at first-hand what the most important features of a mixing console are and he also received many technical riders from international acts that requested DiGiCo consoles. Initially buying an SD10, it proved such a success that CKA later purchased an SD9 as well.

"In Lebanon we always want the best equipment. Even if we don't need all the facilities now, we think that maybe we will need them later, so we always buy the best we can," he says. "We looked at other consoles, but with some you have to go through lots

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Two of the mixing systems were used to manage FOH and monitors at the recent Homelanz Festival in London, which featured headline performances from Prime Circle, Kora and Alex Lloyd, who are all stadium fillers in Australia and New Zealand.

"Ever since taking delivery of the GLDs, the whole team has been impressed with the versatility, reliability and functionality of the mixer for its size and price point. One of the features that receives particular praise from both our own and visiting engineers is the strip assign; its simplicity makes the most complicated of stage patches achie

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14 March 2016

Clearwing's Nick Dressler says, "Dirty Rigger is the 'best bang for the buck', I've not seen rigger gloves at that price and quality from any other manufacturer, which is why we chose to stock the entire range. Customers have come to us with concerns about the quality of their alternative rigger glove brands over and over, therefore stocking Dirty Rigger was driven by the demand of our clients first, and price second. Even all of our shop guys own a pair and have not come back for a replacement yet!"

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"On the last tour with Chevelle I used MAC 700s," he stated. "On that tour the band and I discussed going with all LED fixtures for the next tour. This time I scooped up as many MAC 101s as the budget allowed."

Cheetoh spread 30 MAC 101s across the upstage edge between four trusses and pipes to create a full wall of fixtures look. "I chose the 101s because of their brightness and quickness," he says. "They also have a perfect degree beam, which helps make the light more of a spot than a true LED wash fixture."

Lighting vendor for the tour is Windy City Music out of Chicago whose role encompassed more than mere

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The choice of OnAir consoles has allowed the station to design and install an integrated system that utilises Studer's Relink digital audio routing technology. In addition, the OnAir's modular design has enabled the equipment installation to be rationalised, which has helped to control the project costs.

Located in the Steve Biko building on Oxford Road in Manchester, Fuse FM is a key part of the Students' Union's broadcast media output. Run by volunteers, the station provides the opportunity for students to get involved in numerous areas of University life.

The studios are used for a combination of production and live broadcasting, and both mixers have been supplied with the si

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He continued: "This is a natural bolt on for SSE, and adds to our skill set and range in the audio installation market, meaning that there is very little we don't now cover in terms of what we can do in the audio environment. Eddie is a well respected and experienced individual, who adds an

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This year's star-studded line-up included Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Usher, Katy Perry, Jessie J, Ed Sheeran, The Wanted, Flo Rida and many more, kick starting the Summer with an action packed day of pop music and vibes.

Adlib's crew line up of 17 was chiefed by Marc Peers. Key people included systems tech Tony Szabo, RF co-ordinator Dave Kay, presenter console operator Ian Nelson and patch by Michael Bernard Flaherty all intent on delivering a precisely planned mission involving some superlative teamwork.

Peers worked closely with Production North's sound supervisor Ant Carr and their event production manager Sarah Hollis on the advance logistics ensuring all the requi

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14 March 2016

The Juke Box sound system was engineered by Martin Audio, also responsible for creating the current iteration of the Box Room at Ministry of Sound in London. The Box is a five-sided room within a room completely insulated and suspended from the outside wall that is considered to be one of the best sound systems in the world.

Nissan and Ministry of Sound turned to Martin Audio to create a totally self-sufficient 18,900W sound system for the Juke Box. A set of custom made cabinets and enclosures housing two 18" powered subs and the same Mid Hi enclosures used at MOS enable an exceptionally high output with no compromise in sound quality. All of the custom speake

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The patriotic Sharpys, dressed up in custom made Union Jack jackets, were a welcome sight amongst the pageantry of the day as they delivered a dazzling display of laser-like lighting at the evening celebrations that marked the 60th anniversary of Queen's reign.

Lighting designer Durham Marenghi employed more than 240 Clay Paky fixtures, hired from London based rental house Neg Earth, to deliver a stunning, varied and dynamic lighting design for superstar acts that included Kylie Minogu

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For the third year running, Lightpower of Germany supplied Robert Juliat followspots to this prestigious international event at the end of May, the two semi-finals and the finals of which were broadcast in three live televised events from Baku, Azerbaijan.

Lighting designer, Jerry Appelt, used 10 Robert Juliat spots in total - six RJ Aramis 2500W HMI followspots with DMX control and four of the mighty RJ Lancelot 4000W HTI followspots - to highlight participants from 42 countries.

"We chose Robert Juliat followspots for two major reasons," says Appelt. "Firstly because Robert Juliat spots are extremely reliable which is a priority on a show of this size. The Aramis' remote DMX control is an essential feature which gave me precis

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Canford product manager, Stephen Gallagher commented, "The appointment acknowledges Canford's ability to support occasional, specific and contract supply of Sennheiser Pro Audio equipment to professional users, installers and resellers alike."

Gallagher went on to explain how customers will gain from Canford's new supply partner status "Trade customers migrating from a direct relationship with Sennheiser will also benefit from Canford's free technical support service, significant UK stock holding and trade account pricing." He added "When it comes to sales and support of Sennheiser Pro Audio products Canford has a wealth of knowledge having been a major distribut

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On application by their course administrators or leaders, students will be invited for a day at Shure UK's headquarters, where the company's specialists will advise the visitors on a variety of disciplines, depending on the students' requirements. Help is offered on microphone basics and theory, including practical mic placement work in a live room, vocal and drum miking, and wireless microphone basics. Visting students work through theory in the morning, then tackle practical/hands-on work in the afternoon.

The foundation of Shure Education formalises a role Shure Distribution UK has already been fulfi

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Three judges would watch each performance and judge whether it should leave the competition by choosing to press the elimination button which in turn lit up a large red cross above the jury. If all three crosses turned red then the lights, video & audio would freeze and the act would be eliminated from the competition.

Light Image used the CueCore's MIDI-port to receive signals from the infamous large red crosses. The CueCore was positioned between the Audio control room and the three li

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Front of House engineer Josh Lloyd, of live audio specialists Britannia Row, specified a substantial network comprising two Midas PRO9 and one PRO2C consoles front of house - and XL8, PRO9 and PRO6 consoles in monitor land.

In addition to this, Lloyd employed 14 Midas DL431 digital mic splitters to take care of a whopping 96 channels of house band plus 96 orchestra channels.

More than 250,000 people packed into The Mall, St. James's Park and around the Queen Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace to watch world-famous musicians honour Her Majesty with their best performance, with millions more watching around the world on TV.

Incredibly fast turnarounds between each performance saw acts such as Kylie Minogue, Annie Lennox, Elto

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The band marked the anniversary earlier in the year with a special concert in Olavshallen in Trondheim, held exactly 20 years to the date that the band stepped on a stage for the first time. The special anniversary concert was broadcast on TV network NRK1 on 2 June with lighting design by 21-year-old Lars Kristian Mathisen who turned to a Martin rig of MAC Auras, MAC 700 Profiles and MAC 550s for the show.

Not your typical DDE gig, the concert featured numerous guest artists including The Trondheim Soloists and the celebrated Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir. Mathisen was responsible for all aspects of lighting including design, rigging, programming and control. He commented, "This was the largest project I had e

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The lighting designer of this year's entirely German made Mayday was Thomas Gerdon who created a spectacular show together with Rando Lorenz (lighting operator), Philipp Schauer (video operator), Wadim Wall (media server/system), Tim Franken (laser operator), Bernd Görgen (project director) and Joac

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Local AV integration company, Avitech Systems, provided the design, supply and installation of the sound, lighting and audiovisual systems in the venue. For the stage lighting requirements, Lawrence Bricknell, owner of Avitech Systems, called on the expertise of Dave Whitehouse from DWR Distribution. Dave's lighting solution comprised a Philips Strand 200 Series 24/48 lighting console, 12 Longman F1 High Power LED parcans, 10 Longman 002 LED parcans, six Longman Stage bars, one LSC DMX Splitte

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14 March 2016

With bases in Edinburgh and Glasgow, the long-standing Warehouse Sound Services this month purchased 16 of RCF's new HDL 20-A compact line array enclosures and four complementary SUB 8006-AS 2 x 18" active high power subwoofers to enhance its hire fleet.

According to Warehouse sales director Derek Blair, the combination of an optimised active system, with an enviable price/performance ratio in a compact, composite enclosure, provided a compelling reason for the investment.

Formed over 30 years ago, Warehouse Sound has been an RCF sub-distributor for the past four years, initially purchasing their contractor systems before pulling back from direct installations to form a more transparent partnership with their AV customers, assi

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The event was staged at the LG Arena at Birmingham's National Exhibition centre. It was promoted virally via selected social media channels.

The CPL team was led by project manager Lee Gruszeckyj (Lee G), who also showed his talents cutting the pacey live camera mix. The CPL team assisted Second Sight to capture the full event for future video and DVD editing / internet broadcast, and recorded time-lapse footage of the build that was streamed live on Facebook in the run up to get all those attending energised and expectant about what they were about to experience.

Gruszeckyj mixed the show using an AVH

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It takes just two of the new Anolis RGBW ArcPad Extremes - such is their power and intensity - to fill the full 23-storey high front walls of the hotel with a beautifully smooth, even wash of vivid colour.

The ArcPads replace four previous 1000 Watt discharge lightsources, bringing a fresh visuality to the hotel after dark, which now stands out like a beacon from the myriad of other tall buildings dotting the famous skyline.

For all this illumination, the power consumed by the ArcPads is a mere 580W per fixture at maximum intensity, representing 11 Amps less - or approximately a 65% reduction - across the whol