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World - Sound designers are specifying the Meyer Sound Leopard linear sound reinforcement system to support a growing number of musical theatre productions in America and Europe alike. With support of six productions on three continents, Leopard is making an impression in the world of musical theatre with its level of clarity, power, and precision.

For Motown: The Musical in London, noted sound designer Peter Hylenski chose to deliver the soulful sounds of this West End hit musical at London's Shaftesbury Theatre with 28 Leopard line array loudspeakers and six 900-LFC low-frequency control elements, supplied by London-based Autograph Sound. "Motown is an extremely dynamic show," says Hylenski. "With Leopard, the low-level dialogue is crisp and articulate, while the full musical numbers have punch and clarity."

"Leopard was the right choice for this tour," says Poti

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UK - PSCo has announced that they will be distributing Samsung's much anticipated portfolio of LED in the UK and Ireland. PSCo has placed the first order for Samsung's 1.5mm ultra fine pixel pitch LED as a demonstration unit for its Reading showroom, demonstrating its commitment to both Samsung and channel partners.

Mark Taylor, LED business development manager at Samsung is responsible for the 'go to market' strategy on this product line. Announcing this news, Mark commented, "PSCo has been extremely successful in LED, and are the first distributor with a full product and support offering for the channel. We have strict criteria for our LED distribution partner to meet and I am delighted that PSCo met it all! We are very much looking forward to the future with the team at PSCo."

"We've always prided ourselves on the levels of operational and technical support we can offer

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USA - In 1807, New York Governor DeWitt Clinton proposed an audacious plan: to build a 363 mile (584 km) canal that connected New York City's Atlantic port to America's burgeoning Great Lakes. Despite a chorus of initial scepticism (President Thomas Jefferson dismissed the idea as "a little short of madness"), Clinton's vision became reality 18 years later with the opening of the Erie Canal that ran from Buffalo on Lake Erie to Albany on the Hudson.

The canal turned New York City into a great metropolis and transformed Buffalo into a centre of commodities trading, as evidenced by the proliferation of grain elevators that lined its canal side. Although Buffalo's grain trading days have long since receded into history, one remnant of its past, the Connecting Terminal Grain Elevator, has taken on new life as a popular attraction, thanks to an ever-changing lightshow that draws on

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UK - Production company, Nub Sound recently carried an Allen & Heath dLive digital mixing system on the UK tour of British singer songwriter, Jamie Lawson, to manage FOH sound.

Last year, Lawson was signed by Ed Sheeran's new record label, Gingerbread Man Records. The tour coincided with the release of Jamie's second UK single release from his self-titled No. 1 album. Nub Sound managed audio production for the tour, selecting the smallest dLive system, the S3000 Control Surface and DM32 MixRack.

"We have Allen & Heath iLive, GLD and Qu mixers in our hire stock, so naturally I have been excited about trying out dLive as soon as I heard it was in development," comments FOH engineer, Rob Simpson, from Nub Sound. "There was no production rehearsal time available before the tour and I did not get my hands on the dLive system until the night before the first show. However, withi

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Nigeria - Over 500,000 people attended Africa's largest concert - The Experience - a mega concert at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, Nigeria. The Experience is an interdenominational gospel concert and word-based gathering organized in Nigeria by The House On The Rock, a vibrant, multi-ethnic church.

The organizers chose an Outline audio system to ensure that the spoken word and inspired music by the numerous artists such Don Moen, Donnie McClurkin, Fred Hammond, Micah Stampley, Kim Burrell, Hezekiah Walker, Jessica Reedy and Sonnie Badu, were heard loud and clear by the huge crowd.

Cytech World Communication was called in for the third consecutive year to handle sound production for the huge event that featured 11 hours of non-stop prayer and live music.

The main FOH Outline audio system was comprised of 30 GTO C-12 line arrays, two GTO-DF down-fills, 16 DBS 18-2 s

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Australia - Professional wireless sound solution specialists, Raycom, were asked in summer 2015 to specify, supply and commission a substantial new RF wireless distribution system for ITV's popular reality television show, I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!.

The show is set in 500,000sq.m of dense Australian jungle. The celebrities competing are filmed in various settings and locations across the whole area making wireless belt pack microphones the obvious solution. It was down to Raycom to create sufficient RF architecture to make sure their every word was heard loud and clear even if they weren't screaming "get me out!"

Through experience with other geographically challenging applications, in the world of motorsport, Raycom turned to Italian manufacturer Wisycom, who they represent in the UK, knowing they would have the equipment and technology required to get

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Belgium - As well as providing excellent facilities, sound quality and ease of use, Yamaha professional audio equipment is renowned for its reliability and long life. The oldest of five Yamaha digital mixing consoles owned by the Thé

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UK - Lighting designer Olly Suckling presented a novel solution and lighting effect using 28 of Robe's CycFX 8 LED battens to create a giant illuminated M-A-X-I-M-O sign upstage on UK alt rockers Maximo Park's most recent tour. This celebrated 10 years since the release of their seminal debut studio album, A Certain Trigger in 2005, which was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.

This high impact visual effect was part of Olly's first design for Maximo Park, for which he toured a neat and flexible floor package comprising 59 fixtures, 46 of which were Robe, all supplied by rental company R & M Productions from Stokesley, North Yorkshire.

The Maximo letters utilised six CycFX 8s for the two Ms and the O, four for the A and the X and two for the L, all of which were outrigged from aluminium pipes standing in heavy-duty tank trap bases.

In addition to the Cyc

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UK - PLASA has 39 years of experience in providing business events for the live entertainment technology industry, attracting a high calibre of attendees with more than £3billion spending power for the PLASA Show, £340m for PLASA Focus Leeds and £130m for the newest edition, PLASA Focus Glasgow.

PLASA prides itself on delivering a targeted audience for each show highlighted by the small audience crossover between events, with only 350 Leeds visitors and 52 Glasgow visitors attending the flagship London show. This unique audience is not just limited to shows organised by the PLASA Events division, but also includes competitor shows with 41% of PLASA Show 2015 visitors not having attended any other show in the past year.

Christopher Toulmin, director of Events Division says: "Engaging face-to-face is still the fastest and most effective way to build relatio

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UK - Baldwin Boxall has been granted certification by the Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) for their entire range of VIGIL2 voice alarm products. LPCB certification is considered by many to be the highest mark of quality and reliability available in the industry today, and it has worldwide recognition. Baldwin Boxall has always claimed that it manufactures a high quality product and now, with LPCB approval, this claim is reinforced.

Amongst the products that have been approved is the company's VIGIL Eclipse3 - a self-contained, wall-mountable voice evacuation system. The Eclipse3 is already popular and this certification is expected to open up new markets for the system.

Popularity for the Eclipse3 is not only due to its convenient size but also to its modular design, making it incredibly flexible. The Eclipse3 uses the same DSP-controlled routeing technology as

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Austria - Watching celebrities try their hand at ballroom, Latin and other forms of dance has never been so popular, thanks to the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and its international version Dancing With The Stars, which has been licensed to over 42 territories by BBC Worldwide. The Austrian production, known as Dancing Stars, is currently gearing up for its 10th series, with a DiGiCo SD7T at the helm.

Broadcast on ORF eins, Austria's premier television channel, this year Dancing Stars takes place from March to May. ORF, Austria's national broadcaster, recently invested in a DiGiCo SD7T for Dancing Stars and other large format shows, installed by Vienna-based TON Eichinger Professional Sound Systems, their long-term business partner.

"We supply the ORF with a wide range of systems, from audio workstations, sync systems, portable audio and video re

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UK - Last summer, the world-premiere of Mrs Henderson Presents opened at Theatre Royal Bath to rave reviews. Following its successful run, the play has now transferred to the No

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UK - Cardiff-based sound reinforcement rental/hire and production services company Stage Sound Services has added an extra 40 channels of Shure ULX-D wireless microphone technology to their existing inventory of ULX-D. The extra wireless channels were purchased in order to realise the challenging London-based production of Close To You, the hit musical production presenting the songs of Burt Bacharach. In summer 2015, the show began a run at the fringe Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark, London - by October, it had been such a success that it transferred to the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly Circus, in the heart of London's West End.

An ambitious production featuring multi-instrumentalist musicians and singers, Close To You takes place on a rotating riser, with the audience partially seated on the stage surrounding the performers. Cabled mics could not be use

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Australia - TDC - Technical Direction Company, has announced the completion of its first full, multi-purpose mobile outside broadcast vehicle that offers full HD broadcast and production facilities.

"For the past 35 years we have been a pioneer in entertainment technology solutions and we know what works for live audiences, on stage as well as on camera. We have integrated camera systems into projects for many years so it was a natural progression to extend our existing flypack solutions to the new HD01 outside broadcast vehicle," says Michael Hassett, CEO at TDC.

In collaboration with TDC, the teams from Sony Professional Solutions Asia Pacific, Imagine Communications, Riedel, Fujinon, Miller, and Yamaha have assisted to produce TDC HD01, a fully customised rigid facility that has a focus on functionality and comfort.

A full complement of HD multi-format production eq

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South Africa - The roadshow was held in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, which meant that clients in most parts of the country could once again meet up with Robe's Josef Valchar and Harry von den Stemmen and be exposed to their latest equipment, namely the Robe Square, BMFL WashBeam, Viva, Robin DL7S, DL4S, Robe Strobe and Robin 1000 LED Beam.

"The DWR Road Show was another one in a series of events, in which a very professional and committed DWR team and their passionate back office brought Robe's latest products to everyone's attention," commented Harry von den Stemmen. "A record breaking number of attendees rewarded the team for the effort. While most of the established customers attended, it was the new crowd, the young faces, who made it special. This is the next generation of professionals who will conduct tomorrow's business and it is awesome to have them participate

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UK - Liverpool-based production specialist Adlib kicked off a busy 2016 touring season with a number of live artists including Award Winning Irish singer/songwriter Hozier for which they provided audio, lighting and crew to the recent UK and European tour.

Hozier has had global success with the release of his anthem Take Me To Church and debut album, Hozier, which has been certified as gold & platinum in the U.S.

Adlib's team of Sam Proctor & Terry Smith (sound) and Kevin Byatt & Jeff Bond (lights) worked closely with renowned production manager Sue "Duchess" Iredale, tour manager Jake Ryan Foley and the band's FOH and monitor engineers Gavin Muddiman and Darren Dunphy with lighting designer Matthew Kilmurry.

An L-Acoustics K2 system was specified for all the UK shows, and for the two largest European venues, Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall and Brussels For

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Italy - One hundred and fifty DTS moving heads - Evo, Raptor and Nick NRG 1201 - were utilised for five evenings the leading Italian song contest, the Sanremo Festival, which was attended by major international artists such as Sir Elton John, Ellie Goulding and Maitre Gims.

The Festival, broadcast live on Eurovision, was held in the historic Teatro Ariston 9 to 13 February.

The artistic director and conductor of the Festival has repeatedly praised the eye-catching lighting of the event.

The EVO, RAPTOR and NRG 1201 moving heads were supplied by AMG International; director of photography was Marco Lucarelli.

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Mexico - As part of a five-day state visit, Pope Francis arrived in the famous Zocalo square in Mexico City, where a huge stage, surrounded by Nexo STM PA clusters, was prepared in front of the Palacio Nacional and a crowd of 40,000.

This was his first visit to Mexico, the most Catholic country in the Spanish-speaking world. At this ceremony, the head of Mexico City's federal government presented the Pontiff with the keys to the city. As he did a walkabout through the Zocalo, greeting the faithful, the Cathedral bells sounded out and orchestras played Mexican music on stage.

The square stage, a virtual 360° presentation including giant video screens on each side, deployed four L/R arrayed systems of Nexo STM. Each array used nine sets of STM M46 main + B112 bass cabinets, with three M28 down-fill beneath the line. With Nexo's PS15s for front-fill and stage monitoring,

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USA - Bandit Lites once again worked with three-time ACM nominee Thomas Rhett, providing the lighting package for the We Were Here Tour 2016 with Jason Aldean.

Collaborating with both Thomas Rhett and tour manager Logan Kornegay, lighting designer Nick Whitehouse built upon their general concept to create the final lighting design.

"Thomas Rhett has some really great ideas and has a fantastic team around him; it really was a pleasure to work with them all and get this together," said Whitehouse.

What may look like a standard rolling floor package reveals itself to be compact custom video and lighting lifts that extend to a full height of nearly 30ft above the stage. Whitehouse specifically chose lightweight fixtures that could be hidden within the lifts while still providing powerhouse beams and spot looks.

Following the success of the Ayrton MagicDot-R on Thomas R

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USA - Starting out with just 96 members in 1969, St. James United Methodist Church has grown into one of the largest Methodist churches in Arkansas with over 3,600 members. Nestled in West Little Rock, the church recently concluded a successful capital campaign resulting with enough money to build a teen bistro, eight new classrooms, and the Jones Fellowship Hall, among other facilities and upgrades.

The church decided to hire Memphis Sound Lab from across the river to design and install sound reinforcement systems for the new spaces, and Memphis Sound Lab in turn relied on Ashly Audio's combined processor/multi-channel amplifiers and intuitive user interfaces to give the systems a solid backbone with user-friendly access.

"I love turning Ashly controllers over to clients," said Charles Lawing, owner and manager of Memphis Sound Lab. "They're small, easy to customize, and

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USA - Elation Professional lighting products were used at several locations across Levi's Stadium for Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, California. A variety of Elation gear was used to light CBS network's three main television sets while Elation ELAR Q1 colour-changing PAR lights were mounted in the stage deck for the spectacular Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show.

Illuminate Production Services of Sacramento provided the Elation products for CBS's exclusive Plaza, Field and Tailgate Super Bowl 50 sets, the main on-site broadcast settings for an event that proved to be the most-watched television program in U.S. television history.

The lighting package included Elation Platinum Spot 15R Pro colour and gobo-changing moving heads used for backlighting of the commentators and also used to illuminate the Vince Lombardi Trophy, the trophy awarded each year to the winning team. Elation's

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Slovenia - National television channel, RTV Slovenia, has recently invested in a new dot2 XL-F and a dot2 Node4 (1K) for use in the smaller studios throughout its HQ in Ljubljana, as well as for OB projects and other mobile applications. The console was specified by Bojan Repic, responsible for the purchase and maintenance of new equipment and technologies in the lighting department and head of lighting, Bojan Lenart.

Bojan Repic is also a moving light programmer and operator for many productions covering news, documentaries and information programmes as well as entertainment including dramas, films and music projects. RTV's busy lighting department works across all of the four major studios in Ljubljana together with outside recordings and special events.

Bojan discussed purchasing the dot2 XL-F at length with MA Lighting's Slovenian distributor MK Light Sound before taki

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UK - The current completely sold out Strictly Live 2016 UK arena tour produced by Phil McIntyre Entertainments is thrilling audiences in arenas around the country - this year for the first time with an all-Robe moving light rig including 130 x BMFLs, over 80 of which were newly purchased by rental company and long-standing tour supplier, Sonalyst.

New presenter Great British Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc is stamping her humour and personality on the show, directed for the sixth year by characteristically acerbic judge Craig Revel Horwood, and it's being hailed as the most exciting and 'best yet' live rendition of the BBC's blockbusting series which features seven celebrities and their professional dancing partners.

While Richard G Jones returned to add style and elegance to the lighting design, joining Craig in the judging hot seats are Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli. T

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