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14 December 2016

The company's statement says it is about to enter into a process of collective consultation with all affected employees, but in the event that the redundancies are confirmed following consultation, the Coatbridge facility would cease operations completely.

In this event, say Music Group, the Tannoy loudspeaker production would be transferred to Music Group's manufacturing plant in Zhongshan, China, with its R&D and marketing activities being relocated to the Group's Innovation centre in Manchester, UK.

The announcement was made to employees today by senior vice-president, Lifestyle & Home, Peter Sommer: "Following an extensive evaluation of our operational and financial structure, we have taken the diff

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In addition, Rodrigo Thomaz (Audio-Technica senior technical product specialist) will be hosting a seminar entitled Exploring The Advantages Of 100 Volt Line Audio Systems on Wednesday 11 May at 2pm in The Royal Armouries' Wellington Room. Presented in conjunction with The Institute of Sound and Communication Engineers, the session will look at the difference between low impedance and 100 Volt Line speakers, tackling the myths of installing 100V Line systems to make installations easier and quicker.

The recently launched Audio-Technica ATM350a clip-on condenser microphone - with its exemplary range of instrument mounts (

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Kevin Kern and Daydream are well known for writing sound tracks for many popular TV dramas, such as the popular Korean TV dramas, Autumn in My Heart and Winter Sonata, as well as documentaries and radio broadcastings.

Technically, the focus of the concert was to capture a live recording for TV broadcast, and also use the recording to mix down a live album, as well as provide live sound reinforcement.

The project was managed by director, Jaehoon Um, who has a distinguished career in recording and mixing more than 6,000 pieces of K-POP, and Film and TV drama sound tracks.

Each microphone was connected to the AB168, which was installed on sta

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14 December 2016

Alcons Audio, best known for their high frequency Pro Ribbon technology, provided the loudspeakers and amplifiers for the large media spaces within the media centre in downtown San Francisco.

Freeman Audio Visual Solutions, the staging company, and the NFL itself, selected and approved various Alcons Audio Pro Ribbon systems to fill the bill in the vast media centre. The man behind the controls was Martin Reeves of MDR Productions.

Alcons Pro Ribbon Loudspeakers were deployed as follows:

In the main Room 1, nine LR7 (6.5"+ RBN401 pro-ribbon) were used for left and right, with three LR7 as centre cluster; two BQ211 21" subs for low-frequency extension. The system was driven by two Sentinel10 four-channel amplifie

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Jake has worked with the band for two years. He landed the gig after Foxes played a student union May Ball he was lighting. As they were headlining, he designed a bespoke rig and added some specials for their slot, as well as programming and operating, all of which impressed the artist and tour management enough to offer him the gig as lighting director / operator on the road, a task for which he collaborated with LD Cate Carter of Bryte Design. He's worked for Foxes ever since

Jake, Cate and Mike Smith from Bryte Design discussed adding some classic theatrical effects like a starcloth / voile backdrop plus more set ele

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"The BIC is in the process of making a significant investment in lighting and AV equipment," opens Bagnall, "And without really exploring our options we were just intending to purchase a lighting console from the same manufacturer as our old large theatre desk. But after a chat with Thor, we took a close look at the MA dot2; the OnPC facility was of great interest to us and with four venues within the centre the 'pick up and go' attraction of the dot2 was obvious. We booked a training session with Thor and he came down the following week.

"Fol

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Billed as 'the UK's most popular classic music show', the performance features not only the aural beauty of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Rigby, but also state of the art lighting and laser technology to create a visual feast as well.

Put on by classic music promoter Raymond Gubbay, the dramatic overtures were complemented by cannons, guns and 2,000 indoor fireworks, which brought the show to its famous thundering finale.

To achieve the bombastic looks, Marenghi carefully selected a rig of Clay Paky fixtures which were suitable for the splendour of the Royal Albert Hall but also produced the latest effec

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14 December 2016

Committed to an extraordinary visitor experience on every level, SFMOMA partnered with Meyer Sound to provide sound solutions throughout the transformed museum.

A highlight of the collaboration is the redesigned Phyllis Wattis Theatre, located at the heart of the museum where the original Mario Botta-designed building seamlessly integrates with the Sn°hetta-designed, 10-story addition. According to San Francisco-based EHDD, the architects tasked with the theatre renovation, a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system was the perfect solution to complex architectural and acoustic challenges.

Together with Meyer Sound

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UAE National Day commemorated the Emirates' 44-year union with fireworks, concerts, heritage attractions, regattas, and art and theatre festivals across the Emirates. The official National Day show at Zayed Sports City celebrated the spirit of the union and the Emirates' national pride.

Produced by Five Current with lighting and video design by 4U2C, the show flashed back to the creation of the UAE by the region's seven kings. "The main challenge was the size of the stage - 300ft wide," notes Karl Gaudreau, associate lighting designer at 4U2C, a Montreal-based one-stop

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14 December 2016

ImageCue has been establishing distribution partners in Europe since the beginning of the year. So far they have entered into partnerships with Gobo & Highlight in the Nordic countries, White Light in the UK, FACE in the Benelux, and Lightpower in Germany and Austria.

Bill Hewlett, CEO of ImageCue LLC says, "In order to better serve our European distributors and dealers we felt that a European base was necessary. ImageCue units for Europe, the Middle-East, and Africa will be assembled at our new facility outside of Zurich."

ImageCue GmbH is a subsidiary company of ImageCue LLC based in the USA. The European branch will be managed by Norbert Schenkel who performed his practical ele

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It will encompass forums for discussion and the exchange of ideas, product open days and mentoring by leading practitioners and activists in the dynamic world of performance lighting and visuals among many other activities.

Robe is currently working with six participating universities and colleges - RADA, Rose Bruford, Central School of Speech & Drama, LAMDA, Mountview and the University of South Wales - with the intention of widening the list and reach as the NRG concept flourishes and engages.

Anyone in full time industry related studies or who has graduated from a relevant course within the last two years can join NRG.

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VERY, through their ad agency, St Luke's, commissioned London-based creative think tank Prettybird to conceptualise the commercial, which features a fast moving array of dancers surrounding the cube. The LED cube glows in bright neon pink colours to reflect the VERY branding and displays a variety of Spring-related visuals.

Ai expert RES worked closely with Prettybird's Dori Oskowitz, who directed the advert, through the initial stages, creating technical renders at pitch stage. Once the job was commissioned, RES took on the role of advisor for all technical aspects of pixel mapping and media playback for the cube in pre-production and onsite.

"As the show included three different HD outputs for t

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With the party taking place in an event centre with a low trim height, the crew was tasked with coming up with a design that made up for the tight space and limited mounting options.

"Dizzy Gosnell and project manager Matt King came up with a great way to mount the fixtures to the existing house beams with limited impact on the over

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The company responsible for the installation was Benchmark Productions, a full service live event production company based in Lake Forest, Southern California, who worked in conjunction with Picturall US's Dylan Ankney in order to deliver the Lakers' ambitious AV project.

The Picturall Octo is housed in the video booth. Four outputs from the Octo are sent to four 1-in/2-out HDMI distribution amplifiers from

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Staged at the Sheen Centre for Thought and Culture in New York City, and inspired by the life and work of Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo, Death for Five Voices is a complex musical that changes locations on a static set. "The show does not call for spot lights," Susan Nicholson explains, "So moving lights were my answer as a way to be able to pop characters out. It gave me an opportunity to draw the audience's attention to the important action on stage."

Nicholson used the Platinum Spot 35 Pro subtly as front light and highlights with fixtures positioned over the audience, splitting centre, and another located upstage

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The rooms have various capacity and serve many different purposes. Supplied and installed by Parklands Audio, an iLive-176 at FOH with dual iDR10 MixRacks and an iLive-T112 for monitors were selected for the main 1150-capacity Sanctuary.

"Crossroads needed a future-proof mixer that was flexible for the next phases in construction. iLive also sounded good, and ease of use was of great importance, as it is crucial to have the capability to simplify the mixing process for the wide range of technicians and volunteers. It was also important that each subsequent room had a similar work flow and ease of use, hence A&H mixers were selected for all other phases implemented," says Crossroads t

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A storey tent of 25m by 40m serves as an entrance hall and VIP room. A true eye-catcher is the facade which has been personalised in a beautiful way, referring to the Munt's pediment in the heart of Brussels. The entrance and covered terrace were luxuriously decorated with wooden walls, wooden ceiling and a beautiful new bankirai floor. This highly qualitative decoration was maintained on the inside as well. The cloakroom was walled by

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Originally commissioned by NASA for the Apollo programme, the 223ft long Saturn 1B rocket located in the open air Rocket Garden was transformed for the very first time into a giant projection surface comprising an eye-watering 6,528 by 1,050-pixel image that used 80,000 lumens of projected light. Visuals were accompanied by a dramatic musical score, actual launch audio, and other sound effects, in conjunction with a Rocket Garden Light Show that uses moveable lights to illuminate rockets throughout the Rocket Garden, comp

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"KS28 is a marked improvement on the SB28, and I was not at all unhappy with the SB28," reports Gregg Brunclik, president and CEO of Milwaukee, WI-based Clearwing.

This tour represented the official US debut of the KS28, which was introduced only a month ago at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt and deployed by Clearwing on a North American pilot program for the product.

With its extended frequency response

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Melomani, D.A.S. Audio's exclusive distributor in Turkey, was called in to handle the sound installation for this upscale resort. The Melomani sound technicians, faced with the challenge of providing audio for a range of different spaces, knew that the extensive range and versatility of D.A.S. Audio professional sound systems would be the ideal solution for adapting the sound across the resort.

The technicians opted to bring in D.A.S. Audio's Event Line Array systems

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JJ has been Fedde's lighting designer since 2013. When the first Grand live concept was staged in 2015 he came on board to evolve the lighting, and asked Bas van der Poel and Jeroen van der Velden of Light Image - both of whom he'd known for some years - to assist in what was a complex design process. He joined the imaginative lighting design, programming and operating practice based in Utrecht full time at the end of last year.

This year's Grand was a one off show demanding high-impact visuals with minimal time on site and intense pressure to produce the spectacular re

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"The Leo system is superb for handling Mariah's voice, particularly when I'm tracking her extended high notes," reports Lorin, whose mixing credits include Roberta Flack, Jon Secada, Hilary Duff, Melissa Manchester, and Machine Head. "She always gets a strong crowd reaction when she hits those extreme highs - like on Emotions - so I always try to give her a push over the top. With Leo, the highs come out just as clear, and without hurting your ears.

"All the

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Says the Trust, "In this milestone year in the history of the Trust we will examine the state of our nation's theatres and discuss their future. We will consider the past and present influences on theatre architecture and design; the provision of existing and new theatres in response to city and government devolution; changing demographics; housing delivery and community and audience demand.

"We will then look to the future, and the potential for the next 40 years, and ask: What kinds of theatres will we need to build, and how will we find the resources to do so? How should we be asking existing buildings to adapt and change? What impact will the popularity of digital distribution of live theatre have? H

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With a focus on the hospitality sector, HK Audio Business Solutions delivers the company's 30+ years of 'Made in Germany' pro audio experience to customers who are not only looking for exemplary sound reinforcement, but who also want to be able to aesthetically integrate loudspeakers into sophisticated design environments, says the company.

To this end, Business Solutions customers will be able to customize their HK Audio system of choice to perfectly suit their needs.

Available in any desired colour, and featuring either printed or engraved design elements (such as company logos or slogans), the speakers will end up forming an integral part of the location's interi