UK - Allen & Heath is celebrating global success with its flagship dLive digital mixing system, which has been specified by many engineers on international riders over its first season, culminating in over 150 touring PA rental companies investing in the product worldwide.

"dLive has turned a lot of touring engineers' heads with its smart, customisable workflows and stunning FX and DEEP processing plug-ins. The 96kHz sampling rate, plus dLive's potential for expansion and integration make it a no-brainer," explains Leon Phillips, Allen & Heath's live sound & touring evangelist.

Artists including Fifth Harmony, Ceelo Green, Jamie Lawson, Travis, Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH), Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Morrissey and AIR, have all toured the globe with dLives this year.

"By the time we finish this run and the system returns to SSE, it will have completed its first

Norway - A Martin Audio MLA Mini Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array has been installed at the University of Oslo (UiO) flagship auditorium - replacing the previous PA system.

The integration was carried out by Atendi AS, Martin Audio's pan-Scandinavian distributors, and the installation itself is in the Aula, the University's famous ceremonial hall, known for its festive events, concerts and art. In fact, from 1947 until 1989 it hosted the Nobel Peace Prize, but when that auditorium gradually became too small, the ceremony was moved to the Oslo City Hall.

The Aula's connection with Nobel today revolves around the Nobel Lecture, which is frequently presented there, while many other civic dignitaries also give lectures. In addition, the Aula is used for a number of high profile events such as the Oslo Opera Festival, as well as classical concerts ranging from the Norwegian Rad

The Netherlands - Luc Peumans from Painting with Light was asked to create a lighting scheme for the recent new musical Sky which ran at the Theater Amsterdam featuring spectacular 3D video scenery.

The show was produced by Imagine Nation (Robin de Levita & Kees Abrahams) and featured music by John Ewbank and Marco Borsato.

Luc, himself experienced at working in 3D and 'surround visual' environments, was also asked to collaborate on this production because of his flair for lighting this hybrid genre of performance, which combines the emotion and connection of musical theatre with the latest presentation technologies.

Luc started discussions with the producers a year in advance of the show opening in March for its three-month run, which has just finished. "It was challenging in every way. When working with intense 3D projections specific qualities and techniques

Colombia - Light magician and creative director, Tupac Martir, has announced his latest creative project - Lux Festival; a light and video showcase where the dynamic canvas for the adventurous event is the colonial architecture and cobbled streets and squares of the historic coastal town of Cartagena, Colombia.

Set to run from 4-8 January 2017, Lux Festival will feature designs from some of the most imaginative international theatre, concert touring and event lighting and video artists the world has to offer. There has been huge support from the local community and Cartagena's Mayor Manuel Vicente Duque has extended his warm welcome to all the designers and expressed his excitement at raising the profile of the town and introducing the creative possibilities of lighting and video to the local community.

Curated by Martir, the festival's mission is to deliver a diverse and

South Africa - Founded by Apostle Edgar Hill Roscoe, who's ministry stretches over nearly 50 years, the El Tabernacle church in Walkerville has long suffered from acoustic issues which made it difficult for the worship leaders to be heard above the enthusiastic congregation.

Situated in Gauteng, the smallest and most densely populated province in South Africa, El Tabernacle is around half an hour from the centre of Johannesburg. Faced with considerable acoustic challenges, church elder Gustav Adams approached Richard Smith of local technical production specialists Sound Harmonics for advice on solving them.

"As part of a complete technical revamp of the building, I was asked to come up with an overall plan to achieve high quality, clear and powerful sound," explains Richard. "When sizing up a project like this, I like to analyse both the client's need as well as the hurdle

USA - Christie has partnered with Radio City Music Hall to provide its Boxer 4K30 projectors to enhance and add a new dimension to the world-famous Radio City Rockettes productions. This includes the upcoming Christmas Spectacular, starring the Radio City Rockettes.

With the rapid growth of technology in live entertainment and the desire to maximise the visual impact surrounding Radio City's beloved theatrical productions, The Madison Square Garden Company enlisted Christie Boxer for the projector installation.

DWP Live used the versatile Christie Boxer to create a special visual experience by deploying three distinct arrays - eight on each side of the theatre and six in the projection booth - creating an immersive environment fuelled by a kaleidoscope of colours and imagery onto the archway ceiling and backdrop.

"We did a temporary installation on short notice a few m

USA - On the show floor at LDI, Rosco Laboratories presented a cheque from the sales of Roscolux #359 Medium Violet to Behind the Scenes, the charity that assists entertainment technology professionals in need due to serious illness or injury.

"Rosco is proud to play a part in the important work that Behind the Scenes does within the entertainment technology industry," said Mark Engel, Rosco CEO. "The grants that Behind the Scenes provide can be profoundly helpful to entertainment professionals and their families, and it is our privilege to contribute to the cause. Our contribution this year is $4,500, bringing our total contribution to $21,000. These funds represent the proceeds from Roscolux 359 Medium Violet. We're grateful to Behind the Scenes for the opportunity to improve the lives of our industry colleagues."

Rick Rudolph, chair of the Behind the Scenes Foundation,

Mexico - In order to adapt to a growing and changing Mexican market for entertainment technology, the ADJ Group has announced the opening of a new distribution centre facility near Mexico City that will serve all ADJ Group brands: ADJ, Elation Professional, Acclaim Lighting, Global Truss America/Duratruss and American Audio.

"Owing to a high demand for our brands in Mexico, we are very excited to announce that we have formed ADJ Products Group Mexico," stated Toby Velazquez, president of the ADJ Group. "We have strong brand names in Mexico and the new facility will allow us to establish an even stronger connection between sales, service and our customers. This will help get our products in the hands of our customers quicker and offer our dealers a factory-direct sales and service experience."

The ADJ Products Group Mexico facility includes extensive warehousing and shippin

South Africa - The Hilton Arts Festival 2016 was once again a resounding success, Sue Clarence's diverse programme had festival goers spoilt for choice. The pick of South African Theatre was represented across all genres from John Kani directing his son in Sizwe Bansi is Dead to the one man masterpiece Dead Yellow Sands featuring the talented Graham Weir.

For those fortunate to see it the South Korean production Dallae's Story was the pick of the festival, a delicate and tender story told through the medium of mime and puppetry. Grahamstown Ovation award winners Graveyard and crowd favourite The Snow Goose were also well received.

Black Coffee, the technical suppliers for the festival once again outdid themselves. Brandon Bunyan (Mr. Black Coffee), for the second year running exposed a selection of COPA (Centre Of Performing Arts) students to th

Australia - American dance promoter Insomniac Events, the company behind the Electric Daisy Carnival, teamed up with locals Symbiotic to bring its trance brand Dreamstate to Melbourne's Hisense Arena on 1 October for a night of deep grooves and euphoric melodies, served up by Paul van Dyk, John O'Callaghan, Rank 1, Sneijder, Genix B2B Sunny Lax, and Mark Sixma.

In keeping with Insomniac's dedication to providing the best possible experience to its audiences, Matt Chromatic, creative and technical director of set and lighting design firm Chromatic, was bought on board to deliver a unique custom look for the show, wowing the crowd and enhancing the beats. At the heart of Matt's design were High End Systems Shapeshifters, and the flagship Hog 4 lighting console.

Eight Shapeshifter C1s, which feature 126 RGB LEDs putting out 24,000 lumens arrayed across seven independently con

USA - Bandit Lites is celebrating another remarkable year as it was once again named Lighting Company of the Year at the 16th Annual Parnelli Awards. Hosted by Grammy nominated composer/guitarist Andrew Below, the yearly gala took place 22 October at the Rio Resort and Casino in Las Vegas during LDI.

In addition to being nominated every year since the awards inception in 2001, this year's win marks the sixth time Bandit has been awarded the Parnelli and the 25th overall Lighting Company of the Year award for the company.

Bandit chair and founder Michael T. Strickland accepted the award at this year's event, where the touring industry's best and brightest were recognized, both on an individual and company scale.

"The team at Bandit Lites is humbled to again be recognized by our peers," said Strickland. "We strive every day to be the best that we can be and deliver the w

UK - Manchester-based service providers VME, and its sister event company Creation Live, have provided sound reinforcement for Edinburgh's first outdoor dance festival - held at the prime Ross Bandstand, with Edinburgh's famous Castle providing the backdrop.

The 3,000-capacity semi-circular amphitheatre, set within Princes Street Gardens, was taken over by the local Fly Club, and VME were brought in since their premium Martin Audio MLA system would be able to meet the inevitable offsite noise restrictions imposed by the council.

"Given the fact that this was the first outdoor electronic dance promotion, operating between midday and 10pm, the event was highly sensitive," said VME head of sound, Mark Cleator. "We needed a system that was guaranteed to pass all propagation tests."

Their solution was to set two zoned ground stacks of four MLA and three MLX subwoofers per s

USA - For up-and-coming singer Taryn Cross, Break Some Rules is more than the title of her latest recording; it also describes her adventurous approach to music. Cross, who has opened for country stars like Eric Church, Joe Nichols and Randy Travis, has been more than ready to bend and break musical boundaries by blending her Nashville sound with rock and indie influences - all while infusing it with a sultry undertone that is all her own.

With her new recording, Cross is rebranding herself to go even further from the country genre. Austin Jansen of Digital Dynamite Productions is reflecting the 21-year-old artist's freewheeling musical style in lights with a rig anchored by Rogue R2 Spot fixtures from Chauvet Professional. Positioning 20 of the 240-watt LED fixtures on horizontal upstage truss, Jansen has created a lightshow that, like his client's music, is direct and

The Netherlands - With over three months to go before it opens its doors Integrated Systems Europe 2017 has been confirmed as the biggest exhibition in the event's 14-year history following an increase in show-floor space, exhibitors and halls.

A true indication of the event's international pulling power is the fact that ISE 2017 will see 135 first time exhibitors making their debut at the show. In total, ISE 2017 will feature over 3,000sq.m of additional show-floor exhibition space compared to ISE 2016.

Integrated Systems Events managing director, Mike Blackman comments, "Making sure that we can feature all of the world's leading AV vendors and service providers has always been a priority for us in delivering value for ISE attendees. With the expansion of the show I am delighted that we are able take the attendee and exhibitor experience to the next level for our 2017 eve

USA - When Latin music megastar Marc Anthony set out to create the MAGNUS Media entertainment agency, his team turned to Meyer Sound to bring the same level of sound solutions from his live touring success to the venture's new Miami headquarters. The new space includes a showcase lounge and studio where MAGNUS Media will work with emerging artists.

Founded in 2015 by Anthony and principal partner/CEO Michel Vega, MAGNUS Media is a diversified enterprise focused on leveraging the power of Latin content creators through artist management, music publishing, digital content creation, video production, and music recording and distribution.

The new collaborative effort extends the existing touring relationship with Anthony, where his rider specifies the Meyer Sound Leo Family.

MAGNUS Media chief operating officer Felipe Pimiento explains that the agency developed organically

Brazil - Lighting designer Durham Marenghi chose Robert Juliat followspots for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games, employing 10 Robert Juliat Lancelot 4000W HMI followspots and four Robert Juliat Cyrano 2500W HMI followspots for the spectacular Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the Maracan

Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan's failure to acknowledge his Nobel Prize in literature is "impolite and arrogant", according to a member of the body that awards it. The 75-year-old singer was named the shock winner of the prize last week. But all efforts by the Swedish Academy to contact him have failed, and he has not acknowledged the win in public.

Academy member Per Wastberg told Swedish television, "He is who he is," adding that there was little surprise Dylan had ignored the news. We were aware that he can be difficult and that he does not like appearances when he stands alone on the stage," he told Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper in a separate interview. A reference to the prize was removed from Dylan's website last week. It is still not known if he will travel to Stockholm to receive the prize on 10 December. If he does not, a ceremony marking his career will g

UK - Arena Group designed and installed London's largest temporary cinema venue in Victoria Embankment Gardens, forming part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of BFI's London Film Festival, 5-16 October.

People Creative's Tim Elliott was the project director on behalf of the BFI, with Arena Group's expertise called upon to support the design process, then complete the logistically challenging installation, particularly mindful of their duty of care working in the busy, environmentally sensitive Embankment Gardens.

Arena Structures project manager, Phil Bish, lead his first solo project delivering Arena's temporary I-Novation structure spanning 25m x 35m. Built on 10m legs, with 40mm solid walls and externally wrapped with BFI branding, the structure was internally fitted out to the highest of standards with fully carpeted surfaces, acoustic linings, black wool serge dra

South Africa - Durban based Hirezone Audio Visual has purchased 12 Robe Spiiders LEDWashBeam luminaires.

"We needed a wash light with versatility, something that had beams, and brightness was also a factor," said Richard Gild, founder of Hirezone. "The Spiiders are well priced, lightweight and I think they will be a big industry standard in the next six months to a year. That's where we want to be, allowing us to cross rental in the future."

Hirezone purchased the Spiiders from DWR Distribution. "I get so much support from Robe and DWR," added Richard. "I felt happy to give back to them and make this purchase."

(Jim Evans)

Europe - Belgian entertainment engineering specialist WIcreations was tasked with creating a neat and novel piece of technical wizardry for Coen Janssen, keyboardist with acclaimed Dutch symphonic rock band Epica who wanted to be able to move his keyboards up, down, along and around the stage throughout their energetic live performances.

WI's project manager Koen Peeters was initially approached by Epica's lighting designer Erwin van Lokeren - familiar with WI's work on various projects - and asked to propose a robust, reliable and tourable solution to enable Coen to whizz around the stage.

With only three weeks from receiving the order to delivering the finished completely bespoke product to the band in time for the start of a new world tour campaign for their seventh studio album, The Holographic Principal, WI designed and fabricated two different systems to suit differe

USA - On 7-8 October, the experts in safe sound at Sensaphonics, makers of in-ear monitors and hearing protection products, held their final Gold Circle seminar of 2016. Five audiologists from across the country came to Chicago for the two-day, CEU-certified seminar, earning inclusion on the company's roster of exclusive providers.

The Gold Circle seminar provides a mix of practical and technical product information, hearing wellness principles, and concert sound system basics, with a primary focus on in-ear monitors. Participants learn through a series of classroom modules, as well as a hands-on demo session featuring a live band experiencing in-ear monitors for the first time.

Audiologists earning their Gold Circle certification include Lidia Lee, PhD, of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI; Rachel Otto of Pacific Hearing Service in Los Altos, CA; Jake Marsden A

Spain - ARX has appointed Madrid-based Serman Pro as its exclusive distributor for Spain.

"Serman Pro is a well-known and respected distributor of professional audio and AV products," says ARX MD, Colin Park. 'Here at ARX, we're looking forward to working with José Urrialde and his team. They're the ideal partner to grow the market and user base for our digital and analogue product range throughout Spain."

"ARX fits perfectly into our portfolio, and will be of great interest to our dealers and end users' says José Urrialde Serman Pro's commercial director.

ARX joins a distribution portfolio that includes includes Canare, Audio Performance, AVT Audio Video Technologies and JTS.

Serman Pro will launch their distribution of ARX products at the Bitam Exhibition, Pabell

UK - The ISCE is hosting Hearing Loop System training courses on 23 and 24 November at Leisuretec's TECZone in Leighton Buzzard. The first course, on 23 November, will focus on 'Design & Installation of Hearing Loop Systems'.

"Learn the best way to design and install a correctly working hearing loop system, ensuring compliance with appropriate Standards and Regulatory requirements (including BS7594, Equality Act, IEC/EN60118-4).

"While induction loop systems are now mandatory for many premises, a large proportion are badly designed, poorly installed, and rarely maintained. By attending this course, you can learn the correct way to design and install HLS, and importantly, be aware of the many potential pitfalls and how to avoid them." Click here to book.

On 24 November, trai

UK - The Shakepeare Trilogy is an all-female production of three of Shakespeare's most renowned plays: The Tempest, Henry IV and Julius Caesar.

While this 13-week repertory season is the latest production from the renowned Donmar Warehouse, the plays are actually being performed in a custom-built theatre located near Kings Cross Station. White Light was approached to provide the lighting equipment for this production, which includes the revolutionary Spotrack system.

The lighting designer for the Trilogy is James Farncombe, who has worked with WL on several projects. He comments, "My brief for The Shakespeare Trilogy was to create a design that would give each play a separate identity yet have the aesthetic through-line that roots the trilogy in a recognisable environment. The productions are all presented in-the-round and on the s

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