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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

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"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."

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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

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14 December 2016

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

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14 December 2016

"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

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"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.

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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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Bandit Lites has provided the lighting package for the stellar scrimmage for the last five years, striving each year to match the energy and excitement of Kentucky's fans. Lighting designer Aaron Swetland configured a rig that did the all-important task of illuminating the court, but also filled the arena with beams of light.

One aspect of the event comes from the fact that the only colours used throughout the whole occasion are blue and white, ca

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"I had not used the rig before, but had heard it many times and really liked the sound quality," explains Tom Wood, FOH engineer for Mendes. "When I talked with Eighth Day Sound and they explained how flexible the system was, I knew it would work-and it was exceptional."

The tour was on the road with a full complement of Adamson E and S-Series line array modules and subwoofers. The larger arena shows used left-right arrays made up of 12 E15 and three E12 enclosures with a total of 16 E119 subwoofers flown in two arrays of eight. Twelve S10 enclosures per side were selected for out-fill when necessary. Further low end was provided by sixteen E119 ground-stacked subwoof

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In mid-August, Lovano embarked on the journey to Alcara Li Fusi in Sicily to participate in the festivities of San Nicolo Politi and afterwards performed a special concert as a gift to the citizens of the town and its jazz aficionados. On a personal discovery for 'the world's greatest jazz musician in history', the festival organisers pulled out all the stops, and paid attention to every detail. With the expertise of Arka Service, a specialist audio, visual and lighting rental company in Sicily, Turbosound and Midas had quite the show to deliver.

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Gunn, a pioneer of New Age (or World Music), whose recordings like Thirty-One Nights have become classics in the genre, arranged for Hinton to capture his performance on the flute, as well as interpretive dance numbers, with an improvisational lighting display. To achieve this visionary goal, the LD surrounded the small stage with circular truss and mounted 12 Intimidator Spot 255 IRC moving fixtures from Chauvet DJ on the structure.

"Nick got a hold of me, wanting to try and do something different. He was

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UT Martin's goals were to upgrade its locker rooms and training facilities, add classroom space and enhance fan experience with a major new press area, a new concessions stand, a private club level and an audio system with music quality and performance that would rival major university and professional stadiums.

Lowrance Sound Company of Union City, Tennessee designed and installed UT Martin's new audio system. According to owner Carl Lowrance, the stadium's previous system was a 10-year-old, end-zone design using a pair of Community R2 loudspeakers which had provided good coverage and intelligible ann

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14 December 2016

Comtech has been a lighting, staging, video and rigging supplier to the popular Live Nation event which has grown year on year since its inception in 2010.

Staged in the charismatic old B&W Shipyard (Burmeister & Wain) in Refshale°en, the former industrial heart of the city, the huge piles of rusting steel and other nautical relics are awakened noisily each year by the very best of heavy, hard and death metal music.

The three-day event is enjoyed by an audience of 18-20,000, who this year were treated to industrial strength performances by main stage headliners Black Sabbath, the Scorpions and King Diamond along with many others across four performance spaces including the Hades and Pandemonium stages.

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The original ChromaPanels have clocked 13 years, 10 months of continuous activity - surpassing 115,000 hours. "This real-world industry first is proof of the LEDs' amazing longevity and of Pulsar's dedication to making the highest quality LED lighting fixtures on the market," the company says.

In the May of 2005 an additional 21 metres of ChromaStrip2 were installed on Pulsar's Fa

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Showforce was awarded the contract following a competitive tender process, where it demonstrated its ability to deliver a global solution that encompasses an unrivalled network of specialised staff. Showforce's ethos complements Dubai Opera's multi-format event space - versatile and flexible. As the first venue of its kind in the Middle East, it can be transformed into a theatre, concert hall or flat floor even

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Recognising excellence in all aspects of internal communications, the prestigious IoIC Icon Awards shortlist includes nominations for three 20/20 Productions employees in the Best Visual Creator, Best Designer and Rising Talent Award: Best Young Communicator categories.

Editor Chuck Cumming has made the Best Visual Creator shortlist for his filming and video work with clients such as Standard Life Investments, Heineken, Tesco Bank and Akzo Nobel.

The Best Designer category includes senior designer Graham Gilhooley following outstanding work with Heineken, Standard Life and Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Associatio

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The course features modules in composing, recording, engineering and producing music for a range of disciplines, for which the university recently invested in a number of new Yamaha MG12s. Another key element is the Live Sound modules, where students enjoy hands-on experience of QL1 and LS9 digital mixers.

"We have been using Yamaha mixers in our music labs for 12 years and the latest investment has been an upgrade to the most recent MG12 model," says technician and assistant course lecturer Jamie Donnelly.

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Nancy's work uses the viscosity of fluid acrylics and inks to attract or repel one another to create ever evolving patterns. The work is filmed in ultra-high resolution as it is made, to create stunningly beautiful morphing, looped video sequences. The finished work can also be used as still images.

Vince Herbert, managing director of Showfile, says, "We are delighted that Nancy has allowed her work to become part of the Showfile portfolio. Her style lends itself perfectly to our marketplace; her images, although abstract, have direct relationships to that of the natural world.

"In addition their movement makes them ideal for backg

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With that goal in mind, they contacted AEE Productions, also located in Atlanta, to assess the situation.

"A high-quality, powerful, portable system like Redline provides powerful sound that doesn't bottom out and provides the vocal clarity needed for a sanctuary," explains Yergan Jones, president of AEE Productions. "Because it is portable and self-powered, it has versatility and the ability to be used in any number of applications the church might have in the future."

Jones ultimately recommended four RL12 loudspeakers

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The spectacle, produced by Stardust Circus International, which combines the drama and theatrical gruesomeness of Gothic horror with quick-witted illusion art, was launched at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where it enjoyed a successful seven-week run before going on the road.

The action includes mind-boggling special effects that help transport audiences into a strange world where nothing is as it seems, as Hans Klok's House of Horror tests and exceeds the limits of the genre of 'illusion.' The epic-scale family horror show offers a cast of freakish and fantastical characters together with the Master of Magic!

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"I am thrilled that ICMP have forged a partnership with Audient. I have always been a big fan of their gear and absolutely love their new Heritage ASP8024 console. It not only looks and sounds fantastic but represents great value for money so when deciding which console to choose for our control room it was a no brainer," said Sinnott.

The Heritage Edition is billed as "the definitive version of David Dearden's classic design' taking the existing features of A

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The church's dLive system comprises a S5000 Surface at FOH with a DM48 MixRack installed on stage.

"The S5000's user interface is superb - I can reach every function in just one or two touches, and I can reach a function several different ways. I think it is so nice for an engineer to be able to adjust everything to his own taste. For me, the dual touch screen is essential, and dLive has a super-fast response, and natural touch like a smart phone.

"The 26 user-defined soft keys are amazing, plus the 4 custom rotaries, so there are loads of options. All of these features give the opportunity to experi

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Andrew Ellis has been designing for the Academy for the last decade; this year's lighting included a significant number of Clay Paky fixtures, namely Sharpy Washes and Mythos.

"The brief from the artistic director for this show has always been to bring something new to the design each year. My own goal is to treat it not as a student showcase but as a professional show to West E

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History is on the verge of repeating itself with the latest Roland Session, which features the indie rock duo Moon performing I Got A Fever, a raw hard-driving love song that is rapidly capturing the attention of critics and fans throughout the US. Doing justice to the group's big sound and gritty beats is a compact, but hard-punching lighting rig featuring Nexus 4x4 panels from Chauvet Professional.

Justin Preston of Three-Phase Productions used five of the COB LED panels mounted on stands and the floor to form a semi-circle around band members: singer/drummer Chelsea Davis and guitarist/keyboardist Dan Silver. "Moon is made up of two people, so