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  Yamaha StageMix 2.0 iPad App Now Available
In just a few days, and after over 45,000 downloads of the initial StageMix iPad App for Yamaha M7CL and LS9 digital consoles, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. has announced the end-of-July availability of StageMix 2.0 via ...
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Main Light Adds Clay Paky Fixtures to Rental Inventory
Delaware, USA-based Main Light Industries Inc. has added Clay Paky Sharpy moving beam lights, Alpha Profile 700, and Alpha Spot HPE 1500 fixtures to its inventory of rental equipment.
Main Light, which serves all ...
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Thern Stage Equipment Introduces New Rope Lock for Counterweight Rigging
The new Brickhouse Rope Lock from Thern Stage Equipment is designed to minimize wear to both rope and rope lock for long lasting performance.
The Brickhouse Rope Lock uses a unique holding mechanism that bends the rope ...
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Audio Formula and KIVA Team Up in Miami
Two years after first investing in an L-ACOUSTICS KIVA system comprised of a dozen KIVA and four KILO enclosures, Audio Formula of Miami has now doubled its inventory of the ultra-compact array and low-frequency extension ...
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LOUD Announces APAC Management Changes
As part of the company's increased investment in the APAC region, LOUD Technologies Inc. has announced the promotion of Davwinder Sheena, formerly director of APAC sales, to the new position of APAC managing director. ...
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The Theatres Trust Ecovenue Feature at PLASA 2011
News of another interactive new feature area at PLASA 2011 has been announced. The Theatres Trust will return to PLASA 2011 with an expanded version of its innovative Ecovenue feature, the area that gives visitors the unique chance ...
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Scharff Weisberg and the Metropolitan Pavilion Demonstrate Serve Diverse Array of Clients
The diversity of clientele at The Metropolitan Pavilion, a New York City's event destination, requires Scharff Weisberg, a WorldStage company, to demonstrate its flexibility and extensive technical and creative ...
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DiGiCo Consoles Chosen by eurosound
DiGiCo digital mixing consoles have recently been used by Swedish rental company eurosound's media crew, for two very different projects -- and both have been an overwhelming success.
The first sees a DiGiCo SD9 take up ...
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Hylton Performing Arts Center, George Mason University Acquires Robert Juliat Aramis Followspots
The Hylton Performing Arts Center on the Prince William Campus of George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia has taken delivery of two Robert Juliat Aramis followspots with motorized dousers from dealer Barbizon ...
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Martin Audio at St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia
Located on a tract of land purchased in 1856, St. Paul's Episcopal Church was built in 1929 on the foundation of the second building.
The ceiling of St. Paul's is built like a ship, not the ideal setting for audio ...
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Community Loudspeakers at Omaha's New Ballpark
Omaha's new TD Ameritrade Park is a $128-million stadium, which is home to the Creighton Bluejays and the NCAA's premier event, the College World Series.
The 24,300 seat stadium is among the game's most ...
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ADLIB Says Good Mourning to Mrs. Brown
Liverpool based rental company ADLIB supplied lighting, sound, AV and considerable presentational expertise in the genre of live comedy to the recent Good Mourning Mrs. Brown UK arena and theatre tour starring leading Irish ...
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Yamaha to Hold Four Days of Training at Manhattan Center Studios
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems will hold four Days of Training on August 9-12 at Manhattan Center Studios, 311 West 34th St. (between 8th and 9th Ave.) in New York City. Free of charge and open to all audio ...
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Artistic Licence to Debut New Products at PLASA 2011
Artistic Licence Engineering announces the release of Art-Net 3. Fully backward-compatible with previous versions, this free-of-charge Ethernet protocol is now capable of handling a staggering 32,768 universes (or 32 "kiloverses") ...
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Waves Audio Introduces Updated SoundGrid for DiGiCo Consoles
Waves Audio announces updated SoundGrid capability for consoles from DiGiCo,. The update, SoundGrid Version 2, features dual engine support for DiGiCo SD7 consoles running Waves V8 plugins. ...
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New Extra Long Range (ELR) KVM Extender from Gefen Delivers
Gefen has announced that its DVI KVM ELR Extender (EXT-DVIKVM-ELR) is now shipping. Based on HDBaseT technology, Gefen's ELR technology enables high-resolution video in the DVI format to travel greater distances than ever before ...
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Shure Named One of Chicago's 101 "Best And Brightest" Companies
For the fourth time, Shure has been named one of "Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For" by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). The award was established to honor companies that ...
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Bandit Lites Greens Inventory with New Gear Purchases
Expanding its commitment to go green, Bandit Lites has purchased a large inventory of new LED fixtures.
Lighting designer Marc Brickman chose the new Philips Vari-Lite VLX for the current Keith Urban tour. ...
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Stagestep Releases Super Bravo and Rave Flooring Lines
Stagestep says it takes marley-type floors into the 21st century with its Super Bravo and Rave Collections. These lightweight portable and permanent floors are fiberglass-lined, improving stability and offering a better lie flat ...
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Symetrix ARC-2e Menu-Driven Wall Panel Remote Now Shipping
Symetrix, the manufacturer of high-end professional audio solutions, specializing in DSP hardware and software, announces it is now shipping the ARC-2e menu-driven wall panel remote. The ARC-2e replaces both the ARC-2 and the ARC ...
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More Major Artists Make the Move to Sensaphonics 3D Active Ambient IEM System
At the Summer NAMM Show, Sensaphonics announced the latest high profile adopters of its unique 3D Active ambient IEM system. The patent-pending 3D is the only in-ear monitoring system incorporating binaural ambient microphones ...
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre Opts For Countryman Mics
Berkeley Repertory Theatre -- headed by artistic director Tony Taccone -- is the recipient of a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre and is widely recognized for its exhilarating new plays. Sound quality is ...
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Kid Rock Flies the Flag and L-Acoustics K1 on Born Free Tour
Following a three-month North American arena tour earlier this year, Kid Rock is now out on his second US sweep in support of his latest album, Born Free. Joined by Sheryl Crow for most of the dates, which run into ...
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Adlib Shines on Ringo Starr Tour
Liverpool based Adlib supplied additional touring production and crew for the UK section of Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band's recent tour, with Morpheus and Audio Analysts as the worldwide suppliers. ...
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Daddy Van Productions Creates Video for Maroon 5's Just-Launched Hands All Over Tour
Austin, Texas-based Daddy Van Productions, specializing in concert video production for acts such as Reba McEntire, Mötley Crüe, and Rascal Flatts, has created concert video for seven songs on Maroon 5's 2011 ...
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Performance Lighting & Sound Fit Out Canterbury College
Canterbury College is an independent, co-educational, day school affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia. The campus is located on 32 hectares in Waterford, between Beenleigh and Loganlea in Queensland. ...
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This One is For HSL on Olly Murs
Leading UK lighting rental company HSL continued its excellent working relationship with Production North, supplying the lighting design and equipment to the recent Olly Murs UK tour. ...
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Volkslicht Zooms Take to the Arena Catwalk for NKOTBSB
Turning the clock back two decades, favorite boy bands New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys have joined forces in a major American sell-out arena tour this summer under the soubriquet NKOTBSB. ...
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Powersoft Amplifiers Backbone of New System at Beacham Theatre
Powersoft amplifiers were recently installed at the newly renovated Beacham Theatre to power the EAW KF740 house PA system. The Beacham Theatre is a 1,250-capacity live music venue and state-of-the-art nightclub in ...
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Mystic Lake Casino Hotel Equips New Amphitheater with L-ACOUSTICS
Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, in Prior Lake, Minnesota, near the Twin Cities, entered the outdoor concert market this season with a new 8,357-seat amphitheatre that is already being praised by the local press for its "incredible sound ...
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LarMac Live Production Manages Sonisphere UK 2011
London, UK, based production company LarMac LIVE (LML) was brought in to production manage and co-ordinate all technical aspects of the 2011 UK Sonisphere Festival.
Staged in the grounds of beautiful Knebworth House
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DBN at Manchester International Festival
Manchester based lighting design and rental company DBN is often involved in interesting and esoteric arts-based projects, but particularly during the Manchester International Festival (MIF), their collective ingenuity and ...
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Grund Audio Design The Sound Choice for Nebraska Shakespeare Festival
For the past 25 years, theatre buffs in the greater Omaha area have had the opportunity to enjoy some of the nation's most inspiring Shakespeare performances at the annual Nebraska Shakespeare Festival. This year's offerings ...
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Coemar at Gardaland Theatre
Gardaland, one of the most popular amusement parks in Europe, has chosen the Coemar Infinity ACL M for its recently redesigned Art Deco theatre.
Roberto Romani designer of the theatre's lighting system, has ...
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Medialon Control System featured in Gröna Lund, Stockholm
Gröna Lund Amusement Park, located in Stockholm, Sweden, recently inaugurated two new rides.
One ride, Blå Tåget (The Blue Train), already existed but has gone through a total makeover. It is a ghost train loaded with new ...
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Gulf Coast Sound, Electro-Voice at Word of God Ministries, Shreveport
Thanks to its support services, Electro-Voice, Larry Habetz of Gulf Coast Sound recommended the company to Word of God Ministries for the sound system in the church's newly constructed worship center in Shreveport, ...
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Jands Vista v2 Provides Even Greater Control at Westover Church
Westover Church SA in North Carolina, USA recently upgraded its Jands Vista T4 console to the new Vista v2 software, providing even greater lighting control for its busy 3,000 capacity main auditorium. ...
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Live Sound Legends Rock 131st AES Convention
Returning for a command performance as live sound co-chairs for the 131st AES Convention, Henry Cohen, a leading RF expert, and top front-of-house pro Mac Kerr have once again pulled out all the stops. "Henry and Mac's ...
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News from Artistic Licence Engineering
Artistic Licence Engineering to Launch New Products at PLASA 2011 Artistic Licence Engineering has joined the newly formed Alderamin Group and will be exhibiting at the forthcoming PLASA show, alongside the other ...
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Calibre UK appoints Eiki International, Inc. as North American Distributor
Calibre UK, a major player in the development and manufacturing of image processing, scaling and switching products, announces the appointment of Eiki International, Inc., as their North American distributor for the HQView ...
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Shure Promotes William Chan to Managing Director of Shure Asia/Pacific Business Unit
Shure Incorporated announces the appointment of William Chan to managing director of its Shure Asia/Pacific business unit, effective July 1.
Chan joined Shure Asia as regional marketing director in 2008 and was promoted ...
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DesignScene Renaissance for Anderson Foundation
London, UK based live communications and production agency DesignScene production designed and managed the first full scale large live event to be staged at the new flagship St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, a charity fundraiser ...
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Theatre in Review: All New People (Second Stage)
All New People begins with a fellow named Charlie standing on a chair, his neck in a noose. Not only is he severely depressed, he's having an all-around bad day, as evinced by his struggle to find an ashtray for his ...
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Robe To Sponsor 2013 Showlight Expo in Czech Republic
Moving light and LED manufacturer Robe lighting will sponsor and co-organize the 2013 Showlight conference, which will be held in Ceský Krumlov in South Bohemia, in the Czech Republic.
Staged every four years, Showlight ...
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PR Lighting Boosts Architectural Range
PR Lighting has intensified its penetration of the architectural lighting market with the release of the PR-8800 and PR-8802 -- which, the company says, create vibrant outdoor color changes with the added possibility of ...
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The RapcoHorizon Company Introduces DesignVision at Summer NAMM 2011
The RapcoHorizon Company, the manufacturer of audio/video interfacing and cable equipment, introduces DesignVision, a panel design program created specifically for the company's network of professional systems integrators, ...
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eldoLED Announces Upgraded LINEARdrive
eldoLED's LINEARdrive 720D -- for full-color LED applications in entertainment, stage, façade and architectural lighting -- has been upgraded to support 5V, 12V, 24V and 48V LED strips.
The LED strips can operate concurrently. ...
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AV Dimensions, Inc. Hires New Account Manager
AV Dimensions, Inc. recently appointed Fran Sutherland as account manager at its Chandler corporate offices. She is supporting the AV Dimensions sales staff by overseeing customer relations, creating estimates and ...
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Theatre in Review: The Shoemaker (Theatre Row)
Less than a minute into The Shoemaker, the playwright, Susan Charlotte, announces her intentions with unusual clarity. Hilary, a middle-aged woman, enters a shoe-repair shop. The owner refuses to help her, claiming, ...
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HK Audio Shows Elements Line of Modular Sound Reinforcement
Available this year for the first time in the U.S., HK Audio (Booth 800 at Summer NAMM) offers its Elements modular sound reinforcement systems, which merges the benefits of modern line array technology with the portability ...
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Robert Plant Tours with Meyer Sound MICA
On his recent tour, ex-Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant joined forces with guitarist and Nashville's iconic producer Buddy Miller, a walking compendium of American roots music. Teaming up in the Band of Joy, the ...
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DiGiCo Sd8's Anchor Bruno Mars/Janelle Monáe's North American Retro Soul Tour
Showcasing a pair of emerging retro soul artists-Bruno Mars and Janelle Monáe, along with opening acts, Plan B, Patrick Stump, and Mayer Hawthorne -- the two-month Hooligans in Wondaland tour wound its ...
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Theatre in Review: The Patsy/Jonas (Transport Group)
You won't find an odder, more quixotic -- and, at times, more charming -- entertainment than The Patsy. David Greenspan, Jack Cummings III, and Kristina Corcoran Williams have dug up a hit domestic comedy from the ...
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AES Executive Director Roger Furness to Step Down
Roger Furness, AES executive director since 1994, will step down from his position at the end of 2011. An AES member since 1975, Furness has served as section chair, vice president AES Europe, and as AES president. To ensure ...
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LOUD Names Alex Nelson President and GM, Music Gear Group
LOUD Technologies Inc. ("LOUD") today announced that Alex Nelson, formerly LOUD's VP of worldwide sales, will lead its newly expanded music gear ("MG") business unit in the elevated role of president and general manager. ...
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Pyrotek Special Effects and Laser Design Productions Set the 2011 BET Awards Ablaze
Pyrotek Special Effects and Laser Design Productions were present at the 2011 BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 26, providing multiple acts with pyrotechnics and laser effects. Taking place at the Shrine ...
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Texas Scenic Company Installs Inline Rigging at Texas A & M - Commerce
Texas Scenic Company (TSC) has completed installation of stage equipment for the New Music Building on The Commerce, Texas campus of the Texas A & M University System.
Designed by BRW Architects of Dallas and ...
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Troxy, London, Gets The Chauvet Treatment
Nearly 150 Chauvet fixtures were installed in Troxy, a London-based multifunctional venue for live concerts, corporate events, weddings, indoor sports, and more. Lighting designer Dan Sanders capitalized on dramatic ...
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Clay Paky Lights TV Projects in Australia
Australian lighting designer Rohan Thornton speaking of the Clay Paky Sharpy and the Alpha Spot 1500, says, "On all productions I now instantly specify sixteen of each model - I would ask for more but that's all there is ...
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Full Compass Sponsors Circus Of Chefs... The Gala
Full Compass Systems, a national supplier of professional audio, video, AV, lighting, and musical instrument sales once again sponsored the Circus of Chefs... The Gala 2011in Madison, Wisconsin. Full Compass owners
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Entec Coordinates Production for X Japan
West London, UK based Entec Sound & Light coordinated the full European touring production package and sourced key crew for the recent X Japan tour, and also supplied lighting equipment. ...
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Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Goes Digital with Soundcraft Vi6 Digital Consoles
As the owner and operator of Bass Performance Hall, Performing Arts Fort Worth (a not-for-profit organization) in Texas has upgraded the venue's sound system with two Harman Soundcraft Vi6 digital consoles. For shows that ...
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Vince Herbert, Lightlock Inventor, to Speak about the Product in New York
Thanks to the residency of the Royal Shakespeare Company in New York's Park Avenue Armory this summer, you can meet the man behind the RSC Lightlock and see how he uses this innovation to light Shakespeare's works.
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Reflection LEDko Earns Special Mention at ABTT Awards
On June 7, Reflection LEDko, Coemar's LED profile unit, which had its world preview at the PLS of Frankfurt, received a special mention during the ABTT 2011 Awards ceremony.
This ceremony is a very popular part of ...
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Barco Honored with AV Industry Awards at InfoComm
Barco received several awards for its technology innovation during InfoComm. The OVL-815 received an award for Best Video Wall and the RCP-120 received an award for Best Remote Control from Commercial Integrator ...
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Audinate Signs Deal with UNiKA Professional Audio
In its first OEM partnership with a Taiwan audio manufacturer, Audinate, the specialist in digital media networking solutions, and UNiKA Professional Audio, the audio gear manufacturer, have both agreed to work together in ...
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TRUE Systems at 15th Annual Vision Festival
Last month, Art for Art, Inc. presented the 15th annual Vision Festival, which is a multidisciplinary arts celebration renowned for its support of innovative jazz music. The live music event took place at the 600-seat ...
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d&b Audiotechnik at Vondelpark, Amsterdam
Since the industrial growth of urban sprawl first began in the middle of the 19th century, the civic park has been recognized as a vital part of city dwelling; a place to rest, recuperate and indulge in some much needed recreation. ...
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Let's Dance with coolux Pandoras Box
Let's Dance, the German RTL version of the BBC's hugely successful primetime format Strictly Come Dancing, used three Pandoras Box Server PRO for their state of the art studio production. ...
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WorldStage Supports High-Energy Upfront for the CW
Valencia Production Partners (VPP) produced the high-energy 2011-12 upfront for youth-oriented network The CW with support from WorldStage companies Video Applications, Inc. and Scharff Weisberg Inc. ...
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DiGiCo SD10B Hits a New High Note at Glyndebourne
In 1998, audio production companies Andy Rose Consultants (ARC) and Sound Moves used a Soundtracs DPC-II digital console to broadcast two live operas from the Glyndebourne Opera in Sussex. Thirteen years on, ...
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EAW Unveils SBK Series Subwoofers
EAW debuts its new SBK Series Subwoofers. The SBK subs are designed to perfectly complement EAW's MK Series full-range loudspeakers in construction, size and sound, but they can also be used as stand-alone subwoofers in a system ...
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Community Expands M-Class Line with Two New Stage Monitors
Community Professional Loudspeakers introduces two new monitors to its M-Class Series. Applications for the new MX8 and MX10 models include houses of worship, corporate presentations, musical theatre, education facilities, ...
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Broadway Smash Wicked Takes Sennheiser's Wireless Receivers and Transmitters on Tour
Anthony Jones and Michael "Fodder" Carrico supervise the audio operations for Wicked 's Second North American Tour.
Since its 2003 opening, the Broadway hit Wicked 's worldwide production crew has ...
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Swedish Theatre Saves with ETC Selador LED Lighting
When Gothenburg City Theatre in Sweden received funding from the regional government to spend on energy-saving measures, the first thing the technicians thought of replacing was their energy-hungry cyclorama lighting. With the ...
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MDG theONE Goes International with Kylie Aphrodite World Tour
After debuting with Céline Dion (Taking Chances World Tour 2009), Britney Spears (The Circus World Tour 2009), Kylie Minogue (US Tour 2010), Microsoft (Kinect CDS launch 2010) and Victoria's ...
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Green Hippo HippoCrittter on Simian Mobile Disco European Tour
Producers and re-mixers Jas Shaw and James Ford have been making a name for themselves as Simian Mobile Disco for the past six years. The DJ duo from London produce mostly analog, techno, dance, and electro house ...
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Palladium, Center for the Performing Arts Pages with Symnet
The recently-completed $118 million Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana, has earned much attention. Already, the 1,600-seat, shoe-box-shaped venue has booked the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yo ...
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Alejandro Sanz Takes the Stage in New Orleans with D.A.S. Systems
Founded by a group of jazz legends -- including Mahalia Jackson and Duke Ellington -- in 1970, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has grown and evolved over the years to become a tribute to different musical genres, with a ...
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WorldMUN Gets Social with Mackie HAD
In 1991, a group of Harvard University students joined together to create a new and different Model United Nations experience, inviting 300 college and graduate students to join together and participate in conferences and ...
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Danley at Poland's Saucer-Shaped Spodek Arena
Translated literally as "Saucer," Poland's Spodek Arena bears an uncanny resemblance to a tilted UFO in flight. Every major musical act that tours through Poland is sure to play Spodek, and the arena hosts a range of athletic ...
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Just Ten Days Left for Gottelier Award Nominations
There are just 10 days remaining to make your nomination for the 2011 Gottelier Award.
When the nomination phase closes on July 29, the short list will be announced and voting -- open to PLASA members, as well as PLASA ...
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Stageline Comments on Stage Collapse at Ottawa Bluesfest, Denies Any Connection to Accident
Following the collapse of the main stage on Sunday July 17 at the Ottawa Bluesfest during a performance by the band Cheap Trick, Stageline and its affiliated company, MSR Mobile Stage Rentals, wishes to specify that ...
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SynAudCon Announces Fall 2011 In-Person Training Schedule
Synergetic Audio Concepts (SynAudCon) has released its in-person seminar schedule for the remainder of 2011. SynAudCon is known for its real world audio educational offerings through web-based and in-person training offered ...
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Exploring Experience Design: TEA Announces Sessions and Speakers for SATE '11 Orlando Conference
"The SATE '11 Orlando Conference on Experience Design hosted by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) is a relevant and worthwhile two days for anyone who is or hopes to be professionally connected to the visitor ...
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Robe Supports 2011 Prague Quadrennial
Robe lighting supported the 12th Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ for short), by supplying moving lights and technical assistance for the prestigious 2011 PQ Awards ceremony, staged in the National ...
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Bosch Safe and Sound Tour Truck Wins 2011 Event Design Award
Bosch Security Systems reports that its new "Safe and Sound Security and Audio Tour" truck has been recognized with a 2011 Event Design Award in the category Best Mobile Marketing Vehicle. ...
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Lightswitch Architectural Earns Bank of China Design Assignment
Lightswitch Architectural, the award-winning international lighting and media design company, has been chosen by Pei Partnership Architects of New York to create comprehensive lighting for the firm's new project, the Bank ...
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Green Hippo Makes First Appearance at South Africa's Mediatech Africa Show
Green Hippo's Tom Etra is making his way southbound and will be joining distributor Tadco (pty) Ltd at the Mediatech tradeshow in Johannesburg's Coca Cola Dome.
Mediatech is the continent's largest ...
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Alcorn McBride at the Air Force One Discovery Center at the Reagan Library
How many kids ever get to experience the Presidential decision-making process? Thanks to the Air Force One Discovery Center at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Museum and Library in Simi Valley, California, and extensive video ...
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PSI Lights Vodafone Stage at Oxegen
Production Services Ireland (PSI) supplied full lighting production, rigging, crew and technical support for the Vodafone (second) Stage at the 2011 Oxegen Festival at Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland. ...
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APR Brings Allen & Heath iLive to John Peel and West Holt Stages at Glastonbury
Rental company APR Audio, provided PA and control systems for the West Holts and John Peel stages at this year's Glastonbury Festival, in the UK, selecting Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing systems to manage the ...
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Martin Audio Mini Array For Bury St Edmunds Apex Development
The new £18.5m ($2.7m) apex multi-purpose venue in Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk, England, owned and operated by St Edmundsbury Borough Council, is now equipped with a Martin Audio W8LM mini line array system as part of its ...
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SHS Global Named US Rep for Theatrixx
SHS Global, a production equipment brokerage agency, has been named the US representative of Theatrixx, a Montreal-based manufacturer of power distribution systems and the North/South American distributor of Visualed.
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Sacramento's K Street Clubs Stay on the Cutting Edge with EAW Loudspeakers
Sacramento's recently opened K Street Clubs, located in the city's newly-revitalized K Street district, include three adjacent establishments: District 30, a dance club with live DJs; Dive Bar, a hip lounge with a classic ...
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Church Chooses Bag End Subs for "Natural Listening Experience"
The Philadelphia Baptist Church of Deville, Louisiana recently replaced the central speaker system in its auditorium -- a system that had experienced multiple failures -- and took advantage of that replacement to upgrade the ...
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American Audio Registers Its Name Internationally to Enhance Global Presence
American Audio has a globally-registered name to go with its international presence.
The American Audio name recently became an official registered trademark in countries throughout the world, including the European Union and ...
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Wybron Introduces Cygnus Studio Series
As the Cygnus Wash Series becomes integrated into more venues, an increased demand for an all-white studio light of the same quality has been created, Wybron reports.
Therefore, Wybron's engineers went back to the drawing board ...
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Another Successful Ride for the Long Reach Long Riders
The Long Reach Long Riders announce the completion of their eighth annual charity ride. The ride, which benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The ESTA Foundation's Behind the Scenes program, began in ...
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EAW Debuts New VF Series Family of Products
EAW has unveiled its new VF Series family of passive products, consisting of five models of VFR two-way full-range loudspeakers; two VFS subwoofers; and three VSM stage monitors. The VF family of products represents a new ...
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The Week in Review
More fallout on City Opera: The saga of New York City Opera's departure from Lincoln Center continues. At a press conference last week, George Steel, City Opera's general manager unveiled the company's plans for next ...
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Audio Precision APx Adds Bluetooth and HDMI Arc Support
Audio Precision, the recognized standard in audio test, today released two new interface options for its APx500 series audio analyzers: the APx Bluetooth option for measuring audio over Bluetooth wireless technology, and the HDMI ...
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Matrox Turns Heads at InfoComm 2011
Matrox recently showcased its popular graphics solutions and introduced new technologies at InfoComm 2011, attended by 33,000 AV professionals from all over the world. Located in the Digital Signage Pavilion, the Matrox ...
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Alderamin Group Ltd Launches at PLASA 2011
PLASA 2011 sees the announcement of a new presence in the global lighting industry, the multi-faceted Alderamin Group. The organization is exhibiting at Stand 1-E32.
Specializing in the provision of comprehensive ...
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Shure Associates Pitch in for Chicago Cares
Recently, dozens of Shure Associates participated in the 18th annual Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon. The event is the city's largest day of community service, when more than 6,000 volunteers come together to transform public schools ...
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Martin Audio Longbow Keeps Glastonbury Buzzing
RG Jones Sound Engineering provided audio production on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage for the fourth year running.
The London based company supplied a Synco by Martin Audio PA, a custom designed Synco sub ...
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Turbosound Powers Southard Audio into Large Venues
Located in Mt. Crawford, Virginia, Southard Audio is a regional sound company that, during its 30-plus years in business, has made the move from local events to large arena-sized shows. Two major initiatives have powered this ...
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CeeLo Green's Talking to Strangers Features Lighting from Jeff Ravitz and 4Wall LA
Entertainment Los Angeles recently teamed with lighting designer Jeff Ravitz, of Intensity Advisors, to provide lighting for CeeLo Green: Talking to Strangers, a new show on Fuse TV. ...
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Foo Fighters Headline at UK's Sold Out Milton Keynes National Bowl
The success of the Foo Fighters' 2011 Wasting Light tour continued on to a sold-out weekend headliner at the UK's Milton Keynes Bowl on the July 2 and 3.
Chaos Visual Productions, in conjunction with John ...
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Deep Purple Keyboardist Don Airey Uses Harman's Soundcraft Si Compact 16 for Current U.S. and EU Tour
Deep Purple needs no introduction to rock fans - the iconic riff to "Smoke on the Water" alone is instantly recognizable to anyone not born under a rock. For the last 10 years, Don Airey has been the keyboard player for Deep ...
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Life is a Cabaret for Robe at Teatro Las Condes in Chile
Teatro Municipal de Las Condes in Santiago de Chile, regarded as one of the finest theatres in Chile, has purchased a quantity of Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 700E AT moving lights, which were supplied by Robe's Chilean ...
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Dr. Creflo Dollar's World Changers Church Adds DiGiCo Consoles
Located College Park Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, World Changers Church International (WCCI) -- founded by the author, conference speaker, and Bible teacher Dr. Creflo A. Dollar -- caters to a local congregation of ...
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Gordon College to Host NEXO Seminar
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc., in conjunction with Gordon College and its chapel in Wenham, Massachusetts will host a NEXO seminar on Wednesday, July 27.
Yamaha and Nexo specialists will be demonstrating ...
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AV Concepts' Liquid Scenic Launched at CEMA Summit 2011
AV Concepts unveiled its Liquid Scenic live event technology to executives attending the Corporate Event Marketing Association Summit 2011 at La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California. The custom looks created ...
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Shure Names S.K. Macdonald Rep of the Year
Shure Incorporated has named S.K. Macdonald as the Company's Representative of the Year for Fiscal Year 2010/2011. President Perry D'Angelo received the award at the recent InfoComm Show in Orlando, Florida. ...
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Active Production Creates "Largest LED Wall in Georgia" with Elation EVLED 1024 SMD Panels
With over 70% of its business coming from major corporate clients, Active Production and Design, Inc. has always prided itself on being a leader in event technology. Recently, the 18-year-old full-service production company took ...
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Bluman Associates Supplies HD screen for Final Harry Potter Film World Premiere
Visuals-for-events specialist Bluman Associates has conjured up yet more visionary alchemy, this time working to a brief from West Design and Production (WD&P) on the premiere of the last ever Harry Potter film -- < ...
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SD10 Audio Package Offers Compact Touring Kit For DiGiCo Diehard
Jon Lemon has been using DiGiCo consoles on tours for nearly eight years, so when the engineer was asked to handle the front of house on a short tour with The Fray, he took the opportunity to check out the latest ...
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Clay Paky Sharpy on Russian TV Reality Talent Show
Clay Paky's Sharpy has been given its first airing on Russian television following an appearance on Star Factory, a reality TV talent show broadcast on Russia's Channel One. Mixing elements of Pop Idol and Big ...
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Coemar's Infinity ACL S Out in Belgrade Square with 2011 Wimbledon Men's Champion
In honor of Novak Djokovic, the new Wimbledon champion, 100,000 people came together in the main square of Belgrade to celebrate the world's new number one tennis player (just above Rafael Nadal). On the stage, lit up by ...
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Soundcraft Si2 Digital Console on Cruise Ship Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin Cruises operates the cruise ship m/s Paul Gauguin, which can accommodate 320 people for a week long-luxury cruise experience through Tahiti, French Polynesia and the South Pacific. Since its maiden voyage in 1998, ...
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Lectrosonics at the Center of Little Shop Of Horrors
Running sound for the Boxcar Theatre's musical show Little Shop Of Horrors isn't like your typical musical Broadway production sound setup where all the action takes place on the stage. The show starts in the lobby of the ...
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PR Lighting Launches Two New Additions to Range of LED PAR Spots
The XPar 390, from PR Lighting is brighter than the earlier XPar 348, while the XPar 390-W, which broadens the width of the beam, offers greater white light.
The key features of the new DMX-controllable XPar 390 are the ninety ...
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Matthew Rickard Joins DesignScene
The live communications and production company DesignScene expands with the addition of Matthew Rickard to the project/production management team.
Rickard has a background in music, live performance and experientials and ...
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Royal Shakespeare Theatre Design Goes Stateside
Following on from the critical success of the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has further developed Charcoalblue's and Bennetts Associates' multi ...
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High Resolution Systems and Stimulated, Inc. Team on Work Flow for 2011 MTV Movie Awards
High Resolution Systems LLC partnered with Robb Wagner, of Burbank's Stimulated, Inc., which offers producing, directing, and consulting services for media-driven productions, on a new way to feed content to the big ...
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Theatre in Review: Hair (St. James Theatre)
The tribe is back, and the be-in is on again for another summer of love. This time, the venue is the St. James, rather than the Martin Beck (now home to a very different sort of '60s-era musical, How to Succeed in ...
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ETC Selador Lights Paul Cocksedge Studio Exhibition in Milan
Lighting designer Paul Cocksedge used 80 ETC Selador Classic Ice LED fixtures in an exhibition space as part of the Salone del Mobile home furnishing exhibition in Milan, Italy.
The project involved projecting ...
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Pixled LED Screen on Vasco Rossi Tour
Over 350 sq. m. of Pixled LED screen is being used to spectacular effect on the latest stadium tour by Italian superstar Vasco Rossi -- Live Kom '011 - specified by lighting and visuals designer Giovanni Pinna ...
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GDS LiteWare Illuminate San Francisco City Hall
The GDS LiteWare range of products continue to make an impact on the US event market as both GDS and ACT Lighting continue to sell the original wireless battery up lighter LiteWare HO and UL across North America. ...
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Fashion Art with Robert Juliat
Fashion Art, a rental company based in Turkey, has turned to Robert Juliat for its lighting solutions. Fashion Art focuses mainly on fashion shows, parties, launches, and premieres to which it presents creative light and ...
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Peavey Featured on Strummerville Stage at Glastonbury
At the 2011 Glastonbury Festival, Peavey provided an array of audio equipment for the unique Strummerville stage, a showcase celebration created to invoke the spirit of the late Joe Strummer by offering aspiring musicians ...
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Community Plays a Major Role in WHYY's New Venue
Public broadcasting station WHYY has recently completed the construction of this new, high-tech media annex. The Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons is a unique venue, designed to educate the regional ...
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Gateway Church Selects grandMA2 for Its Three Campuses
grandMA lighting consoles play prominent roles in all three of the Gateway Church campuses in Texas where they control a diverse lighting inventory for worship services and other events. A.C.T Lighting is the ...
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EAW Adds MicroWedge8 and MicroWedge10 to MicroWedge Series Stage Monitors
EAW announces recent additions to its MicroWedge Series of stage monitors. The MicroWedge8 (MW8) and MicroWedge10 (MW10) are a small-format continuation of the well-received MW line from EAW. Although even smaller than the ...
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TransAudio Group Moves to Accommodate Growth
High-end pro audio distributor TransAudio Group recently moved to a new, more expansive office space, virtually a stone's throw from its old facilities. The new TransAudio Group headquarters is located at 7340 Smoke Ranch Road, ...
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Best Corporate A/V Project Awarded to Nautilus Entertainment Design at InfoComm 2011
Nautilus Entertainment Design (NED) is the recipient of the Best Corporate AV Project in the fourth annual PRO AV Spotlight Awards for its work on Qualcomm 25th Anniversary Museum.
Pro AV and Architect ...
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Jim Fackert of Littlite is Winner of 2011 Parnelli Visionary Award
Jim Fackert, president and founder of Littlite, LLC will receive the Parnelli Visionary Award for 2011. Fackett will receive his award at the Parnelli Award gala dinner on October 29 at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando, ...
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ETC Donates Technology to World's Largest Scenography Festival
Every four years, the Organisation Internationale des Scénographes, Techniciens et Architectes de Théâtre (OISTAT/ International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects, and Technicians) collaborates with the Prague ...
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Robe at Ireland's 2011 Oxegen Festival
More than 100 Robe lighting units were used on the main stage plus many more around the site at the 2011 Oxegen Festival in County Kildare, Ireland.
True to form, the skies opened and it pelted with rain throughout the ...
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Synergy AVL Delivers Turnkey Outline Audio Solution for Pusat Insani in Brunei
To mark 80 years of presence in the Sultanate since the discovery of oil in 1929, the Brunei Shell Petroleum Company (BSP) unveiled plans in 2008 to build its largest community development in Brunei. The Pusat Insani ...
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TiMax2 SoundHub Repeats Fela! Success in Lagos
There wasn't dry eye in the house at the Eko Le Meridien Hotel on Victoria Island in Lagos as Fela!, the groundbreaking stage musical about legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, made its triumphant homeland debut ...
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OSA Teams With MLA for Oprah's Surprise Spectacular Live Finale
On Stage Audio (OSA) recently put Martin Audio's MLA (Multicellular Loudspeaker Array) system to good use for Oprah's Surprise Spectacular, a live Oprah Winfrey farewell show taped at Chicago's United ...
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Unusual Rigging Refurbishes Theatre in Kuwait Center for Autism
The first specialist centre for autism in the Near East, the Kuwait Center for Autism last year took the decision to refurbish its theatre, until then used solely for internal purposes, in order to host independent productions and ...
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D.A.S. Audio the Driving Force Behind Justin Bieber's Jakarta Performance
Located some 12.5 miles from Jakarta, the Sentul International Convention Center (SICC) was recently the site of the Justin Bieber concert. Held on April 23 as part of the artist's My World Tour, Jakarta-based DSS (
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Lectrosonics Trampled, Kicked, Crushed and Still Going Strong
Outfitting the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) performers with wireless microphone technology is a challenge routinely encountered by audio engineer Mark Harrier and his crew as they outfit not only the bull riders, ...
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dbn Spaces Out at Jodrell Bank
Jodrell Bank Observatory is the site of the UK's iconic Lovell radio telescope, the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world. It is a majestic piece of engineering and architecture presiding over the first of a ...
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Renkus-Heinz IC Live Captivates Hauptkirche St. Petri
Hamburg's oldest parish church, Hauptkirche St. Petri, founded in the 11th century, has been equipped with a state-of-the-art sound system designed and installed by COBRA Sound Light. The Hamburg based live event ...
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Vista Spyder Helps Northside Christian Church Fulfill Mission
From its start in the basement of a house to using the Vista Spyder X20 0808 digital media processor for audiences up to 6,000 every weekend, New Albany, Indiana's, Northside Christian Church has come a long way in ...
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Symetrix Zone Mix 760 Installed in Second Jerry Remy's Sports Bar and Grill
A beloved household name in Boston, Jerry Remy is a former Red Sox second baseman and the longstanding commentator for all of his former team's games. Last year, he partnered with the Cronin Group Restaurants to ...
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Folsom Joins Epic Production Technologies
Marc Raymond, Ted Fowler and Brian Konechny have announced that Thomas Folsom has joined the sales and integration team at Epic Production Technologies.
In a statement, the company said, "Folsom's ...
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Jim Waits Named Marketing/Sales Director at CommuniLux Productions
Warren Cunningham, president of CommuniLux Productions, announces the hire of Jim Waits for sales and marketing at the 4001 East Side Ave location in Dallas, Texas.
"I've known Jim since our days at Showco ...
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Creative Stage Lighting Announces Entertainment Industry Tape Improvements
Creative Stage Lighting has announced improvements to its brand of tape: Entertainment Industry Tape.
Entertainment Industry Tape gaffer tape now has improved adhesion that holds tough and removes clean, the company says, ...
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Ten Thousand Things of Hong Kong to Distribute Green Hippo Products
Hong Kong based technical supply company Ten Thousand Things has become Green Hippo's latest distributor in its Asian market expansion.
Ten Thousand Things has been newly created under the helm of Hong Kong's longstanding ...
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Bormann Marketing To Rep Symetrix in Two Upper Midwest Territories
Symetrix, Inc., a provider of signal processing technology for the installed sound markets, has named Bormann Marketing, sales representative for Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and western Wisconsin effective June 1 ...
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Theatre in Review: Silence! The Musical (Theatre 80)
Sometimes, a star is hidden in plain sight, just waiting to be discovered. Consider the case of Jenn Harris. She's turned up in a number of well-received Off Broadway productions, and, I assume, has gotten her fair share of praise ...
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GDS Picks Up Awards at ABTT
GDS recently exhibited at the ABTT show for its fifth consecutive year. The two-day show at London's Royal Horticultural Halls saw GDS win the ABTT Lighting Award of the Year, become the sponsor of the new Student ...
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WiSE Creates Light Relief at ABTT Show
Summer cocktails hosted by WiSE (Women in Stage Entertainment) went down well at the ABTT show. WiSE Industry sponsors were invited to dabble in cocktail design by inventing their own cocktails to raise money for industry ...
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Visual Productions Teams with Light Partner for Danish Distribution
Visual Productions is expanding its distribution network with the inclusion of Denmark-based Light Partner.
This new partnership developed after company director Stig Meyer Jensen visited the Visual Productions< ...
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EAW MicroWedge Stage Monitors at Coachella
The three-day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival annually attracts crowds of up to 70,000 a day to see more than 180 international artists perform on six stages at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, in the California ...
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Fox Performing Arts Center Upgrades Audio System with Harman's JBL VERTEC Line Arrays
Founded in 1929 as Fox's Riverside Theatre, the Fox Performing Arts Center is one of southern California's most historic cultural landmarks and host to a wide variety of musical artists, performers, and theatre presentations ...
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Pete's Big TVs Provides Visuals on Donny & Marie's Toronto Shows
Pop act Donny and Marie Osmond are taking their Las Vegas show to the cooler climes of Canada. Pete's Big TVs is providing equipment for the special run of high-energy Donny and Marie Live shows July 5-17 at ...
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Electrosonic Provides AV Integration for The National Museum of American Jewish History's New Building
With its reopening in a stunning new 100,000-sq.-ft. building on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, The National Museum of American Jewish History (NMAJH) chose Electrosonic to integrate extensive audio-visual ...
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Maryland Sound Takes Studer Vista 5 SR Console on Tour with Josh Groban
Harman's Studer Vista 5 SR digital production console is the front-of-house console of choice for Josh Groban's 2011 Straight to You world tour and front-of-house engineer, Mickey Beck. The console, ...
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dBTechnologies Chosen by Absolute Sound and Lighting, Australia
A brand-new event production company, Absolute Sound and Lighting (ASL) offering a broad range of equipment and professional services has chosen dBTechnologies speaker systems.
Located in Morayfield, Australia, ...
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Acclaim Launches Interactive Cat Walk Panel LED Screen
The Cat Walk Panel, from Acclaim Lighting is a 7.88" x 7.88" video panel containing 25 full-color 5050 SMD LEDs with the ability to respond to Touch Interface Control. Extremely flexible, this touch-sensitive panel offers ...
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New Features for Hippotizer
Hippotizer HD media servers now include built-in DVI Parrot functionality. The addition of DVI Parrot to the Hippotizer HD combines two popular products from TMB into a single package. Previously only available as an ...
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Jeff Ravitz Receives Regional Emmy, Launches Styx Tour
Jeff Ravitz has been honored with the Pacific Southwest Emmy for his lighting design of the Salute To Teachers Awards 20th anniversary broadcast, presented by the Cox Cable Network and produced by Channel 4 San Diego. This is ...
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EAW Focusing Now Supported by Lab.gruppen and d Powersoft Amps
EAW last year entered into a strategic partnership with Lab.gruppen and Powersoft, whereby those manufacturers would integrate proprietary EAW DSP algorithms into a subset of their product lines. As the first fruits ...
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Theatre in Review: Master Class (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
Will the real Maria Callas please stand up? It's a fair question; after all, we've had so many to choose from. Repeated viewings of Master Class over the years have revealed the remarkable way in which the role of Maria ...
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Theatre in Review: Tryst (Irish Repertory Theatre)
If you're in the mood for a summer stock experience but don't want to brave the wilds of Connecticut or New Jersey, you could drop in on Tryst. Rather mysteriously, the Irish Rep has chosen to revive this two-hander ...
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The Week in Review
PLASA 2011 Awards Launched: Now is your chance to make nominations for the PLASA Awards for Innovation, which will include the Sustainability Award and the Gottelier Award for lifetime achievement. The awards will be given out at ...
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Barco LiveDots Creates Outdoor LED Display for Beijing Blue Island Tower
Barco LiveDots, a Barco company, has partnered with Beijing Fortune Investment Management Co. to embellish Beijing's Blue Island Tower with a new outdoor LED display. The 407 sq. m. screen is powered by the latest TF ...
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Stingaree, Famed Nightlife Destination, Uses Projection Mapping Techcnology in New Ultra Lounge Venue
AV Concepts reports that GuestHouse at Stingaree is the first nightclub in the country to utilize its projection mapping technology to enhance the club's design and guests' nightlife experience. The AV Concepts team has ...
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Avid VENUE at Reid Temple
Nestled deep in the leafy, rolling hills of Glenn Dale, Maryland, Reid Temple's sprawling, ultra-modern campus belies the church's humble roots. Originally located in nearby Bladensburg, the church's original home, Dent Chapel, ...
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RG Jones at Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage
For the fourth year running RG Jones Sound Engineeringprovided the audio production for the Glastonbury Festival's iconic Pyramid Stage. The London based company, celebrating its 85th anniversary, supplied a Synco by ...
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Alcorn McBride at Give Kids the World Village
Alcorn McBride Digital Binloop HD and Video Binloop systems are helping to make a visit to Give Kids The World Village, a 70-acre, nonprofit storybook resort located near Central Florida's most famous attractions. ...
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BSS Audio Soundweb London Provides Conferencing Solution for Corporate Auditorium
One of the world's major producers and marketers of food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services, recently completed a large auditorium for its Minnetonka, Minnesota corporate offices that includes a sophisticated ...
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GlasgVegas Tours with Allen & Heath Compact iLive-R72
The Scottish band GlasVegas is currently on a global tour with a compact Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system managing its front-of-house audio. The band has already visited an assortment of venues across Europe and the ...
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Robe LEDWashes on Vasco Rossi Tour
Robe ROBIN LEDWash 600 moving lights are appearing onstage with Italian superstar Vasco Rossi as part of a lighting and scenic video design by Giovanni Pinna for Rossi's Live Kom 011 stadium tour. ...
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American DJ Remembers Michael B. Healy
The American DJ family mourns the loss of its dear friend and colleague Michael Healy, who passed away suddenly on the morning of Sunday June 26. Healy was a founding member of the Richmond Virginia-based The Healy ...
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Large Numbers Sign Up to ETC's CUE
ETC's first-of-its-kind end-user conference, CUE (Create, Understand, Experience), is attracting professionals from all lighting fields and parts of the world. So far, nine different countries will be represented at the ...
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New Curriculum for TMB Hippo School
Building on over three years of successful Hippo Schools throughout North America, a new Hippo School curriculum as well as an entirely new day dedicated to troubleshooting has been created for those eager to dive deeper into the
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Audio-Technica Offers New BPHS1-XF4 Communications Headset
Audio-Technica now offers the new BPHS1-XF4 communications headset. Based on Audio-Technica's popular BPHS1 broadcast stereo headset, the BPHS1-XF4 is designed for use with intercom systems for broadcast, theatres, sports, live ...
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Stardraw.com Reports Over 1000 Registrants for Stardraw Design 7 Public Beta Program
Following the unveiling of its latest design/documentation tool, Stardraw Design 7, at InfoComm last month, software provider Stardraw.com has reported a massive uptake for the public Beta program. ...
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Genelec Introduces 4000 Series Two-Way Active Monitors
Genelec has introduced the new 4000 Series -- a range of two-way active loudspeakers that delivers the same high-level performance as the company's studio monitors, but with additional features specifically designed for the system ...
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Patrick Markle Joins Auerbach Offices as Chief Administrative Officer
Patrick Markle has been appointed chief administrative officer of Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, Performing Arts/Media Facilities Planning and Design, and Auerbach Glasow French, Architectural Lighting Design and ...
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Robert Juliat at PLASA 2011
Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at PLASA 2011 (September 11-14) at London's Earls Court Exhibition Center where the Aledin 630 LED profile and the new Aledin 330 LED wash light will be presented -- the latter for ...
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Elation Design Spot 1200C at Studio One Dance Theatre
For over 25 years, Studio One Dance Theatre (SODT) has been an inspirational force in Chicago, providing not only technical dance training, but empowering young people to unleash their creativity and self-esteem. Every June, ...
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Chauvet on Michael Jackson Tribute Show
Summit Group Event Services, the Colorado-based company, is introducing corporate America to a Michael Jackson tribute show that combines classic songs with lighting and visual effects from nine types of Chauvet ...
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Martin M1 for Large Youth Convention in Alberta
Martin Professional's M1 lighting console gave peace of mind to Brad Helzer, lighting designer and programmer for Christian group Starfield, at Youth Conference (YC), a large-scale three-day Christian event ...
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Precise Corporate Staging Expands L-ACOUSTICS Inventory for Summer Festival Season
Precise Corporate Staging (PCS), of Tempe, Arizona upped its L-ACOUSTICS product count in late-May with the addition of 24 KUDO enclosures, 24 SB28 subs and six LA-RAK touring amplifier racks. The systems were purchased, ...
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Solaris Quasar Strobes Blast UK's So You Think You Can Dance?
Series two of BBC One's hit show So You Think You Can Dance? concluded another successful season this month. Pushed to the limit for eight weeks, the four finalists and the set lighting proved impressive, dependable, and ...
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Jands Vista Tours Europe with Yusuf Islam
Lighting designer Derek Jones recently finished the European leg of the current Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) world tour, finding it the perfect opportunity to try out the new Jands Vista V2 ...
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Aviom Pro64 Hits the Cubs with German Band Phrasenmäher
As the members of the German band Phrasenmäher announced their plans for a 2011 club tour and CD release, sound and event company LR.Audio was busy designing the sound system for the band to take on the road. Hired by ...
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Lighthouse Jumbovision, TS Sports to Provide LED Systems for Renovated TCU Football Stadium
Texas Christian University has selected Lighthouse Jumbovision and TS Sports to provide LED video systems for Amon G. Carter Stadium, home of TCU Football.
Part of a $105-million renovation project, ...
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One Danley Jericho Horn Covers 30,000 Fans at Troy University
Located in southeastern Alabama, Veterans Memorial Stadium is home to the Troy University Trojans. Over the decades, a progression of additions and upgrades raised it up from a glorified grandstand to its current capacity ...
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Nevin Steinberg to Depart Acme Sound Partners
Broadway sound designer and founding member Nevin Steinberg will depart Acme Sound Partners, the prolific sound design company for Broadway shows and live music and theatre events, on January 1. He has been with Acme for 11 ...
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Acclaim Introduces Its Brightest LED Fixture to Date
' The biggest and brightest LED fixture introduced by Acclaim to date; the Rebel Band 600 is equipped with 104 high-power Rebel LEDs. It provides enough output and covers enough area to handle large-scale applications where LED ...
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Clay Paky Announces PLASA Slot Machine Competition
Visitors to this year's PLASA exhibition may come away with more than they bargained for. Clay Paky has announced a competition in which visitors to the London exhibition will be able to try their luck at winning a Sharpy ...
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Cooper Controls Release Version 7.0 ZerOS Software
Cooper Controls announces the launch of version 7.0 ZerOS software for the Zero 88 Leap Frog 48, Leap Frog 96, Frog 2, and ORB Series consoles.
ZerOS 7.0 is the most substantial update to the ZerOS software platform to ...
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Output of the Black Tank's New LED Fixture Rivals Lights Five Times Its Size
The Black Tank has released the newest member of the BRICKBLASTER PRO family. The new ultra-portable, 4" cubed, 50 watt Brickblaster Pro WNC has a massive output of 3110 lumens. We use the newest CREE XM-L LED ...
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Sensaphonics' Michael Santucci to Present New Hearing Health Product
Audiologist Michael Santucci, an expert on hearing loss prevention in the music industry and founder of Sensaphonics, Inc., has accepted a position as lead audiology advisor to Hearing Health Science, Inc. (HHS), a ...
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Rosco Appoints New Business Development Manager for Southern Europe
Rosco Europe has named Cristian Arroyo, of Rosco Iberica, to take on an expanded role within the company as of July 1.
Arroyo's new position is a dual role consisting of business development manager -- South ...
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Audio-Technica Names Online Marketing as Rep of the Year
Audio-Technica has recognized Wadsworth, Ohio-based Online Marketing as its Rep of the Year for the 2011 fiscal year. Philip Cajka, Audio-Technica U.S. president and CEO, and David Marsh, Audio-Technica ...
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WorxAudio Technologies Introduces the I/O-4 Loudspeaker System
WorxAudio Technologies introduces the new I/O-4 loudspeaker system. A small-format, high-performance sound reinforcement system designed for high-quality foreground and background music applications, the new surface mount I/O-4 is ...
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GDS Makes Two New Appointments to its Team
GDS announces the appointment of two new members of its rapidly growing team. Paul Johnson has been appointed as architectural lighting consultant and Ashley Freeman as UK sales account coordinator. ...
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Elektralite Launches ElektraLED Pro Line
Elektralite introduces a new line of professional LED lighting products under the ElektraLED umbrella. The ElektraLED line is comprised of four products: the ElektraLED ML601, ElektraLED Pancake, ElektraLED Dazer, and the ...
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Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Holds Rigging Training
The Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas recently spent a week on the multifaceted field of rigging. The students started the week at Flying by Foy, where they learned about various fly systems from track on track to ...
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Coemar at The Wind Music Awards 2011
The Wind Music Awards 2011 were held in the evenings of May 27, 28, and 29 in the Arena di Verona., in Verona, Italy.
The event's director of photography, Carlo Valagussa, along with F&P Group production, ...
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W-DMX on Seventh Asian Winter Games
Wireless Solution Sweden AB and Kvant Ltd. of Bratislava, Slovakia recently played part in the opening ceremonies of the seventh Asian Winter Games at Astana Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan. The games began on ...
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Adamson Speakers Debut at a Honduras House of Worship
CEAD (Centro Evangelista de las Asambleas de Dios/Evangelistic Center of the Assemblies of God), based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, recently decided to upgrade its sound system. Given the limited funds available, the church's staff ...
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Gefen ToolBox Extender for HDMI 3DTV Recognized at InfoComm
Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen received industry recognition for its advanced audio/video extension product best suited for the demanding rental and staging market. The Rental and Staging Systems Awards at ...
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Renkus-Heinz Plays Big at InfoComm
Renkus-Heinz had a very busy InfoComm. In the Audio Hall, the Renkus-Heinz booth played host to the company's annual Technology Theatre, with ongoing seminars hosted by well-known pros including Bruce Olson, ...
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LITEC's Partnership with EES in Spain
Entertainment Equipment Supplies, S.L. (EES) has been appointed as LITEC's official distributor in Spain.
Founded in 2004 by Nacho Acha-Orbea, who has been in the industry since 1993, EES distributes high ...
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Associated Theatrical Contractors Selects Grundorf Tour 8 Series Wardrobe Cases
Associated Theatrical Contractors (ATC) handles everything from scenic paint and gaffers tape to full theater rigging, lighting, and curtain installation. A significant portion of the company's business is costume design and ...
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FocusTrack and SpotTack on Betty Blue Eyes in West End
London's latest new musical offering, Betty Blue Eyes, is using lighting documentation tools FocusTrack and SpotTrack to accurately record every part of the production lighting.
Based on the film A Private Function, ...
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L-ACOUSTICS KIVA System Installed into Helsinki Music Centre
L-ACOUSTICS' Finnish distributor and system integrator Starlike has recently installed a KIVA line source system into the main hall of the new Helsinki Music Centre. The primary users of the hall will be the Rad ...
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Peavey and Crest Audio Rock U.K.'s Download Festival
The Peavey Versarray 212 line array and Crest Audio mixers and power amplifiers provided sound reinforcement for artists Bowling For Soup, The Last Republic, and more on the Jägermeister stage at U.K.'s Dow ...
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Sanctuary Becomes Camera-Ready with Chauvet
A non-denominational sanctuary in Middlesboro, Kentucky is planning to begin a televised ministry installed 58 Chauvet fixtures to help light the way.
The new design of Faith Temple Ministry, renovated to become a video ...
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DBN Lights Parklife 2011 Festival
Manchester-based lighting rental company DBN supplied the city's new Parklife live music festival for the second year running -- this time coordinating equipment for all four stages within the main arena. DBN was working ...
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Robe Specified for Bruce Lynton BMW Ball
Lighting designer Dave Jackson, of Phaseshift Productions, specified over 40 Robe moving lights -- including 24 of the new Robe ROBIN 600 LEDWash units for the 11th Annual Bruce Lynton BMW Charity Ball -- one ...
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PLASA 2011 Awards Launched
PLASA Events Ltd, organizers of the PLASA Show 2011 (11-14 September, Earls Court, London) have announced the launch of this year's PLASA Awards for Innovation, which this year will include the newly named Sustainability ...
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Second Leg of Martin US 2011 Road Show Kicks Off in August
The second leg of Martin Professional's 2011"Engineered for the Eye" road show tour kicks off in August in Atlanta and will continue until mid-December, visiting virtually every corner of the US with several stops in Canada. ...
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WYSIWYG R27 is Released
CAST Software Ltd., of Toronto, Canada announces the release of WYSIWYG R27, for members only on July 11. New features include:
• Beam optimization: Lights respond five times faster, keeping up with how fast you ...
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David Park Joins GLP to Head up Global Truss Division
David Park has joined GLP German Light Products in the role of business unit manager for its trussing and structure division based around its exclusive distribution of the Global Truss range of products in North ...
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Lectrosonics Releases 64-Bit Compatible Firmware for Dm Series Processors and Venue Receivers
Lectrosonics announces the availability of new, 64-bit compatible software distribution for the company's DM Series processors and Venue receivers. This includes a new USB driver package which supports both 32-bit and 64-bit ...
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Ed Ellett to Join Audinate's Technical Advisory Board
Ed Ellett has joined Audinate's technical advisory board (TAB), where he will advise the company on strategic market trends and consult with senior management on R&D programs and product road maps. ...
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coolux Customers Receive Awards at InfoComm
At InfoComm's Staged Events Awards this year, New York-based Scharff Weisberg won in the category of Best Overall Staging for a Corporate Industrial Entertainment Event for its work on the Robin Hood Foundation ...
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Listen Technologies Appoints IAV Sales as New Company Representative
Listen Technologies Corporation has appointed Innovative Audio Sales (IAV Sales) as the company's representative for Michigan. IAV Sales will be working Listen's full line of FM, infrared, ListenPoint and conferencing ...
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Fuzion Far East - Green Hippo's New Distributor in Thailand
Green Hippo continues extending its reach in Asia by appointing Fuzion Far East as its exclusive distributor in Thailand.
FFE has successfully been working with Hippotizer media servers in the past; some high-profile ...
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Rent What? on Glee
Rent What? Inc. drapes again took center stage on the blockbuster hit TV series Glee, as the television show wrapped up its second season. The finale TV episode featured numerous performances set before an elegant 30' x 60' ...
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ADLIB Sales Supplies L-Acoustics Kara system to Nitelites
Liverpool, UK-based ADLIB's specialist sales division -- also a certified provider for L-Acoustics -- has sold a Kara PA system, fully flight-cased and complete with LA8 amplifiers, to Newcastle-based sound, lighting, and ...
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W-DMX Call for Entries - Win an iPad2
Wireless Solution Sweden AB is searching for the next great wireless hero in a special 2011 contest. The only requirement is to have used at least one W-DMX transmitter and receiver in any project, big or small. Entries will be ...
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Community WET Keeps Waterfront Sound in the Fun Zone
For more than a decade, the Chesapeake Inn, in Chesapeake City, Maryland, has been a favorite spot for celebrating weddings, graduations and other memorable events, its windswept views of the Bay a backdrop for good food, ...
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Peavey Pro Audio Amps the King of Wake Professional Wakeboarding Tour
With its dramatic aerial acrobatics, wave-hopping stunts and adrenalized production, professional wakeboarding is a summertime extreme-sports tradition. Since 2005, the King of Wake championship tournament has tied the sport's ...
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CPL Supplies Gear for Overkill Stage at the Glade Festival
Central Presentations Ltd (CPL), West Midlands and Bristol, UK-based AV rental specialist coordinated and supplied a full technical production package encompassing video, lighting, and sound for the Overkill stage at the 2011 ...
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Performance Floor Shock Absorption Standard in Public Review for Reaffirmation
The Floors Working Group, part of PLASA's Technical Standards Program, has announced that it is in the process of considering reaffirming ANSI E1.26 - 2006, Entertainment Technology - Recommended testing methods and values for ...
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ETC's CUE Conference Draws Big Names
Next month, ETC will host its first-ever end-user event, CUE (Create, Understand, Experience), where lighting professionals and enthusiasts will have the opportunity to network, share ideas, and learn more about ETC's award ...
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Powersoft Announces EAW's Focusing Support within K Series Amplifiers
In 2010, Powersoft entered into a strategic partnership with EAW, which would allow both companies to integrate proprietary EAW DSP algorithms into Powersoft's K Series power amplifier line when equipped with DSP modules. ...
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Meyer Sound and Solotech Named Sound Providers for Montréal International Jazz Festival 2011
Berkeley, California-based Meyer Sound has been named the official sound reinforcement sponsor of the Montréal International Jazz Festival in cooperation with Montréal-based Solotech, which will supply Meyer Sound's ...
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MC2 Audio Launches E100 Amplifier Now Shipping
British manufacturer MC² Audio has announced that its E100 amplifier is now shipping.
The remarkably compact four-channel amplifier is the flagship of the company's E series. The official launch marks not only the company's ...
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Theatre in Review: Measure for Measure (Shakespeare in the Park)
Funny thing about Measure for Measure; for decades -- centuries, even-- nobody wanted to deal with it, regarding its plot as both preposterous and distasteful. In the last couple of decades, however, it has acquired a ...
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D.A.S. Audio Names Audiosales as New Distributor in Italy
D.A.S. Audio announced the signing of an exclusive Italian distribution agreement with Parma-based Audiosales. "We are delighted to have Audiosales on board in Italy," says D.A.S. Audio's business development manager, Cl ...
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WorxAudio Technologies Selects Rachal for Sales Administration and Support Manager
WorxAudio Technologies has appointed Chris Rachal to the newly created position of sales administration and support manager. With a background that encompasses retail sales, on-air talent for the broadcast market, recording ...
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OSA and SES Give Assist to Oprah's Surprise Spectacular with Yamaha and NEXO Audio Support
With joint production support from Special Event Services (SES) and On Stage Audio (OSA), Oprah's Surprise Spectacular (Harpo Productions) aired May 23 and 24 bringing together some of the biggest names ...
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Rat Sound Expands with L-ACOUSTICS KIVA-KILO System
Rat Sound Systems, Inc. of Oxnard, California, has now further expanded its significant L-ACOUSTICS inventory with the addition of 12 KIVA and four KILO enclosures, four SB28 subs and an LA8-equipped LA-RAK touring rack. ...
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Robert Juliat Profile Spots in Eastern Europe Theatres
KSL Studio d.o.o, Robert Juliat's Slovenian distributor, has supplied 40 Robert Juliat 614SX 1200W tungsten profile spots to the National Theatre Nova Gorica in Slovenia, where they will be the main workhorses for the ...
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Outline GTO for Mike & The Mechanics at Royal Albert Hall
Mike & The Mechanics, the multi-million selling side-project formed in 1984 by Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford, recently played London's Royal Albert Hall to launch the 2011 Hit The Road tour. ...
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Reed Rigging Joins Ampco Flashlight to Support Rammstein Tour with CyberHoist Motion Control System
Reed Rigging partnered with Ampco Flashlight Rental to support the Rammstein North American tour with an XLNT CyberHoist motion control system.
The system included 49 XLNT CyberHoists, uniquely timed to ...
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SKAB Picks Hire Sound and DiGiCo for Anniversary Party
Late May saw Swedish truck body manufacturer SKAB Group treat its employees and their families to a remarkable company party. With DiGiCo SD8 and SD8-24 consoles mixing the performances, the party went with a swing, not to ...
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