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In true Neil Young fashion, the base system began with the oldest lights in the business, fresnels, lekos and scoops. From there Wissmar layered on the latest technology, LED fixtures including GRN Battens and GRN Washes. All the equipment was suspended from various Matthews grip stands and 16' crank up towers. The power draw was minimal due to the LED gear, and the colour washes were all achieved with the LED fixtures.

The theatrical fixtures gave Young just what he wanted for a visual; the old theatre look

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There is one main room on the first floor plus a smaller 'Blanc De Blanc' VIP area below, and in keeping with the 'exclusive' feel of the venue, they wanted a super cool lighting scheme to compliment the stunning interior designs. This features lots of mirrored surfaces, branched candlesticks and crystal ornaments and objects which reflect light beautifully all around the space, adding a warm ambience.

The lighting is designed by Emanual Pintos from locally based Morix Italia, the suppliers and installers of all the equipment, a task that was also co-ordinated and programmed by Pintos. All the Robe and Anolis kit was supplied via Robe Mu

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With MADRIX 2.10 users are now able to assign controls freely and individually for any MIDI console. The MIDI Remote Editor provides the tools to create simple as well as complex configurations to control the MADRIX software remotely. At the same time, several new MIDI maps have been added to the selection of pre-defined MIDI maps.

MADRIX KEY dvi start has been added to the MADRIX range of products. The market of DVI-based LED fixtures is rapidly growing. And with this new product 512 DVI pixels are provided for small installations. Moreover, MADRIX KEY dvi suppor

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Together Again? - Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has said the rock band may get back together to play concerts for charity. The group, who have sold 200 million albums, last performed at the Live 8 concert in London in 2005. "I think all of us woul

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Hoffman's equipment over the year has included 600 watt ACL's, Thomas 8 Lights, ETC Source 4's, VL 3500 Washes, VL 3000 Spots, Coemar Infinity Washes, Alpha Bean 300's, MAC 2000 Washes with Beam Kit, GRNLite PAR 3-36, GRNLite Batten 3-54, GLP Impressions and Grand MA consoles. Hoffman changed the design each leg of the tour, as he has in the past.

The green aspect of Widespread has slowly grown with the introduction of several different products. The lowered power consumption coupled with the lack of heat from the LED fixture

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"We are very excited to offer a quality product line with all the features required by our industry," said Guillermo Cabada, president of Mega Systems. "The products will be sold at an affordable price and receive all the service and support needed to position PR Lighting as a standard in the USA."

Meanwhile, PR Lighting's present distributor, OmniSistem, will continue exclusive distribution of PR Lighting's mid-market intelligent heads, such as the Solo 250, Solo 575 and Pilot 575, whi

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Located in Northbridge, WA, the State Theatre Centre (STC) is approaching the end of its construction, which is expected to be completed in late 2010. The STC will feature a 575 seat Heath Ledger Theatre and a 234 seat flexible Studio Underground, with both theatres equipped with the latest stage technology and comfortable seating. Also included in the Centre is The Courtyard, a multi-purpose outdoor events space, two rehearsal rooms and two flexible-use private suites.

CableNet grids are suspended from existing steelwork by weld

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Says i-Pix founder Chris Ewington, "We're following on from the massive success we had with launch of these at PLASA. Our R'n'D team has focussed the last 12 months on developing these dynamic new energy-saving fixtures, and we're confident that now is the right time to bring them to the market, with increasing awareness of 'green' issues and pending related legislation".

Ewington adds that all industry sectors are now looking at the long term cost saving benefits that LED lighting can bring.

BB1 Narrow Beam single pixel fixture is designed for outdoor and submersible use, and is an RDM device that can be fitted to a range of i-Pix Power Boxes and Power Bars

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BlackTrax -- First Phase is a realtime tracking system for monitoring people and objects. BlackTrax precisely monitors dynamic and spatial positioning using a proprietary sensor device placed on the moving object / person and tracked by a camera for one or many people/objects, each moving object or person is an individual measurable set of data. First Phase is tracked in 3 Degrees of Freedom - X, Y, and Z coordinates (adding six -- roll, pitch, and yaw angles in the future).

BlackTrax combines multiple existing technologies into one intelligent active tracking beacon. In other words, BlackTrax delivers at super-fast speed and with pinpoint accuracy realtime, live with 6 Degrees of Freedom information using one LED source vs. what motion capture,

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For full details of the courses, contact Kumiko Swash at uk@etcconnect.com or phone 020 8896 1000, or www.etcconnect.com/support.education.aspx.

Outside the UK, ETC's dealers and distributors all offer free training for users, with trained staff offering hands-on training at all levels. At the offices of Lights International in Greece, groups of four to five people were invited to a number of Eos training sessions and presentations over the course of three days. Sales and marketing manager Stefanos Kotatis says, &

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Mexican rental company Luzmila supplied 30 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 1500 fixtures for the show - the first time they were used in Mexico and South America. Luzmila Lighting Technician Federico Figueroa explained, "When the lighting design team from Eros Ramazotti heard that Luzmila had the first Alpha Beam 1500s in Mexico, they called us right away. The fixtures did a phenomenal job. The beams are intensely bright

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"The live design industry is filled with pioneering, influential professionals with visions and it is our goal here at Daktronics, to help turn those creative visions into reality," said Myron Linde, Daktronics mobile and modular video group manager. "We are looking forward to supporting this year's tradeshow and surrounding events."

In addition to having two booths on the show floor, the company is sponsoring the Parnelli Awards, the related Parnelli Celebrity Golf Classic and the ESTA Lounge.

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2010 for technology that took reliability and functionality in wireless lighting controls to the next level.

LumenRadio will demonstrate wireless DMX, RDM, Ethernet, and interoperability with other manufacturers at this year's ESTA Connectivity Pavilion.

"We are experiencing rapid growth in our OEM business now that CRMX has

proven itself in numerous prestigious projects as the most reliable wireless technology on the market. Many of the largest companies in our industry are expressing enthusiastic interest in our CRMX products and we have already entered into exciting new OEM relationships that will significantly expand the size and reach of our sales", says Hans Lau director of Americas and responsible for entertain

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The lightshow was designed by DBN's Nick Walton. It's the fourth year that the company has been involved with the north west region's prom event, staged for the second year in Buile Hill Park. DBN was working for production company Ear To The Ground for end clients, Salford City Council.

The line-up featured appearances by entertainer and musicals star John Barrowman, mezzo soprano Juliet Pochin and local opera sensation Jon Christos, alongside the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

Says Walton, "It's always a big challenge to design and light a large orchestra appropriately without being too distracting, providing just enough razzmatazz to highlight the soloists, plenty of and sufficient well balanced white light

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Take 2 Lighting has provided solutions for a number of high profile broadcast productions such as Lewis, New Tricks and Midsomer Murders, acquired the assets from ELP to scale up its operations and boost the lighting division of their business.

The rental company already has a number of lighting assets to complement its production portfolio, but neede

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The decision to change was made by head of lighting, Karl Jenkins. He says: "I think MA offers the best current solution for this type of show which is run live and changes every night". They also needed to change the consoles they were using, which had been onboard since the show first started touring seven years ago, so it was high time for an update and an upgrade. "The grandMA2 is an international control standard," confirms Jenkins, "And the idea is to introduce this platform across other Cirque shows".

Much of the show had to be re-programmed and re-built from scratch on the grandMA2 light. It was trans

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Her lobbying efforts inspired the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which maintains the Bayonne Bridge - the fourth longest steel arch bridge in the world.

After seven years, the historic span that connects Bayonne, New Jersey, with Staten Island, New York, was decorated with red, white and blue LED lights custom designed by LEDtronics, Inc. of Torrance, California.

"When we initially showed the bridge maintenance group the LEDtronics 180-degree fixture that is used on the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Ange

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The Las Vegas show will see GDS introduce CueSystem NET a networked cue light system which launched at ProLight + Sound earlier in the year. The CueSystem NET allows for complete flexibility within stage management environments, says the company.

GDS will also introduce its SM Console, a bespoke stage manager's console for the international theatre and event industry. Since launching the product in 2006, GDS has designed and manufactured numerous bespoke SM Consoles for prestigious venues around the world including, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, LAMDA, Hong Kong Performing Arts Centre, Theatre Chatelet Paris and many more.

Other products at LDI include the

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Philips is also set to launch the StagePainter family of LED stage lighting solutions at LDI. The StagePainter range provides "superior control over colour consistentency and brightness, creating drama and spectacle with simplicity and ease". The Philips StagePainter D60 1000 system enables lighting designers to 'paint' the scene they want with rich, bright and powerful LED illumination. This enables them to recreate the same scene flawlessly, fixture after fixture, night af

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"Throughout the whole design process, I wanted to create an upstage grid of fixtures but I found myself having to choose between quality or quantity," Chmielewski explains. "As with most festivals, we had a limited budget and we had some weight restrictions on the stage. The 101s were the perfect match of both quality and quantity. They only weigh 8lbs each so weight was not an issue and they were really bright.

"Every part of the fixture helped create an interesting effect from the beam angles to the exceptionally fast colors, and we were able to hit effects at 180BPM on the pan/tilt. The best part is that they were very inexpensive so I

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Tutchener created his visuals utilising MAC 2000 Profiles, MAC 2000 Spots, Lycian 1290 FOH Spots, ETC Source 4's, a 40 x 30 LED Star Cloth, truss, motors, all controlled by a Grand MA console with an MA Lite as back up.

New this time out, and a centrepiece to Tutchener's concept is the Robe DigitalSpot 7000DT's. The show moves through a progression of digital images, real images and live video from onstage cameras. Tutchener was also able to use the 7000's as pure lighting sources at various points in the show. Technician Ewan Cameron traveled world wide with Tutchener as his 7000 tech.

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The Winspear chandelier won in the Project category. The award winners were announced last Thursday evening, October 21, at an awards dinner at the LDI show in Las Vegas.

J. R. Clancy took the leadership role in bringing the chandelier project to fruition, working closely with lighting designer Claude Engle on the concept. The custom-built, 40-foot-high chandelier features 318 cast acrylic rods, each of which vanishes independently as the house lights dim. Clancy engineers did extensive research to determine the materials and methods required to light each rod entirely from end to end. Mike Wood Consulting and Ingham Designs execut

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Vitor Paiva, Luzeiro's sales technician, explains: "The company's previous system failed on a regular basis, and they asked us for information about replacements. We showed them both Congo and Eos and they tried each for a week. While they would have been more comfortable with Congo, since they understood its programming syntax already, they felt they wanted to really push themselves and get the Eos, which proved itself to have the power to do absolutely everything they wanted to do.

"Eos is ETC's biggest control desk and was specifically designed with theatre use in mind. The product developers talked to designers, programmers and electricians in order to design a product that is already familiar

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"It gives me all the power and functionality I need in a fabulously neat package that can come on the plane with me . . . so I can always have the desk of my choice," he says.

The new Avolites Tiger Touch is a 'hybrid' console - a combination of the Diamond 4's powerful functionality coupled with the friendly user interface of the Avolites Pearl - an industry favourite. The wide touch screen allows fast access to the 'hands on' control and ever evolving software skin, TITAN, enveloping the high performance and intuitive hardware platform.

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