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The more than three hour show (Muz TV is Russia's answer to MTV) depended heavily on awe-inspiring visuals to match the level of performance onstage. Besides a magical-looking crown-like three screen center piece over center stage, video elements were also projected on two large arches (33m x 15m) stage left and right. The multiple piece arches, which opened and closed as acts performed or readied their place on either the left and right stages, required precise video mapping as content was projected while sliding elements of each arch dynamically moved in seven directi

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These dates constituted the forth leg of their Sounds That Can't be Made tour and follows an extensive touring schedule throughout 2012, with lighting equipment for the UK and European elements also supplied by Siyan.

Marillion has enjoyed a special relationship with High Wycombe based Siyan, where their account is managed by Steve Finch, who was the band's LD before joining Siyan full time in 2005. While his association with the artist stretches back an impressive 12 years, Yenz started with them from 2004, initially that year as Steve's tech, before taking over the LD position 12 months later.

The 'specials' on this latest leg of the tour

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"For me, the iLive-R72 is essential for theatres shows where FOH space is at a premium, as it is so compact but offers all the functionality and quality of much larger desks," explains Pattison.

Most of the tour venues were large theatres featuring multi-tiered balconies where there are many facets to the PA system, such as main hangs, monitors, delays, out-fills, in-fills, under-hangs and front-fills.

"In multi-level venues it can be a real pain (not just for your legs) when you need to check on all areas and make change

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The Theater Ulm, founded 1641, is a multistage house offering opera, play and ballet. As a result of general renovations, the Theater in Ulm has received a new Riedel Artist Digital Matrix Intercom system.

At the heart of the installation is a Riedel Artist 32 mainframe that lays the foundation for the communications infrastructure. Due to Artist's free scalability, Artist systems can be easily expanded to form infrastructures with up to 1024 x 1024 non-blocking ports per installation.

"Especially the scalability of the Artist system was really important t

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"We anticipate significant growth in the themed entertainment and family entertainment markets in Asia. Our products are uniquely engineered for the those markets so we sought to partner with the most aggressive and well respected distributors in each area," notes Alcorn McBride's sales manager Larry Howard. "We also expect an increase of projects in Europe, the Middle East and Russia and are ramping our presence in those areas as well."

Alcorn McBride's European office in Paris, France has been directed by Henry Corrado of Alcorn McBride s.a.r.l. In 2012 Mr. Corrado expanded his

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Launched on 29 January, in the audio studios in the High Wycombe-based University's Gateway building, the arrangement includes the university's main recording studio being renamed The Sennheiser Sound Lab. The manufacturer will provide a range of equipment for use in the studio, including state-of-the-art digital microphones, giving students access to the very latest audio technology.

Sennheiser UK has worked closely with the university on an informal basis for the past eight years, providing education days, master classes, workshops and advice to dissertation students, but the new venture takes the interaction between the two much deeper.

A key element is the s

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Jan de Brucker and Louis Lukusa said, "L-Acoustics is the leading brand in our market and we are proud to be part of the Certified Provider network. The high level of quality offered by L-Acoustics fits perfectly with the needs of our customers. We look forward to working with L-Acoustics going forward."

Tim McCall, regional sales manager at L-Acoustics said, "We are very glad to work with Jan, Louis and Seb, who have extensive experience of the audio industry, to help promote L-Acou

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Within the first two years of operation, Concert Sound quickly earned a reputation for its excellent standard of service with artists ranging from Dire Straits, Tom Jones and Leo Sayer to a new breed of punk rockers including The Clash and The Ram

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For the company's 17th consecutive Super Bowl, PWS once again partnered with ATK Audiotek and Versacom for the big game. Recognising that preparation is extremely important to ensure interference-free RF management on game day, PWS project manager Jason Eskew and his team began their work almost five months prior to the game. "I did a site survey at the Superdome in October and submitted our frequencies in November for approval,&quo

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One of the casino's interior theatres was gutted for BMG's new Vegas home and its audio team descended on the space to build out the room and install a new system. Sound supervisor Marcus Ross spearheaded the efforts and programmed t

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Club Enzo is the latest addition to the popular strip and this new 9500ft² club is considered the flagship venue of the Nanjing Trendsetter Entertainment Management Co brand. The club was designed and architecturally constructed with high calibre dance music in mind. Adamson products were chosen due to their effectiveness and performance, and installed as a distrib

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Abbs will be responsible for Northern Light's international business development activities and has many years' experience of successfully implementing global sales strategies for the entertainment technology sector.

Abbs commented, "It's great to have joined Northern Light at this exciting time for the company and I'm looking forward to working closely with the team to develop and expand our international business strategy. I have known Northern Light for many years, both as a partner and a competitor, and it is a company I have always respected as being highly professional and committed to delivering quality and innovation with conscience."

Colin Cuthbert, managing director of Northern Light, concluded, "I'm delighted that we have secur

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"In launching DGCW, I can now leverage the wide array of experiences I have gained in the fundamental business domains of the international pro audio business for clients in every market. I intend to support my clients in growing and strengthening their sales organizations, penetrating new geographic and vertical markets, and succeeding with new products - affordably and efficiently," said Green.

With over 25 years of experience in pro audio sales, installation and business developm

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Exhibiting for the third consecutive year, White Light sees the BVE Expo as an opportunity to bring its comprehensive selection of products and services to the broadcast and TV industries. "It is important for us to support industry professionals with the right tools for the job," says sales director Peter Threadgold, "The BVE Expo gives us a great opportunity to share our newest lighting technologies and hear feedback directly from customers."

On stand AA15, White Light will display products from Altman, Arri, Coemar, CORE Lighting, Galaxia Electronics, Look Solutions, PR Lighting, Prism Projection, Robert Juliat and Rosco.

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A free download as an interactive iPad app, PDF, or hard copy, the book explores how Christie MicroTiles have allowed architects and designers to introduce inventive, irregular shapes into projects where video, motion graphics and interactive content are applied.

The release of The Book of Shapes: International Design Inspirations Featuring Christie MicroTiles coincided with Christie's largest ever presence at the Integrated Systems Europe trade show in Amsterdam and comes on the third anniversary of the market release of Christie MicroTiles.

The Book of Shapes app features MicroTiles installations from

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After 25 years of running their own trucks, Star Events have made the switch to subcontracting all of their haulage in order to introduce cost savings and efficiencies. Bowden says, "I'm really pleased to have found a local supplier with a strong fleet of vehicles, which not only do the job but look the part too. Robinsons have proved themselves to be extremely professional offering consistently high standards of service over the past year and we're all looking

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Lighting designer Seth Jackson worked diligently with Manilow to create an elegant and polished environment for the intimacy of a Broadway house. While some lighting designers could be daunted by the compact environment, Jackson adapted his design to fit the traditional venue with legs, borders and proscenium.

"Cues can have more subtly and precision, colour choices can read much clearer, and the kind of looks and focus choices you make are much more contained," said Jackson of the smaller space. "We did our best in the process to forego the 'usuals' of the concert look and

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The event took place over five days at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre in December, with top designers and fashion retailers showing the hottest upcoming trends.

The central point of the exhibition was the Suzuki Fashion Theatre, a catwalk show that ran several times daily and featured more than 40 models and dancers.

For the catwalk show, XL Events supplied a 4.5m wide by 5.4m high LED screen located centrally at the rear of the stage. This was formed from 120 tiles of lightweight Pixled FX-11.

The LED screen was flanked either side by scenic projection using double stacks of Barco FLM HD 20 projectors, managed by chief projectionist Chris Johnson.

Built into the end of the main runway was an LED floor, u

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The production team was keen to raise the tempo of the show by producing a stage set that would differentiate the band's performance from the contestants, whilst fitting seamlessly in to the existing production at the venue.

Production manager on the job, Kenny Underwood of Cheeky Rascal Productions, is a long-standing client of LS-Live's. He contacted the company direct to bring to life the designs of Stufish's Ray Winkler, in just one week. The 3m wide by 12m long stage, which sloped up to a height of 2.5m, had to be assembled and roll on the stage in just three minutes.

LS-Live custom built a s

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A.C.T Lighting Canada, in Toronto, supplied the grandMA2s to programmer Joe Allegro of Artistic Illuminations. Hugh Vanstone is the show's lighting designer.

"The show was originally on grandMA 'series 1', but we decided to move all the lighting and video to grandMA2 when the show was remounted in Toronto," says Allegro. "The decision was based on the length of the show commitment: eight months in Toronto and then on tour. In terms of hardware, the grandMA2 is a new platform and very solid; 99 percent of the information from the original production has come across."

Allegro is particularly pleased with the grandMA2's perfor