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Considered the "centre of cultural life in the County", these venues present 25 productions for audiences of over 100,000 per year. Stage Technologies updated the stage equipment in Linköping between July and October 2012, and completed a similar refurbishment on Norrköping in the same time frame in 2013.

Runda Idéer AB's Karl Runqvist said, "It was clear from the very first meetin

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PLASA Focus: Baltimore 2014 will be held in the Reitz Arena at Loyola University, Maryland, located just 10 minutes from downtown Baltimore and 30 minutes from BWI Airport. PLASA Focus: Austin 2014 will be returning to the Palmer Events Center in Austin following the success of two PLASA Focus events previously held at the venue.

Having made a name for itself during the past two years, the PLASA Focus series will continue to provide live production professionals with access to the very latest pro audio, lighting, AV and stage technolog

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Regarded as a "most modern studio" at the beginning of the 1990s, the privately operated radio station had outgrown its old location by 2012, and was no longer at the cutting edge of technology. Since then, the 'Löwenbräu' Area of Zurich has provided an ideal new space - not more than 1200ft from its old location. Here, SLG constructed an entire studio complex at the beginning of 2013 in the time-honoured 'blue hall' in the Löwenbräu Area.

In a record-breaking construction period of just two months, two state-of-the-art broadcast studios and associated equipment rooms were built, pl

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"With live equipment portfolios that perfectly complement SSL's Live console combined with a wealth of experience in the live market, both Alfa Audio and Arva Trading are ideally suited to partner with SSL in this new venture," says Tim Harrison, area sales manager, SSL. "The highly innovative new Live console has rightly generated high expectations from our prospective clients to deliver a sales support structure of the highest standard at the local level. This is accomplished through Alfa Au

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"The MJF-210 started with a customer's request to bring the intelligibility and power of the MJF-212A into a more production-friendly package," says Pablo Espinosa, chief loudspeaker designer and vice-president of R&D. "The end result is a product that reflects users' needs in the field, and its small footprint also offers more flexibility in bringing the myriad self-powered advantages to the stage."

According to Meyer Sound, the MJF-210 features a low-profile design with an

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Awarded in the Expendable Category was the Nano Spot by Darklight. As the smallest and more affordable LED spotlight on the market, members were pleased with its small size as well as the easily adjustable swivel head.

In the Gadget Category, members awarded the Source Four Mini by ETC. Impressed by its crisp Source Four optics and image projection, members appreciated its efficiency.

In the Equipment Category, members awarded the Phoenix LED by Altman Lighting, taking notice of its brand new 250 watt LED unit offered in 3K, 5,600K, RGBA and RGBW ve

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Located in Metn, east of Lebanon's capital Beriut, St Joseph is a tri-lingual school, teaching in Arabic, English and French. The GLD replaces an existing analogue mixer and will manage various performances which take place in the theatre.

"The Allen & Heath GLD-80 digital mixer was the perfect product to supply the school, I knew it would meet their every need when it came to creating a quality sound they needed for their performance. St Joseph's are very happy with the digital console," said Mr. Pierre Fahed, sales manager for Technosound.

"Technosound has long been a partner of PAXT and they continue to develop sales and broaden the range of Allen & Heath available in their market. We are happy to continue to support our successfu

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Lighting designer Ed Warren - known for his stylish and inventive stagecraft - was asked to create lighting for their latest US and Canadian tour which was out for a month playing a variety of venues between 800 and 1500 capacities to sold out audiences and receiving rave reviews.

Warren chose eight of Robe's tiny LEDBeam 100s to be a key part of the toured lighting rig - which had to fit into a trailer being towed behind the bus with all of the band's backline. They were chosen for their compact size and ability to help showcase the original lighting concept.

Warren received a brief from the band which referenced some of the artists they had seen recently including The National, Flaming Lips, Beach House a

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"Company NA gives LumenRadio a strong partner in the Latvian market," says Jessica Björk, sales & marketing manager at LumenRadio. "With their excellent sales presence, technical support and strong brand awareness, I believe we are heading towards a really successful business relationship."

Company NA, founded 1994, is one of the leading professional companies in Latvia, with a wide range of light equipment, light system control and management equipment for theatre and stage use. Company NA has provided equipment to some of the largest installations all round Latvia, including the Eurovision Song Contest in Riga 2003.

"We are extremely proud and thrilled to be part of the LumenRadio family," e

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Branton marked his sixth consecutive year lighting the pageant, which was televised on ABC-TV. After spending a number of years in Las Vegas the show moved back to Atlantic City where "the venue, audience and scenery doubled in size," he reports. "Given the size of the hall and way the show was set in the room, every single element of production had to be rigged from overhead - and there's no permanent rigging infrastructure. So there were 240 individual rigging points for lighting, sound, video, scener

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As part of the upgrade, the studio installed an Eclipse-Omega system as its intercom backbone. It is used for connecting the wireless FreeSpeak users with the Eclipse V-Series key panel users in the facility's two identical control rooms. The V-Series panels primarily serve those working in the "galleries" section of the control room, including sound control personnel and directors, producers and their assistants. Having used the FreeSpeak system at its

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Following the HOG4 family of console products launch, High End Systems launched a new breed of Hog at LDI, the HedgeHog 4. Alongside the product launch came the announcement of a new type of partnership. Elation Professional will distribute the HedgeHog 4 in the US, Canada, Latin America, South East Asia and India. This agreement will enable Elation to offer its customer base a powerful and intuitive lighting console while offering High End Systems access to markets previously unreached.

Alongside the HedgeHog 4, High End Systems launched the SolaSpot Pro CMY and the new family of high definition media servers- Axon H

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XL delivered nearly 800sq.m of various LED surfaces, video projections and creative / scenic LED elements plus control and 12 crew under the project management of Guido Ruysschaert to help realise an ambitious production design by Wieder Design from Germany. This was based on an intergalactic theme and featured a giant UFO style structure above a spherical stage.

The 2013 EMAs, directed for live broadcast by Russell Thomas and lit by Tom Kenny, was attended by a live audience of around 12,000 and aired across MTV's global network drawing record viewing figures - claimed to be over a billion! Fans worldwide cast a staggering 292m votes across all MTV digital platforms to help decide the 201

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Local social enterprise company, Real Ideas Organisation (RIO), oversaw the restoration and re-opening of the Grade I listed column. Their brief to Nick Western at Clockwork Audio Systems was to provide a solution to project historical images marking the life of the column - mapped onto its face, with an accompanying soundtrack and a fireworks climax.

The second requirement for the projector was that it could be used in the associated Devonport Guildhall next to the column - to project images for conferences and events - but also to use as part of a cinema experience.

AC-ET's Video division, which offers complete creative LED, p

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Says the company, HK Audio engineers experimented liberally to devise an innovative, intelligent way of exploiting a next-generation DSP's capabilities for multiband limiting.

"The PA cabinets are manufactured at HK Audio's St. Wendel headquarters," says Lothar Stamer, co-owner and head of R&D at HK Audio. "To set new standards for this class of speaker, we deliberately chose wood for the enclosures in combination with the integrated digital controller and the generously sized power amp circuitry."

The line features two full-range models, the PL112 FA (12" inch woo

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In 2007, Numark and Serato unleashed the original NS7, a clever controller/mixer combo that brought a level of performance with ndigital media that had never before been achieved, accurately reproducing the look and feel of vinyl, "beautifully blurring the boundaries between different DJ'ing eras so successfully that it made them almost indistinguishable".

Now Numark is pushing contemporary DJ performance capabilities even further forward with its all-new NS7 II, incorporating iconic technology from Akai Professional, music production technology trendsetter and creator of the MPC legendary lineup. The NS7 II's 16 MPC pads can be instantly assigned to control five dynam

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The built-in audio-mixer, 240VAC relays, lighting and AV control makes the DelTa "an unmatched and cost-effective three-in-one solution, giving you complete room control via mobile touch device or web browser". Custom graphical user interfaces are configured using the new and intuitive Neets Project Designer software - like all other Neets software tools and apps, free of charge.

Drag-and-drop the devices you need from the extensive device driver library, create custom buttons or use one of the many templates to make control of the room a breeze. All connected devices are controlled through a generous amount of RS-232, RS-485, LAN or IR ports, making the Neets Contro

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Jünger Audio's first device to feature Audinate's Dante technology will be the V*AP two channel voice processor. With its high-end algorithms and simple to use interface, it is specifically designed to make life easier for engineers working in radio stations and TV production voice-over studios.

Adding audio network capabilities to the V*AP complements its consequent network approach on control, measurement and administration. In combination with a Dante computer interface or the DVS Dante Virtual Soundcard software, the V*AP can act as a sophisticated frontend for any digital audio workstation (DAW) or video editing system. The Dante interface solution will be released for

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The move from Le Maitre's previous US headquarters in Austin, Texas was something that Le Maitre USA joint-owner Karen Haddon had been keen to make happen for a while. She says: "Finding the right location for us in Vegas has involved a great deal of time and effort, but it's absolutely been worth it all. The move to Vegas offers a

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For Bale, this was the inaugural journey on a grandMA2 console. "I had been using the same desk almost exclusively for the last fifteen years; like most people you tend to stick to what you're used to. A desk is a very personal choice but Paul encouraged me, telling me that I wouldn't regret giving the MA2 a try. And, in fact, it was the ability of the board to allow you to set it up in such a way that is unique to its user is something that I feel is real strength of the console - something that initially won me over - without being limited to a fixed set of windows and faders which cannot be altered too much.

"For me and I'm sure a lot of MA users, the real time is sp