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DTS Raptor and NRG 1201 light Made in Sud

The fixtures were installed both on stage and in the stalls area

Details: 14 March 2016

Italy - Made in Sud' (now in its fourth season) is an entertainment programme made in Naples CPTV, broadcast by RAI. The 2014 edition has proven once again a television event of high technical level, thanks to the production choices that have raised the show from the typical 'comedy' format to a big-budget show, with the characteristics of a prime-time program.

Following the success of previous editions, Sandro Carotenuto was confirmed for the third time director of photography of Made in Sud.

Carotenuto decided to use the DTS moving heads - NRG 1201 and above all the Raptors - in a 'spectacular' way.

The fixtures were installed both on stage and in the stalls area; their projections have become one of the most recognizable elements of the show.

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An ever-increasing number of racecourse owners are installing LED screens to bring punters closer to the action

Lighthouse is first past the post at Capanelle Rome

Details: 14 March 2016

Italy - With horse racing taking place over considerable distances, much of the action takes place where it is difficult for spectators to clearly see what is happening. LED screens greatly enhance the thrill of the 'sport of kings' for its followers, which is why a Lighthouse Technologies' LED screen has recently been installed at the Capanelle Ippodromo horse racing course in the Italian capital, Rome.

An ever-increasing number of racecourse owners are installing LED screens to bring punters closer to the action, as well as making information like the latest betting odds available to all. Lighthouse has been at the forefront of this trend, with installations at Kempton Park in the UK, Wuha in China, San Rossore in Italy and others in place for a number of years, as well as a more recent installation at Canterbury Park in Minnesota, USA.

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Blaj Alive is one of Romania's most popular new born festivals

Set Up hits the road running with d&b

Details: 14 March 2016

Romania - It shows some ambition when a young company takes delivery of its first full size line array, completes system training for its technicians, then nine days later loads into a festival main stage with their new PA.

Ovidiu Grunca who owns Set Up Company, the Romanian PA provider in question, was unrepentant. "This was for an audience of ten thousand with two days of full on performance. A mix of mainstream and dance, with a little rock and metal on the side, Blaj Alive is one of Romania's most popular new born festivals. You might think us foolish, but we had good reason to feel confident we could pull this off." And pull it off they did.

The Blaj Alive line-up included international artists such as headliners Seether and AWOL Nation, mixed with the likes of Vunk, one of Romania's most successful pop bands with a career stretching back to 1999, and Zdob si Zd

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DisplayMapper delivers 3D projections for retail

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - DisplayMapper, a division of Projection Artworks has announced its fully daylight-visible retail solution. By creating retail sector applications using daylight visible 3D video-mapped projections onto and around products, whether built within FSDUs or as permanent installations, DisplayMapper will enhance products and ignite promotional messages, says the company.

Launching in July, the new division's retail display technology system uses bespoke cloud-based software controlled from a central network, which allows clients to develop and automatically deliver their own content to hundreds of daylight visible projections all controlled centrally. In-store equipment is low cost, industry standard and easy to use and maintain.

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CAST releases wysiwyg R33

Details: 14 March 2016

Canada - CAST Software has released its wysiwyg version R33, the most power packed release with more than 10 new features, giving lighting designers, multimedia and production professionals the ability to create and previsualize "amazing new lighting design like never before".

"This is the biggest release since wysiwyg was introduced twenty years ago" said Gil Densham, president of CAST Software. "R33 delivers new features including LED video wall glow, shaded view optimizations and profiles, templates, and double the number of universes. R33 certainly raises the bar for industry professionals so they become more productive, more professional, more profitable. It's all about our Members."

In creating wysiwyg R33, many new features result from extensive beta testing by some of CAST Software's most experienced wysiwyg users. One such lighting design

Red TX's RED 2 unit will make its Remote Recording Network debut at the Tuckerville Festival in Enschede

Red TX joins the Remote Recording Network

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Broadcast audio specialist Red TX has joined Europe's leading live recording initiative Remote Recording Network. Whilst contributing to managing and engineering music and broadcast assignments on a global and cost-effective basis, RRN offers bespoke solutions that cater for all kinds of transmission, recording, mixing, mastering, duplication and publishing.

Remote Recording Network GmbH had last year joined forces with Dutch mobile recording company Eurosound bv and had integrated the German 'RemoteTaxi' enterprise to establish the initial 'Network'.

Peter Brandt, head of Remote Recording Network and a man with over 30 years' experience of recording and mixing international rock, pop, jazz, and classical artists, says, "Bringing Red TX into RRN will benefit our European customers by giving them access to a fully digital truck based in Europe that can handle high-end

London College of Music refurbishes with RedNet

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Founded in 1887, the London College of Music has been a part of the University of West London since 1991. Today it has one of the largest music technology departments of any European educational institution, spread across two sites in Ealing, West London. Over the last few years the College has undergone an extensive building and refurbishment programme, headed by technical manager, Richard Liggins, who is responsible for studio facility design and technical development of the department's facilities. Today, UWL's London College of Music has installed the world's largest RedNet installation, featuring 42 RedNet units.

LCM had used Pro Tools as its primary music recording platform for several years, but with the arrival of Pro Tools 11, the college decided to look into moving over to HDX systems. Although integrating all-Avid systems would have been technically straightforwa

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Kasabian's incendiary homecoming gig in Victoria Park, Leicester

Renegade lights Kasabian homecoming in Leicester

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Creative lighting designer Nick Gray of Renegade created a spectacular show for Kasabian's incendiary homecoming gig in Victoria Park, Leicester, UK, realising a long-term dream of playing in front of 50,000 fans as their latest album 48:13 rocketed to number one in the UK charts.

Gray worked in close collaboration with the band's creative director & show designer Aitor Throup on the project which included over 500 lighting fixtures and a large 22m x 11m upstage 9 mm pitch white Winvision LED screen which made up a complete white box lighting and visual environment. Band founder, guitarist and vocalist Serge Pizzorno was also intimately involved in the whole design concept and look of the show.

The show was staged a week ahead of Kasabian's headline appearance at the 2014 Glastonbury festival. Staged on the summer solstice, it was the realisation of a long term dre

XL Video supplied video, lighting, sound and associated rigging

XL Video Supplies FY15 'Kick-off' event in Frankfurt

Details: 14 March 2016

Germany - Collaborating closely with communication agency The Outlook Creative Group, XL Video supplied video, lighting, sound and associated rigging for a large conference and gala dinner event at the Sheraton Hotel, Frankfurt Airport for one of the world's leading medical device companies.

The event was project managed on site for XL by Bill Hughes and for Outlook by their head of events, Iain Liddiard. It was designed by Outlook and attended by around 750 of the client's top executives and sales teams within the EMEA & Canada region.

The gala dinner took place on the first night in the hotel's Congress Centre and the room then had to be transformed into the main plenary and conference session for the following day.

XL's crew also rigged sound and lighting systems for the evening after-party in the Skyloft at the hotel.

XL and Outlook have worked together for about 11 ye

Chris Froome, winner of the Tour de France 2013, in Yorkshire

Eve wins Grand Départ contract

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Eve will provide 140km of barriers to the Tour de France Grand Départ across the three UK legs, from Leeds to Harrogate, York to Sheffield and Cambridge to London.

Mark Fisher, senior account manager at Eve, comments, "Our teams are well versed in top tier cycling events, having worked on the London 2012 Road Races and the 2007 Grand Départ, so we're really looking forward to it."

As an official supplier to London 2012, Eve delivered and installed all the crowd control barriers for the Olympic road events.

The company has invested a record £14m to add to its already market-leading stocks since, and new kit will be roadside for the Grand Départ contracts with WRG Live and Innovision.

Eve barriers will keep cyclists and fans safe as the Tour passes through Yorkshire towns such as Harewood, Otley and Skipton, Elland, Huddersfield and

The Melbourne Athenaeum is one of Victoria's oldest public institutions

Apex peaks in Australia with Group Technologies

Details: 14 March 2016

Australia - Apex's Australian distributor, Group Technologies based in Melbourne, has enjoyed a busy first half of the year with its key brands including the Apex range of signal processing electronics for the pro audio industry. Recent installations include the Melbourne Athenaeum and the Ding Dong Lounge live music venue, also in Melbourne.

Founded in 1839, the Melbourne Athenaeum is one of Victoria's oldest public institutions. Today, the Melbourne Athenaeum is home to the Melbourne Theatre company and stages a huge variety of productions from comedy festivals, to concerts, opera, musicals and of course theatre all year round.

Due for a complete audio overhaul, the brief was for an audio solution that would be able to handle the extremely broad palette of acts hosted by the venue, whilst at the same time remaining visually discreet and easily reconfigurable by theatre techn

The Fan Fest took place throughout the facility's main entrance and Walk Through Experience areas

D.A.S. Audio delivers loud & clear for Fan Fest

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - On May 2-4, 2014, the Pro Football Hall of Fame's first-ever Fan Fest was held - with thousands of fans mingling with the star-studded line-up of 100 Hall of Famers. This extraordinary event marked the most Hall of Famers gathered in one place outside of Canton, Ohio, the home of the NFL's Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Held in Cleveland's expansive International Exposition (I-X) Centre, the event included unprecedented access to the Hall of Famers through one-on-one photo opportunities for fans, instructional drills on a 100-yard indoor football field, engaging games and activities, plus roundtable talks. There was a lot going on and, to ensure the capacity crowd could hear everything clearly, a sizeable sound reinforcement system drawn from the catalogue of Valencia, Spain-based D.A.S. Audio was deployed.

Cleveland based Hughie's Event Production Services, which provides l

The University of Örebro is one of the fastest growing universities in Sweden

University of Örebro installs API 1608 console

Details: 14 March 2016

Sweden - With 17,000 students, the University of Örebro is one of the fastest growing universities in Sweden. Its school of music, theatre and art provides the growing student body with an array of course subjects, including recording music technology. In its quest to prepare students for moving on to a modern recording studio, the university has commissioned an API 1608 console.

Situated in the heart of Sweden, the university's proximity to Stockholm, Gothenburg and Oslo offer students a wide range of cities to seek employment after graduation. It is a young, modern and rapidly growing university with an ambitious agenda for the future. The university also offers courses in English and a foreign exchange program, attracting students from across the globe.

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Materia has recently toured 14 cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Clay Paky enters the arena with Marteria

Details: 14 March 2016

Germany - Rap band Materia has recently toured 14 cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland under the motto Zum Glück in die Zukunft II (luckily into the future II). The lighting designer Tjorre Hasubski counted on - among other lights - 22 Alpha Spot QWO 800s and 20 Clay Paky Sharpys. They were controlled by a full-size grandMA2, a grandMA2 light, one VPU basic MK2 and two 12 x 2.3 kVA digital dimmers, all made by MA Lighting.

Hasubski said,"The basic idea was that the show had to convey emotions through video images. However it was important for the video not to become too dominant. It had to fit harmonically into the general design concept. During some parts of the concert, lights were used to enhance the video components. However it was necessary to avoid putting the artists into the shadow while doing so. On the other hand, the light also had to stand out from

Litestructures will handle the manufacture of LiteConsole in the UK with Gear4DJs managing the distribution worldwide

Litestructures and Gear4DJs in joint venture

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - LiteConsole Ltd will be launched as a global joint venture between Litestructures and Gear4DJs on 1 July 2014. This step forward for the LiteConsole brand will create a solid sales platform for the product range throughout the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, says a statement.

Litestructures will handle the manufacture of LiteConsole in the UK with Gear4DJs managing the distribution worldwide from its brand new warehouse (opening summer 2014). Nick McGeachin, the driving force behind LiteConsole, will be fully focused in the new company on increasing sales and continuing development of the product platform.

Gear4DJs will add specific dedicated back office LiteConsole staff to support Nick, the growing network of official dealers, and to provide direct customer support. Nick McGeachin said, "This initiative represents a wonderful new dawn for LiteConsole. As all

Prodigy play Tel Aviv's Trade Fairs Centre

Prodigy rocks Tel Aviv with Robe

Details: 14 March 2016

Israel - Prodigy took their full-on maelstrom of mega-loud psycho-rock-rave to Israel, making some seriously deafening noise as the knife-edge excitement of their live show experience shook the Trade Fairs Centre in Tel Aviv to its foundations, complete with a lighting spectacle designed by Andy Hurst featuring over 120 Robe moving lights.

The lighting kit for the one off show was delivered by leading Israeli rental company Argaman Systems from Rosh Hayain, and included 32 x Robe Pointes, 76 x LEDBeam 100s and 16 x LEDWash 600s - all from Robe's Robin series.

Some of the additional Robe fixtures needed to service this show were supplied to Argaman by Danor Rental. Sister company Danor Theatre and Studio Systems is also Robe's very active Israeli distributor, and Danor's own Erez Hadar was at the gig to see the lights in action and appreciate Hurst's eye-popping lightshow first

Shure training day set for Emirates Stadium

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - The Shure Academy European Audio Network has announced another in its on-going series of hands-on wireless microphone technology training days, Wireless Mastered, on Tuesday 22 July - but this one is particularly special, as it is taking place at the home of Arsenal Football Club, Emirates Stadium in North London.

Since the launch of the Shure Academy last Autumn, there have been many training events around the country, including wireless training days in Manchester and Liverpool, and various events at Shure Distribution UK's headquarters in Waltham Abbey, such as an Audio for House of Worship focus day, the Audio Insight 2014 seminars in March and regular QSC Q-Sys audio network training. However, the July event is the first to take place at Emirates.

The event runs from 10.30am to 4pm on 22 July and is aimed at all event production staff, but particularly Front-of-House

Two DirectOut MADI systems were used for the live recording of two of the main festival venues

Moogfest 2014 features DirectOut MADI system

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Billed as the 'Synthesis of Technology, Art and Music', Moogfest is a quirky celebration of electronic music, geekiness and the legacy of synthesizer legend, Bob Moog. Held over five days in April in Asheville, North Carolina, the city where Moog spent the last 30 years of his life, performances from top acts like Kraftwerk, Flying Lotus, Pet Shop Boys and M.I.A. rubbed shoulders with instrument workshops and seminars on everything from sci-fi futurism to Sonification and Cybernetics.

For the first time, two DirectOut MADI systems were used for the live recording of two of the main festival venues. Moogfest documentation producer KamranV (CEO of CyKiK) and recording producer Nick Tipp (Soniferous Inc) were responsible for overseeing multitrack recording of the entire festival. Together they created a MADI setup based on DirectOut equipment as main recording systems and bro

Dierks Bentley's 2014 Riser Tour (photo: Tim Duggan)

Harman package powers Dierks Bentley tour

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Country music star Dierks Bentley is currently out headlining his 2014 Riser Tour through the fall with VER Tour Sound supplying the audio reinforcement system featuring Harman's JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers. In addition, Christie Lites is providing a full Martin rig for the dynamic lighting system, highlighted by MAC Quantum fixtures.

The audio system features a left-right hang of 16 JBL VTX V25 line array loudspeakers per side, with six VTX S28 subwoofers per side in cardioid configuration. For side fill, VER has supplied supplying eight V25 loudspeakers per side, along with six G28 ground-stacked subwoofers per side. Powering the V25 loudspeakers are Crown I-Tech 4x3500 HD amplifiers, with I-Tech 12000 HD amps powering the subwoofers.

"Dierks really combines country and rock together and this show is very much like a rock and roll production

At night, the building structure becomes a canvas drenched in light

Iluminarc enhances Puerto Rico Hyatt project

Details: 14 March 2016

Puerto Rico - The multi-level parking structure for the new Hyatt Place Bayamón and El Tropical Casino has been a labour of innovation and love, successfully incorporating indigenous art with a synchronized show and creative lighting elements. At night, the building structure becomes a canvas drenched in light, also lit by 25 Iluminarc Ilumipanel 40 IP fixtures, used for their rendition of saturated color and capabilities to function in humid or harsh weather conditions.

Boscaje Iluminado was designed exclusively by digital scenographer ANAITTÉ, for the Hyatt Place Bayamón & El Tropical Casino. Comissioned by PRISA Group, the initiative was awarded the Seventh Annual Excellence in Live Design Award 2014 in the architainment category by the readers of Live Design Online. The Iluminarc fixtures were supplied by Audio Visual Consultants, Inc. of Puerto Rico.

This year's Electric Daisy Carnival drew over 390,000 fans from every state and 40 countries

Steve Lieberman gets dynamic with Nexus at EDC

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - How do you top something that's already become one of the most widely followed lightshows ever? It isn't easy, but somehow LD Steve Lieberman manages to pull off this feat every year at the Electric Daisy Carnival, Insomniac Events' internationally acclaimed three-day EDM festival.

This year's Electric Daisy Carnival drew over 390,000 fans from every state and 40 countries, according to published reports. Lieberman's design on the 200' wide by 80' high EDC Basspod Stage treated them to an eye-popping example of what happens when a lightshow that's pushed beyond the outer limits wraps itself around some of the best electronic dance music.

"Our vision for EDC is constantly evolving," said Lieberman, president of SJ Lighting. "We are focused on creating environments for the audience to experience the show to its maximum potential; and for artists to have a pl

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