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USA - Emmy-nominated television LD Fred Bock is always filing away information about possible "future uses" when he encounters a new fixture. So when Bock of Ferri Lighting Design & Associates (FLDA) in New York saw the Nexus 4x4 LED panel from CHAUVET Professional at LDI, he made a mental note. "I thought they did a nice job and could be a good replacement for halogen matrix panels," he said. "They seemed like a nice solution looking for a challenge."

Recently, Bock found a challenge that was tailor-made for the Nexus. The red-hot Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer, whose debut album charted at number one in 11 countries, was appearing on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, where Bock is the LD. The band presented him with a concept sketch th

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UAE - Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG), one of the world's leading suppliers of entertainment and event technology headquartered in New York, is acquiring Dubai-based Gearhouse, L.L.C., the largest provider of turnkey event production services across the Gulf Region. PRG Chairman & CEO Jeremiah J. Harris and Peter McCann, the Managing Director of Gearhouse, L.L.C jointly announced the acquisition this week.

Founded in 1994, Gearhouse, L.L.C. has long been established as the market leader with a client portfolio that includes international touring artists The Rolling Stones, Muse, Rihanna, Eric Clapton, and The Prodigy, along with leading global production companies, government agencies and a growing list of key regional venue partners.

For PRG's worldwide clients this acquisition means that they will now have access to a complete range of technical expertise and product

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Belgium - Creative lighting and visual design practice Painting With Light has announced a restructure, with Luc Peumans becoming the majority shareholder and CEO with immediate effect, taking over all the company's day-to-day management.

Luc founded Genk based Painting With Light in 1999. He comments, "To move forward on the same trajectory for the next 15 years, I needed to be fully in control and accept responsibility for our future strategies, investments and direction ... and so the deal was negotiated on that basis".

He adds that he and his former business partners - Dimi Theuwissen and Jim Stas - are looking forward to new challenges and horizons and that they have parted "on the best possible terms", and very proud of what the award winning company has achieved to date.

Painting With Light specializes in creating lighting, set and visual designs f

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UK - Visitors to the Shure Distribution UK stand at PLASA London 2014 had the opportunity to learn more about Shure's QLX-D Digital Wireless system, which made its UK trade show debut at PLASA. Delivering exceptional wireless performance with transparent 24-bit digital audio, QLX-D features networked control and compatibility with Shure's intelligent rechargeable battery technology.

QLX-D Digital Wireless transmits accurate audio with extended, flat frequency response. The system's automatic channel scan and IR sync make finding and assigning an open frequency quick and easy. Suitable for live sound events as well as installations at public and corporate facilities, academic institutions, houses of worship, hotels, music venues, and more, QLX-D's solid RF performance enables users to confidently cover applications with diverse requirements.

"This system packs in a lot of

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Switzerland - RTI has updated their high professional Nano product range and released the RTI Nano RGB 30 with '10-10-10' ultra white-balanced setup.

The new RTI Nano RGB 30 show laser light systems were especially developed for professional users with high demands that require professional quality without compromise. This new system comes with a '10-10-10' setup, meaning it has nearly an equal power distribution over the colour sources: >10W/638nm, >10W/530nm, >10.4W/450nm and a guaranteed power of 28W after aperture providing an awesome white balance with incredibly good beam specifications of only ca. 6mm/<1.0mrad (full angle!). The red spectrum is covered by 638nm bright red diodes only - no dark 658nm diodes are used! As a green color source, a Coherent Taipan OPSL is integrated.

The major challenge was combining the huge number of single red diodes in an array with good

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ETC Halcyon Silent

High End Systems Halcyon Silent builds on ETC’s legacy of fanless automated fixtures by incorporating features from the highly sought-after Halcyon family. Halcyon Silent perfectly balances silent operation with brilliant output of 18,400 lumens and high-impact features. 

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USA - When the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Newsies flies off the rack to begin its North American tour this month, sound designer Ken Travis relies on Masque Sound to deliver a dynamic custom audio equipment package for the smash hit.

The musical features a score by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken and lyrics by Jack Feldman, a book by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein and is produced by Disney Theatrical Productions.

Having designed the sound for Newsies' Broadway run, Travis has a deep understanding of the show's audio requirements. His goal for the tour was to replicate the remarkable Broadway sound in each of the different venues and theatres, all of which have their own unique characteristics and challenges. In order to accomplish this, flexibility in the sound system was a key component.

To achieve the all-encompassing range

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UAE - Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG), one of the world's leading suppliers of entertainment and event technology headquartered in New York, is acquiring Dubai-based Gearhouse, L.L.C., the largest provider of turnkey event production services across the Gulf Region. PRG Chairman & CEO Jeremiah J. Harris and Peter McCann, the Managing Director of Gearhouse, L.L.C jointly announced the acquisition this week.

Founded in 1994, Gearhouse, L.L.C. has long been established as the market leader with a client portfolio that includes international touring artists The Rolling Stones, Muse, Rihanna, Eric Clapton, and The Prodigy, along with leading global production companies, government agencies and a growing list of key regional venue partners.

For PRG's worldwide clients this acquisition means that they will now have access to a complete range of technical expertise and product

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Create new traditions – Cameo P6 - High Output Full-Spectrum Ellipsoidal

Cameo's P6 is a future-proof LED profiler with a powerful 600 W RGBACL engine and 16,000 lumens. It’s an energy-efficient replacement for 2.5 kW halogen profile lights in theatres and venues. With excellent light quality and natural colour rendering, it fits perfectly in theatres, musicals, TV studios, congresses, and live events.

With an LED life of 50,000 hours and low power use, the P6 cuts energy costs and supports the EU’s ‘Green Deal’ goals for climate neutrality by 2050. It also meets updated eco-design rules for lighting.

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Germany / Italy - Italian loudspeaker manufacturer K-array has launched a new product that fully utilises the digital powers of , AFMG's ground-breaking beam steering and coverage control technology, FIRmaker.

K-array KH8 features eight built-in DSP channels per enclosure, driving separate sections of 20 HF, MF, and LMF transducers, resulting in exceptional coverage control and a rated maximum SPL of 145dB, say AFMG.

As well as being the first loudspeaker system that has been built from scratch with FIRmaker steering in mind, the K-array KH8 offers a range of other, interesting features that fit well with the fully digital concept. Coming boxed with three units in a straight frame, the KH8 is flown without the need for curving. Instead, the vertical aiming of each element of the flat hang can be adjusted easily and at any time while the whole system remains straight, never tak

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UK - Lightning struck all summer at London's Roundhouse this year, as a special sound and lighting installation, Arboreal Lightning, formed the centrepiece of the venue's Summer Sessions. K-array loudspeakers helped transform the former locomotive shed into an interactive art space.

Commissioned by Imogen Heap as the centrepiece for her Reverb mini-festival in August, Arboreal Lightning was a large-scale interactive installation, designed by Alex Haw at his atmos studio, which transformed sound and gesture into a fully immersive environment. Built at the side of the Roundhouse stage, the tree's LED strip 'branches' spread throughout the venue's structure, reacting to the sounds produced by both performers and audiences.

A key part of the project was an ambisonics surround sound installation so, when performances were not taking place, people could enjoy a totally interactive e

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UK - Robert Lawrence Event Production Resource recently installed Outline's Butterfly and Mantas line array systems, along with DVS 118 subs, in Virgin Media's Our House at V Festival.

The all-weekend house party continued for the fourth year at V Festival with DJ sets from some of the UK's hottest musical talent including Red Light, Too Many T's, Shy FX, Mister Jam, Hannah Wants and Naughty Boy. Duplicated systems were installed at both V Festival sites, Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park, Staffordshire.

The highlight of the Our House party at Hylands Park was the first Our House sound clash between Rudimental and Hospital Records, won by Hospital Records. Highlights are available on YouTube.

In addition, Outline Audio was also installed at the Sony Stage in the Louder Lounge VIP area, which featured performances from Neon Jungle, Star Sailor, Kodaline, Foxes and Trai

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USA - Cheap Trick are currently out on tour with an assortment of gear that guarantees that their followers get the 'Cheap Trick' sound they expect.

Burst Sound & Lighting, headquartered in Detroit, is the sound production company tasked with making sure the band has all of the equipment they require including a new Adamson Systems monitor rig.

"We expanded our Adamson inventory when they rolled out the E218 line array cabinets earlier this year," explains Scott Ciungan, operations manager for Burst Sound & Lighting. "I knew the new boxes along with the M212 monitors would deliver exactly what the band was looking for."

The monitor rig is a new set-up of Adamson Systems monitors, side-fill and subwoofers. Monitor engineer Steve Funke, who was not familiar with Adamson before this tour, was impressed with the flexibility and sound quality of the monitor ri

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UK - Billed as one of the finest events and conference venues in central London, The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre in Blackfriars has a reputation to retain.

When doubts were raised about the performance limitations of an existing sound system in the main auditorium, The Mermaid's technical manager, Andy Munro, approached Bose to find out what could be done to upgrade to a state of the art system. Fortunately, Bose had only recently introduced a new range of loudspeakers which bore all the hallmarks of being perfect for the venue.

The venue is a 600 capacity raked seating theatre, and the brief was for a system that could be used for vocal reinforcement for presentations and PA announcements, as well as for recorded music and live music enhancement. The venue is used regularly by the BBC for its Friday night concerts, as well as by ChristChurch London, which holds two wee

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Azerbaijan - Mamedia group teamed up recently with SGM to deliver a full outdoor event concert package for the Nakhchivan city municipality in Azerbaijan; this included all technical project design and event management.

"Not having had any outdoor equipment before, we wanted to offer them a flexible solution in sound and light from top manufacturers, so I chose SGM for the lighting and K-array for the PA system," explains CEO Boris Abdul.

The eight G-Spots used for this open-air show were the first shipment of these fixtures received by Mamedia, who since 2004 have deployed SGM's 1200 spots to high satisfaction. Even though the fixtures are still in good condition, Mr. Abdul wanted to expand his stock with the new LED moving head.

"In my opinion, the G-Spot is the most advanced and innovative moving head in the world market today. The weather in Baku [capital

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Italy - The 2,700-year-old Teatro Greco in Sicily recently hosted a summer concert series with artists including James Blunt, Simple Minds, and Italy's chart-topping Gigi D'Alessio. Faced with limitations for amplification in the historic amphitheatre, the audio team selected the flexible Mica line array loudspeaker system to ensure pristine audio quality throughout the arena.

"Every time we go to the magical Teatro Greco, we are awed by the magnificence of this venue," reports Roberto Rosu, FOH engineer for Gigi D'Alessio. "And thanks to the quality of the Mica system, the end result was amazing."

Flown loudspeaker arrays in the historic arena were not an option, according to Freddy Dagata, audio project manager for Light and Shade di Alessandro Finocchiaro, the Aci Catena-based production provider. "We really had a chance to appreciate the versatilit

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Estonia - The Vanemuine Theatre in Tartu, Estonia, has just premiered its own new production of the epic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Phantom of The Opera.

It is only the third occasion in over 25 years of this work that a producing house has been granted the right to produce a new version of the show adding elements of their own interpretation. It's also the first time that the worldwide hit Phantom has been produced in the Baltic states and former Eastern Europe - all of these facts an immense honour for Vanemuine.

The production is directed by Georg Malvius with a lighting design by Pallé Palme utilizing over 100 Robe moving lights.

The two - both Swedish but constantly working internationally - have collaborated on many previous projects. They enjoy a great working relationship and creative chemistry, and both also have a long history at Vanemuine, o

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USA - Standards on the Stage will take place on Friday, 21 November, and Saturday, 22 November during LDI show floor hours and will feature educational and informational sessions on new standards, established standards, and draft standards from PLASA's Technical Standards Programme.

Look forward to hearing from industry experts like Doug Fleenor, Richard Nix, Peter Willis, Karl Ruling, Mike Wood and more as they share their experiences and knowledge of PLASA's Technical Standards.

Presentations will include such subjects as: a new project for makeup mirror lighting, a talk on why your lights might flicker using DMX512 and RDM, and a demonstration on the tip-test for boom and base assemblies. All attendees of Standards on the Stage will be entered to win a pair of tickets to Cirque du Soleil Zarkana on Sunday, 23 November at 7:00pm.

Standards on the Stage is open to all LDI a

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USA - Located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Elk Rivers, the community of Elk River, Minnesota has been called the 'City of Energy', a reference to its long history of harnessing the power of its two mighty waterways. This tradition makes Elk River a fitting home for River of Life Church, a house of worship that radiates positive energy as evidenced by its many outreach programmes and dynamic worship services.

The environment inside the roughly 6,000sq.ft house of worship matches the vibrant character of its services, thanks in no small measure to a high impact lighting design created by Excel AV Group that uses the Rogue R2 Spot moving head and COLORdash Par-Quad 18 LED par-style fixture from Chauvet Professional to engage worshippers. This was the second phase of a long range project; an earlier phase also utilized Chauvet Professional variable white LED fixtures for

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USA - To launch their much-anticipated new album Ghost Stories, Coldplay played a pair of intimate live shows in California, which were filmed and broadcast on network TV stations around the world. The high profile event marked the debut of a second DiGiCo SD7 mixing console on the band's live setup.

Coldplay Front of House engineer Dan Green adopted the SD7 in 2011, for the band's Viva la Vida tour. Its success persuaded monitor engineer Chris Wood to join him, the launch of Ghost Stories proving the appropriate launchpad for a significantly enhanced audio system.

"Dan originally switched to the SD7 because of its sound, versatility, feel and compatibility with Waves plugins," says the band's touring systems engineer Tony Smith. "After that tour, Chris felt that the timing was right to join Dan in using an SD7 as well. With the band in the studio,

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South Africa - Rental company Gearhouse South Africa has added 48 x Robe Robin Pointes to its inventory which went straight onto War Horse, Vodacom in the City and various other events.

"The Pointes are a market leading product in terms of innovation and flexibility," commented Stuart Andrews, lighting operations manager for Gearhouse SA, Johannesburg. "We compared many other products from a variety of manufacturers and they still won hands down. The units have been, as I thought, the star of the show."

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Spain - Bautista Martí Italia is a newly opened lounge located in Antic Regne, one of the most central and busiest avenue in Valencia, between the districts of Canovas and Ruzafa.

Taking into account the importance that the design and the atmosphere of the lounge has for this particular customer, the installer,Sistemas 2, relied on WORK Pro's Neo Series of loudspeakers for the audio systems. The installer chose the white version because it integrated perfectly with the rest of the interior design and decoration.

The Neo Series comprises five different passive loudspeakers, two two-way active loudspeakers and an active subwoofer and mixes sound quality with a compact design, which makes it much easier to blend them with the architectural requirements of different projects. Technically, these loudspeakers are suitable for low impedance installation as well as 100V line installa

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USA - Holo-GauzeTM, the 3D display solution from Holotronica Ltd, has enabled the creation of "the world's biggest, brightest, highest-resolution indoor hologram effect" during superstar DJ Eric Prydz's EPIC 3.0 show at Madison Square Garden - the third in a series of visual dance music events.

The performance, on 27 September, utlised a 20m x 5m Holo-Gauze screen which displayed huge hologram effects, including a giant helix, huge speaking head, and numerous rotating particle effects, realised by Realtime Environment Systems Ltd (RES) producers of the show.

Holo-Gauze comprises a metallic, highly transparent gauze (patent pending), and is the only gauze able to work with 3D polarised projection systems which use a minimum of two projectors - although it can also produce believable 2D hologram effects using one projector. During the EPIC 3.0 show, three merged 40,000

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