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Bennett, of Seven Design Works, has used the MagicBlade-R units to delineate thirteen jointed truss 'arms', which are suspended in a 'V' shape above the stage to form a pivotal feature of the stage design. The MagicBlade-R fixtures are rigged in double rows along the arms, which split along the centre line and move independently on a series of separate wire winches to shape and sculpt the stage from above.

"I didn't know the band well but knew their music. I wanted to give them something very different from the video-heavy designs of their past tours - and create something that I haven't done before!" says Bennett. "I like transparency, reflection and mirrors ri

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The festival is an important event on the South African cultural calendar, and the biggest annual celebration of the arts on the African continent, but many of the venues suffer from similar issues: excess heat and lack of power.

One such venue, Vicky's, is a small school canteen converted into a fringe theatre with a 150 seat capacity - but in previous years, the power supplied to the venue could not sustain its demands. To reduce the issues caused by the lighting, this year they decided to go all-LED, thanks not only to assistance from Prosound, but also to sponsorship from ETC.

Prosound's Mac Makhobotloane, who was responsible for lighting technical support, says, "We used

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Main Attraction - Cast members are the biggest draw for a

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Located in Ulsan city, about 400km to the southeast of Seoul, Dongchun Gym opened in 2000 as indoor sports events and multi-purpose centre. The capacity is 5,500 seats, two-story building with two basement floors. This is a typical gym shaped, but unlike other gyms, its roof was made of light fabric materials for natural lighting.

The new system had to meet number of criteria. "Top of the list was high-fidelity sound accepted by audiences and the team," said Tom Jung, executive director of Avix Tech. "And, the sound system design had to improve much more than former sound systems which the team used in the past."

There were some limitations to design and install the systems. First, Avix Tech had to place

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CTS supplied full technical production for the event area created in one of the aircraft hangers. This was draped off and used to present a high profile gala dinner on the Friday evening and an after-show party for RIAT staff and behind-the-scenes workers on the Sunday.

RIAT is geared to offering a great family day amidst all the drama, spectacle and adrenalized fun of a 7.5 hour flying display featuring a plethora of different aircraft.

CTS has been involved with supplying production for specific areas of RIAT since 1987. The gala dinner - now for 660 invited guests, including a host of dignitaries and VI

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This new facility, located in Gloucestershire, represents a £20m investment for Renishaw, providing an additional 153,000sq.ft of space to house research and development and corporate services staff, as well as demonstration, training and conference facilities.

The company supplies products and services used in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. It is also a world leader in the field of additive manufacturing (also referred to as metal 3D printing), where it is the only UK business that designs and makes industrial machines which 'print' parts from metal

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Susie has worked in a sales management, development and training role for several major UK companies.

"My main areas of expertise include motivation, training and sales psychology," says Susie, "So, even though the company has super levels of after sales service, my efforts will be aimed at working on improvements which relate to the sales message and the morale of the team. My objective is to raise the energy levels of the team and to provide a better service from the first contact."

"I welcome any comments or questions from customers and aim to try and be available as much as possible for customer liaison."

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"The first speaker to deliver genuine long throw performance in an ultra-compact format, LINEAR 5 LTS A makes use of HK Audio's revolutionary proprietary Multicell Transformer technology to deliver 138dB maximum SPL and silky top-end frequencies all the way to the back row, whether it's 30, 40 or even 50m away," the company says.

Designed and built at HK Audio's headquarters in St. Wendel, Germany, LTS A's sophisticated features - an affordable price, a small footprint and speed of setup - help users save on people power, truck space and time. Thanks to its straightforward design - which allows it to be stacked on the ground or on its head, or to be clustered with remarkable ease and f

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Built on the same technology that has made the uTrack24 a popular recorder/player for audio engineers around the globe, the uTrack-X32 is the world's first 32-channel recorder/player expansion card for the X32 and M32 family of consoles.

The card fits snugly into the X32 or M32 expansion card slot, operates completely independently and does not interfere with the console's mixing operations.

The uTrack-X32 can digitally record 32 channels direct from the console, without the need for additional hardware or computers, so there is no need to setup, wire, make new sessions, arm tracks or verify input levels.

The uTrack-X32 allows you

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Artistic Licence, a well-known name in the architectural and entertainment lighting sectors, is using the show as a launch platform for moody - a product that the company anticipates will appeal to a particularly wide market.

moody is a wall controller & programmable scene-setter for LED. It has a simple rotary dial, just like a conventional dimmer, except that it is lit up by a colour LED at the centre. This is not just for show - the LED indicates the colour and intensity of zones of light that can be programmed and controlled by moody.

The USP of the product is its a

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Petawawa is located in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. The town lies on the west bank of the Ottawa River, at the confluence of the Petawawa River. The Civic Centre is the town's recreational hub, with its vicinity incorporating an arena, library, playground, soccer field, hockey arena, curling baseball field, miniature golf course and a large children's playground amongst its numerous leisure amenities.

Like all large open areas with multiple outdoor activities taking place concurrently there was a need to be able to inform the public in the event of an incident or emergency. This could range from warning of a fast approaching storm, such as a

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"We are very pleased to announce that we have appointed Focusrite Audio Engineering as our distributor for the United Kingdom," says Ling Zou, general manager for sE Electronics. "The Focusrite brand has an outstanding name in the industry, and their worldwide success is a testament to the drive and ambition that flows through the company. We are very confident that their experienced team will continue the success story of sE Electronics in the UK."

Siwei Zou, founder & CEO of sE Electronics, adds, "Focusrite are a worldwide brand in our industry, and I am very excited to welcome them to our still-growing family of distributors."

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"We hadn't done any major upgrades or renewals since 2005," Mr McMahon explained. "Graeme came up to Bundaberg to do another job for the school and I spoke to him about it. That started a very strong

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Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation which handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programming in French for Switzerland. Two RTS channels cater for Switzerland's 1.6 million French speakers. RTS Un is a mainstream channel showcasing its major in-house productions and is complemented by RTS Deux which leans towards sports, the arts and youth interest programmes.

Recently, the channel invested in a new, fully automated HD television studio dedicated to news programming, which would

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The fourth Lumiere festival will see some of the world's most eminent artists transform Durham City's unique urban landscape and architecture into a magical nocturnal adventure. Artists include Janet Echelman from the US, Fujiko Nakaya from Japan, Catherine Garret from France, as well as two French pioneers of digital art, Miguel Chevalier and Patrice Warrener.

Alongside international artists, County Durham's residents will be playing a starring role in this year's festival. Working in collaboration with Lumiere artists locally produced ideas include Ho

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The man behind Shania's concert sound is long-time FOH engineer Nigel Green, who has mixed all of the singer's live shows and concert DVD soundtracks since 1998. Although a studio engineer for most of his eminent career - with credits ranging from Def Leppard and Britney Spears to Billy Ocean and the Backstreet Boys - Green has turned to LEO for a smooth transition from a controlled studio environment into cavernous sports arenas.

"One of the difficult things for me, coming out of the studio world, was that a lot of PAs had an identifiable

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In short, the venue - home to the Goteborg Symphony Orchestra (GSO) - took the world of concert halls into a new league. It remains one of the most prestigious venues in Sweden and a place that everyone enjoys playing at and visiting.

Now they have Robe LED moving lights. The venue's investment in Robe fixtures was instigated by Måns P?r Fogelberg (aka 'MP'), Head of GSO Play, the in-house streaming and broadcasting division, together with Konserthusen's head of technical Johan Bjorkman in consult

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Centred around the theme of Business Communications, this platform provided attendees with in-depth presentations and hand-on demonstrations of the latest microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems that the company offers and educated them on how these systems can be utilized in smart office, education, hospitality and other industry segments.

The event also gave attendees a first time view of a number of Sennheiser's products that are yet to be officially launched in the region, as well as access to key members from Sennheiser's Business Communications Team from Germany. "Conference and Translation Systems

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Competitions took place across a number of different venues, some permanent, some temporary, some large, some small. Specialist audio supplier, Dimension, and Sports Technology director Damian Rowe had the challenging task of supplying audio systems for the competition venues throughout the games, and for the many corporate and press facilities that required a pro audio presence.

Rowe is no stranger to events of this magnitude; a veteran of the Sochi Winter Olympics, London 2012 and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, his CV is something of a gold standard. "Across the 21 ven

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"We needed the show, to look good for the live audience, as well as on television," explained Aaron Russ, lighting designer at Protec.

The opening ceremony used a riot of colour and light to depict the central theme of urging youth towards core sporting principles of determination, perseverance, stamina and the will to achieve. This was explained through a narrative and skit that was inter-woven in a film that depicting the history and culture of the UAE. Held at the NAS Sports Complex, the high-profile event was attended by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prin