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14 March 2016

Larry Estrin, of Best Audio in Studio City, CA, who serves as audio and production communications director for the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), chose A-T for each of the four debates in the series.

Products used included A-T's 5000 Series wireless with AEW-T5400a condenser handheld transmitters and AEW-R5200 receivers for President Obama and Governor Romney (allowing the candidates to freely roam while answering the evening's questions); AT898cW Subminiature Cardioid Condenser Lavalier Microphones with AEW-T1000a body packs (doubled for redundancy) for moderator Candy Crowley; AE6100 Hypercardioid Dynamic Handheld (wired) microphones, connected to

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Stemming from a mutual hometown in Italy, RCF and Benny Benassi share a distinct zeal for the highest standard of excellence within their own fields, making the collaboration a natural fit. RCF will not only be decking out Benny's tour bus with top of the range speakers but they will also be offering a pair of monitors AYRA 6 to win.

Benny comments, "As a DJ I am always around speakers and finding a good set is always a challenge. I genuinely love the sound quality of RCF speakers so when they offered to fit out my tour bus I was really excited. They're even putting sub cabinets in the luggage hold, the sound system on the bus is going to be amazing."

Setting off on 17 October and covering 17 shows, Benny Benassi is driving the R

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The structure covers 6,300 square meters and is designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects with Arup to be one of the most sustainable buildings in the world, using solar power and ground source heat pumps to generate its own energy among a large number of sustainable technologies. With offices and a 270-seat auditorium, the highly interactive building offers the publi

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Loudspeaker systems drawn from the dedicated installation White range were displayed, and demonstrations of the high quality sound achievable with these systems were made. The fully featured integration technology of their associated d&b amplifiers, with on-board control and processing, and network integration, was highlighted. Janko Ramuscak from the d&b Application Support team in Germany made a well received presentation on The secret of good sound system design.

The highlights for visitors were the d&b D12 and D6 amplifiers with their comprehensive DSP control functions for loudspeaker configuration and sophisticated protection. Besides the expected para

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14 March 2016

Part of the Illuminating York festival, the annual Locos in a different light event from 1 - 3 November gives visitors the opportunity to see locomotives and carriages in the collection from a totally different perspective. This year's lighting competition, in which teams of students experiment with various effects in order to bring the collection to life, will be bigger than ever for 2012 with double the number of nights open to the public.

The initial competition takes place on the 1 November and the entries are judged by professionals during a private event. They will be marked according to four categories; safety and conservation, energy and efficiency, object communicat

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The ARK Festival 2012, the largest ever, was held in Technopolis, a noted industrial museum and a major cultural venue of the City of Athens, Greece, in the neighborhood of Gazi, next to Keramikos and very close to the Acropolis.

For this special event, the Technopolis became a lively and interactive park with dozens of parallel events of cultural, social, sports and educational nature to complement the musical experience.

The festival took place on two distinct stages, the Ark and the Angel. Sixteen JACK high-power compact moving heads were placed on the Arkstage, suspended fro

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Due to its popularity, the Batmink event was held over three days; with Allen & Heath trainer Stuart McKay on site for the duration of the training. "I was really pleased with how the three days of training went. Batmink provided a great location and real hospitality and I look forward to working with them again on future sessions," commented McKay.

Batmink sales director, Grant Thomas added, "We were really pleased with how well attended and received the training days were. Stuart is extremely knowledgeable and the feedback we

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Lighting designer Andrew Gardner and programmer Fares Aljunied chose a grandMA2 light to control the lighting equipment that was supplied by Showtec Singapore.

Aljunied explained,"The grandMA2 is my console of choice - especially in projects like this, were the range of fixtures could only be made available last minute. So with the preset flexibility of the grandMA2, very fast programming was possible. Also key was that the grandMA2 could easily adapt to changes in control concepts with regards to Timecode and media server in

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14 March 2016

Investing in new facilities is central to Orbital's philosophy, as MD Chris Headlam explains, "We originally created our studio complex with the aim of providing a fully equipped working environment for creating sound effects, click track and voiceovers, and it has been hugely popular since it opened. The new programming suite is a natural extension of this, designed as a welcoming and comfortable space, with the added bonus that it is furnished with some of our latest mixing consoles to give users a chance to try them out at their leisure. It's all about providing an enhanced service that supports the creative proce

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The ZED mixers are supplied by Sound Creations, the Paxt Ltd appointed distributor for Allen & Heath in Kenya.

Amit Poonj Sharma, managing director of Land Mawe Ltd said, "The ZED-10FX mixers have stood up to the rigours of the tough roads and sometimes heavy-handed DJs and have consistently delivered, without a single repair to date. Many of our clients are blue chip corporations so it is imperative to supply equipment that matches expectations and the ZEDs look and perform professionally."

(Jim Evans)

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Guy Vignet, comments, "The Yaxis series was very successful in France and our network of users is strong. This seminar was designed to show existing and new clients that Energia and the E15 are not just a repackaged system of the past. Our team is looking to the future in every way. And the E15 is winning over engineers at a very fast pace."

The event was split into two separate days with the first day focused on touring FOH and Systems engineers and the

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Alofs was asked by the venue's owners to come up with an exciting lighting scheme to match the vibes and exclusive feel of the venue.

His winning concept was based on LED moving lights as both he and the client wanted a rig that - in addition to looking amazing - was as sustainable as possible and offered excellent value for money and low on-going running costs.

A keen user and specifier of Robe products for the last two years, Alofs made the decision to use 12 Robin LEDBeam 100s, eight DLX Spots and four LEDWash 300s at the centre of the lighting rig.

These are rigged on circular trussing in the roof and around t

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When the tour arrived in Stockholm, Sweden at the Ericsson Globe Arena, Wireless Solution was asked for equipment immediately for the show. Within hours, W-DMX BlackBox MK2 equipment was sent from Uddevalla in a special urgent delivery with directional antennas directly to the Globe in time for Lady Gaga's performance. The equipment has continued on the rest of the world tour under the supervision of promoter Live Nation.

The lighting design is by Patrick Woodroffe with Mac Mosier as lighting director. The rig is a self-contained Upstaging production that

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"We asked visitors why they had stopped at our booth and most of them mentioned the globe installation," stated Daniela Schäfer of Bombardier's exhibition staff. "Within the first few hours of the exhibition, it was a great success story."

VC-Dots are lightweight strings of individually controllable LEDs available with one, four or nine LEDs per pixel. They come in an RGB colour mixing version or cool, medium, or warm white single-color version

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They will offer a thorough grounding not only on the AXYS products but also system design within difficult acoustic environments. This is your opportunity to learn more about the principals and techniques of probably the most profound audio technology of the 21st Century. It's also an opportunity to meet with and discuss issues arising from projects you are currently working on with the Duran Audio team.

Day one will start with a product overview and the focus will then move onto our highly successful AXYS Intellivox range. The Intellivox range, first introduced in 1996, was the pioneer of beam steering. AXYS Intellivox units have since been installed in Airports, Atriums, Railway Stations, Shopping Malls, Theatres, Concert H

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14 March 2016

The Guide answers the questions that any meeting convener, onsite AV/IT manager, systems integrator and supplier should be asking in order to get the maximum impact from each and every AV presentation. This includes type of screen, size and format (whether plain white or optical), the required projector brightness and lens - and image sources/presentation software.

The brochure takes as its premise the belief that most presenters today prefer a well-lit meeting room, where they can see their audience and read facial expressions and body language. However, this requires ambient room lighting, and thus a badly advised projector/screen combination can wash out even the best

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The new kit will be worn by SV Waldeck's Under 13's, coached by Bernd Hochrein. The team, who play in Division 3 of the local youth league, have made a sensational start to the season, and presently sit in top position.

This is much to the delight of Optocore directors, Marc Brunke and Tine Helmle, whose son, Yorick Brunke, has played for the club for the past six years.

By way of thanks, club executive Herbert Bueser, presented Tine Helmle, with a jersey in the same new design - but with the addition of No.9 (the traditional striker's number) and her name on the back.

(Jim Evans)

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Hoffer, SoundGarden's technical designer and contractor, is a long-time fan of grandMA consoles and specs them exclusively for his projects. "The MA onPC command wing provided the perfect solution for this venue," he says. "Everything is controlled by it," including over 100 lighting fixtures, and all three onboard universes are fully utilised.

MA onPC command wing is designed to be deployed wherever it is physically difficult to use a grandMA2 console. Used in conjunction with free of charge grandMA2 onPC software,

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Designated a national monument in 1918, the grounds are protected and preserved by the National Parks Service. In the late 1930s the Civilian Conservation Corps built a handful of administrative buildings adjacent to the ruins, using local soils for adobe block construction.

Little has changed since 1940, until now. Designed and built by Phoenix firm Nagaki Design Build Associates, the newly expanded Visitors

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"The show is a mix of hard and soft lighting," says Rose, "and I knew from experience with the original Source Four products that I would get the look that I needed from the Source Four optics. The various lens options have always made them a flexible product to fill various needs. Testing proved that I could get the best combination of intensity and colour temperature from the Source Four LED Tung

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14 March 2016

The Grande Galerie de l'Evolution of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris has origins dating back more than 375 years. Its previous lighting system had extremely high maintenance and daily use costs, said Pierre de Cazenove, the museum's head of operations and planning for exhibits. The move to SeaChanger LEP is part of the museum's effort to conserve energy and use long-lasting light sources that won't harm delicate museum pieces.

SeaChanger's colour engine, designed to be utilised with ETC Source Four optical components, provides professional lighting for theatres, museums and architectural installations around the world. The LEP can crisply

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Run by Andy Cooper, manager at Yamaha Commercial Audio's European Support Centre, the seminars took place at the city's Dom Sindikata venue on the 10-11 October and proved extremely popular. A wide range of audio engineers attended, including studio, theatre and television technicians, front of house and monitor engineers who work with Serbia's highest profile performers.

Sessions included a comprehensive overview of the CL series facilities, the flexibility of the system's Dante networking and the many advantages provided by features like Auto Gain Compensation, Premium Rack effects and seamless integration with the Nuendo Live DAW. Partici

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The fifth annual event looks set to continue its success story with over 91% of exhibition space already taken and only 15 stands available to book between now and December. PLASA members and previous exhibitors receive discounts on stand space, but exhibitors are advised to move quickly to secure a spot.

Long-standing exhibitors who will be returning to the show include Shure Distribution, Elation, AC Entertainment Technologies, Adam Hall, Hall Stage, Electro-Voice, Sound Technology, Batmink, Chauvet, J&C Joel, Polar Audio, Avolite

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During a "particularly strong" 2011, UK songwriters and composers earned £187.7m globally - up 10% on 2010. Income earned abroad has doubled in the last decade, the PRS added. Royalties are generated any time a song is played - whether it is on TV, radio, online or at a live event - and distributed between composers and performers.

PRS said that revenues had jumped from £88m in 2002 for two reasons: The popularity of British music abroad and "improved licensing". Live music incomes saw substantial growth from £2.2m to £21m since 2002, due to sel