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The show featured a complete new set, lighting and visuals design by Kyle Kegan of Voyage Productions and utilized Robe BMFL Spots, BMFL WashBeams and ColorStrobes - amongst other lights. All the Robes were newly purchased by Rainbow Production Services (RPS).

"Those strobes are simply mind-blowing," declares Kyle, using them for the first time after receiving a demo and swapping the originally specified product for the new ColorStrobes.

Major Lazer's new stage set includes eight three-sided Periactoi-style 13ft high towers which are about 7ft wide (six were used at Coachella). The first facade is a scenic speaker cabin

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Just as he did for the London production, Doyle turned to Tony Award-winning sound designer Gregory Clarke to create a clean, powerful sound design that would accurately reflect the extraordinary passion of Alice Walker's tale of black female oppression and emancipation in the American south.

"I deployed EM boxes on the original London version of the show in 2013 and they performed spectacularly well," explains Clarke. "I specifi

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14 December 2016

On 1 May 2016 Vanguardia is launching MeTrao's distribution, through which audio professionals and event organisers across the UK will be able to benefit from the product's technical wizardry.

Offering a new way of measuring sound and vibration, MeTrao was devised by Dutch entertainment technology experts Event Acoustics, based in Utrecht. The intelligent sound management product allows event organisers and sound engineers to meet noise control regulations with ease - while maximising the quality of audio output at the highest possible levels. Vanguardia has done a deal with the product's main European distributor, Ampco Flashlight Sales, to secure UK rights.

MeTrao was launched in The Netherlands in 2012, where it has sold over 200

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14 December 2016

"We very quickly came across Powersoft and immediately liked the fact that we share the same philosophy - namely, uncompromising quality and remarkable standards. Powersoft products are the most advanced solutions in the field of audio amplification production and are an essential component in any signal chain."

Po?u?a said their decision was based on decades of experience in renting and selling solutions in the audio field. "It has taught us to recognise quality and so Powersoft was our logical choice. As a brand it offers exactly what w

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14 December 2016

Silvio Cibien, sales manager for ELC Lighting commented, "We are delighted to welcome Venuetech on board as exclusive and indeed the very first distributors of our product range in the Middle East. Venuetech's regional experience and knowledge of the industry is second to none and the company's reputation is held in high esteem by those working the AV industry. While our kit has been installed is some high profile projects in the region, this is the first time that local customers will be able to buy directly from a local distributor, which gives them the added benefit of product support on their doorstep, should they need it."

Elie Khairallah, technical director of Venuetech said, " Within the context of its continuous strategic development, Venu

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"Eventim Apollo is renowned for celebrating world-class talent of all kinds, so we're thrilled to be hosting the Knight of Illumination Awards 2016, which champion the exceptional work of the world's leading lighting designers," says Sarah Myring, Eventim Apollo Front of House and Corporate Sales Manager.

"It's also fitting that so many of the designers have themselves worked on shows at the iconic venue, which has recently undergone an overhaul with colour wash LED lighting to create a truly state-of-the-art lighting system. This is an excellent opportunity to recognise the talented community of lighting designers that have come through our doors over the years, and we're delighted

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14 December 2016

A statement on the Eurovision website said, "The EBU has withdrawn member services from Romanian public service broadcaster Televiziunea Romana (TVR) following the non-payment of debts totalling CHF 16m."

Reasonably Well Off - Adele has been named as Britain's richest ever female musician, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. A list of the top 50 music millionaires in the UK and Ire

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14 December 2016

John has worked both nationally and internationally, covering a wide range of different events and productions. His company Dutch Multicam is located in the southern town of Sint Willebrord, with facilities that include edit rooms and full post-production facilities. John has been using Yamaha 01V96 digital mixers for many years and so, when the demand dictated the need to develop an OB facility, he naturally looked to Yamaha again.

"I have a long history of mixing with Yamaha, both for recording and post-production. Many of my colleagues in the broadcast industry also use Yamaha because of their excellent reputation

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14 December 2016

Held at the old RC Cola Plant in Miami's Wynwood neighbourhood, lighting designer / production designer for the event was Neil Marsh, who has been lighting the DJ trio for the last five years. He included 12 ACL360 Bars as part of the floor package, positioned on upright trusses at shoulder height on the stage to provide strong backlight and visual interest both on camera and for the audience.

Output from the ACL 360 Bar's seven 15W RGBW LEDs coul

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14 December 2016

Dating back to 1838, St George's is a Church of England parish church based in the centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire. And with morning and evening Sunday services and a range of other activities taking place each week, the church is a busy venue.

Given its variety of weekly activities, the church's PA system needs to offer a high level of flexibility as well as exemplary sound to cope with changing set-ups of musical and spoken content. The mid-sized S5000 control surface allows great versatility and an ability to cater to the church's constantly changing band line-ups and recording needs.

Replacing an out-dated analogue system, the dLive system presented few issues to the PA team at St George's, with Ben Hammond

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14 December 2016

"We are excited to expand our independent field rep network with three excellent rep firms with deep experience in Pro Audio and MI," says Greg Addington, Fingerprint Audio's national sales manager.

Beginning 1 March, Audio Pros took on representation for the New England States (ME, MA, VT, NH, RI, CT).

Starting 1 April, AMP Sales began representing Fingerprint's product lines for the southwestern US (CA, NV, UT, AZ, NM, CO, & WY).

Also starting in April is a new firm, Fusion Tech Marketing, LLC, built on over three decades of experience working at every level of the Audio Visual industry. Fusion Tech Marketing will be servicing the plains states (NE,

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"Taking our SAM products on the road to our customers has proved hugely popular," says Tomi Hassinen, Genelec. "Our customers have enjoyed getting up close and hands-on with the latest products in the SAM range, and the format also allows us to educate users about new features, as well as the best way to achieve the full performance benefits that SAM offers. The response so far has been great and I'm also really lo

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14 December 2016

Frederic's team are based at PRG's location in Ostend, Belgium. The new PRG Projects team will also incorporate, and work more closely with, the former XL Video research and development team based in Shenzhen, China. The combined expertise of the team has already been responsible for realizing some of the most technology forward designs and custom installations in concert touring, large-scale spectacles, television, and sporting events, including ceremonies in Athens, London, and Sochi over the last several years.

In addition to working with the team in Ostend, PRG Projects in Shenzhen will c

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14 December 2016

Ireland 2016 was an ambitious and wide-ranging national commemoration with an extensive programme of music and speech, theatre and sport. As in 1916, some of the most significant events took place in Dublin, where large crowds attended ceremonial parades and entertainments, culminating in a multimedia spectacular at the legendary Croke Park Stadium.

Irish president Michael Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny were guests of honour at Croke Park, along with 82,000 spectators who watched two premier Gaelic Football league finals before a special theatrical production. Produced by Tyrone Pro

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Highlights include sessions from d&b audiotechnik, MA Lighting console training from Ambersphere Solutions and HOG4 training from High End Systems.

The seminar from d&b audiotechnik's Steve Jones explores how loudspeaker size affects its whole performance including its directivity, the direct to reverberant ratio and what loudspeaker throw actually means.

The three sessions available from Ambersphere Solutions on MA Lighting dot2 compact lighting consoles will provide visitors with an overview of all the features of the new console, including hands-on instruction covering all the basic operational features. High End Systems will also offer traini

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As part of this growth, the worship family located in Brentwood, TN, recently underwent a building campaign to expand their ministry even further and in doing so they wished to make LED video a part of their worship services. While attending the WFX tradeshow in Nashville, Senior Pastor James Lowe found his solution for the new facility which was FLEXLite 6.9mm LED video tiles from PixelFLEX.

"With our Bethel Build Campaign underway, we were also about to undertake a month-long sermon series where our pastor wanted to show HD video elements during the message," began Technical Director Garrett Hestla. "This was something entirely new for us and since we wanted to bring LED video into the new facility as wel

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14 December 2016

The BTT is the most important advanced training event organised by the theatre and event technology industry in German-speaking countries. A total of 80 companies will be represented there, including established family-run firms and innovative enterprises, ranging from small start-ups to major market leaders. The Stage Technology Conference can look back on a history that spans more than 100 years and this year will be taking place for the fifty-eighth time.

The extensive programme of supporting events comprises around 70 lectures, seminars, round table discussions, workshops and excursions. High points of the conference will include the SoundLab, specially desig

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14 December 2016

Two dLive systems managed the popular British Music Embassy Showcase, hosted by Austin's Latitude 30 club and featuring 10 to 12 bands each day of the festival. A GLD-80 was installed at the Threadgills venue to manage their roster, plus local PA company, Rock 'n Roll Rentals, supplied Qu mixers to various smaller venues.

dLive was requested for broadcast duties at the SPIN magazine party at Stubbs, where Chvrches, Deftones, and Vince Staples played, and a GLD-80 Chrome system with Waves was used by Tommy Williams mixing Ry-X for his key performance at St David's Episcopal Church.

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PMX Trading and Technical Services supplied a full technical package to the two consecutive dates, including 130 x Clay Paky Sharpys, 50 x Sharpy Wash 330s, 16 x A.leda B-EYE K20s and a mix of 42 Stormy CC and Stormy LED strobes. The sold-out concerts took place at Manila's 20,000-capacity SM Mall of Asia arena.

"In my experience, Korean productions are all about having the latest technology and the most spectacular lighting designs," says technical director Dwight Carvajal of Beatbox DJ Store & Launch Pad Events, which operates under Launch Pad Consultancy Ventures Inc. "This is why Mr Moon Wun Jun specified such a large amount of Clay Pak

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Jo Pauly, d3 operator and programmer from Belgium-based Visual Solutions was brought in to consult and design all video during the preplanning process.

Another first for BlackTrax, the motion tracking solution was used to track key performer, Marco Borsato on stage and on a guitar shaped interactive LED video catwalk throughout the performance.

BlackTrax was seamlessly integrated with d3 technologies 4by4pro media servers to manage content for the entire concert including main stage LED wall, two IMAG LED walls and two rows of LED video banners throughout the whole venue.

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14 December 2016

Dubbed 'the greatest show on snow', Snowbombing takes place in the Austrian town of Mayrhofen and welcomes over 6,000 festival-goers for a week of music and snow sports. Following on from last year's success of taking Snowbombing fully cashless for the first time, Intellitix once again deployed a bespoke system across the entire festival site, which included installing the system's antenna 1,500ft above Mayrhofen.

Intellitix's RFID system was implemented across the festival's main venues including Europahaus, Bruck 'N Stadl, The Racket Club and The Arena to enable secure Cashless Payments and speed up transaction times at key locations with a

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14 December 2016

KLANG:technologies takes stage monitoring to the next level, allowing engineers to create a much more spatial and natural-sounding IEM mix, combined with the option of simple wired or wireless multiple simultaneous user control via the KLANG:app, says the company.

The sessions will also introduce KOS2.1 to the UK market. Founder and chief marketing officer of KLANG:technologies, Dr. Pascal Dietrich, commented, "We are excited to present major improvements and additional features in our software after recently showcasing upcoming products such as our motion sensor KLANG:vector."

Dr. Dietrich continued, "Our new firmware KOS V2.1 has just been released for KLANG:fabrik and KLANG:vier. As well

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14 December 2016

Outline's participation is two-fold: a stand of over 100sq.m (Hall A5C5 017) and the Music Inside Festival: 36 hours of music with 30 top-grade DJs, whose sounds will be amplified by three distinct GTO (Grand Touring Outline) systems supplied by Angelo Catoni's rental company Emporio On Stage with the support of Federico Rotondo's Sound Tech.

Outline will present the Vegas series, designed for installation and amplification in various vertical markets. The range includes a super-compact model with the very specific function of image shifter, and three coaxial systems with unique features for this type of speaker. The Vegas 24, 8 CX, 12 CX and 15 CX models are designed and manufactured to the same stringent quality standards as the Grand To

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Consulting firms, integrators and sound engineers are invited to attend any of the four Adamson events held in Beijing (9 May), Shanghai (11 May), Chengdu (13 May) and Guangzhou (15 May). During each seminar, Dohrmann will provide a product demonstration of the S-Series S10 line arrays supported by the newly introduced S119 compact subwoofers. He will also provide a live demo of the accompanying Blueprint AV simulation suite software and review available E-Rack solutions.

The new S-Series represents a milestone in Adamson history. "The S10 line array offers a very attractive blend of p