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It follows on from the highly successful Coda system supplied by Adlib last year to the adjacent Velodrome track. Adlib was asked back by Manchester City Council, to deliver a permanent multi-purpose audio solution for the first ever permanent indoor BMX track in the UK.

The Adlib team was led by Roger Kirby and John Hughes, and overseen on site for them by Alex Burke.

Coda was specified for several reasons including continuity with the Velodrome system, and due to the positive response from the initial events. The system also offered the sonic range and dynamics demanded by the BMX Centre - which stages a whole range of events including those organised with local communit

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Ronan Keating toured with thirty-two VL3000 Spots and 27 VL3500 Wash supplied by Chameleon Touring Systems. Lighting designer Neil Trenell used a simple three truss rig designed to cater for a wide variety of venues from state theatres to arenas in Australia and New Zealand and to make load in and out easy due to several back to back shows.

"The VL3500 Washes are great - very, very bright and deliver a great beam effect that compliments the other lights in the rig," commented Trenell. "The VL3000 Spots are just a really nice light and you get a great gobo out of them, they're ideal for the theatre environment that we're trying to create."

Eight VL3000 Spots were situated on the floor, the back truss held a further

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The survey will track the careers of people in the industry, and the talent that has emerged from it, in order to better understand the impact that public investment in the theatre sector makes.

The aim is to collect the views of a range of theatre professionals currently or previously working in the sector, as well as those who have aspired to do so, on how their careers have developed. The wider the range of participants, the more valuable the research will be, and the more we will know about the success story of British Theatre.

TBR and BOP Consulting, who developed the survey, will also unde

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As a professional who takes a close interest in the way his industry grows and evolves, Al

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"The main reason I use Sennheiser equipment is for its sound," says Thornton, who has specified SKM 500-935 G3 for vocals, with a combination of e 904, e 901, e 906 and MKH 40 for backline. "We've tried these guys with all sorts of different microphones and the 935 sounds particularly good with their voices and gives me loads of volume before we have any feedback issues. Plus the boys like the feel, the way the microphone handles and the way it looks."

"Sennheiser has been involved with The Wanted right from the very start,"

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"Apart from sounding great, it was the flexibility of the iLive system which really drew me to it," comments tour manager and FOH engineer, Phil Gornell. "The band tours with full production kit but thanks to iLive we only have to carry a single rack for monitors. For one off fly shows, we are able to take our iDR rack as hand luggage and run the show using a laptop loaded with iLive Editor."

The band has already toured Europe, USA and Asia with the iLive system.

"It's a real comfort to have iLive on tour. It's a relief just knowing we're going to turn up at a different venue and get the same sound every day for our guys, which is the important th

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Used for both the spoken word and music, the system was designed to improve acoustic intelligibility and musical clarity in this 400-seat local church.

Patrick Han of Day Kyung Vascom comments:"The church wanted to upgrade their system, and after assessing the space and discussing their requirements in detail, we have supplied two Renkus-Heinz IC8-R units with RHAON (Renkus-Heinz Audio Operations Network) and upgraded other aspects of their system to create a better system all round."

Also installed were an Allen & Heath ML3000-24 mixer, Apex dBQ-Zero and 104-10 Aural Exciter and a variety of Sennheiser micr

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The ceremony, which took place at the Tryp hotel in Frankfurt during ProLight&Sound, started with a choreographed rendition of the 'Mission impossible' theme, that ended with the clear statement "Mission accomplished!", whilst highlighting the brand new JACK and NICK NRG high-power compact moving heads, introduced by D.T.S at Prolight&Sound.

Silvano Latteo, D.T.S president, and Franco Zaghini, VP of sales, awarded the Excellence Awards 2012 to the company's most successful dealers and to the best installations, concerts and events staged with D.T.S. products over the last 12 months.

Prizes were awarded to the following categories: Buildings; Theme Parks; Sport Venues; Clubs; Events; Concerts; Theatres; Televisions; Musicals; and also Best Distributors and Best Turnover Increase.

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The survey will track the careers of people in the industry, and the talent that has emerged from it, in order to better understand the impact that public investment in the theatre sector makes.

The aim is to collect the views of a range of theatre professionals currently or previously working in the sector, as well as those who have aspired to do so, on how their careers have developed. The wider the range of participants, the more valuable the research will be, and the more we will know about the success story of British Theatre.

TBR and BOP Consulting, who developed the survey, will also unde

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The daunting challenge of audio system design was shouldered by Rodrigo López of Mexico City-based consulting firm Zero Phase. His assignment was to provide uniform coverage across a vast, irregularly-shaped area - over a kilometer wide and a half kilometer deep - comprising uneven hillsides, sloped parking lots and open fields.

To augment the main stage Milo arrays, López plotted a system of 40 delay towers laid out along 12 delay lines. Arrays

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As ever, Rycote staff and designers will be on hand throughout the day to answer technical questions and demonstrate products. This year, several new broadcast products will be on display, fresh from their debut at April's NAB show in Las Vegas.

"Our open days have proved to be a very popular way for us to keep in touch with our customers," explains sales & marketing director Stefano Pucello. "They're a great opportunity for our users to see and give us instant feedback on our products, and to exchange ideas

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On 26 January thousands of spectators flocked to the Darling Harbour precinct to celebrate the founding of the Port Jackson settlement in 1788. The merriment culminated in a multifaceted choreography of lighting, lasers, fire and water, which climaxed in a magnificent fireworks display.

"The Sharpys are awesome," comments Collison. "They're small and extraordinarily bright, which made them absolutely ideal for this project for a number of reasons."

Collison's brief was to build a small cityscape on a barge in the centre of Darling harbour. "We designed a cylindrical video screen surrounded by a number of towers," he explains. "This ga

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The resort, located just south of Iowa City, is also home to a multipurpose Events Centre that offers a busy schedule of top name entertainment featuring artists like Big & Rich, Peter Frampton, The Robert Cray Band, and Tony Orlando, as well as hosting corporate, community and private functions.

The resort has recently upgraded their in-house audio capabilities with the installation of four Renkus-Heinz CF101LA modular point source array speakers. As Marvin Smejkal, owner of Sound Concepts, a production sound installation and rental company with offices in Iowa, Missouri and Flor

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It was clear from the outset that enormous technical and logistical challenges would have to be overcome to make the event a success - in particular the sound quality with opera purists lining up to criticize an operatic performance that utilised radio microphones and amplification.

Fortunately this open-air production of Verdi's La Traviata has opened to much acclaim by critics and whilst Brian Thomson's open, sloping, diamond-shaped stage with its scene-stealing 9m x 9m crystal chandelier has grabbed initial attention, the sound quality has been universally praised.

Sound designer Tony David Cray, along with th

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The photo showed the staff holding an Inukshuk, a Canadian monument made of unworked stones which represents the energy of stone in a human image, traditionally used by the Inuit for communication and survival. The message read: "MDG is proud and honoured to offer this Inukshuk to cast C. Adolph & RST Distribution for our 20 years of partnership and many more to come!"

That same Inukshuk, having been transported in hand-luggage from Montreal to Frankfurt, was then presented on the stand to Heinz Siller by MDG's Martin Michaud. Michaud explained that, "In modern times,

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Between the beginning of last December and end of January, the striking circus Big Top, coloured in yellow and black was raised for more than 60 shows, with over 1,400 people attending each day.

Jens Berthold, CEO of Germany's J&S Music, and Christian Griebel, technical director for the show, set the specifications. "We needed highly reliable fixtures. Due to arctic temperatures, far below zero at night and around 25°C during the shows, condensation was only one of the challenges we needed to face. Furthermore, dust, heavy use of fog machines and constantly changing temperatu

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LD Matt Mills designed the lighting and the set, and programmed and operated the show for CMI Communications. He elected to use three DL.3 Digital Lights and 18 intellaspot LED automated luminaires, provided by Mainlight Industries.

Mills used the DL.3s in Collage mode, using two to create one seamless panoramic image above the podium for the press shots. "The press would get right at the downstage edge of the stage and take an upshot of each of the candidates at the podium. I thought it would be a nice touch if there was something in

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Written and directed by Toby Gough, the Grandfathers of Cuban Music brings together three masters of Cuban music to celebrate the rich heritage of Havana's Buena Vista neighbourhood. The cast is headed by the venerable 94 year-old Reynaldo Creagh who ignited the flame that started the whole Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon. Probably the world's oldest working singer, he is considered a living legend in h

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"The Lucas Nano 300's ultra-compact subwoofer and two fist-sized satellites are sure to astonish and amaze with an audio experience to rival that of far larger systems," says the company. The subwoofer houses the electronics and a versatile three-channel mixing console so that the Lucas Nano 300 is ready for immediate use without any additional equipment.

"The two satellites lock into a transport bay on the subwoofer with a simple twist of the wrist. And thanks to its very comfortable grips, the entire system is easily carried in just one hand."

A highly portable sound reinforcement solution for a multitude of different applications restricted only by the limits of users' imaginations, the classic setup with stereo satellites is easily reconfigured as a m

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HSL was working for Production North, who asked Dave Lee to create a lighting design for the tour, working alongside show producer Louise Doyle. Together, they helped deliver a lively and entertaining performance to One Direction's young and enthusiastic.

HSL's project manager Mike Oates comments, "We were very happy to be working with production director Steve Levitt, production manager Mike Clegg and the team from Production North again, who always produce a great live show with real entertainment value. We were also able to offer an integrated and efficient technical package encompassing both lighting and LED screens."

In 2011, HSL made its first major in

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This time they have bought an eight-enclosure TTL33-A compact, three-way active line array system and two further TTS28-A subs to add to the four they already have. In addition, they have invested in six TT25-SMA touring 15in stage monitors and RCF's proprietary RDNet system software, to integrate with the TTL33-A.

According to Yes Events director, Tom Chennells, the underlying reason for the latest round of spending was to service the assault on 30 shopping malls simultaneously by Rock Choir's infamous Flash Mob on Sunday 25 March.

Rock Choir is the biggest contemporary choir in Britain. W

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Founded in 2000, the PMF was created as a joint venture between the two associations, in recognition that there was no organisation dedicated to the specific needs of the production manager.

Since then, the PMF has held three to four meetings a year, on various subjects ranging from International carnets to greener productions.

This latest meeting is presented as part of the PLASA Focus seminar programme. It will concentrate on the ABTT's Technical Access Passport Scheme (TAP) - launched at last year's ABTT Theatre Show - and the range of possible benefits this unifying card scheme offers t

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Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash tweeted, "The news of Jim Marshall passing is deeply saddening. R & R will never be the same w/out him. But, his amps will live on FOREVER!"

Motley Crue bass player Nikki Sixx also paid tribute on Twitter, saying Marshall was "responsible for some of the greatest audio moments in

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Using the latest CGI technology the team behind the massive Hollywood blockbuster, i-Robot, created one of the world's largest LED displays. Nokia took control of nine of the square's famous electronic screens to ensure the crowd were immersed in light and music from every direction. The light show was introduced by international superstar Nicki Minaj, who sang a medley of tracks from her new album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.

A team of visual artist worked for more than 5,000 hours, day and night for more than three weeks, to create the hundreds of effects that were used on the large screens. All of the electronic screens were controlled from a mobile server that was f