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KKL Lucerne, the world-renowned cultural centre designed by Jean Nouvel, has taken delivery of 28 RJ 710SX2 2500W profiles and 16 RJ 714SX2 2500W profiles, all of which were supplied with 100% closing irises by LSB's Swiss German agent, Electric Claudio Merlo.

KKL Lucerne's international reputation as a top cultural and convention venue is grounded in the quality of its high profile programme of events, so it is especially important that its technical standards are of the same high calibre. The concert hall is acclaimed for its superb acoustics so the silent cooling fans of Robert Juliat's 700 series profiles proved a major benefit.

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JRA's audio director Stephen Maddox selected the SD5 for the main campus FOH after seeing its debut at the 2012 InfoComm show, adding an SD10 for monitors. An additional SD5 was purchased for FOH at the West Campus with technical engineer Brian Roggow overseeing the installation there. JRA pulled the old consoles-which freed up loads of space-after a Sunday morning service and had the DiGiC

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For several years Campbell has been using a Shure PSM 400 Personal Monitor System, which he has been more than happy with, but recently he upgraded to the Shure PSM 900 Wireless Personal Monitor System for a variety of reasons.

"Firstly, it looks like the PSM 400 system will be obsolete by the end of 2013 due to the frequency reallocation for digital TV and such," he said. "Also, the PSM 900 is a big step forward in quality particularly the sound quality which is very noticeable. Sonically, it's crisp and clear."

In addition to PSM 900's superior

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Regular training events taking place throughout the year, on average one every two to three weeks, have been such a success that Adlib intends to step this up in 2013.

Those already taking advantage include premium brands L-Acoustics, Coda Audio, Sound Technology, Shure, Digico, Martin Professional, Avolites, grandMA & Chauvet.

ADLIB officially inaugurated its new 50,000sq.ft warehouse facility at the start of 2012, complete with a purpose built area dedicated to training.

It has been the long term brain-child of Adlib

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London-based lighting designer Theo Cox, who has designed lighting for concerts by performers such as Bon Jovi, Kylie, The Killers and The Rolling Stones, has specified VL3000 Spot and VL3500 Wash luminaires, with the addition of VL2500 Wash luminaires for key lighting and kickers, and VL2500 Spot luminaires for back lighting.

"I chose Vari-Lite fixtures because they are reliable, bright and offer the level of functionality and familiarity I require," explains Cox. "The VL3000 Spots were the main workhorse luminaires and I specified them for their wide zoom and brightness. The VL3500 Wash luminaires provide a great chunky beamage, rather than just wishy-washy wash and the tight column beams had no problem

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The show is scheduled to tour internationally for the next five years and has just premiered in the UK presenting an intricate collage of magic, music, fantasy, acrobatics and action directed by Guy Caron. The audience follow the colourful and highly entertaining adventures of Manny the mammoth, Sid the sloth and Diego the sabre toothed tiger as they try and rescue their kidnapped friends, passing through a series of chilly environments.

Co-director Michael Curry also built the fabulous animatronic characters and designed the costumes, and the Executive Producer is Hans Staal from

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14 March 2016

LDI saw the North American debut of two new products from Arkaos, the ArKaos MediaMaster 3.0, complete with new Video Mapper extension, and the new Stage Media Server. A.C. Lighting Inc presented the new products by saying, "The ArKaos team brings an incredibly intuitive approach to the complex problem of video mapping."

ArKaos has introduced its Video Mapper extension for MediaMaster Pro to provide an easy means of mapping video onto irregularly shaped surfaces and through multiple outputs.

Designed to enable the setting u

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Gearhouse Splitbeam provided the lighting gear with an MA control system, consisting of one grandMA2 light, one MA onPC command wing, one grandMA2 fader wing, one MA NPU (Network Processing Unit) and three MA VPU plus (Video Processing Unit).

For the sixth year, Joshua Cutts from Visual Frontier was the lighting designer. He was assisted by Marcel Wijnberger from Gearhouse who stepped in as the MA system technician, and Travis Yeatman, who assisted with the lighting design and co-ordinated the crew. Michael Gill was the set designer and Southern Lighting was responsible for the TV lighting aspect o

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Marketing director at Steinberg, Frank Simmerlein, comments,"Steinberg has a good standing in both the education and composing markets, but we've always believed that these markets and its customers deserve the best support we can give. Therefore we are more than delighted to have found the perfect team of extremely talented and experienced individuals to make this possible in the foreseeable future."

Ben Timms, head of Steinberg's new London-based R&D team, remarks, "I'm delighted and proud that we are becoming part of the Steinberg family. Our collective expertise combined with Steinberg's world-leading products and technologies can only mean exciting things for the customers.&qu

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A statement from the band expressed "deep sadness and concern for those injured and our heartfelt condolences to the family of the fan who died". The concert went ahead, with the band only learning of the death afterwards.

Theatre News - St George's Theatre in Great Yarmouth has reopened after an £8m refurbishment, having been beset by months of construction delays and the relocation of several shows. The 300-seat venue, located within a 16th-century chapel, launched its preview season last week after Great Yarmouth Borough Council handed over the lease of the premises to the St George's Arts

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Headquartered in Dubai, TechnoPro LLC is one of the Middle East's leading suppliers of technology for the entertainment market. Its over 12,000 m2 warehouses in Dubai, Qatar, and Lebanon house a large stock of state-of-the-art equipment, from over 25 manufacturers, including the lighting products of Barco High End Systems. The company's experience and professional staff, its outstanding facilities and its large market coverage in the entertainment industry were all reasons for Barco to rely on TechnoPro for the distribut

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Project manager for Elektrik, Benjamin Reinhoff, explains, "The Concert Hall's staff had been looking at changing their lighting for some time now but hadn't found anything quite right. They wanted something with the right light quality and a smooth dimming curve.

"Through consulting firm ÅF Lighting Norway, we showed them a range of different options. Initially, the technicians saw a white LED fixture but weren't happy with the result - the theatre's seating fabric is a special shade of blue, and it didn't '

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"ClearCom's Tempest system is the most sought after wireless intercom solution for high profile concerts, events and production applications where remote monitoring and control as well as clear two way communication is necessary," commented Chicco Hiranandani, business development manager at NMK.

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Amptec is well known in the installation sector but is also a significant supplier to the broadcast and recording markets. This profile fits the Merging product range very well and mirrors the changing product mix coming from the famous Swiss brand,says the company.

This change brings to an end a partnership with Puretec which has withdrawn from professional audio. Amptec handles a wide range of other brands including RAVENNA partners Lawo and Innovason.

Commenting on the change, Chris Hollebone, Merging's distribution sales manager stated, "Merging is excited to be

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XL's project managers Phil Goddard and Robin Evans combined seamless plasmas with conventional 85 inch screens and MiStrips to produce a highly innovative exhibition environment as well as a visually enticing display on the outside of the venue.

The novel mobile brand activation space is a concept created by brand engineers Proud Robinson and designed by Jump Studios, Constructed from four specially modified sea freight containers sitting widthways behind one another. Another two containers on top of these provide a control / technical area and a coffee terrace / lounge.

The 125 x 1.5m MiStrips are wrapped around the outside

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Burke - who has designed lighting for many of the world's biggest stars including Seal, Miley Cyrus, The Cranberries - has created an energetic and dramatic design using a battery of VL3500 Wash FX and VL3000 Spot luminaires supplied by US Vari-Lite dealer Upstaging.

"The lighting workhorses for this show are definitely the wash lights," says Burke. "I've been using the VL3500 Wash fixtures for a while now and I really like them. They're extremely flexible fixtures and do something that no other lights on the market can do."

Aside from Lopez's band and dancers, the huge stage measuring 62' wide x 48' deep is filled with a backdrop of powerful LED video screens.

"The VL3500 Wash fixtures are the perfect w

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The spectacular sequenced light show will be visible for around three miles from the new build scheme and accompanied by an audio soundtrack to create visual entertainment from 5pm each night until 20 December.

The patterns and colours will be generated from the base of two tower cranes and projected upwards vertically as far as 39 metres. A seasonal goodwill message will be projected onto the gable end of the existing Kent building.

The initiative was dreamed up by BAM Construction who are re-developing the massive £35m Great Horton Road campus for the College, together with West Yorkshire based Entertainment Technical Specialists; Stage Management Company.

The light show will be created through state of the art computerised lighting contr

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The setting is a temporary structure. "It's a very luxurious tent with solid walls and lavish décor, as befits the presentation" explained Jim Baggott, Goldsmith's production manager for the show. "It's a Speigel tent; they're from Belgium and the experience is decidedly un-tent like; step inside and you progress directly into an evocation of the Crazy Ho

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This size MDU, traditionally built from steel, was designed from scratch by SES's Mark Cooper to fulfil the requirements of 11th hour events. Encompassing a 1600A Bus bar chamber, and 6 sets of outgoing powerlock, the design was a challenge even for Marks wealth of design experience. "Steel is a very forgiving and easy to work material, and can simply be bent and welded,but when using HDPE, the thought process into the engineering takes a lot more time".

11th hour wanted to get away from the traditional steel units as they are easy to damage, do not weather very well and are difficult to repair. By choosing the unit that SES manufactured, it also has the ad

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Not only are the David de Donatello Awards a prestigious night for the film industry: the ceremony is a glamorous must-attend event for celebrities as well. Several national and international stars - including singer Cesare Cremonini, director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentio, and actress Zhao Tao - walked the red carpet at this year's awards, held on 4 May at the Auditorium Conciliazione in Rome.

Sound professionals Audiovisioni handled the entire audio installation for the award ceremony. Audiovisioni had already worked with

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14 March 2016

The Trust's offices are now benefitting from the improved light and significant energy savings generated by 500 standard and 80 emergency light fittings supplied by Dartford-based 8point3 LED.

The company, which manufactures its fittings at its own factory in Belvedere, Kent, won the contract after supplying the Trust with a competitive and aesthetically pleasing LED package.

Paul Jenkins, capital programme manager at the Trust, said, "We welcomed tenders from a number of LED companies but 8point3's proved to be the best. We're really pleased with how the lights look, like normal four-tube fluorescent units, as opposed to the solid white blocks offered by other firms.

"The vast ma

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"Training is a vital part of CEDIA's commitment to the industry and it's especially important for CI businesses to stay on top of new trends, technologies and best practice in our sector. We continually strive to provide a high quality education programme with plenty of opportunities for people at all levels and disciplines within the industry", says Matt Dodd, CEDIA's chair of education. "The 2013 programme will be significantly larger and more varied than in 2012, featuring new technology and business topics with expert subject-matter presenters drawn from across the globe to share thei

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Says the organisation, "There is certainly no guarantee that these fake PASMA training companies will offer the quality of training required and expected within the industry. Instead, training from these organisations is likely to lead to wrong or outdated information being given as well as sub-standard training, which could clearly create a very real safety risk and is, therefore, a waste of time and money.

"It is also certain that training from these provi

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The company specialises in television and live productions of all types, and one of the keys to their success has been keeping the rental stock fully updated in order to offer the most flexible and cost effective designs and packages to clients.

Owner and founder Kagiso Tiro Daystar Moima (KG) says, "Robe products offer a distinctive look to any lighting scheme which is especially appropriate for TV shows. Using Robe has enabled us to create amazing lighting and lots of drama, whether it's illuminating elaborate sets or scenic elements or making a concert stage look funky and exciting."

Blackmotion's new Robin 600E Spot and Beams and LEDWash 600s were delivered by Robe's South African distributor, DWR.

The company's