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A.C.T Lighting Canada, in Toronto, supplied the grandMA2s to programmer Joe Allegro of Artistic Illuminations. Hugh Vanstone is the show's lighting designer.

"The show was originally on grandMA 'series 1', but we decided to move all the lighting and video to grandMA2 when the show was remounted in Toronto," says Allegro. "The decision was based on the length of the show commitment: eight months in Toronto and then on tour. In terms of hardware, the grandMA2 is a new platform and very solid; 99 percent of the information from the original production has come across."

Allegro is particularly pleased with the grandMA2's perfor

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In addition to the introduction of an expanded two-day conference, allowing for more debate, keynote speeches and networking, the conference organisers have announced a new location - The Jumeirah Emirates Tower Hotel in Dubai, UAE.

Taking place on 10-11 March 2013, the Dynamic Events Conference is aimked at those involved in the production, delivery and broadcast of global one-off events.

This year's confirmed speakers at Dynamic Events 2013 include Piers Shepherd, Sakchin Bessette, Marc Schneider, Tim Dunn, Dave Crump, Scott Willsallen, Jerry Appelt and Hamish Hamilton. The conference is being sponsored by an array of companies including Sennheiser, Clay Paky, Martin Professional, Optocore,

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With a direct connection to the Danish Ministry of Culture, the RMC prides itself on high standards and has consistently maintained an audio inventory to match. For its latest upgrade of the concert hall, EBB-consult outlined an exacting tender process, obliging companies to propose a loudspeaker configuration able to satisfy two distinct objectives.

"Firstly

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"We saw the possibilities of STM immediately," says Sound Linear's Kalle Hogrefe. "Its modularity allows us to use different components of the system separately, making it suitable for large and small events alike. And we can use it for a whole range of different music, from classical events, through to singer/songwriters and rock and roll."

In a very short time, Sound Linear has already deployed its STM system for a variety of events and tours, including dates with British bands from the 1970s on their reunion tour Sweet, Smokie, Showaddywaddy and Boney M.

"At this stage, we'd only taken delivery of the M46 Main and

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14 March 2016

By 31 December 2012 all production industry wireless radio microphone and IEM system users were required by law to switch to the new UK wide channel 38 (606-614 MHz) frequencies in the UK.

Understanding the importance of the digital switchover, University of Cumbria's senior sound technician, Brian Brooks was keen to ensure the University complied with the new regulations. He therefore approached A.C. Audio, who provide a comprehensive digital switchover help and advice service for anyone in need of assistance.

Having successfully used Sennheiser radio microphones at the University for a number of years, Brian was natu

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"When we first looked at the rationale behind a weighing service for large complex touring systems, it was clear that a significant number of measuring devices would be needed to adequately fulfil the needs of the industry," said Load Cell Rental founder, Richard Young. "Our initial investment was for 60 two ton load cells from Motion Labs. Now, we've just

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The event was held at the Fellowship Church at Two Rivers in Nashville, TN. It was hosted by Jesse Adamson and Matt Gunn from Adamson Systems and Everett Lybolt and Dave Shadoan from Sound Image. Andrew Dowling, Rob Zombie Systems Engineer, did the system design, setup, and provided a complete rigging overview.

"Having used the E15 system on 3 tours, I wanted to share my excitement about the Energia system and the incredible power and pure audio quality with other engineers in a peer to peer environment" Joel Lonky, Rob Zombie FOH Engineer commen

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The show marked the debut of FocusTrack's new support for MA Lighting's grandMA2 console, which received its first beta test on the show and came through it with flying colours.

"Joel Silver, the associate lighting designer on the show, has just the worst timing - or perhaps a very pioneering spirit," comments FocusTrack's creator, Rob Halliday. "Back in 2007 he got in touch wanting to use FocusTrack with the Eos console on Young Frankenstein; the show became the first to use FocusTrack with an Eos. Now here he was again, asking to use FocusTrack with a grandMA2 - something we were in the process of doing, but certainly weren't done

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This is designed to enable fast access through local sales support centres - primarily in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand - of the full range of Penn Elcom products.

It reflects generally buoyant markets and strong trading in Asia over the last 12 months, as well as being an integral element of Penn's planned medium-term global expansion strategy.

Heading up the operation will be Jane Li, who has worked for some time as operations manager for Penn's Logistics & Quality assurance centre in Xaimen, China. She will initially run a full time staff of three people.

The creation of the new KL facility enables Penn Elcom's clients and end users of all sizes to benefit from direct shipments and optimised efficiency, ensuring even faster

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Hired by Unspun, whose role encompassed creative consultation, event design and implementation as well as technical production and schedule management, Unusual Rigging not only took care of the rigging needs for the arena itself but also for a hospitality event in The Capital Hall.

On winning the project, Unspun's project manager, Alex Clayton-Black, and technical production manager, Gary White, set about putting the key supply services out to tender. They needed to be confident not only in the rigging company's equipment and project management skills but also in its collaborative spirit, as Unspun was procuring infr

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Their 2013 production of Sleeping Beauty saw the return of the creative team behind Victorian Opera's first pantomime Cinderella, with set design by Julie Nelson and lighting by Richard Vabre.

The lighting was supplied by Resolution X with eight Martin MAC Vipers making their operatic debut in Australia.

"I had been eager to use Martin MAC Vipers for some time and so I pitched the idea to Richard Vabre," said Peter Darby, technical coordinator for Victorian Opera. "He was very keen too and used them throughout the show specifically for some fantastic gobo washes across the stage. The Viper's multiple gobo wheels are great for this. I was very pleased with their performance; they're very punchy, fast and bright. I also foun

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The company was founded 15 years ago by François Ranger and is focused on servicing corporate events and presentations of all types, and providing design services and full turnkey solutions to the very highest standards.

This is their first purchase of moving lights, so not being tied in to any previous commitments or alignments, they had the freedom to consider all the options very carefully before making a decision on which brand was best suited to their needs explains lighting designer Anthony Ranger.

He arranged demonstrations of products from all the leading moving light manufacturers to ensure they could make an informed and well researched choice.

They ideally sought a fi

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Sound designer Ben Harrison reports, "Orbital Sound happens to own some d&b F1222s, these are the successor to the F1220 that was launched in 1988. Despite the age I did specify them deliberately. I have had occasion to use them a few times on bits and pieces and always liked them for their smoothness and total transparency. I've been waiting some time, looking for a show to put them on." The product of Harrison's ardour is the venerable F1222, a two-way active loudspeaker with a precise 60 x 40 degree dispersion; a loudspeaker that occupies the mythology of d&b audiotechnik like some overwrought character from Wagner's Ring cycle.

"I did the sound design for the previous production of Cabaret when it played the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in 2006

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Lighting designer and programmer Bas Kemper worked with two grandMA2 full-size consoles and one x MA NPU (Network Processing Unit) as well as one MA onPC command wing to control more than 240 moving lights.

Kemper commented, "In the past years we have had a good experience with the grandMA 'series 1' because of its excellent networking capabilities, the easy setup and the personalisation of the desk with the potential to previsualise the show using grandMA 3D. Now the grandMA2 makes things even more comfortable and enhances the perf

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14 March 2016

M4 Entertainment, producers of Brainiac Live! and Science Museum Live On Tour, are producing the 12-week tour which spans the length and breadth of the UK, exploring the best, the worst, the weirdest and the most unbreakable world records ever attempted ... in a brand new live extravaganza.

XL Events, working with M4 Entertainment, supplies projection and audio with XL Events director Rich Rowley acting as sound designer and AV programmer, with projection and audio control operated by Ashley Illman.

The shows utilise a Barco CLM 10 projector to display animations created by 'Pixelkid' Paddy Cannon.

For the audio elements, XL Events is supplying a Mac-based Q-Lab system with Sennheiser radi

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The Canadian Football League celebrated the 100th championship with the Toronto Argonauts and Calgary Stampeders at Rogers Centre in Toronto. The game, along with the SiriusXM Grey Cup Halftime Show was seen by a live audience of 50,000 and broadcast via TV and the Internet to millions in Canada, the U.S. and beyond, making the event the most-watched Grey Cup and halftime show in CFL history.

Vancouver-based production company Electric Aura was responsible for the design of the show. Production designer Robert Sondergaard and lighting director Jason McKinnon teamed up with producer Patrick Roberge of Patrick Roberge Productions and rental company Christie Lit

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FM Formato Musical wanted a high output, flexible moving head spotlight with smooth CMY colour mixing that would offer plenty of creative options for producing different and spectacular effects.

They also liked the light weight and low energy consumption of the MMX Spot and the resulting reduction in on-going maintenance costs.

The managing partners of FM Formato Musical said, "NAN offered a product that truly met all our needs, as well as demonstrating the MMX Spots with great efficiency and knowledge ... which greatly contributed to our final decision to buy them."

In the process of updating its rental fleet with the latest and most energy efficient technologies, FM Productions w

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Locked away in a secluded farmhouse, the three characters in Old Times reminisce about their early days together in London. But with conflicting memories and underlying sexual tensions, the past suddenly feels vividly present.

"Having 'road tested' individual fixture units previously," says Mumford, "I wanted to try them incorporated as a significant part of my rig design. This is the only real way that one can properly try them out in the context of a production. For Old Times, I particularly wanted to be able to change colour subtly within very long, slow changing cues.

"I used 24 units - in three banks of eight

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The new system went into The Pavilion, a Sprung structure that was converted into an intimate 1,200-seat performance venue during the casino's recent $150m expansion project.

Today, artists performing in the showroom benefit from left and right arrays each comprised of eight Kara enclosures flanked by LF arrays of three SB18 subs. Below each Kara array is an additional stack of three SB28 for additional low-end reinforcement, while five coaxial 8XT are spaced out across the stage lip for front-fill. LA-RAKs loaded with LA8 amplified controllers power and process the entire system.

"We installed a V-DOSC system into Hard Rock Live Hollywood, another Seminole property, several yea

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Commenting on the installation of LED lights at Abbey Gate College, business manager Andrew Bache said, "The real appeal of Marl LED lights for us is the convenience and improvement in the environment. Though the sodium lights were adequate for football and gymnastics, the hall is also used for examinations and social events. We were able to dramatically increase the light level in the hall, ensuring the corners as well as the central area is brightly lit. The LED lights are much whiter and very much more even, since the output of the sodium lamps degrades noticeably as they age."

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The contract was awarded by Brit Award Production Ltd and will see Qdos supply their cabins for use as production offices and hospitality areas for backstage and the after-show party. They will also supply a range of their luxury toilets to support the existing facilities in-house at the venue. In addition they will be installing tanks for catering waste.

The 2013 BRIT Awards, widely regarded as the biggest event in the British music industry's calendar, will be held on 20 February 2013. The award ceremony will be held at The O2 Arena in London, and will be presented by James Corden.

Neil Hickton, managing director, Qdos Event Hire said, "This is the second year that we have been involved with the Brit Awards and we are actually supplying more this time

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POLARaudio worked with Redditch-based systems integrator Limit Audio to install audio solutions for this challenging multi-zone application. The venue required that each of the three spaces could simultaneously utilise its own dedicated audio system, as well as enabling the overall space to be serviced as required.

Central to the system is a Bi-amp Audiaflex Mainframe with Cobranet, controlling a network of radio microph

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Gotye's international hit Somebody That I Used To Know received the record of the year, one of three prizes received by the Belgian-Australian artist. Mumford and Sons took home the album of the year prize for Babel. The English folk rockers received their honour from fellow-countrywoman Adele, who had earlier won best pop solo performance for her live version of Set Fire to the Rain.

Adele, who won six awards last year, said: "I just wanted to be part of the night, because I loved it last year, obviously. Thank you, I just wanted to say a massive thank you and send big love to all

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Watched by an estimated 5.5m viewers and hosted by Stephen Fry, the ceremony production was visually stunning from start to finish.

Offering a high-gloss floor with a water-like effect, Le Mark's Harmony event floor flowed across the set, complimenting the stars as they walked onto the stage to collect their awards.

Having also been used in some of the largest productions in the world, including a custom printed version for the opening ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Harmony has become widely known for its speed and ease of installation, along with the ability to offer amazing visual effects when combined with professional lighting.

Le Mark's Leanne Baker commented, "To have any sort of involvement in what is arguably