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The 16 x LEDWash 600s and 10 MMX Spots formed the core of the lighting rig and were used for a variety of tasks and effects including washing the stage with many colours and hues, and for creating complex multi-layered effects with the MMXs.

Timo was hugely impressed with the reliability of the fixtures - which was 100% for the whole tour!

He's looking forward to using more of Robe's latest technology on upcoming festival dates this summer and also for Sunrise Avenue's ongoing touring work which is scheduled to continue into 2014.

The fixtures were supplied to the tour by Finnish rental company RMC Light & Sound based in Vantaa, who bought them from Robe's Finnish distributor, Live Nati

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The huge tour, which saw Justin Fletcher MBE bring together his favourite CBeebies characters for the very first time, was a brand new Easter egg-stravaganza!

The spectacular rock and roly-poly show, which toured UK arenas across the three week Easter school holiday, playing up to three shows per day, included Robert The Robot and Little Monster from Justin's House.

The main upstage screen was made up of XL's Lighthouse R7 LED, with five additional custom-built moveable screens on the stage constructed from Pixled FX-11.

"As always, it's a pleasure getting the team together for another CBeebies run," commented XL Events' director Rich Rowley.

"This year we changed the mix slightly in

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Steve Wells, RML operations manager commented,"Comic Relief is one of those National Treasures that as a company we are always so proud to be involved in and support. For a rental company or manufacturer, high profile show such as this are an ideal opportunity to showcase their most recent products and it goes without saying, that as a company, RML will always help the lighting designer achieve their desired look. With this in mind we provided Chris Kempton with the MilTec MTC-Batten2 LED Batten, the ideal choice to match his chosen specification."

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Working closely with Alex Miasnikof and Malcolm Weldon, production managers for the tour, Tait combined optimized rental assets with custom elements to deliver a complete staging solution. Following opening night, Miasnikof stated, "No matter how complicated or crazy the project, Tait will come up with a solution. They have a team of great people that will support your efforts in all aspects, from paper to show; no matter where in the world it might be."

The rolling mainstage includes a flaggapault lift, retractable dance bar, band risers, duck blinds, propa

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Real Music Acoustics & Lighting Technology has been awarded full brand representation by the Portuguese manufacturer for China, Hong-Kong and Macau and the Newstar Music and Technology Joint Stock Company for the distribution in all the market of Vietnam.

Real Music Acoustics and Newstar Music and Technology new status were confirmed during Prolight+Sound 2013 in Frankfurt by Next-proaudio CEO - Antonio Correia.

"These two distributors will be highly important for Next-proaudio and it builds on the idea of growing in the Asian professional audio market and this is a truly exciting progression that will further strengthen our support of the Next and NSound brands in these markets. it will ensures a professiona

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Forty-eight Nexus 4x4 fixtures were placed in vertical columns equidistantly on stage and used for their pixel-mapping capabilities to accompany hip-hop group and headliner Wu-Tang Clan, and performances of Jurassic 5, Beach House band, Puscifer, Pretty Lights and Two Door Cinema Club.

"Nexus 4x4 were stacked into six columns of eight and they were built onto traveller truss so they could be slid on and off the stage," said Todd Roberts, owner of Visions Lighting, a premier lighting, staging, video and production company that provided the fixtures.

Nexus 4x4 has 16 20-watt RGB COB LEDs and is capable of del

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"The church already has an analogue console," explained La Mesa's Didi Kartanegara, "but they felt that they would achieve better results using an Eclipse as FoH console and recorder rather than bringing in an external recorder and having to patch it to their existing console. I have to say, I agreed with them."

New Wine's FoH engine

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"Given my previous experience with the Vipers on the 2012 Grey Cup, I encouraged him to try out the Vipers instead," Robert Sondergaard stated. "I was very impressed with their speed and output and I knew he would be as well."

The Vipers were hung on three set arches as well as the furthest upstage truss where they worked as top color and gobo wash onto the stage.

The MAC Viper Profile is an award-winning fixture whose 26,0000 lumens of power outperforms that of market-leading profiles in the 1200-watt range and is even finding service as an alternative to 1500-watt

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The theatre, which is the second largest performing arts complex in Cape Town (after the Artscape Theatre Centre), purchased four Philips Strand Wallrack Dimmer 24 x 2.5kW, two Philips Strand Wallrack Dimmer 6 x 5kW - 25 Amp, and four Philips Strand Wallrack Dimmer 6 x 2.5kW units from Philips Strand Lighting's South African dealer DWR Distribution.

"We chose Strand because it is a trusted name in theatre lighting," commented Patrick Curtis from The Baxter. "The linkage to Philips is a positive development, and added to that with Strand Lighting products we are assured of 100% backup from DWR."

The Philips Strand Lighting Wallrack is designed for small to medium entertainment and a

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"ARS is a profitable and healthy business operating in a tough financial climate. The company has great sales and support networks in place, and are technically very proficient. ARS complements the A&H brand well and we are looking forward to working with the team," explains A&H sales and marketing manager, Debbie Maxted.

To mark their appointment, ARS are planning to host various workshops, seminars and training events in all of the major cities in Argentina throughout the year.

"We are very pleased to represent Allen & Heath, one of the most prestigious British sound console manufacturers. It is a great honour to have been selected because Allen & Hea

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Last October, the group undertook an intense promotional tour (7-7-7) hitting seven countries in seven days for seven shows. Eighth Day supplied four complete control systems-two in Europe; one in the U.S. and another in Mexico City-so the engineers were able to simply walk in and mix. Although Ehrbar was working on an SD7 for the whirlwind week, Hamilton had to make do with another digital desk and was happy to be back on the SD7.

"Getting back on the SD7 for the Diamonds

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Brazil is a substantially developing market, now officially the world's sixth largest economy, and is set to increase its role on the world stage over the coming years with dance, performing arts, carnival and live events all central to its culture. As the host city for the two largest sporting even

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Sponsoring the event are leading lighting innovators Chauvet Professional, Robe, and one of the UK's largest suppliers of technical production services, Hawthorn. The sold-out exhibition floor features new products from a number of exhibitors including Martin Audio, d&b audiotechnik, Philips Entertainment, Martin Professional, Artistic Licence, Robe, Midas, Ampetronic,

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Though each of the three venues is unique in design and ownership, they share several commonalities. They all have a Funktion-One speaker system, specified through a Funktion-One/Sound Investment Audio collaboration. But there's more. Each of them features a bespoke sound system that incorporates new Funktion-One technology - so new, in fact, that the manufacturer is yet to officially launch it.

Over the last three years, Tony Andrews, John Newsham and the team at Funktion-One have been developing technolo

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Sonu Bottom, mamemo productions said, "It was an amazing experience to see the Showforce team lead and help all our suppliers achieve their goals. Showforce was the backbone of the event and I cannot thank them enough for accepting all the challenges, last minute cha

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The show was originally a large format projection extravaganza created by Ashton and projected onto two buildings in the Castle's main courtyard for two short festival events in 2010 and 2011. This proved so popular and accessible that CADW wanted to integrate it as a lasting tribute to the colourful history of the Castle which could be enjoyed by the public all year round.

Says Ashton, "I was very honoured to be asked to revise the show to run as a permanent work. It's fantastic to see it have another lease of life and the chance to connect with so many more people in this re-worke

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With Austin as home base, High End Systems takes a special approach to the festival, both in support of the visiting lighting designers - many who are embracing the new Hog 4 console, and of the Hype Hotel venue, which featured Passion Pit, Cold War Kids, Ra Ra Riot and 60 other performers at the transformed downtown space.

Sponsored by Taco Bell, Hype Hotel is the brainchild of MP3 blog ag

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The first tranche comprised 24 x SMX15 stage monitors complete with racks equipped with DMS26 digital processors and 24 x SA30:2 amplifiers, making Yes Rental one of the first customers for the new APG amplifiers rec

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To display logos and character images from the movie, the design called for vertical LED "banners" which towered above the waiting crowds in the Square's gardens. Each banner was 3m high and mounted on a 2m high plinth to ensure that the LED was visible from all around the cinema.

XL Events supplied 147 tiles of Pixled FX-11 outdoor LED which was rigged in XL's special 3x2 touring frames - allowing the LED tiles to be pre-cabled ahead of installation - saving valuable time on the day.

Working in the gardens of Leicester Square proved challenging due to the soft ground in the grassy areas, which meant all the LED had to be manually lifted into pla

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ESL will be exclusively responsible for promoting, distributing and servicing ArKaos Pro's stage and stadium media servers as well as the ArKaos MediaMaster Express and Pro software across the whole of France.

Established in 1992, and with offices in Montpellier and Paris, ESL introduced the first comprehensive catalogue of stage lighting in France and has provided top class distribution and service across the country ever since. The company prides itself on enabling companies of all sizes to have easy access to high performance products at the best possible prices.

ArKaos Pro customers in France will now be able to benefit from ESL's accessibility and

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Sound engineer and designer Wayne Trevisani will present Music Mixing for Live Performance on Thursday, 16 May at 1pm. Wayne has mixed Front of House for a number of music legends including Jay-Z, Kanye West, Dolly Parton and John Hiatt. In this session he will give his advice on how to build a successful career as an audio engineer, as well as telling some of his own road stories which will are sure to be of interest to both the aspiring audio engineer and the experienced working professional.

On Wednesday, 15 May at 11am, a panel of representatives from the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas (SI

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The band's sold-out unplugged UK tour was mixed by front of house engineer Ben Hammond using an Allen & Heath iLive system and full complement of Audio-Technica microphones.

A competition running throughout PLASA Focus will see the winner collecting their choice of Audio-Technica or Allen & Heath products to the value of £500. Visitors will get the chance to record their mix of a Deaf Havana song from the Union Chapel set, with entries being judged by Hammond and band frontman James Veck-Gilodi.

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Are You Competent: Can You Prove It? forms part of a continuous series of seminars the ABTT is presenting during 2013, aimed at working technicians in the theatre sector, looking to benefit from having their vocational competence assessed.

Since qualifications do not necessarily confirm competence, this seminar will look at what competence means, how it relates to training & assessment and how you can be sure that you can prove you are competent.

Ric Green, Opera North's operations and technical director now joins the panel, alongside the ABTT's associate executive officer Robin Townley and Chris Higgs of Total Training Ltd.

The seminar takes place i

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Starring Frances Ruffelle - renowned as a West End musical star, as well as other roles - the production was initially staged in the Curve's Studio theatre. Such was its success that further performances were subsequently added in the larger main theatre.

A long-time Yamaha user, it provided the perfect opportunity for Ben Harrison to design his first show on a CL series console. "I first used the PM1D on a theatre tour back in 2002 and have almost exclusively specified Yamaha consoles ever since - I currently have five PM1Ds and two PM5Ds out on nationa