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What's so exciting about this new wedge, then? Surprisingly it's the first time that NEXO, for 30 years an elite manufacturer of high-end sound reinforcement for performance, has ever produced a purpose-designed stage monitor. However, it is also a logical progression from their patented line-array design technology, drawing on the Hyperbolic Reflective Wavesource which is used throughout the GEO range of high-performance loudspeakers.

The design works by wavesourcing, creating virtual acoustic sources behind the enclosure itself and below the stage, using reflection rather than coercion to determine the shape of the wavefront. Unlike a conve

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"We are a proud member of PLASA and delighted to show our support by taking a stand for the second year running at this hugely popular event," said Scott Rowland, general manager at Hi-Lights.

"Last year's event was a great success with some 200 visitors taking part in our Mario Kart time trial challenge. Since announcing our attendance at PLASA Focus 2011 we have received numerous requests to bring back the Wii Challenge and we didn't want to disappoint!".

The Wii Mario Kart challenge will pit stand visitors against the clock, putting them in contention to win the grand prize of a racing experience for real, with second and third place winning a sele

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When connected to the ATCS-M60 delegate unit, the ATCS-V60's can be programmed to allow up to five different voting options and up to 150 voters can be handled.

Harvey Roberts, Audio-Technica senior UK marketing manager said, "The ATCS-V60 delivers real benefits both in terms of cost and functionality to users of our ATCS-60 conferencing system. The fact that the module can be added at any time means a system can grow as needs change and budgets allow, and the design

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All Terrain, which will complement the current IntelliStage system, is designed to be installed on any surface, on uneven ground and slopes, and to cope with any type of weather

A single 1m platform can be adjusted from 24 to 48" high and can handle loads of 260 lbs / 1sq.ft. This all aluminium system is light and durable and comes with a complete set of accessories.

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Sarah Rushton-Read, co-founder of WiSE (Women in Stage Entertainment) says: "This was our first WiSE Monthly. WiSE members are hugely grateful for the support we received from technical manager for the Southbank Complex, Roger Hennigan, GrandMA's Philip Norfolk and Chris West and Martin Professional's Matthew Pittman, who provided a number of fixtures, a load of Pret Sandwiches and some delicious Pizza. We would also like to thank Coral Cooper for furnishing us with a flask of gin and a huge box of chocolates.

"We have wanted to get a regular networking and education group for WiSE members going for some time. The event is open to any member of WiSE (we now have over 350) intereste

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Legally Blonde won three awards including best new musical, while the National Theatre's revival of Terence Rattigan's After the Dance collected four awards. Despite being nominated in seven categories, the Phantom sequel Love Never Dies was left empty-handed.

Best Lighting Design went to Neil Austin forThe White Guard at the NT Lyttelton. Also nominated this year were Mark Henderson for After the Dance at the NT Lyttelton; Hugh Vanstone for Deathtrap at the Noel Coward; and Paule Constable for Love Never Dies at the Adelphi. The Award for Best Sound Design went to Adam Cork for King Lear at the Donmar Warehouse. Also nominated were Gareth

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The African Bureau of Conventions was founded by, and is run by Janine Meyer and Sharon Peetz, both high profile individuals in the SA conference and events industry, and with whom the Gearhouse Group has enjoyed a long standing and successful working relationship, including the World Summit of Sustainable Development in Johannesburg 2002, to date the largest convention ever hosted in Africa.

The organisation's aim is to generate additional business in this sector by securing and delivering a wide range of business and commercial events throughout South Africa and the African continent, offering the highest

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Students were challenged to produce entries in any of four design categories. The winners in each category (stage design, costume design, poster design and online educational content) will be judged by a team of specialists from the Royal Opera House. Winners will be announced following an afternoon performance of the opera in Covent Garden on Thursday 17 March 2011.

Students' work will be exhibited at the matinee performance of Aida, for which participating colleges have been given priority booking. The winning entrants in each category will be invited to spend a day at t

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Olivier Awards - Legally Blonde star Sheridan Smith was named best musical actress at the Laurence Olivier Awards at the weekend. Her co-star Jill Halfpenny won best supporting role in a musical, while the show also won best new musical. In an

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Behind the Scenes is a programme developed by The ESTA Foundation to provide entertainment technology industry members with grants for emergency situations, such as serious illness, injury or death. A raffle co-hosted by The ESTA Foundation and the Long Reach Long Riders is held each year at USITT to raise funds for the programme.

"Behind the Scenes is a wonderful programme that provides an invaluable service to members in the entertainment industry," said Jeremy Powell, director of product marke

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In a further development, the audio products' manufacturer, V2Go Technology Corporation, one of the five defendants named in the original lawsuit, has filed for bankruptcy.

Wal-Mart Stores and DBL Distributing were included in the lawsuit because, by distributing and selling products bearing the federally registered American Audio trademark, they were wrongfully trading on the goodwill that American DJ had built up for the b

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"Audio-Technica U.S. is assessing the effect this disaster may have on its supply chain, but at this time no major disruptions are anticipated.

"To help in the relief and recovery efforts for communities affected by the Tohoku Earthquake, Audio-Techni

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Scheduled this year for Saturday 23 April, By Design Day has the full backing of a host of award-winning designers: Neil Austin, Scott Pask, Ken Billington, Howard Harrison, Ken Posner, Paule Constable, Scott Lehrer, Jennifer Tipton, Jonathan Deans, Tony Meola and Hugh Vanstone, along with Light Relief's co-founder, Rick Fisher.

By Design Day is the chance for all of us in our profession to support two charities dedicated solely to helping entertainment technology professionals in need. You can join your colleagues by making a donation in support of this special day. One way to support the day is by voluntarily giving a day's royalties to one or both of these cha

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Justin Bieber and U2 are among artists who have agreed to contribute songs to an album to raise funds for victims of the earthquake and tsunami. Record label Universal Music said it hoped to release the digital-only album globally by the end of the week. Bon Jovi and Rihanna have also been confirmed for the album, which will also raise money for the Japanese Red Cross. "We are doing it only digitally because it is faster," said a Universal spokesman

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Like the original, the new Platinum Spot 5R Pro features Philips MSD Platinum 5R Lamp Technology, an innovation that allows the creation of fixtures that are brighter and more powerful with superior light quality, yet are also faster, smaller, lighter weight, draw less energy and have longer-lasting lamps, says the company. But as its name suggests, the Platinum Spot 5R Pro also goes a step beyond to offer an expanded array of professional features and effects.

Among the new features on the Platinum Spot 5R Pro are a 16-bit CMY colour-mixing system, which allows users to concoct a palette of custom colours, and a Variable Zoom (4 to

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WELL™, or Wireless Event LED Luminaire, is designed specifically to be a self-contained uplight for any event. Inside each WELL™ wash light are 12 3W tri-colour LEDS, similar to the 14 found in our COLORado™ 1-TRI Tour giving it great colour mixing without any multi-coloured shadows. It's powered by a 12-volt battery offering at least 12 hours of life to the fixture. For control, standard DMX ports are available, as well as a pre-installed Wireless Solution WDMX receiver. Focusing is accomplished two different ways; the split LED plane can be precisely angled using the adjustment screws on the outside of the fixture, or for more dramatic adjustments, a ratcheting foot c

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Following the earthquake, all employees returned safely to their homes over the weekend.

On 14 March 1, the Kawasaki office building re-opened. While the building sustained some damage, repairs are currently underway and operations are expected to approach relatively normal levels within the next couple of days.

D&M Holdings European President Terry O'Connell states, "Because the Shirakawa manufacturing facility sustained some damage, it remained closed through Wednesday, 16 March. At this moment, we try to obtain a more complete picture of the damage, put response plans in place and have physical inspections conducted to verify the facility

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The Color Web 125 joins HSL's already substantial stock of over 400 panels of Color Web 250mm. They first purchased the product when it was launched five years ago and since then it has been in almost constant use on a diverse range of shows and events.

HSL MD Simon Stuart comments: "We've enjoyed such a great success with the Color Web 250 and know from experience that it's a robust, reliable and quality engineered product, so it's been a fantastic investment. With a huge demand for the 125 version as it is increasingly integrated into designs and specs, we also wanted to be able to offer this choice to all our clients."

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Built in accordance with the company's principle of reliability, the VTX series is designed to be "the perfect choice for low maintenance and worry-free installations".

Simple and reliable installations can be achieved with these 2U rackmounting amplifiers benefiting from studio quality VCA input modules for Remote Level Control (RL-1) as standard and featuring a switched hi-pass filter (18 dB/oct below 65 Hz) for each channel as well as extensive protection against short-circuit and reactive loads, clipping, DC and overheating.

The range achieves what Cloud states is an Industry best-in-class Crosstalk Performance of >90dB making it noise-f

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Comprising four full-range models - the NE10, NET12, NET15 and NET215 - they are available both in the active versions with powerful bi-amplifiers, or with sophisticated crossover filters in the passive models. They are designed as partners for Proel's equally new SW series of 15" and 18" sub-woofers. They are also joined by a new stage monitor, the NET12MA.

In order to obtain optimised acoustic response, Proel's engineers decided to rely on the long time experience of Celestion loudspeakers. For each model, the Italian R&D team looked for the most suitable acoustic configurations, optimising the crossover and equalisation filters of the complex processing section and the new hi

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These include test equipment, data distribution and LED lighting which incorporate the protocols of DMX, RDM, Ethernet, Art-Net, DALI and MIDI. Visitors to the stand can also discover more about Rail-DMX-DSI, LMX6, DMX-Buffer and the latest release, Rail-Pipe HC, a six channel, high current, constant voltage DMX compatible controller for passive LED fixtures.

Multichrome-Flex is a string of miniature, IP67-rated, self-contained LED colour pixels, while Flexed-Up is a stand alone controller for constant voltage LED products and systems, such as Flexi-Strip. Two-Play XT is a sophisticated two-universe DMX & Art-Net Recorder and Playback Controller supporting both DMX an

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New products will include 5 Star's Venue range of general purpose cases. This sees a slight departure for 5 Star, in that the main material used is a lightweight honeycombed polypropylene. This offers significant weight savings over traditional plywood carcass constructed cases, and will be suitable for small to medium sized applications of all types.

A 'nest' of four general purpose carry cases is available, utilising classic 'Russian Doll' methodology, whereby sets of cases in decreasing sizes are placed one inside the other for neat storage when not in use.

Other than the polypropylene panels, the case is furnished with the usual flight case type hardware, including butterfly ca

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Embodying a host of new techniques and technologies, it was uncompromisingly designed to create "the best place in the world to perform Shakespeare," in the words of artistic director Michael Boyd.

Members of the technical team behind the Transformation will present a specially made video showing the new building and its many facilities, explain the thought processes behind the design and discuss its implementation and what it will provide for actors, directors and designers alike.

One of the presenters is RSC's head of sound, Jeremy Dunn, who says: "One of the great things about the new RST building is its horseshoe shape, which creates a lot of early reflect