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Push the Button - or PTB - came onto the scene in January 2012 with a mission to provide "an intelligent and sympathetic technical approach to all of its projects and clients". With an inaugural job at what the New York Times calls 'the most important theatre in Europe', PTBs managing director Nick Ewins and his team certainly didn't waste any time making their mark.

Matt Drury, head of lighting for The Royal Court concurs: "The Royal Court receives and considers an extraordinary quantity of new work and each year presents an ambitious programme across its two venues. It's therefore of paramount importance to us that o

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The brainchild of Nick Ewins, Push The Button - or PTB for short - already has a raft of projects on its books. Ewins, who takes the position of managing director, is delighted. "PTB's full time staff members, alongside our team of skilled specialist electricians and engineers, bring a friendly, expert approach to the demands of entertainment installation projects.

"Whether it's a top West End theatre, a cruise ship or a multipurpose arts venue, PTB understands the client's needs and has the ability to respond productively and positively every time. This philosophy has bought work to our doors from the moment we opened them for business."

Push the Button's mission is to bring an intelligent and sympathetic approach

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This year's nominated lighting designers are Howard Harrison for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse, Bruno Poet for Frankenstein at the National Theatre, and Hugh Vanstone, who received two nominations - for Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre and Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre.

Vanstone's nomination was one of the 10 received by Matilda, the show receiving a nomination in every category for which it was eligible, inclu

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In addition to the new website Funktion One have also launched the Funktion One (Official) Facebook page which can be directly accessed via a link on the homepage of the new site - http://www.funktion-one.com

• In other news from the company, Danny Boyle's production of Frankenstein at the National Theatre, which features a Funktion One loudspeaker system, has been nominated in the Best Sound Design category in this year's Olivier Awards. The sound design for the production, by Ed Clark

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The company was originally created 13 years ago to provide solutions for the then embryonic DAW market. Subsequently it began to attract more traditional pro-audio brands and now employs 22 people, including some of Korea's more famous sound reinforcement engineers. The business is located in the bustling Nonhyeon-dong ward of Gangnam-gu in the capital city, Seoul.

Midi & Graphics has built its reputation as a committed and focused company, by dealing with some of the most well-established and highly respected pro-audio companies in the world such as HK Audio, Powersoft, Apogee and Yamaha.

Midi & Graphics is made up of three divisions dealing with the PA, Rentals and Installations sector, the House of Worship sector and the Broadcast sector. Their client base

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Previously, individual KNX devices would be shown in Stardraw Control's topology view: ideal for smaller systems, but more complicated when the system contains perhaps hundreds of devices.

To enhance usability for larger systems, Stardraw Control now includes a compound or 'multi-device' driver for KNX systems so that a single object in the topology view can now represent, control and monitor an unlimited number of physical devices. As a result

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Olivier Awards - Lyricist Tim Rice is to be honoured for his outstanding contribution to musical theatre at this year's Olivier Awards. Rice, who penned the lyrics to shows such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita and collaborated with Elton John on The Lion King, will be given the Olivier Special Award at the event, on 15 April 15 at the Royal Opera House. The nominations for this year's ceremony, which will be hosted by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, w

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"Our customers have asked for an expanded portable PA line that delivers professional performance at amazing prices," remarked Mackie's director of product management, Greg Young. "This new system does just that, with class-leading performance and unmatched affordability."

Mackie S500 Series passive loudspeakers deliver "professional results in rugged designs that are exceedingly affordable". Delivering a high-powered solution for Mackie's popular PPM Series of powered mixers, S500 passive loudspeakers utilise high-output transducers housed within rugged enc

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Exhibiting in Hall 8.0, Stand C40, Apex recognises that processors for fixed installations, such as theatres and conference venues, are often located in amplifier or control racks which are not necessarily easy to access. Utilising the full power of Apex Intelli-Ware remote control software, the new Intelli-Z² system management processor is designed specifically with such installations in mind.

The Intelli-Z² features a four in / eight out configuration, integral mixer and selectable analogue or AES-3 I/O, but without the additional cost of unnecessary hardw

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New speaker products include active large format NXT professional sound reinforcement panels, a new ultra portable highly powerful active injection moulded PA series and high quality self powered tarpazoidal PA for sound touring and fixed installation apps.

On the mixer front, the company is showing the final production version of its new portable powered mixer - the Horizon 2012. An eye catching design, ergonomic form factor, 2000 watts of onboard Class-D amplification and a host of features add up to "the most powerful and best spec'd portable FOH PA package around"; and all transportable on a shoulder strap (included). Other new mixer lines are the ultra miniature C2 se

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14 March 2016

Neumann's KH 120 active studio monitors are proving to be one of the year's major success stories for distributor Sennheiser UK. Joachim Walker, engineer at Labrinth's north London studio and his club DJ, heard them and urged the artist to give them a try.

"Joe instantly loved them and said 'give them a chance'. And I thought, if Neumann makes speakers, they've got to be the best. So I did and now I think they're great," says Labrinth. "They are very clean and smooth, but quite punchy - you get a lot of bass out of them, which I didn't expect because they

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"We've evolved a lot over the past decade, both in terms of the way we use the available technology and our understanding of what our customers really want and need," says DiGiCo's managing director, James Gordon. "SD5 is the culmination of that combined knowledge, so we want to make it the next generation D5 Live."

The SD5's worksurface is a low noise, heat dissipation worksurface benefiting from Hidden-til-lit (HTL) technology, yet its five digitally driven full colour TFT LCD screens, three of which are touch sensitive, have a new configuration that allows easy access

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"Nuendo Live is your devoted recording software application for professionals in the live recording industry," said Timo Wildenhain, product marketing manager for Nuendo. "Ushering in a new product era with Nuendo Live, we at Steinberg continue to pursue our goal to conceive and design tools and technologies tailored to the specific requirements of our customers."

Nuendo Live features an efficient user interface that observes the single-window concept without unnecessary options to avoid clutter and streamlin

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14 March 2016

Eric Rondolat joins Philips from Schneider Electric. "I am very pleased that we have been able to attract Eric to lead our Lighting sector," said Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips Electronics. "Eric has an impressive international career in the technology industry covering both established and fast growing emerging markets, most recently Asia Pacific based in China. He is a real entrepreneur with a clear strategic vision who will be able to lead the industry transformation to energy efficient LED based lighting solutions. Eric has a strong track record in delivering results and is a great addit

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"As an industry, we are accustomed to subwoofers carrying a distinct harmonic tone. This 'sound' of any subwoofer becomes part of how a product is evaluated," says John Meyer, CEO of Meyer Sound. "Linear loudspeakers lack this enhancement, and are measured by their ability to precisely reproduce the electronic signals without altering the sonic characteristics. Bringing Meyer Sound's linear technology and our advances in loudspeaker headroom and peak lev

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14 March 2016

The REAC Driver Kit is sold separately from SONAR X1 Producer and is intended for use with the Roland V-Mixer Consoles M-480, M-380, M-400, and M-300. It is also compatible with Roland S-4000 and S-1608 Digital Snake Systems.

This integrated and cost effective solution is designed for recording live performances with the V-Mixing System components. Using the REAC Driver Kit with the mixing, mastering and delivery power of SONAR X1 Producer gives live audio professionals the ability to deliver a polished, quality recording, says the company.

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Loudness is one of the hottest topics of today. With the CALM Act and similar legislation in numerous other countries throughout the world, many broadcasters find themselves in a state of transition. To meet the legislative demands, it is necessary to comply with various international broadcast standards. The most important of these will be covered in detail at this Loudness Seminar focused on facts, not products.

The seminar will be divided into four sessions. Each of the three speakers will present, culminating in a roundtable discussion. Each presenter will speak for 45 minutes, and there will be a short break in between sessions, making it possible for attendees to pick and ch

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In addition to general enhancements, including optimization for Windows 7 and improved performance for large system networks, Version 6 will include support for the forthcoming Yamaha MY8-LAKE card, bringing Lake Processing to Yamaha's extensive line of digital audio mixing desks.

Perhaps more significantly for Lake's existing user base however, is the advent of new integration potential with real-time acoustical spectrum analysis software; with Version 6 supporting full integration with both Smaart 7 and WaveCapture's Live-Capture.

(Jim Evans)

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"Due to the historic nature of the Allen Theatre, the recent transformation entailed building a shell inside the existing building, while still maintaining the original architecture," says Raymond Kent, CTS LEED AP director of the Innovative Technology Design Group at Westlake Reed Leskosky (WRL), an associate principal with WRL and the lead audiovisual systems designer for the project.

Home to CPH, America's first regional theatre company and Cleveland State University's Department of Theatre and Dance, Playhouse Square is second

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XGX Productions, commissioned by Vic Vaid and Lee Govender, were the technical suppliers of sound, lighting, audio visual, structure and special effects.

The lighting design was by XGX's Gert Smit, who had free rein to create something special for the up-beat young audience. Colleague Martin Vermeulen took care of the programming on their Avolites Tiger Touch console.

XGX had recently purchased Robin 300s, and were pleased with the fixtures. "It was very nice to work with the Robin 300s," commented Gert Smit. "They worked perfectly as both a colourwash and made great eye-candy for the massive crowd. To round off the sensational event we added four CO2 Canons, four green lasers and one colour laser."

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For the fifth consecutive year, Mauritz Jacobs from Dream Sets oversaw the project and was also the lighting designer of this spectacular event which included 20 fashion shows, over 25 designers and elaborate set changes on two fashion ramps.

"This is probably one of the hardest weeks of the year," commented Jacobs. "There are set changes between every show and these are major changes! The one show will be white and an hour later the ramp will be red." The shows are about 20minutes long and there's a show every hour.

The set-up started on 4

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The highlight of the company's presence at the show is a completely new product group, the R-Series, which takes Alcons' pro-ribbon cylindrical projection and coupling behaviour in new and different directions and brings the benefits of this technology to applications not previously served.

Another innovation is the Q-series QR24 model. A completely new pro-ribbon transducer platform has been developed specifically for this system, which will bring the modular line-source column concept to acoustically challenging rooms in a new form.

The production version of the BC332 self-contained cardioid subwoofer system is on show, which features newly designed woofers - direct-radiating 18" fr

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This interactive event, part of the Institute's comprehensive career's support service provided to all students, will provide a major opportunity for students to explore all manner of career development and showcasing opportunities both during and after their time at the Institute.

In attendance will be a comprehensive set of guests and speakers, from a wide spectrum of the music industry including artist management, music publishers, A&Rs, events promoters, music solicitors and Industry representatives

Confirmed participants include: Angus Blue, Riverman artist management (Placebo); Ed Poston, BMI; Kwame Kwaten, ATC Management; Jonny Dawson, ATC Management;

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By moving the Nuendo family of products to Yamaha's sales and distribution network, Steinberg and Yamaha are now able to offer a broader range of hardware and software system solutions to the commercial audio segment than ever before. This in turn achieves a clearer focus on precisely meeting the end customer's needs.

"We at Steinberg are happy that the continuing collaboration with Yamaha now also brings the well-established Nuendo range to further fruition," said Andreas Stelling, Steinberg's managing director. "Steinberg takes this opportunity to thank its customers for their support of Nuendo and is confident that the new partnership with Yamaha will help grow the business even further.&quo