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Once again Metropolis has chosen hard wearing good quality brands including HK and JBL audio, Robe moving lights, LightProcessor lighting control and Alcon McBride and Kramer video switching. Project manager Shane Winterbourne says: "Although there are specific elements common to all Sorts Cafes, each building and installation is completely different, and each has its own set of challenges"

Metropolis's Sports Café projects are always technology driven. Immediately guests walk in the entrance doors, eyes are drawn to the wall of twelve 15 inch TFT screens behind the reception desk. Two HK Audio IL 8.2 ful

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The Plena Voice Alarm System has been independently TÜV tested to EN/IEC60849 certification for 'Sound Systems for Emergency Purposes'. This means Bosch can assure not just installers but also fire departments, consultants/specifiers and end-users that the voice evacuation systems they are using comply with the strictest requirements of the EN/IEC60849 standard for public buildings - such as hotels, schools, entertainment venues, sport centres, railway stations and termini, retail stores, shopping centers and exhibition centers.

TÜV approval for the Plena Voice Alarm System follows that of Bosch's Praesideo Public Address and Emergency Sound System, which obtained TÜV approval in 2003.<

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Each trader station includes a phone, two or three 19" LCD monitors, and stereo computer speakers. In front of each group of 18 traders is a wall of six to eight plasma monitors, displaying up-to-the-second trading information and TV satellite feeds, and above each group is a matrix of ceiling speakers.

Traders need to be able to hear in-house announcements, audio from any of four satellite TV receivers, and streaming audio from Internet feeds. An added problem is the ambient noise level from the passing trains, w

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The Agbar Auditorium's design is quite unique due to the need to avoid placing pillars in the audience and stage areas. The option taken was a double-curved concrete slab, voided by means of expanded polystyrene waffle pods that help resolve the problem of resistance and to a large extent shape the mound required by the architectural project.

ECLER, Martin Architectural's Spanish representative, carried out the lighting project in conjunction with the architects, the first stages of which were completed in A

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The first of the venues, The Flying Handbag, is designed to be fully versatile, with bar and servery and the facility for live acts, DJ driven club nights and much more. The installation of sound and lighting was handled by Fylde Stage Lighting Support Ltd, assisted by Community UK in the design of the audio system.

The main stage and dance floor system utilises a pair of CPL42-94 along with a pair of SBS22 subwoofers, two STS26s are mounted on the ceiling to provide discreet monitoring for performers on the stage with a further two STS26s employed for in-fill off the dance floor. The pool table area is covered by two CPL27s, and the conservatory by four CPL23s, whilst Cloud 4 ceiling speakers are installed

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Jansen selected Proel Edge Series speakers driven by Phonic XP Series amplifiers, all controlled by an Allen & Heath 16x16 matrix iDR-4 mixing processor, with an accompanying PL-10 rotary fader remote control panel located centrally for immediate access to functions.

"The venue is divided into two areas - one is a bar, and the other a restaurant - with separate sound systems requiring different music sources, EQ, and volume settings

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"With our limited budget, we expected it would be difficult to find a loudspeaker system that would be liked and appreciated by our demanding user base. It was therefore a pleasant surprise to hear the K&F offering. Since we installed the system we have had many compliments on the quality of sound reinforcement in our new hall."

The Tanna Schulich Hall, located in the New Music Pavillion at McGill Univers

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Owner and local entrepreneur Declan Muckian had the place gutted and re-designed from the ground up, transforming the same footprint into a classy and more functional new 650 capacity environment combining four bars, a restaurant area, dance-floor and live music facilities. He called in Eamonn O'Neil from Vibe Sound & Lighting to supply a top quality audio, AV and lighting package, and he in turn asked i-Vision's Geoff Jones onboard to design and supply the specialist environmental lighting requirements.

"It's alrea

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The system is based on a number of Opus MS micro ceiling speakers distributed throughout four zones. The first comprises reception and the main corridor; treatment rooms one and two make up the second zone; treatment room three is the third zone, while the fourth zone is the gymnasium. Sound Division has supplied three Cloud RL1 remote volume control panels and two Cloud mixers amplifiers; a four-zone Cloud 46/50 for zones 1-4 and a separate Cloud MPA-626 single zone device for the gymnasium. Acting as the music source for the entire system Sou

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Once known as Theatre Sarah Bernhardt for its association with the legendary French actress, this popular municipal theatre now offers the top names in contemporary dance, innovative French theatre, and evening concerts of jazz and world music.

In 2003, the audio production team, led by Pierre Tamisier, began the search to replace the theatre's 12-year old Studer 900 analogue console. Having examined digital technology from several other leading manufacturers, they still wound up at the door of Audiopole, distributor of Studer in France, with an order for a 32-fader Vista 8 with 10-fader ex

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Having recently completed sites in Manchester and Reading (with the final venue in Warrington destined to be rebranded), PVAV's Peter Varey believes his quest for reliable, cost-effective lighting has ended with the discovery of Futurelight's DJ-Scan 250 and CY-250 - distributed by Fuzion plc's lighting division (DiFuzion).

The former is an innovative DJ-scanner with rotating gobos; seven dichroic colourfilters (plus white); rainbow effect with adjustable speed in both directions; gobo-wheel with seven rotating gobos (open and blackout) and strobe effect with adjustable speed (1-10 flashes/sec).

The CY-250 is a similarly-featured barrel effect, whic

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The action starts when the restaurant opens daily at 5PM and doesn't stop until the nightclub closes at 5AM. Everyday, 160 TAO employees keep the party going. Inside TAO, a hand-carved 20ft tall Buddha greets guests as it floats atop a reflecting pool filled with koi fish. The nearby moat area contains floating tables for VIPs while a catwalk leading to the women's bathroom also serves as a pseudo-runway. Above the dining area sits eight private skyboxe

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When entering the Future Dome, a time travel host offers visitors several choices to influence the future of the planet, based on their personal interactions with a 360-degree film, presented on the dome. Atmospheric music, lighting and ambience deliver an experience that is tense, thr

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But the team achieved more than outstanding sound quality for the 63,000-seat stadium with the design; they are also saving the owners upwards of $100 million over comparable projects of this size and scope, according to Pro Sound's president, Rod Sintow: "The simple fact that Meyer Sound equipment is self-powered enables us to accelerate our installation schedule by 12 weeks," says Sintow. "The UPA-1Ps were installed in eight days. If we'd done that with unpowered speakers, that alone would have t

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The Cardan brings a new level of sophistication to Lisburn, with its upstairs club Distil keeping things going into the darker hours. Atmosphere was the natural choice for owner Jon Poots to keep the ambience appropriate to the design and feel of the bar. Poots says: "I used Atmosphere in my last venue and was delighted with the control offered and the service provided by Zest Audio, it was the natural choice for The Cardan. Again I am delighted with what is achieved and with the back-up service.&q

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No surprise then when the technical director Marc Vrebos chose to invite all serious pro-audio manufacturers to demonstrate their latest sound systems when the time came for renewal of the house PA. "The previous system had been installed in '96, we knew from our own experiences, and from listening to what touring sound engineers told us, that the time had come for a line array," he said.

AB's head of sound Tom Janssen, assisted by Sven Van den Broek, AB's longest serving in-

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The Tottenham Court Road Gala installation utilises 45 VersaTUBES, integrated vertically into a central feature of the main bar on the first floor. This is part of an extensive aesthetic revamp for the venue. The physical installation was completed by Viking Electrics and PID commissioned the TUBEs to Reason's specification. The

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Restaurant manager Belinda Jarman, administration manager Hannah Ross and marketing and communications manager Hannah Westway were instrumental in instigating the change. "We wanted to have a very definite change of atmosphere in the evenings," explains Ross. "Each day, we change from being a more formal lunch venue to a very relaxed evening venue and we wanted a look to reflect that. With the lighting that Mushroom has installed we've definitely achieved that, to the point where we have had a series of reviews that name Prism as the place to be with our red lighting theme and 'The Brain' wall projection."

To achieve this, Mushroom supplied red cold cathode low voltage lighting a

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Entec was contacted by Martin Wilkie from Experience Design Management Ltd, the production company licensed by the BBC to operate Doctor Who exhibitions and activities worldwide. In addition to the lighting kit, Entec also supplied technician Niall Hannell to rig and programme the exhibition.

The exhibition features a wide selection of monsters and villains - including the legendary Daleks - and a host of original props and costumes, designs and video clips from the new series starring Christopher Eccleston an

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De Montfort Hall's head of sound, Alan Smith, who first came across M7CL desks when both Bjorn Again and League of Gentleman used them at the venue, is clearly delighted with the new console. "In conjunction with our in-house PA system the results are truly impressive," he said. "It's very easy to use, in fact it's almost like an analogue desk in digital format. We've trained up 10 people to use the desk and without exception, everyone walked away thinking it was a great piece of equipment. It normally takes about 5 minutes to get a handle on the desk, everything is right there in front of you,"

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The Great Hall, within the imposing domed Aston Webb Building, dates back to 1900. A multi-function facility, as well as providing the largest lecture theatre on the campus, the hall is also used for seminars, presentations, examinations, graduation ceremonies, and performances and concerts of all kinds. Last refurbished during the 1960s, the current project was intended to bring it up to fully modern standards for presentation and performance.

Working with Harman Pro UK as a strategic partner, Quadrant put together a tender to provide a flexible, and aesthetica

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No surprise then when the technical director Marc Vrebos chose to invite all serious pro-audio manufacturers to demonstrate their latest sound systems when the time came for renewal of the house PA. "The previous system had been installed in '96, we knew fromour own experiences, and from listening to what touring sound engineers told us, that the time had come for a line array," he said.

AB's head of sound Tom Janssen, assisted by Sven Van den Broek, AB's longest serving in-h

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Olivier award-winning sound designer, Mike Walker, adapted his design to allow for fast turnarounds and variety of venues. "The show is playing for a week in most venues, so, at the design stage, it was imperative to make sure that the system was easy to configure.

"There is a reduction in cast size from thirty to twenty-one and a smaller orchestra of six rather than eight, so inputs were able to be reduced accordingly.

"It was important for me that the engineers moving the show have sufficient time to get the speakers in the right position, focussed precisely and working together as a system, rather than throwing in lots of speakers and then trying to equalise them in order t

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The Munich based MAN factory is the head office of MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG. The original plant was built in 1955. As the biggest factory in the MAN manufacturing group this Munich site sets industry standards in the economic manufacturing of high-quality vehicles. Their recently modernized showroom offers customers a high-quality and modern environment in which to shop.

The design requirements for the new lighting control system in the show room were clearly stated. Flexibility and reliability with simple installation of the equipment were the main criteria for this project. The features of the Chilli lighting control system matched this brief and complimented the futuristic features of the show room.

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