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ACME will be featuring a range of its high-quality LED entertainment lights, including: XP-15R Spot, CM-300ZS, CM150 and MTX-25B. The recently announced LED-MS700PE moving head light will also be showcased. In addition to its entertainment lights, ACME will also featuring a wide range of professional speaker cabinets. ACME's LED lights and audio systems are the ideal options for different contexts, ranging from smaller gigs and pub evenings to dan

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So how long has he been using the Clay Paky Sharpy? "It was the Capital Radio 'Jingle Bell Ball' in December 2011," relates Barnes. "Julian Lavender at Neg Earth asked me if I would like to use them so I opted to give them a try. My first impressions were extremely positive - they were both very bright and very reliable. Both these attributes were vital ingredients on the job I've just recently completed. I used 12 Sharpys outside the theatre as Hollywood search lights at the Laureus Sports Awards in Rio."

Barnes' most recen

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Organised by global hair brand L'Oréal, it was staged in the Carrousel du Louvre venue and recognises the talents of some of the best international hair stylists. The competition brought together over 100 competitors from 20 countries, which were whittled down to the ten finalists appearing before the jury and the public in Paris.

24 Robe Robin MMX Spots, 24 ColorWash 700E ATs and eight ColorSpot 700E ATs were used by Nicky in her lighting design, all supplied by rental company Impact Evènement based south of Paris.

Nicky has been using Robe products for some years. It's the third year she has lit the HCT Final show, and the third time she has used M

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14 March 2016

They were at the core of the lighting rig designed by Meelis Lusmägi for the event which was produced by Meedaekspress Ltd.

Lusmägi's brief was to produce a big, bold, dynamic and spectacular club style lightshow in the voluminous sports arena which is the largest such venue in Estonia. Lighting equipment supplied by locally based rental companies Cuuclub Ltd and E & T Light, both from Tallinn.

To help achieve the massive look and style required for the event he chose 24 x Robe Robin MMX Spots and 12 of Robe's new MMX WashBeam fixtures as key elements of the rig, together with 40 x Robin 100 LEDBeams and 12 x Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs.

A single Robe DigitalSpot 3000 Mk II was used for beaming spons

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14 March 2016

Held April 10-13 at Messe Frankfurt, Martin invites all lighting professionals to Stand A93, Hall 9 where Martin will be showcasing new products across its entire product range.

Martin has chosen the leading international trade fair for event technology for the world premiere of its MAC Viper Family luminaires, as well as a completely new product range - RUSH. Other product launches include the final luminaires in the MAC III series, new products in Martin's creative video series, a new flagship lighting console, and much more.

Visitors to Martin's stand will have the chance to win their very own MAC 101 moving head or M2GO lighting controller in a special prize dr

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David Faulkes, sales director commented: "We didn't want to spend any more money shipping boxes filled with air from China to the UK and decided to spend it on components and materials instead."

The new Blakite range of speakers will replace the highly successful TP range which has been a standard fixture in clubs, bars, schools and rental companies for the previous three years. A compact stage wedge fitted with concentric drivers will be added to the range.

A new concept in speaker design will also be launched at the show. The TP62 is fitted with 2x 6" drivers and a 1.7" compression driver. Interchangeable horn flares allow use as either a single source or a mini line array speaker. The optional flying ha

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14 March 2016

Chauvet's architectural and architainment brand Iluminarc is represented by outdoor and indoor lighting solutions such as Ilumipanel 40 IP, Ilumipanel 180 IP, Ilumipod 18g2 IP, Ilumiline 36 IP, Ilumiline Inground Tri 12 IP, Ilumiline Logic 12, Ilumipod Logic Tri 4 and more.

Chauvet Professional Nexus 4x4 is both a bold eye-candy and a tour-ready wash light that uses RGB COB LED technology, combined with a reflector that delivers a soft and visually pleasing light

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Stefaan Michels and Jeff Bailey also worked alongside Strachan to supply a 18m x 6m V18 Nocturne screen and two Barco HD20k projectors onto 2 x 21ft x 12ft side screens resulting in spectacular images throughout. The V18 Nocturne screen was a key feature of the production design and was used mostly for fighter's entrances for their video stings.

Strachan commented, "The speed in which the Nocturne screen went up was a real help with the time restraints of the schedule, fantastic."

Bill Martin was overall project manager with Ian Jones heading up the video element and Cameron Bannister the lighting.

Working with Delta Sound, Ben Milton (account man

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The show was directed by Monica Maimone with the technical cooperation of Ezio Maffei and the highly experienced staff from his company, Maffei Service, based in Levico Terme. In particular, the lights were divided into two different blocks. The first block was devoted to white lights, which are essential for live TV, and the second to lighting effects and moving lights, with the task of livening things up and making the event even more exciting.

Marco Spagnoli was lighting director for white lights, while Mario Zanella took care of the effects and the

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14 March 2016

Suitable for use with the ART SSC, the ART IO is an input/output interface module that is equipped with eight digital/analogue switchable inputs and eight relay-switched digital outputs. Designed to offer great versatility, it supports a number of different protocols, including DMX, RS-232, OSC, UDP and Art-Net.

Each of the ART IO's inputs can be individually configured as digital or analogue,

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Chauvet Professional Ovation E-190WW and Ovation F-165WW luminaires are designed specifically for theatre and stage. Powered by 19 10W LEDs, the E-190WW - styled after the ellipsoidal spot fixtures - delivers over 3,446 lux at 5m (using the 26° lens tube).

The F-165WW - the line's Fresnel-style fixture - delivers over 1,730 lux a

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These luminaires, designed and engineered by The Black Tank, pack 48W outputting more than 3000 lumens into a compact and portable 10cm cube, say Rosco. They will be on display at PLASA Focus Leeds 2013.

Available in units that offer full colour mixing, tuneable colour temperature white light or even high powered ultra-violet light for stunning black-light effect, the MIRO Cube luminaires are a welcome addition for applications ranging from architectural to theatrical to zoological, and everything in between, the company says.

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The six-day event is one of the highest profile EDM (Electronic Dance Music) events in the world. This year's line up over the two weekends included David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto and Avicii, closing with a performance by The Swedish House Mafia.

This is the first year that Sydney-based Neville, associate designer Alex Grierson and Neville's company Mandylights has designed for Ultra, brought on-board by the event's producers James Klein and Bruce Rodgers.

Neville is well known for his work designing lighting for EDM and stadium rave events across Australia, Asia and the Pacific Rim and he and Klein worked closely on the productio

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The festival site will be Pendley Activity Meadow - owned by event sponsor Pendley Manor - with a capacity of 7000 for each of the two nights. The programme for Friday 5 July will include a line-up of contemporary pop artists including Little Mix, Loveable Rogues and Heather Small, while Saturday's 1980s themed evening will feature Tony Hadley, Howard Jones, Rick Astley, Midge Ure, Carol Decker and Hazel O'Connor.

All the technical infrastructure for Ch

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As a designer, he had often used fixtures from GLP's LED impression range - but it was with the launch of the new impression X4 LED moving head that he took the decision to invest.

Volt Lites were quick to adopt the new head as Matthew Shimamoto confirmed. "Once [GLP president] Mark Ravenhill informed us that there was a new Impression available we immediately drove to GLP to evaluate and experiment with this fixture. We were so impressed with the performance that we decided to incorporate the X4s i

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The new larger sanctuary was the result of a much needed expansion to the existing premises to accommodate the popular and well-attended worship services. The stage systems for the new auditorium were designed for concerts and broadcasts in addition to the five weekly services. Currently TFC has a web-based ministry, but future plans include going to a multi-site format, so good broadcast lighting was vital to the final technical plans.

Gear Systems specified four Robin 600 LEDWashes, eight Robin 300 LEDWas

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The bands began their tour in Europe last year, are currently playing dates across the U.S. and will finish in Australia. Stone Sour released its fourth album, House of Gold & Bones - Part 1 last fall and Papa Roach is hot off its eighth studio record, The Connection.

Lighting designer/programmer/operator Michael Smalley was a fan of the Alpha Beam 700 from the last tour he did for electronic musician Bassnectar. "I love the fixtures. They're a really punchy light," he says.

For the Stone Sour-Papa Roach tour Smalley is working with a "really clean stage with no backline - a big, white backdrop that communicates with color and patterns." He has positioned 12 Alpha Beam 700s on si

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The Eos Titanium control desk, aka the Eos Ti, takes the place of Eos as the company's flagship Eos line desk, and is expected to be popular with demonstrations throughout the four day show, with new Eos v2.0 software also available to try. Eos Ti incorporates new hardware and features that make designing and programming even easier.

Also on the stand and available for demonstration will be the new 50W ETC Source Four Mini and Source Four LED Studio HD; and the new ES1 dimmer, which brings the same power control and efficiency behind ETC Source Four Dimmer to any other tungsten lamp.

Show stand visitors will also enjoy regular live presentations from ETC's La

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They referenced the basic lighting and set design to the hit TV programme, recorded at the Crown Business Studios (CBS) in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands and noted for being a little bit different from the average glitzy ballroom replica setting.

Keeping some essential elements of dancehall like staircases and double decking stage set, this design adds a flourish of proto industrialism with the incorporation of two large factory style fans, lots of metalwork and some innovative lighting '

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Precise colour control is achieved via the ability to individually address each die, in conjunction with in-source colour mixing and without the added complexity and cost of attaching colour filters to lamps. The compact LZ4 emitters with flat glass windows can be used with various secondary optics, including zoom lenses and imaging optics, and are capable of delivering be

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14 March 2016

"Ever since the early days of laser shows, this exciting effect has caused controversy due to the ease at which it has been possible to overexpose an audience with beams that are too intense, or spend too longer time crossing the eye, each having the potential to cause harm to eyesight," says LVR.

"In order to help operators overcome these problems, on 22 April LVR will be running a new advanced laser effect design and measurement workshop at The Kent Science Par, Sittingbourne. Attendees will be able to gain hands-on experience designing a range of different types of laser effects and will be showed how to ensure the emission levels are below the specified safety limits."

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Ogilvy South Africa, who form part of one of the largest marketing communications networks in the world, commissioned Kilowatt AV for the full technical support. Kilowatt AV designed a 40m curved screen set and then partnered with Dream Sets to manufacture and install it. Martin de Bruin of Revolution Inc took care of the lighting design.

"Theatre on the Track looked awesome, I have never seen it appear so big," commented Rhys Pughe-Pary, technical director at Kilowatt AV. The focus point was an enormous curved projection s

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Prior to joining High End Systems, Vonofakidis worked for Telmaco, the company's and also Barco's distribution partner in Greece. As the brand manager for High End Systems and also as a specialist for the entertainment market, he focused on lighting equipment sales in rental companies, television studios, theatres and other entertainment venues. He first joined the industry over 20 years ago at BON Studio as an installation and service engineer, specializing in the repair and installation of automated lighting and control products. He later joined Kem

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The award-winning Chroma-Q Inspire LED house light and the new AutoLED II moving head fixture will both receive their EMEA tradeshow launch on the AC-ET stand.

The Inspire house light is a powerful multi-purpose creative lighting tool that provides a choice of beautiful whites, soft pastels and bold saturates - all from one fixture. With fully homogenised colour mixing and a choice of three different lens options, the Inspire provides an excellent selection of stunning mixed colours and 'true' whites, with no unsightly colour separation shadows. It also features an energy-efficient compact LED design providing reduced mai