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"It's the first time I have used these strobes and also my first time working with Miley - and it's been great fun," he reports.

Introduced to the tour by production designer, Es Devlin, the experienced LD has been joined by lighting director/programmer Sean Burke, making this the perfect team to deliver Devlin's powerful and strident creative concept.

Describing the show as "a high gloss, high fashion, very geometric wild ride" Sinclair adds, "I knew we needed to fight against an enormous LED wall so chose the brightest fixtures I could and grouped them into blocks.

"We went through many changes on the same basi

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"Over a short period of just 18 months since the product was launched, Motion has purchased more than 1,000 devices, and thus has the largest dry hire inventory worldwide," says Thorsten Sattler, director of SGM Deutschland.

Motion GmbH is one of the largest dry hire rental companies in Germany with a customer base extending to the surrounding countries. The P-5s are being ordered both in quantities of 16-32 pieces for smaller jobs, while large-scale exhibitions such as the IAA (International Motor Show) or IFA (International Radio Exhibition) in Berlin may require the complete inventory. Similarly, the catwalks of Milan Fashion Week will be illuminated with Motion's newly acqui

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Two of the largest stands incorporated a total of 130 of MilTec's highly successful Batten2 LED battens. MRL Productions of Clacton supplied lighting, truss and rigging for the Qualcomm Inc. stand via design and build specialists The 3D Factory. Push Hires Ltd. from Eastbourne supplied 2LK Design Company for the Intel/Airwatch stand with the battens, moving heads and conventional lighting as well as sound equipment and hundreds of meters of truss (c/w chain hoists). Push also used the Miltec 360WZ moving head LED zoom wash for the conference set.

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Jason Middleton and Anthony Zvirblis report to Andrew Pockson, divisional marketing manager at Anglia Lighting. Commenting, Andrew Pockson said, "Anglia Lighting has an outstanding portfolio of nearly 30 market leading suppliers such as Cree. Our focus has always been on technical support and design guidance, as well as building close relationships of trust with customers in an exceptionally fast moving and dynamic industry. Anthony and Jason are two outstanding sales and project management professionals, with a 'can do' approach, who will prove a real asset to customers executing complex lighting projects to the very highe

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Inductees included guitarist Peter Frampton, Randy Bachman, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Capps, Will Lee, Velma Smith, Corki Casey O'Dell and country legend Barbara Mandrell, the first woman inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Posthumous inductions went to Ben Keith, Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble while Roy Oribison was honoured with the first Iconic Riff Award. Additionally, Mike Curb was awarded the first ever Industry Icon Award.

In a place filled with such immense talent, it would have been a shame to not indulge in some jaw dropping performances, a

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The last in this trio of new launches is IntelliPix R which is a modular beam projection panel of 25 independently controllable 4.5° LED emitters, arranged in a 5 x 5 array, which are designed to project graphics and media far into the air.

As a result of combining revolutionary 67mm optics with 15W Osram Ostar RGBW LED emitters, IntelliPix is able to exhibit more power than has ever been imagined, projecting 100 candela per lumen - two and a half times more than that of a 45mm collimator.

Multiple panels can be connected together quickly into a semi-transparent wall to form a giant screen, or placed under glass to create a projection floor

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"The addition of Martin to our current portfolio of Harman Professional products allows us to provide an even more comprehensive array of audio/visual solutions to our customers," commented Marco Porro, vice president and CEO, Leading Technologies. "We are committed to bringing this expanded offering to new and existing customers while also ensuring they receive the same level of service and support that they always have from our team."

Commenting on the partnership, Steen Matthiesen, vice president of EMEA sales, Martin Professional, sa

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The six-night event featured an array of local and international artists like Ricky Martin, Laura Pausini, La Ley, Ana Gabriel, Carlos Vives, Rod Stewart and many others.

Full lighting production, media server support, lighting design and realisation was provided - for the fourth consecutive year - by Santiago-based Producciones Órbita.

Spanish LD Luis Pastor has been in charge of lighting design at Vina del Mar since 2011 and explains that all the creative processes start at local TV channel Chilevisión, the Festival's official broadcaster for the last four years. This year, they wanted to emphasise the historic spirit of the f

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ETC's fixtures product manager Jim Uphoff and his colleagues showed visitors the latest updates to the Source Four LED family - the Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr, which adds lime green emitters to the x7 Color System, ensuring the best spectral range and about twice the output of the Source Four LED Series 1. They also demoed the new Source Four Mini LED, which allows small-scale installations, such as puppet theatres, shops and museums to benefit from the powerful Source Four optics while also saving energy. A Gallery option with a high CRI value ensures that the best possible colour reproducti

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Also being demonstrated is City Theatrical's complete line of SHoW DMX Neo wireless DMX products. City Theatrical's SHoW DMX is the wireless DMX of choice for lighting professionals on Broadway and West End shows, permanent entertainment installations, architectural landmarks, major music tours such as U2 and Madonna, and large scale events such as the opening ceremonies of the London Olympics.

City Theatrical will be a participant in USITT's Innovation Gallery & Stage, which is a showcase where new products will be displayed in a museum gallery environment where attendees can view them and learn about their uses. Gary Fails, presid

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PWL also engaged in a consultancy role for the stage lighting specification and installation, and has a relationship with the park and its operators, The Plopsa Group, that dates back over a decade to when the Park was first opened in 2000.

The striking Plopsa Theatre foyer which occupies 13,000sq.m with over 12m of headroom is also used as a multi-purpose event space to accommodate anything from gala dinners to special presentations.

This expansive open area required lighting that was as flexible as possible to facilitate a myriad of different activities and uses.

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The opening of the Macedonian National Theatre is one of the largest installations in the region ever, with over 760 dimming channels and over 500 conventional and 100 intelligent luminaries.

For the National theatre it was important to choose the right products, technology and quality. Since frame integrity and flawless radio transfer was an absolute requirement, the companies qualified for the prestigious assignment was LumenRadio and their distributor Svetlost Teatar. Svetlost Teatar who specializes in theatre and related technologies provided a CRMX Nova System containing four receivers and four transmitters.

Around 80 actors from various generations took part in the play written

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The middle-eastern 'super-club', designed to merge the latest AV, light and audio technology with super-luxe interior design for its VIP guests, has been lit by lighting designer Hiljo Stadt of Dutch lighting design company - The Lighting Dutchmen. Stadt worked in close association with Lebanese equipment house Wide Angle to meet the club's high-tech demands.

"For the lighting design of O1NE it was imperative that we had the best moving light fixtures available to us," explains Stadt. "We chose to use 28 x Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO-800s because we wanted a fast and accurate moving light head with versatile beam options. Clay Paky fixtures have proven their reliability and quality optics and the rich feature set on

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Olympijsky Park Soci-Letna 2014 was also the first big event for Cesko Sportuje, an initiative launched by the Czech Olympic Committee to promote a healthy lifestyle especially for children.

AV Media is an official event technology supplier to the Czech Olympic Committee and Czech Olympic Team, and also supplied lighting, sound and AV to the acclaimed award-winning Czech Olympic House project during the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

The company also has over 160 Robe moving lights in its rental stock and is a big fan of the Czech manufacture

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Previous to that a 60" cut down version was aired during the Superbowl, on 2 February 2014. This cut down video formed the basis of a commercial for the Bank Of America and supports Bono's charity, RED, an initiative launched to encourage business and consumer power to work together to eliminate AIDS in Africa.

MLF, with Juliette Larthe and Mark Logue of PRETTYBIRD, collaborated to create a stunning, cathedral-like, interactive 3D lighting and video architecture that directly translated the band and audience's movement into a striking video and light show.

Grammy Award winning f

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On this final leg of the tour lighting designer Chris Lisle has carried over a diamond-shaped theme from last year, which features trusses, video screens and even some of the same fixtures. "The show has some big visual moments, so I had to come up with a design to meet that need," he says. "The band likes cutting edge, so using the latest technology is important to us."

Programmer Scott Chmielewski notes that, "Chris always designs his projects with

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Imagination worked closely with the company over the last eight months in the development of the new high tech digital stand ensuring it reflects the core values of the iconic British brands.

The new stand name - 'The Residence' - was chosen because Jaguar Land Rover are welcoming customers to their autoshow home and would like them to experience first-hand the two great British brands.

The lighting of The Residence was crucial to set the right tone and feel. It also had a direct relationship with the way in which the stand would be operated and toured. Imagination's approach was to deliver a soft and warm multi-layered light throughout. This was punctuated by highlighte

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Smiffy initially lit the band when they were opening for Ed Sheeran - for whom he was working as Lighting Director - in early 2013, and at the end of the year, was asked onboard to create an eye-catching design for their own production tour.

The core of the rig was floor based on eight vertical trussing towers. Rigged on each of the six upstage ones were six Robe Robin Pointes and 18 x Robe Robin LEDBeam100s. Six ROBIN LEDWash 600s - three per side - graced the most downstage pair of towers providing low level front light skimming across the stage, and described by Smith as "Absolutely awesome".<

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South West Solutions were contracted to design and supply a lighting & video package to principally cater to the dance floor & to add movement an element to involve the VIP level in what was happening below. They were delighted to get some of the first Martin RUSH available from Australian distributor Show Technology including six MH2 Wash, four MH1 Profile, and four MH3 Beams.

Unfortunately, as is the case with many venues, lighting was a bit of an afterthought and the necessary cabli

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The Lumina Matrix is a 40 cm x 40 cm LED matrix panel that houses sixteen 7-watt warm-white LEDs (2700K) in a 4 x 4 array with individual control of each pixel and high CRI for more accurate color reproduction. A 15° beam produces a smooth wash or blinder effect and a perfectly aligned reflector gives the warm look of a halogen lamp.

The fixture allows for individual pixel control, which opens up for custom designs or users can turn to the convenience of built-in macros. Theatrical grade 0-100% electronic dimming with variable dimming curves allows for easy intensity adjustments and the Lumina Matri

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The upgrade consisted of one behind-the-scenes change, replacing the venue's dimming system, and one change visible to an audience, updating the lighting of the auditorium itself, all helping the popular venue celebrate the centenary of its 1913 opening.

For the dimmer upgrade, Hawthorn supplied and installed four new ETC Sensor dimmer racks to replace aging Strand LD90 racks, "De Montfort's staff were worried about being able to maintain the LD90s in both the short and long term," explains Hawthorn's head of install, Alan Jackson. "This ultimately led to the decision to switch to something in current production with strong support from its manufacture

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Given the significance of 2014 in Beatles history, the event's organisers pulled out all the stops this year, offering performances by rock 'n roll Hall of Famers and creating a Sgt. Pepper's-like rainbow of colours on stage with the help of 18 Q-Wash 419Z-LED moving heads from Chauvet Professional.

Held over a three-day period at the Grand Hyatt at 42nd and Lexington, just over a mile from the Ed Sullivan Theatre where the Beatles made their debut, The Fest For Beatles Fans feat

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The PIPA Awards are presented to the best audio, lighting, and musical equipment as voted by more than 100 production and entertainment publications from around the world. Martin Professional accepted the award at an event attended by more than 300 industry professionals.

"We are honoured to be recognized by the industry with a PIPA Award for our M6 console at the first ever Prolight + Sound International Press Awards," commented Matthias Hinrichs, product manager, Martin Professional. "The M6 would not have been possible without the support and feedback of the talented global community of lighting designers that work with our M-Series consoles on a daily basis. This award validates our efforts to provide innovative

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"There are multiple screens hanging at various heights all over the rig. Using the grandMA2 to map the content to the screens it's the Catalysts that do all the work, the MA2 is just the control surface. But having used lots of different desks I'd say it's the perfect surface for the job. It's elsewhere that I really stretch the desk. What do I mean by that?"

"I approached the MA2 initially as if it were just like any other desk with which I'm familiar, but it's not. In fact I struggled at first but eventually I found that all I needed to do was switch to the MA way of thinking. It has a sort of German logic to it, and I mean that in an affectio