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Over 2,000 chairmen, 800 lighting designers, 1,000 engineers, 900 technicians / programmers and 500 installers are among them - with concert & touring, live events and theatre the fastest growing sectors and impressive growth coming from the AV visitor figures too. Confirming that PLASA 2010 continues to be viewed as a truly international event, 30% of registrations are from non-UK visitors.

Interest has been high as organiser PLASA Events has announced a stream of over 60 new and returning exhibitors over the summer, joining the show's regular cast of hundreds of key international brands, between them preparing to launch an estimated 500 new audio, video, lighting and stage technology products.

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This year, the entire lighting and sound production for the festival was the responsibility of Olching-based rental company Magic Event- & Medientechnik. Long before the first act took to the stage, a team of sound engineers led by company MD Markus Thomae had already made the decision to rely upon sound reinforcement systems from Electro-Voice.

"We've been relying on Electro-Voice for years now," says Thomae. "The equipment is reliable, its audio performance is exceptional, the tec

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The play was performed in a three-storey office and warehouse complex in the Royal Albert Basin, East London. Stage Electrics' London Bridge branch supplied large quantities of equipment which included cabling, distro, dimming, lanterns and haze machines for this extraordinary production.

"We knew from the start that this was going be a massive project. With a particularly short lead-time and a huge amount of space to cover, it was vital that we could depend on our suppliers. Stage were able to provide us with all the kit and more importantly the backup we needed throughout the project," commented Euan Maybank, technical director, Punchdrunk.

Business development manager Pau

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The Square has great historical meaning as it has been the stage for many violent struggles in Colombia's history, including where the first Call for Independence took place exactly 200 hundred years earlier.

The facades of all the surrounding buildings were incorporated to the show. Within the columned National Capitol and Justice Palace buildings musicians and dancers depicted a scene of the struggles and war between the natives and the Spanish conquistadores, with

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Voted amongst the top ten best festivals in the world last year, the setting alone is something out of a fairy tale - the festival is in fact hosted by Gloria, Princess von

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The 56-fader Apollo console, which replaced an older Studer desk, was ordered as part of a refit of MBS's audio OB vehicle, carried out by MBS with an eye on future-proofing the vehicle for surround sound transmission.

According to MBS, the company has used Calrec Alpha consoles in the past, but became seriously interested in the Apollo after it was launched last year, feeling that the newer desk's user-friendly touchscreen interface, easy-to-use surround features and down-mix functions, and future-proof, expandable I/O facilities were just what their rebuilt radio vehicle needed.

"Apollo offered the same high degree of reliability as the Alpha, but with t

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Fringe Society chief executive Kath Mainland said: "Edinburgh is without doubt the world's leading festival destination." In addition to official venues, the Fringe High Street Events team registered 662 acts from street performers to buskers and Fringe artists. An estimated 21,148 performers took to the stage during Fringe 2010 and 558 shows were absolutely free. Comedy made up 35% of the Fringe programme, followed closely by Theatre with 29%. Music 16%, Musicals & Opera 5%, Dance & Physical Theatre 4.5%, and Children's shows 4%, made up the rest o

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At the recently re-built Blackheath church, QuiteLoud worked alongside architects during the construction process to ensure that the PA requirements were successfully accommodated.

"Fohhn loudspeakers were specifically chosen for their interior design compatibility and size, as well as coverage," commented QuiteLoud's Steve Bradshaw. "We fitted Linea LX-100 line array column speakers in the main worship area, with Arc Series AT-22 and AT-05 speakers used in other parts of the church. The system is driven by a Fohhn D-4.750 4-cha

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Offshore powerboat racing in the UK is both challenging and highly competitive. The sport is administered by the Royal Yachting Association, which this year encouraged the incorporation of a music festival into the annual national championship event. The day's racing was rounded off by two evening concerts for 10,000 people, headlined by Tinchy Stryder, DJ Ironik, and X-Factor stars Olly Murs, Jamie Archer and Danyl Johnson.

Eclipse Sound & Light provided PA for the main concert stage, situated just 10m from the water's edge. Watching the forecast closely, the Ecl

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Local design and install firm Eye Dialogue chose Turbosound TCS speakers to pump up the volume and provide distinctly different vibes on Butter's two levels, each with its own DJ.

"It's a total visual experience; they pulled out all the stops in designing this space," says entertainment technology designer Jack Kelly of Eye Dialogue Lighting & Sound in Charlotte, who designed and installed the club's audio systems. "But the big thing for the owners was the sound.They wanted it to feel like the sound was all around you instead of originating from one end o

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All the models, except the CX12N351, feature a 2.5" voice coil combined with a fibreglass former and aluminium wire that drives the mid-bass cone with high efficiency and a good extension.

The 1.75" dome compression driver loaded to a conical waveguide, provides a clear vocal output and a "perfect high frequency extension".

The mid-bass section of the CX12N351 features a

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Back in February when tour preparations were in negotiations, monitor engineer Tony Luna staked his claim on a DiGiCo SD8-24. "The budget dictated that we had to use a smaller console than on previous tours and the SD8 had all the features and power that I was used to in the SD7. It was pretty much a no-brainer that that's what we were going to need on this tour. I had first mixed on one at the NAB convention this April and had a cool experience on it. Plus, the audio quality was excellent."

For Bieber's seven-piece band, Luna is utilising 53 channels overall. During the several weeks worth of rehearsals pre-tour he was able to pre-programme the basics of the show. Once the group commenced rehearsals, it made building his mixes that much easier. "Everything was alr

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Maestro Sound & Lighting Company located in Bahrain, was the provider of sound, lighting and video backdrops for the major force of the Indian music industry, with the help of tour manager Vincent Rodrigues and event manager Shafiq of Regency group, who helped coordinate the event.

Maestro achieved "excellent sound quality" at the Doha International Tennis Court, which holds approximately 10,000 people. The venue was not originally designed for outdoor music events, and suffers from unflattering architecture, reverberation and bad acoustics, for such an application. Employing Maestro's recently acquired Adamson speaker system, Promod, Sonu's front house engineer, had a fulfilling first experience using Y-Axis series consisting of 16 Y18, 16 Y10, 10

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Using an existing Ethernet network, the products provide a flexible public address system with many facilities. Text-to-speech, live paging, stored messages, timed message, timed volume adjustment and realtime log (including fault reporting) are just some of the functions available. There is also a facility to communicate with passenger information display (PIDS) for automatic audio translation.

VIGIL VoIP enables multi-user access and is suitable for numerous applications. It is demonstrated at PLASA with two types of control: touchscreen and telephone handset.

The system includes a new amplifier/VoIP product the BVV050D. This is an all-in-one uni

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The AMD series of mixer and power amps represent "a significant step forward in connectivity, controllability and flexibility for constant voltage amplifiers", allowing integration to third party control systems, PC enabled control and remote control panels. The optional on-board DSP processing provides EQ, dynamics, delay and level control to completely customise any setup.

Revolution series DSP has been over four years in development and provides a DSP platform that is simple to both install and integrate as well as being intuitive to operate. With the series comprising AV Revolution and Zone Revolution models, virtually any installation requirement is covered, including remote control and paging - all wit

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IC2 combines the control and flexibility of Iconyx digitally steerable technology with the power and focus of a point source loudspeaker, creating the world's first 'crossover array' with the full benefits of both technologies, says the company.

Four 8-inch low frequency Neodymium transducers and 1-inch Titanium Nitride coated HF drivers offer high SPL point source performance, while individual steering control of each driver gives the IC2 unriva

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More than 20 hardware, software, DSP and FPGA design engineers are being sought for positions in Kidderminster and Manchester.

The announcement comes just six months after the acquisition of Midas Klark Teknik by the Music Group. The move follows a declaration at the time of purchase to invest substantially in Midas product development.

"I am incredibly excited about the way that we can now develop the company, thanks to the Music Group," says John Oakley, managing director of Midas Klark Teknik. "We have already released a host of new products this year and the pace is about to increase. I want to hear from any R&D staff who would like to join us on our journey, particularly if they have experience of digital audio mixer design. W

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It is not only a restaurant, rather a "new and revolutionary concept". Four gastronomic islands offer specialties from different cuisines and various happenings are staged throughout the day. The necessity imposed by the aesthetic choices combined with the need for quality sound led to the request of high-performance professional products.

Each area of ChiMiama feature 18 wide band EDGE25PW loudspeakers, hung on the walls or on the pillars, combined with two Smart SMTV15SA subwoofers.

The whole system is electronically controlled by a Source AMIX4Z 4-zone mixer and an active AS025 cro

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"Our customers find these units essential to have on hand when an installation isn't running quite as smoothly as hoped," says a spokesman. Suitable power supplies and racking systems are available to order separately.

The most popular palm sized fixes are: 4206 1x6 3G-HD-SD Re-clocking Distribution Amplifier; 4261A 3G-HD-SD Dual Stereo Analogue Audio Embedder; 4261D 3G-HD-SD Quad AES Audio Embedder; 4262A 3G-HD-SD Dual Stereo Analogue Audio De-embedder; 4424 SDI to Composite Analogue Video 10-bit DAC; 4463A Composite Video to SDI with Embedded Audio ADC; 4464A SDI to Analogue Composite Video &

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The Church Committee sought Rasch's advice, "My career has been in providing audio and communications systems. I worked with Informations Teknik in Copenhagen for some years, and now work with Get Visual, a specialist with particular expertise in video in my home town of Arhus. My primary recommendation was for a d&b audiotechnik PA system; speech is

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The event featured various Christ Embassy ministers who delivered blessings, prayers and sermons to the crowd. Speakers included Pastor Anita and Pastor Chris Oyakhilome. A live worship band and a choir of over 1000 voices accompanied them. The whole event was also recorded for DVD.

Entec's heavy schedule demanded some nimble logistics, so they brought Simon Tutchener onboard as technical production manager for the project, to integrate their services into a vast XL Video set-up, Hawthorn set design and four rigging teams from Summit Steel. Eat To the Beat and Stage Miracles completed the cast. Tutchener was also the anchor between

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This year as last, the festival's sound production was the responsibility of a team from rental company MSE Tontechnik. As well as the variety of the acts performing, the medieval venue - a 60 x 20m courtyard - also posed challenges for the crew of technicians. "It's no easy matter here," commented MSE chief Johannes Sch

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Almond, formerly head of marketing for Studiomaster, assumes responsibility for the marketing of the three brands throughout Europe with immediate effect. Almond's new role will see him oversee the group's promotional activities across the professional audio, live sound, theatre sound, AV and event production and MI sectors.

The new position is "a key aspect of group strategy", as Cadac establishes itself, with a wider product portfolio, beyond its traditional market leading position in theatre mixing consoles, and as Studiomaster re-establishes a prominent position in professional and MI PA, and commercial audio markets.

An effective relaunch of the Carlsbro brand is scheduled for next year'