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Headed up by Pastor Abraham Alex Tanuseputra, this is one of Indonesia's largest churches, able to accommodate gatherings of 30,000 in one sitting. Tri Tunggal Abadi's André Bonang has carried out several previous installations for the Bethany Church in Indonesia, including the Bethany Manyar.

Michel Brouard, L-Acoustics' sales manager Asia, initially visited the Graha Bethany Nginden church in March 2010 and met with Pastor Tanuseputra. "My first visit to Surabaya was reall

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With a combination of theatrical control philosophy and an adaptable hardware platform, the ORB Series provide intuitive control of both generic dimmers and moving lights. The ORB Series consoles support 2048 control channels, multiple playback stacks and are fitted with custom designed encoder wheels for dimmer and fixture control.

The road show events are free of charge and open to anyone considering a new lighting control solution for their venue or wishing to learn more about the ORB and ORB XF consoles. ORB specialist Jon Hole will be on hand to undertake training overviews or answer any specific programming or operating questions whilst our sales team can advise why the ORB range is right for

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Taking place in late January at three of the UK's premier arena venues - Glasgow Braehead, Manchester's MEN and Wembley - the 'in the round' shows needed a system with plenty of power to ensure that master of ceremonies Jeremy Borash and playback music were heard above the roaring, sell-out crowds.

Urban Audio technical director Dan Lewis specified an L-Acoustics V-DOSC / DV-DOSC system, mixed wirelessly on a Yamaha M7CL console from an iPad running StageMix.

"The show was essentially quite simple, being playback and some radio mics. However the required aesthetic for the show was that there coul

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With the new festival season fast approaching, in a country noted for its outdoor events, if the new proposals become law it will have a major impact on festival promoters and production companies. Thus FACE decided it was time to act.

By chance the Belgian distributors had carried out measurement tests of Martin Audio's new Multi-Cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) nine months earlier - during an Amnesty International concert in Antwerp's Groenplaats - followed by a demo at the large Antwerp Sportpaleis arena. And they knew the syste

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Held between 23 and 27 February, and featuring 42 concerts, 15 workshops and 150 songwriters, top names performing this year include Billy Bragg, Cerys Matthews and Ricky Warwick.

Festival organisers invited applications from interested parties to provide PA systems for the various concert locations, which include a variety of venues including a city centre church hall. It was decided to use EMS Audio's HK Audio Elements system.

EMS Audio's director, Les Hume, comments, "The festival is a great opportunity to show off the technical wonder that is Elements. It will be used to deliver a mighty sound in a discrete fashion for artists such as Brian Kennedy, Cerys Matthews and Nanci Griffith."

(Jim Evans)

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The service has been strengthened by the proven Lawo Service Team who, after thorough training, is now ready to support Innovason clients. With an associated increase of staff, Innovason service in France and Germany is well positioned to provide the best possible customer support with mutual backup between the two locations. Support can be requested by calling +33 (0) 546 28 94 49 or +49 (0) 7222 1002-4900.

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Headquartered near Portsmouth, but with more than half its contracts in the London area, PixelBright has swiftly built up a wide client-base by "providing a service rather than hiring out equipment", according to director Chris Sayce. "From the beginning, we saw demand for all areas of show production, so we diversified from lighting into sound, staging, draping, etc, but stuck to the same principle of being service-led rather than obsessing about technology.&q

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However, the company is no longer merely a representative of equipment but, an integrator of solutions and related products for audio, video, signal transmission / receiving, satellite, fibre optics, CATV, DTH, HDTV, IPTV and digital signage.

"We only handle top line products," said Mr. Almeida who was a member of the original engineering department at the large Rio-based network, TV Globo, when it was founded back in 1965. "With sales and support partners covering all of Brazil - and some countries in South America - we look forward to building the Optocore brand profile.

"We had bee

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"The XL8 once again proved its flexibility and user-friendliness, as well as allowing the sound crew to set up and access everything very quickly," says Zieba. "For me, the sound of the XL8 has always been almost indistinguishable from the best analogue performance I have heard, and this was equally true in the new setting of the 02 Arena."

Among the quick-changing succession of artists to perform at this year's event were Rihanna, Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, Plan B, Adele

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At the heart of the system is a Riedel Artist 64 mainframe. Due to its modular approach Artist systems can easily be expanded up to to 1,024 x 1,024 non-blocking ports.

Twenty control panels from Riedel Artist 1000, 2000 and 5000 series are used at the Aalto Opera. To provide for maximum of flexibility, two stage manager booths were set up - one on each side of the stage - with the ability to switch between the two booths. Both include an Artist 1000 series control panel plus three expansion panels providing a total of 76 talk keys, which can be doubled using

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So far around 50% of claimants have submitted the necessary documentation. But another 570 claims that have been submitted are still waiting on proof of ownership to be provided in order that claims may be fully verified and approved. Ofcom, supported by BEIRG (British Entertainment Industry Radio Group) is urging users to get in touch and provide the necessary information as soon as possible.

Ian Wainwright, PMSE Implementation Project Manager at Ofcom, said: "We realise the difficulty that some people may have in providing all of the required proof of ownership details, but we would urge them to come forw

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The 2011 edition highlights integrated AV/IT systems with Apple iPad, AMX, Crestron and Extron control plus extensive signage networks in retail, tourism and educational applications. Also featured are new projector ranges from the leading manufacturers and a variety of bespoke videoconferencing solutions.

Communicate 2011 is the twenty third edition of the annual publication and amongst other new products, introduces the extensive and exclusive Saville Academy furniture range comprising high quality lecterns, cabinets and bespoke furniture designed specifically for professional presentation environments.

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In addition to the company's own stand, Alcons provided an audio system for ISE's 3D Theatre, a co-operative venture by a number of 3D technology manufacturers, including screens, projectors, media-servers, audio systems and acoustic panels. Featuring hourly presentations from the different equipment suppliers about 3D related topics, visitors were informed about the latest technology and it gave company co-founder Tom Back and his team the opportunity to demonstrate how their systems enhance the 3D experience.

Back conducted a daily Alcons presentation, explaining the specific challenges for audio systems in 3D cinema applications. These range from the effects of long speaker cabl

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"We have always understood our products as open platforms for integrating standard protocols such as AES, MADI, SIP and now, AVB. Especially MediorNet as an open platform backbone technology with bandwidth capacities suitable for numerous 3G video signals, will be helping to expand AVB network installations beyond their current possibilities," saysHenning Kaltheuner, product manager at Riedel Communications. "We are looking forward to actively participating in the AVnu Alliance for providing an in-depth integration of AVB systems into our MediorNet backbone product."

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Some indication of the scale and importance of the event is given by the official figures: 12,000 athletes from 170 countries are scheduled to compete in 26 sporting disciplines spread between 64 different venues. As well as the many millions around the world following the event on television, around 100,000 sporting enthusiasts are expected to visit the Russian metropolis at the time of the event.

Preparations in Kazan are already in full swing for the high-calibre event. The venue for the swimming competiti

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Selected elements of the sound equipment were upgraded in the 800-seat capacity Main House, as part of a 6-month refurbishment programme in the Main House auditorium.

Orbital's relationship with the Theatre Royal pre-dates this project, previously supplying the Theatre Royal's egg theatre for children with its d&b Q7 system during 2010.

Theatre Royal Bath's Technical Manager, Joe Wright, detailed the refurbishment programme: "The Theatre Royal Main House is principally a receiving venue, handling a wide variety of different live entertainment genres, from stand-up and the spoken word, through live bands and playback, to full-scale musicals.

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"Everybody we have demonstrated to have been impressed with the CT108s output," commented Dino Drimakis, business development manager at Melody House. "Its compact nature is the icing on the cake as it allows companies like AV Concepts to use them in various manners for different kind of events."

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Also recruited is a new member of the creative team. Phil Chapman joins the group as a full-time video production technician, to support the constant demand for high-quality business television programmes.

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"Showtech are one of Dubai's most active rental firms, with constantly being in and out of different venues the need for a flexible yet reliable system is paramount," commented Richie Hiranandani, marketing manager. "The system also seamlessly integrates with their existing wired intercom systems, hence a clear choice for Showtech."

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Stage2's iLive has already been used to mix monitors for Russell Watson; FOH for Jersey's Help for Haiti Concert, featuring artists Cathy Battistessa and Nerina Pallot; and on monitors at the Grassroots Festival, featuring Fun Loving Criminals, Bedouin Soundclash, Jose Gonzalez and Natty.

"I have had great success with iLive at all levels from small band/pub gigs to very large scale festivals. It's such a versatile system," comments Stage2's MD, Rob Richie. "I am so impressed that I am looking to increase our hire stock of iLive products to the modular iDR10 MixRack with iLive-144 Surface, and the compact iDR-16 MixRack with iLive-

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Following the use of Soundcraft consoles during the visit to the UK of Pope Benedict XVI last summer, a Vi1 was again on duty in the Chateauroux region of France on 20 January 20, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy addressed more than 1,000 health workers in the gymnasium of the local hospital in Chatillon-sur-Indre.

The rental company called in to convert the gym into a full production space were Poitiers-based sound and lighting company, SLJ Sonorisation, Eclairage, Vidéo. They built a lighting structure which was rigged in the roof while the President's staff constructed the stage itself.

FOH engineer, Benoit Lasjuilliarias, confirmed that the president always favours using lo

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The range includes the Reference Standard 4000 Series, which builds and improves on DPA's Standard and Compact 4006, 4011, 4015 and 4017 mics, and the new Twin Diaphragm Capsules which form the 2000 Series, and brings down the cost of owning a DPA microphone to between €600­-700. Innovative accessories increase versatility and allow for future upgrades or new applications, adds the company.

Full details of this new product release, which sees a large part of the DPA catalogue get a complete overhaul, will be available at the show.

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As a result of the continued growth of the Adam Hall Group and the focus on European strategy, some changes are being effected within Adam Hall Ltd.

Having started in 2008 and working over the past three years as general manager, Andrew Richardson has been appointed as managing director of Adam Hall Ltd. Richardson has taken over from Bob Mundy, who has now stepped away from the company having worked there for over 30 years.

Ian Little who has bee

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One of the focal points of interest was the booth of Dynacord and Electro-Voice's African partners Audio Visual Engineering (AVE), where visitors could enjoy live demonstrations of Dynacord D-Lite and VariLine loudspeaker systems and Electro-Voice Tour X and XLC loudspeaker systems.

In addition to daily 90-minute audio training sessions - which, besides covering the basics, included a line-array workshop and dealt with special aspects of limiters and loudspeaker controllers - the fair's four-day programme included twice-daily Open Mic sessions offering up-and-coming performers a chance to demonstrate their talent on stage. These, like the audio workshops