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The brief was that it must accommodate a screen measuring a minimum of 46 inches, complete with Blu-ray player, laptop docking station, coffee maker and an integrated loudspeaker system.

5 Star's team began the initial design by sketching a few variants from which DiGiCo could choose a definitive version.

The overall design selected was a long 'Sideboard' type layout, housing all the necessary equipment including power sockets.

At the heart of it is an electric TV lift sourced from Penn-Elcom, featuring 730 mm of vertical travel and a wireless remote control. This device is the basis for an inbuilt 47" LG LED screen giving a 1080p full HD display.

The powered TV lift includes a flush fitting

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In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues brought together some of the greats of the genre, including B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, duo Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi, Warren Haynes, Keb' Mo' and Shemekia Copeland for a once-in-a-lifetime concert.

Sound reinforcement was via an EAW system provided by Anderson Audio of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the long-time sound reinforcement provider for this auspicious series of concert events.

The event was produced by public television station WETA; Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of The Grammy Awards; and Robert Santelli, executive director of The Grammy Museum, for AEG Ehrlich Ventures. The event was also broad

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Bayern's basketball team re-entered the Bundesliga - Germany's top division - in March 2011, and since then the sport has experienced a renaissance in and around the Bavarian capital. To accommodate the team's ever-growing army of fans, in May 2011 the club decided to stage home basketball matches in the Rudi-Sedlmayer Hall, which, after extensive modernization and rebuilding, was renamed the Audi Dome prior to welcoming its quota of 7,200 spectators to the official opening at the end of September.

To be sure of offering first

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"We have a long relationship with DiGiCo and needed a console to transfer shows that currently exist on an SD7, but would be playing in smaller venues," says Jeremy Dunn, head of sound at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. "We looked at all the usual comparable desks, but the audio team were very keen to stick with DiGiCo software and their way of working."

The smaller footprint and ease of transferring shows programmed on the SD7 were important for Dunn and his technicians, but he is also impressed with many of its other facilities.

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"Overall the system is very stable, and I really feel I can fully trust it," says monitor engineer Robert Egnelius. "The POPulation and MCA groups are two excellent features I use a lot, they make accessing channels very quick and effective. As well as being easy to use, the PR02 sounds very good and has wonderful EQ and dynamics. I like the patching, and the fact that I have control over what to patch to the outputs. The assignable XLRs on the network effectively give me 16 XLR outputs on the control surface

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The band has acquired an HK Audio Projector system, plus a set of Premium PR:O stage monitors (three PRO15XA active one PRO15X passive wedges) for their constant touring, which they have now kept up for a staggering four decades.

The Searchers have owned their own touring sound system for many years and wanted to upgrade to something smaller and lighter. Paul Brambridge at Nuneaton Musical Equipment (who has worked with the band for years ) then recommended they check out HK Audio.

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Alongside these elegant little loudspeakers will be a selection of products picked from the White range. The 4S and 5S are equally small loudspeakers, designed for visual and acoustical integration into fixed applications.

Oran Burns and Steve Jones from the d&b GB Education and Application Support team will be offering visitors the chance to attend two seminars as part of the show's free Professional Development Programme. On Tuesday 17 April, Can you hear me at the Back? presented by Oran Burns , will explore how to get the sound you've lovingly nurtured through the console to every seat in the house. On Wednesday 18 April, Steve Jones will look at what methods can be us

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The highlight of the company's presence at the show will be a completely new product group, the R-range, which takes Alcons' pro-ribbon cylindrical projection and coupling behaviour in new and different directions and brings the benefits of this technology to applications not previously served, says the company.

Another innovation is a new Q-series model. A completely new pro-ribbon transducer platform has been developed specifically for this system, which will bring the modular line-source column concept to acoustically challenging rooms in a new form.

The production version of the BC332 self-contained cardioid subwoofer system will be on show, which features newly designed woofers -

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The webcast VR-5 is being used primarily to feed the Mediasite webcasting platform from Sonic Foundry but Lloyd explained that they also use the USB out to PC function of the mixer regularly. Connecting a PC to the RGB connector of the VR-5 for various applications such as PowerPoint presentations, slide shows and movie playback enables them to be recorded directly to the VR-5.

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For its new sound system the Church commissioned Lebanon-based pro audio specialists, Technosound, to provide a solution that would give the highest quality audio with the minimum aesthetic intrusion. A combined system was required to provide sound for both the interior of the main church and also for selected areas outside the building.

"For the main area inside the church we chose Community's Entasys three-way, full-range column line-array loudspeaker systems," said Pierre Fahed of Technosound. "Their wide horizontal and very narrow vertical dispersion gives excellent coverage with minimal overspill to the reflective surfac

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The AC-ET stand will provide the EMEA tradeshow unveiling of the new Jands Vista L5 flagship media and lighting control console. The design includes a 21" HD Wacom pen tablet display, which makes it easy to manage today's mix of moving lights, media servers and LEDs. To celebrate the launch, there is a competition to win a MacBook Pro running the Vista v2 software (www.jandsvista.com/L5). A selection of other models from the extensive Vista control range will also be featured.

Also showing on the AC-ET stand is the Chroma-Q range of LED lighting solutions. Latest additions include the new Studio Force D (6,100K CCT daylight) and V (3,000K - 6,100K CCT variable) white light sources.

Both versions are

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When the owners approached Jesús Lavilla of Gradual Event to design and install a PA system at Maher, his thoughts, once he had recovered from the shock, turned immediately to ingredients. "This was to be no 'background music' system. The owners were single minded; the quality and definition of the system needed to be on a parallel with the food."

Gradual Event has the skills and experience to address such demands, the company provides both installation and rental service to the Basque region, specialising in sound and light. "All the many valuable lessons we learn in servicing special

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Over the ensuing years Rev. Phillips has led community efforts to renovate the church and restore it to its former glory. Recently the church replaced an aging, ineffective sound system dating back many decades, installing an Iconyx IC16-R digitally steerable array system from Renkus-Heinz. As Erik Saari of Wheaton, IL-based Sound Planning Associates explains, the Iconyx system brought much-needed improved intelligibility to the sanctuary.

"Like many older sanctuarie

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Over the ensuing years Rev. Phillips has led community efforts to renovate the church and restore it to its former glory. Recently the church replaced an aging, ineffective sound system dating back many decades, installing an Iconyx IC16-R digitally steerable array system from Renkus-Heinz. As Erik Saari of Wheaton, IL-based Sound Planning Associates explains, the Iconyx system brought much-needed improved intelligibility to the sanctuary.

"Like many older sanctuarie

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Technomad has long been associated with sustainable manufacturing, producing durable, weatherproof MilSpec loudspeakers using recycled plastic. As a result, Technomad loudspeakers are often specified into AV projects with LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) requirements.

Technomad recently teamed up with LightManufacturing LLC, which developed a patent-pending method of moulding plastic with solar heat. The company's Solar Rotational Molding (SRM) systems eliminate greenhouse gasses associated with traditional rotat

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Olympic Countdown - The London Olympics and Paralympics could boost West End box offices, according to a survey of theatre-goers. In the Whatsonstage.com poll of more than 32,000 theatre-goers, 70% said they would attend as much

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Harpa's crown jewel is the Eldborg hall, a resplendent new home for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Icelandic Opera with a capacity of up to 1,800 seats. Designed by Artec Consultants of New York, the hall features an elaborate system of adaptable physical acoustics, which adjusts hall reverberation using moveable soft goods, overhead canopies, and doors to hidden reverberation chambers.

For amplified concerts, the hall relies on an equally adaptable Meyer Sound reinforcement system. Based on an initial design from

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"We have always understood the importance of providing our channel partners with the highest levels of technical expertise and advice around which of our products best fit the individual requirements of their end user customers," explained Gordon Innocent, chairman, RGB Communications. "In today's tough economic climate this has become even more of a crucial tool in helping them to win more business."

Using RGB's demonstration suites the product showcase will highlight RGB's latest additions to its portfolio of which two, the Barco Image PRO-II an advanced all-in-one video processor and the Premier Mounts Ceiling Tile Projector Moun

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The webcast VR-5 is being used primarily to feed the Mediasite webcasting platform from Sonic Foundry but Lloyd explained that they also use the USB out to PC function of the mixer regularly. Connecting a PC to the RGB connector of the VR-5 for various applications such as PowerPoint presentations, slide shows and movie playback enables them to be recorded directly to the VR-5.

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Nashville is the latest event to be launched under the PLASA Focus banner, and follows the hugely successful PLASA Focus: Austin, held in February of this year. The current series of North American regional events are modelled after PLASA Focus: Leeds (UK), which, in its third year, topped 2500 attendees.

PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012 will bring regional entertainment technology communities together to do business and network in a relaxed and friendly setting. While regional exhibitors and visitors are set to benefit from the new event, PLASA Focus: Nashville will also give those involved the opportunity to mix with a wider audience than has ever been possible before as PLASA Focus: Nashville will

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"This is not a decision we have taken lightly," comments Mike Blackman, managing director, Integrated Systems Events. "However, the response from exhibitors to our 2012 show has been overwhelmingly positive and, in the end, we felt we had no option but to expand our footprint for 2013.

"This extra space will allow us to accommodate those 2012 exhibitors who have not yet rebooked for next year, as well as new companies w

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Designed by Dimond Architects, built by Integral Constructions and project managed by MFAC project manager Ken Sutherland, the new Performance Centre building links to an existing Music and Drama centre to provide a truly flexible theatre that can operate in several modes to suit a variety of College requirements.

To achieve the configurations required by the College, theatre consultant Richard Stuart used a flexible flat floor model for the theatre design with the ability to have auditorium and stage at the one level with an orchestra lift that can be also used at auditorium level and with retractable seating units that store on the rear wall of the au

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Richard Fox, managing director of Electrovision comments, "To say we're excited about this game-changing mixing console from Behringer is an understatement. The technology in this product has only been seen in high-end models until now and we are anticipating a huge response with early pre-orders from customers eager to buy this affordable digital mixer at analogue prices. "

The X32 allows the audio engineer to focus on the event, instead of "navigating a vast sea of knobs, buttons and menus like most other live digital mixers". X32 has 40 processing channels and 25 mix buses, all equipped with high quality signal processing (dynamics, EQ and inserts), which can be configure

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Tasked with designing a versatile AV infrastructure that would broaden its appeal to external companies, Quadrant Visual Solutions turned to a Harman Professional solution after winning the contract, supported by UK distributor Sound Technology.

With Ben Todd of Sound Technology's project team providing EASE modelling of the space, a system design was proposed to provide highly efficient coverage and to fulfil the technical requirement for the room to be used in two orientations (landscape and portrait format) for audio and visual projection.

On the side wall Quadrant installed t