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"These courses are designed for stage and event professionals who want to find out about the capabilities and operation of the latest gear," says Black Light's head of customer relations, Claire Södergren. "They'll be useful if you are coming to the equipment and software for the first time, or if you've used it in the past and want to find out how to get the most out of it."

The details of the three courses are as follows:

Avolites Titan - 27 September at S.E.C.C Glasgow, free of charge. This free course will cover the operation

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Le Mark's technical flooring manager Dave Cartwright said, "The progress Le mark has made over the last few years is phenomenal. Originally supplying floors to professional TV & Film studios, Le Mark has steadily grown and developed its range into what has now become one of the UK's most trusted brands in the professional dance industry too.

"With the honour of being selected to provide the flooring for the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics, new installation contracts for some of the UK's largest dance venues and record levels of interest for our new Woodland Spring sprung floors

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SDUK has always striven to work closely with educational establishments that encourage talented young individuals into the industry, and RADA is an internationally fΩted example of such an institution. SDUK and RADA will ensure that the technical training offered on RADA's courses incorporates the latest in industry-standard theatre technology, thereby giving prospective technicians graduating from RADA the best possible start in their careers, and also allowing both partners to support their common ethos of sharing and furthering specialist knowledge and expertise.

SDUK will support RADA with industry-leading equipment for its live and studio productions plus for its theatrical sound design and location recording courses. These include Shur

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Venuetech has been established as a turnkey supplier of lighting, sound and video solutions for the entertainment and architectural markets across the region since 1979.

"We have been instrumental in the instigation and development of turnkey solutions in the Middle East for over 30 years and are very eager to promote the full range of Robert Juliat products in across our markets," says Venuetech executive business controller, Nour Assafiri.

"Venuetech will be responsible for the full product range and after-sale service across the region," says Robert Juliat CEO François Juliat.

Venuetech will be showing Robert Juliat products for the first time at the InfoComm show in Dubai from 14-18 October 2012.

(Jim Evans)

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Fredon Industries were contracted to design, supply and install a flexible audio visual system to an unusual and innovative auditorium. The school wanted to expand their sports facility into a multi-use arena to cater to both sports and the performing arts. Essentially a hole was cut into the side of the existing basketball court and a flat floor stage area installed, however behind the stage area (which doubles as a drama and dance studio) is a lecture theatre.

So not only was a sound system required to cover the main auditorium space but also to cover the drama / dance studio as well as the lecture theatre and a

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2M Audio, based in Schönenwerd in the northern, German-speaking part of Switzerland, is also the exclusive distributor for d&b audiotechnik which, according to TTA's sales and marketing manager, Flemming S°rensen makes them the ideal partner for TTA. "Wherever possible we associate ourselves with other high end brands in the theatre market, and d&b is a case in point," he said. "As the d&b distributor, 2M Audio is already talking to and has relationships with all of the people that are relevant to our business, which clearly makes life much easier for everybody."

2M Audio's Daniel Meyer is adds,

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The purchase of the 36 channel, large format console with producers desk has certainly proved popular with the head of the Audio Department, Bruce Gibb. "The desk is an absolute treat," he says, describing how it facilitates the way his students start to grasp the principles and practice of audio engineering, thanks to "...the console's user friendly and flexible interface."

Before being granted access to individual studios, audio engineering students are given tutoring sessions hosted by the SAE Institute lecturing team, boosting their confidence in signal flow and introducing them to how the console works. Then it's time for the console to really come into its own.

"With individual studio time, students get to enjoy the ASP8024 for recording

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For over 30 years, MDG has created fog and haze generators for entertainment, industrial, firefighting and military customers. Based in Montreal in Canada, the company's philosophy is to develop and produce the best generators on the market.

"We chose ULA Group as our distributors because their degree of dedication to our industry matches MDG's own," says Martin Michaud, president & CEO of MDG. "Coupled with ULA's unsurpassed knowledge of the Australian market, we believe this to be a very exciting, effective combination."

ULA Group marked the new appointment by introducing the MDG fog generators during Entech Connect show in Melbourne (18 - 19 July 2012), where they received positive feedback from visitors.

The MDG machines are well respected and

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Event Projection was the first company of its kind in the UK to purchase the LEDko units, which use an innovative 120-Watt 'Multi-LEDs' source to produce an even, uniform beam, creating huge energy savings over traditional 575-Watt tungsten profiles. Now, several other companies have followed suit, purchasing the LEDko LED light engines for e

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Handling all of the audio requirements was Poitiers-based rental and audio solutions company Agora Audio. Agora supplied an Eclipse digital mixing console from Innovason at FoH and an Innovason Sy80 for monitors in addition to the main PA and all the microphones which included sixteen KM 184 D digital microphones from Neumann.

According to Agora's David Rocher who mixed the show at FoH, the event

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"We had a steady flow of existing customers and lots of inquiries from new contacts right through the show," said sales director David Faulkes, "Much of this interest was due to the new products that we were showing. We have been looking very carefully at the needs of the market and have focussed on designing multi-function products, giving the best value for money". This approach has led to innovations in both the LEDHead LED Lighting and MT Professional Acoustics ranges.

On the lighting side the company showed the EPW2 moving head luminaire and the batten based CycWash system, both using LED technology and both fulfilling multiple roles. The EPW2 is fitted with a 150W white LED for use as a spot luminaire and 8x 9W tr

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Aired in the UK on Sky Living, and internationally syndicated to over 50m viewers, all of the sound from the live elements of the show including speech, are fed through the iLive system, which comprises an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 Control Surface.

"iLive is great for shows like this because of its totally open architecture. This allows us to provide whatever matrix mixes are required for the TV crew, as well as live mixes for FOH, backstage and any other feeds needed. The sheer number of channels in the iDR-48 means we are never short, and can always provide the connectivity that producers and directors need at the last minute. What's more, surfaces like the iLive-T80 and T112 are compac