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These are an integral digital component of Richard Larkum's lighting and visual design, and take the look and feel of the Kaiser's almost non-stop touring schedule over the last two years to a new and different dimension.

Larkum states: "The band and I were determined that any 'video' elements interfaced seamlessly with the lighting". He also wanted a digital lightsource with its own visual integrity, and definitely not a massive LED surface that dominated the performance space.

XL UK's project manager Jo Beirne says, "It's always fun and exciting working with Richard - his ideas are innovative and varied and he never loses sight of the basic elements of lighting a band onstage well, and for the enjoyment

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Production:av's live event video division is partnering with video directors and production managers to provide video solutions and move the company forward in this sector. The company's inventory of Barco projection and image processing has provided a reliable platform for servicing customers. "Our Barco HD8 and CLM R10 projectors have been instrumental in offering some complex, and bright projections at a competitive price point. These uni

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The trimmed-down size makes the Mega Bar 50 RGB suitable for smaller venues and spaces, while the lower price tag puts this LED colour-mixing bar within reach of budget-conscious DJs, bands and clubs.

"After introducing our very successful original Mega Bar LED, we were getting requests from smaller customers for a similar LED colour bar that was scaled to meet their size and budget needs," said Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of Companies. "Simply put, they didn't need - or in some cases the space couldn't accommodate -- a b

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A major part of the content focussed on ETC's Unison Paradigm and SmartLink product ranges together with the just acquired Selador Series of LED luminaires, which is set to be an important part of the company's offering.

ETC's market manager for Europe, Erik Larsen, reports: "It was good to get to meet so many of our customers throughout the week, and for them to meet one another. The Focus event enabled people to exchange ideas as well as learn more about what ETC has to offer and what's coming up."

(Jim Evans)

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The T10 cabinet is a passive two-way design that houses two 6.5" drivers, a 1.4" exit HF compression driver and can be used either as a compact component in a multiple cabinet line array or, by rotating the horn as a high directivity point source loudspeaker. The HF driver is fitted to a waveguide horn producing vertical line source directivity with a 90° horizontal pattern that is maintained down to approximately 600 Hz.

The T-SUB shares the same width and integrated rigging fittings as the T10 for deployment either flown at the top of a T10 array, in a separate column or it ca

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The winner of the Best Lighting Design category was Paule Constable for her design for The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse; this is the third time she has won the lighting Olivier, with a further four nominations to her credit.

In the other technical categories, awards went to Gareth Fry for his sound design for Black Watch at the Barbican, to Todd Rosenthal for his set design for August: Osage County at the National.

The awards were presented against a backdrop of record West End attendances in 2008, 14 million people, a one per cent rise on the previous year. Chris Patton, divisional sales manager for Stag

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Approximately 60ft above the exhibit floor, the existing lighting position spanned over 100ft in length and was situated along the edge of a third story gallery. "By applying a little entertainment technology to the museum environment, we provided a well-designed and efficient solution," says Robert Young, associate Theatre Projects Consultants.

Young and Michael Nishball of TPC, through close collaboration, designe

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The Tokyo based office is equipped with a warehouse that stocks a broad range of Prolyte and Doughty products, which enables PAP to gain competitive edge when delivering the products within a shorter lead-time, says the company.

Mr. Mutsuo Osawa is managing director for Prolyte Doughty Japan Incorporation (PDJ). He brings considerable experience from both the entertainment and the advertising industry, having worked for Theatre Engineering Co Ltd and headed many international campaigns, ranging from changing corporate/brand image to launching of new product for Fujitsu, Canon and Nissan.

In order to provide maximum service to customers and users, a Japanese website as well as a translation of the main Prolyte bro

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Located in the CBD of Adelaide, the venue's multi-purpose facilities include 14 meeting rooms, 11 halls and an outdoor performance space on the river front. It can accommodate up to 6,500 banquet guests and offers approximately 10,500sq.m of pillar-less floor space for conferences, exhibitions and special events of all types.

Robe was the preferred option for ACC's specifications and requirements once the green light was given for the purchase of new professional moving lights, says technical manager Jamie Masefield. "Robe first came to our attention as the brand with a strong industry credibility for robustness and reliability."

Masefield continues: "We needed large numbers of both profile and wash fixtures for business and logistical reasons. The Robe

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"In just a few short weeks, Cadac is already seeing the benefits of the initial phases of Soundking's investment in the company, with the first new designs making their debut at Prolight&Sound," says general manager Bob Thomas. "Everything is going full tilt at our Luton factory, where we are working flat out to fulfil a large number of sales orders - with S-Types, F-Types, and an R-Type shipping out to Russia, Germany, Korea and China, together with a quantity of J-Type modules for the USA and Aust

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The company will be featuring a wider product range and promote the diverse variety of services in its portfolio from hire and sales through to live events and installations. Stage Electrics is confident that the exciting range of products on show including the new Jester TL, the Rosco Light Pad and Stage Electrics' new WebShop, will further accelerate sales of its products into Europe.

Chris Patton, divisional sales manager comments: "Taking the leap to exhibit solely as Stage Electrics at a ma

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"SoundField's digital microphone and digital 5.1 decoder have become part of our standard toolkit when we are asked to provide 5.1 audio for sports broadcasts," explains Robert Edwards of VSSL.

"We use the systems on a weekly basis when working on high-profile international football and rugby coverage for a variety of broadcasters, most recently on February's Brazil-Italy game at Arsenal's Emirates stadium, which was viewed by 150 million people in 37 countries - but until now, although the systems have often been installed on our recommendation, they've always been owned by other companies. We decided the time had come to purchase a DSF-2/DSF-3 system of our own."

(Jim Evans)

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New motors will be installed in six versions of the Eclipse - three Iris models and three Shutter models. The Iris models use a camera-like aperture to block the light, and when the fins retract, 100 percent of the light shines through. The Shutter models use vertical blades to black out the beam, a style often used for quick cuts and chase sequences around arenas.

Both styles are used to dowse sports lights and other discharge lights that can't be dimmed electronically. A new drive mechanism inside the three Iris models will make these units more solid by simplifying the pieces used to open the aperture fins, said Lee Schlais, Wybron's vice-president of engineering. "The Eclipse units were already reliable, but the changes we have made will

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The band, working with monitor engineer Jon Ormesher and front of house engineer Matthew Kettle, selected Sennheiser ew 500 Series guitar systems and e 906 mics for Tom Chaplin's guitar cabinets, and e 904s for Richard Hughes' toms and an e 901 for the bass drum. In addition, the band use a mix of e 935 and SKM 935 radio mics for vocals, and the whole band wear Sennheiser ew 300 G2 IEM in-ear monitoring systems.

"I started touring with Keane about three years ago and even then nearly all the microphones were Sennheiser," says Ormesher. "And they've stayed with the 935 vocal mics ever since, mainly because the band likes them so much. Tom actually used the 935 in the studio to do the vocals for the last a

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"This is equipment you won't yet see in many real-life theatres; a dream come true for every instructor and every student," says Gert Venema, tutor on the course's Sound and Theatre Techniques module.

The college's attitude to new technology is largely down to the passion of the instructors, according to Midas Consoles Benelux's Axel Nagtegaal. "A good specification is wonderful, but without passion it is sterile," he says. "The real added value and creativity of this project is the way the school, instructors and co

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Dry Gulch, USA, owned by Church on the Move of Tulsa, was established as a summer camp for children in 1986. The campus has grown into a multi-purpose destination point featuring a 700-seat performance hall, a mini-amusement park, overnight quarters, holiday events and a 'Town Square' downtown area that is a replica of an old west town.

Stephen Arruda, AV coordinator for Dry Gulch, was hired last year to upgrade technology throughout the campus, including an audio system that had fallen into disrepa

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Located in Auckland's popular Kingsland suburb, Neighbourhood is owned by New Zealand brewers, Macs. Installed by Jansen Professional Audio & Lighting, iDR manages audio distribution to various areas in the bar as well as to an outdoor area.

The bar mainly plays mp3 music during the weekdays but on the weekend a DJ plugs into a custom-designed outlet plate connected to the iDR, which is configured with different EQ settings for the DJ, and parameters for hard-limiting and compression on each speaker feed. Jansen used a custom serial data string function on the iDR to control video switching for the DJ's accomp

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The recent production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Novello Theatre implemented the F:light system, which allows moving lights to follow the motion of automated scenery and performers, whilst remaining fully under the lighting designer's control. The system enabled technical staff to finely tune the lighting of the aerial scenes and maximise magical effects - in this case, Titania, Oberon and Bottom taking to the air in the aura of a striking full moon.

Often flying effects are used in situations that require highly accurate lighting in order not to reveal 'the trick'. Stage Technologies recognised that there was a distinct gap between lighting and automation. The F:light concept came about to b

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Clay Paky has always paid great attention to training young talent, and sponsors and hosts this course at its own showroom in Seriate (BG). Clay Paky built its sho room as if it were a real stage, designed not only to display its own products, but also as an 'art workshop' where lighting designers - from the most famous experts to lighting students - may practice and express their creativity to the full.

On the course, the students from the Politecnico were able to attend a practical lesson held by Gi

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"Fred brings extensive pro audio industry experience and knowledge to this position, including seven years as sales manager at Shure Distribution GmbH," said Markus Winkler, managing director of Shure's EMEA business unit. "With his strong background, Fred will be an important part of our future business development in the region."

(Jim Evans)