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UK - Located literally a stone's throw from London's Abbey Road studios, the church of St Mary in Kilburn has recently joined its illustrious near-neighbour in providing audio excellence, thanks to a Yamaha DME-based audio system.

Built in 1856, St Mary's is typical of Victorian churches, sporting a tall nave, side aisles and many reflective stone and wood surfaces. The resulting, highly reverberant, acoustics were fine for the first century and a half of its existence. However, nowadays people are used to high quality audio in all aspects of their lives, so Yamaha technology has been harnessed to deliver sound which meets modern expectations.

As well as the central nave and side aisles, the church features a chancel and narthex (entrance lobby). Designed and installed by Keith

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UK - Ofcom has delayed its plans to appoint a new Band Manager responsible for managing the spectrum used by the PMSE (Programme Making and Special Events) sector post the digital switchover.

Following an extensive consultation process which began in 2007, Ofcom had been due to make the appointment this spring, but earlier this year announced its intention to defer any decisions until after a third consultation. In a statement posted on the Ofcom website on 15 April, it announced that it would now fully defer any decisions until after London2012.

"In the light of our consultations and the responses we received, we have decided to defer the band-manager award until after the Olympics. This is in part because of the outstanding complexities of the award itself. But it is particularly because we consider there would be insufficient time to develop, test and implement the nec

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France - L-Acoustics has appointed Marc Bénard to the newly-created role of technical support manager, amplified controllers. This new position reinforces the L-Acoustics technical support department which now is divided into three areas of expertise: fixed installation market, rental market, amplified controllers and LA Network Manager products.

Bénard joins the company with 10 years' experience in pro audio industry, working mainly in digital product management and technical support. His new role will be to educate and support touring and fixed installation clients in the use of L-Acoustics' amplified controllers and LA Network Manager.

"I am proud to be part of L-Acoustics, whose talented team continues to innovate in the development of the best-sounding professional sound reinforcement solutions," comments Bénard. "I am thrilled to embra

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UK - Since its launch in November 2009 by the Marquee Installations Group, The HD Pro Sales website has expanded considerably in the range of brands and products it offers. Three significant brands now included, Beyerdynamic, Biamp and MC2, are from the Polar Audio stable.

"We have had a very long association with Marquee Installations", commented Polar Audio's Mike Carvalho, "So are delighted to have three of our leading brands included on the HD Pro Sales website. Whilst web sales are not new, the HD Pro site is a cut above in its comprehensive range, the information it supplies and the product and application support provided by its highly qualified staff."

The range of Beyerdynamic available from HD Pro is comprehensive, from the brand's many industry standards to the latest Revoluto technology low profile microphones for conference and presentation.

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UK - Allen & Heath will be showcasing a selection of its products from the iLive digital series and its dedicated broadcast and recording mixers at the AES London in May 2010.

A highlight will be the iDR-16 3U MixRack and iLive-R72 rackmountable control surface, which together provide a space saving, lightweight digital live mixing system, bringing the same power, sonic performance and flexibility of the larger touring iLive systems to a significantly lower price point.

With these additions, the iLive Series now includes a total of seven Surface and five MixRack variants, which can be mixed and matched in any combination, and share the same firmware, so that show files are transferable between systems via a USB key. Other hardware configurations will be available for demo, with a range of networking options for EtherSound, MADI, ADAT and Aviom.

Also on display will be the XB

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France / UK - APG has announced the appointment of Red Square Audio as its exclusive distributor in the UK and the Republic of Ireland with immediate effect. The move is another significant step in the expansion of APG and the establishment of the company's international network.

RSA will distribute the entire APG product range including the Uniline line array system, the SMX15 floor monitor and the new DX12 and DX15 multipurpose speakers that were launched at the recent PL+S in Frankfurt.

According to APG's Xavier Pion, Red Square Audio is the ideal partner for APG in the UK. "I've known and worked with Paul Nicholson for a few years now, and I am absolutely convinced that he is the man for us in the UK. Apart from his technical knowledge and his contacts, the one thing that has always impressed me about Paul and his team is the fact that they believe 100% in all of the

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Austria - Sound designer Professor Wolfgang Fritz recently outfitted the Vienna Opera House with a complete AKG package in preparation for Vienna's Opernball. The package - which included the WMS4500 high-end wireless system, 19 bodypacks and various microphones - was used to support all live sound needs during the opulent promenade, and also drove the live recordings of the Opera Ball Orchestra.

Vienna's Opera Ball is one of Europe's largest and most elegant social functions, attracting some of the world's most accomplished musicians, politicians and celebrities. For the event, Fritz selected a 20-channel WMS4500 high end wireless system with 19 bodypacks and one hand-held microphone, an HC577 head-worn microphone with a unique CK77 capsule for the actors, two PT4500 with a CK77 microphone for a moveable piano, and one C414 and C391 microphone each used for the orchestra.

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Germany / UK - Optocore has announced a technical cooperation with digital broadcast console manufacturers, Solid State Logic.

The news follows hot on the heels of a similar announcement by Optocore that they had entered co-operation with German console manufacturer Lawo, enabling their consoles to communicate with an Optocore I/O unit. In a joint project, a 'Lawo Emulation Mode' has been developed as part of a first joint project at the Mozarteum University, in Salzburg, Austria, enabling the Lawo mc²66 console to receive audio signals and control from the existing Optocore preamps.

In the future SSL's C10 HD and C100 HDS consoles will also be able to connect directly to the Optocore Optical Digital Network System via MADI optical fibre.

Says Niall Feldman, director of new products at SSL, "Optocore produces a high quality system that has enjoyed considerable success

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Kuwait - Layali Febrayer is Kuwait's leading music and poetry festival and is considered a major cultural event in the Gulf, bringing some of the most creative and exciting artists, singers, writers and intellectuals to Kuwait from all over the Arab world.

The 2010 event was televised by Alwatan Television Network in Kuwait beginning 4 February and running Thursday and Friday nights for three weeks and streamed live on the Internet.

ACT Lighting Design of Brussels, Belgium was responsible for set design, lighting design, and content design. Koert Vermeulen was principal lighting designer, working alongside lighting designer Thomas Boets. Marcos Vinals was set designer and content art director, and Joris Corthout was content designer.

Vermeulen was creative in his use of colourful action over the stage, using over 160 Clay Paky Alpha Series fixtures, including 60 Alpha

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Belgium - When Belgian construction group Besix celebrated its 100th Anniversary, Robert Juliat followspots were present to help highlight the occasion.

The Besix Group is the largest in Belgium, and operates in construction, roads, infrastructure, environmental, concessions and property development sectors. Most recently it has been a subcontractor on the five-year construction of Burj Khalifa in Dubai, currently the tallest building in the world, and Yas Island, where the first F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi took place in October 2009.

The 100th Anniversary celebrations took the form of a spectacular show, The Bridge, performed at the 13,040 m² Palais 5 at Brussels Expo.

Luc Petit, designer and director of large scale spectaculars and long term associate of Franco Dragone, was brought in to create this special performance - which combined dance, acrobatics, lighting, m

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Colombia - When Colombian rental company C Villa worked with a DiGiCo SD8 on a tour by Grammy-winning singer Carlos Vives, so impressed were the staff by its performance that it wasn't long before the company purchased one for its own inventory, adding another country to the console's world itinerary.

Vives' Front of House engineer Rob 'Cubby' Colby is a keen DiGiCo user and C Villa proprietor Mauricio Vilar Martinez felt the SD8 would be the ideal product for the company.

"The audio quality, dynamics and frequency response are all excellent and I really like being able to connect the remote snake via MADI," says Martinez. "When it came off the plane from the UK, we started using it right away, without even reading the manual. It worked really well from the start."

One of the more challenging events the SD8 has already been used on is at the Festival o

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USA / UK - Martin Audio's signature dance system at the Ministry of Sound (London) has picked up one of the industry's most coveted awards after being voted Best Club Sound System Design at the International Dance Music Awards(IDMA).

As one of the most anticipated annual events on the global dance music calendar, the IDMA's generate over 1m votes from music enthusiasts in 183 countries every year to honour exceptional achievements in 57 award categories. It has become the focal point of the Winter Music Conferenc in Miami.

This year Ministry of Sound London not only won the Best Club Sound System Design but also the Best Global Club.

Over the years, the south London club has systematically converted to an all-Martin Audio system, capped off by a bespoke club stack in its main room (the Box). The final piece in the jigsaw came in February this year, when it beca

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USA - Charlotte's Knight Theatre has been outfitted with a sound system that includes Renkus-Heinz's PNX102LA line arrays, along with centre clusters of STX4-Series loudspeakers.

Part of the newly-completed Wells Fargo Cultural Campus that also houses the 55-story Duke Energy Centre, the Mint Museum and the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the 1200-seat Knight Theatre is home to the North Carolina Dance Theatre, the Charlotte Symphony, and a wide variety of music, comedy and touring productions.

The diverse roster of performances was one reason for the selection of the Renkus-Heinz systems, says project manager Robert Delaney of Raleigh-based Strategic Connections. "The Knight Theatre is a very well designed space, with diffusers that can be rearranged to adapt its acoustics to different types of program material," he explains. "To make the most of this flexibilit

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UK - London video and projection services specialists Bluman Associates has given projection mapping techniques a big push into the popular domain, with its successful projects for The Gadget Show at the NEC and for The Teenage Cancer Trust concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.

The demonstration of architectural projection mapping for the 4,000-seat Super Theatre at The Gadget Show has become a cult hit on YouTube for Bluman Associates and content co-producers The Darkroom. Shown to 12,000 people daily during the sold-out exhibition, the three-minute 'virtual 3D' sequence was specially designed to show off the tricks and techniques of projection mapping.

"The client wanted a playful theme which would appeal to eight- year-olds and up, although we were pressing them for a darker plot," explains Pod Bluman. "The stage set turned into the bridge of a spaceship,

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Sweden - Wireless Solution Sweden is running a special promotion to attract fans to their Facebook fan page. All who join from now until 10 May will be entered into a draw to win free W-DMX gear. Current fans will be included in the draw.

"We want an easily accessible way for our current and potential clients and OEM partners to keep track of what we're doing," says Niclas Arvidsson, CEO of Wireless Solution, "We think this new social media outlet is a great way to do that and we want to spread the word as fast as possible."

The draw will be held on May 15 and announced on the Facebook site.

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UK - Keith Monks Sound Systems, the audio installation division of Cunnings Recording Associates has completed a major installation at St Mary's Church, Kilburn.

The audio system at the church was designed to be unobtrusive and provide a natural sound. The system is based around the Yamaha DME24N hardware providing an operator free sound system solution.

Discrete Tannoy column loudspeakers provide sound coverage throughout the church, two positioned on the chancel arch covering the entire nave and one smaller column in each side aisle, time aligned to suit their respective positions. Discrete

headworn TOA radio mics and Audio-Technica gooseneck microphones ensure the system is completely seamless in operation.

The visual system was designed to be both aesthetically pleasing and unobtrusive. The ornate stained glass window was not to be permanently obstructed and as such an

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Germany - After an extensive test phase and a final shootout between six brands, Nationaltheater Mannheim has decided on a system from Dutch manufacturer Alcons Audio.

Specified was a system with an excellent, natural sound response, with very little compression. The old system did not have a sufficient coverage on and below the balconies.

Tonmeister Christian Stader Stader reports, "In the shootout, Alcons was for all involved in the decision, the clear overall winner. The system is in complete harmony with our room."

Another important aspect for Stader is the support: "The cooperation is very personal and based on trust I rarely experienced a better support. One feels taken care of in the best way with Alcons."

In Mannheim 12 units of LR14 and six units of LR7 were installed, with two BF302 double 15" subwoofers, as well as two VR8 compact monito

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USA - North American entertainment lighting specialists, Complete Production Systems, (CPS) has supplied Chroma-Q Color Punch LED fixtures to a leading casino resort for their exclusive show nightclub. Part of the casino's extensive entertainment facilities, the venue features a stylish design reminiscent of the hippest clubs in L.A. and New York. It is also equipped with state of the art lighting and sound systems to cater for the diverse range of musical acts, comedians, amateur nights, karaoke and fashion shows hosted by the venue.

CPS was approached by the casino to provide a new concert stage lighting system for the circular club. With its pie-shaped stage area being located directly behind the service bar and just 12ft below a curved soffit, the venue presented a number of technical challenges for CPS. They needed a lighting rig that would use very little power and be unob

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The Show Goes On - Icelandic volcanoes and closed airports have not stood in the way of attending this year's PALME exhibition which closes today, say the organisers. The eighth annual PALME Middle East 2010 was officially opened at the Dubai World Trade Centre by Engineer Hussain Nasser Lootah, director general of Dubai Municipality. "PALME has always been an important show at which to do business and this year is no exception. The exhibition has grown 10 per cent compared to 2009, proving the importance of the date on the international entertainment calendar," said Alex Heuff, exhibition director.

The team from A.C. Entertainment Technologies drove through the night to Nice, France, from London to board a flight to Dubai, arriving at 1am this morning to make the show. "We said we would be at the show and when we say something we mean it, but this is also an impo

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UK - Artistic Licence will use PLASA Focus: Leeds 2010 (27-28 April 2010, Leeds Royal Armouries) as the launch-pad for its new Flexi-Strip. Composed of a length of totally encapsulated LEDs on a strip of flexible circuit board rated at IP67 (based on factory certification), Flexi-Strip's encapsulated housing protects its LEDs from moisture, dust and damage, making it ideal for both internal and external applications. Flexi-Strip is available in 1m or 5m lengths - or can be cut to size - and has a self-adhesive backing tape for rapid mounting.

Powered by a 12V PSU, Flexi-Strip comes in Bright or Super-Bright options, with full RGB colour-mixing, and can be dimmed using Artistic Licence Rail-Pipe. A Warm White Super Bright version is also available.

Also showcasing on the Artistic Licence stand will be the Multichrome-Tile, which represents the next step in the expanding range o

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UAE - This year's PALME Middle East sees Lift Turn Move showing the LoadGuard electric chain hoists in capacities from 250kg to five tonnes as standard rigging hoists and to all current European entertainment standards, the British Hoisting Entertainment Standard BS 7906: Part 1, Category A, and German Standard BGV D8 Plus.

LTM recently purchased 100% of the shares in COW Lifting Technology - the Aichach (near Munich, Germany) based manufacturer of BGV C1 and SIL 3 chain hoists, winch and control systems, solutions from both companies are being shown on LTM's stand.

Together the two companies can offer solutions for most lifting and control applications within the entertainment industry. From a standard theatre hand winch to an automated BGV C1 hoist and control solution with variable speed, positional control and load monitoring.

Both companies offer spares for various manu

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