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In addition to providing basic amplification and sound system expansion when using front-end signal processing from Bos

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Already an exclusive distributor for Philips Vari-Lite, AVAB CAC will now offer the complete range of products from Philips Selecon, backed by its skilled sales and technical personnel.

AVAB CAC provides services to customers working in theatre, TV, live production, exhibitions, events, architects, sports arenas and concert halls throughout Scandinavia.

Kristian Heder CEO for AVAB CAC says, "We're thrilled to be working with the Philips Selecon range again. After the successes we experienced with these products through the 90's and 00's, it is a pleasure for us to re-launch Selecon as a complementing brand in the AVAB CA

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Olivier Awards - Lyricist Tim Rice is to be honoured for his outstanding contribution to musical theatre at this year's Olivier Awards. Rice, who penned the lyrics to shows such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita and collaborated with Elton John on The Lion King, will be given the Olivier Special Award at the event, on 15 April 15 at the Royal Opera House. The nominations for this year's ceremony, which will be hosted by Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, w

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Zayed'snew campus has space for up to 6,000 students - a dramatic increase over the 200 students enrolled when the university opened in 1998. The new theatre is part of a convention centre designed to involve the broader community of Abu Dhabi in performances and events on campus.

J.R. Clancy worked in partnership with the UAE team of J & C Joel to provide a combination of 20 counterweight rigging sets and 24 PowerLift motorised rigging sets. This system gives the new theatre plenty of capacity for raising and lowering scenery, lights, curtains, and an orchestra shell.

"The blend of manual and motorised rigging gives technical theatre students the opportunity to lear

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The redesigned Supernova Core II features a highly improved flexible tension system that makes assembly of the screen easier. In addition, new wall mounts facilitate easier installation, while the screen frame has also been completely re-designed and now has a more elegant and smooth look. The quality of the corner assembly has been improved and the velvet material on the frame is now of a higher quality.

The new Supernova Core II is available in a variety of sizes with 08-85 screen material.

Also equipped with more versatile control is Supernova Flex Classic, which is now IR operable via the included remote control. At the sam

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The DBO1 is a Dante enabled breakout box with eight analogue output channels. It allows the user to go from Dante to analogue signals in a small 1U box.

"Four Audio will attract a lot of industry attention with the new DBO1. Customers are increasingly asking for I/O solutions for connecting analogue devices to a Dante network," said Dave Anderson, director of sales at Audinate. "Four Audio is providing an easy to use solution that can be deployed across a broad spectrum of use cases."

The DBO1 is operated by simply connecting it to a Dante network and configuring the easy-to-use breakout box via the Dante Controller. he DBO1's smart front panel displays allow quick and easy detection of the network and

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There were various demands to fulfil for the television studio. The first requirement was that it needed to maximise the floor space available, which was 150sq.m. It also needed to allow for the quick and easy set-up and de-rig of studio lighting.

PG Stage used their team of professional technicians to design and produce technical drawings which were then used to define a specification for the University and, as a result, PG Stage designed power distribution and DMX systems to fully meet the University's needs.

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The company has been working on a completely new software platform since October 2011 that is prepared for future hardware functions as well as many new features and updated functions. The W-DMX G4S software platform includes:

A much improved adaptive frequency hopping algorithm that improves the plug and play use in crowded radio spectrum situations and better avoids interference from Wi-Fi, DECT Phones, Intercom and more.

A new Invisi-Wire MK2 with support for wireless software updates, which in the future will make it possible to perform wireless software updates to all your receivers, with an easy connection to your transmitters with all receivers updated at the same time.

Data-Safe MK2 is much improved that now supp

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In the field of lighting, ARRI's strengths lie primarily in TV studio and location lighting systems, while those of ADB are in stage lighting. The agreement makes provision for each party to source from the other those complementary products needed when bidding for specific lighting projects. Beyond this, each party will retain its total commercial independence.

Sigrid Müller, managing director of ARRI Lighting Solutions and Christian Léonard, CEO of ADB-TTV Technologies, jointly stated, "We strongly believe that this agreement will be a win-win deal, strengthening each party's competitive position

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The 500-capacity multi-purpose venue, which will be used for weddings, product launches, worship gatherings, live performances, theatre and performing arts, has been installed with a L/R system of four KIVA ultra compact cabinets and two KILO low frequency extensions per side, with four SB18i fixed installation subwoofers, two 108P self-powered coaxials for front-fill and 112P self-powered coaxial monitors. The entire system is driven by three LA4 amplified controllers.

"The client wanted an unobtrusive system which would deliver high quality sound, with an appearance that would match the interior of the hall," says Tri Tunggal Abadi's Andre Bo

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The aluminium bridge rigging system covers an area of 360m2 and contains 20 moving and lockable rigging bridges, each capable of suspending a load of up to 1000kg and with a span of more than five metres with two moving and lockable points for any load bearing purpose.

The Hoist UK rigging bridge system is manufactured using aluminium components which contain a variety of tracks ranging from a 135mm deep track weighing just 6.5kg/m to a 250mm deep track weighing 14.5kg/m and capable of suspending a 2000kg load on a 3.4m unsupported span.

Hoist UK's Paul Jordan says, "The beauty about this system is that due to being a lightweight extruded aluminium track, we can maximise the c

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Lighting designer Richard Larkum has worked with the band for the last seven years, since the release of their seminal debut album Employment in 2005, and this time he is using Robe's Robin 600 LEDWash fixtures as part of a Kaiser Chiefs lighting rig for the first time.

Larkum describes the tour as "Classic old school" in terms of the 21 dates being run almost back-to-back, taking in the more intimate atmosphere of the theatre and concert halls circuit with a few more off-beat venues. It's been very successful and great fun.

The look and feel of the lighting for this leg was based on the slightly retro guise of 1990's lighting rigs, and getting 'back to basics ' in terms of producing lots of big beamy looks and plenty of movement, flashing and s

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"The ConTour Series from HK Audio are developed with the rental company in mind," commented Amrith Verghese, HK Audio product specialist at Melody House. "We have achieved success with the CT108s, CT112s, the ConTour Arrays in the region due to their build quality, flexibility and most importantly sonic quality."

(Jim Evans)

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The Electric Forest was born out of the Northumberland Lights project with which White Light was closely involved some years ago. Lighting designer Phil Supple explains, "In the winter of 2007, the Northumberland Lights production team staged an illuminated night-time walk through the beautiful landscaped woodland of The Cragside Estate's Victorian Pinetum.

"Ideas for a technologically and creatively enhanced forest experience were further developed in 2008 on the shores o

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Chris Kempton designed the show (supported by RML) which featured a variety of Alpha Spot 700's, VL1000TS's, Alpha Wash 300's and VL2000 Wash's alongside the new Robin's.

"Arranged in three concentric rings these Robe Robin LEDs offer great possibilities for creating stunning colour and pattern audience blinding effects as well as for providing comprehensive perfectly even wash coverage, says RML's long-term technician, Shaun Burnett.

(Jim Evans)

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ETC's product manager for the Source Four LED, Matthew Armendariz-Kerr, explains, "We knew that if we were going to build a profile fixture powered by LEDs, it had to be worthy of the Source Four name. When you think Source Four, you think beauty of light, efficiency and industry standard appearance.

"We had to achieve all three. Our engineers and designers went to work on it and delivered - in a big way. They were able to package our exclusive Selador LED x7 Color System in a bright fixture that is shaped and sized like a Source Four and offers the quality and functionality designers expect."

The Source Four LED produces a sharp, clean beam of focusable light or a smooth wash, to

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The HF105 Compression Driver is a driver for high frequencies, with a 91mm total diameter, a 37mmvoice coil, a Ketone Polymer ring diaphragm and radial phase plug.

The HF107 Compression Driver, the second new model in the high frequency range measures 120mm in diameter.

The FD371 model is a Bullet Driver and comes with a frontal aluminium horn, so this driver is ready to be used in sound enclosures right out of the box. Incorporating a ferrite magnet assembly, a 37mm voice coil, Ketone Polymer ring diaphragm, horn loaded with central ogive; it has an average efficiency of 107 dB on a frequency range from 2.5 to 20 KHz, with an impressive minimum crossover frequency at 2

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The CDC8-32 32 fader console is now joined by the CDC8-16, with an ultra-compact footprint providing 16 faders and a single touch-screen control surface. The two consoles are identical in all other respects, having the same 128 channel I/O configuration, functionality and processing power.

The CDC8-16S is a mix expansion sidecar, connected with a single Ethernet cable

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The i-Pix Matrix 25 is a multi-tasking lightsource. It can be highly effectively used as a low-resolution video wall or become a powerful, map-able array of LEDs in a wash device that is capable of arena scale illumination, says the company.

It utilises homogenized 8° optics spaced at 150 mm / 6'' centres, coupled to 25 super-bright 40 Watt RGB and daylight white light engines - ensuring that users get the most out of their pixels. All this and it is also flexible enough to be used as a very smooth wash lightsource with no hotspots.

The product has been developed in response to the growing demand by creative, visual and s

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Illuminate Design already provides production management services to the Jasmin Vardimon company, helping organise the logistics of shows, both in the UK and overseas, so it made sense that, when the Company was looking for a new, permanent home, Illuminate would assist.

"We accompanied Jasmin on visits to a number of different properties," explains Illuminate Design's director Ben Payne, "and helped her discount several for logistical reasons - such as not being able to get trucks close enough for loading.

"One of the options we were offered was a disused 1970s gym space at the Stour Leisure Centre in Ashford. It was draughty and leaked, with very little natural light, but the size and location meant we were sur