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USA - VER, a global provider of production equipment and engineering support, has announced that it has received worldwide patents for its innovative Air support frame, currently offered on its Winvision Air 9 product range. The first of its kind, the Air frame is featherweight, ultra-portable, and uses materials and construction techniques from the automotive industry. The reduced weight and high accuracy of the proprietary frame allow the product to be used in larger arrays without the need for additional overhead support.

"Our Air frame gives clients access to top-notch technology in a fantastic form factor," said Keith Harrison, head of LED for VER. "With a breakthrough in weight reduction, our Air 9mm has become one of the most popular rental products in our in

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USA - Meyer Sound has introduced Amie - the first studio monitor from the company in more than two decades. Developed to meet the demanding needs of Skywalker Sound, Amie brings a level of clarity professionals can trust, making it ideal for critical production environments where accurate translation to larger systems is imperative, says the company.

Tasked by Skywalker Sound to create a new studio monitor with precision translation, exceptional power, and a great price point, Meyer Sound has created a product that brings tremendous accuracy for everything from the intricate details of dialogue to dynamic music tracks to explosive action sequences.

"Amie brings an incredibly smooth response across the spectrum," says Leslie Shatz, Wildfire Post Studios sound designer and re-recording mixer who has worked with a beta version of Amie. "It is very accurate for dial

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Italy - SH Acoustics worked with Thinc Design to deliver an acoustically sophisticated, multi-zone design for the USA Pavilion at the latest world's fair.

In such a complex installation, "we knew that Symetrix SymNet Radius DSPs would be reliable and flexible - in short, one less thing for us to worry about." These are the thoughts of Steve Haas, president and principal consultant of Milford, CT-based SH Acoustics, which was recently enlisted by NYC-based exhibition design firm Thinc Design to perfect the demanding audio installation for the USA Pavilion at Expo Milano.

The first world's fair since 2012, Expo Milano is taking place in Italy from May until 31 October 2015. Centred around the theme of Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life, the event is aimed at stimulating discussion about sustainable developments among the 140-plus participating nations. For its

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USA - The 5,000-seat Overlake Christian Church in Redmond, WA, has installed a Nexo STM modular line array system, the first to go into a house of worship in the USA. The installation includes STM M46 and M28 cabinets, as well as Geo S12 modules.

Each week, Overlake Christian Church (OCC) is filled with a variety of events as well as Christian services. The 5,000-seat sanctuary has been in operation for close to 20 years with an average weekly attendance of 3,500.

The modular Nexo STM system replaces equipment that was installed in the church when it originally opened. The system design and installation was performed by Morgan Sound (Lynnwood, WA) following a comprehensive study of the acoustical space and available rigging points.

The worship at OCC is contemporary, with a typical setup consisting of seven to eight musicians and four or five additional vocalists. Because th

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UK - Undisputedly one of the most popular and critically acclaimed 'indie' artists of the moment, Florence + the Machine has enjoyed a phenomenal year with numerous highlights including her new album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful topping the charts in the UK and US and a show-stopping headline set on Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage.

Adlib provided a large and innovatively designed 'racks-and-stacks' audio package for the recent UK leg of the current world tour. Adlib has a long history with New York based Firehouse Productions, providing stacks and racks in UK & Europe on world tours supported by them. One such tour was Radiohead in 2012 with FOH engineer Jim Warren who now works with Florence. Narci Martinez (RHCP & Josh Groban production manager) is at the helm, pulling this fantastic production together, as the tour's production manager.

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USA - Elevation Worship recently recorded its new album, Here as in Heaven, in front of a sold-out crowd at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clay Paky lighting fixtures were on hand to support the band's live recording and DVD shoot.

Elevation Worship is a contemporary Christian worship band from Elevation Church in Charlotte. The band has four other albums to its credit; the last two were also recorded live. Special Event Services (SES) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina provided turnkey sound, lighting and video support services for the live show. Elevation Church lighting director/programmer Andy Bentley designed and specified the fixtures for Time Warner Cable Arena.

"We treated the recording session and 26-camera HD video shoot like any other arena show," says Michael Brammer, director of touring operations at SES. "We provided sup

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UK - Artistic Director of the National Theatre, Rufus Norris, last week announced that he was appointing Paul Arditti as an associate director of the National Theatre. This is a post that has typically been held in the past by actors and directors, and is the first time it has been given to a sound designer.

The small team of associates have key influence over the artistic policy of the National Theatre, from the commissioning of work to the operation of the building. Paul's appointment reflects Rufus's high regard for the importance of sound and sound design for theatre. Rufus told the ASD: "Paul Arditti is a theatre-maker first and a sound designer second. His massive wealth of experience of theatre generally, and exacting pursuit of excellence in his chosen field, make him a terrific addition to our team. As with all our Associates, Paul will contribute to the philosophi

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Sweden - Dataton has announced the appointment of Trond Solvold to the position of sales manager. Trond has over 20 years of experience in the Nordic and European pro-AV industry. His impressive track record includes key sales and business development positions at well-known brands such as Christie Digital Systems, projectiondesign and eyevis Nordic.

In his role as sales manager at Dataton, Trond will be responsible for developing and strengthening new markets. He will also work closely with the company's established partner network worldwide.

Trond Solvold commented, "I am thrilled to join Dataton, a pioneer company within the integration of digital media and digital displays for multi display experiences. It's an exciting time to be on board, following on from the successful launch of WATCHOUT 6 with its strong feature-set for projection mapping. With my background in v

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UK - Yamaha Commercial Audio has announced that Karl Christmas is moving to a position within Yamaha Corporation of Japan, with Terry Murphy stepping up to Karl's position as sales manager for Yamaha Music Europe in the UK and RoI.

Karl has been a familiar figure to Yamaha customers and the industry media for many years. He first joined the company in 1988 and has combined his extensive technical knowledge and experience with a flair for personal communication to great effect.

His new role in Yamaha's Global Pro Audio technical Marketing Group, based at the company's R&D Centre in London, will see him performing a key role in supporting the expansion of Yamaha's Commercial Installation System (CIS) business around the world.

"Karl is uniquely qualified for this new position in an important segment for Yamaha's future business growth. I would like to thank him for all he

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USA - Elation Professional is gearing up for the LDI show October 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Centre with a number of products set to impress at Booth 1117, including the powerful Platinum FLX hybrid moving head, recent Innovation Award winner at the PLASA show in London.

With its next generation digital lighting technology and accessible price tag, the Emotion has attracted a lot of attention since launching earlier in the summer. Visitors to LDI will now have their chance to get a close look at this compact yet powerful moving head digital light.

Several new products will see their North American debut at LDI including the Platinum HFX, a new mid-sized addition to Elation's hybrid family of beam, spot and wash luminaires; the Satura Profile, a powerful new LED-based CMY colour mixing moving head with output that compares to 1,200W fixtures, framing system, zoom and mor

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USA - Elevation Worship recently recorded its new album, Here as in Heaven, in front of a sold-out crowd at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clay Paky lighting fixtures were on hand to support the band's live recording and DVD shoot.

Elevation Worship is a contemporary Christian worship band from Elevation Church in Charlotte. The band has four other albums to its credit; the last two were also recorded live. Special Event Services (SES) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina provided turnkey sound, lighting and video support services for the live show. Elevation Church lighting director/programmer Andy Bentley designed and specified the fixtures for Time Warner Cable Arena.

"We treated the recording session and 26-camera HD video shoot like any other arena show," says Michael Brammer, director of touring operations at SES. "We provided sup

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Singapore - Nanyang Polytechnic has invested in eight Avolites Quartz consoles for its Electronic Engineering course, which offers a specialist final year of AV System Design.

Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) is located in Yio Chu Kang next to Yio Chu Kang MRT Station, Singapore. More than 15,000 students attend, on a campus of 30 hectares.

The Polytechnic approached Singapore-based Total Solution - a leading distributor of premium professional Light, Sound and Rigging products in Asia - to upgrade its existing lighting consoles for the course. Total Solution's Executive Director Tevin Heng demoed the Quartz console to the institution.

"NYP felt they needed to upgrade to a higher scale and more user friendly lighting console, and had always heard about Avolites' popularity in our region and therefore invited us to demo the Quartz," says Heng. "They were immediately i

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UK - Hire company, Wigwam Acoustics, has purchased Allen & Heath's Qu-Pac ultra-compact rackmount digital mixers as the hub of new shout systems, which were used throughout the 2015 festival season.

Wigwam initially purchased two Qu-Pacs but soon purchased a further four. Installed in several new rack shout systems, the Qu-Pacs manage communications between FOH and monitor position on the main stages of many of the season's top festivals, including the Isle of Wight and the Big Church day.

Qu-Pac is a faderless mixer with built-in touchscreen, front panel soft keys, and iPad remote control. The fully customisable Qu-Control screen can be set up with 'widgets' for channel levels, mutes and assignment switches, and the 15 soft keys allow further customisation.

Wigwam set up combinations of Qu-control touch widgets and soft keys on their Qu-Pac units to handle audio routing, mu

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UK - PSCo, the trade only AV distributor and rental specialist announced at PLASA 2015 that it has become the exclusive distributor for RGBLink in the UK and Ireland. The partnership further enriches PSCo's brand portfolio, and in particular deepens its LED offering, by providing clients with unique access to RGBLink's ground-breaking and comprehensive range of video processing and related products.

RGBLink manufactures full colour LED display controllers, mapping system solutions, broadcasting devices, conference and video wall controllers, and much more. The products are suited to a wide variety of applications ranging from entertainment, broadcast and control rooms, through to conference spaces and digital signage. This industry reach impressed Stuart Holmes, managing director at PSCo when he first met up with RGBLink at PLASA 2014:

"Amongst all the great technology on

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Germany - In a special event marking the 300th anniversary of the city of Karlsruhe in Germany, organists in the twinned cities of Halle an der Saale (Germany), Nancy (France), Nottingham (England) and Timisoara (Romania) played live with four organists in Karlsruhe itself.

Performing Organum - a contemporary organ work composed by Wolfgang Mitterer especially for the occasion - the event was broadcast live via satellite to the Karlsruhe State Academy of Design (Hochschule für Gestaltung, HfG). At the academy, the live video feeds from the organists playing and the music itself were set to a technically and artistically challenging sound and image installation, with the help of two Lawo V pro8 video processor units and a Lawo mc 36 audio mixing console.

Rastatt-based Audio Broadcast Services (ABS) supplied the Lawo video and audio equipment for the event, and worked wi

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South Africa - Under an African sky, the FNB Starlight Pop Opera was held in August at Chris Saunders Park, Umhlanga in KwaZulu Natal. Beautiful sounds from the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra and soft washes of colour brought the stage dome to life. Chandeliers helped create an extravagant atmosphere as memories were made with Ronan Keating as special guest performer.

Presented by First National Bank and the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, EPH Productions supplied the full technical for a private show (which had a full dress rehearsal) attended by senior citizens from nearby old age homes, and for a gala evening for invited FNB guests.

Working on this production for the fourth year, EPH Productions had their ducks in a row to supply the glittering event. Control was on a grandMA and the range of lighting fixtures included of 12 Clay Paky Sharpy, 12 Robe Pointes, 12 Robin 100 LEDBeam,

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The Netherlands - Studios Aalsmeer is a 65,000m2 television production complex south-west of Amsterdam, which hosts more than 30 different media companies and enterprises. Amongst these is production technology rental company Eventec, whose range of Yamaha digital mixing consoles is providing the audio backbone to a number of Dutch television programmes and other events produced on site.

Situated near Schipol airport, Studios Aalsmeer is probably best known as the place where Joop van den Ende and John de Mol merged their respective companies in 1994 - Endemol going on to become one of the most recognisable global brands in television production.

Endemol moved to new premises in 2010, since when the studio and office complex at Aalsmeer has become a home to media businesses, a dance studio, local radio station, cinema, game studios, restaurants and companies related to Schipho

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UK - As venues like theatres, schools and community centres upgrade their lighting rigs with LED technology, their power control technology needs to be upgraded as well. With a simple configuration and dependable wireless performance, the ColorSource Relay power control system is a budget friendly solution for data distribution and system infrastructure, particularly for smaller sized venues.

Working in conjunction with the ColorSource Relay, the ColorSource Transmitter connects to a wired DMX source - like a lighting desk - and transmits DMX and data signals wirelessly to any ColorSource Relay within a 100 metre range and supports up to 16 amps of power.

The problem solving ColorSource Relay makes it easy to get DMX and power into remote and hard-to-reach locations, without having to run cords everywhere.

And the ColorSource Relay is not just for LEDs. Combined with the Col

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UK - Proel (International) Ltd has announced their mini expo event being held at the NEC Conference Centre, Birmingham on Wednesday 28 October.

Proel on the Road is described as a hands on day of all things MI & Pro Audio aimed at retailers, installers, hire & event companies.

Sales director Danny Clarke commented, "We wanted to try a new way of getting our products in front of customers both old and new. This event will feature new products from Proel along with mini displays of our distributed lines such as Axiom, Sagitter, EAW, CORT & Randall all plugged in and ready to try out.

We will also have hourly demonstrations of the Axiom Vertical Array systems as well as the UK launch and demos of the new Redline Professional Active cabinets from EAW."

Registration for this event can be found at www.proel.co.uk. Trade customers who register and attend this event will

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USA - From their home offices in Brooklyn, NY, Fool's Gold Records is an independent record label that has established itself with releases bridging the worlds of hip-hop and electronic music, introducing artists like Kid Sister, Danny Brown, Kid Cudi, and Duck Sauce. The label is best known for its annual series of Day Off concerts across the US and Canada and, just recently, the company sponsored a shindig in the greater Miami area. This concert featured hip hop recording artist Vic Mensa, DJ A-Trak, and Rap artist Mike Floss-all of whom performed through a potent sound reinforcement system drawn from the Aero Series 2 catalogue of Valencia, Spain-based D.A.S. Audio.

Rental Stages of Hollywood, FL which specializes in a wide range of staging, lighting, sound, and supporting equipment for concerts and special events, was contracted to provide logistical support for the Day Off

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USA - Bandit Lites once again working with Grammy award winning superstar Miranda Lambert on her Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars Tour. The fall tour kicked off in September and features performances from some of the country's most talented acts including RayLynn, Ashely Monroe, Claire Dunn and Courtney Cole.

Following the massive success of her Platinum Tour, the singer-songwriter worked with longtime lighting designer Chris Lisle to create a show that highlighted what she does best: Bring great music to her fans. "We kept it pretty straight forward with three trusses - downstage, midstage, and upstage, along with some floor lights," said Lisle.

"There are mainly four types of lights: Robe BMFL used for their amazing optics, gobos, and intensity, Clay Paky B-Eyes for general colour wash and then some fun effects, Robe Robin 600 for front light and Robe Pointes us

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