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Established in 2007 as Light Relief Day and now renamed By Design Day, 24 April, is the day that, each year, people in the professional entertainment design busine

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The 2010 Olympics was the first Olympics to have its opening ceremony held indoors. Dante was used in six Lab.gruppen PLM10000Qs as Dante transmitters, three transmitting the six main audio signals, three others transmitting the same six signals for redundancy. The signals were distributed via Dante to 104 Lab.gruppen PLM10000Q/PLM14000 amplifiers mounted on trusses in the air, all receiving the Dante signals via a fibre optic Ethernet network.

Featured acts at the opening ceremony included K.D Lang, Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado. Audinate's Dante network

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"I've used almost all of the pro digital consoles around, and although a very familiar name to me since I started in the industry, I hadn't encountered Allen & Heath's iLive system until now," says Millward. "Faced with a European tour of varying size venues - including clubs, theatres and a cathedral - I was looking for a console that not only sounded excellent but was very small, light and flexible in its interconnections to different house PA systems, and could easily be configured for the various local support acts, without compromising the Tindersticks' show."

Millward, who is sound engineer for artists including

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Highlights of this year's course included backstage tours at West End shows Chicago and Grease, giving the students the opportunity to see the theory in action and get a first-hand insight into the sound behind a successful show. The students were able to quiz the operators on the day-to-day challenges of running a West-End sound department, and picked up invaluable tips for giving their careers in sound a kick-start.

The course's focus is on pre

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The software specialists and engineers at J. R. Clancy replaced the troublesome rigging controller with its own SceneControl 500 automated motion control system.

The new system ends an odyssey that began as far back as 1984, said Scott Mahrer, entertainment technician for Trump Plaza, who arrived at the hotel and casino in 1985 and immediately began troubleshooting the control system in place. "The console was accurate to within two inches or so," he remembered. "If you wanted to move something in another quarter-inch, you had to run it back a couple of feet and reset the target."

Trump Plaza replaced this system i

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Band members Tom Smith, Ed Lay and Russell Leetch all use Sennheiser ew 300 G2 in-ear monitors.

Front of house engineer Nick Ingram reports: "We have been using Sennheiser IEMs for over four years. Tom showed an interest very early on, from the band's first tour in fact, and has never looked back. Ed soon followed and Russ has very recently moved onto them.

"The band has always been happy with them. They deliver a very clear, full range sound and are very simple to use. The packs are small, neat and, once set up, can be safely 'locked' for peace of mind - which always goes down well w

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Tecnoconference was responsible for installing all the A/V equipment in the ICCA meeting rooms, including the DCN (Digital Congress Network) wireless system installed in a special Bosch sponsored room. As a business partner of the ICCA, Bosch sponsored this room to demonstrate to delegates at the meeting the performance and flexibility of the DCN Wireless system, especially for temporary venues, where easy changes of unit positions and quick set up and break down are essential.

The system showcased comprised 20 wireless discussion units positioned around the room with automatic camera control

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The Café differs from the traditional restaurant concept in Colombia. Its space of 2585sq.ft is divided into two open floors and a third housing the FOH engineer and an office. Laid out more like a performance venue, with room for approximately 300 guests, Gaira Cafe offers live Latin, pop and vallenato - a musical style of Colombian Caribbean pop

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The SIA is an independent organisation that was set up by the government with the aim of providing an effective, fair and efficient regulation of the private security industry. To create a recognised hallmark of quality for companies looking to engage security providers, the SIA created the Approved Contractor Scheme. Showsec was one of the first to adopt the scheme upon its introduction, encouraging and driving the progression of standards across the wider industry.

Since being awarded ACS accreditation in the categories of door supervision and man gu

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Area sales manager for dBTechnologies in the Asian Pacific region, Martin Capp accepted the award at the event hosted by HC INTL, and commends the work of the Chinese distributor. "The enormous marketing and sales effort put in by Sharp Dragon since 2008 has been instrumental in dBTechnologies winning this award. Gaining solid recognition in the Chinese market during this relatively short period is to be applauded."

Shelly Xiao, general manager of Sharp Dragon added, "It is a great honour to win this award and I thank HC INTL for this chance to compete. This encourages us to develop the brands we represent further, giving our customers the best of support."

Fast becoming a 'must-attend' event on the Chinese pr

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Moments later she received a detailed quote from a member of Maltbury's sales team who advised that Steeldeck Ultra with a phenolic coated finish would be ideal for her requirements. The aluminium frame was chosen to keep the weight down, but the deep frame maintains a very impressive loading.

The addition of the weatherproof phenolic plywood created the solution for a portable outdoor platform. It's also non-slip and long-lasting. A customised canopy with WMFS logo completed the package and a trolley was made to transport everything efficiently.

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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 Monks Sound Systems, the audio installation division of London-based Cunnings Recording Associates,

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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