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"The assurance of knowing that wherever we play in the world, the warmth and accuracy of the d:vote 4099mics will be consistent is everything to us," says violinist Niamh Crowley. "Now, we need only be concerned with making music. To perform without our DPA mics would be unthinkable."

The West Ocean String Quartet recently appeared at Ceiliuradh (Celebration), a special evening of music, spoken word and dance held at London's Royal Albert Hall to mark the histo

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It's the first time that Oliver - whose other current clients include Plan B, Chvrches and Five Seconds of Summer who just hit number one in the UK charts - has worked on a full production tour with HSL as a supplier. His account was project managed by the inimitable Mike Oates.

Oliver discussed various visual concepts ahead of the tour with tour manager Mike Finn and the bands documentary videographer Tom Welsh. The band wanted a 'video look' to the stage, and as Oliver wanted to make a bit of a statement with this, they decided to go for a high-impact upstage screen, ch

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A simple and ingenious concept unique to PAS, the magnets are fitted to the inside of the vented rack shelves and hold the face plates in place, offering extremely quick and straightforward installation ... and removal / access for maintenance.

These PAS products are designed and manufactured in the UK to the highest specifications and robust build quality for which the brand is renowned, says the company.

They have been developed with both installers and end-users in mind, offering the ultimate streamlined and aesthetically pleasing finish to any rack install.

The product consists of a 1U, 2U or 3U vented rack shelf and faceplate cut-out that has been custom designed to fit a selection of popular AV devices that are normally not rack mountable. These currently include S

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Established in 2013, SYMPH Electronics is a young company with a passion for modern electronics and specializes both in the development, implementation, testing and maintenance of electronic products for its partners in the industry. As a secondary activity, SYMPH Electronics also provides repair and service of a wide variety of manufacturers products.

Commenting on the partnership, LumenRadio's sales & marketing manager Jessica Björk says, "We are very excited to partner with SYMPH Electronics, a company that shares our vision and desire to achieve products and services of exceptional quality. We believe in their strong commitment and their great knowledge of the market."

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But Sean had an additional requirement from his desk. "I'm teching for myself, as well as mixing monitors," he explains. "I needed a small footprint without compromising audio quality, but I needed something that was quick and easy to set up and breakdown each day."

"My main priority is also audio quality," adds Jonathan. " I knew I would get that with the SD9

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The Johannesburg gig was staged in the 2,800 capacity Centre Court venue at Emperor's Palace Casino, Kempton Park, with Kevin Stannett from Crosslight asked to light the show by promoters AfroAsia Events.

Although Kevin - also the regular LD at Emperor's Palace - had last year specified 12 Robe Robin DLX LED Spots for their main venue, for concerts in the arena there is a bare stage, so all technical production has to be outsourced. For this show, lighting kit was supplied by Pan Tilt Lighting run by Kurt Du Preez.

Four 15m wide trusses were installed overhead and four upright trussing sections were positioned onstage behind th

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In booth C11547, the Alliance will exhibit some of the first products implementing OCA from its member companies with technical experts on hand to explain and present the technology.

"There has been significant work on the OCA control protocol to date, the InfoComm show is a great opportunity to present the results of that effort to the industry and to the public," said OCA marketing workgroup chairman, Marc Weber of d&b audiotechnik.

"For the first time in the history of the OCA Alliance, we will have a public booth at the InfoComm exhibition. The pub

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Featuring many of today's top artists performing songs made famous by the seven-time GRAMMY Award-winning group, the production also included footage from that landmark Sunday evening along with various presenters discussing the worldwide impact of The Beatles. Behind the scenes, it was designer Matt Firestone who was charged with bringing the events lighting to life while working on an extremely tight production schedule; which he did relying on VL3500 Wash, VL3000 Spot and VL3500 Spot luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite.

"For the production, we mainly needed both backlight and a floor package that could compete against the large video wall

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Exhibitors have been speaking enthusiastically about the quality and number of people they saw at their booths. Frank Brault, industry product specialist at Nemetschek Vectorworks comments, "We met with all of the regional contacts we were hoping to connect with. It's been a fantastic show!" Phil Ion, director of CORE Lighting, adds, "We saw a wide variety of interested customers from a much wider geographical area than we expected, and all quality leads. It's been well worth exhibiting."

The relaxed environment PLASA Focus shows are renowned for, providing attendees with an ideal setting to network and do business in, was m

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Prolific award winning lighting designer, Gurdip Mahal, was tasked with providing a stand out lighting design for the show, which was watched by more than 3m viewers across the UK. Mahal opted for the high-impact effect of the Clay Paky Sharpy in order to deliver a strong rock concert style atmosphere.

"When I set out to design Big Brother my brief was to make it look like a enormous and exciting outdoor event - a cross between a live concert and a TV show," Mahal explains. "I needed lights that would cut through the ambient lighting and be bright enough to make a dramatic impact outside. The Clay Paky Sharpys fitted the bill perfectly."

Mahal used 32 Clay Paky Sh

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The multi-purpose venue, which hosts a variety of events including theatre, live shows, congresses and town hall meetings, needed to upgrade its audio system. The house engineer specified a digital console with recording capabilities that would be practical and flexible.

"After installation, feedback from the engineer was that there was a great improvement in sound quality and all the staff were very impressed with how easy it was to operate," comments Marcos de Matos from Allen & Heath's Portuguese distributor, Avitel. "The house engineer was also very impressed with how practical setup was, and as they host a lot of outdoor shows, t

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By specifying the multipurpose Flares, lighting designer Nick Whitehouse reduced the overall fixture count for the tour, saving space, energy, labor, and freight, while at the same time gaining features and improved performance! Positioned on the stage, back wall, and overhead, the compact Flares can be used where conventional lights will not fit, e.g. hidden in the stage and other tight spots. The Flares were provided by Solotech of Montreal and Las Vegas.

"We tested the Flares on the JT-JayZ promo tour and loved the output and features," says Whitehouse. "Having used them to light the audience in entire stadiums, I knew they

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The band's established lighting designer, Cormac Jackson helped to develop their artistic vision involving a different way video can light the stage. Production manager, Bob O'Brien approached long time friend Mark O'Herlihy of PRG Nocturne to supply the video and custom designed products for the creative video solution.

As on previous tours Franz Ferdinand show their personality by using various production elements. For this tour they chose to experiment with the way they use video on stage. There were three custom-fabricated screens made of a reflective UV material, Mark refers to them as almost like "rotating, vertical, venetian blinds". These were the main target for the projectors to hit. Adding to these reflecting screens, the backline amps were also covered with

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Venue owner, Vu Anh Phong, first decided to visit Ho Chi Minh city in the south, in order to learn the reason behind the phenomenon success of some of the more famous clubs. He immediately noticed that a common factor was Martin Audio sound systems that appeared to attract a clientele seeking a higher grade of entertainment. "The fact that Martin Audio contributes to these clubs' dramatic success, with the considerable number of guests visiting every night, was evident," he said.

Vu Anh Phong contacted Pham Duy Duc, director of well-known club installers Duc Proaudio Company, who provided a proposal, basing his design on Martin Audio components for Nineteen Club. It w

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The 'prize' was coordinated by the National's head of lighting resources, Huw Llewellyn - and a pair of SGM's G-Spot LED all-weather spots were ready to test the creative abilities of the fortunate students - selected by Llewellyn and provided by SGM UK.

The students were given advanced training to allow them to gain a more in depth understanding of the software used to light the iconic theatre on London's South Bank before being given full creative rein, as they lit up the Theatre nightly between 26 April and 2 May - in three-minute sequences starting at sunset.

Huw Llewellyn first saw the G-Spot immersed in wat

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The 10 'final' performance episodes this year involve seven hand-picked choirs performing several different pieces of work each week. The show is being recorded in the Victory Theatre, Orange Grove, Johannesburg and is broadcast twice weekly by Mzansi Magic. It is again expected to be one of the 'most watched' series on SA television and highlights the country's propensity for vocal talent.

Lighting for this year's show is a co-design between Peter Rieck - who did the first series - and Ryan Lombard, both of whom specified the Robe Robin MMX Spots and Robin LEDBeam 100s.

The Victory Theatre, built in 1929 is a

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According to managing director, Cliff Dounting, discussions with the Italian manufacturer to add the versatile Media Series to the portfolio had begun at the beginning of the year.

"There has been a long standing relationship between Leisuretec Distribution and RCF UK's Phil Price that stretches back more than 20 years - and that was a great foundation to build upon.

"RCF has a strong brand name in the industry - synonymous with high quality and excellent value for money, both of which we at Leisuretec regard very highly. We see this as a great opportunity to go confidently to the trade and promote these qualities to our clients.&quo

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The EDM extravaganza, headlined by Dutch producer and überstar Tiësto, was the eighth international edition of the festival and its first South African incarnation, with the chaos kicking off in Cape Town before moving on to Johannesburg. Fireworks for Africa teamed up with Yeatman to create explosive visual spectaculars that pumped up the party animal audiences, with Yeatman's Avolites Tiger Touch console as the control system.

The awesome pyro displays included the use of 12 Channel Red Back Dimmers for controllable hot power channels to trigger the CO2 jets and Stadium Shot streamer canons and the 6m flame units come

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The students, who are half way through the Academy's 16-month FdA Live Events Production, are available to work in June, July and August and are seeking either ad hoc events work or three-month placements.

Most students have already gained experience at live events in a variety of backstage roles and all have completed modules in Introduction to Working in Live Events Production, Concept Design & Presentation, Staging, Live Sound, Lighting and Live Visuals.

During the Introduction to Working in Live Events module, students undertook a range of industry-based certificates to prepare them for working safely on site: Event Safety Passport; Emergency First Aid; Stage Pyrotechnics; Pra

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The lighting coordination for the three day event was managed by 3srCreative, a new design firm comprised of designers Seth Jackson, Nathan Scheuer, Brent Sandrock and Jack Rushen, who had worked together previously on Selena Gomez's tour. CounterPoint provided a new set of challenges to overcome, as a tour typically consists of one artist, one concept, one designer and (hopefully) one cohesive vision, but a festival can have upwards of eight or nine of those each day.

"The lighting design for the music stages was designed to provide as much variety and flexibility as possible giv

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"Global Spectrum, L-Acoustics and Parkway Communications did a super job of quickly getting a high quality sound system for the Bicentennial Center ordered, installed and ready for prime time," says the City of Salina's city manager, Jason Gage. "This

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This new location in its multi-office rental network marks #14 for this stage lighting and rigging rental company - a number that CEO Huntly Christie considers to be a very auspicious one.

With this addition Christie Lites is adding to an already impressive list of primary locations across North America, including major entertainment centres as Toronto, New York, Orlando and Las Vegas.

The new 50,000sq.ft Woodridge shop will follow the standard model set-up as the rest of its facilities. The design allows space for efficient equipment testing and maint

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From Monday 19 May, Yamaha will outsource servicing of the majority of its products to the Yamaha Approved Service Centres (YASCs), which are SSE Audio Group and Berkshire-based Broadcast Service Centre.

In addition, Yamaha is appointing two freelance service engineers to carry out on-site repairs, both for land-based users and the cruise ship market.

"As our product portfolio grows, we are under ever-increasing pressure to continue the high levels of customer service that end-users have come to expect. This new organisational structure will allow us to continue delivering the highest level of support to our growing customer base," says Karl Christmas, sales &

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Qeytek a specialist distribution company was founded in 2012 by industry known Cally Bacchus, and with the recent appointment of Paul Turner joining the young company and experienced team, the Dutch manufacturer is confident that the technical sales and support knowledge on the range of software and hardware products are in capable hands.

Visual Productions with the support of Qeytek, enjoyed another successful product showcase, at PLASA Focus, of its lighting control products. These include Cuelux software and a preview of Cuety: lighting control for iOS (available Summer 2014) for the entry level and smaller clubs, bars and DJ / LJ markets. Also on show was the architect