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Avolites
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Seen previously at PLASA, the ArtDC dimmer is a clever stand-alone unit which works from a DC battery supply. Wireless and eDMX enabled, it offers an ideal solution for dimming in remote, inaccessible places. Incidentally, Avo's Rik Salzedo reports good growth in dimming markets in the UK: ART2000 dimming is enjoying success in the film world, having been used on the Harry Potter films, as well as Tomb Raider, Bridget Jones, Die Another Day, The Italian Job and Charlie and the Ch
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TMB also showed three impressive and increasingly successful UK-made systems: the Hippotizer media server from Green Hippo; the excellent K2 motion control system from Kinesys, which was demonstrated by a moving truss arrangement above TMB's ever-busy seating area (see Clouseau, pages 52-53, for more of the K2); and the award-winning Pharos LPC. Pharos was also promoting its moving light data service to lighting c
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LIPA Marks 10 years of Education
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On Monday 30 January - 10 years to the day since LIPA's inauguration - nearly 250 LIPA students and graduates will take part in a gala performance at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall.The performance will also herald the official launch of Liverpool Performs 2006 - a 12-month celebration of Liverpool's outstanding track record in the arts, sport and business - the latest in a series of themed years leading up to European Capital of Culture in 2008.
LIPA itself is one of the city's best known success stories, committed to its aim of providing high-quality teaching to prepare students for sustained careers in the industry, either as performers
PID at ARC 06
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As the UK partner of award-winning manufacturer Element Labs, PID will be demonstrating the full range and diversity of their various innovative LED display devices, all of which are being specified for architectural installations worldwide. This will include Versa Tile, Versa Tube and the new Versa Pixel. Using digital media to control the Versa range, any built environment can be transformed into a visually mesmerising space.
Versa Tube is a linear LED effect tube that can produce fabulous moving colour patterns that glow with dynamism. By using live video signal for control, Versa Tube delivers a myriad of different looks from vibrant patterns to l
Nicholas F Van Wijk Bursary
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Well known throughout West End theatreland where he spent most of his working life, Nick van Wijk placed great emphasis on passing on his stage technical knowledge to the next generation of theatre technicians and these bursaries pay tribute to that enthusiasm.
The bursaries are available to sponsor two participants in the ABTT Bronze Award. To support the professional development of practitioners in technical theatre, each bursary of £550 covers the tuition fee for the certificated ABTT Bronze Award. This course includes: electrical fundamentals, portable appliance testing, kno
Stage Electrics on Celebrity Big Brother
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Darryl Noad was the lighting director for the high profile Endemol-produced series recorded at Elstree Studios for Channel Four. Stage Electrics' project manager was Simon Baker.
The studio element of the rig consisted of 19 Martin Professional MAC 2K washes, used for the regular bi-weekly broadcasts. Sixteen PixelLine 110ec's were also supplied by Stage Electrics to the Little Brother chat show.
The weekly show's exterior rig included 15 MAC 600 NTs in inflatable domes, 8 MAC 2K profiles, 4 MAC 2K washes and 16 JTE PixelLine battens under-lighting the stairs. These were used extensively to light and project graphics and gobos onto the wall of the Big Brother hous
ISE 2006 opens in spectacular style
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"The excitement generated from our exhibitors, sponsors and associations, the new show features and comprehensive conference, all combine to produce this highly successful show where quality visitors are prepared to take time out to come to Brussels to do business," said the show's managing director Mike Blackman. "This year's significant increase in attendance is a testament to ISE as a real deal-making show and explains its continuing growth year after year.&q
Jamie Cullum lines up with XL & Yeast
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Yeast Culture was formed by Nick Hillel and Marc Silver six years ago. They create music visuals, art installations, films and documentaries. Two years ago, Cullum saw a Yeast performance and asked them to work with him.
XL's project manager Paul Wood says, "Nick has produced a very intense yet intimate look that truly enhances the Jamie Cullum live experience." Cullum does not have a set list and the shows are completely random, so all the mixing is done l
SSL makes NAMM debut
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Top producers and engineers, as well as artists, have been quick to acquire the AWS 900 for their private or commercial studios, says SSL. Installations include five at Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis's private studio, Flyte Time; Will Smith's studio, the Boom Boom Room; Alicia Keys's the Oven Studios; and engineer/producer Tal Herzberg's room at Henson Recording Studios.
SSL also exhibited the XLogic range of rack mount products, including the X-Rack modular rack system. The X-Rack Mic Amp and Channel EQ, introduced at NAMM, join the existing Dynamics unit to form a comprehensive processing solution for studio or live applications.
Also on display were
Meyer gets festive in Motown
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Now in its eighth year, the event has become a Motor City institution, routinely selling out in a matter of days or even hours. Past years' events have included performances by Franz Ferdinand, Dashboard Confessional, Good Charlotte, Jimmy Eat World and many other top names.
This year, headliners, 311, were joined by Our Lady Peace, Alien Ant Farm, Fall Out Boy, Rise Against, Coheed and Cambria, Switchfoot, Motion City Soundtrack and Social Code. The show's organisers promised an experience bordering on "sensory overload," and Detroit-based concert sound providers Thunder Audio helped deliver the goods with a powerful Meyer Sound line array.
With a total
A.C. Lighting North set for April return
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Full details will be confirmed in the coming months, but visitors can expect the same show format as in previous years. The free guest speaker seminars will provide an opportunity to hear some of the industry's leading experts discuss the latest technologies and innovative entertainment projects.
Exhibitors will include a wide range of leading lighting, audio and associated equipment brands from A.C. Lighting's large stockholding of entertainment technology products, and representation from many of the key industry associations and publi
PLASA06 website launched
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Meyer in Bullring spectacular
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Madrid's Kulteperalia provided full production - sound, lighting, sets, even armchairs - to turn a bullring into a place to enjoy a great theatrical spectacle. To support the singers, actors and 74-strong orchestra, Kulteperalia opted for a Meyer Sound MILO curvilinear array system.
The main left and right arrays each consisted of ten MILO cabinets, a MILO 120 high-power expanded coverage curvilinear array loudspeaker for downfill, and three M3D-Sub directional subwoofers. Three CQ-2 narrow coverage main loudspeakers on each side provided sidefill. A centre cluster was built from an MVC-5 graduated vertical coverage loudspeaker
TPi Awards 06 - Biggest yet
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Held at the Novotel London West in Hammersmith, the fifth edition of the show was production managed by Steve Allen, and featured the input of PSL Music (video), ML soundadvice and Meyer Sound (audio), HSL Group (lighting), A.C. Lighting (additional lighting equipment), Star Events Group (rigging & truss), Kroos (crewing), Blackout (draping), Ice Lighting (bar LED lighting) and Edwin Shirley Trucking (transport).
A highlight of the production was the work of video graphics director Richard Shipman, along with Richard Bagshaw and Kate Perring of Digital Insanity, who designed a video projection wall
Robe illuminates Dream Centre concert
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Over Sixty intelligent lights were utilised including Robe ColorWash 575ATs, ColorSpot 575ATs and Spot 250XTs, all run though a PC lighting controller.
The lighting gear used for the concert included some equipment permanently installed in the venue, which was augmented with additional kit supplied by south east Queensland-based rental and production company, Dominica. All the show's lighting and media server requirements were designed and operated by Luke Criss and programmed by John Buchanan, both from Dominica.
Most of the ColorWash and ColorSpot 575AT lights were rigged over-stage on seve
Wireless-DMX at Nobel Prize Awards
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The lighting at this event is taken just as seriously as the prestigious guest list. Not only are there strict rules regarding rigging and visibility, the banquet is broadcast live on Swedish National television's SVT1.
Spectra Stage & Event Technologies in Stockholm supplied creative design and production management services, plus all lighting and AV equipment for visual requirements at the banquet. W-DMX transmitters and receivers were used to control the fixtures. Spectra utilised SGM's latest Giotto Synthesis 700 moving lights, Barco R18s for the projectio
Ampco collects Install Award at ISE
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The Kursaal, a newly refurbished 2,201 seat multi-purpose auditorium in Ostend, was equipped with an MCR system that allows the reverberation time of the room to be varied, without the addition of electronic reverb, in nine discrete steps at the touch of a button. This allows it to provide an acoustically optimized playing and listening environment for every type of performance from orchestral and opera to TV shows and reinforced music.
The system has to perform four separate roles - sound reinforcement for co
ISE breaks 10,000 marker
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This year's show saw almost 11,000 attendees, an increase of nearly 50% over the 7,401 trade visitors last year. As well as "a huge influx" from Europe, visitors also came from other parts of the world, including the Middle East, Taiwan and USA.
The organisers say: "Representatives from across the wide spectrum of exhibitors expressed their satisfaction at the number of leads gained through end user sales and recruitment of new dealers and distributors. ISE 2006 was seen as the best platform by far for them to be able to showcase their wares and network with industry professionals.
Mike Blackman, managing director for Integrated Systems Europe comments: "We are
Renkus-Heinz announces NSCA line-up
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Also on show will be the new CF/CFX Series of high value, high performance loudspeakers, now shipping to both portable and installed sound dealers. The self-powered CF Series incorporates Renkus-Heinz's new PF-1 Intelligent Digital Amplifier, while the CFX Series is designed for use with external processors and amplifiers, say the company.
Also available will be EASE 4.2 - a majoe free upgrade: Acoustic Design Ahnert (ADA)and Renkus-Heinz Inc as worldwide distributor, will preview EASE 4.2 at NSCA in
