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14 March 2016

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14 March 2016

Each of these seminars lasted one day. Both were opened by Lothar Weimann the head of D.A.S. Audio Deutschland, who gave a presentation of the firm via the corporate video. Joan La Roda, D.A.S. audio engineer provided the attendees with the presentation "How line array work" which explains the line array theory and expands into the technical characteristics and applications of such systems. This was followed by a presenta

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Each Color Web 125 panel consists of 64 individually addressable colour mixing LED cells with a pitch of 125mm / 5", providing double the resolution per square metre compared to the original 250mm / 10" version launched last year.

The choice of panel resolutions makes Color Web suitable for more demanding visual effects applications and provides customers with a choice of products to suit their budget and display requirements.

Also on display will be the latest range of Chroma-Q Color Block LED accessories, including eight new colour options designed for

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Infinity Wash XL has an innovative new LCD display which can be charged from an external battery in the new Philips fast-fit lamp with variable power from 800 to 1450 W. At narrow angles, it can get up to 30 times brighter than competitors, becoming the most powerful Wash on the market, claims Coemar.

StripLite Led is billed as "the perfect substitute for the popular halogen ribalte". It offers multicolour and white (3200°K) leds that guarantee infinite colours generation, plus the possibility to obtain warm white; the body is light and solid, and the electrical consumption is extremely reduced in spite of the elevated brightness.

PinLite Led comprises 12 multicolour leds designed to provide infinite colour generation, strobo ef

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The judges will be looking for creative use of lighting which commands audience attention and which highlights, complements or is in itself the main focus of the event.

The Award, sponsored by PLASA and Lighting&Sound International, is designed to give lighting designers across the industry recognition for their creative work. Last year's winner - The Storr - provided the backdrop for a subtle and imaginative light and sound installation that the judges described as "an awesome undertaking". They also praised

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Falcon high-power, compact fixtures from Alpha One of Germany are designed for architectural and portable use. Xenon and Metal Halide models are available, in static or automated versions.

TMB is now worldwide master distributor for FinnLight Film/TV lighting products. Emmy Award winning Director of Photography Bruce Finn, will be on the TMB stand demonstrating his Toplight and new Maxilight Micro.

Green Hippo is showing the new V3 software for the Hippotizer media server. V3 makes loading media files "idiot proof", incorporates timeline based on-board control, true SDI output and complete networking and control of multiple Hippotizers.

Interactive Technologies' new CueServer playback processor is a self-contained, web enabled s

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Russound has teamed up with the show organisers at ISE to sponsor this unique offering. Situated in Hall 1 at the Amsterdam RAI, access to this lounge will be free of charge to all distributors and specially invited resellers. This new initiative offers distributors and resellers a chance to network in a quieter atmosphere and to allow intensive one to one discussions away from the bustle of the exhibition floor. Complimentary refreshments will be provided throughout the day.

Jon Le Blanc, director International Division for Russound says: "This is a pivotal st

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On display at the Martin booth (#194) will be the company's first tungsten lighting fixture, the MAC TW1, as well as the first fixtures in a new LED product range.

Another first is a compact and feature-rich laser unit, the RGB Laser 1.6. The next luminaire in the high powered Xenon source series, the 3 kW Littlebig 3.0, will also be on display. The companion washlight to the popular MAC 700 Profile, the MAC 700 Wash, will also feature as will new Mania series lights.

On the control side Martin will be showing a new computer based version of the popular Maxxyz console, Maxxyz PC, as well as a compact version of the Maxedia Digital Media Composer. Jem smoke will be showing five new products in its extensive Jem and Magnum product lines and

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For the European tour, Lighting designer, Travis Shirley, chose to use Martin MAC 2ks, MAC 500s, MAC 250s, Martin Atomic Colors, High End Systems Studio Beam PC, Pulsar Chromabanks, PARS, and Color Kinetics Colorblast.

Shirley said that the overall lighting design was created to produce a concert atmosphere that matched the mood of the band's music. An important feature of the lighting design was the rig itself. Shirley said that he wanted the rig to display a dysfunctional look- to give a "disturbed" feel. The juxtaposed placement of fixtures created a multi level, asymmetrical wall. The strobes were in a grid allowing ver

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The company's stand at PLASA was designed to provide stimulation of all five senses; sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. Visually, the stand adopted a clean, gallery like approach to the display of products and graphics, while digital signage, promoting the new corporate branding, provided additional stimulation. Ambient sounds reproduced birdsong, while an aroma machine produced the smell of freshly cut grass, giving a sense of freedom and of being outdoors. Green tea was offered to visitors, and a central 'chill-out area' offered Japanese head and ha

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Bandit CEO, Michael T. Strickland, commented, "I wish to thank the entire global staff at Bandit Lites for making this award possible. We are very honoured that the industry has again chosen Bandit Lites as the 'best of the best' and we promise to live up to the accolade. On behalf of Bandit, I would like to thank all of our clients, their staff, TerryLowe and the great people at PLSN Magazine for allowing Bandit this opportunity."

The Parnelli Award marks the third 'Lighting Company of the Year' Award that Bandit hasreceived in 2006. The company was also presented similar awards from Po

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Working for organisers Frieze Events, the Summit team of up to eight riggers led by Jay Call suspended over seven kilometres of steel wire rope in the ceilings of the four main tented venues. This consisted of catenary wires at two different heights, a lower one to accommodate the false ceiling and a higher one for suspending heating and air conditioning ducts and other elements of plant.

They did the same in six additional subsidiary tents - all supplied by Owen Brown. The work was completed over a two week period, with Summit going in after the construction of each of the tents was completed. The largest tent measured 200 metres long by 40 wide. Summit also installed truss

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The show's sound designer, Bobby Aitken, chose the CSC Software after an extensive evaluation between other solutions and is using the product to replay sound effects and music tracks. The system is controlled from the production's main console and outputs to multiple speaker zones including an onstage "gramophone" for realistic "rehearsal scenes".

CSC is gaining rapid adoption within the theatre community due to it's powerful, yet easy to use interface, says Orbital. It has recently been deployed on a variety of productions including, It's a Fine Life(Queen's

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Shure Distribution UK will be running a free prize draw on each day of the event. Visitors will have the opportunity to win a limited edition Black Beta 58 microphone complete with cable and stand. All they have to do is enter their details with Shure on the stand.

Shure's premium KSM9 vocal condenser microphone will be on show in wired form. It features a dual diaphragm design and time-saving set-up features like automatic frequency selection and automatic transmitter sync.

Shure's all new Performance Gear Wireless Systems, on show for the first time at Music Live, combine sound quality and stage-proven endurance with advanced features like internal diversity ant

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Lighting designer Stevie Marr specified the VersaTubes and the Catalyst, with the Tubes also forming the main architectural element of the performance space upstage of the band and stretching right out to the sides of the stage. The VersaTubes were attached to 18 vertical sections of A-type trussing - four per tube - clamped to the two onstage chords of the truss.

Marr produced all the video content used to drive the VersaTubes himself, as part of his masters degree in Graphic Design (specialising in Interactive Media) at the Arts Institute of Bournemouth.

The Maximo Park tour was project managed for XL by Jo Beirne, a

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For the hard-edge fixtures, Jackson has opted for a combination of VL2500s and Martin Mac2k Performances. For the 2ks, he added in the Patrick Woodroffe Gobo package to give some new variety to the light, which he says made a world of difference. Jackson also uses Syncrolite B-52s along with Mac 300s and Mac2ks.

The show is packed with video- including an upstage LED wall that is 30 feet wide, and then another 40 feet of Low-Res panels (built by Screenworks). It became essential to match the video with a lot of lighting, in order to cut through a backdrop that produces a fair amount of light on its own.

Jackson uses Morris Leasing's ESP Vision Studio in Nashvi

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This thorough evaluation process ensures that all projects are assessed on the excellence of the lighting design as a whole rather than relying solely on possibly misleading photographic evidence. The long list is compiled by the judging panel from written and photographic submissions put together by all the entrants.

The presentation ceremony of the Lighting Design Awards takes place at the London Hilton Hotel on Park Lane on Thursday 15 March 2007. The black-tie ceremony is a highlight of the lighting industry's calendar. The Lighting Design Awards is organised by Emap, the publisher of Lighting magazine, and the Institution of Lighting E

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Prizes will include Audio-Technica ATH-EM7 GM headphones, as well as tee-shirts and autographed copies of the band's new album In My Blood. Breed77 are performing on the Music Live stage at around 2pm, before arriving on the Audio-Technica stand, where they will also take part in a question and answer session with visitors about why and how they use Audio-Technica microphones live on stage.

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The 24 ColorWash 1200E AT, 12 ColorSpot 1200E ATs, plus eighteen Robe StageBanner 10 ATs were specified by lighting designer Gunther Hecker. Hecker - also the inventor of the StageBanner - who developed an attractive, flexible and unusual design with the 18 StageBanners, with each holding a reversible screen. The banners, each measuring 1 metre wide with a 10 metre drop, were all rigged off the back truss.

This overall design created a projection screen for custom produced video content that could either be displayed on a "standard" black background or onto the banners set at 90° - which had the effect of increasing the perc

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Aviom's Pro64 Series of audio networking products allow contractors and installers to transport multiple channels of streaming audio over Cat-5e via A-Net, Aviom's high-speed audio network.

"This event was an outstanding post-AES introduction for our Pro64 Series to the many important industry players based in L.A.," says Jason Frenchman, Aviom's director of marketing. "Hollywood Sound Systems was an incredible host who provided us with a tremendous forum to demonstrate and discuss our uni

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The company reports that 2006 again saw an increase in numbers attending the show, with visitors travelling from all parts of Wales and the surrounding English counties.

This year, the RWCMD Bute Theatre had a new look, with the central section occupied by Stage Electrics with four 50" plasma screens showcasing the company's product range. On the theatre seating block, which previously has been hidden behind drapes, a high level café area was constructed. Manufacturers occupied the stand positions around the end of the theatre space ensuring that they all had the maximum opportunity to interact with visitors.

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The Classic Light Palette offers the Palette OS graphical interface in a compact console. Each desk supports two standard dual playbacks and 12 submaster/playbacks for flexible control and operation. Dual video displays provide key data for programmers and the powerful point and click graphical interface speeds production.

Light Palette Live adds 48 submasters, allowing users to quickly run a live performance with lots of hands on control.

Light Palette VL features 24 submasters and a 100 key keypad that allows the rapid selection of moving lights, control channels providing easy touch selection and programming for moving lights. The VL, like the rest of the range also supports large touchscreen panels for added control and flexibility.

The

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The compact desk, which was previewed at last month's PLASA Show in London, was used on two special showcase product launches 24 hours apart. While Joe Campbell was working with one on monitors for Chris Rea at London's Bush Hall, the following night across town Chris Madden was preparing for the Sugababes arena tour next spring with a media show at the 100 Club to announce the trio's new greatest hits package - Overloaded: The Singles Collection.Backed by a live band, the Sugababes' 80-minute show in front of an invited audience was filmed by a video production company for a forthcoming DVD, and Madden synced the audio to video (using the Digidesign SYNC I/O), multi-tracking the set using the Pro To

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On the back of the success of PLASA06, many companies have increased their stand size and several have literally doubled their space, setting PLASA07 on course to be the major event of next year.

Further new developments for PLASA07 will also bolster its appeal: the full management of the show has been taken on by PLASA - who recently launched an Events Division to support this move - making it one of the few shows actually owned and run by the industry.

Along with the change of management comes a change of look as the show is moving onto one level and expanding