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14 March 2016

Since 1995 DJs from all around the world play the event and every year the audience also gets spoiled by the technical side, with powerful audio and a stunning light show. This year the technical service Satis & Fy from Werne, inspired by lighting designer Martin Kuhn included 80 Infinity ACL Coemar Moving Heads.

This spotlight with its extremely tight-emitting characteristics provided an impressive beam show over the heads of the dancers on the main floor.

(Jim Evans)

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Reproduced Sound has been the leading UK residential conference for audio professionals for 25 years.

The 25th anniversary event - The Audio Explosion looks at: audio quality, intelligibility, loudspeaker design, room acoustics and immersive audio. Full programme and booking details are available at www.ioa.org.uk(Jim Evans)

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Among the shows DB will service are Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show, which is the UK's largest consumer travel show, The Baby Show, the International Gaming Exhibition, and the International Caravan & Motorhome Show.

Oliver Richardson, DB's sales director, said: "DB Systems has been working with Clarion Events since 2004 so I'm delighted that we will have the opportunity to build on our already solid partnership.

"As an event organiser, it is crucial for Clarion Events to have complete faith in its suppliers. The type of service provided by DB and Aztec instils confidence because we recognise that quali

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In 1952, the Acme Pak Company was created to fill a need to package precision instruments in post-World War II America. Originally formed as a division of Acme Pak, the first Anvil cases were designed for travelling musicians. Founded by the Vallas Family, Anvil quickly became synonymous with travelling musicians due to its proximity to the Los Angeles are

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The Show will be complemented by the Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference, which takes place every four years. This provides a forum for theatre operators and technicians to examine the big issues in stage engineering, lighting, auditorium design, video and audio, reflecting what will be seen at the ABTT exhibition itself.

Show Director, Roger Fox, commented, "Like any sector of the economy the theatre business has been going through difficult times over the last year, but the 2009 ABTT Show was a great success despite the tube strike, with over 110 exhibiting companies, with several new names alongside long-t

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Showcasing the complete Chroma-Q LED line-up, the new generation of Color Block 2, Color Force and Color Charge models feature advanced RGBA colour mixing and control management technologies. Together these provide a radically increased colour palette, a high CRI of at least 90 and theatrical grade dimming, all in the same fixture.

As well as showing the full range of Vista consoles, Jands will be previewing Vista 2 Byron, a major upgrade of their revolutionary Vista lighting system.

As networking requirements for entertainment technology applications continue to increase, many of the leading control companies, such as Jands, are supporting the Art-Net product r

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The Parrot offers complete configurable control, allowing quick and easy modification of all EDID parameters, greatly simplifying system set-up and trouble-shooting, especially of the large complex video systems that are becoming so popular, says the company.

The Parrot is easily configured via USB on either Windows or Macintosh computers using a programme called the Par

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A new compact beam fixture in the MAC family also featured. Additionally on display were a host of lighting and video control solutions, as well as updates in the Jem and Magnum line of fog and haze machines. The new Martin RADAR, an innovative RDM communication protocol and information feedback system also featured.

The MAC 401 Dual is a fresh and versatile LED moving head washlight with an innovative double-sided design that gives it flexible dualfunctionality, for example as a double washlight or beam reflective mirror.

The MAC 301 Wash is an LED moving head washlight that features a powerfully fast zoom with an impressive zoom

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Green Hippo ran a competition throughout the show to win a HippoCritter media server. To be in with a chance of winning this valuable prize, attendees simply completed a questionnaire and their details were automatically entered into the prize draw.

A rackmount version of the HippoCritter was on display along with the new version of the HippoPortamus laptop system.

A new component for multi-screen multi-server configurations under the name UberPan took centre stage on the stand. Although still in development, this feature has already run various configurations including a successful summer season in London on the Peter Pan theatre show with design by Bill Dudley. UberPan allows simple configuration and manipulation of complex multi-screen shows from one

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In 2010, the Festival of Light, the event that every year features a combination of art and illumination, will arrive on the Rimini riviera, thanks to SIB. A lighting design event dedicated to the exhibition's professional visitors (architects, lighting designers, installers, theatre, cinema and tele

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The 2009 winners are:

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SRI ProPlus Crossover full body fall arrest harness from Sapsis Rigging, Inc: A full body fall arrest harness that meets the requirements of the ANSI z359.1-2007 st

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"Our OEM partners are the backbone of W-DMX," says Wireless Solution CEO Niclas Arvidsson, "The fact that W-DMX is built directly into some of the most popular product ranges is a sign of trust that they have researched and found the best possible solution to achieve wireless DMX. It also ensures a wider range of compatibility among products overall. We wanted to show our gratitude toward Elation, SGM and Golden Sea for taking the lead of our OEM partners."

Toby Velasquez accepted the award on behalf of Elation, while Giorgio Radice represented SGM, and Jiang Wei Kai brought back the award for Golden Sea. A la

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The Color Wash is the first product released by RevEAL, Revolutionary Entertainment & Architectural Lighting.

After the awards ceremony, Prism Projection's president and founder Garrett Young commented, "The RevEAL CW is our first product for entertainment lighting and this our first time exhibiting at LDI. To have the industry welcome us with this award is truly a great honour. This award really has me energized to get back to the team in the lab and finish up the products we have on our roadmap for the line."O

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René de Keyzer, CEO of the XL Video Group and Phil Mercer, managing director of XL Video LA, accepted the award. Also on hand to celebrate was XL Video's president Marcel de Keyzer and Jo Beirne of XL Video UK.

Since 2001, the Parnelli Awards, presented by Projection, Lights & Staging News (PLSN) and Front of House (FOH) magazines has honoured the highest achievers and most admired innovators in the live event industry. The awards, named after the late production and touring manager Rick "Parnelli" O'Brien, recognise pioneering, influential professionals and their contributions to the industry, honouring bothAlso honoured at the Parnelli Awards was Stefaan 'Smasher' Desmedt who picked u

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UberPan is a multi-server screen management component allowing multiple Hippotizers to create a single virtual canvas. Connect as many displays as you have outputs and in as many different sizes and configurations as you like. Screens can be a mixture of different physical sizes and resolutions. Once configured, the 'herd' of Hippotizers are seen as one single server allowing easy realtime control and live manipulation from Green Hippo's ZooKeeper control centre.

The setup uses real-world measurement and importantly, all realtime functionality found on any H

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With a menu of numerous pastel and saturated colours, PRG Distribution challenge you to tell the difference between incandescent, halide, plasma and the phenomenal output of the LED VLX.

Sessions are available on both dates at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 14.30pm. If you'd like to attend, please visit the web address below for more details, or email sales@prgdistribution.com to book your place.

The Royal Opera House are also offering a unique opportunity to the first ten guests to confirm their attendance to get a behind the scenes tour and look

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Adlib was chosen to be the audio supplier by tour manager Mike Darling, with whom they have worked on several seasons of Ibiza Rocks and other projects.

Neale and Nicholson are working with the band's engineers Marcos Ferrari (FOH) and Pete Abbot (monitors) on a tour that ranges from small arenas and to provincial theatres. So the primary requirement of the system was that it be exceptionally flexible.

The main FOH speaker system is L-Acoustics V-Dosc (specified by Ferrari), however Adlib are also carrying some dV-Dosc and Arcs cabinets for the larger shows. In the largest configuration, this is set up as main left and right flown hangs of 8 V-Dosc cabinets and a under hang of three dV-Dosc per side.The flown side hangs consisted of six d

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The 2009 Rock Our World Awards were presented at ESTA's Annual Dinner on Thursday evening 19 November in Orlando, Florida, just prior to the opening of the LDI show. The awards recognize groundbreaking achievement by ESTA Members in new products, product applications, or projects. According to ESTA, the awards were created to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of technology and the designer or integrator who applies the technology in a real wo

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The Grand Palais in Paris welcomed 2350 guests when it was transformed into a fairytale village for the launch of one of France's biggest fashion icon's new H&M range.

Stageco was approached to design and build the structures for the show working closely with the show's production manager Piet Winten. Stageco started work on the project a month before the show designing the custom built support structures.

The 26 strong Stageco team worked to a time and venue sensitive brief, building the set in three days ready for the international media, celebrities and special guests to watch the show.

Stageco designed the 400m² base upon which the replica version of the Eiffel Tower

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April 2010 will be the second time that venue owners, consultants, show designers, producers and technicians working on the North's leading events, installations and venues have a dedicated event where they can meet and find the new technologies to use in future facilities and productions.

Over 100 manufacturers from all over the world will be on show and the free Education and Learning Programme that runs alongside the exhibition brings

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More than 60,000 people attended the show which took place in the famous Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires. As in previous editions of the festival the sound and lighting was provided by Buenos Aires Live Show, who chose to use 15" stage wedges from the Proel Edge series.

The monitoring system consisted of Proel Edge15CXPB wedges amplified by Powersoft Q4002 and processed by the Proel DSO26 processors.

All involved were very satisfied with the high power, punch and intelligibility of the Edge monitors throughout the event.

(Jim Evans)

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The concerts took place over two nights, 29 and 30 October 2009, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and were broadcast on HBO. Creating a consistent sonic context for such a wide range of performers was the challenge faced by Music Mix Mobile, a New Jersey/California-based remote facilities company. The Music Mix Mobile team includes industry veterans John Harris, Jay Vicari, Joel Singer, Mitch Maketansky and newly added West Coast-based partners Bob Wartinbee and Mark Linett. For this concert, they relied on plug-ins from Waves Audio.

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Advertised as An Evening of Zen, demonstrations will start from 6pm and continue throughout the evening, allowing guests to hear the Zen and start to discover some of its many features, at the recently reopened studios in Park Royal.

Siobhan Paine heads up the 18,500sq.ft facility, which comprises six production suites and a stunning 850sq.ft live room. "The vibrant and productive environment at Cream is the perfect backdrop to present Audient's Zen," says Paine.

Zen is a compact, classic recording and mixing console, combining analogue mixing technology with flexible DAW integration, seamlessly blending the two fo

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Blackpool's Opera House, which seats 2,900 people, was used to host the show in the 1950s era of acts such as Morecambe and Wise, Arthur Askey and George Formby. The annual event was first staged in 1912 and the proceeds go towards the Variety Artistes' Benevolent Fund. The show's staging in Blackpool comes in the wake of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing being staged at the resort's Tow