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"I was very familiar with Juliat fixtures from working in Europe," says Mike Baldassari, co-lighting designer for Cabaret with Peggy Eisenhauer. "The Victor followspot was in the exact neighbourhood of what we needed at 1800 watts. We did a shoot out with some other followspots to test not only for brightness but also for noise level. The shoot out was facilitated by electrician John Wooding; Ron Fogel of Fogel Associates and Fred Lindauer of Robert Juliat provided the Victors for us to test."

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Lighting designer Luis Pastor is known to be a big MA fan. Therefore it was no wonder that he used two grandMA2 full-sizes, one grandMA2 light and four MA NPU (Network Processing Units) for the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 South American Games. "It was an extremely important event for Chile its government," said Pastor, "The challenge was tremendous as the setup had to be

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Hicks gained experience as a software engineer with Carallon Limited, developing products for leading industry clients, before branching out into product management for Pharos Architectural Controls, where he later joined the board as technical director.

"I'm thrilled to have Simon come on board the team," says LightGeist CEO Liza Sutherland. "LightGeist has developed, and will continue to build, exciting new audience engagement products for live entertainment. Simon's talents in product d

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Mikael Uddh from SGM Sweden suggested the LP-700 LED Pix as best fit for purpose, and so the installation comprised 20 cabinets with three LP-700 strings in each (a single string incorporates 56 RGB LED pixels in a chain measuring 6.75m and provides a pixel pitch of 120mm).

The concept for this installation is based on a scene from the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, where a man builds in a four-walled house turned inside out. Thus the door that people would be inclined to take into the house opens into a lawn with benches and pedestrian pathways.

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ACE is to provide £16.7m - equivalent to 70% of the total cost - with the London venue intending to raise the remainder through trusts, philanthropists and audiences. The work had originally been announced in March last year and was planned as part of a larger, £120m redevelopment of the complex following significantly increased attendance numbers to the Thames-side comp

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According to Eric Johnson, technical director for Sun Valley, "Sun Valley Tempe merged with Bethany Church two and a half years ago and we inherited a large campus and an auditorium with technical capabilities that were deficient by today's standards. The audio system was old and primarily designed for natural speech, orchestra and choir reinforcement in an acoustic setting. That, plus the building is a complex geometrical design, basically a five-sided pentagon with a seven-sided auditorium that's about 160 degrees wide, has a raked floor, many complex angles and no parallel surfaces. Needless to say, this presented a real challenge when it came to choosing a new loudspeaker system.

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ETC's Eos control family - made up of Eos Titanium (Ti), Gio, Ion and Element desks - is the most prevalent on Broadway. The family was developed to be both designer- and programmer-friendly with its powerful software and direct programming syntax. "Most desks are designed solely for the programmer," explains ETC Eos product manager Anne Valentino. "We paid attention to what the lighting des

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Andrew Voller and Chris Hurst will be on the stand to demonstrate Moving Light Assistant - an application designed to document both the moving light rig and console data used on moving light shows used in the entertainment industry. The application runs on both Apple Mac OSX (Intel only) and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

City Theatrical's SHoW DMX is the wireless DMX of choice for lighting professionals on West End and Broadway shows, permanent entertainment installations, architectural landmarks, major music tours such as U2 and Madonn

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"We chose to go with an LED wall due to our desire to 'future-proof' the Worship Center and set us up for the next decade or more visually," explains Mike Rall, who heads a full-time video staff at Fairhaven

"The debut of the LED wall at our Easter services provided an incredible visual experience for the nearly 8,000 attendees that weekend as we were able to create custom in-house videos that spanned the entire length of the wall, really tying in the themes of our songs and other special elements together well."

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Nathan Almeida from East Coast Lighting & Production Services (ECLPS) has had the honour, for the past eight years, of ensuring that all the energy and magic coming from the stage reaches right out and touches everyone in the audience... and this year he had the help of some Robe moving lights for the GrooveBoston Vitality tour.

This year's Vitality theme embraced life, liveliness and the general feelings of being in a natural

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"Essentially, we have 're-colourized' the club," said LD Jason Ayala of Jason Blends (New York). "We went away from the traditional heavy club colours that were used before, to more elegant purples, cyans and blues. These more rounded colours better complemented the carved wood architectural elements that a very talented designer,

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Audio video is central to the concept of the museum. The reception area is filled with a 4m, 12-screen video wall and screens throughout the exhibition show information about the films featured as well as clips from the movies themselves. These screens provide a highly effective backdrop to the exhibits.

Jonathan Sands, founder and chief executive of London Film Museum, says, "Ultimately, when it comes to ensuring the public is well-informed, everything has to be as simple as possible in terms of the journey and the experience. The minute you walk in, everything's visualised - you're never in the dark."

The London Film Museum regularly hosts private

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The Rayzor Q12 Zoom's 12 x 15W RGBW LEDs mix a broad range of colour shades for powerful shadow-free colour washes. Colour temperature is variable from 2,700K - 8,000K and colours mix uniform from vibrant saturates across beautiful pastels to authentic warm and cool shades of white. For programming convenience, a variety of colour macros are included.

For flexible beam angle adjustments, the Rayzor Q12 Zoom houses an 1

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The contest was held at the Shopping Eldorado, Sao Paulo. Rental company Barella Eventos provided a wireless CRMX Nova DMX system containing one single universe DMX transmitter and multiple single universe DMX receivers to control the lighting rig throughout the show.

Explaining the choice, Barella Eventos founder and general manager, Giancarlo Barella said the decision was based on reliability and the need for a time effective setup. "When you are working with beauty contests of this magnitude, every moment of the night is special and crucial. Everything needs to happen at exactly the right time, so there is no room for any delays. A live broadcasted event exp

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Pachciarek put together an elegant lighting design for the large outdoor stage that was careful to complement the show's large LED video element. Inspired by the colours and architecture of the church, the classic design captured the attention of hundreds of local and international pilgrims that had come to Krakow to celebrate the sainthood of the late pope.

"It was important to remember that this was no ordinary show," explains Pachciarek. "This was not a jazz or pop concert but a celebration of huge importance to those present, so the lighting had to be exactly right. In addition it was being filmed for broadcast, so in addition to it bei

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AC-ET's senior technical sales executive, Ben Taylor, was invited by Gareth Shelton, deputy manager of the ROH's sound & broadcast department, to demo the Hog 4 console in-situ to the venue's technical team.

Gareth comments, "Our department looks after all aspects of video projection on main stage shows. Specifically, we use our console for video projection programming with our media servers, so it was really important to ensure that the upgrade would provide a more powerful console capable of satisfying the venue's increasingly ambitious pro

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Staged at the Quinta Vergara Amphitheatre, the festival features a song competition with two categories (pop music and folk songs), interspersed with performances by international music stars from around the world, encompassing a diverse mix of genres like rock, multi-lingual pop, merengue, salsa, reggaetón, bachata and many others.

To deal with this variety in the music lighting designer Luis Pastor trusted in a highly flexible lighting control - the grandMA2. In total he used an MA System comprised of two grandMA2 full-size, two grandMA2 light, four MA NPU (Network Processing Unit), six MA 2Port Node and two MA VPU plu

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The Diode Series is fully graphics capable and has a professional ILDA interface for computer control. Besides that, stand-alone mode, sound-to-light operation and DMX control is possible.

Two versions of the full colour whitelight lasers are offered: the Laserworld DS-800RGB and the Laserworld DS-1600RGB. Both have great beam specifications of ca. 3mm / 1.3mrad full angle and come with fast scanners at 40kpps.

Nightclub owners, mobile DJs but also rental companies will like these new units, as they well fit for medium sized rooms, b

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Sales teams from AC-ET's four specialist product divisions will be on hand to demonstrate and discuss the latest technologies from leading marques which AC-ET are the exclusive UK dealer for, as well as over 200 leading brands available for immediate despatch from the company's multi-million pound inventory.

After receiving an overwhelmingly positive response when showcased at another recent UK tradeshow, the AC-ET stand will feature models from the UK-exclusive Prolights line-up of lighting and effects products. The impressive lighting range features an extensive portfolio of product lines from a wide selection of LEDs, including Pars, battens, moving lights,

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Emma has been working with the band for the last three and a half years. They tour regularly each year in autumn and spring and she is also a big fan of Robe products. The lighting design for these two special shows referenced that of the last tour but on a vastly expanded scale, with a big increase in the amount of kit used, most of which was supplied by Southampton based rental company, GLS.

"I've always used Robe fixtures in my Bellowhead shows," says Emma. "It's great technology, very solid and there is always

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Australia's famous Choirboys, supported by local group,The Accidents, were entertaining the crowds until late into the night. The evening's celebrations were crowned by a pixel mappable chandelier, installed as a centerpiece in the Grand Ball Room. This was controlled by ChamSys MQ 60 console through ArKaos PRO media server technology to create a festive atmosphere for the event.

Bruce Lynton Prestige Automotive Group dealer principal, Beric Lynton, explains that the event's sole

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Schoeman started her journey by getting her hands on Tamia's music. "Tamia's sound is very chilled and after the first song, I thought pink." With soft pastel colours in mind, Schoeman used six Robe Pointes, eight Robin 100LEDBeams, eight Robin 300s, four Robin 600s, six Robe MMX Spots, four Martin MAC 550 Profiles and 12 MAC 575 Krypons and six bars of 6 LED pars to create something special and a design which was complimented by the event organizer.

"The Pointes were great," said Schoeman. "It was the first time I used them and I love th

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Neil Macdonald, chief executive of amBX said, "We are delighted to have the unique capabilities of amBX recognised by such a major operator in this way. In addition to managing all the operational lighting requirement, amBX Light-Scene Engine will also be providing a flexible and dynamic solution to enhance how lighting can be used to enhance the experience of the venue."

The amBX Light-Scene Engine is the latest lighting control offering built on amBX technology. The Light-Scene Engine has been designed to be easily integrated

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Produced by Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar - responsible for the long running eponymous musical and numerous other shows along Gran Via Madrid's main theatrical artery AKA 'Spanish Broadway' - this show staged at the off Gran Via Rialto Theatre, and has been lit by award-winning lighting designer Felipe Ramos.

The overall theme of the show - inspired by some of the grand cabarets of Paris but with a definitely space age twist - gave him plenty of scope for imaginative lighting design - and he chose 12 Robe Pointes to be right at the core of the lighting rig.

A Marte Cabaret is his first collaboration with the producers, alth