Barco has announced that it has reached its 1000th 2K Digital Cinema projector milestone, further reinforcing its position as a worldwide industry leader in the Digital Cinema Market. Barco now holds more than 55% market share in Europe and 65% in the Asian Pacific region and is currently enjoying, in the US, its fastest growth of any single region. The digital cinema revolution has truly begun and in order to meet the expected upsurge in demand, Barco is increasing its capacity from the current 300 units a month to 500 a month in 2007. Stage Technologies is opening doors for X Factor judges and contestants. The live show, with over 8m viewers, used huge sliding video screens to create dramatic entrances on stage. The silent, smooth moving screens were controlled from Saxis Control Units supplied by Stage Technologies, who were contracted by Vertigo Rigging for this 12 week project.

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This very simple automation option enabled the equipment to be installed quickly and effortlessly, requiring only three BigTow winches and programmable handheld controllers. The system was ideal for the simple repeatable moves required for the show at the Fountain TV studio in Wembley. The historic Novosibirsk State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet (NSATOB) is the biggest theatre complex in Russia, a whopping 62,245 sq m larger than the Bolshoi ( Big) Theater in Moscow.

It is also now one of the most technologically advanced in the country, thanks to a recent £2.9m (€4.32m) government grant for renovation. From acoustics to lighting to general stage technology, the theatre is now completely digital. And, as part of that high-tech upgrade, NSATOB chose state-of-the-art lighting systems by ETC. XL Video UK is supplying a digital PPU, camera system, two Catalyst digital media servers and crew for Snow Patrol's current UK arena tour. It's the first time the band has used video on tour. The live mix is being directed and cut by Blue Leach - one of the most innovative and creative exponents of the genre - and this show is no exception.

It's an edgy, provocative mix, full of energy, color and suggestion, rocking along with the band and bringing a new dimension to their stage presence. During its 60 year history Klein + Hummel have earned an international reputation for its studio monitors and PA loudspeakers, and have now announced the relocation of their manufacturing arm to the Sennheiser factory in Ireland. The move was completed in co-operation with the Klein + Hummel engineering department in Wedemark and is now one of the most modern loudspeaker factories in the world. The teams in both Germany and Ireland are very proud of this manufacturing relocation and, as would be expected, quality is the absolute focus. Sennheiser is now shipping the e 602 II cardioid dynamic microphone - successor to the popular e 602 - to their exciting line-up of evolution series microphones. The e 602 II is designed especially for use with kick drums, bass guitar cabs, tubas and other low-frequency instruments.

Featuring a more robust yet lightweight aluminum housing – more than 40 percent lighter than its predecessor - the e 602 II provides greater stability when positioned on a long boom arm. The capsule offers a fast attack, coupled with an extended low-frequency response, enabling the e 602 II to provide smooth, deep and clear reproduction of bass instruments for sound reinforcement and recording applications. When it comes to audio equipment, the name Crown has always been synonymous with performance, reliability and quality. Today, as exciting new products continue to be developed, maintaining the high level of quality that customers have come to expect is a top priority for the company. With that in mind, Crown International established a Strategic Quality Team earlier this year and upgraded its factory to include a Reliability Test Lab equipped with some of the industry’s most sophisticated and rigorous testing equipment. It’s hard to find a country that honours its diversity as extensively as Malaysia, as illustrated by the annual Citrawarna festival.

A month-long, nationwide celebration of multiculturalism and the broad regional and spiritual influences of the peoples of Malaysia, Citrawarna’s festivities culminate with a live pageant, parade, and street festival featuring prominent national singers, and the highlight of the festival, the Citrawarna dance exhibition. The audience for the massive spectacle, as well as the dancers themselves, heard the music powering the dance clearly through the entire stadium-sized area, thanks to a large system of Meyer Sound MILO high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers. Leicestershire-based Hawthorns has launched its new website this week. “Since the release of our on-line hire catalogue and quotation system we have seen a significant increase of traffic to our website,” says Simon Wood, general manager of Hawthorns.

“We have taken on board feedback from our customers and prospective clients alike regarding the contents of the website and we have given it a much brighter and fresher look. The website aims to show the wide array of products and services that Hawthorns provide. The on line hire facility has been a great success and now the other areas of our business are equally demonstrated.”. Bandit is proud to again be working with multi-platinum artist, Martina McBride and production crew: tour manager, Mark Hively and production manager, Meesha Kosciolek.

McBride is taking the stage for a 16-date holiday tour. ‘The Joy of Christmas,’ now in its fourth year, kicked off the tour in Chicago, Illinois on November 24, 2006 and finishes on December 22, 2006 in Uniondale, New York. ‘The Joy of Christmas’ is a two-hour multimedia event.

The show includes a variety of elaborate sets, impressive special effects, and a talented group of actors that complement McBride throughout the performance. The concert features 18 classics, many of which can be found on McBride’s White Christmas album. Another year and another spectacular MTV Awards ceremony. Copenhagen hosted the biggest, boldest, blingiest ever, and the red carpet was graced by a well-heeled royalty of rock that included a glittering cast of A-list performers, presenters and special guests. And Sennheiser was again the first choice of the elite with Keane, Nelly Furtado, Rhianna, Jet and Snoop all electing to use Sennheiser SKM 5200 wireless microphone systems. With all but two of the visiting artists on Sennheiser mics, detente was maintained by the fact that across the board, every personal monitor on the night was Sennheiser.

And accompanying the long-awaited tour is a profusion of world-class Sennheiser and Neumann systems worthy of a Live 8 re-enactment. The microphone choice for George is the Sennheiser SKM 5200 fitted with the Neumann KK 104 capsule, and this same mic configuration has been selected for a further six backing vocals.

On front-of-house is the hugely experienced Gary Bradshaw, and two monitor engineers are in control of the stage mix – John Roden for the band, and Andy ‘Baggy’ Robinson balancing George Michael’s personal mix. Known for its clean cuts, superior quality and sophistication, fashion giants Hugo Boss have called for Tannoy’s Arena range to complement their new concept store in Denmark. The purpose built venue in Copenhagen was completed in 2001 with a 100v system installed, but management at the state-of-the-art premises had never been impressed with audio quality since its opening. The requirement was for a system that would harmonize with the Brand’s visual message and deliver a sound of exceptional quality.

Lighting has appointed LX2000 Stage Lighting Hire as its exclusive Jands distributor in the Republic of Ireland, with particular focus on the Vista lighting console range. Under the arrangement, LX2000 will handle all Jands enquiries in the territory, including providing product expertise, demonstration, training, installation and backup for the entire range. LX2000 are one of Ireland’s leading event production companies, providing a full sales, hire, installation and lighting design service for clients in the theatre, entertainment and events sectors. The ETCP Council has announced the electrical, arena rigging, and theatre rigging examinations will be offered at the USITT Conference and Stage Expo on March 17, 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona. Those who pass these rigorous tests will become ETCP Certified - and will be recognized as the industry’s best.

Employers have already begun seeing the benefits of ETCP Certification in reduced insurance rates as well as attaining more work because their services are being performed by certified personnel. Stage Technologies make the 'hills come alive' in the new production of The Sound of Music at the London Palladium, literally moving mountains. In this case it is a 12 tonne automated mountain (26 tonnes including mechanics), one of the focal pieces of scenery in this highly acclaimed production in London's West End. Stage Technologies worked with set building company Scena to create this scenic piece which is raised and lowered from the grid and also rotates along horizontal axis, all of which is controlled by an Acrobat control console. ANSI E1.17 - 2006, Entertainment Technology - Architecture for Control Networks, better known as ACN, is now available for sale on The ESTA Foundation website.

ACN is a suite of documents that specifies an architecture, including protocols and language, which may be configured and combined with other standard protocols to form flexible, networked audio, lighting, or other control systems. It can be implemented on networks that support UDP, IP, and related protocols. It is not bound to Ethernet as a transport medium, but Ethernet is an obvious choice. Since opening in the summer of 2006, Hotel 1000 has fulfilled its focus in becoming Seattle's finest luxury boutique hotel. Located in the heart of downtown Seattle, Hotel 1000 boasts 120 luxury hotel rooms on ten floors, 47 condominium residences on 14 floors.

It also includes a selection of restaurants and bars, a full service spa and fitness center, a wine cellar for the residents, a dog-walking park on the roof, and over 6,000 square-feet of high-tech meeting and banquet space for business guests. ShowLED Chameleon starcloths will twinkle in Boekarest at the fourth Junior Eurovision Song Contest. After the LED starcloth of no less than 1,600m² which Amelia nv provided for the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens and the impressive 540m² large animated ShowLED curtain on the Night of the Proms 2006 in Antwerp, Amelia nv is proud that Belgian LED-technology once again can prove its worth at a big European event.

This time the organizers didn’t choose for the brand new Animation starcloth, a curtain where RGB LEDs can be individually controlled as pixels to create animations, but they preferred the stunning colour effects of the Chameleon starcloth. This curtain is widely used throughout the world and also seems to be a bestseller in Great Britain thanks to our partner S+H. There is no doubt that the Greeks love their song festivals.

The 38th Thessaloniki Song Festival took place in the POAK Sports Arena in the beautiful city of Thessaloniki in northern Greece in early November 2006. The creative team behind the recent Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens last May, was responsible for the design and running of this show, which included calling on Greek audio production specialists and INNOVASON distributor, Enttech SA to handle all of the audio requirements for the show. Enttech specified and purchased no less than three INNOVASON Sy80 digital mixing consoles especially for the event, all of which were run on an EtherSound network. For the first time all Portuguese-speaking countries have come together for a sporting event – the Lusofonia Games. They were held in Macau, a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China. With an impressive opening ceremony in the Macau Stadium, Beijing-based lighting director Simon Leeds, and lighting operator Jason Weng, announced the beginning of seven days of competition between 11 nations, 733 athletes and four continents – all united by their language.

Three grandMA full-size and four NSPs controlled the huge lighting rig which consisted amongst others of 400 moving-lights, 60 Sky Art 4k CMY searchlights and 820 Par Cans. In Istanbul, the 2010 World’s Cultural Capital, a unique show was created for the 83rd Republic Day Celebrations which used the Bosphorus Strait as the background canvas. Strategically placed on the Bosphorus Bridge, 40 Space Cannon 8kW Xenon sky tracers lit the sky together with Space Cannons also placed around seven unique locations around the city. Altogether 110 of these gigantic lights were used. The show was watched by millions of people on five mega LED screens all over the city. Three grandMA full-size, four grandMA ultra-light and 20 MA DMX Splitter controlled the light-show.

For a venue that is designed to be purely temporary, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Courtyard Theatre in Stratford Upon Avon exceeds expectation in many areas, with sound and lighting specifications that would not be out of place in any permanent installation. One prerequisite was an Ampetronic induction loop system intended not just to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act, but to satisfy the high standards the hearing impaired should be able to expect of a venue such as this.

AVW Controls Ltd celebrated ten years of trading on the evening of 18th November 2006. Anton Woodward, founder and managing director of AVW threw a celebration party for friends and colleagues at his Suffolk home. AVW Controls started as a sole trader business in November 1996, and was incorporated in 1998. It has remained a fairly small enterprise but has taken on some impressive automation projects over the years including the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Disneyland Paris, National Theatre and numerous West End productions. AVW has also won the prestigious ABTT Engineering Product of the Year award twice, first in 2002 for the Impressario motion control system and again this year for the Pegasus power flying system. The sun has set and the Mercedes Sprinter door closed for the last time this year on the Tannoy & Friends Tour 2006 in Germany. This year the Tannoy tour team was the strongest it has been to date, with special guests Panasonic, Shure, Crestron and Simax all on board and presenting their latest new products.

Kicking off in Frankfurt on 17th October, the tour travelled clockwise around the country stopping at sevencities in nine days! (Frankfurt, Remscheid, Hamburg, Berlin, Halle, Munich and Stutgartt). The BBC Concert Orchestra’s recent MusicLab initiative was targeted at children at secondary school, aged from 12 to 16, in a bid to encourage their music-making activities at home and at school. A series of workshops were held in several schools in the Watford area on the subject of composition, arrangement, and performance, and the entire project culminated in a concert at the Watford Colosseum on the afternoon of October 18th, 2006, in which representatives from the five schools took part as presenters, players, composers or singers.

They were accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Robert Zeigler. The event was produced by Peter Hayward, and presented by Radio 1Xtra DJ Iyare. ETC has begun to fulfil orders for its already wildly popular Congo jr lighting control console, which was introduced to the world at the PLASA and LDI 2006 trade shows. Now beginning to ship worldwide, Congo jr is the compact version of the larger Congo console, boasting all of the processing power of its bigger brother. With its full-featured Congo functionality – identical channel and output counts as well the same potent operating software – Congo jr easily handles lighting rigs filled with conventional lights, moving lights, LEDs, media servers, and other DMX-controlled multiparameter devices. Congo jr also features the convenient modularity of an optional Master Playback Wing, which accesses all 40 multipurpose masters of the main console for full playback functionality. Electro-Voice's X-LINE array system has once again demonstrated its versatility in touring conditions.

Touring the UK with the ineffably cool and 'of the moment' band Razorlight, Britannia Row's team has had to handle a wide variety of venues, from relatively small arenas and gymnasia accommodating 3,000 to the mighty Sheffield Arena, with nearly 13,000 seats. According to front-of-house engineer Ian Laughton, there are two reasons why they've coped so well; firstly, the flexibility of X-Line, and secondly, what Laughton describes as 'the genius of Colin Burrell,' Brit Row's systems engineer. Showing at the Shaftesbury Theatre and set to the music of 70’s legends Boney M, Daddy Cool echoes Romeo and Juliet by telling the story of Sunny, a young man living for his music in multi-cultural London. Sunny becomes ensnared into the rivalry between local London gangs when he falls for Rose, the daughter of infamous East London club owner Ma Baker.

The young lovers only fuel the gangs’ hatred - a hatred which forces families to confront both past and future. Including classics such as Rivers Of Babylon, Brown Girl In The Ring, Ma Baker and Mary’s Boychild, this exciting musical is directed by Andy Goldberg and stars Michelle Collins, Harvey from So Solid Crew and Javine, with sets design by Jon Morrell. On October 19 the much-anticipated international communications standard E1.17 Architecture for Control Networks (commonly known as ACN) received certification from ANSI (the American National Standards Institute), achieving the last needed step in its full ratification process.The board of directors of ESTA (Entertainment Services and Technology Association) approved ACN on October 5, 2006. The Control Protocols Working Group and the Technical Standards Committee of ESTA approved the new standard on July 15, 2006.

With sophisticated AV technology assuming an expanded and increasingly creative role in contemporary worship, Meyer Sound will respond at the upcoming Worship Facilities Expo (WFX) in Dallas with a high-profile showcase of industry-leading audio systems that have found broad acceptance in churches of all sizes and types. On the exhibit floor at the Dallas Convention Center on November 9 and 10 (conference proceedings begin on November 8), the Meyer Sound booth (709) will spotlight several new loudspeaker products and introduce Constellation electroacoustic architecture to the worship facilities community. Nearby, a large meeting hall will provide an appropriate setting for full-system demonstrations of the eyebrow-raising M’elodie ultracompact high-power curvilinear array. The 2006 Tony Award winner for best musical, Jersey Boys is currently Broadway's biggest success story, one year on from its first previews and still a sell-out. The show tells the story of Franki Valli and The Four Seasons, playing to highly critical and lively audiences in Valli's home town where he remains a local hero. Directed by Des McAnuff, the show's music is by Bob Gaudio with lyrics by Bob Crewe, and features sound design by Steve Kennedy. The sound system includes a J-Type live production console, supplied by Masque Sound, operated by Julie Randolph, with Dave Shepherd and Mike Terpstra on the full-time sound team.

GoboMan, the online gobo and expendable sales company, launched a full line of colour filters at this year’s LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas. GoboMan was founded by Rebel & Steve Hoffman in June of 2006 with the aim to create a company that offers strong customer service selling cost effective lighting accessories directly to end users. The addition of their new GoboMan colour filters, consisting of 116 colors in 20”x24”sheets, is the next step in creating a hassle-free, one stop experience for their online customers. Pdf In Der Druckvorstufe Ebook3000 on this page.

Despite announcing his retirement from touring and producing records more than two years ago, worldwide rap superstar Jay-Z has found it hard to sit on his laurels; he’s been constantly busy in the studio, and this Autumn has seen him cris-crossing the globe on a massive world tour. And handling all of his on-stage vocals every night has been an AKG WMS 4000 wireless mic system, supplied by his tour Production Manager Bryon ‘Hot Dog’ Tate after the original mic system used on the tour proved unsatisfactory. The public review of the draft standard, BSR E1.27-2, Entertainment Technology-Standard for Permanently Installed Control Cables for Use with ANSI E1.11 (DMX512-A) and USITT DMX512/1990 Products, has been extended through 25 December 2006. The draft standard describes the types of cable to be used to interconnect products that comply with ANSI E1.11-2004 (DMX512-A) or with USITT DMX512/1990 in permanent installations.

The description includes definitions of acceptable cable and connector types and the ways in which they may be used. The draft standard and its supporting public review materials are available.

The draft standard, BSR E1.6-1, Entertainment Technology--Powered Winch Hoist Systems, is available for public review from now through 25 December 2006. BSR E1.6-1 deals with powered winch systems that do not use serially manufactured electric chain hoists, and is intended to establish requirements for the design, manufacture, inspection, and maintenance of powered winch hoist systems for lifting and suspending loads in theatres and other places of public assembly. The public review materials are available on the ESTA website.

The Abbey Theatre in Dublin has an impeccable heritage of which it is rightly proud. Founded in 1903 by a group of literary giants, among them W B Yeats and Lady Augusta Gregory who was the theatre's director/manager until 1928, the Abbey is the National Theatre of Ireland.

In 1925, the Abbey became the first ever theatre in the English-speaking world to receive an annual state subsidy. Although the original building was damaged by fire in 1951, the Abbey continues its proud tradition in a building first opened to the public in 1966, still in Abbey Street. Nestled between the mountains and the ocean on the southern tip of the Liaodong peninsular in northeast China, Dalian is a thriving city experiencing a period of rapid civic development. Dalian Cultural Center, located in Zhongshan Square in the heart of the city, is one of the area’s most important recent building projects.

The state-of-the-art center is the main venue for the 2007 Dalian Art Festival, an event organized by local government with the highest standards attached to every detail. Tomcat USA’s has announced the ‘graduating class’ of their Hoist and Truss Workshop at the recent 2006 LDInstitute. During the course of the two-day workshop, over 25 participants from more than 10 states, as well as Hong Kong, received top notch training from industry experts. Day one consisted of a full day of motor instruction taught by Don Dimitroff of Columbus McKinnon while day two included a half-day of fall protection led by Morgan Neff of Mine Safety Appliances, and a half-day of truss design, use and theory taught by Keith Bohn from Tomcat USA.

Not only were participants treated to two days of power packed informative classes, they were also treated to another industry standard – Swag! Altman Lighting, Inc.

Has announced that Victor Wittmann has joined the company as VP of sales and marketing. “We are very pleased to welcome Victor to the company,” says Robert Altman, president of Altman Lighting. “I believe he will be a great asset to us; he brings with him a strong background in the architectural lighting market as well as a wealth of industry experience to our company. Victor’s appointment is a key step forward as our company continues to grow both in our traditional theatrical market and our quickly expanding architectural market.

I know all of our dealers, distributors, and customers will join us in welcoming him aboard.”. 'We were thrilled to be the selected as one of the proving grounds for the new Lab.gruppen products, said SSG's founder/owner Dirk Schubert. 'Since we first started using Lab.gruppen amps, we knew they were something special. We never hesitated putting the new product out with one of our premiere clients. The Black Eyed Peas show demands all the power available from the monitors and PA, so it seemed like a perfect venue for these new Class TD amplifiers. The configuration of the new FP 10000 4-channel amp presents a very unique and cabinet-friendly power footprint and the FP 13000 is (to the best of my knowledge) the most powerful amplifier in the world.

Given the cost and truck space and fuel issues in our industry today, the value of the compact size and lightweight of the new FP+ amps cannot be underestimated. Lab.gruppen amps power all of our touring systems and the FP+ models will be welcomed with open arms as we continue to expand our services to keep pace with the demand.' As the home of country music's new stars, superstars, and legends, the Grand Ole Opry is unlike any other production in the world today. On a typical Saturday night performance, the evening begins at 6:30 p.m. And will run until midnight with approximately 50 performers crossing the stage during that time. 'We have to keep our mindset open and be ready for anything that will come along,' explains Kevin Reinen, chief technical engineer for the Grand Ole Opry. 'There is one show change on Saturday nights.

Otherwise, the Opry is a steady stream of artists representing a wide variety of country music from today's mainstream hits to bluegrass to Americana. In a record year for ETC product releases, the company has triumphed at the LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas, as ETC formally debuted its latest and most sophisticated lighting control system yet – its flagship Eos, which is set to launch in Europe in summer 2007. Chilkat Software Keygen Crack more.

The console won the coveted LDI Product of the Year Award for best debuting product in the lighting category. Announced at the LDI (Live Design International) 2006 awards ceremony on Saturday night (21 October), the award praised the new console for its groundbreaking innovation and functionality. The independent panel of judges said: 'Eos is a radical move forward in console design that allows everyone to see whichever displays they prefer.' Marian Sandberg, editor of Live Design magazine, presented the award to ETC’s CEO Fred Foster and the Eos design team.

Ford Center is Oklahoma City’s premier sports and entertainment arena. Home to the CHL Blazers, temporary home to the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets, and a venue for major concert events, including a recent dual headliner featuring Def Leppard and Journey, the four level, 586,000 sq. Ft., 21,000 max capacity facility continues to exceed fans’ expectations, thanks to a new EV sound reinforcement installed by Ford Audio Video of OKC.

The system upgrade has been so effective that it was even featured on the local TV news. Barco has announce that it has signed its largest contract ever for a fully integrated, creative LED solution. The contract with Emaar, developer of the world's largest shopping mall in Dubai, is worth over 24 million euros, and sets new standards for consumer experiences in retail environments. The LED displays will be used both to inform and entertain visitors of the Dubai Mall. Barco was Emaar's partner of choice, not only for its proven quality and reliability, but also for its full service creative integration services. The Mall will officially be opened in September 2007. Deliveries for the installation will take place in 2007.

When the student body at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas first voted to add a fee to help fund construction of the original Moyer Student Union building back in the early 1960s, UNLV had just 5,000 students, and Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack were still performing regularly down on the Strip. Forty years later the city of Las Vegas has grown beyond anyone’s expectations and the current UNLV 28,000-member student population has more than outgrown the Student Union. Clearly time for an upgrade. Very few speakers can guarantee the public interest and huge turnout which His Holiness The Dalai Lama draws.

With some 14,000 audience members and throngs of press crowding into Vancouver, Canada’s General Motors Place for the Dalai Lama’s appearance, it goes without saying that expectations for the event were high on all sides. To ensure that the presentation would meet expectations, the team at sound provider Audio Image Canada (AIC) supplied a system constituted of Meyer Sound’s MILO® family loudspeakers: the MILO high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker, MILO 120 high-power expanded coverage curvilinear array loudspeaker, MICA compact high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker, and the new M’elodie ultracompact high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker. Tomcat is introducing a new product at LDI on booth #271 called Sky. Limitless configurations make Sky an extremely versatile lighting support solution. Sky is a ladder beam truss product with a sturdy spigot connection. It’s designed for light, medium and heavy duty applications over short and large spans.

It utilizes a ‘Star Connection’ system or can also be connected direct and has a range of accessories making it ideal for building grid structures and modular trusses. Its ladders are lightweight, easy to handle and provides for a quick assembly and disassembly. Sky also stores on trolleys so it takes up less space and is easy to transport. It’s free from restrictions or set sizes making it easy to construct linear or curved roof systems.

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Inside the LDI show, an array of new products will highlight the presentation at booth 257. Outside at ET Live, attendees will have the rare opportunity to audition a complete Meyer Sound concert system in a realistic full-production setting and to then compare it to competitors’ systems at other stages. The proof will be in the hearing.

House of Worship audio specialists GJM for Sound Advice of Placerville, Cal., recently completed an installation of compact EV XLCi and XLE line arrays at Nampa First Nazarene Church in Nampa, Idaho, all powered by EV P3000RL amplifiers running IRIS-Net software. Klark Teknik Square One Graphics and Dynamics, an EV monitor rig and a full compliment of EV wired and wireless microphones complete the picture. The largest line array installation in Idaho, the project was a collaborative effort between GJM, EV reps Progressive Audio Sales and EV Tech Support, all of whom joined forces in perfecting a sound solution for this challenging, highly asymmetrical space. XL Video Holdings and XL Video Belgium have moved into a massive new purpose-built HQ at the Plassendale Business Park near Ostend. The specially designed 40,000 square foot building has been constructed on a 1.5 hectare plot of land acquired by the company 18 months ago, together with another adjacent 70,000 square feet, which is already reserved in anticipation of future expansion.

Approximately 35,000 square feet of the new space is devoted to warehousing, service and storage areas. The hit Broadway musical Sweeney Todd has just finished its Broadway run before going out on tour in the US next year. The award-winning Stephen Sondheim revival starred Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris, with director John Doyle setting the action in a modern lunatic asylum, with a cast of 10 playing the roles of actors and band on stage. Sound design is by Dan Moses Schreier, who was also responsible for the sound on the last three Stephen Sondheim revivals, with a Cadac J-Type Live Production Console taking a key role at the heart of the show's sound system.

With an innovative concept of live reporting, the German Football League TV-channel ’arena’ started broadcasting. The mobile studio, which resembles a football, stands every weekend in front of a football stadium. Moderator Oliver Welke presents the match live from all the different locations. To achieve the best performance and to supply robust material the developers of ’Make it Real’ used some of the best technology available. 24 Vari*Lite VL500 80V Wash fixtures were placed within the studio. Lighting control is by a grandMA full-size, three MA Digital Dimmer 12 x 2,3 kVA and one NSP. As the home of country music's new stars, superstars, and legends, the Grand Ole Opry is unlike any other production in the world today.

On a typical Saturday night performance, the evening begins at 6:30pm and will run until midnight with approximately fifty performers crossing the stage during that time. 'We have to keep our mindset open and be ready for anything that will come along,' explains Kevin Reinen, chief technical engineer for the Grand Ole Opry. 'There is one show change on Saturday nights. Otherwise, the Opry is a steady stream of artists representing a wide variety of country music from today's mainstream hits to bluegrass to Americana. Lincoln University's brand new multipurpose venue, the £5 million Engine Shed (so called because that's precisely what it was) opened to great acclaim on 18th September with an inaugural performance from huge UK Indie band, Embrace.

In addition to housing the Student Union bar and offices, the Engine Shed is also the newest and biggest music venue in the East Midlands. A venue of this calibre clearly demanded a high quality professional audio system, and so technical systems specialists Stage Electrics were called in to supply and install a complete entertainment system that included a comprehensive EAW loudspeaker system throughout. Symetrix has announced that it is now shipping all SymNet CobraLink units with fully-loaded CobraNet channel counts. With its history of innovation and customer-focused improvements, Symetrix continues the tradition by including the full 64-channels (32x32) of CobraNet audio capacity in its CobraLink product eliminating the hassle of upgrading or additional licensing down the road. This results in greater flexibility right out of the box and an instant cost-savings for Symetrix customers. Sapsis Rigging, Inc.

Of Lansdowne, PA celebrates 25 years of business this month. Since 1981 the company has installed stage equipment in hundreds of performance venues around the world including Lincoln Center, the White House and a hay field on the outskirts of London. Bill Sapsis (pictured) has conducted over 125 rigging seminars in the US and around the world and the company's safety division has inspected over 1,000 rigging systems. The SRI production department has providrf rigging for many special events such as the televised Victoria Secret fashion shows and the opening of the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center. Community Professional Loudspeakers now provides a convenient and safe system for suspending single enclosures from its CPL, XLTE, Solutions and iBOX ranges. The Community Seat Track Kit (model # STKIT) is ideal for any installation, but particularly useful for venues like theatres, where loudspeaker positions may change, and for temporary installations such as corporate presentations and exhibitions.

Community loudspeakers are frequently chosen for such applications as they offer very high power with excellent intelligibility from compact enclosures.