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  ETCP Announces Electrical Subject Matter Experts
The Entertainment Technician Certification Program Council announces the appointment of Electrical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). These individuals, all highly respected in their field, have agreed to volunteer considerable ...
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Design Partners Honors Bill Klages
The partners at (DPI) and 200 guests honored television lighting legend Bill Klages with an evening of cocktails, dinner, music, and special tributes. Hosted by DPI, the 50 Years Lighting the Star' ...
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Lycian Stage Lighting SuperArc 4K Followspot Now CE-approved
Lycian Stage Lighting's flagship model, the 1294 SuperArc 4K, has received CE approval.
The Lycian 1294, utilizing a 4,000W Xenon lamp as its light source, is acknowledged to be the brightest followspot in the world, the ...
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Color Kinetics Reports Record Revenues and Net Income for Third Quarter 2005
Color Kinetics Incorporated has announced its results of operations for the third quarter of 2005. Revenues were a record $14.1 million, a 27% increase from the $11.1 million reported in the third quarter of 2004. Net income rose ...
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Creative Stage Lighting Now Carries Hubbell-Kellems Single Pole Connectors; Free Samples Available
Creative Stage Lighting is now offering Hubbell Wiring Device-Kellems' new single pole cam-style connectors.
Exclusive to the line is a non-conductive retaining screw and an extra long locking ring. The non-conductive ...
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Scharff Weisberg Lighting Adds City Theatrical's PDS-50 to Inventory
Scharff Weisberg Lighting has become the first company anywhere to receive a shipment of City Theatrical's PDS-50 wireless power supply units. The units, coupled with LED fixtures using Color Kinetics technology, ...
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Le Mark Short-listed for Innovation Award, Appears on BBC
UK-based supplier of self-adhesive tapes, flooring, and industrial labels Le Mark has once again been short listed for a 2005 Cambridgeshire Hunts Post Business Award. The award, administered by the regional news paper of the same ...
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Stage Technologies Provides Smooth Moves for Hampstead Theatre
Stage Technologies was commissioned by scenic set builder Liverpool Scenic Workshop to work, in collaboration, on the design and supply of an automated control system for Hampstead Theatre's new production of Nathan ...
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Tomcat Supplies Paul McCartney's Latest Tour
Sir Paul McCartney is making his way across the United States on his aptly titled US tour with custom equipment from TOMCAT USA.
Working with Upstaging, Inc., Tomcat built 25 custom light frames to hold a ...
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Electro-Voice ZX5 Ups the Audio Ante in Minnesota School District
To meet the growing production demands of seasonal plays and concerts and to provide leading-edge equipment for the benefit of its production arts students, Rosemount High School, in Rosemount, Minnesota, recently installed EV ...
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ISE and PLASA Sign Cooperation Agreement
Integrated Systems Europe and PLASA have forged a strong partnership at Europe's largest AV systems integration trade show. Integrated Systems Europe takes place at the Brussels Expo, Belgium, February 1-3, 2006. ...
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Martin US Office Up and Running After Hurricane Wilma
Following a difficult few days in the wake of Hurricane Wilma, the Martin Professional US office in Sunrise, Florida is again up and running.
As always, the company's contact information is
700 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway
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American Audio launches CDI 300 and 500 Single CD Players
American Audiohas added MP3 playing capability to two of its most popular single CD players and jazzed them up with extra features.
Suited for mobile, club, or studio use, the new CDI 300 MP3 and CDI 500 MP3 allow ...
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ETC Offers New Products, and Prizes, at LDI
ETC officially launches its new Congo™ lighting control console in the North American market at LDI this year in Orlando. Shipping worldwide, Congo has already been ordered by major network TV shows and theatres ...
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American Audio Launches VLP Series Amps
American Audio has introduced the VLP Amplifier Series, a new series of professional rack-mount power amps.
Covering a wide range of size and power needs, the VLP Series consists of three models--the VLP300, VLP600, ...
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Projected Image Digital Supplies Hard Rock, London
Digital media specialist Projected Image Digital has supplied the Hard Rock Café London with a bespoke Element Labs VersaTILE® installation for its newly refurbished Basement Bar. ...
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Martin Supplies Crossroads Church, Corona, California
In the spring of 2005, Crossroads Churchin Corona, California celebrated the opening of a state-of-the-art, 3,200 seat auditorium. Dubbed Stage1, the auditorium is the largest entertainment venue in Corona and provides family ...
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Allen & Heath Selected for Chinese Beach Party
China's third Love and Share Beach Party was recently held at Haibin Beach, Zhuhai, using an Allen & Heath GL3800 multi-purpose live sound mixer and a Xone:62 DJ mixer to manage the numerous musical acts performing ...
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Medialon Helps Massteknik Create True Multimedia Experience for Volvo
Medialon Manager helped make Volvo's booth at the Frankfurt Auto Show a real multimedia experience for automobile aficionados.
According to senior project manager Niclas Ljung of Massteknik in Gøteborg ...
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Pacha, London, Upgrades Light Gear, Retains Avolites Console
Leading London nightclub Pacha has recently upgraded its entire effects lighting system three years after opening--all apart from the club's Avolites Azure 2000 lighting console that is. Foresight and intuition in 2002 meant ...
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Draft Fog, Photometrics, and DMX512 Cabling Standards Now Available for Review
Three draft standards have been added to those currently available for public review on the ESTA website at the address listed below. The three additional standards are BSR E1.23, a guidance document for planning and ...
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DPA Announces Additions to European Distributor Network
DPA Microphones has appointed new distributors in Slovakia and Hungary.
G-Tec Professional was established in Slovakia in 2003 by Dipl Ing Martin Gustafik, who had gained long-term experience working in the audio ...
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Arriba Goes Global, Adds Canadian and European Distributors
Arriba Products has appointed Canadian and European distributors for its line of Arriba Cases, the first soft cases designed specifically to protect mobile lighting products.
According to the company, this move is in ...
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Xtreme Structures Opens Atlanta Stocking Facility, Plans New York Location
Xtreme Structures and Fabrication, manufacturer of overhead and self-supporting truss, is opening a 5000 sq. ft. warehouse and distribution center at 389-300 Lumpkin County Parkway, Dahlonega, Georgia 30533. This facility will ...
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Los Angeles' Ovation Nominations Announced: Dueling Nods in Ruzika Household
The nominations for the Ovation Awards, given to honor excellence in the Los Angeles-are professional theatre, have been announced. There's a real anomaly in the lighting design category this year--husband and wife lighting ...
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City Theatrical Launches PDS-50 and PDS-375 Power/Data Supplies for Color Kinetics Units
City Theatrical's new PDS-50™ is a power/data supply designed for Color Kinetics ColorBlast®, ColorBurst®, and iColorCove® LED lighting fixtures. The producs combines both WDS™ ...
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Theatre in Review
Broadway: Absurd Person Singular (Biltmore Theatre)
Calling all misanthropes: The Biltmore Theatre is currently the place to be, for Absurd Person Singular, Alan Ayckbourn's hilarious dissection of ...
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MAC 700 and Earl Girls Inc. Light the 2005 Barrymore Awards in Philadelphia
For the second year in a row, Earl Girls, Inc. provided the lighting, staging, and scenic elements for the annual Philadelphia Theatre Alliance's Barrymore Awards for Theatrical Excellence. This year's ceremony was ...
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QSC Gear Installed in Family Life Church's New Home
The Family Life Church in Elgin, Illinois, recently found a home. The gift of a classic church building, not far from the church'sr existing facility, was a welcome one. A new sound system, based around ModularDesign™ (MD) ...
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Bag End's E-Trap Now in Production
Bag End's new tunable electronic bass trap is scheduled to go into production in November. The company's executives announced the development of the new technology nearly a year ago, but the painstaking final stages of developing ...
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Vista Systems Spyders Enchance Distance-learning Program at Western Michigan Uinversity
Kalamazoo-based Western Michigan University is enhancing its distance-learning program, and its general on-campus classes, with a trio of Vista Systems' Spyders. The Spyders, from Ann Arbor's TeL Systems, are used in ...
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Neutrik to Exhibit EMC-XLR Cable Connector at LDI
Neutrik, designer and manufacturer of the "XX" series XLR cable connector, will introduce its new EMC-XLR cable connector at LDI 2005 (Booth #723). Neutrik has created EMC-XLR for EMI protection. ...
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Danley Design Labs Introduces the SH-50 Loudspeaker
Danley Sound Labs has launched the SH-50, a high-output, fully horn-loaded, three-way loudspeaker that, the company says, performs exceptionally well in tight packed arrays to offer practically seamless overlap regions. The ...
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James Thomas Launches New Pixeleight RGB Blinder
The new PixelEight fixture is the first in a new series of contemporary versions of classic lighting instruments. Traditionally called a "blinder" or "8-lite," this LED version allows the exploration of innovative design ideas using ...
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Electro-Voice Launches Latest IRIS-Net Software, Net-Max N8000 Systems
At AES EV (Electro-Voice®:) introduced the next generation of the IRIS-Net comprehensive audio control software platform and the new NetMax™ N8000 networked matrix system. ...
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Turbosound Launches the TSW-218 Sub-bass Enclosure
Sennheiser Electronic Corporation, the US distributor for Turbosound, announces the availability of a new addition to its range of low-frequency options. Already field-proven at numerous summer festivals and events across ...
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J&C Joel Adds Tracking Systems to David Beckham Academy
Drapes specialist J&C Joel has installed a curved 40m tracking system, including a full drape set for the main pitch-facing classroom, at David Beckham's London Academy in Greenwich, South East London. ...
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Big Show Construction Brings New Marriott to Broadway
Big Show Construction Management handled project management and construction for an innovative temporary attraction on Broadway when it helped Marriott create the mSpot, its new state-of-the-art luxury room for curious ...
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Allen & Heath Supplies New Sound Desk for Marquee Club, London
Allen & Heath's flagship ML5000 VCA live sound console has been installed in London's Marquee Club. The 48-channel mixer handles all the FOH and monitor duties for the bands that appear in the club's busy event ...
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Larry Kellermann Fund Created for NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
A fund has been created titled the Larry Kellermann Fund for Lighting Design Students and Equipment in the Department of Design for Stage and Film at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Donations to this ...
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ETC Product Catalog Now Available in Russian
Electronic Theatre Controls now offers its comprehensive product catalogue in Russian. Addressing the growing market demand in entertainment and architectural lighting technologies in Eurasia and other Russian-speaking regions, ETC ...
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New Funktion One Sound System for Exeter University, Uk
Oxford-based Beat Audio has designed, supplied, and installed a fully integrated Funktion One audio system throughout the newly refurbished Lemon Grove venue at Exeter University Student's Guild, with support from Da ...
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Daktronics Prostar Displays Draws Crowds to Virgin Megastore, Hollywood
A Daktronics ProStar® light-emitting diode video display entices customers to the new Virgin Megastore West Coast flagship location, which opened in Hollywood, California, on October 12. ...
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Peavey Hosts Lights on Afterschool Event
More than 400 children, teenagers and business and community leaders joined Meridian, Mississippi's first-ever Lights On Afterschool rally at Peavey International Headquarters on October 20. One of 7,000 such events across ...
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Scharff Weisberg Supplies Gillette Meeting
Scharff Weisberg Inc. recently provided video presentation services for the Gillette North America business meeting at the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Orlando where Gillette's Fusion razor was launched. A Medialo ...
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HSL Buys Soft-LED Curtain for X-Factor UK Television Series
UK lighting rental house HSL Productions has invested in 150 sq. m. of Main Light Industry's Soft-LED LED drape.
This goes straight out on Fremantle Media's new X-Factor series, being recorded at Fou ...
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Adlib Audio Supplies Texas UK Tour
ADLIB Audio is supplying full sound production and crew on the current Texas UK theatre tour, featuring a JBL VerTec 4888 line-array system.
FOH engineer Andy Dockerty has worked with the band since 1993, and ...
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LEDtronics Offers Help to Pakistani Earthquake Victims
Responding with urgency to the call for help, in earthquake-ravaged Pakistan, Pakistani-American Pervaiz Lodhie, owner of solid-state lighting manufacturer LEDtronics Inc., express-shipped 2,000 of his company's LED ...
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Long Reach Long Riders to Ride Again; Dates Set for 2006 Trip
The Long Reach Long Riders announce their new website and plans for the third annual cross-country charity motorcycle ride.
Bill Sapsis, one of the founding members of the group, recently unveiled the new website, which ...
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Solid State Logic Releases Free Plug-in Version of Classic Compressor at AES
Solid State Logic announced the LMC-1 Plug-in at the recent AES Show in New York. Capturing the signature sound of the legendary "Listen Mic Compressor" from SSL's classic 1980s SL 4000 Series consoles, the LMC ...
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Rupert Neve Designs Adds 5032 Mic Pre/EQ to the Portico Module Series
Rupert Neve Designs launched the new single-channel Portico™ 5032 Mic Pre/EQ at the 119th AES Show. The Portico 5032 shares the same half-rack-space form factor and features of the Portico 5012 Mic Pre Duo ...
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Juanes Tours with DiGiCO D5 Live
Being named one of the most 100 influential People in the world by Time Magazine is an accolade not usually bestowed on musicians. Yet Juanes, the latest Latin musical sensation to be touring the globe, takes it all in his ...
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Sapsis Rigging Has Record-breaking September
From New York and Washington DC to Chicago and up to Green Bay, Wisconsin, September provided more work for Sapsis Rigging, Inc. than any previous September in its' 24-year history, the company reports. Market Week in New ...
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Kneehigh Theatre Company Opts for Allen & Heath
Cornwall, England-based touring theatre company, Kneehigh, recently purchased a 24-channel Allen & Heath GL4800 multi-purpose live sound mixer for use on the national tour of its play, Tristan & Yseult. ...
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Medialon Helps Theme Park Visitors See Themselves as Movie Stars of the Future
Medialon Manager Pro and Medialon Lite go backstage at the new Star of the Future attraction at Futuroscope in Poitiers, France, to help visitors test their acting prowess and learn about visual effects. The Medialon systems ...
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Color Kinetics and Litecontrol Announce OEM Agreement
Color Kinetics Incorporated and Litecontrol Corporation have announced an OEM agreement, merging the respective strengths of two Massachusetts-based lighting industry pioneers. Litecontrol, a leading architectural lighting ...
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Martin Makes Moves: Ravenhill to Florida, Skytte Named SSE Chief Product Manager
One of Martin Professional's and, indeed, the industry's most recognizable faces, international stage, studio and event segment manager Mark Ravenhill, has relocated to Martin's US headquarter office in Florida from the ...
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Thern Launches New Custom Control Panels
Thern, Inc. introduces its new line of high-end custom control panels designed to meet sophisticated stage and theatre production needs. Available from a single source, Thern's custom control panels provide crews with simultaneous ...
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L-ACOUSTICS Debuts Self-Powered Coaxials at AES
L-ACOUSTICS recently took advantage of the 119th AES Convention in New York City to announce the worldwide launch of two self-powered coaxial loudspeakers, the 108P and 112P. The new two-way enclosures combine ...
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Slilngco Installs World's Largest CABLEnet System in Bournemouth, UK
Slingco has installed the largest CABLEnet tensioned wire grid system in the world to date at the newly refurbished Bournemouth International Center
The 2,500 sq. m. installation, covering the entire roof space of ...
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MA Lighting's grandMA Video Controls NEXT Clothing Charity Ball in UK
The British clothing retailer NEXT staged its annual charity ball the third weekend of October, with Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra as well as Tony Christie. Hawthorn Theatrical's latest ...
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Bandit Lites in Wonderland with McFly
Bandit Lites is supplying popular British rock band McFly with full lighting production and crew for its lively Wonderland arena tour, complete with a spectacular lighting design by Graham Feast. ...
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Meyer Sound Makes Flexible Solution for Versatile Judith Wright Centre
The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts (JWC) in Brisbane is a partnership between the state government of Queensland, Australia, and a set of seven contemporary arts organizations whose interests span contemporary dance and ...
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Avolites and Robe Chosen for Carling Academy, Newcastle, UK
Avolites control and Robe moving lights have been chosen for Carling Academy Newcastle, the latest live music venue to be opened by Academy Music Group (AMG), owners and operators of multiple concert and club ...
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Mill Valley, California Restaurant Installs SLS Loudspeakers
Bungalow 44, the newest establishment among Mill Valley, California's high-profile bistros and cafés, has installed a number of SLS loudspeakers throughout its bar, dining area, and outdoor patio. Cotati, California-based AV ...
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Danley Sound Labs Introduces New Subwoofers
The newly formed company, Danley Sound Labs, located in Gainesville, Georgia, is introducing the DTS-20 high-output, extreme low-frequency response subwoofer system, known as the "Tower of Power." ...
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Four Top Accolades for Electrosonic at the AV Awards
Electrosonic was awarded four top accolades at the 2005 UK AV Awards held at the Hilton Metropole in London. For the third year running, Electrosonic was judged to be the winner of Systems Company of the Year and Se ...
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PTC Group Forms; New Firm to Provide Multitple Systems-consulting Services
In a move to address the increasing demands for worldwide integrated, end-to-end solutions to venue, acoustical and technology system design, PTC Group, Inc. (Production Technology Consultants Group) formed outside of Philadelphia. ...
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Global Truss Launches New Portable Stage System
After supporting performances from above with its robust stage rigging systems, Global Truss America can now elevate the show from below, thanks to its new Stage System 360. A lightweight, modular stage system, the Stage ...
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Compulite Vector Controls Video Games Live
Compulite's Vector console controlled Video Games Live, in it's launching performance at the Hollywood Bowl, last July.
Video Games Live is a concert event featuring music from the greatest video games, ...
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Kinesys Moves the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
Automation specialist Kinesys has provided all the control equipment for the new grid arrangement at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
The Millennium Stadium wanted the option of re-configuring the stadium space as a ...
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Visions Lighting Chalks Up Another Successful Reventón
For the third year running, Los Angeles-based Visions Lighting helped create the party atmosphere for Spanish-language radio station "Super Estrella's" annual Reventón concert at The Pond in Anaheim. ...
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Medialon Goes to the Source for Chaudfontaine Belgian Mineral Water
Thierry Renard, of Blue Squares Turnkey Solutions in Belgium and France, selected a Medialon system to control the complex new installation, SourceOrama, at the source of famous Chaudfontaine mineral water in ...
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Martin Professional Appointed Exclusive Distributor for BigLite Products in North America
Martin Professional, Inc. the wholly owned subsidiary of Martin Professional A/S has been appointed the exclusive distributor in North America for the BigLite™ product series.
BigLite products feature high-powered ...
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SLi Lighting Appoints New Manufacturers Reps
SLi Lighting recently announced the appointment of United Electrical Sales (UES) as its manufacturers representative for the state of Florida. Additionally, SLi has selected Burrus & Matthews as its manufacturers ...
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Applied Electronics to Launch New Case at LDI
Applied Electronics will introduce its motor controllers, now in a Pelican™ waterproof case, at this year's LDI. The standard configurations of controllers are now available in this new lightweight and durable ...
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Gemini Launches PS-02US Professional Three-channel Stereo Mixer
New from Gemini Sound Products is the PS-02USB professional three-channel stereo mixer,the company's next step into the digital DJ realm. With added connectivity options and fully featured technology, the PS-02USB promises to ...
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Blue Pony to Distribute Demo CD at LDI
Blue Pony Digital, Inc., a custom content-creation company, will be exhibiting at LDI in Orlando. Blue Pony staff will be presenting their custom creation process, distributing copies of their new demo CD which contains free ...
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EAW DSA Series Loudspeakers Save Michigan Church from Renovation Mishap
The price differential between flat and semi-gloss paint may seem insignificant, but one church in Escanaba, Michigan spent years paying for the difference. During a renovation at St. Joseph's and St. Patrick's Church more than 10 ...
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Chroma-Q Color Blocks Provide Stage Set Uplighting for Rolling Stones Tour
A.C. Lighting's special projects division has supplied over 400 Chroma-Q™Color Blocks to uplight the stage set for the Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang World Tour 2005/2006. ...
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Outline Makes West End Debut with The Rat Pack
Outline Audio mades it West End debut at London's Savoy Theatre, with The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas. The show pays tribute to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. during their Vegas heyday. ...
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Formula Sound Sold to New Owners
One of the UK's longest established audio product manufacturers has announced the sale of its business to new owners. Stockport-based Formula Sound--which manufactures a wide range of mixers and noise-control equipment--has been ...
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InfoComm International Reaches Hurricane Relief Fundraising Goal
InfoComm International has reached its goal set last month to collect $100,000 in Hurricane Katrina Relief donation receipts from its members and association staff. InfoComm will match these contributions by 10 percent with a ...
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Mach Launches Four New Subwoofers for Installation Applications
The Mach CW 115, CW 215, CW 118, and CW 218 are the last four subwoofers--and the last speakers--to be introduced in Mach's new C-Range of competitively priced installation speakers. All products in Mach's C-Range are ...
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Applied Electronics Dimming Products Get UL Listing
Applied Electronics announces the UL listing of the company's entire line of dimming products. Products covered include: TM6-600, TM4-1200, SA12-1200, SA12-2400, EA12-2400, DP12-2400, and EP12-2400. The SA12-1200 and ...
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DPA Increases Mic Inventory at Gothenburg Opera House
A long-time DPA user, the GöteborgsOperan (Gothenburg Opera House) in Sweden, has purchased a further eight DPA 4011 cardioid microphones, taking the theatre's inventory of this product to a total of 30. All have been ...
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Medialon Helps Create Effects for Crystal Cathedra's Creation Show
Medialon Manager was present at the creation when the new show, Creation: Once Upon All Time, began performances inside the famed Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.
Founded 50 years ago by Dr. Robert ...
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Electrosonic Helps Visitors to Madame Tussauds Experience Training with Lance Armstrong
Electrosonic New York is helping visitors to Madame Tussauds New York experience what it feels like to train with seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong. The company provided video equipment, ...
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Theatre in Review
Broadway: A Naked Girl on the Appian Way (Roundabout/American Airlines Theatre);
Latinologues (Helen Hayes Theatre)
Among the current crop of playwrights, Richard Greenberg has always been typed as the ...
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RZI Lighting Moves Temporarily to Atlanta
RZI Lighting, one of the many industry companies affected by Hurricane Katrina, as temporarily relocated to Atlanta, Georgia and is open for business. The new mailing address is:
7310 Rutherford Glenn Circle
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High End Systems DL2 Debuts on Sheryl Crow Tour
High End Systems' new DL2™ digital light fixture makes its US debut on Sheryl Crow's Wildflower tour starting October 16.
Lighting designer Paul Guthrie specified four DL2s and is using them to ...
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Soundcraft Comes to the Darkside, Marietta, Georgia
Sidelines, a popular sports bar and grill in the northwestern Atlanta suburb of Marietta, has now converted its former 350-capacity special-events room into a full-on heavy-metal concert venue known as The Darkside.The room's ...
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Stardraw Control RC2 Launched
Software provider Stardraw.com unveiled Stardraw Control RC2 (Release Candidate 2) for the first time at the PLASA Show last month. Billed as a software-based, unified framework that can control any remotely ...
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Liverpool's City of Light Sound and Light Show Returns
The Liverpool Culture Company brought its spectacular City of Light multimedia water screen son et lumière back to the lake in Sefton Park in a newly updated show created by film and TV director Martin Wallace. The ...
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Zero 88 Frog 2 Makes Debut at UK's Creamfields 2005
Just days after purchasing Frog 2 consoles from Zero 88, HSL Productions wasted no time in making them earn their keep--throwing them in at the deep end at Creamfields 2005, the major UK dance-music event. ...
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Blue Man Group Opens in Toronto with Lake Technology
Blue Man Group has installed a Lake Contour™ digital speaker processor and a pair of Lake Mesa Quad EQ™digital matrix processors in the audio system for its latest international production, which recently ...
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Allen & Heath's MixWizard Rides the Oblivion Express with Brian Auger
Brian Auger, jazz pianist, bandleader, session man, Hammond B3 innovator and a key player in the rise of jazz/rock fusion, is touring with a pair of Allen & Heath MixWizard mixing consoles. The desks--one based in the ...
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Super Saturday, Stage Lighting Seminar, Scheduled for January 7 in New York
Stage Lighting Super Saturday a full day of seminars, workshops, and inspiration for stage lighting designers and technicians will take place in New York City on January 7, 2006 at Pace University's downtown New York campus, ...
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Dino Derose Memorial Service Scheduled for October 17th
A memorial service for lighting designer Dino Derose will be held on Ocober 17th at The Tabernacle Venue in Atlanta, Georgia. The address is 152 Luckie Street Atlanta, Geogria, 30303 . The service will run from 1:30-4:00pm. ...
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Renkus-Heinz Shows Iconyx IC Series of Loudspeakers at AES
The new Renkus-Heinz ICONYX(IC Series) digitally controlled column loudspeakers--which are now shipping after previews (with the prototype name 'DCC Series') at Pro Light+Sound and InfoComm were seen at the AES ...
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Deadlines Near for USITT Awards
Only a few weeks remain for nominations for USITT's Awards for Young Designers and Technicians in the Performing Arts (YD&T) or the USITT Rising Star Award. Complete application packages for all nine YD&T awards are due in ...
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Danley Sound Labs Adds Tapped-horn Twister to TH Subwoofer Series
The newly formed company, Danley Sound Labs, located in Gainesville, Georgia, has added the Vortex subwoofer to its TH range of lightweight, tour-friendly loudspeaker products, which now includes the TH-28, TH-112
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ELS, Color Kinetics Team Up for LED Seminar
On Thursday, October 27th, ELS and Color Kinetics will present a seminar titled Advanced Applications of LEDs and the Future of White LEDs The seminar will be held from 6-8:00 pm at the ELS Facility, located at 11440 ...
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Richmond Sound Design Launches Latest AudioBox Model
Richmond Sound Design Ltd. (RSD) of Vancouver, Canada, and London, England, has launched the new Model AB64, the latest model in the line of award-winning AudioBox sound and show controllers. The AB64 series offers up ...
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Four DiGiCo D5 Live Consoles Used on Chicago/Earth, Wind, and Fire Tour
1970s legends Chicago and Earth, Wind, and Fire enjoying a co-headlining US tour, playing to packed amphitheatres across the North American subcontinent this summer.
With Earth, Wind, and Fire's legendarily expansive line ...
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Steve Mate Name Director of Marketing for TOA Electronics
Steve Mate has been promoted to director of marketing of TOA Electronics, Inc. in South San Francisco, California. A TOA employee for 17 years, Mate has held various positions within the company's United States and Canada ...
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Sennheiser Appoints Patrick O'Neal Western Regional Market Development Manager
Sennheiser Electronic Corporation has appointed Patrick O'Neal as Western regional market development manager. O'Neal functions as the key liaison with contractors, consultants, sound-hire companies and recording studios to ...
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Edward Kaye Made Full Member of ASTC
Edward Kaye, of Van Nuys, California-based JK Design Group, has been elevated to full-member status in the American Society of Theatre Consultants. The change in status took place at ASTC Forum 2005, held in Las ...
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DPA Microphones Appoints New Distributors for Finland and Poland
DPA Microphones has added new sole distributors for Finland and Poland.
Based in Helsinki, leading Finnish distribution company Soundata was founded in 1993 and has enjoyed a rapid growth in size and turnover on a year-by ...
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Lasernet to Launch Two New Products at LDI
At LDI, Lasernet will present for the first time the Trinity and Matrix entertainment RGB laser systems to the United States of America.
Lasernet, the exclusive distributor these products, will feature these totally ...
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Xilver Launches the Xolar-LT Striplight
The Xolar LT, from LED manufacturer Xilver, is a linear long-throw fixture with a total beam angle of 2°. It contains 16 segments, either in individual, sectional, or a single unit, which is controlled through DMX512 ...
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Bandit on Tour with Donny Osmond
Bandit Lites is supplying full lighting production and crew in the US and Europe to the 2005 Donny Osmond What I Meant to Say tour, with lighting designed by Mike Frogge .
The tour celebrates Donny Osmond's ...
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Theatre in Review
Off Broadway: Slut (American Theatre of Actors);
The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Dodger Stages); Einstein's Gift (Acorn Theatre, Theatre Row)
Apparently, Off Broadway has been put on a ...
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Chauvet to Launch COLORsplash Intelligent LED Cans at LDI
New from Chauvet's COLORdash series, COLORsplash 196 is a seven-channel, linkable DMX-512 can fixture fitted with 196 bright red, green, and blue light-emitting diodes that produce a high-output, richly colored wash ...
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Nicholas Phillips Receives Metro DC Dance Award
The 5th Annual Metro DC Dance Awards, which honor achievement in dance in the DC area, were held in the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theatre on September 26
Lighting designer Nicholas Phillips was given the award for excellence in ...
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Meyer Sound Brings New Products to AES
At the current 119th AES convention being held at New York's Jacob Javits Center, Meyer Sound comes with a full slate of acclaimed products like the 2004 TEC Award-winning MILO high-power curvilinear array and ...
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Medialon Show Control Used at The Mirror World of Asterix in Brussels
Cando, a video, lighting, sound and multimedia company in Wauthier-Braine, Belgium, selected Medialon show control for an exhibition about the popular comic book character Asterix, which just opened in Brussels, the ...
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Martin Lighting Used at Fuji Rock Festival
Billed as the "perfect place to enjoy music, meet new people, and open your mind," the Fuji Rock Festival is the biggest open-air rock event in Japan. Martin gear has been a staple of past festivals and this year was no ...
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XTA Chosen for Lenny Kravitz European Tour
Hot on the heals of his latest album, Baptism, Lenny Kravitz has played a series of 21 one-night-only dates across North America and recently concluded more than a two-month stint that saw him traveling across Europe and the ...
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Sight and Sound Seminar to Feature Sound Physics Labs Loudspeakers
When Bethlehem Baptist Church opened its doors on October 4 and 5, it showed how a set of loudspeakerscould transform a church's sound system. Attendees of systems integrator Audio Video Electronics' (AVE) annual Sight and ...
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Look Solutions to Launch Unique² at ETS-LDI
Look Solutions will introduce its new Unique² water-based hazer at the 2005 ETS-LDI Show in Orlando. The German manufacturer of high-performance fog and haze equipment revolutionized the hazer industry in 1999, when it ...
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Mike Falconer.net Podcast Launched
Industry writer and commentator Mike Falconer has launched a podcast service of audio recordings--Mike Falconer's Entertainment Technology World and Other Stories.
A podcast is a broadcast of audio recordings, in MP3 ...
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PAMA to Intitate Industry Sales Statistical Survey
PAMA (Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance), which represents the leading innovators and premier brands in pro audio, has announced that it will be launching the industry's first "state-of-the-industry worldwide pro audio sales ...
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Chris Ewington Departs From Future PixelRange Development
James Thomas Engineering has announced that Chris Ewington (Cube Associates) has decided to stand down from any future development of PixelRange products.
After five years of being an integral member of the team, ...
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Tenfeet, BV Awarded ESP Vision Distributorship in Benelux
ZZYZX, Inc. has appointed Tenfeet, BV its ESP Vision distributor for the Benelux countries. Tenfeet will also be responsible for training, support, and visualization services in the region. Tenfeet has long been a ...
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Earl Girls Lights House of Blues, Atlantic City
House of Blues recently opened its tenth and largest venue to date on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Earl Girls Inc., theatrical contractors in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, provided lighting and rigging ...
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AV Concepts Invests in DiGiCo D-1 Audio Console
AV Concept has added the DiGiCo D-1 digital audio console to its inventory.
The D-1 is a complete, self-contained system that does away with the need for a large microphone snake, splitters, line drivers, dynamics ...
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Zero 88 Frog Lands at Zurich Airport
Zurich's Flughafen Airport has come up with a novel idea in using one of its old terminal buildings.
The terminal has been developed in to a multi-purpose venue called "Event Dock", which includes a museum along with various ...
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I. Weiss Supplies Rigging for Dorna USA's Goal Post Nets
Dorna USA, maker of in-game sports advertising, has contracted with I. Weiss to design a rigging method for goal post nets in eight college football stadiums. The nets have printed advertising and will be raised and lowered ...
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SLS Loudspeakers Appoints New Dealer in UK
SLS Loudspeakers has appointed Raycom as its newest dealer for the United Kingdom.
"From my experience working in the broadcast RF and audio market, I know that Raycom's clients demand only the best available. SLS was a ...
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High End Systems Studio Command Now Shipping
High End Systems Inc. is now shipping the new Studio Command™ automated wash luminaire, which recently debuted at the PLASA Show in London.
Studio Command is now the third automated wash fixture in the HES ...
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InnovaSON Presents DioCore, an EtherSound-enabled Digital Stage Box
DioCore is the first modular, 64-channel EtherSound-enabled stage box compatible with InnovaSON I/O modules utilizing InnovaSON's recently released Dio ES multichannel audio interface module. DioCore can be used both ...
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Aviom Introduces the D-16C A-Net Card
Aviom, Inc., manufacturer of the Pro16 monitor mixing system, has introduced its newly developed D-16c A-Net card, for use with the DiGiCo line of digital consoles. The card distributes audio in the form of ...
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Ocean Optics SeaChanger Color Engines Make Theatrical Debut
The new SeaChanger Color Engines from Ocean Optics recently made their theatrical debut in The Marvelous Wonderettes, at the USA's largest community theatre, the Omaha Community Playhouse. The CYM color-changers ...
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4Wall's Phoenix Office Now Open
The doors are open, the lights are on, and the shelves are full at 4Wall Entertainment's new 15,000 sq. ft. facility in Phoenix, Arizona. 4Wall - Phoenix is a full-service operation equipped to provide the latest in lighting ...
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Vista Systems' Spyder Enhances Worship at Christ Chapel, Macon, Georgia
Christ Chapel @ Sportstowne is using a Vista Systems Spyder 353 to enhance worship services and broadcasts from its new large, multipurpose home in Macon, Georgia.
Christ Chapel recently bought the 116,000-sq. ft. sports ...
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Essential Lighting Launches Essential Hire
UK-based Essential Lighting acquired trade hire specialists, Lighting Hire Ltd in August. Lighting Hire's team has been integrated with Essential Lighting's rental operations.
Martin Lubach, technical director of ...
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Dino Derose's Death Confirmed; Lighting Designer was 49
Lighting designer Dino Derose, who disappeared on September on 25, has been oficially declared dead, according to the newspaper the Austin American-Statesman. He was 49.
DeRose, designer for Widespread Panic, was in Austin, Texas ...
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A.C. Lighting Supplies Lighting System for Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower, UK
A.C. Lighting's special projects division has supplied and programmed fixtures for the new Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower, which opens this autumn.
The Spinnaker Tower is a new national icon based on England's south coast. ...
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QSC Audio Appoints Jeremy Johnston as House of Worship Specialist
QSC Audio Products, Inc. has named Jeremy Johnston to the position of house of worship specialist, installed sound. As the job title suggests, Johnston's main focus will be the sales and support of QSC's loudspeakers and DSP ...
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Tomcat, Quickbeam, and Plano Raise the Roof
This has been a big summer for Tomcat USA roof systems. One of the most recent projects was with Quickbeam Systems for the City of Plano near Dallas, Texas.
The system is a 60' X 40' permanently installed BFT Roof ...
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InnovaSON Jazzes it Up at European Jazz Festivals
InnovaSON digital mixing consoles have been at the heart of two prestigious European Jazz festivals; Jazz à Vienne in France and Umbria Jazz in Italy. A total of seven InnovaSON consoles--four Sy80s, two Sy48 ...
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American DJ Launches Pair of Scanners
American DJ has launched the Deluxe Scan 250 and Performance Scan 250 DMX-512 scanners. Loaded with an array of colors and gobos, along with effects like scrolling, gobo shake, and strobing, the Deluxe Scan 250 and ...
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TransAudio Group Launches A Design Audio's MPA Series Pres at AES
TransAudio Group, the U.S. distributor for A Designs Audio, is introducing a new series of switchable-tone MPA mic pres at AES in New York. The series includes the MP-1A all-tube mono microphone ...
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Theatre in Review
Off Broadway: Walking Down Broadway (Mint Theatre); Fran's Bed (Playwrights Horizons)
"It's such a lonesome town--but so beautiful, too." These words, spoken as a pair of would-be worldlings stare out a boarding ...
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New Dreampanel Makes Debut at Leeds, England-based Club
Dance club producer Gatecrasher's long-awaited second club is set to open in Leeds, England this month following a £3 million fit-out.
Named Discothéque, the 1,400-capacity venue is the cornerstone of Gatecrasher's plans ...
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