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Rivage PM V4.7 update brings Bricasti Y7 Reverb

Yamaha And Bricasti Design Announce Premium Y7 Reverb For RIVAGE PM Digital Mixing Systems thanks to the V4.7 Firmware to be released in mid-December.

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DiGiCo’s SD12 for open air The Flying Dutchman Opera

Richard Wagner’s fifth opera has being brought to a thousand of Lithuanian fans in a unique open-air setting thanks to DiGiCo SD12 96-channel consoles with 2 SD-Racks and D2-Racks and Meyer Sound PA selected by one of the largest companies in the Baltics, NGR Service.

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Colorado Batten Q15 Chauvet : Versatile

The new Chauvet Professional COLORado Batten Q15, RGBW LED bar, rated IP65, comes with a range of mounting options that adapt it to a wide variety of configurations.

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Robe Dances with the Stars in the USA

The 29th series of “Dancing With The Stars” returned to ABC this month with 178 x Robe MegaPointes on the lighting plot as part of lighting designer Tom Sutherland’s epic look.

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APG’s Uniline Compact Adaptability Key for French Cellist

APG’s Uniline Compact speakers came into their own when the weather forced famous French cellist Gautier Capuçon to downsize the concert venue on show day during his summer tour.

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1st installation of Robert Juliat Arthur followspot in France

The Georges-Pompidou Cultural Centre in Vincennes near Paris is the first venue in France to be equipped with an Arthur followspot, the latest addition to Robert Juliat's range of LED followspots.

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ETC ‘Rep Agency’ 3LR Lighting adds broadcast

ETC representative organization 3LR Lighting has added broadcast, film and TV; light-ing and control to its portfolio for the UK and Ireland.

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Nexo GEO M Line arrays for Savoie Expo auditorium

In a positive sign for the French exhibition and conference industry, the Savoie Expo has completed a sizeable investment in NEXO sound reinforcement systems for its new auditorium, anticipating a return to large-scale live events in 2021.

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Jean-Philippe Colonna is the new CEO of ESL company

The AC Entertainment Technologies Group announces the appointment of the new CEO of ESL company which it owns.

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SoundWorks and WPS for Richmond Symphony Orchestra

It took months to Soundworks fire up their delivered Martin Audio WPS and WPC line array systems but the reward, in the shape of two socially-distanced outdoor concerts by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, was great.

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Ayrton Khamsin-S for the iHeartCountry Festival 2020

Lighting designer, Tom Kenny chose Ayrton Khamsin-S profiles as key lights in his design for this year’s iHeartCountry Festival.

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Addio Sergio

It is with great sadness that NEXO has to announce the passing of Sergio Caprara, our Sales Manager in Italy and a long-time servant of the company.

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Shure announces investment in soft company Wavemark

Known for its software solutions such as Wavetool and WTAutomixer for theater, broadcast and streaming applications, the Finnish company Wavemark has been acquired by Shure to strenghten its software portfolio.

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SD5s for Niall Horan Royal Albert Hall livestream

Niall Horan, who cancelled his world tour, announced a special one-off live streamed show from London’s Royal Albert Hall. Wigwam Acoustics supplied DiGiCo SD5s for Matthew Kettle and Joe Campbell, handling broadcast and monitor positions.

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GLP JDC1 provides Punch in “Big Performance”

Lighting designer David Kreileman and associate designer / technical director Tim Franken specified 156 JDC1 hybrid strobes from GLP in order to effectively punctuate the big moments in the show.

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ICVFX chose Brompton Technology processing

Spectre Studios joined forces with NEP Studios and Big Picture to create ICVFX. Who chose Brompton Technology’s Tessera SX40 4K LED processor as the driving power for the studio’s LED virtual production workflow.

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L-ISA Immersive in the round at Salzburg’s OVAL

The Oval, a 227-seat theatre located inside the Europark's Salzbourg mall, stages unique shows ranging from music, drama, cabaret to cinema and more. Since July 2020, it has added another attraction offering the L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology from L-Acoustics.

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Elation lighting fixtures on new season of Dancing with the Stars

Tom Sutherland lit Dancing With The Stars with Elation fixtures including DARTZ 360 LED moving heads, new ZCL 360i and SixBar 1000 luminaires.

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Minuit Une: a new twist at Axente

By awarding the distribution of its products in France to Axente, Minuit Une moves into full distribution mode, in order to focus on the R&D at the heart of the little twist that has made the difference in the stage lighting market.

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ProCab CLV310A : AOC HDMI 2.1, 8K cable

The new CLV310A is an active optical HDMI 2.1 cable, designed for transmission of the next generation of 8K video content.

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Cameo ZENIT W300 Lights Up Odense

Julian Leker and Jonas Bäckström opted for the Cameo Zenit W300. They used the IP65-certified LED washlights as uplights along the bottom of the Graabrødre

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ETC postpones trade show until July 2021 and offers live online demos

ETC has announced that it will not participate in trade show exhibitions until July of 2021. The company has instead decided to focus its resources on remote demos and online events.

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RCF launches RCF Professional Team

RCF launches RCF Professional Team, its two full-day sessions in-depth certification course. RCF Professional Team certifies pro audio engineers that guarantee the best sound quality for the listener, and optimum results for the client, when deploying RCF systems.

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MDG provides an outdoor fog solution for motion pictures

MDG supplied in Italy an ingenious fog solution to film company, 2aFilm, for a shoot on the banks of the River Po. One scene, a long stretch of road beside the River Po for a number of cars to pass through, called for a naturalistic covering of fog.

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Green Hippo welcomes Corsair Solutions and Wholestage as new partners

Green Hippo welcomes Corsair Solutions for Australia and New Zealand and Wholestage for Latin America.

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fos/4 Fresnel added to ETC’s portfolio of studio fixtures

ETC announces the addition of the Fresnel to the fos/4 studio family. With fos/4, you get a true Fresnel with an LED engine.

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Big Picture creates a live event studio with Brompton Technology

Big Picture announced its partnership with South West Solutions and Ikonix to offer a connected virtual event space in Australia. Brompton Tessera processing played a part in it.

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Claypaky Xtylos Fixtures Light Up Hamburg Sky in a Drone Show

Jens Hillenkötter deployed 30 Claypaky Xtylos devices, the first moving head with a laser source, to light up the Hamburg sky with a ballet of drones as a backdrop.

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Tanger Center is USA’s Largest Constellation System

The Steven Tanger Center in Greensboro, North Carolina is now the home to the largest Meyer Sound Constellation in the United States, offering variable acoustical environments tailored for each performance be it symphony, opera, spoken word, touring shows or Broadway.

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Robe on the Rig for NHL Return to Play

NHL spectacularly returned to play. Lighting equipment was supplied by Solotech and included over 200 Robe moving lights with a mix of Pointes, Spiiders and Tarrantulas used by lighting designer Tom Kenny.

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L-Acoustics sonic signature in JH Audio in-ears

Built on Jerry Harvey Audio leading in-ear technology, Contour XO is the first IEM to offer the L-Acoustics sonic signature, providing the perfect personal audio listening experience for professional and personal use.

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Meyer Sound Launches Spacemap Go

Meyer has released Spacemap Go, an industry game changer in spatial sound design and mixing. Available as a free app for Apple iPad, Spacemap Go can transform the thousands of GALAXY in the field into powerful tools for spatial sound design and mixing.

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10 Robe LEDBeam 150s at National Theatre of Greece

The National Theatre of Greece staged three acclaimed performances of Aeschylus’s The Persians. Lighting designer Christina Thanasoula chose 10 x Robe LEDBeam 150s to add flexibility and multiple options to her design.

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Vienna State Opera installs 70 Solawash 1000 High CRI

SolaWash 1000 has been in use since September 2020 in the premiere production of "Madama Butterfly" and the resumption of "Elektra", among others.

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Meyer Sound Promotes Rawks and Appoints Canalis

Meyer Sound has announced the promotion of Katrin Rawks to Director of Loudspeaker Engineering and the hiring of Ianina Canalis as Application Architect, Spatial Audio Specialist in charge of the spatial sound design and mixing tool Spacemap Go.

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Faust Meets Cameo at Goetheanum Theater

The Goetheanum brought Goethe’s opus magnum on the 16 meter wide supported by Cameo OPUS SP5 FC Profile Moving Heads and other Cameo spotlights.

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Louis Vuitton Foundation Gets Maverick Silens 2 Profile

Inside the expansive auditorium section of Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, Bruno Madec Technical Director of Prodster, recently installed 14 Chauvet Professional Maverick Silens 2 Profile fixtures for their silent operation.

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Martin Audio WPM at Cheshire Fairgrounds

Paddle Out Productions deployed its recently expanded Martin Audio WPM system at the Cheshire Fairgrounds drive-in music venue, a huge open field, allowing up to 425 cars, to ensure every spectator could enjoy the live performances.

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Robe lights up Circo de Hielo 2

Spanish lighting designer Juanjo Llorens compiled his design for Circo de Hielo 2 a year ago. He chose 40 x Robe LEDBeam 150s, 24 x MegaPointe and 24 x Spiider moving lights to be central to his lighting rig.

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Good News Church modernize its sound with KLANG

Good News Church, located in Omaha, Nebraska, chose to modernize its sound system with the addition of a DiGiCo SD12 mixing console and KLANG:fabrik immersive IEM mixing solution, both supplied by the local office of Conference Technologies, Inc.