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The Los Angeles Theatre on Broadway and Sixth Street in downtown Los Angeles is especially hot, sweaty and crowded. Today this sumptuous art deco palace built by Charlie Chaplin in 1931 is the location for an episode of TV show Scandal and rehearsals for the camp musical Carrie – The Killer Musical Experience.

Clay Paky Sharpys have one again played an integral role in an epic stunt by trailblazing light artists Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF) and lighting designer Matthew Button, who have combined their creative genius to pull off a sensory spectacular for Lexus Europe and international megastar will.i.am.

Showlight is now inviting lighting designers and directors, associates, programmers, scenographers, equipment manufacturers and others to submit their ideas for conference papers for the 2017 programme. Now is your chance to be part of this prestigious event !

Clair Global listened to their clients and is now offering their new flagship system: The Cohesion Series. The philosophy that inspired The Cohesion is centered on creating the highest quality and most efficient speaker system. The Cohesion’s unique design allows for exceptionally smooth horizontal pattern control throughout its’ entire range in a very compact package.

Chroma-Q® Color Force 12™ multi-purpose LED fixtures were recently specified by lighting sales and production company, E2i Design, for its seasonal ‘White Christmas’ show at Michigan’s Brighton High School. E2i Design’s Josh Holowicki passionately supports the school’s theater in a number of ways.

Having piloted the mix for every tour the Stereophonics have undertaken since they set out two decades ago (hardly missing a show in the process), their FOH engineer Dave Roden has become perfectly at ease with the Martin Audio MLA system that seamlessly replaced the former W8L Longbow on the last tour

Today, Shure Incorporated announced with great sadness the passing of their beloved Chairman, Rose L. Shure. Mrs. Shure passed away peacefully at her home. For more than 60 years, Mrs. Shure has served as an inspiration to all Shure Associates, past and present. She was a role model for Shure’s Core Values and basic principles, created by her husband and Company founder, Sidney N. Shure, that have guided the Company.

RH Consulting has launched a major new edition to their guide to voice alarm systems. Originally released six years ago, the e-publication has been comprehensively updated to become the definitive guide to all types of emergency audio system for consultants, manufacturers, installers and venue owners.

Solotech’s recent installation of L-Acoustics Kara and ARCS Wide loudspeakers at the new Complexe JC Perreault in Saint-Roch-de-l’Achigan, Quebec, the Montreal-based audio provider has proved that high-energy sports and high-quality sound can, indeed, both thrive in the same facility.

Stéphane Migné has chosen composer Edvard Grieg's work, Peer Gynt, to create a beautiful ballet with the beams of 41 NandoBeam-S9 wash/beam fixtures. Each of these features 55 Ostar Stage 15 W RGBW multichip LEDs arranged in five, independently-controlled rings around a central diode, plus a 8-40° zoom.

Japan-based Metalcore band sound is delivered with Audio-Technica microphones on stage and in the studio. Recently the band started using on stage the Audio-Technica System 10 Sompbox Digital Wireless System for guitar and bass.

With the release of the latest version of Armonia Pro Audio Suite 2.7.0, Powersoft’s proprietary digital signage monitoring and processing software, the company has unleashed further major features and DSP power in its continually evolving roadmap. A higher degree of loudspeaker supervision is achievable with the new Live Impedance curve, calculated in real-time and storable/displayable against a reference curve in the new spk2 preset files.

Writing our wishes for the new year is a wonderful exercise that we cherish each year just as much as hosting the old man with his flying reindeer. But 2015 is an exception to this rule, as all our thoughts are still with the victims of barbarism and their families.

Like many audio system design projects, the biggest challenge in specifying sound for a house of worship is often overcoming the limitations of the physical space. That was the situation that Ft. Wayne, IN-based Custom Sound Designs (CSD) Group, Inc. faced in a recent project for First Assembly Church of Raleigh, NC, and a system based on L-Acoustics’ Kiva and ARCS WiFo product lines controlled by a Yamaha CL5 digital audio console was its solution.

The new ID24 super-compact loudspeaker, the smallest ever made by NEXO, has been installed for the first time in Bristol, UK. Working as under-balcony fills in the 2000-seater Hippodrome theatre, 24x ID24s are a vital element in the high-specification system brought in by London-based Orbital Sound for a specific production.