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Robert Juliat and Ambersphere Solutions have announced an exclusive agreement that will enable Ambersphere Solutions to represent French manufacturer Robert Juliat throughout the UK. This agreement enables Ambersphere to extend its unique sales, service, support and training facilities to cover all Robert Juliat products.

Gaggione, optician, French plastics manufacturer, specialised in producing high quality optics associated with LEDs, is one of the world's top three companies in the sector, if not the very best, thanks to over half a century's experience in plastics manufacturing, its staff and its R&D tool resources.

In his big summer hit from 1975, Joe Dassin talks about a year, a century, an eternity. Joe was right. That first day does seem far away, yet it was only April 24, 2012 when we were finally able to catch up to the times and embark on this adventure of Soundlightup, the first pure-play online publication dedicated to sound, lighting and visual effects professionals.

Audio-Technica is sad to announce the passing of company founder and executive emeritus of Audio-Technica Corporation, Hideo Matsushita, on March 5, 2013. Hideo Matsushita passed away of natural causes at the age of 93. In accordance with his family’s wishes, a private wake and funeral service were held on March 8 and 9.

Dedicated to studios and DJs, Flare Audio’s S1 bi-amplified speaker system has been designed using advanced technologies and measurement methods and claims a great accuracy in sound reproduction. Its cabinet is made of CNC machined solid aerospace aluminum blocks.

SSE Audio Group has acquired French lighting company M.E.S through its French subsidiary Melpomen. Both MES and Melpomen have bases in Nantes and Paris and have worked together extensively on sound and lighting projects in recent years.

Mackie Launches My Fader™, a powerful remote Control App for DL1608 and DL806 mixers from an iPhone or iPod touch

XLR, Brussels-based sales and distribution team, has joined the L-ACOUSTICS Certified Provider network for Belgium as a Distributor. Jan de Brucker and Louis Lukusa head the team dealing with Dutch-speaking Belgium and with the French-speaking side of Belgium respectively, backed up by the technical expertise of Sébastien Desaever.

Singer, song writer Mika with a string of English Funk/Pop hits to his name, gave two sold out concerts at the Casino de Paris atthe end of last year. Lighting kit was provided by Régie Lumière a Paris based and long established lighting hire company who suggested Martin’s Mac Viper and the ilumo ZOOM LED Spot from Lumonic. Lighting Designer Justin Shaw was just astonished and even entranced by the lights.

Robert Juliat will introduce at Siel Creative Concept Light by Robert Juliat, a new concept in lighting formulated to illustrate its forthcoming range of unique TIBO luminaires. The full TIBO range will be previewed at SIEL.

Success takes two: those of us who hold the pen and all of you who read so, once again, we thank you for being there every day. We do not know what 2013 will bring, except that there will always be more to do, so keep reading Soundlightup. We wish you all a fantastic year. Frankly, You Rock! So, keep on rocking in 2013!

Schouw & Co., parent company of Martin Professional, has entered into an agreement with the global infotainment and audio company HARMAN International Industries to sell Martin to HARMAN. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in Q1 2013.

ADB Lighting Technologies has, with great sadness, announced the passing of one of the company's longest serving friends, its popular sales manager, Dirk Van Nieuwenhuysen, on 13 November 2012. Dirk, aged 50, had worked exclusively with ADB Lighting since the mid 1980s

Our british friends, designers of the famous Jarag, had a brilliant idea to use LED to create a beam projecting screen. This is how Elidy was born. A LED matrix on a semi-transparent plate where each optic creates a spotlight, as long as smoke materialize it. The picture animating the beam. What a nice innovation.

With the new MKH 8090, wide cardioid directivity microphone, Sennheiser widens its studio recording microphones. Located between the omnidirectional MKH 8020 and the cardioid 8040, the MKH8090 is the best solution for orchestral recordings.