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There are now three models in the Wildsun 500 moving head wash family of luminaires. The 500C, the first in the range, RGBW with a 11° - 45° zoom and an average white of 4000K has met with true success and has already been adopted in the Dushow and Phase 4 parks, among others, and has also been included in the kit for the Bruce Springsteen tour with Morpheus. There is also the 500S (S for Stage), RGBW, with a tighter 8° to 40° zoom and a cooler white at 6700K to provide extra pep to the beams. It is this model that we have chosen to look at more closely.

French entertainment lighting provider, New Advanced Technology (NAT), located 30km east of Paris, has just invested in no less than 375 units of Ayrton WILDSUN 500 K7 moving-heads, following several tests and comparisons with other manufacturers’ models.

Based on its expertise in DSP and finite impulse response (FIR) with the ensuing success of its DSR series, YAMAHA hit the nail on the head by launching its DXR range of speakers on the compact sound distribution market. Speakers boasting the same processing technology but offered at an even keener price.

And we thought TV was going to be mad at music forever. Apparently this is not the case and the insolent success of the show The Voice, properly nourished with powdered Star Academy and Nouvelle Star porridge, is the living proof of that. With the help of television magic, eight up-and-coming artists groove this summer throughout France in The Voice Tour 2012, cheered by an audience as young as it is enthusiastic and accompanied by a very solid group, effective lights and five top dogs on sound. SLU attended one of the first dates in Bordeaux.

It is the new Philips MSR lamp 35R Platinum, 800 W that inspired the Clay Paky R&D department with the specifications of this Alpha Spot 800 QWO, an extremely compact fixture with a very wide zoom range. The goal was to provide the light output of a 1200 W fixture in a smaller 700 W chassis, with high projection quality.

Martin Professional launches the VC Series of creative LED video, the first true video products to combine a new level of simplicity with a high level of quality. Part of the series is formed by the VC-Grid 25, a small, 200 x 200 mm LED video module with a 25 mm pixel pitch.

SSE Audio Group has announced the acquisition of ETA Sound. The company, based in Mold, Wales, has moved its operations to SSE's Redditch headquarters. ETA owner Eddie Thomas adds another dimension to SSE's growing pro-audio operations, as SSE MD John Penn explained: "We have been talking to Eddie for a while about bringing his expertise to SSE and incorporating his complementary activities into the Group. His particular area of operation is the design and installation of large format audio and emergency evacuation installations in stadia, shopping malls and large spaces."

The Wildsun 500 Ayrton began his international career on the world tour"Wrecking Ball" Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band's. He then traveled the world in the Jeff Ravitz’s lighting kit, the Lighting Designer of Springsteen. Ayrton is proud to announce that more than 65 WILDSUN 500C automated LED luminaires are being used on Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band's "Wrecking Ball" world tour. Award winning Lighting Designer Jeff Ravitz of Intensity Advisors in Los Angeles and Morpheus Lights, the Las Vegas based lighting production company, selected the Wildsun 500C from Ayrton after extensive testing and comparisons to other automated LED fixtures. "It's a strikingly different look for our show - the warm white baseline, vivid colors, smooth movement, and remarkable intensity of the Wildsun 500C are truly unique" says Ravitz.

 The Wrecking Ball tour began in Atlanta, Georgia in mid-March and continues in European cities from mid-May through July 2012. It then returns to the US for additional Stadium shows in August and September.

In order to meet the demand of the installed sound systems market, Electro-Voice offers a series of specific products under the name “EV-Innovation”. Within this series, four different formats can fulfil almost all the needs of consultants, installers and system integrators.

Like many artists before him, Julien Clerc (a famous French singer) has succumbed to a symphonic sound and has enlisted a group of 40 musicians, with which his songs present and past take on a special importance. Faithful to the artist and assisted by Laurent Midas at the monitor desk, Laurent "Bellote" Delenclos was given the responsibility of the sound on this tour – which is more pop than classical – and has some tricks up his sleeve.

Dracula opts for simplicity despite the modern and smart infrastructure, delivering clear vocals and concert sensations at a reasonable SPL. You will think this is normal, when the show's producer is called Thierry Suc and that one Stéph Plisson is also involved, happy as a trumpet fish in a bath of sound.

The new company, SGM A/S, which replaces the former SGM Technology for Lighting spa, will be headquartered in Aabyhøj, near Aarhus, and will concentrate exclusively on developing LED solutions, while continuing to support SGM’s current catalogue of discharge lighting.

Giving humanity a second chance to live in harmony as a bro- therhood and with respect for nature, it is an opportunity for Pascal Obispo to describe our world of contrasts and to convey a very rich musical and choreographic content, blending rock, pop and electronic music with his musical comedy. Will the love of the rich blond golden boy Adam for the pretty poor mixed-race Eve save the world? In any case, these two, each with their clan, almost continuously attract 25 performers on stage, including singers, dancers and even acrobats. One can imagine the diffi- culty for the lighting designer Dimitri Vassiliu, in showing off this small world in the stage setting.