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EtherSound drives congress hall system
Germany - The Halle Münsterland is the largest events centre in the region of Westphalia. 80 years after the first events were staged there, the Congress Hall has made a significant investment ...
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Queen Victoria sets sail with Meyer Sound
USA - Cunard's newest ocean liner, the Queen Victoria features a multi-story grand lobby, numerous ambient restaurants, lounges, a casino and theatres, many of which are equipped with ...
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JBL Vertec reinforces Rock in Rio
Portugal - Gabisom Audio Equipment provided a massive Vertec line array system at Rock in Rio, one of the world's largest music festivals. The first in two series of shows, Rock in ...
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Communication Technology at PLASA 08
UK - Communication Technology in conjunction with UK Distributors, CIE Group will be exhibiting their whole range of commercial sound system accessories and conference microphones at PLASA ...
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grandMA in control of Radiohead LEDs
UK - The lighting for Radiohead's current tour is based totally on LED, is designed by Andi Watson, and is controlled via two grandMA full-size and four MA NSPs."I wanted to create a ...
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Kingly Club gets first Omniline install
UK - The first UK installation of the new OmniLine Micro Line Array from Martin Audio has been installed in the new, three-storey, glass-fronted Kingly Club in London's Covent Garden.The ...
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Merlin takes Snakes to the races
UK - Sound rental company Merlin PA is using the RSS by Roland Digital Snake at the heart of its PA systems. With two complete S-4000 systems in inventory, Merlin PA typically uses two ...
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Austin's BHS adds more Adamson
USA - Big House Sound (BHS), founded in 1991 by Roy Kircher and Rod Nielsen, has been providing top-flight sound reinforcement to Austin, Texas for the past 17 years. Both Kircher and Nielsen ...
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Tomcat UK to close
UK - Vitec Group, which purchased Texas-based staging and rigging specialist Tomcat in 2006, is to close the manufacturing side of the Tomcat UK operation, with effect from 1 August 2008. The ...
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Electro-Voice sound for historic Texas theatre
USA - Built in 1929 and designated a Texas State Historical Landmark, the Yucca Theatre in Midland, Texas, is home to the Midland Community Theatre and its world-renowned Summer Mummers, ...
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X-Chips provide BBC News with LED solution
UK - The recent refurbishment of two news studios at Television Centre in London has seen the installation of X-Chip and X-Bar LED products, supplied by distributors, LED-Lites.The fixtures ...
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Martin Stagebar lights Italian superstar
Italy - Ask any Italian who Vasco Rossi is and they will know the answer. Try to buy a ticket to one of his concerts and you'd better get to the box office early - his live concerts are some of ...
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Monacor L-Ray flies in T-Break tent
UK - The Tennents T-Break Stage has become an increasingly influential showcase for unsigned bands at Scotland's major festival - T in the Park at Balado.One of the companies ...
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Avolites has the right Latitude
UK - Avolites consoles and dimmers were used site wide at the 2008 Latitude Festival by lighting rental company Siyan, who supplied four stages with equipment and crew. These were the main ...
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Urban tours with Studer Vista 5
USA - Clair Showco of Lititz, PA, recently provided the audio system for country music star Keith Urban's US-based tour. The multi-city tour featured Studer Vista 5 SR digital audio consoles in ...
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QSC reinforces Rome facility
Italy - The curriculum at the prestigious Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum in Rome covers subjects ranging from bioethics (in which it has taken a leading role) to secular ...
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Blinding Light for Seat Ibiza
UK - Creative lighting specialists Blinding Light were asked to produce and deliver a lively, innovative lighting concept for a recent Seat Ibiza launch event staged at Prodrive near ...
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Compulite Vector Red at Avoda Ivrit
Israel - More than 25 of Israel's most popular musicians performed cover versions of well-loved songs at the Avoda Ivrit (Hebrew Labour) concert. The show, a tribute to 60 years of ...
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iLive installed in top Turkish university
Turkey - Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing system and iDR audio distribution system have been installed in the concert hall and conference suite of Turkey's Anadolu University, as part of an ...
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Out Board controls Niagara's Fury
USA - Niagara Falls Visitor Centre recently opened the doors to its new attraction, Niagara's Fury, described as a "world-class multi-sensory experience". Controlling the complex animated ...
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