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MAYA Music Festival Moves 25,000 Party Goers EXHIBITION PREVIEW: Prolight + Sound Frankfurt Highlights BEHIND THE SCENES: Owner Manja of MJ Event

SPECIAL FEATURE: Projection Mapping

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84 Australia: Queen Victoria Turns Purple For International Women’s Day

PROJECTS 87 Hong Kong: Ko Shan Theatre Upgrades Meyer 34 ENNOVATIONS Sound System To MINA 90 China: GLD-112 Installed EXHIBITION PREVIEW In Unique Chinese Theatre 43 Prolight + Sound Frankfurt Venue 55 BroadcastAsia 2016 92 Thailand: APG at the Belvedere Luxury Club SPECIAL FEATURE 61 Projection Mapping BEHIND THE SCENES 95 With Owner Manja Of MJ PROFILE Event For Anugerah Juara 70 Elation Professional: Lagu 30 Lighting On The Move 31 VIDEO FILES

102EVENTS LISTING LIVE 74 Thailand: Maya Music Special Feature Festival 77 Abu Dhabi: Robe For 2016 Al Burda Awards 81 Singapore: UAV’s K2 L’Acoustics Makes Their Debut

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Entertainment China Having seen explosive growth in recent years, the entertainment industry in China is growing at a much faster pace than the overall economy. As more people in China enter the middle class, disposable income has grown by leaps and bounds. In 2013, just the live performances segment in China was already a USD1.28 billion business¹!

No wonder everyone wants a piece of it.

In early March, the industry saw two prominent trade shows in Guangzhou in the same week. Starting the ball rolling was Prolight+Sound Guangzhou, which saw a record number of 68,441 registered visitors. For those looking for professional audio solutions, the Audio Brand Name Halls and Pro Audio Halls were the two key places to be. Visitors looking for leading international brands were not disappointed as the big boys such as Bose, d&b audiotechnik, Sennheiser, Peavey, Shure, Harman, Yamaha, Adam Hall etc., were all present and decking out their best prosound solution.

Riding the momentum, the Guangzhou Entertainment Technology (GET) show opened next and over 60,000 registered visitors were welcomed. Though the number of exhibitors stood at only 550, the vibrancy of the crowd was hard to dismiss. For visitors looking for visual and lighting solutions, GET impresses with well-known names such as PR Lighting, EK Lights, Fine Art, GTD and many more.

“The success (of the GET show) is a communal effort of all the membership companies of SCEE and the help from our volunteers,” said Wang, President of Industry Association of South China Entertainment (SCEE). “I hope we can cultivate more excellent enterprises and international brands, and set up the Chinese brand position in the international industry.”

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While more and more international brands make their way in, I think we should also expect more Chinese brands and manufacturers to step up as well.

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d&b audiotechnik Strengthens Asia Pacific Business With New Office In Singapore SINGAPORE: Loudspeaker system manufacturer d&b audiotechnik is pleased to announce the latest addition to its global network of wholly owned subsidiaries. d&b audiotechnik Asia Pacific Pte Ltd is to open in Singapore and will play a key role in the company’s regional expansion.

Other d&b subsidiaries are: d&b GB, d&b USA, d&b France, d&b Italy, d&b Spain and d&b Japan and the company works closely with a global network of distributors in forty-five countries.

The new Singapore premises will provide facilities and resources for d&b to strengthen its position in the Asia Pacific rental&staging market and make further inroads into the installation market. The APAC team will focus on supporting d&b distributors and the company’s growing customer base in the region. They will also roll out the industry leading d&b training program, providing resources and support as well as workshops and seminars.

By the end of 2016 the office will operate as a full service hub for the Asia Pacific region. The hub will enable d&b to deliver a faster service and provide a spare parts service that was previously unavailable to customers in the region.

The entire d&b APAC team, lead by Territory Manager Mike Case, has relocated to Singapore from Europe and will be joined by new recruits from in and around the region.

“With a team located in Singapore, enhanced by local talent, we will be able to provide permanent ‘on the ground’ support, similar to that currently available in Europe, Japan and the U.S.,” explained Case. “The response to the move has been extremely positive and, together with our customers, we’re looking forward to going from strength to strength in the region." www.dbaudio.com

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dBTechnologies Announces Its New Exclusive Distributor For Indonesia

(L-R) Manuele Poli, Asia&Pacific Area Manager for dBTechnologies, Managing Director at PT ENE, Alex Wiguna and dBTechnologies Gianluca Dalessandro.

INDONESIA: Italian pro audio system manufacturer dBTechnologies has named PT ENE Indonesia, branch of Singapore based Electronics & Engineering Pte Ltd, as its new partner. The partnership was finalized during a meeting at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

“We are planning to partner with new and highly regarded distributors in the Asia Pacific area in 2016, said dBTechnologies Business Development Manager Gianluca Dalessandro. “I feel strongly that PT ENE can provide us with a strategic solution for the Indonesian region, as they have established a long period of expertise both in the rental & installation segments and have great knowledge of what people need in the local market”.

"We respect dB Technologies' products for their innovation and performance,” commented Alex Wiguna, Managing Director at PT ENE Indonesia. ”Both organisations have similar core values and we are very honoured to represent the brand in Indonesia. We are looking forward to expanding the market in the long haul with this partnership,” continued Mr. Wiguna. www.enepl.com.sg

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AIMS Productions Expands The Number Of d3 Studios In APAC Region

The AIMS team with the d3 team

SINGAPORE: Singapore-based AIMS Productions (SG) Pte Ltd. has joined the growing roster of d3 Studios, boosting the number in the APAC region to three. As a d3 Studio AIMS offers a full d3 workflow as its in-house solution for pre-production and production of experiential multimedia for live events. d3 Technologies maintains a network of partner studios worldwide dedicated to helping fulfill customers’ d3 requirements, from consultation and support to client demos and more.

AIMS combines visual arts with innovative technology to design and implement visionary multimedia productions for high-profile campaigns and installations. Productions typically encompass large-format video projection, projection mapping and interactive design, including Virtual Reality and responsive lighting design.

“I’m thrilled that AIMS is officially representing d3 in the APAC region,” says d3 Founder, Chris Bird. “Their dedication to designing and delivering innovative and quality events is second to none, and we look forward to

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The Marina Bay Countdown 2015 that was executed by AIMS using d3 software

supporting them and their customers further, working closer with them now they have qualified as a d3 Studio.”

According to Dario Scerna, Creative Director at AIMS, d3 has been a game changer for the company. “Thanks to d3 our design and technical teams have improved tremendously in terms of multimedia creative solutions and problem solving,” he says. “d3’s integrated solution is very user friendly and easy to learn and master.”

Scerna notes that the company’s workflow “is now more efficient due to the design and technical teams having found a common language and platform in d3. For AIMS, d3 has become the best playground for planning, production, R&D, and delivery.”

Scerna explains that d3’s real time 3D engine “allows us to see a perfect simulation of our shows at the previs stage. The 3D engine is also great for importing complex 3D models, and it gives us the flexibility to work on different mapping features like parallel or feed “The pre-set up calculation of projectors is also helpful in understanding how to distribute units for each venue and show,” he adds. “We also like the

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Dynamic Blend, auto edge blend and mask features, dramatically speeding up even the most complicated mapping projects on-site.”

Scerna says that for content development d3 has proven to be “a better environment to go beyond 4K resolution and deliver content with smooth playback than ever before. It enables us to deliver and support the constant high demand of large video format projection by our clients.” d3 also allows AIMS’s designers “to manage real time compositing and work in layers in the media server timeline. This is important for managing changes on the fly and avoiding long rendering times,” says Scerna. The system has also simplified operation. “We can now integrate systems on one platform, such as we did for a concert where both videos on the stage backdrop and a kinetic light sculpture were programmed and controlled on d3,” he points out.

Vincent Steenhoek, d3 Lead Product Specialist for d3, had recently visited AIM’s to lead training sessions on the new VFC cards and 12.1 Gold software release. “Training in the region is a big priority for d3,” Steenhoek notes.

“More people trained on the d3 platform means an ever-growing pool of d3 users in the APAC region and worldwide.” www.d3technologies.com

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MIPRO’s MA-505 Portable PA system Wins Taiwan Excellence Award

TAIWAN: Taiwan Excellence is the highest accolade awarded to the products that encapsulate Innovation Values, R&D, Design, Quality, Marketing, and must be “Made in Taiwan”. The products are judged on these five categories.

This time, 1,180 candidates had to be strictly examined by 88 judges and finally 523 products were considered.

“MIPRO is a well-known brand in wireless microphones as well as portable wireless PA systems. We have developed 10 models of wireless PA systems and each model is the market-leading system over 80 countries worldwide.

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and product quality have been recognized, and it also encourages us to develop the innovative products advancing with times, energy-saving and meeting users’ requirements,� said MIPRO president, Solomon Chang.

MIPRO MA-505 portable PA system put the innovative design into practice.

The space inside the compact one-piece cabinet was precisely organized in order to maximize the capacity of the modules installed. It can accept up to 4 receiver modules, which means up to 4 wireless microphones can be used at the same time. As MIPRO noticed the growth of digital music market and the demands of digital devices, MA-505 was embedded with the MP3 player & recorder module and the Bluetooth music player, both are convenient for the young users to play music. The built-in rechargeable lithium battery provides up to 8 hours of standby time per full charge that is convenient for indoor/ outdoor events to use without any socket or during power interruption.

MA-505 presents best-in-class performance. Weighing only 8.5 kg, the rugged one-piece speaker cabinet houses a highly efficient class-D amplifier that drives high sensitivity two-way loudspeakers, delivering 145-watt power. MA505 perfectly integrates wireless microphones, digital audio player, language learning machine and Bluetooth speaker to meet users’ diverse requirements for public amplification. Choice of interlinking /receiver packages fir extended transmission range offers an ideal public address solution for medium crowds. www.mipro.com.tw

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Matthias Bauer Joins KLOTZ AIS ProAVM & MI Divisions As Technical Consultant

INTERNATIONAL: Hailing from the Upper Bavarian town of Markt Schwaben, Matthias Bauer was a sound technician at Tonwerk MĂźnchen GmbH and Bavaria Bild und Ton from 1996, before moving to WdW Productions GmbH in February 2000 as a Sound Engineer and later Supervising Sound Engineer. He remained with the company until 2014.

Matthias Bauer recently qualified as an Electronic Equipment and Systems Engineer.

At KLOTZ AIS, he will be at the interface between customers, sales and order processing and will support the National and International Sales Department.

Matthias Bauer will also be responsible for internal coordination of customers’ technical consulting and project enquiries, and will process tenders and enquiries up to quotation issue. www.klotz-ais.com

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Resolution X Expands Their ETC Portfolio

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AUSTRALIA: Resolution X, one of the largest providers of rental lighting, audio and rigging equipment in Australia, are leaders in bringing new and innovative equipment to the shows they work on. Staying ahead of the game requires the need for continued investment in new hire inventory, including fixtures and consoles.

In order to cater to their theatre clients, Res X knew they had to offer Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC) lighting equipment as it is regularly the preferred brand in that area of the market. Consequently they now own a couple of ETC Ion consoles, ETC Gio consoles and have a large inventory of ETC Source Four LED Lustr®+ fixtures.

“The purchase was definitely a result of customer demand, particularly from theatrical designers,” commented Marcus Pugh, Business Development Manager at Res X. “The Source Four LED Lustr®+ fixtures are second to none when it comes to LED profiles. The x7 Color System achieves theatre-worthy colour rendering, plus they’re silent, which is crucial for theatrical works. So far the fixtures have performed flawlessly wherever we’ve deployed them.”

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With the ETC control, Res X initially purchased a couple of the smaller ETC Ion consoles to cater for tours that had specified them. However, as word got out that they had some ETC Ions, Res X soon realised they had to add to their initial purchase in order to keep up with demand.

“The ETC Gio was the next step up,” explained Marcus. “We find that operators often like to program a show with the Gio, then once all the cues are loaded and the show locked in, they can transfer it into the Ion and take that on the road. The Ion has a small footprint, so it makes sense. Many features are intuitive and easy to figure out.”

Gio has a fast, accessible control surface, with an easy-to-navigate backlit keypad. It includes two integral, articulating multi-touch displays and supports up to three external monitors, all of which can also be multi-touch.

“The Gio offers all the power and usability of the larger Eos and easily integrates with the Ion console,” remarked Marcus.

The ETC solutions were supplied by JANDS Australia. www.resolutionx.com.au www.jands.com.au

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DPA Microphones Appoints A New Distributor In India INDIA: DPA Microphones has appointed Ansata Computer Systems Pvt. Ltd as its new distributor in India, with responsibility for representing its entire range of products for the live sound, recording, broadcast and installation markets.

Based in Bangalore, Ansata has 26 years’ experience of managing regional distribution for industry-leading manufacturers, all of whom are recognised and respected worldwide for their high quality products and philosophy of capturing, processing or reproducing exceptional audio. Among the

Steen Tychsen, Area Sales Manager for DPA withAnsata’s CEO Leslie Lean

brands it currently represents are Avid Audio, RME, d&b audiotechnik, Barefoot Sound, API, JDK Audio, Shadow Hills Industries and Inward Connections in India.

Ansata’s CEO Leslie Lean says: “We are delighted to introduce DPA Microphones to our valued customers as a significant add-on to our current distribution portfolio. DPA complements our current product representation in the market very well, given the fact that we deal in such reputable and sought after products and brands in the country. With an established customer base ranging from indie musicians and bands, popular touring acts, rental companies, music and film studios to broadcast networks, we see

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much appreciation and demand for these wonderfully engineered and great sounding microphones.”

“Ansata is ideally suited to distribute our extensive microphone portfolio because it understands the importance of quality in all areas of sound amplification and recording. The company’s reputation is second to none and I have no doubt that they will do a magnificent job supporting our existing customers and introducing new customers to our brand,” commented Steen Tychsen, Area Sales Manager for DPA. Ansata is already planning a series of DPA training workshops for customers and system integration partners.

“Our aim is to highlight the advantages of using DPA microphones across various applications including broadcast, location sound, music recording and live sound,” Leslie Lean adds. “We intend to make these high quality microphones available at a great price and to ensure that the purchase and delivery experience is easy for all customers by supplying DPA through our network of resellers and system integrators. We will also introduce DPA to rental businesses in various production environments so that we can grow recognition for the brand among professionals in each of these segments.” www.ansata.net www.dpamicrophones.com

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Community Appoints Hills

Community and Hills coming together

AUST&NZ: Community Professional Loudspeakers has appointed Hills Limited as its exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand. “We are delighted to partner with Community Professional Loudspeakers as their exciting product range of commercial loudspeakers complements our range of industry leading audio technologies and provides our customers with complete end to end solutions for their commercial audio and video needs,� said Dan Fletcher, Head of Hills AV. www.communitypro.com

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A&L Presents Clay Paky Appreciation Night In Singapore SINGAPORE: On 26th January 2016, Acoustic & Lighting System (A&L) Singapore organized a Clay Paky Appreciation Night as a gesture of appreciation to their clients who had been supporting A&L throughout the years of services. The event, was held at Carlton City Hotel’s Graffiti Sky Bar, located on the 29th floor. The bar emits a cozy environment that was a perfect fit for the event. “We wanted a place that has a cozy feeling, something not too formal where people can mingle together and enjoy the lighting fixtures and have some fun,” commented one of A&L’s staff. “We were worried that the rain would continue throughout the night.

Fortunately, the weather was on our side as the rain stopped just moments before the event begun. It brought the temperature down for us,” highlighted Rain, A&L’s Event Planner and Coordinator.

Aside from the in-house lighting of Graffiti Sky Bar, 4 Clay Paky ALEDA B-Eye k20 illuminated the venue surrounding. One of the spotlights that caught the attendees was the Scenius Spot, positioned at the center of the event.

The Scenius spot has a 1400W OSRAM Lamp, rotating prism, frost filters and the ability to run at either 1400W or 1200W attracted the audience with its powerful beam. If that wasn’t interesting enough, A&L together with Clay Paky representatives displayed the Spheriscan, one of Clay Paky’s latest family members in their range of lighting fixtures. The Spheriscan, a revolutionary

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scanner with a modern twist, features a 13°-34° high speed zoom, 1 rotating gobo wheel with 6 gobos, 1 fixed gobo wheel with 8 gobos, a rotating prism and many more features.

With attendees coming from rental, broadcast and lighting designers, the event came to an end as attendees left with a smile on their face. “It was a great event for us and our clients. This casual setting allowed our customers to indulge themselves with some food and drinks, while getting to know more on the Scenius and Spheriscan. We would like to extend our gratitude to both our clients and Clay Paky for their support throughout the years,” said Eugene Yeo, General Manager of A&L’s overseas operations. www.acousticlighting.com www.claypaky.it

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TARM Becomes A Member Of The Laserworld Group INTERNATIONAL: The brand TARM has been well established in the laser industry for 35 years already - and since January 2016, TARM laser technologies has become a member of the Laserworld Group.

Richard Krumhus, CEO of TARM Laser Technologies tlt GmbH comments, “Joining the Laserworld Group, the largest manufacturer and distribution company of show laser light systems worldwide, offers us completely new possibilities in terms of synergies in product development, logistics, marketing and sales. Several development projects have already been initiated.”

With TARM becoming a Laserworld company, the market of show laser light systems continues its change process. The Laserworld Group now can cover the High End market with three brands – RTI, HB-Laser and TARM, the midrange segment with HB-Laser, TARM and SwissLas and the entry level and semi-pro market with their own Laserworld brand.

“Each Laserworld company has its individual strength in certain product ranges or fields of services. By implementing TARM tlt to the Group, Laserworld gains additional possibilities for satisfying customer demands on an even wider range” says Norbert Stangl, CMO of the Laserworld Group.

“More developments are upcoming.” www.laserworld.com www.tarm.com

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New Adventures Ahead for SGM In Asia Pacific APAC: On a mission to intensify focus on the Asia Pacific region, as

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of January 1st 2016, SGM has appointed Vijay Thaygarajoo as Area Sales Manager for Asia Pacific.

(L-R) Billy Magendran; Service Center Supervisor, Vijay Thaygarajoo; Area Sales Manager for Asia Pacific, Peter Johansen; SGM CEO, Alex Tham; Service Center Technician, Ben Díaz; Area Manager for Latin America and Global Product Trainer.

Apart from Vijay’s appointment, to further strengthen SGM’s commitment to the area, a new SGM Service Center has opened in Singapore to provide fast and reliable service to customers around the region. This Service Center will be supervised by Billy Magendran. www.sgmlight.com

Dom Harter Appointed As Martin Audio Managing Director INTERNATIONAL: Martin Audio has appointed Dom Harter as Managing Director with immediate effect. An experienced business leader with a deep history and passion for pro audio, Dom’s remit will be to build on the success of the Martin Audio brand and help grow this success across multiple markets worldwide.

Dom has an impressive CV for someone still relatively young, with multiple pro audio rolls including serving as both Director of R&D as well as Sales Director with Turbosound before joining Harman’s Mixer Group with several roles including Global Sales Director/VP for Harman’s Mixer BU. www.martin-audio.com

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LSD Conducts Successful Arkaos Workshop In Malaysia

MALAYSIA: 22-24 February saw Lighting & Sound Distribution conduct an Arkaos workshop in its Petaling Jaya office premises. About 40 personnel from Rental & AV Staging companies, Clubs, TV Studios as well as local dealers and LED Wall suppliers attended the workshop.

Conducted by Benjamin Bauwens, Sales Manager & Project Coordinator at Arkaos, attendees were introduced to all the Arkaos software product lines such as the Grand VJ, Media Master Express and Media Master Pro, LED Mapper and Video Mapper, which were focussed towards Clubs and permanent installations.

The full range of the Arkaos Servers were also presented at the workshop, which included the Stage Server, Studio Server and Stadium Server, to show the various features of each server and how it was applied with the Video Projectors connected to it, especially the Video Mapper features. The Media Master Pro software was the main feature and the guests were shown the various functions of it and especially the new “Cue Player� features.

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Brenda Keung, General Manager, LSD highlighted, “The workshop was meant to refresh the current users and also to introduce to new users the key features of all the Arkaos products on how to enhance and fully utilise the features. As expected there was a lively Q&A segment with many of the current users having many enquiries. It was great as it allowed new users to learn and understand from the questions and answers.�

Club outlets like Zouk KL is using the Arkaos Media Master Pro 4.2 on their LED Walls to promote club advertisements. Malaysia Tourism Attraction in Malacca (Melaka Alive) is using the Studio Server to playback the historical Rich Melaka scenes designed and installed by Nuevo Attraction & Destination Sdn Bhd who aims to combine elements of theatre and history against a sophisticated technology laden background to transport visitors back onto the Golden Ages. To read more of Melaka Alive, click to this link http://www. melakaalive.com.my/about-us.php Rental companies such as Tre Bass Entertainment Sdn Bhd (KL), Journal Multimedia Sdn Bhd (KL) & Rumakaya Sdn Bhd (KK) also own the Arkaos servers, amongst others. www.lsd-asia.com

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Axiom Launches Youtube Channel

The dedicated Axiom Pro Audio YouTube channel features educational videos explaining the key technical aspects of Axiom line array and point source loudspeakers. Available to view now are three much discussed and relevant topics: an introduction to the Proel PRONET remote system software; the Transmission Line Back Loading techniques used in our line array and subwoofer products; and the reasons why Proel uses only premium grade Italian sourced transducers in Axiom products.

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Powersoft Launches "Every Story Starts With An Idea" Video

The video explores many of the key attributes that have made Powersoft a leading international audio manufacturer: innovation, teamwork, research, energy and many others.

The narrative utilizes compelling video and imagery, capturing the people behind the design, engineering and manufacturing process. "This video communicates the essence of Powersoft in an emotionally captivating way," commented Francesco Fanicchi, Head of Brand and Communications, Powersoft.

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Martin by HARMAN: Enjoy Flexibility With RUSH MH 7 Hybrid

The RUSH MH 7 Hybrid, is an all-in-one beam, spot and wash moving head fixture. The RUSH MH 7 Hybrid offers flexibility with advanced, dynamic effects in a compact form factor that doesn’t compromise on Martin’s high standard of quality.

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Include scrisp optics with three zoom modes: 2.2°–15° in beam mode, 2.5°–24° in spot mode and 15°–45° in wash mode.

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High output is achieved from the Philips Platinum 11R 250W 7800 K lamp with eight rotating/ indexing and 12 static gobos.

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There are 10 selectable colours and effects via an eight-facet circular and four-facet linear prism.

The RUSH MH 7 Hybrid will be on display for demonstration at Prolight + Sound 2016 in Frankfurt, April 5–8. Lighting professionals are invited to see it in action at the Martin stand (Hall4.0, Stand D10).

Availability: Now www.harman.com

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ETC: Adds Air Of Distinction With Irideon FPZ Based on the Source Four® Mini LED platform, FPZ combines the optics and features of Source Four excellence into an elegant industrial design while bringing a cache of new capabilities to the table. Museums, lobbies, and retail environments will benefit from this latest ETC addition to its architectural lighting solutions with its high brightness.

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Ability to dim using either DMX or a local dimming knob located on the DataTrack® adapter.

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Availability: Now www.etcconnect.com

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Amate: New Compact Curvature Array Cabinet Is A Game Changer The Xcellence X12CLA is an ultra-compact, selfpowered, DSP controllable constant directivity array cabinet, offering astounding levels of performance; and one that can also be deployed as a horizontal point source cluster element.

Amate Audio’s first constant curvature array design, the Xcellence X12CLA was specified to fulfil a requirement for a smaller, lighter and more affordable array cabinet, below the twin 8” X208 line-array in the Xcellence series portfolio.

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Custom designed isophasic waveguide, which achieves an exceptional long throw while maintaining consistent frequency and directivity throughout.

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The 2.5” voice coil and neodymium magnet driver are designed to provide a side-lobe free vertical dispersion with crystal clear high frequency response.

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New powerful, light-weight 12” driver which provides exemplary low distortion, full frequency responds down to 58Hz.

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In array configuration enables 15, 30, 45 or 60 vertical directivity, with one, two three or four cabites respectively.

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129 dB continuous SPL output.

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Cutting-edge, on-board digital electronics include high performance 24-bit /96kHz AD/DA converters and powerful remote controllable 48–bit/96 kHz DSP, optimally matched with third-generation 1.5kW Class D bi-amplification.

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Amate’s Windows® or iPad® based DSP Studio® 2 software provides Ethernet and Wi-Fi control of gain, precise crossover filters, limiters, polarity, delay, parametric EQ and other parameters.

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Cabinet construction is of multilayer baltic birch plywood with high resistant black Polyurea® coating with a 1.5 mm steel and grey micro-foam cloth grille.

Availability: From May onwards www.amateaudio.com

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RCF: New Powerful NX L44-A Active Two-way Array With the NX L44-A, RCF has developed a powerful two-way line source that delivers high-performance sound. Three 10” neodymium woofers and a 1.4” high frequency driver with 3“ voice coil on an asymmetrical waveguide are precision-controlled by on-board DSP and powered by a two-channel 1400-watt digital amp, delivering very natural articulation and high SPL for professional live sound reinforcement.

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Digital bi-amped amplifier with 1400 Watt peak power.

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3 x 10“ neodymium woofer.

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1.4“ compression driver, 3.0“ voice coil with a waveguide.

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DSP Processing with optimized phase response.

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Easy to fly and install with built-in rigging points.

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DiGiCo: DiGiCo SD11 and SD11i receive Stealth Core 2 upgrade

DiGiCo’s SD11 and SD11i may be small in size, but they are already a powerful solution that work for just about any mixing environment. With the addition of a Stealth Core 2 upgrade option, these tabletop mixing solutions won’t get bigger in size, but they will in power.

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An increase from 32 channel strips to 48.

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An increase from 12 output busses to 24 + Master + 8 x 8 Matrix.

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An increase from 4 to 82 DiGiTuBes.

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An increase from 4 to 82 Multiband Dynamic options.

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An increase from 4 to 82 Dynamic EQs.

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Digital FX rises from 4 to 6 units.

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An increase from 40 channel strips to 80.

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An increase from 12 output busses to 24 + Master + 8 x 8 Matrix.

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An increase from 6 to 114 DiGiTuBes.

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Digital FX rises from 6 to 8 units.

Availability: This summer www.digico.org

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Prolight + Sound Frankfurt Highlights 5 – 8 April, Frankfurt 10am to 7pm, Halls 3 to 5, including FestHalle Here is a quick overview of highlights from Exhibitors: Adam Hall Group will be presenting to the public for the first time the Zenit® series. The passively cooled professional spotlight Zenit® Z 120 with zoom and protection class IP65 is the first product in the new series. The unique feature is the use of a long-lasting 120 W RGBW-COB LED that, in combination with 16 bit technology, makes extremely homogeneous colour mixing with high resolution and perfect dimming behaviour possible. With its variable dispersion area of 7° to 55°, the quiet zoom motor ensures flexible lighting, which ranges from sharp, tightly bundled beams to widely diffused areas. Flicker-free operation thanks to 3,600 Hz repetition rate, colour temperature correction, variable white balance and four high-resolution dimmer curves with variable response behaviours make Zenit® Z 120 an ideal spotlight for TV, theatre and film usage. Hall3.1, Stand E60 Adamson Systems Engineering will showcase the E119 compact subwoofer, the newest member of the popular E-Series loudspeaker family.

The E119 not only bolsters the low-end of the E-Series but also meets the demand for a powerful, compact sub. Developed with input from Eighth Day Sound, the enclosure is loaded with one long-excursion 19-inch SD19 Kevlar Neodymium driver utilizing Adamson’s Advanced Cone Architecture and Symmetrical Drive Technology. The driver employs a dual 5-inch voice coil for exceptional power handling with a dual-spider suspension system for extra stability even under extreme excursion. The front-loaded enclosure is designed to reproduce clean, musical, low frequency information.

The slim, lightweight E119 allows users to achieve long flown arrays with greater directional control and a lower overall weight. Because the integrated rigging system allows for either 0° or 3° splay between adjacent cabinets, the

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array’s directionality can be further modified while also helping end users keep sightlines open. Hall3.1, Stand B60 Analog Way booth will feature the Ascendar 48 – 4K and the VIO 4K. The Ascendar 48 – 4K is a powerful multi-screen seamless switcher with 48 scalers. At the exhition check out the Perpective Layers option for the Analog Way VIO 4K

switcher, which allows animation of live layers with a virtual viewing

perspective in real time with X,Y,Z axis rotation control. The VIO 4K is a powerful multi-format converter that enables the conversion of a multitude of signals including: Dual-link DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI, 6G-SDI Optical,a nd Universal Analog, into an impressive array of output signal formats up to 4K 30Hz. Hall4.0, Stand B20 Avolites will be launching Titan V10 OS packed with a wealth of brand new features. One of the most striking additions is the full 3D visualiser powered by the Capture engine, which allows the user to create and edit shows right inside the Titan interface and lay out fixtures in the space using the console’s encoder wheels. V10 also allows the user to view intensity values in one place via the Intensity Grid. This clearly shows levels, source of information, whether increasing or decreasing and tracking information. Hall3.0, Stand E80 AV Stumpfl will use their trade show presence to launch the brand new Wings Vioso 3D mapping module with a reinvented workflow for video projection mapping and design. An interactive video table positioned in the centre of the AV Stumpl stand will allow visitors to try and test out the software and plan for future investments. Using any 3D model and texture, the Wings Vioso 3D uses camera-based calibration to compute projector and system alignments automatically and within minutes. The system enables real-time tracking of various inputs and objects, which is possible due to

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more interfaces with Avio control network and architecture software. Avio works to intuitively recognise any systems device and interfaces for easy data exchange. Systems are graphically wired by simply dragging lines between ports.

Wings Vioso 3D mapping module is based on technology, which has been developed in close cooperation with AV Stumpfl’s partner company VIOSO. Hall4.0, Stand A58 CHAUVET Professional is unleashing Maverick, a powerpacked series of tour ready moving fixtures - the MK2 Wash, MK1 Hybrid and MK2 Spot. The Maverick Series provides the touring market with a complete and powerful set of design tools at an affordable price. Marketed around a Top Gun flight theme, the new series takes affordable design options to new heights.

Chauvet Maverick

Indeed, the Chauvet team believes that if light did make a sound, the tour grade fixtures

in the series would produce the rolling thunder of jet fighters, letting loose weapons of mass creation like full-spectrum colour mixing, custom optics, wide zoom ranges and a piercingly intense output. Hall 4.0 Stand G45 d&b audiotechnik offers far field noise calculation software. d&b is introducing NoizCalc, a new software tool to predict the far field noise emission of open air events. Noise from outdoor entertainment events has become a serious topic, particularly as the number of events in populated urban environments increases. Gaining permission to stage an event

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frequently requires an official statement with a prediction of the noise impact on the surrounding areas.

NoizCalc is designed by d&b in collaboration with noise consulting and software development experts SoundPLAN GmbH, as the next tool in the d&b enabling technology portfolio. NoizCalc predicts sound propagation of multiple coherently emitting sources such as line arrays and subwoofer arrays. Using 3D terrain data the software accurately predicts the far field noise emission across the terrain according to ISO 9613-2 and Nord 2000 standards, allowing system designers to predict any potential noise issues during the event planning stage. Hall 3.1, Booth C15 DPA Microphones will be adding to its hugely popular d:facto™ Handheld Microphone range by launching an extremely linear version of this award winning product, the d:facto™ Vocal Microphone. The new version has an extremely linear frequency response compared to the original d:facto™ Vocal Microphone, which has a 3 dB soft boost at 12 kHz. The new d:facto™ Linear Vocal Microphone is for sound engineers who want the ability to design the complete sound pattern to create their own unique sound.

Featuring a new capsule with an isolation-optimized supercardioid polar pattern that is specifically designed to augment the human vocal range, the d:facto™ Linear Vocal Microphone combines the very best of cardioid and supercardioid directional characteristics, just as the original d:facto™ Vocal Mic. This ensures complete focus on the sound source with minimum bleed, thus delivering high separation, natural sound and SPL handling up to 160 dB. Hall 4.1, Booth C11 Elation Lighting will be showcasing an unprecedented line-up of new cutting-edge innovations for entertainment lighting. Amongst which will be the Platinum SEVEN™. The new Platinum SEVEN™ is a patent-pending high-power 7-colour system wash luminaire housing 19x 25W multi-chip LEDs (Red, Green, Blue, White, Amber, Mint, and UV) for an unprecedented palette

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of colour choice. It features a fast 5° to 50° beam angle zoom range, 3x pixel ring control and colour-pixel ring macros for a variety of effects possibilities.

Advanced low-noise cooling and movement control systems make for an even greater variety of application. Hall 4.0, Stand E85 At this year’s Prolight and Sound Frankfurt exhibition MA Lighting has dedicated a whole booth to its dot2 lighting control solution and features new software release version 1.2, driving the success story of MA newest product range. Multiple hands-on dot2 console stations will be available for users to familiarise themselves with the new software. MA’s product specialist will be available to answer questions or guide you through the latest feature set.

Software version 1.2 adds lots of detail with respect to the overall workflow and makes the user experience even more intuitive. Customizable layout views, mutli-patch for fixtures including dot2 3D, assignable DMX ports, AutoBackup functionality, Effect Markers, Effect improvements and lots of other enhancements are now included. Come along and see the latest additions for yourself.

Intuitive operation is the core of the dot2 philosophy and with a comprehensive set of connectivity hardware on all console models, the dot2 range is suitable for most theatre, touring, corporate, television and education lighting environments. The easy to operate dot2 software is available in multiple languages and provides on board Help and Direct Hints to guide a new user to operate the console to its full potential. A full range of clever programming and playback features provide intuitive access to advanced functionality. Hall 3.0, C51 Martin Audio will be demonstrating their widely anticipated CDD-LIVE! Series. Dom Harter, the new recently appointed Managing Director said, “This new product range will build upon our Patented technology that will further Martin Audio’s credentials as the true innovator in the marketplace and will deliver our customers a clear competitive advantage. We are extremely excited to unveil this new series at Prolight+Sound, where we have a

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multitude of activity planned.” Hall3.1, Stand B71 MDG is set to unleash its most powerful fog generator ever, the Me8™, in Frankfurt. The biggest of the Me Series, the Me8™ is an 8-nozzled monster that pumps out a massive 800m3 of fog per minute to deliver exceptional results on a vast scale. Designed primarily for large-scale applications, both indoor and out, and destined for huge venues and stadia, the Me8 is also perfect for fire fighter and military training, ventilation testing and special effects for movies.

Like all members of the Me Series, the Me8 benefits from a 1% - 100% variable fog output that can be controlled directly from a lighting console or via local control, a 100% duty cycle that guarantees high-quality, consistent fog at all levels of output, and MDG’s famous Automatic Purging System™ (APS™). Numerous control options are on-board as standard and include 3 standard USITT DMX512 channels, XLR-5 connectors, a 4-button LCD user interface and RDM compliancy. Hall 3.0, Stand E19 Philips Showline will launch the SL HYDRUS 350. This Platinum lamp-based luninaire is a super bright hybrid moving light that is ideal for the live event and TV market because of its small size and speed. Feature-packed with a wide zoom range in each mode, the SL HYDRUS 350 offers a vibrant color pallet and is loaded with all the tools a designer needs to create mid-air effects, clear and precise projection as well as seamless blended animated washes.

Hall3.0, Stand C60 Proel will launch its new AX800A compact line array system. Featuring two 8-inch low frequency drivers and a 1.4-inch high frequency compression driver in a lightweight moulded

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polypropylene enclosure, the two-way AX800A is designed for live and different sound reinforcement applications.

The Class D amplifier is a tried and tested DA series module used in many of the other powered Axiom loudspeaker products, and in this configuration it is optimised to deliver 900 watts to both LF drivers and 200 watts to the compression driver.

The AX800A delivers an impressive 132dB maximum SPL, with a frequency range of 85Hz to 16.8kHz over a horizontal coverage angle of 110°, and is designed to partner with the matching dual 18-inch powered manifolded bandpass SW1800A in both portable and permanently installed applications.

Both products are networkable using Proel’s proprietary PRONET software, which enables editing and remote monitoring of a range of operating parameters such as levels, EQ, delay, and compression from a single remote location. Hall3.1, Stand G90 Prolyte Group will relaunch its complete range of roof systems this year, giving a sneak impression of the new redesigned systems at the exhibition.

The complete redesign encompasses making these systems fully compliant to all applicable standards, rules, regulations, directives, codes and laws.

The revised roof systems will offer state of the art technology and will be available as a box system with add-ons. Very straight forward, what you see is what you get. The revised roof systems will be available as a box system with add-ons. The complete package will include drawings, structural report, loading capacities, manuals and all materials and components you need.

Also drop by their booth on April 5th at 11am as they plan to launch a revolutionary truss system. Hall 3.0, E14 Robert Juliat will showcase its award-winning DALIS LED cyclorama and wall wash light. Since its introduction twelve months ago at Prolight + Sound 2015, Dalis has really taken off with demand coming from all corners of the globe.

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Compact, lightweight and easy to install with a quick-rig mounting system, Dalis’ 8-colour mixing LED system and 16-bit control result in an almost infinite range of repeatable colour possibilities, including true tunable white from 6500K to 2200K. Its exclusive patented optical system composed of 48 micro optical asymmetric reflectors, ensures an even spread of light, smooth colour transitions and perfect dimming from 100% - 0%. Its massive output belies its small power consumption, while silent, fanless operation makes Dalis perfect for opera houses and television studios and any sound-sensitive applications. Each 1m Dalis batten has four separately controllable sections allowing precise control of linear sections and can be mounted horizontally or vertically. Hall 3.0 Stand C44 VUE Audiotechnik Europa will unveil new products in the al-Class and h-Class range, and present the technologies behind VUE’s most distinguished products.

Vue al-Class Line Array Systems

The central focus will be on the muchawaited addition to the al-Class Line Array Systems. The European reveal of the al-12 system will extend the VUE al-Class to address large-scale applications while showcasing VUE’s CST™ technology across the series.

The al-12 exhibits all new component designs across the frequencies and is optimized for more demanding applications, making the al-12 a remarkable stand-alone product on its own merits. It also further expands the existing al-Class products into a fully scalable system by eliminating any sign of a transition or coverage gap from its largest 12-inch system to the smallest 4-inch al-Class member. Hall 3.1, Stand F61 Zero88 will showcase the FLX8, which now joins the FLX family of lighting consoles as the latest 8 universe version of the PLASA Innovation Award winning FLX product line. Hall3.0, Stand B50 https://pls.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/

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Enabling Digital Transformation in Asia World’s major players will make their mark at Asia’s pinnacle ICT, broadcasting and digital multimedia industry event

The 2016 edition of CommunicAsia, EnterpriseIT and BroadcastAsia promise insights and solutions Date: 31 May – 3 June 2016 Venue: Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, Singapore

Taking Asia Pacific by storm, IDC predicted that by the end of 2017, 60 per cent of APAC 1000 enterprises will have digital transformation at the centre of their corporate strategy¹. Bringing together global leaders as well as emergent players providing

the technology and innovations that are enabling digital transformation of businesses and cities all around Asia, CommunicAsia2016, EntepriseIT2016 and BroadcastAsia2016 will be held from 31 May – 3 June 2016 at Marina Bay Sands Singapore.

Major tech trends that are the pillars of today, and tomorrow’s smart cities and smart enterprises such as the Internet of Things (IoT), smart

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technologies, cybersecurity, big data analytics, mobility, TVEverywhere and many more are represented by more than 1,840 global companies at the events.

“Smart cities and enterprise development have moved from concept to application, with our everyday lives becoming smarter and more mobile. In line with the growing importance of IoT and smart cities building amongst businesses in the region, CommunicAsia2016, EnterpriseIT2016 and BroadcastAsia2016 have gathered the biggest names in technology and innovation that are driving rapid digital transformation in Asia, and around the world. At the latest installation of NXT cluster @CommunicAsia, participants will see a significant focus on IoT and smart cities, with exhibitors showcasing next generation intelligent and intuitive solutions that will enable businesses to become smarter, more connected, more equipped and future ready to harness the opportunities arising from Asia,” says Victor Wong, Project Director of Communication Events from event organiser, Singapore Exhibition Services.

Transforming the enterprise Enterprises across Asia Pacific remain positive in the opportunities that digital transformation and technology bring. In Singapore, a recent survey by ISCA² found better technology adoption to be a key focus area for businesses to enhance productivity and innovation. In addition, a recent PwC report³ found that 1 in 5 (22 per cent) think that the region will be transformed by the likes of robotics, connected sensors and more.

Making their debut participation at CommunicAsia2016, Microsoft will be showcasing a host of solutions to aid in the transformation of smart enterprises. “We are excited to participate at CommunicAsia. With more than two billion devices connected to the cloud every day, it is estimated that

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our mobile-first, cloud-first world is producing at least 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day,” says Mr. Justin Spelhaug, General Manager, Marketing & Operations, Microsoft Asia Pacific.

“This incredible volume of data is the value currency in the digital economy. Forward thinking businesses realise that the ability to analyse data and garner real time insights is increasing their revenue streams and giving them a competitive advantage. With businesses now having the opportunity to collect and monitor data through the Internet of Things and powerful analytic tools, trusted, secure and hyper-scale cloud capabilities have become all the more necessary to bring greater advantage to data analytics. Leaders across businesses in Asia need to consider the security and compliance position of their cloud vendors to protect customer data and ensure they stay in control of their own data.”

Transforming our cities From Singapore’s Smart Nation Initiative, Indonesia’s Digital Economy development to Smart Cities mission in India, hyper-connectivity and digital transformation have fueled governments and enterprises in their take up of smart technologies around the region. With the Asia Pacific IoT market forecasted to reach US$79.3 billion by 20204, nations and businesses are now aggressively tapping on this opportunity to be more productive.

Leaders in the global IoT space, Greenwave Systems will also be making their inaugural appearance at CommunicAsia2016. Mr. Jim Hunter, Chief Scientist & Technology Evangelist, Greenwave says, “The IoT industry is growing exponentially as the number of connected devices in the household, enterprise, and city multiplies, enabled by the ability to remotely control these devices using cloud- based applications and wireless technology. As IoT permeates every aspect of consumer’s lives, the data that these IoT devices generate will revolve around keeping people healthier, saving resources

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(money, materials and time), and improving the quality of life, and we are thrilled to showcase the connected future at CommunicAsia2016.”

Transforming media Content is now on-demand and at consumers’ finger tips with active Asia Pacific OTT video subscribers reaching 494 million5 last year. With entry of disruptive players like Netflix in Asia Pacific coupled with today’s increasingly demanding consumers, the broadcasting industry now faces new challenges in OTT, digital media asset management, video delivery, TV monetisation strategies and more.

Imagine Communications, and veteran exhibitor at BroadcastAsia’s growing TV Everywhere! Zone, will be showcasing the latest solutions in IP transformation. “BroadcastAsia is a pivotal part of our annual calendar and Imagine Communications has been attending this show for many years as it provides the ideal platform to discuss the changing trends and technologies with the key industry leaders from across the region,” says Joe Khodeir, senior vice president, Asia Pacific for Imagine Communications. “At this year’s show we will be demonstrating some of our next-generation video infrastructure, advertising systems and workflow management solutions that will help media companies transition away from legacy, proprietary hardware to IP-enabled, software-defined and cloud-virtualised environments and provide the freedom to grow, change and adapt as and when they are ready.”

CommunicAsia & EnterpriseIT will be located on B2, Level 1 and 3 of Marina Bay Sands Singapore while BroadcastAsia2016 will be spread across Level 4 & 5 of the venue. BCA2016 will also be incorporating ProfessionalAudioTechnology 2016. www.broadcast-asia.com www.communicasia.com www.goto-enterpriseit.com

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Projection Mapping In the last issue, we explored a new trend making waves in spatial

augmented reality: Projection Mapping As Performance Art. If you missed it you can read it via this link: https://issuu.com/spinworkz/docs/eta_ tablet_2016_03/1 In this issue, we get views from two companies specialised in projection mapping.

Founded in 2011 Cyber Illusions is a new media design and production studio based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The company specialises in providing total solutions for the creation and deployment of multimedia experiences anywhere in the world. The team consists of multidisciplinary specialists versed in merging video, lighting, architecture, sound and special effects.

Answering on behalf of Cyber Illusions is Lalindra Amarasekara - a technologist, an entertainment designer and the founder of Cyber Illusions.

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As a pioneer in video mapping and projection technology within Sri Lanka, Lalindra has worked with commercial entities as well as cultural festivals.

The other participating company is no stranger to ETA, as we have from time to time published their Lalindra Amarasekara, Cyber Illusions

amazing work. Established in 1997, Hexogon Private Limited

was formally known as Mozz Creation focusing in events and exhibitions. It was later privatized and renamed in 2008 to specialize in audio-visual, lighting and show integration provider using the most advanced visual solutions in the market. Hexogon Solution Private Limited has since grown and established offices in Bangkok, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and upcoming Macau, and now owns one of largest fleet of cutting edge 4K digital projectors and equipment in the world.

Answering on behalf of Hexogon is Group Managing Director, Adrian G. S. Goh, who has been responsible in steering the company to its highly respected position today.

Adrian G.S. Goh, Hexogon

ETA: There seems to be a new trend of mapping onto human models now. It was done with the new Kat Von D makeup range and with tattoo mapping. What do you know of this trend and do you do it as well?

Lalindra: Projection mapping is a very versatile technique that can be deployed to achieve many different kinds of effects. It’s the projection designer’s creative vision that gives way to how the technology is used.

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The human body is a very popular subject to work with for any artist. For projection, it also provides a canvas that is always fascinating and familiar to all of us. We have created projections that interact with and sometimes conform to the human body. It always has a surprising effect on the audience or viewer. As a trend, I think mapping on the body and tattoos will be a part of many trends that we will see where projection is being used.

Adrian: We always want to explore new and interesting technology to enhance our services to the end users. Interactive, real-time tracking and VR seem to be the upcoming trend. However, Hexogon is still not ready to implement these applications into our scope of work. This may sound a little slow in comparison to other companies that are already diving deep into such technologies. Not that we have not started exploring, but we felt that only when the technology is ready and when I mean ready, it has to work perfectly and then we will push it out into the market. Not under controlled viewing, controlled environment and special post production editing to make it look like it’s working perfectly in real world. Viewers need to see the real thing and be impressed.

ETA: As a company that specialises in projection mapping, are there any specific techniques or considerations that you take into account when creating your designs?

Lalindra: We always look at the space available and think how best we can use it as a canvas. Projection mapping is always effective when we use the existing space to transform with light and animation. There is always an element of tricking the senses. In order to achieve a high quality experience, the point of view of the audience and direction of the projectors needs to be carefully calculated.

The visual direction is also very important when creating a good projection design. Even in its most basic form there has to be story that unveils for the

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viewer. How the space and surface is used to tell the story is what I think, defines good from great work.

Adrian: Good delivery is key.

There are lots of techniques to get a job done. Depending on what the customers want and also their expectations.

First and most importantly, when a brief is given by the client, no matter how good is the money, we have to

Mayan themed projection mapping done by Cyber Illusions

ensure that we can achieve it. If the customer is expecting something impossible, we have to guide them and we may not get the job. Once this is established, then next is to see the detail and limitation of the project. Sometimes it could be the site limitation, sometimes technology or most often, timeline. There are no standard special ways of getting a job done, but knowing the limitation and using the best equipment suitable for the job will be a good start. Having to achieve that, the company strives to equip ourselves with the widest range of equipment, from media servers, range of projectors down to connectivity. Then it will all come down to the creativity.

In creative, Hexogon has taken a lot of effort to grow the department.

Wherever the company expands, the first department that I want, is not sales but content department. Only with people from different places, you will be able to get a good mix of creative inputs. For example, the last 28th SEA Games 2015 in Singapore we did, it was a mad rush, but in a short period of less than 2 months, the team came together and generated almost 120 minutes of 4K content on the floor projection for the Opening and Closing ceremony.

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ETA: How big a part does the technology you use play into the overall mapping? Is there any particular product that you prefer to use?

Lalindra: Devices and software play a very crucial role in projection mapping. Also, as in most technology, the method deployed needs to be invisible to the viewer to fully experience what is being presented. Which means the tech installs have to be precisely calculated and the system you use should enable you to pre-plan and deploy as per required.

We do not rely on a single technology for our projects. What we use is purely dependent on the type of design we intend to do. However, our primary “goto� media server is Watchout from Dataton. Watchout gives us the stability and flexibility we require to deploy large multi-projection setups easily.

TouchDesigner by Derivative is another very resourceful tool we use in developing interactive and generative visuals for projection.

All these products will make the task of deployment easier. However, it is the creativity and dedication of the projection designer that delivers impressive projection mapping designs.

Adrian: As demand increases, in time of delivery, complexity of projects, expectations, there is a need for technology advancement. Manufacturers are improving their products to meet these expectations. I will not specify brands but more on capabilities. For example, Resolution: From as low as SVGA till the very commonly used Full HD and now 4K resolution. Projectors packed with such high resolution allow us not only to throw better images, but in projection mapping, it means we are able to project much bigger image without compromising the resolution. Bigger image means lesser server output and indirectly saves cost.

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Brightness: As image goes bigger, demand for brightness increases. Brands are introducing brighter projectors these days. 10,000 lumens used to be common brightness. When I started in the projection business 7 years back, 20,000 lumens become the “must have” for large scale projection. Now, we are talking about 30,000 – 45,000 lumens in a single projector. Outside the projection mapping market, products are going into true laser illumination and climbing as high as 60,000 lumens. There will be no stop to this. Eventually it all comes down to who can pack the brightest, best colour, and smallest in size projector to win the war.

Media Servers: For all of the above, you need a powerful box to run them.

There are a lot of brands in the market now, able to drive multiple 4K content

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through a single box. Complex blending, 3D projection mapping application, pre-visualization before you even step into the venue, camera tracking, you name it, they will make it. Just what is the price you are willing to pay.

Lastly, connectivity and redundancy: These are also very important part of a job. With lousy connectivity and no redundancy, a show can fail.

Hexogon is very particular about this area. We are not the best, but we want to be the best. I personally am a little more careful with this area. I always felt that no matter how good is the technology, as long as they can fail, the show fails. I rather have 2 of the same concurrently working in the system, then a single piece of equipment that claims to have redundancy built-in. A little primitive, but well‌.

Also it will be important to ensure that the crew implementing these installations are well trained and know how to take care of their equipment like their own babies. Without these, failure rate will be much higher no matter what professional products you use. So people is the key to a successful job done. www.cyber-illusions.net www.hexogonsol.com

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Lighting on the Move

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f you follow the lighting industry on a regular basis you tend to get a feel for what

companies are on the rise. Elation Professional is clearly one of those companies, having made a mark of late with a number of key projects and string of innovative products that have garnered praise and industry awards, most noticeably the company’s Platinum FLX™ hybrid moving head. With a global reach that stretches across every major continent and operating in a growing variety of market segments, Elation is raising its profile in the professional lighting industry in Asia and worldwide.

Elation is a privately held corporation and a member of the ADJ Group of companies, which has a total group turnover of over $100m USD annually.

Starting as a simple DJ lighting company in southern California in 1985, the ADJ Group has transformed into a diversified entertainment and architectural lighting company that today encompasses multiple brands: American DJ (ADJ), Elation Professional, Acclaim Lighting (architectural), Global Truss America/DuraTruss, and American Audio. The ADJ Group was founded by Chuck Davies (now chairman) and is currently headed by President Toby Velazquez. Elation Professional is headed by Elation Sales Director Eric Loader with its European operations run by Sales & Marketing Manager Marc Librecht.

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Seeing a need in the professional market for feature-packed products at a lower price point, Elation Professional was founded in 1992. Headquartered in Los Angeles with European operations based in The Netherlands, Elation has expanded its product line over the years while also focusing on providing a top level of support it calls Total Support. Years of consistent growth, an expanding portfolio of popular products, and a growing base of loyal customers has elevated the company to one of the One of the most successful Platinum Series luminaires has been the Platinum FLX

key players in entertainment lighting.

Elation responds to the market’s ever-changing demands for new lighting technology by developing innovative yet affordable products that are available through a worldwide network of dealers and distributors. In Asia, where the ADJ Group of companies has opened an office in Guangzhou, China, demand for the Elation brand is growing. While Elation has had an established presence for years in Asian countries like Singapore, South Korea and Japan for example, the company is expanding and strengthening its network by developing a sales network and establishing distributor relationships across the region. Just recently, Elation entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Lexair Entertainment Pty Ltd. to serve the large and growing market in Australia and New Zealand and Elation continues to actively seek partners in other markets for its growing brand.

International Sales Manager for Elation’s Asia-Pacific region is Chuck Green.

He comments: “We have an exciting product line that is increasingly being recognized as unique and innovative and that is opening doors for us. From the worship market in Korea to the resort market in Thailand, the potential in the region for a growing brand like Elation is obviously huge. We will continue

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to support our established partners while working to create new contacts and grow our presence in the region.”

Elation has worked closely with suppliers in China to develop innovative products. As clients continued to ask for more efficient lights, the company went to Philips to start from scratch with a new lamp. “If ever there was a quantum leap in lighting, it was that,” Elation’s global sales director Eric Loader says. The need for a

Elation expanded into the digital lighting market with the launch of the EMOTION™

brighter, cheaper, longer-lasting lamp led to what would become Elation’s Platinum Series which, released in 2009, really began to turn heads. One of the most successful Platinum Series luminaires has been the Platinum FLX, a hybrid luminaire launched last fall that has received widespread praise as well as industry awards.

Elation eventually got into the video business, first in 2009 with LED screens that were low-res but increasingly with high-res video products. And just last summer the company expanded into the digital lighting market with the launch of the EMOTION™, a new generation moving head digital light that is both easy to use and priced to open up new doors for this technology.

Elation’s R&D takes place in the company’s Los Angeles headquarters with most product ideas the result of working with customers. Elation has continually made R&D advances over the years and today is setting new efficiency and performance standards in Platinum lamp and LED technology.

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2003, Elation has led the way in LED quality and efficiency over the years with innovations like premixed colour, quad-colour, six colour and Chip on Board (COB) technology.

Today, Elation offers lighting professionals one of the most comprehensive ranges of products in the industry. From discharge to LED, intelligent to conventional, Elation products are increasingly being specified by lighting designers the world over for tours, special events, theatres and television studios. The company is also a player in the install arena for cruise ships, night venues and the house of worship market. A comprehensive list of references can be viewed at www.elationlighting.com or www.elationlighting.eu

Elation Professional company facts: • Established in 1992 • World Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA, USA • U.S. East Coast Distribution / Showroom / Service Center: Opa Locka, FL • European Headquarters / Distribution Center: Kerkrade, NL • Fully licensed IP by Philips/Color Kinetics® and Litepanels® • Privately held corporation and member of the ADJ Group of companies, established in 1985

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THAILAND

MAYA Music Festival Moves 25,000 Party Goers

Lightsource and Media Vision combine to create the stunning atmosphere

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he MAYA Music festival debuted successfully last year. The event created by FEEL Corporation had an objective of creating an EDM Festival with a production design theme reflecting stunning Thai Arts

to promote Thailand as one of the world’s EDM major destinations.

This year, on Feb 20th, in Pattaya, MAYA had gained more attention, with 25,000 EDM party goers gathered to dance to the world’s famous DJs and the headliners like Dash Berlin and Tiesto. 2 stages were presented with the major stage dedicated to EDM and the other a LIVE Stage for renowned Thai bands to perform.

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The EDM Stage design this year was inspired by a Royal Thai Mask dance.

Hanuman, a character in Ramayana literature, was fashioned into the stage design to stun the EDM fans at a height 26 meters. LightSource and Media Vision were responsible for all the stage, truss, structural and AVL equipment as one team. The DJs performed from inside the mouth of the Hanuman structure creating a really cool look!

According to Lightsource, the greatest challenge was with relations to how to create the show that can combine both of Thai art culture and modern EDM music perfectly. “We had to use Lighting and visual work together to tell the Hanuman history in EDM music mood but still have Thai identity too.

Moreover because MAYA is an outdoor party event, we also had difficulties such as limited time and weather. We could not work continuously,” said Norasate Somboonwong, Operations Director, Lightsource.

To resolve the issue, Lightsource and the event creator, decided to use 3D Box service. 3D Box is a new department service by Light source that uses Wysiwyg R36 software to create 3D Visualization. “We were able to program the lighting show and see overall model lighting in advance. Visual and Lighting staff could also control the concept of the show easily. That helped us save time, and work through the process continuously.”

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LightSource illuminated the Hanuman gigantic head with 42 Martin Mac Viper profiles, 16 Martin Mac XB Beam, 120 Terbly PT189 beam, 42 PR Lighting X1061 LED Moving wash light, 60 EK Lights Chromapix M33, 40 Intella Storm 1000 RGBW Strobe, 30 Martin Atomic Strobe, 10 Studio Due City Beam, 8 colour search light 7k, Molefays, LED Pars, pixel bars and more. The lighting fixtures were controlled smoothly via 2 GrandMA II full size console and 2 MA NPU. The lighting was designed and operated solely by LightSource.

Media Vision installed more than 800 tiles of LED Display P8 Outdoor series to fulfill the Hanuman’s physical appearance with BARCO Folsom ImagePro HD to support the screen. d&b audiotechnik system were the main speakers used with more than 50 J-Series speakers flown on frame complemented with 38 units of J-SUB & J-INFRA to make a magnificent sound with power to cheer up patrons all night long! L-Acoustics KARA and L-Acoustics SB 18 were used for the DJ monitor system.

What is an EDM Festival without all the laser, special effects and pyrotechnics? Almost 1000 lb of CO2 were used at the event for the smoke effect, with pyrotechnics handled by Le Maitre and Next F/X by Pyrotronix PTX System from Germany igniting amazing scenes.

MAYA music festival 2017 date has been announced to be held on Feb 17th18th at MAYA Space, Pattaya.

CREDIT Promoter & Creator: FEEL Corporation Creative Director & Production Designer: Shinadis Thipsuk Lighting System & Design: LightSource Stage/Audio/Visual & Efx: Media Vision Visual Graphic for the show: Pailactobascillus, Preto HF, Nobik Studio

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ABU DHABI

Robe For 2016 Al Burda Awards

Lighthouse has lit the event, now in its 12th year, several times, chosen because of its understanding of Islamic design principles and history

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erry Miranda and Dubai based Lighthouse Productions designed and supplied another elegant set and lighting design for the 2016 Al Burda Islamic Art Awards staged at the Abu Dhabi National Theatre

in the UAE. Nearly 100 Robe fixtures graced the rig, including 16 x ROBIN 300 Beams, 12 x ColorWash 575 ATs, 12 x MMX Spots, 24 x PARFect 100s, 12 x Pointes and 16 x CycFX 8s. Lighthouse, known throughout the region for its fresh and inventive designs, has invested in Robe since 2004 and currently owns a large inventory of products.

The annual Al Burda Awards is open to artists of calligraphy, poetry and music from across the Middle East and internationally, whose works are judged by a panel of experts, and held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and organised by the Federal Ministry of Culture and Knowledge development.

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Lighthouse has lit the event, now in its 12th year, several times, chosen because of its understanding of Islamic design principles and history, elements of which it has actively applied to its eye-catching production designs over the years.

The starting point for designing this year’s set and lighting was Islamic architecture with its geometric curves, arches, complex symmetries and domed structures. The intricate calligraphy associated with individual domes was blended with a modern aesthetic created using multiple dome shapes on the set as projection surfaces (‘receptacles’), which were outlined in LED, and fully mapped to receive detailed custom content. The patterning theme was also continued on the black gloss floor as the design united all elements of the environment.

In the roof, six of the theatre’s house LX bars were utilised for lighting positions, staggered downstage to upstage, with 17 x Robe PARfect LED PARs installed inside each of the smaller set arches and 7 x Robe 300E Beams on the floor at the apex of each projection surface.

The CycFX 8s were deployed along the front of the stage above the Perspex stage skirting and used in the footlight position for subtle front light as well

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as for a sweeping curtain of light and chases into the audience and back onto the stage, where they also worked very well for washing the performance area.

The Pointes were rigged on LX bar 2 and used for what they do best – punchy high-impact beam and gobo effects and key lighting for speakers at the central podium.

MMXs are one of Terry’s favourite Robe fixture and feature in many of his designs. For this one he used six MMX WashBeams on LX Bar 4 and another six positioned at FOH, ideal for front-of-stage washes and as artist specials.

Terry likes the brightness, flexibility and light weight of all these fixtures as well as their “consistent and reliable performance”.

Lighting was controlled using Jands L5 console which also controlled the video content, synergising both the lighting and video content for the show.

Low weight loading in the 30-year old theatre is a major challenge, so using Robe’s range of ‘smaller-brighter-lighter’ luminaires is a great solution for being able to maximise the environment and fit in as many fixtures as possible.

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“Having access to more fixtures helps create a diversity of scenes without any compromises in quality” confirmed Terry, adding that as an LD, “Flexibility, brightness and good functionality plus a decent price point” is what he looks for in a lighting fixture.

Lighthouse’s client base is extremely varied, and Terry, the creative principle as well as the company’s founder, needed fixtures that could cover multiple scenarios. “Having Robe on-board has ‘allowed myself and the company to expand into many new areas,” he observes.

Lighthouse has been investing in Robe for around 12 years and has seen the company grow and evolve enormously. “We believe Robe is currently the number one lighting manufacturer worldwide. The brand has grown consistently and the quality has always been maintained. Robe has also remained privately owned by the same people and as customers this has enhanced our great relationship – on both personal and professional levels,” said Terry in conclusion. www.robe.cz

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SINGAPORE

UAV’s K2 L’Acoustics Makes Their Debut @ FORT CANNING GREEN

The company also got to push the limits with their new Avid Venue console

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niversal AV Pte Ltd (UAV), proudly had the opportunity to unwrap and impress audiences with their K2 speakers in January this year. The speakers pumped out the audio in an open field for two

concerts that were brought in by LAMC Productions. Walk The Moon held their concert on 19th January whereas One OK Rock held their 2016 “35xxxv” Asia Tour on the 23rd. Both events were held at the Fort Canning Green, which is a small hill with open greenery, located in the central part of Singapore.

UAV was hired to be responsible for the audio, lighting and roof structure for both the events, which featured one main stage. Both concerts attracted thousands of followers of the acts. The electrifying music and mood on

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both days were augmented with the K2s doing their part in keeping the atmosphere super-charged.

Chief Operations Officer, Ruben James, highlighted one of the challenges that the company faced, “January is a rainy season in Singapore and also the venue was up a slope, which meant we had to ensure that the audiences down the slope did not have hearing fatigue. We called upon our L’acoustics trained sound engineers to consider the humidity level in which the speakers had to operate in as well as the coverage for the audience.”

In-house engineers Surin Venugopal and Feroz Mya Aye, worked on preproduction in the office by calibrating the audio system prior to going on site.

“Using the laser measurement tool from L’acoustics, we designed the Blue print of the outdoor venue to help facilitate the Installation. Together with the soundvision software tool we were able to measure and install the audio systems precisely.”

“The unique ability of the K2s was that we were still able to remotely control the audio coverage, even after the installation via the soundvision software, which of course would not have been possible with a conventional line array.

This ability enabled us to be even more precise with the coverage even after the installation.”

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The concerts also provided UAV the opportunity to use their recently acquired Avid DIGI Design venue profile which was used for both the FOH and Monitor console. “The system was fantastic with the Preamps of the Avid consoles,” added a delighted Ruben.

The concerts were well received by the audience, with the promoter, Lauretta Alabons of LAMC productions adding, “‘Clarity of the K2 system was really remarkable.” A truly satisfied customer which reiterates UAV’s commitment to the K2s and the Venue console. www.uav.com.sg

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AUSTRALIA

Queen Victoria Turns Purple For International Women’s Day

Cunard’s spectacular Queen Victoria liner helped kick off International Women’s Day activity around the globe by turning purple in Sydney.

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earing a 60-metre long banner on her hull sporting this year’s campaign message, Queen Victoria took on a purple hue as dusk fell in the city, reflecting the internationally recognised colour for

women’s rights.

Lasting until midnight, the illumination was a striking tribute to International Women’s Day, which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women.

The event was managed by Event Emporium with lighting designed by Ziggy Ziegler and operated by Ben Ronczka. Chameleon Touring Systems supplied 31 x Martin MAC Quantums, 16 x Clay Paky Mythos and 2 x MA Lighting grandMA2 light consoles. The ship was lit from both sides as well as from the bow. Ziggy required a punchy light that could reach the distance from the Sydney Opera House across the water to the port side of the ship.

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“The Clay Paky Mythos was perfect for the long throw plus they were bright enough as we were not only lighting the ship from quite a distance, we were lighting it in purple, one of the darkest colours you can use,” explained Ziggy.

“A whole row of Mythos gave us the punch we needed. We worked with Cunard’s photographer who wanted to take photos of the ship as the sun was going down and the purple needed to change slightly over that time to make his photos work. So we needed a bright fixture with a narrow beam and colour mixing – Mythos was ideal. Also, they’re quick to set up and are not a big unit, we just popped them on the roadcases and off we went!”

The starboard side of the ship was lit at a close distance from the Overseas Passenger Terminal so a light with a fairly wide angle that drew little power was required. Ziggy had come across the Martin MAC Quantums at Sydney Town Hall and had found that he could light the entire Town Hall from their 14 metre trim with just four Quantums. He knew they would be ideal for this project.

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“The MAC Quantums are very bright and cover a large area as their zoom is quite wide,” he said. “Plus they’re low powered and also emit little heat which was important as there was public in the area. They also do a good purple.

They’re very impressive and tiny compared to their output.”

A total of 24 x MAC Quantums lit the starboard side of the ship whilst a further ten Quantums were situated on the bow of the ship uplighting the front of the ship.

Control was by two grandMA2 lights; one for the Mythos and one for the Quantums with added Wireless DMX to control the Quantums on the ship.

International Women’s Day was celebrated on 8th March around the globe.

Photo Credit: James Morgan www.showtech.com.au

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HONG KONG

Hong Kong’s Ko Shan Theatre Upgrades Meyer Sound System To MINA

MINA’s compact size, self-power and incredible audio quality seal the deal

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he Ko Shan Theatre in Hong Kong, China has installed MINA™ line array loudspeakers to upgrade its long-standing Meyer Sound system. Used to discreetly support a schedule of Cantonese opera

productions, the compact MINA system was chosen for the 1,031-seat theatre due to its low profile, as it was important to theatre management that the system had zero visibility.

“The MINA system has been more than just a technology upgrade—it has truly transformed our entire audio operation and system workflow,” said Yeung Tsz Yung, the theatre’s resident deputy technical manager. “We are very impressed, and truly appreciate the support Meyer Sound provided before, during, and after the installation.”

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Aesthetics proved to be one of the project’s most significant challenges. “The MINA arrays are hung within cave-like concrete compartments, and concealed behind black mesh cloth—the same fabric that Meyer Sound uses on its cinema surround loudspeakers,” explained Brian Chow of Audio Dynamic, Meyer Sound’s Hong Kong dealer. “The compartments are small, narrow, and an odd, asymmetrical shape. The arrays are small enough to fit, and yet they still provide enough power to compete with the exceptionally loud Cantonese opera percussion.”

The MINA system replaces a system of CQ Series loudspeakers. “The previous Meyer Sound system sounded very good, so we were confident that the new system would meet our expectations,” said Chow. “Now with MINA, we have incredible accuracy, definition, and headroom—it has totally changed our way of mixing. We are constantly discovering new ways to improve the audio in our shows.”

Chow points to the new system’s self-powered design as another benefit.

“With the building’s new construction, we were left with very little space, and very tight spaces to run conduit for speaker cables,” he says. “Because MINA

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is self-powered, it enabled us to save space and not have to worry about an amplifier rack and cabling.”

The LCR configuration comprises hidden left and right arrays of six MINA loudspeakers each, a center array of eight M1D line array loudspeakers, and two 700-HP subwoofers concealed in the ceiling rigging. Six MM-4XP selfpowered loudspeakers provide front fill, and three UPA-1P loudspeakers cover the balcony. A Galileo® Callisto™ loudspeaker management system with two Galileo Callisto 616 array processors provides drive and alignment.

The Ko Shan Theatre opened in 1983 as a 3,000-seat, semi-open-air venue.

After several years of struggling with weather and noise issues, the theatre was completely redesigned, reopening in 1996 as an indoor venue. www.meyersound.com

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GLD-112 Installed In Unique Chinese Theatre Venue

The GLD-112 highly efficient processing capability with low distortion and latency ensures system reliability

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llen & Heath’s GLD-112 digital mixer has been installed in the new Wanhe Grand Theatre, the first of its kind ever built inside a big shopping mall in China.

Situated in the Wanhe Shopping Mall in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, the venue covers an area of 1500m² and can accommodate approximately 500 people with state-of-the-art multi-functional facilities that can manage a host of events from concerts and art performances to corporate presentations and lectures. The design brief was to provide audiences with an immersive experience based on advanced AV technology with multi-media digital FX, and an aesthetically discreet audio system with a small footprint and great sound quality.

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The system selected comprised Allen & Heath’s GLD-112 digital mixer, which is installed in the audio control room along with two AR0804 IO Audio Racks, and an AR2412 IO Rack is installed in the equipment room to receive any additional sources from the stage. The mixer and racks are connected via CAT 5 cable to minimise wiring.

“GLD is a fantastic system for this multi-function theatre. Not only does it have highly efficient processing capability with low distortion and latency to ensure system reliability but it also features a high quality, varied FX library, which can really enrich the audience’s listening experience,” explains Lian Xuejun, Technical Manager at EZpro, Allen & Heath’s distributor in China.

The GLD system is accompanied by EAW KF line array, Powersoft M series amplifiers and High End Systems SHAPESHIFTER. Since it opened, the Wanhe Grand Theatre has hosted a variety of events including the Shanxi Qingqu Community conference and a production of Cinderella.

Mr. Chen, Technical Manager at Wanhe Grand Theatre, concluded, “The entire system brings us natural and unforgettable artistic enjoyment. The application of new technology makes system management and control more accurate and easy-to-go.” www.allen-heath.com

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CHINA

APG Speakers Play Their Part At Belvedere

Club features the first APG UNILINE installation in Thailand

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aking over an existing club in Phuket, Thailand, the new owners gave the space a new lease of life with renovations and by re-branding the club as Belvedere Luxury Club. The Belvedere is essentially one

huge room that features the first floor and a balcony VIP area. Local and International DJs keep the club pumped up every day of the week.

Ensuring patrons have a great time at the club are the APG systems. The Front of House systems feature 3 units of APG UL210 line-array speakers with one unit of UL210D down-fill speaker placed per side, on the left and right, complemented with 4 units of APG TB218S high power very low frequency speakers that help ensure the audio coverage to the major part of the Dance area and the wings of the Balcony area. 2 units of MX4 play the monitor role for the DJs.

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The first floor also features 4 units of MX1 under the Balcony for coverage whereas the Balcony features another 4 units of MX1 at the VIP and Bar area with 2 units of MX4 and SB115 for delay. Digital Signal Processing is handled by 2 units of DMS48.

APG SEA helped to ensure that the systems exceeded expectations of the owners. Imran Hariht, Sales Director of APG SEA commented, “We had the inhouse operational team as well as the shareholders involved in the fine-tuning session and everyone was happy when the system was handed over.” Imran also provided training for the local technical support person hired by the club.

The Installed system is impressive, comparing the amount of cabinet vs the SPL that it can deliver through the whole of the listening area of the club. The Main FOH which deployed APG UNILINE plays an important role contributing the main sound energy for the venue.

The APG UNILINE UL210 and UL210D main “line array” element is designed for medium to long-range sound reinforcement applications requiring high power, maximum clarity and exceptional pattern control. Its loaded with APG’s very own ISOTOP which employs an active annular horn and iso-phase technology to achieve acoustic impedance adaptation and performance comparable to traditional compression drivers, but with greatly increased bandwidth and power handling.

Sebastian Song, Managing Director of APG SEA, highlighted, “We are very excited with the opportunity this project brought for us. This is the first 100% APG system installation along the famed Bangla Road stretch within Patong, Phuket.

Nutthanapat Prakesong (Ms Kwan) of Belvedere reaction to the sound system highlights a very satisfied customer, “Sound system is fantastic! APG provided us very good support, with fast response and sound expertise.” www.apg.audio/en

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With Owner Manja Of MJ Event For Anugerah Juara Lagu 30

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he long awaited Anugerah Juara Lagu 30 (AJL30) held their award winning event on 24th January 2016 at Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam.

AJL is an annual music competition event in Malaysia, organized by

TV3 since 1986. Performances from Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, Yasin Sulaiman, Datuk Jamal Abdillah, Black, Jaclyn Victor and many more sparked up the stadium. The vibrant atmosphere was enhanced further as the crowd cheered for Akim Ahmad and his band “Akim and the Majistret”. Winners of AJL30, the band song “Potret” led them to the RM50,000 grand prize. A further RM12,000 was given to the band as they also won the best performance award that night. It was definitely a spectacular night for Akim Ahmad and his band bagging two awards. Coming in second, Faizal Tahir took the RM35,000 with his song “Assalamualaikum” while Caliph Buskers took the third place with the song “Hanya Namamu”.

Apart from the amazing performance displayed by the artistes, we were smitten by the lighting display. The swirls and beams of the lighting fixtures were a spectacular performance in itself. With a total of at least 190 lighting fixture installed throughout the Stadium, we were able to witness these

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lights performing in unison. The Lighting engineer professionally coordinated these lights to blend in harmoniously with one another.

Most prominent and notable lighting fixtures were the Clay Paky’s lighting fixtures series.

We were able to spot 70 Sharpy installed around the stage and bleachers. Furthermore, a total of 20 Clay Paky B-eye K20, 22 Alpha Wash 1500 and 10 Alpha Spot HPE 1500 were used throughout the event. These lighting were able to perform their colour transition smoothly. Aside from the lights, The Sennheiser’s SKM2000 were used as one of the main microphone.

In such a huge event, sound consoles must have at least 200 channels for the sound engineers to monitor and Solid State Logic (SSL) was one of the brands that had the capabilities of monitoring 200 channels and more.

Colourful illuminated pads were the first thing that caught our eyes of the SSL Live Consoles. A total of three SSL Live Consoles were spotted that night. Peter, a freelance sound engineer, took control of the SSL 500 Plus Live Console for the Front of House while Jim and a TV3 sound engineer, Zundun, took the SSL 300 and 500 Live Console for monitor respectively. We were able to examine these consoles up close and personal as we watched each sound engineer operate the console with ease. Jim who used the SSL 300 for monitor, claimed that the sound console was really convenient and great to use. “It’s a great console. Even though it was a little complicated when I first used it during the rehearsal, I was able to adjust myself as I spent time tweaking and operating the console. It takes time to be familiar with it, but once you are familiar with it, everything will go accordingly. One of the features that I enjoyed was reverbs. I have not tried most of the preset, but I do enjoy using the reverbs and its preamps are fantastic. Other features that I find convenient are the display panels. I am able to do pinching and even control the levels through the monitor screen. I think it is a powerful console

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and capable of handling these kind of events,” commented Jim. “For someone like me who enjoyed using analog consoles or older console, it was a huge change when I tried the SSL. There were so many faders and functions that I needed to learn and understand. However, the SSL 500 could definitely get its job done,” commented Peter.

Through the hustle and bustle in Stadium Malawati, we were honoured to meet and greet the man behind MJ Event Management. MJ Event Management was appointed as one of the vendors for Anugerah Juara Lagu’s Acoustic and Lighting equipment. Manja having such a friendly personality and approachable presence gave us a firm handshake as we took time to get to know him and his company better.

How did it all begin?

MJ Event started off as an event consultant company. I myself hosted corporate functions and concerts. As time went by, I felt that the company needed to grow and expand. I decided to venture deeper into the event industry. I began developing system and functions for the company structure, putting myself out there in the market getting as much

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projects as I could. It was around 2003, I had the opportunity to work with our local television station, NTV7. Media Prima’s NTV7 offered us a job with their program “Rock Unite” which aired live every week. That was the turning point for MJ Event Management. My company believes in providing quality services and product. Through this job,

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we have been recognized for providing great services and I like to keep that throughout the years of service.

What happened next?

They say opportunity does not come twice. I took that advice and I began exploring many acoustic and lighting equipment. Being in the event industry and working with broadcast company, I knew I needed to be on par with the latest audio visual technology. In order to sell my company services, I needed to provide services that are consistent and effective. As my company juggled between ad hoc events such as annual dinner, product launching and carnivals, we encountered many difficulties, during that era as there was a sudden increase in event companies. Everyone wanted to be an event manager and competition was real. Through perseverance and determination, I took the opportunity to see areas of my company that can be developed and improved. Around 2007, I started to focus on audio and lighting and continued to progress along with Media Prima. My company had the chance to work on Carnival Jom Heboh 2010. As I continued investing in my company’s inventory with better audio and lighting equipment, I got the opportunity to work on one of Astro’s program, Dakwah Pencetus Ummah Season 1 and Season 2.That itself was an achievement for me to step foot into Astro programs. We were also given the opportunity to work on Super Spontan which received at least 5,000 audience in their finals in Melaka.

Please elaborate on some significant events you have done over the years in the event industry?

Maharaja Lawak Mega 2015, was significant to me because it was one of my company events that fully used RCF speakers. The TT55 and TT33 series were superb because it was able to throw the sound throughout the venue.

I was stunned, impressed and realized how powerful RCF speakers were. We used Sennheiser SKM500 and Sennheiser MI products as I felt they were able to work together with the speakers. It was the right decision as the clients were impressed with our work. What makes this event even more significant was that we got awarded to work on Maharaja Lawak Mega 2016. Festival

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Anugerah Juara Lagu that was held in Dataran 1 Malaysia, Pantai Klebang, Melaka was definitely another significant event for me. A stunning audience of 20,000 watched the event. In that event, my company used RCF TT series again with SSL as the sound consoles. The outcome was superb, with the SSL Live Console 500 Plus as the FOH and SSL Live Console 300 for monitor.

The sound reproduced by the speaker were able to cancel the noise from the waves and winds. I was standing around 300m away from the source and was able to feel the vibration and there wasn’t any cancellation.

What are your comments on Anugerah Juara Lagu 30?

The minimum requirement for AJL30 sound monitor console should be at least 200 channels with 5.1 surround sound capabilities. One thing came into my mind was the SSL Live Console. They were capable of providing these features. That is why I suggested to use

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the SSL in AJL30. Additionally, I wanted to test how the SSL will perform in this event. After today, I wasn’t disappointed at the outcome.

There is something I would like to mention as well. Our client gave us a time frame for us to handover, which was on the 21st January 2016, and we manage to handover 2 days before the dateline. One tagline or motto that I always use is “Preparation before Operation”.

A successful event always comes down to a proper preparation. There is no hassle or problem if you have the preparation. Of course, there will always be some unforeseen circumstances, but if you are prepared, there is always a solution. When I was given the time frame, I had planned precisely the timing for installation of truss, speakers and lightings. Additionally, each division or team has their own system engineer where they will give instruction to their crew. I am glad and thankful to MJ crew member for being able to work in such a tight timeline. Along with various speakers, one would notice the RCF TT series we used for the event. There were 1 RCT TT series tower on both side of the stage. As for the lightings we mainly used Clay Paky lights coupled with other lighting brands such as PR Lighting. We used a total of 40 LED Wash, PR-8120 for the event. I shared my idea on the lighting installation with the lighting engineers and they were satisfied with it. The Clay Paky Sharpy, Alpha Wash 1500, Alpha Spot HPE 1500 and B-eye k20 were astounding, the client loved it and enjoyed the lighting show as we tested. As for the main

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microphone, the Sennheiser SKM 2000 provided by the client was used.

Although some artistes and talents brought their own, most were using the Sennheisers.

“I’d like to give my thanks to Acoustic & Lighting System for always supporting me. Mr. Yeo and Mr. Alexander have always been pushing, encouraging and supplying me with great equipment. My plans for my company would be to continue to share my experiences with others. I don’t aim to be a champion, but to share our event experience with others. We will continue to provide quality services and product to our client,” commented Manja. www.mjevent.com.my

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EVENTS LISTING 2016 Apr 05 – 08

Prolight + Sound Frankfurt 2016

May 26 – 29

LED Expo Thailand Venue: Hall 5-8, IMPACT Exhibition

Venue: Frankfurt am Main

and Convention Center, Bangkok,

Site: pls.messefrankfurt.com/

Thailand

frankfurt/en/aussteller/willkommen.

Site: www.ledexpothailand.com

html?nc

Apr 13 – 15

May 26 – 28

PALM Expo India 2016

InfoComm China (IFC) 2016

Venue: Bombay Exhibition Center,

Venue: China National Convention

Goregaon East, Mumbai, India

Center (CNCC)

Site: www.palmexpo.in

Site: www.infocomm-china.com/en/

Apr 18 – 21

May 31 – Jun 03

NAB Show 2016

BroadcastAsia/ CommunicAsia 2016

Venue: Las Vegas Convention

Venue: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Center, NV, USA

Site: www.broadcast-asia.com

Site: www.nabshow.com

www.communicasia.com

Apr 19 – 21

Jun 08 – 10

Secutech Expo 2016 Venue: Taipei World Trade Centre,

InfoComm International 2016

Nangang District

Venue: Las Vega Convention Center,

Site: www.secutech.com

Las Vegas, NV, USA

May 24 – 27 KOBA 2016

Site: www.infocommshow.org

Jun 23 – 25

Venue: COEX (Convention &

Summer NAMM 2016

Exhibition Center), Hall A, C, D (524,

Venue: Nashville, TN

Bongeunsa-ro, Hall Gangnam-gu,

Site: www.namm.org/summer/2016

Seoul, Korea) Site: www.kobashow.com/eng/ about/info.asp

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Jun 30 – Jul 02

Sep 01 – 04

Indian DJ Expo

PALM Expo 2016

Venue: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

Venue: China International

Site: www.indiandjexpo.in

Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China

July 20 – 21

ProAVL Asia 2016 / Toursim Technology Asia 2016

Site: www.palmexpo.net

Sep 12 – 14

InfoComm India Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre,

Venue: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Mumbai, India

Site: www.proavlasia.com

Site: www.infocomm-india.com

Aug 04 – 06

Oct 26 - 29

AudioVisual Integration Expo New Delhi 2016

Prolight + Sound Shanghai 2016

Venue: Hall 7ABC and 7FGH, Pragati

Venue: Shanghai New International

Maidan, New Delhi, India

Expo Centre, Shanghai China

Site: www.aviiexpo.in

Site: www.prolightsound-shanghai.

Aug 23 – 25 Integrate 2016

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Oct 31 – Nov 02

Olympic Park

Prolight + Sound Middle East

Site: integrate-expo.com

Venue: Dubai International

Venue: Sydney Showground, Sydney

Aug 31 – Sept 03

Broadcast Indonesia/ Communic Indonesia 2016 Venue: Jakarta International Expo Site: www.broadcast-indonesia.com

Convention & Exhibition Centre, Dubai Site: www.prolightsoundme.com