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UK - A.C. Special Projects were approached by London's Southbank Centre to specify and supply a high power outdoor gobo projector to provide a visually impactful logo above the entrance to the Hayward Gallery's trendy Concrete cafe and late night bar, which takes its name from the building's striking 1960s architecture.

Based on the available throw distance to achieve a 6m wide projection of the logo, the company specified a Griven GoboStorm IP65 rated outdoor gobo projector with a powerful 575W metal halide lamp and high precision zoom optics to achieve the required image size, brightness level and clarity.

A.C. Special Projects were also contracted to specify and supply outdoor LED lighting to highlight an area under a railway bridge leading from the Royal Festival Hall to a r

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UK - The latest additions to Shure's renowned Beta range of microphones have now arrived in the UK. The new models include the Beta 181, a side-address condenser mic with a unique 'lollipop' design and interchangeable heads; the Beta 98AMP/C, a miniature cardioid drum mic with integrated preamp, and the Beta 91A, a boundary mic which Shure says is "heavily influenced in sound reproduction by the legendary SM91".

Having recently used a Beta 181 prototype, prominent FOH engineer Roger Lindsay commented: "In many applications where a large diaphragm side-address condenser might be a desirable, but impractical choice for live music, the Beta 181 offers a fresh solution. A full, rich, well-defined sound in a microphone that goes where many others can't. Impeccable performance in a neat versatile package."

The Beta 181 with its characteristic lollipop-design is s

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USA - Denon DJ recently launched the new DN-MC6000 Mixer and MIDI Controller with a special event at SKY Ultra Lounge in Oak Brook, Illinois. The launch, held on 1 December, was open to the public and attendees included DJs, leading music industry journalists and personnel from Denon DJ.

The evening featured live performances by Chicagoland-based B96-FM's DJ Flipside and Public Enemy's DJ Johnny Juice, both using the DN-S3700 featuring Hybrid Mode, in addition to live musicians performing music from the Halo video game franchise. Throughout the night, attendees were encouraged to take a test-drive of the DN-MC6000.

The three-hour event was streamed live online, and viewers from around the globe were able to chat in real-time with each other, as well as with on-site Denon DJ personnel. Denon DJ and B96 also offered product giveaways, both online and in person, and Denon DJ nati

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The Netherlands - Visual Productions has released a tool for creating personality files for use within Cuelux. This tool - the 'Builder' - is available for Mac OS and Windows and is free for download from the company's website: www.visualproductions.nl/downloads.html

The company says the Builder offers a friendly GUI (Graphical User Interface) for creating and editing personality files. Users can amend existing fixtures or start building their own fixtures from scratch. The personality files (sometimes referred to as 'profiles') are visualised by a coloured diagram to indicate good data and to highlight typical mistakes when inputting the fixture's DMX table, such as overlapping channels and values. Personality files created with the Builder can be used directly by Cuelux; the Builder also features an upload function to send the newly created file to Visual Productions' server t

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UK - St Paul's Church in the Hertfordshire town of St Albans is one of the largest in the county, accommodating over 1000 people at capacity. The church's traditional design has been successfully modernised in terms of its comfortable interior furnishings and its technology, having recently been equipped with an all-new Electro-Voice sound system for its worship services and concerts.

Having supplied an extensive multimedia system in 2008, installation company Creative Digital Solutions was commissioned to design and fit a new multi-speaker live system, integrating it with the original AV equipment.

The system design drew on the different characteristics of several EV products, notably the Vertical Beam Shaping of the Xi2123A/106F which is appropriate for the flown central speaker.

CDS used an extensive EASE model of the Church's interior to determine that an Xi2123A/106F sh

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