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South Africa - Mediatech Africa boasted over 6,700 visitors at its previous show, making it Africa's largest advanced technology trade exhibition. The biannual hub takes place at the Coca-Cola dome in Northgate, Johannesburg, from 20 July to 22 July 2011.

"These sectors have already seen fundamental shifts in recent years and the future is likely to hold additional challenges", says Simon Robinson, Mediatech Africa exhibition director. "That is why it is critical for serious industry players to remain abreast of change. Mediatech Africa enables them to do so, providing a centralised point to view and experience the latest products and technologies."

Following the success of previous years, the biennial trade

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South Africa - Robe's South African distributor, Johannesburg based DWR, supplied the first batch of Robe Robin LEDWash 600 fixtures in the country to the South African State Theatre in Pretoria.

The 16 initial LEDWash 600 fixtures were specified by the venue's head of lighting Simon King, following an in-depth demo from DWR's Duncan Riley.

King remarks, "Apart from all the practical advantages, in creative terms, the new fixtures open up numerous possibilities. The brightness and the (15 - 60 degree) zoom are amazing."

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South Africa - The Durban World Music Festival (aka Rock Da Beach), was held over the 27 March and the 2nd and 3rd April at New Beach on the Beachfront - the old FIFA Fan park site. Black Coffee owner Brandon Bunyan along with Llewellyn Pieters, operations manager were asked by Kingston Sound to provide the lighting for the Main Stage of the festival.

During the event, the Black Coffee crew were given the day off and Brandon stepped in as the followspot operator ("for old times' sake"), while Llewellyn did the lighting design and operation of The Legends Concert, part of the

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Germany - At Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt, Midiator will present a preview of the upcoming V2.0 of the VisionOS, the core of the Vision Pro console. This new version will incorporate many new features developed in close collaboration with end-users and will be a major upgrade of the software as introduced at last year's PLASA show. The 2.0 features give users the option to create complex shows ranging from live 'busking' widget interfaces to a complete programmed timeline show, in which the focus remains on the Awarded gesture-based interface environment.

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Germany - ProLight+Sound 2011 sees Yamaha Commercial Audio launch a new version of its uccessful StageMix iPad app, alongside further new software, the usual wide range of hardware products and a new Facebook page.

A highlight will be the launch of the LS9 version of the StageMix iPad app. Since its launch in September last year, the M7CL version of StageMix has been "a huge success" and producing an LS9-compatible version has been a priority for Yamaha's software development team.

Using the iPad's built-in WiFi (802.11 a/b/g/n) functionality, StageMix directly controls th

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