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Romano M. Cunsolo joins APart Audio

Romano M. Cunsolo (left) and Kris Vermuyten on the APart booth on Pro Light + Sound 2011

Details: 14 March 2016

Belgium - APart Audio has appointed Romano M. Cunsolo as their new account manager export for Central Europe.

Cunsolo has worked in the professional Audio industry since 1984 and brings a wide range of experience in acoustics and electronics. During his career he worked as sales, marketing and product manager for Dynacord and Electro Voice. After eight years as a regional manager for central and Eastern Europe at Biamp Systems he now joins APart as from 1 May 2011.

"I am very happy to start at APart Audio, a young and very dedicated team of people, who want to make a difference in the audio Industry," says Cunsolo. "I am sure that my long experience in the installed audio market will help APart to grow to an even more important player in this industry, with respec

Luxeon A introduced this week by Philips Lumileds

Philips Lumileds Introduces Luxeon A

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Luxeon A, introduced this week is the latest illumination grade LED from Philips Lumileds that reduces the engineering effort required for new solutions and delivers Freedom From Binning. Luxeon A shares the Luxeon Rebel ES platform and footprint and incorporates a 2sq.mm thin film flip chip and Lumiramic phosphor technology to deliver the highest quality of light at 2700K and 3000K with very high efficacy and light output, says the company.

All Luxeon A LEDs are hot-tested and specified at a junction temperature of 85°C that represents real-world operating conditions. Lumileds' unique chip and phosphor technology allows colour targeting that ensures all

Luxeon A emitters fall within a single three-step MacAdam ellipse on the black body curve. The quality, uniformity, and consistency of the light from LED to LED relieves luminaire manufacturers and lighting designers

The 1000th Robe ROBIN 600 LEDWash being delivered : L-R Duncan Riley (MD, DWR Distribution), Harry von den Stemmen (sales director, Robe lighting), Mark Gaylard (MD, MGG Productions), Josef Valchar (MD, Robe lighting)

Robe Robins sales success continues

Details: 14 March 2016

Czech Republic - Robe's Robin 600 LEDWash is officially the 'fastest selling' product for the Czech Republic based moving light manufacturer since 1999.

Production started at the end of 2010 and the 2000th LEDWash 600 has just been delivered to French distributor Axente, with over 1500 on order. Special arrangements have been made at the factory in Valasske Mezirici to ramp up production and keep pace with the demand.

Around the world, so far Robe's Top 8 LEDWash 600 selling territories and distributors are Germany, France, Australia, UK, Russia, Switzerland, Italy and South Africa.

Sales were further boosted by a buoyant and positive Prolight+Sound 2011 exhibition in Frankfurt, proving to be Robe's "best ever" trade show in terms of actual confirmed orders taken during the four- day event.

Meantime, the 1000th Robe LEDWash 600 fixture reached its destination in

XL The Script's Science & Faith world tour

XL Video gets the Script right

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - XL Video supplied video production and crew for the just completed UK arena leg of The Script's Science & Faith world tour, which was the biggest production to date for the Irish rockers whose very distinctive sound and superlative live performances have built up a massive following.

Paul 'Eggy' Eggerton is the band's video director, working closely with engineer Wolfgang 'Wolfie' Schramm. They came onboard and helped the creative team after being recommended by co-lighting designer Jamie Thompson with whom they had worked on the Biffy Clyro tour. Their brief from the off on the camera mix was to be experimental and give it an edge, a vibe and make it something different from a standard IMAG show.

XL Video's director Des Fallon comments, "The Script are one of the most exciting young bands of the moment, their music is inventive and refreshing, and we're pleas

John Delf, owner of the new VeniceF, FOH with Eliza Doolittle

Eliza Doolittle on tour with 'digilogue' desk

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Midas' new analogue console with FireWire interface, the 'digilogue' VeniceF, has completed its first-ever tour with Eliza Doolittle, whose FOH engineer John Delf, purchased one of the first off the UK production line for his own use.

Delf encountered the VeniceF during a PRO6 training day at Midas. "I saw a prototype that wasn't even assembled, and when I heard about what you could do with the built in 32x32 FireWire interface I was blown away and started thinking about all the different applications I could use it for," he says. "I decided to buy one there and then, without having heard or played with it as I was confident it would have that Midas sound. I tour with lots of different bands, plus I wanted a desk for my own studio, and I'd always wanted to own a Midas desk, so this seemed the perfect solution."

He continues, "It feels more like a

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