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First Robe LEDWashes in South Africa

Opera Africa's Carmen at The South African State Theatre (photo: Duncan Riley)

Details: 14 March 2016

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."

The South African State Theatre works all year round as a busy producing and receiving house staging a wide range of shows, from comedy and live music to drama, opera and dance productions. The LEDWashes are in the main auditorium lighting rig.

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Black Coffee light Durban World Music Festival

Details: 14 March 2016

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

VisionOS is at the core of the Vision Pro console

Midiator previews Vision Pro software update

Details: 14 March 2016

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.

The preview of this new versio

The LS9 version of the StageMix iPad app

Yamaha launches StageMIx for the LS9

Details: 14 March 2016

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

High End Systems gears up for Frankfurt

Details: 14 March 2016

Germany - High End Systems, a Barco company, will be showcasing a broad spectrum of product offerings at the 2011 ProLight + Sound expo. This year's event will serve as the launch pad for several new lighting products and upgraded solutions designed to enhance live events with creative lighting solutions, says the company.

High End Systems previewed the intellaspot automated luminaire at last year's show, and will further demonstrate the now-established fixture in full force. Debuting at the expo is the 'indigo highlighter' feature. Exclusive to the intellaspot, the indigo highlighter

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