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UK - After considering all the possible contenders, sound engineer Roger Lindsay decided the Midas XL8 console was the appropriate front-of-house mixing console to address and match the complex demands of the recent sell-out arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.

With a 10-piece live band and over 40 vocalists, all individually mic'd, Lindsay required a console that not only offered a high channel count but also gave him maximum direct control of parameters at console surface level.

The complex musical direction and dynamic pace presented a real challenge, even for a seasoned live engineer like Lindsay. "From start to finish there's no time to relax with so much going on. The way a Lloyd-Webber rock musical works in an arena environment is very different to a conventi

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USA - A Jands Vista L5 console was chosen by Chicago based lighting designer, Robb Jibson of So, Midwest Inc. to control lighting and media for multi-platinum selling rockers, Incubus. Sharing the headline of the North American 2012 Honda Civic Tour were Grammy award winning rap-rock outfit, Linkin Park.

Jibson was first introduced to the Jands Vista platform earlier in the year when he was supplied a Vista L5 on the Australian leg of Incubus tour. Although initially cautious, he was immediately impressed by Jands' flagship console with its powerful Vista v2 software, and after

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South Africa - Philips Selecon's SPX Zoomspot Profiles have made a splash on the catwalk for Africa Fashion International (AFI) Fashion Week.

Johannesburg-based Dream Sets provided the technical direction and lighting equipment, which included a large contingent of Selecon SPX Zoomspot luminaires. Lighting designer Mauritz Jacobs specified the luminaires because of the accuracy with which they control light distribution, the well-defined beam and because there is never any unwanted light spill.

"In the last three months I have done several fashion events - SA Fashion Week at th

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UK - Tascam has introduced the DP-32 - a 32-track digital Portastudio with solid-state recording, a colour LCD display and channel strip controls to make recordings simple and easy so that the user can remain creative.

Designed for either individuals or bands, up to eight tracks can be recorded at a time through its combination XLR andquarter-inch combo jacks on a standard SD/SDHC memory card. Input processing like compression and limiting, an internal send effect with reverb, delay and chorus, guitar amp simulation and multi-effects for use with the instrument-level input as well as

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UK - NL Productions has just come off site at the 2012 Enchanted Forest in Faskally Wood, Pitlochry, after providing the technical installation and support for the event for the third year running.

The annual event, which has just completed its tenth year, attracts tens of thousands of visitors and consistently beats its own box office record year on year. NL Productions - the events arm of leading installer Northern Light - provided the full technical installation of temporary sound and lighting equipment in the forest to meet the event design created by Simon Wilkinson (lighting) an

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