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Yamaha highlights flexibility at ProLight+Sound 2013

Yamaha and Steinberg's flagship Nuage audio post-production system will be on demonstration

Details: 14 March 2016

Germany - A year on from the launch of Yamaha's hugely successful CL series of digital mixing consoles, the flexibility of the system's Dante networking will be a key focus of the company's presence at ProLight+Sound 2013.

Exhibiting on Stand F50, Hall 8.0, the advantages of Yamaha digital solutions will be amply shown by the majority of products being integrated in a live Dante network.

The CL5, CL3, CL1 consoles will be on display with the expanding range of i/o options, including the Rio3224-D, Rio1608-D, Ri8-D and Ro8-D. Yamaha M7CLs and LS9s will be included on the network, showing the seamless integration provided by the DANTE-MY16-AUD interface card, as well as Yamaha's industry-leading power amplifiers and the DSR, DXR and DXS series loudspeakers.

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The patented technology is already available in the new generation, G4, of wireless devices provided by Interlite

Wireless Solution granted technical patent

Details: 14 March 2016

Sweden / USA - Wireless Solution Sweden AB, manufacturer of the W-DMX wireless DMX technology, reports that it has been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to Interlite AB (mother company and patent owner) an invention patent in regards to their new technology for wireless communicating using adaptive frequency hopping (US 8,340,157).

In accordance with the granted patent, it is possible to in a more precise way handle an adaptive wireless environment including a plurality of wireless devices competing for the available bandwidth. Accordingly, this new technology makes it possible to increase the reliability of wireless transmission and control of wireless devices for example used in relation to the entertainment, architectural, commercial, industrial, street and/or event industry.

What this patent means is that W-DMX can now protect this technolog

The Money Drop is now being broadcast on African Magic Entertainment under DSTV Africa

Robe and Anolis light the Money Drop

Details: 14 March 2016

Nigeria - The Money Drop (Nigeria) is a new version of Endemol's high-tension TV games show and the first such series to be aired on the African continent.

It was recorded in Kew Studios in Johannesburg with lighting supplied by leading SA rental company, Blond Productions.

Robe moving lights - including new Robin LEDBeam 100s, MMX Spots and 600E Beams plus ColorSpot 250E ATs, ColorSpot 700E ATs and 575 XT Scans - were used extensively. The fixtures were a major element of an impressive lighting design by Peter Reick, while Anolis ArcLink optic 4 LED strips were used to illuminate key parts of the set.

Centurion based Blond Productions was involved right from the outset through their close working relationship with Endemol South Africa.

They came up with a staging concept and supplied the full technical production as well as production management and co-ordination,

Rita Ora's first full production tour of the UK

XL Video is hot with Rita Ora

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - XL Video UK supplied LED screens, projection system and Catalyst media server control for Rita Ora's first full production tour of the UK promoting her debut Ora album.

The tour's video treatment was designed by Ora's creative producers Bronski (also production manager and FOH sound engineer) and Amber Rimell (also stage director) in close conjunction with lighting designer Andy Iliffe.

It's based around creating big epic looks, lots of movement and interest, as well as working with a series of props to produce a constantly changing visual environment.

Ora supported Coldplay last summer and Bronski was impressed with the service they received from XL's crew on this, so he approached XL project managers Jo Beirne and Macca (Paul McCauley) to help devise a suitable package for the tour.

Pixled's FX-11 indoor / outdoor product was selected - 60 tiles for the main

Manilow back on Broadway with grandMA

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Multi Grammy Award-winner Barry Manilow returns to Broadway for the first time in more than two decades and this time he's accompanied by grandMA2 consoles. Bandit Lites supplied the grandMA2 ultra-light consoles to the St. James Theatre for the entertainer's limited-run engagement featuring a catalogue of his hits.

Production designer Seth Jackson began using grandMA2 consoles during the programming process. "We did a lot of the programming while the band was on the road, then we had a lot of stuff to re-program and no window to do it all at once," he recalls. "So we did most of the programming with a MA onPC command wing in California during rehearsals. Then we took the MA onPC command wing to New York to do a lot of ESP programming. It was a massive amount of work, and with the MA onPC command wing, it was like having a real grandMA2."

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