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By Design Day, April 24 – it’s not to late to join in!

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By Design Day 2010, which is set to raise money for Light Relief in the UK and Behind the Scenes in the States, is nearly here. To date over 30 of the industry’s top designers have pledged a day’s royalties to the two charities and their shows are a real indication of the global aspect of our industry. Although the majority are UK or US specific, several are international – in fact we’re receiving … [Read more...]

ETC to showcase Element and Selador Series at PLASA Focus Leeds

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ETC will be demonstrating its range of control desks and LED fixtures at the PLASA Focus show in Leeds later this month. Featuring the patented x7 Colour System, the five different Selador LED models produce a light and colour quality that conventional LED systems cannot duplicate. This unique system produces bright broad-spectrum whites and intense colours equally well, rendering pigments and … [Read more...]

The future of Channel 69 – what you need to know

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By now you have probably heard that in 2012 Ofcom will be clearing out the 800Mhz frequency band which includes Channel 69. If you own any radio microphones or other RF equipment such as IEMs (In Ear Monitors) that operate within this spectrum you will be effected by this and you can't ignore it. The entertainment industry fought long and hard against these changes, but Ofcom have made the … [Read more...]

SpeakerDraft is now available for download on the iTune app store

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Faber Acoustical have announced SpeakerDraft, a new loudspeaker modelling app for iPad. SpeakerDraft is designed to make it easy and fun to visually optimize the bass response of a simple loudspeaker design, such as a subwoofer. SpeakerDraft takes advantage of the iPad's large screen to plot the speaker's bass response, which updates in real time as the user drags virtual slider controls … [Read more...]

5 Star at PLASA Focus

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5 Star Cases will be exhibiting at the PLASA Focus exhibition in Leeds, UK on 27th & 28th April for the second year. Their latest new product is a portable lectern system, which comes compete with integral Heavy Industrial grade case. This has been developed to address all the frustrating and time consuming things about setting up lecterns! The stylish lectern is manufactured from birch … [Read more...]