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CAST WYSIWYG R29

TORONTO – CAST Group has released the latest version of its pre-visualization suite, WYSIWYG R29.  R29 is available to download from the Members Only section of the CAST website. New features and enhancements include: Shaded View fixture selection and manipulation, which allows the user to quickly make artistic changes to their lighting designs without having to switch modes within the software; the 6D camera system, Drawing Purge tool, Truss End Indicators, Multi-rotate function, new World coordinate Gyroscope, World grid, Production Team Information Wizard and more.

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Linkin Park photo, by Steve Jennings, was taken at Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, San Diego; Sept. 10, 2012

LD Travis Shirley Uses Vipers, Other Martin Gear for Linkin Park Tour

SAN DIEGO – Lighting Designer Travis Shirley used an all Martin rig that included the MAC Viper Profile for Linkin Park’s North American co-headlining tour with Incubus this summer. The tour kicked off Aug. 11, and at the time of rehearsals weeks earlier, the first Vipers were just rolling off the production line in Denmark. Christie Lites supplied the new Viper automated spot along with MAC Auras, MAC 101s, MAC 700 Profiles and MAC III Performances.

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Jonathan Walters, AC-ET's UK Sales Dir; Danilo Bettinazzi, Griven's Dir. Sales/Marketing; William Yeo, ACSP's Operations Mgr.

Griven Names AC-ET As Exclusive UK Distributor

LONDON – A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. were announced at PLASA 2012 as the exclusive UK distributor for Italian manufacturer Griven’s LED lighting. AC-ET’s UK Sales Director Jonathan Walters and ACSP’s Operations Manager William Yeo met with Griven’s Director of Sales & Marketing Danilo Bettinazzi at the London show to seal the deal.

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Rob Brenner

Le Maitre Names Rob Brenner CEO

MITCHAM, UK and AUSTIN, TX – Le Maitre Pyrotechnics and Special Effects named Rob Brenner global CEO and president of Le Maitre USA LLC. He is based in the U.S. but will oversee both the U.S. and U.K. companies. Brenner, a touring industry executive for more than 25 years, has produced tours for the Jonas Brothers, Justin Timberlake, Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears, among others.

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Aarhus School of Engineering

Top Marks for Danish School of Engineering

AARHUS, Denmark – The Aarhus University School of Engineering in Denmark is using Martin products to dynamically illuminate panes of laminated glass on the building’s façade. Using Martin Professional LED strip lights to backlight 24 panes of glass that operate as sun shades, the building, designed by architectural firm CF Møller A/S, now radiates in a wash of eye-catching color.

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MDG’s Martin Michaud and ULA Group’s Cuono Biviano.

MDG Appoints ULA as Australian Distributor

MONTREAL – MDG has appointed the ULA Group as its new exclusive distributor for its fog and haze generators in Australia. “We chose ULA Group as our distributors because their degree of dedication to our industry matches MDG’s own,” says Martin Michaud, President & CEO of MDG. ULA Group will also provide full customer service and support to the current and future MDG users.

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Deadmau5

XL Video Supplies Deadmau5 at iTunes Festival

LONDON – XL Video supplied Stealth LED screens as part of a specials package for electro artist / producer Deadmau5’s highly visual performance at the 2012 iTunes festival at London’s Roundhouse. Custom content fed the Stealth and the five iTunes ‘house’ production LED screens, along with the Roundhouse’s permanent in-house tickertape style ring of LED around the balcony.

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PVP S5 and PVP S7

Chauvet PVP S5, PVP S7

SUNRISE, FL — Chauvet has added two solid, indoor high-resolution video panels to its VIP  Series: PVP S5 and PVP S7. The panels are designed for touring and permanent indoor installations. Each high-resolution panel uses black face, tri-colored SMD LEDs for increased contrast, and the tight pixel pitch (PVP S5 at 5.2mm and PVP S7 at 7.8mm) make these video panels useful for high-resolution graphics and live-action video.

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Andre Beekmans with M1

Martin’s M1 the Choice Console for Global Gathering

LONG MARSTON, UK – Martin Professional’s M1 lighting controller was used to control a large moving head rig on the main stage at the 2012 Global Gathering festival at England’s Long Marston Airfield in late July. Festival lighting operator André Beekmans of The Art of Light used the Martin console on Friday for top acts such as headliner Afrojack, for which he is also the LD.

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Nintendo booth

Martin’s ‘Aurasome’ E3 Trade Show

LOS ANGELES – The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center June 5-7 had an estimated 700 Martin MAC Aura LED wash lights highlighting many of the show’s 200 booths. The fixtures most prominently lit Nintendo’s booth, which alone featured 250 MAC Auras complemented with 70 MAC 101 wash lights.

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