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VIENNA – In recognition of Das Weisse Band, an award-winning film, Barbara Prammer, the Austrian parliamentary president, invited the film's director, Michael Haneke, to provide a special showing of the film to an audience of 700 VIPs. DiGiCo's local distributor, Ton Eichinger, provided a DiGiCo SD8 console for the event.

Having won Cannes' Palme d'Or, the FIPRESCI Grand Prix at the San Sebastian Film Festival and Film of the Year 2009 at the Sinema Greece Festival, Das Weisse Band has put Austrian filmmaking on the map. The one-off VIP screening took place in the historic plenum of the Austrian Parliament building.

ITALY: In light of the “current lengthy phase of worldwide economic depression”, organiser RiminiFiera SpA has cancelled the 2010 event. The decision was also taken with an awareness of “the evolution of the professional entertainment sector and audio-video, lighting and system integration technologies”.

Source: Next SIB Rimini postponed ’til 2011

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Today’s post is by FMC intern Peter Haugen, who has a penetrating mind for all manner of speculative musical phenomenon!

It’s Friday! Can’t think of a better time to speculate on the future of… you guessed it.

While flying cars and jetpacks have yet to become a practical reality (but let’s not give up hope!), a recent YouTube video serves as a reminder that, musically speaking, the future is closer than we think. If you haven’t seen this video yet, try listening to the first two minutes with your eyes closed.

ATS’s revealed sonic information critical in a real-time mix.

Source: ATC Monitors Help Michael Bishop Earn HIs Ninth Grammy Award For Surround Album

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Business follows the laws of nature. Those who can adapt, survive. Those who can’t, become wall ornaments.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – Veteran FOH engineer Andy Meyer is at the helm of Avid's VENUE D-Show console mixing the latest leg of the Guns N Roses world tour. Meyer, who has used VENUE consoles since 2006 on artists ranging from Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson to Sevendust, Motley Crue and Rage Against The Machine, pointed to the console's flexibility as a major asset on this particular tour.
It's a big band – three guitars, two keyboards, bass, drums and vocals – and that means not just plenty of inputs, but lots of challenges in terms of just getting everything to sit right in the mix, Meyer explained. The ability to easily set up snapshots is the most important feature for me. Setting up different panning and EQ settings in scenes throughout the course of a song allows me to create different imaging and tonality for greater impact. It makes the vocals and solos stand out to really create a better mix.

EUROPE/US: Last month's ISE exhibition saw several notable announcements from L-Acoustics, reports David Davies. New developments included the progressive deployment of a certified System Integrator Network for the fixed installation market in France, UK, Germany, the Netherlands and the US, and a new edition of the SOUNDVISION software.

Source: L-Acoustics launches integrator charter and SOUNDVISION 1.6

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