Soundworks of Virginia returned to Maymont Park in Richmond, VA to stage the Richmond Jazz and Music Festival, an event for which they have provided sound reinforcement since 2017. Working for promoter JMI (Johnson Marketing Inc), they deployed hangs of 12 Martin Audio WPL elements on each wing. These were underpinned by 12 SXH218 in cardioid formation with a delay tower of eight smaller WPS elements, set around 275ft back and with four WPS deployed along the stage lip as frontfills. Monitors comprised four WPS loudspeakers atop a pair of SXC118 subs, mounted both stage left and right for sidefills, plus…
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The lighting design for the co-headline tour by Mike Cooper featured CHAUVET Professional STRIKE Array 4 blinders and Color STRIKE M motorised strobes. Matt Mills ensured that Mötley Crüe was supported by dynamic looks, that reflected the multi-platinum band’s unique identity, while LD Kenji worked on Def Leppard. “I was one of the programmers when we did preproduction for this show last year at Lititz,” said Mills. “On this run of six shows, I filled in for Lighting Director, Michael Willingham running the Mötley Crüe segment. I had a blast taking the helm again.” The process of creating distinct looks…
Pantera played their first show in over two decades at Mexico’s Hell & Heaven Metal Fest. System Engineer, Alex Hollinger has been using an Outline Newton FPGA processor at the heart of his control setup – he talks about how it is configured and how it’s combined with the latest digital mixing console from Midas, the HD-96. “We are feeding the Newton with AES as well as MADI Co-Ax from the console for redundancy, in addition to analog feeds from the monitor console for an added layer of backup. We are also sending the Newton a MADI feed from a…
Yamaha is bundling Steinberg Nuendo Live 3 recording software with new RIVAGE PM5 and PM3, DM7, CL, QL and TF series digital mixers. Steinberg’s streamlined Nuendo Live multitrack digital recording software is designed especially for live recording engineers, production houses and rental companies. Nuendo Live’s tight integration with Yamaha RIVAGE PM, DM7, CL and QL series mixers meaning channel names, markers and transport functions can be remotely controlled from the console. Nuendo Live 3 added several features which make the live recording process faster, more flexible and with even better audio quality. In the live environment, it’s easy for a…
Topstage is primed to distribute Schnick-Schnack-Systems’ LED modules and controls in Sweden. “Schnick-Schnack-Systems has an exceptional product line that we’re proud to represent. This partnership allows Topstage to offer not only highly creative tools to our customers and designers but also a sustainable and high-quality solution,” commented Linnea Ljungmark, Founder and Owner of Topstage. “We are delighted to be working with Topstage. Our Swedish customers will experience the excellent support and advice from Topstage and will have quick and easy access to our products,” added , a member of the management board at Schnick-Schnack-Systems. “Topstage prides itself with building transparent…
This year’s Kingdance Festival and Dance4Liberation both featured an electrifying lineup of EDM stars and other performers and both took place on the same stage with the same lighting rig at the Wijthmenerplas lakeside park. Kingdance ended exactly one week before Dance4Liberation began, the rig shared by these two festivals performed smoothly, even though it remained in place for the entire week, using IP65 fixtures choices by John & Jane, commissioned by Story Event Engineering. Contributing to his dual festival rig in weathering the elements, while also delivering looks for an array of performers were some 250 CHAUVET Professional IP65…
The 63rd annual TV Week Logie Awards featured an array of lighting solutions by PROLIGHTS. The lighting setup was installed by Chameleon Touring Systems, in collaboration with Show Technology – the official PROLIGHTS distributor in Australia. The selection of luminaires was key, and the result was a lighting rig comprising approximately 150 PROLIGHTS solutions, including EclPanel TWC, VersaPar, Smart BatWash and EclPanel TWCJr. The TWC EclPanels played a role in all the installations, illuminating not only the main hall of the event together with the VersaPars, but also the red carpet, flanked by the Smart BatWashes, and the morning TV…
TAF has released a new video which shares the development of its aluminium truss brand over the past 25 years. See the progress of the TAF brand that starts with two men, founder Jaroslav Rozboril and welder Martin Reznicek, and later leads to a full range of aluminium truss products, the design and delivery of support structures, expansion to America, development of a 3D program to configure entire structures from TAF products, a staff of nearly 50 welders, and many other impressive milestones over the years. TAF was also the first in the industry to implement a robotic welding machine…
Lighting Designer, Gregg Maltby chose an array of Ayrton LED fixtures – Diablo, Eurus profiles and Zonda 9 FX washes made up half of the rig – for Peter Frampton’s Never Say Never Tour. Frampton’s North American tour kicked off in June 2023 in Huber Heights, Ohio and wrapped in Sandy, Utah in August. Then recently extended the tour with a series of November dates. OSA International in Nashville, the lighting vendor for the tour, provided the Ayrton fixtures to longtime customer Maltby. “I’ve used Ayrton lights for a long time, including for Huey Lewis, Boston, and the Roy Orbison…
The Antwerpen Sportpaleis played host to a cornucopia projected lasers and lighting earlier this summer when promoters, Zillion presented their new ‘Iluminati’ dance concept. This brand new design, conceived by Frank Verstraeten, who co-promoted the event with Yves Smolders, ran over two days — each with nine hours duration. There was an abundance of GLP JDC1 and JDC Lines, some 85 JDC Line 500 and 40 JDC 1 hybrid strobes deployed. “We used all of these fixtures, not only as a conventional strobe but also to create an atmospheric glow, enabling us to punch through with the other moving heads,”…
Monitor Engineer, Lorin White reveals the strategy that he used to make the DMI-KLANG card an integral part of Lionel Richie’s Sing A Song All Night Long tour. Lorin White, brought on as the monitor engineer for Lionel Richie’s Sing A Song All Night Long tour, was ready to take off in 2020. The multiple Grammy Award winner and his band only managed to get one show in before the world shut down. Fortunately, White recorded that show, which became the basis for his experimentation with KLANG’s immersive IEM mixing system. “During the lockdown, Group One sent me a KLANG-equipped…
Christie HS Series projectors are illuminating the façade of the Cathedral of San Marcos. Organised by the City of Tuxtla Gutierrez with the Municipal Tourism Bureau, the show was managed by Puntos Audiovisuales, a rental and staging company. The projection seeks to highlight the culture, music, and traditions of Chiapas, and to promote tourism in the city. The show runs every day at 8pm and 9pm. Two Christie DWU15-HS projectors, supplied by Christie’s partner Wesco Anixter, were mounted on metal tower-like structures in front of the cathedral at a throw distance of 37 meters to create a 17-meter wide by…
The Foundation, established in memory of Christopher Meredith, will enable the music industry charity to increase its efforts in helping peers who work in music and live events affected by mental ill-health or addiction. The partnership includes funding which will contribute towards three areas across three years: Funding or part-funding qualifying beneficiaries to receive treatment, developing Music Support’s ‘Safe Hub’ backstage at festivals, a space where artists and crew can take time out or speak to a Mental Health First Aid trained individual and developing complementary programs for families and friends (including colleagues) who are supporting loved ones struggling with…
Vectorworks has announced the availability of Vectorworks 2024. The 2024 release includes Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Design Suite, Fundamentals, ConnectCAD, Braceworks and Vision with the English-language editions of these versions available today. “Our goal is to empower designers with tools and resources that boost their creativity,” said Vectorworks Chief Technology Officer Steve Johnson. “With Vectorworks 2024, we have taken this mission to new heights through groundbreaking new features, user experience enhancements and a strong focus on quality and performance. These advances will significantly accelerate our users’ design experiences, from the initial spark of an idea to the ultimate realisation of…
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard recently played a string of US stadium shows – supported by Alice Cooper – lit using Brutus and Rayzor 1960 fixtures from Elation Professional’s IP-rated Proteus series. Michael Cooper has been working with the band for 10+ years and collaborated with Def Leppard LD Kenji Ohashi on The World Tour design. Originally started back in 2019, the design was put on the back burner when Covid hit but eventually saw the light of day on the 2022 tour. “It was the longest design process we ever had!” Cooper explained. “We wanted something that would work…
Production designer and show director Ryan Wiley selected 48 VL5LED Washes from Vari-Lite for the Peso Pluma Doble P tour. Amish Dani, owner and executive producer, Frameworx explained: “With the artist’s meteoric rise being fuelled by social media, we wanted to make sure we delivered a show that was very photogenic from both a lighting and video standpoint.” The RGBALC additive colour mixing system on the Vari-Lite VL5LED Wash offers a colour range and a high CRI, making it an ideal fixture for the Peso Pluma tour. “I’m a big VL guy,” said Wiley. “The VL5LEDs are great for the…
Jubin Nautiyal’s longtime Lighting Designer, Roosevelt Dsouza relied on a collection of CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M motorised strobes for the artist’s latest Australian tour. “Every song has its own way of conveying emotions, so I treat every song differently in terms of colour,” said Dsouza. “Colour choice is closely connected to feeling.” Although he uses the fixture’s two bright white LED tubes for strobing and audience lighting, Dsouza relies heavily on the fixture’s RGB pixel mappable face to create colourful effects. Dsouza divided the 16 Color STRIKE M fixtures in his rig evenly between stage left and stage right…
Robe has received two PLASA Innovation Awards for its Footsie and iFORTE LTX products at PLASA 2023. Also previewed were new Robe products, the HolyPATT and MolyPATT, both new additions to Robe’s PATT range of luminaires. Six Robe NRG (Next Robe Generation) students from five associated colleges worked alongside the Robe international team, with one assisting the Avolites team, all gaining valuable experience, contacts, and insights into the world of production technology. Three of the students operated RoboSpot systems during the live shows. Using around 200 lighting fixtures, the live show was storyboarded, designed, and produced by Robe’s creative team…
