Brighton & Hove Pride 2023 enjoyed another successful year, with more than 150 LGBTQ+ artists performing across 12 different stages, attention was largely focused on the main ‘Fabuloso’ stage in the 63-acre Preston Park. First night headliners, Black Eyed Peas were followed by Steps on Sunday – with Solotech UK for the second year running – providing a Martin Audio WPL line array. Working once again alongside Production Manager, Dean Parker at Wilde Ones International Events, their sound design was based around main PA hangs of 18 WPL per side, with a stage right side hang of six of the…
Author: Alicia Pollitt
Girl Named Tom recently wrapped a several-month tour on which they used the new Sennheiser EW-DX digital wireless system for vocals as well as electric and acoustic guitars and the EW G4 wireless in-ear monitoring system for all five musicians in the band. “We were honoured to be the first American touring act performing with this specific set up, and we are thrilled to report that these microphones are the best we’ve ever used, by far,” the band commented. “At our first soundcheck, our sound man, Felix Hunt, was raving about the system, the strength of signal, the ease of…
Vectorworks has received the Bronze Stevie Award in the Sustainability Initiative of the Year category for the 20th Annual International Business Awards. Specifically, the Vectorworks Embodied Carbon Calculator (VECC) was recognised. The VECC is a custom, pre-formatted interactive worksheet built into Vectorworks Architect that helps designers calculate embodied carbon levels of a project based on inputs and model quantities of materials. With this tool, designers can adhere to government and legislative bodies’ requirements in targeting net zero carbon emissions throughout the whole project lifecycle. “The current climate crisis requires action to reduce emissions on a global scale and designers need…
With festival revellers moving on from the age of enjoying live music as a means to disconnect from the outside world, gears are starting to shift with attendees expecting to connect and share their experience online. Extreme Networks believes that employing a reliable network does not only benefit audiences but promotes better organisation of a festival. Speaking exclusively to TPi Magazine, Patrick Groot Nueland of Extreme Networks shares how and why investing in better networks creates a meaningful impact, using Zwarte Cross as a case study. How does investing in better infrastructure and technology improve not only the audience experience,…
Lightware Visual Engineering has entered a partnership with Tico ZhiSheng Information Technology to further accelerate the company’s expanding business operations in China. Tico ZhiSheng was established in 1994 and has grown since as a product supplier and service provider of audio and video product system solutions. It has developed five national sales and service centres, with headquarters in Beijing and Foshan, branches in Shanghai and Guangzhou, and a joint branch and technology exchange centre in Chengdu. “We are pleased to become a partner of Lightware in the Chinese market, responsible for the sales and promotion of Lightware’s complete solutions,” commented Tico ZhiSheng general…
Yamaha Corporation releases Version 6.0 firmware for its RIVAGE PM series of digital mixing systems. The upgrade is available as a free download for all RIVAGE PM systems, with new features including the powerful Genius.lab for workflows, Interphase plug-in for flexible sound creation, new dynamics and other enhancements to provide the sonic mixing experience. Genius.lab is a macro system. Allowing users to create a wide variety of actions triggered by key presses, fader operations, MIDI messages and more, it gives audio engineers the power to programme events to suit their specific situation and workflow. A huge range of functions can…
Peavey has unveiled a new showroom in Bali, Indonesia with an opening gala in May, marking a turning point in Peavey’s presence in Indonesia. The Bali showroom’s success sets the stage for a future of innovative audio experiences, while solidifying Peavey’s position as a pioneer in the industry. The decision to establish the Bali showroom stemmed on the back of the intention to establish a venue for the Indonesian and broader APAC market to enjoy first-hand experiences of the broad diversity of Peavey Corporation’s. In addition to featuring the installed sound and professional audio solutions as well as the musical…
Votion Studios has launched a new, virtual production studio that centres around an AOTO LED display powered by LED video processing from Brompton Technology. As one of Hong Kong’s foremost XR and VP studios, Votion combines a strategic fusion of technologies and collaborative alliances to provide content creators with a solution that spans the entire production cycle. The studio’s expertise extends beyond production, and also encompasses the pivotal pre-production stage. The facility offers support to its clients, functioning as a creative hub for the development of XR and VP productions. In February 2022, Votion reinvested in its LED volume during…
Acoustic & Lighting System will take over the exclusive distribution of Adam Hall Group brands LD Systems, Cameo, Gravity and Palmer in Vietnam. In addition to the Vietnam market, Acoustic & Lighting System also covers the sales markets of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. The extended range of services offered by the A&L Group includes technical project consulting as well as a comprehensive service and maintenance offer for all sales brands. “The Vietnamese market is one of the fastest growing regions in Southeast Asia and offers tremendous opportunities for a broad-based manufacturer like Adam Hall Group,” commented Ben Lee, Country…
Morgan Wallen’s current One Night at a Time stadium tour reflects his meteoric rise with an expanded production design by Zac Coren that includes Elation Proteus luminaires. Being an outdoor stadium tour, IP-rated lighting fixtures were a must and Coren turned to three fixtures in the proven Proteus series Proteus Rayzor Blade linear FX bars, Proteus Hybrid moving heads, and Proteus Rayzor 760 LED wash effects. Event production company Premier Global Production out of Nashville serves as lighting vendor for the North American outing. Coren has been with Wallen for nearly five years and says the current stadium tour is the…
Norwegian band, Postgirobygget embarked on a summer tour, performing at festivals and venues in front of audiences ranging from 2000 to 18,000 people. Postgirobygget’s 28-date Summer 2023 tour has set and lighting design by Petter Nilssen of LiteNordic, MDG’s exclusive distributor for Norway. Nilssen chose a single MDG Me2 fog generator as his source of fog and haze for the duration of the tour, complete with MDG’s digital theFAN. “I always chose to tour with an MDG machine,” stated Nilssen. “I believe if you take your own lighting rig on tour, it’s equally as important to bring your own fog/haze…
Sam Fender played two homecoming shows at St. James’ Park in Newcastle with lighting designed by Sam Tozer and equipment supplied by Adlib including 11 Robe FORTES running on five RoboSpot systems. Tozer has been working with Fender since he re-started after the pandemic in 2021. Working alongside him was Lighting Director Luke Avery, who was heavily involved in the design process, together with Set Designer Flora Harvey. Video content was created by UDC. Tozer’s overall vision for these shows was to make the lighting look epic, large scale and ‘industrial strength’ to cover the dynamic range of Fender’s music.…
Lighting Designer, Joel Reiff has tapped 28 Ayrton Domino Profiles as his “workhorse” fixture for Counting Crows’ 56-date summer tour across the US, which he programmed on a grandMA3 console. The band kicked off their Banshee Season Tour in June in Omaha and will wrap with a show at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado on 25 September. Upstaging provided the Dominos and grandMA3 consoles for the tour. “I like to emphasise the music in my lighting design and not take the audience’s eyes away from what the band is doing on stage and what they’re hearing. As my spot…
At this year’s PLASA Show, OutBoard will preview the latest product innovations from the TiMax family of immersive audio and showcontrol products. OutBoard will showcase new software enhancements to TiMax2 SoundHub, including audio and workflow previews of their groundbreaking new spatial production reverb addition. Also at PLASA will be the TiMax TrackerD4 Precision Stagetracking system, with newly refined error correction filtering as a must-see update. Further innovations from the OutBoard stable can be seen on other stands at this year’s show. AC Rigging on Stand G53 will represent LVx & DVx hoist controllers, showing the new LV2 CASE portable product…
As a promising resurgence of festivals take place across the UK this summer, economic activity in host towns is rising. Recent figures suggest revenue at many gigs and festivals in Britain has returned to pre-pandemic levels and ticket purchasing behaviours amongst music fans have positively changed following an unsure environment brought about by the pandemic. From Glastonbury to BlackFest, Boardmasters to Reading and Leeds Festival, there is something for all music fans, supporting homegrown and grassroot bands and artists, and not forgetting the headline acts. A key testament was Burna Boy’s sell-out show this summer at the London Stadium as…
HOLOPLOT has expanded its US presence with the appointment of James Bobel as Sales Manager for North America. With decades of sales and technical experience, Bobel will be responsible for fostering relationships with US customers across all business sectors and identifying new markets which can benefit from HOLOPLOT’s product series as well as upcoming products in the company’s pipeline. “I’ve worked in the Professional Audio industry over the past two decades for integrators, and manufacturers. I have a genuine appreciation and passion for technology, and the opportunity to join HOLOPLOT was impossible to pass up,” Bobel commented. Growing up in…
Born at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022, House of Oz featured a diverse programme spanning genres and generations, and in its inaugural year, won an award for Best Fringe Venue. For the 2023 event, Skywalker Gibbon, a giant inflatable gibbon was designed by Melbourne visual artist Lisa Roet. The venue, a 19th century church and Grade B listed building, required a sensitive solution to allow for the 20m by 6m artwork to be displayed safely, with Adrian Bell, Executive Producer of Blu Fire, calling upon Unusual Rigging to come up with an answer. “As a listed building, it was…
Blackmagic Design has announced that Argentinian broadcast and live streaming company Otra Vuelta Broadcasting relied on Blackmagic URSA Broadcast G2 cameras and an ATEM Constellation 8K live production switcher to produce a 360 degree experience at DJ Bizarrap’s three sold-out concerts at the historic Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo in Buenos Aires. The three-day production and live stream featured a unique stage setup with screens encompassing it, offering the audience and viewers at home a 360 degree immersive experience. 23 cameras were used to help achieve this, with Otra Vuelta Broadcasting relying on 16 Blackmagic Design cameras, including six URSA Broadcast…
