ROE Visual announced its participation in the Prolight + Sound exhibition. This event serves as a platform to showcase ROE Visual’s latest in LED technology, featuring an array of LED screens designed for indoor and outdoor rental applications. ROE Visual invites visitors to witness these products in action, engage with the expert team to learn about the featured technologies and stay abreast of the latest trends in the market. The ROE Visual team aims to create a platform for networking and collaboration within the industry. Join ROE Visual at Prolight + Sound, Hall 12.1 C86. www.roevisual.com
Author: Alicia Pollitt
CHAUVET Professional is moving forward toward a new destination at Prolight + Sound 2024. Visitors to the show are invited to drop by the CHAUVET Professional and ChamSys at booth (E21 in Hall 12.1). The booth sees the towering multi-faced overall panorama created by David Howard of David Howard Lighting Design, which draws on a collection of CHAUVET Professional fixtures. Endowing the booth design is the output of the CHAUVET Professional STRIKE Array 2C and STRIKE Array 4C IP65 rated RGBAWW blinder-strobe-audience lights. These fixtures open the door to bending reality in numerous ways with the full-colour pods (four in…
TSL Lighting has made further investment in EXE TECHNOLOGY, an innovator in load monitoring and stage automation equipment, with the addition of a further 134 hoists to complement their rental stock. New investments include the new EXE Rise D8 + 350kg, a small body hoist for compact applications, D8+ 500kg and D8+ 1000kg hoists to add to their inventory, and the EXE Rise D8+ 2000kg Single Fall chain hoists, designed for use in heavy duty applications and in rugged touring environments. TSL who are full members of The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association are the first UK rental house to take…
Obsidian Control Systems teams from Europe and the U.S. are heading to the Prolight + Sound tradeshow with additions to its NETRON data distribution range and invite lighting professionals to Hall 12.1, Stand B49/C49 for a closer look. Visitors will also be able to demo intuitive NX consoles, including the scalable and full-featured NX1, the lighting console that has propelled the ONYX platform’s popularity to new heights. Until now, there have been no IP-rated data distribution devices to provide the required infrastructure. On display will be the world’s first line of IP65-rated data distribution products for entertainment. The NETRON IP65…
CAST Group of Companies introduced CONVRG, a new automated camera tracking software that empowers productions to utilise PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) to autonomously follow talent and/or objects in real time. Unveiled at this year’s ISE show, this software has been designed to revolutionise camera movements, ensuring every moment is captured with unparalleled precision and artistry. As a software extension to BlackTrax, CONVRG integrated into existing PTZ cameras while enhancing standard capabilities by automating zoom and focus, adding impact to every angle and close-up. Besides its integration into existing systems, CONVRG effortlessly connects with any PTZ camera supporting NDI HX, providing a wide…
Billy Strings, during a bus ride on an EU tour, came up with the idea of placing “UFO pods” above the heads the musicians on stage. The artist discussed this concept with his LD Roger Grant, who drew up some sketches. That’s when Matthieu Larivée and his team at Lüz Studio came in. “Billy and Roger present these drawings to us and that was the starting point,” said Larivée. “This idea kicked off our creative process.” The ultimate result of that process is a production that is adding immersive dimension to Billy Strings’ current North American arena and amphitheatre tour.…
Optocore and BroaMan have announced the appointment of Comcon Technologies as their new distributor throughout the Indian subcontinent, with immediate effect. Based in New Delhi, the operation also distributes test and measurement products and leading connectivity brands including Neutrik and Belden. “Their specialised fibre optic product range will complement the Optocore and BroaMan products extremely well, and at the same time our existing OEMs will benefit from the unique product offering that these brands bring,” stated Comcon director, Gaurav Aggarwal. Comcon places focus on the Broadcast and pro AV segments, in particular. “And this is exactly where BroaMan and Optocore…
I Should Be So Lucky and Just For One Day both utilised Brompton Technology LED processing and INFiLED displays provided by audio visual equipment rental company, Stage Sound Services (SSS). SSS worked with System Designer and Engineer, Dan Trenchard, and Video Designer, Andrzej Goulding, on both productions to deploy LED equipment to effect these shows. Phil Hurley, SSS’s owner, noted that with 95 percent of their work being theatre specific, staying at the forefront of the latest technologies for the market is crucial. “We’ve been supplying video for some of the biggest theatre shows for the last 10-15 years and…
Clockenflap was held over three days recently at the Central Harbourfront, overlooking Kowloon. Operating over six stages, it featured an all-star line-up including Pulp, Joji, Yoasobi, Caroline Polachek, IDLES and many others. MSI Japan was appointed as the production partner for the event’s largest Harbourflap stage, where they deployed a Martin Audio MLA array. Responsible for the sound system design were MSI’s Bunshiro ‘Bun’ Hote, Yasuhiko ‘Yasu’ Watanabe and Yukio ‘Eddie’ Tanada, who explained that one of the biggest challenges faced at the event was noise control. At the rear of the stage are several government buildings, residential properties and…
Elation will be demonstrating lighting solutions at the Prolight + Sound tradeshow in Frankfurt Hall 12.1, Stand B49/C49. Highlights in the Proteus series of multi-environmental luminaires include the IP66-rated PROTEUS HYBRID MAX, a hybrid fixture with technology that launches as the successor of the PROTEUS HYBRID. Also on display will be the PROTEUS ODEON, a framing profile fixture with a completely variable CRI LED engine; and PROTEUS RADIUS, a Beam FX fixture with Solid State phosphor-converted light engine for power at long distances. New in Elation’s FUZE series is the FUZE TEATRO, a fully-automated yet fanless framing fixture for completely…
TikTok’s “In the Mix” festival showcased the application flexibility of Cohesion. The first-of-its-kind live event deployed a Cohesion audio system to support its format and deliver a series of performances. Presented at Sloan Park in the Phoenix suburbs, “In the Mix” featured a who’s-who of musical icons, up-and-coming sensations, and social media celebrities. The team from ATK Audiotek, a Clair Global Brand, deployed a Cohesion system for every performance, even as the elaborate design of the production presented intriguing challenges. Enabling the audience to focus on the 360° stage at the center of the stadium required no flown visual obstructions.…
TV, broadcast and event lighting specialists, Version 2 was the official lighting supplier for the EE BAFTA Film Awards. Version 2 supplied lighting and manpower for the live Awards ceremony, artists performances and the traditional obituary tribute, as well as the audience lighting and the live event broadcast. Also involved in designing for the Awards for the first time were Lighting Director, Tim Routledge, of Tim Routledge Lighting Design and Set Designer, Julio Himede from Yellow Studio New York, in a partnership first formed for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023. “It’s a tricky show as you are only in…
CODA Audio’s German distributor, CODA Audio Deutschland, announced the appointment of Tobias Rengers to the post of Sales Manager. A qualified retail salesman and trained event technician, Rengers has more than twenty years experience in the audio industry, including positions with distribution specialists Trius and United Brands, where he worked as product and sales manager for brands such as Martin Audio and Adamson. Rengers has also worked as a freelance sound engineer for more than a decade. “I’ve been watching the development of CODA Audio with great interest for a long time, and I’m a big fan of the company’s…
In a repeat of their successful deployment at OVO Arena Wembley for the 25th MOBO Awards, SWG Events headed north with their flagship Martin Audio WPL Line Array to the Utilita Arena, Sheffield for this year’s event. They had to overcome the challenges of providing balanced sound reinforcement for the live audience inside the 12,500-cap arena, while preserving the integrity of the set and striking a balance between the presenters’ mics and the live showcases, in a fast-paced show. These live performances ranged from UK rap to Afrobeats, Dancehall to Pop/R&B and Garage, with back-to-back performances from Soul II Soul,…
Lighting designer Marc Janowitz from E26 Design lit the current “Chronicles of a Diamond” world tour by Black Pumas, united the talents of the FOH lighting team as programmer Meagan Metcalf and Lighting Director Alyssa Milione worked closely with him. The lighting kit had to fit into one truck so Janowitz crafted an aesthetic for the band utilising the integration of lighting and a multi-dimensional scenic backdrop to produce results with Robe moving lights right at the heart of the visual magic. Janowitz wanted Robe fixtures on the rig for brightness, the small size, and light weight, which meant he…
Monitor Engineer George Panolaskos has been working with Antonis Remos since 2017. He began using KLANG in 2019 and chose the KLANG:konductor for the singer’s 2023 summer tour. Panolaskos had a long-standing interest in KLANG before finally deploying two KLANG:fabrik units for Remos’s band four years ago, which also marked the first time a KLANG system had been used in Greece. “I chose KLANG because I wanted to combine the quality and sound of DiGiCo consoles with the capabilities of a great personal monitor system,” he noted. “Having KLANG in my signal chain provides me with a powerful FPGA, ,…
Modulo Pi announced the conclusion of a distribution agreement with AED Group. Effective 1 March, 2024, AED Group will distribute Modulo Pi’s media server solutions in the Benelux region. In addition, Modulo Pi’s media servers join AED’s rental portfolio for rental throughout Europe. As of 1 March, 2024, AED Group will distribute Modulo Pi’s media servers in Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. Modulo Pi’s media servers come as hardware + software platforms for performance and reliability. The two-systems offer consist in Modulo Player and Modulo Kinetic, each line being available in different hardware configurations to meet the needs and budget…
Solid State Logic production tools helped Usher deliver a halftime show at Super Bowl LVIII, with producers The Avila Brothers, Lil Jon and Kronic using an SSL Duality console for mixing, and multiple SSL 12 USB interfaces for breakout production sessions while at Hideout Recording Studios in Las Vegas. “One hundred percent of all of our pre-production recording was done at Hideout Studios, The Avila Brothers and Mike Smith’s SoundVille studio in Nashville and Larrabee Studios in Los Angeles with Manny Marroquin working on the 96-channel Duality, and also using the SSL 12 interfaces,” commented Bobby Ross Avila. He had…
