Unlimited Vision & Sound is a full production event rental company based in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, capital of the North Brabant area. Owner and CEO Pascal van Engelen, started the business in the 1990s while studying electronics at the local university, initially supplying his own DJ shows and party sets. After he graduated in 2000, he was enjoying the industry so much, that he decided to make it a more serious enterprise, adding several corporate clients and events to the portfolio, with the idea of providing the full technical package. Clients liked his energy and attitude, so Unlimited Vision…
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Chris Tomlin recently returned to Nashville’s 20,000-seat Bridgestone Arena for his seventh annual Good Friday Nashville concert benefiting foster care and adoption crises through For Others, a non-profit foundation created by Tomlin and his wife, Lauren. Since its inception in 2017, the event has become a record-setting evening, smashing attendance records as the largest ticketed Christian concert in the history of the venue. This year, on April 7, the Grammy Award and multiple Dove Award winning artist and his band were joined onstage by a number of special guests, including CeCe Winans, Blessing Offor, and Bethel Music’s Jenn Johnson, plus…
Absen has joined the GPA Global Partner Program. GPA will help Absen strengthen its supply chain and provides local contact points for its global customers across 50 countries, ensuring seamless communication throughout the entire customer journey. The GPA partnership will help support Absen’s global coverage and ensure a strong and prolific offering of its LED displays to new and existing customers. “As one of the world’s leading display brands, Absen brings over twenty years’ experience powering 50,000 installations to the GPA Partner Program,” commented Mike Stead, GPA’s Director, Global Partnerships. “Through this united partnership, customers have access to understand, influence…
FANTEK has introduced its latest safety innovation: LoadSense, a fully mechanical load detection system. Designed to keep users informed about the amount of load they are handling on their towers, LoadSense promises to significantly reduce instances of overload, a common problem in the industry. The TK6244 tower is the first to be equipped with the revolutionary LoadSense system and is also the first telescopic tower to meet all the requirements of the prEN17206-2 standard. This regulation establishes the need for an overload warning system in lifting towers, a key requirement that the TK6244 tower meets thanks to the LoadSense system.…
Ray Tantzen has joined QSC as Director of Product Management. Tantzen has over 20 years of experience in pro audio product management with brands including PreSonus Audio Electronics, Avid and Loud Technologies. “It’s very exciting to have Ray join our QSC team,” said David Fuller, Vice President Product Development, QSC Pro Audio. “Ray brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and expertise in developing and advancing digital mixer technology and he will be a valuable asset as we continue to innovate across our most coveted portfolio.” “QSC is a strong and successful brand with a long heritage of developing solutions that…
Waves Audio is now shipping IONIC 16, a 16-in / 12-out SoundGrid stagebox with Waves Signature Preamps. With Waves’ new IONIC 16, you can now step up to superior stagebox sound. The IONIC 16 delivers superb sound quality, with uncompromising punch and clarity in any live sound scenario. Built for excellence, IONIC 16 is designed to elevate your sound and complement the already exceptional sonic performance of the Waves eMotion LV1 live mixer. At the heart of IONIC 16’s pristine sound and unmatched performance are Waves Signature Preamps—newly designed with fully discrete high-end analog circuits, delivering maximum headroom, lightning-fast transient…
Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy’s In Our Own Sweet Time tour traversed Europe through April 2023, with a captivating lighting design by Sooner Routhier and Morgan Embry. The show was created to not bombard the audience with video or overstimulating lighting effects, but envelop fans in rich atmospheres and song-style-driven moods, which were delivered using Vari-Lite VL3600 Profile IP luminaires from Signify. Routhier and Embry worked with PRG to source the VL3600 fixtures, which are rigged on four, 10-feet tall ground-supported truss towers left and right of the stage, with additional VL3600 luminaires on an upstage row. “This show requires a…
SGM Light has announced a new direct route to Market in Germany and Austria with the following statement: Founded in 1975 and reinvented in 2009, SGM Light has pushed the limits of the professional LED lighting industry towards a more powerful, flexible, and efficient product design approach. Germany and Austria have always been core markets for SGM Light products and SGM Deutschland as our exclusive distributor has done an extraordinary job over the years. But as our product line evolves to meet the needs of entertainment and fixed installations, so must our route to market. Therefore, to further strengthen and…
As part of Women’s History Month in April, Shure hosted its second installment in the series of Women in Technology panels. In the Fall, the panel focused on theater, while this panel discussed location sound. President and CEO Chris Schyvinck moderated a panel of leading female location sound engineers from around the world to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and the future of capturing location sound for film, television, and broadcast. Panelists included: • Christy Illius – A sound engineer from New York City, Christy has worked on films including West Side Story and In the Heights. She is also the…
Lightswitch is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a branding shift that embodies the company’s philosophical approach to design. Lightswitch made the following statement about the branding shift: ‘Since our founding, Lightswitch has grown into an industry-leading, multi-studio practice that stretches across the U.S. and beyond. Our dedicated team creates distinctive and award-winning projects around the globe in the fields of entertainment, events, museums, architecture, and immersive experiences. Now, with three decades behind us and many more to come, we’re introducing a new brand identity that speaks to our philosophy. Inspired by three intersecting beams of light, this symbol visually defines…
At the forthcoming Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt (25-28 April), Australian power and lighting control specialist LSC Control Systems will launch a brand-new product. Visitors to the booth will be able to view NEXEN – a fully featured 4-port, DINrail-mounting ethernet/DMX node – for the very first time. This 5-module wide DIN unit is housed in a robust UL94-VO rated ABS plastic body, and offers 10/100MB autosensing RJ45 ethernet, four individually isolated DMX512A ports (RJ45) with configurable RDM and HTP merge per port, and optional RJ45 or hard-wired connector options. Each port can be configured as Input or Output, with RDM…
Lighting Designer Lenny Sasso, who has worked for a number of popular metal and alternative bands, finds that his creations become more powerful, and better reflect the music of his clients, when he threads the needle between lightness and darkness. “It’s funny, I got into this business because I love light, but as time’s gone on, I’ve found myself being more drawn to using darkness as a design tool,” said Sasso. “Playing with shadows makes the darker moments feel darker, and the brighter ones feel brighter.” Sasso has been balancing these opposite forces to conjure up some edgy and deeply…
Among the most watched and anticipated entertainment and broadcast moments of the year – the Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show – saw superstar Rhianna rock back to live performance at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, USA, in a showstopping performance. The set was defined by seven flying platforms on which the artist and dancers started the show, mirrored on the pitch below by a striking red runway dancefloor where the action shifted for the latter half of the 12-minute segment. Choreographed by Parris Goebel, the performance was lit by Al Gurdon, who has sprinkled his illuminescent magic…
Lightware Visual Engineering has unveiled the Lightware Education Audiovisual Developer (LEAD) program to provide exclusive benefits for educational institutions. LEAD, available globally, was established to support the specific needs of schools by providing a reliable, consistent solution for campus-wide connectivity. Lightware is known for creating stunning visuals in mission-critical experiences for many of the world’s most popular video and music productions. Lightware has a deep-rooted passion for innovation and engineering excellence, from blockbuster superhero movies to live concerts and productions. Now, Lightware has invested in engineering innovative room control solutions for campuses that allow teachers to access and control their…
SGM has updated its Video Pixel Linear product so that it is completely suitable for any temporary production setting or touring environment. The main features that make this possible are: 1. Replacement of the proprietary power/data cable and connector with touring Industry standard power and data connectors. 2. A new, low-profile clamp and bracket system which enables creation of shapes as well as flexible, quick attachment to truss. 3. New firmware which provides individual addressing of each VPL as well as sACN universe priority handling. Because of its proprietary LED design, the Touring VPL can reproduce high visibility pixel content…
One of the festival season’s more unique early gatherings took place 25 to 26 February when Miami’s Virginia Key Beach transformed into a pop-up beach club for We Belong Here. Datum Creative was responsible for the site, production and lighting design and turned to Elation Professional’s range of IP-rated luminaires to carry the production visually and fulfil the festival organiser’s unique ‘no video’ brief. Technical Arts Group (TAG) served as lighting vendor. We Belong Here prides itself on offering a one-of-a-kind, intimate music experience with Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic as an ideal backdrop. The no video brief, while uncommon…
Sennheiser brought an experiential demo space to Carnival in Salvador to welcome artists, audio engineers, music producers, and lovers of the brand. The House of Carnival has been a tradition for over 10 years, previously functioning only as an official service centre to greet customers who needed technical assistance or new audio equipment before the Brazilian revelry. This year, in addition to the service centre, the big attraction was an immersive room equipped with Neumann monitors and the AMBEO Soundbar. According to economists, without Carnival in 2022 Salvador lost an estimated R$2 billion of economic value– a loss that impacted…
Illuminate Production Services (IPS) plays an integral role in creating the visual magic that is The Thorn and again this year enhanced the drama using a large package of Elation Professional lighting. Lighting Designer Caleb Franke of IPS uses the dynamic lighting to help sculpt the inspiring story while wowing audiences with a variety of visual effects. The Thorn is a modern day Passion play, a theatrical depiction of the life and death of Jesus, yet with a modern touch. The immersive theatrical show combines modern dance, music, martial arts, aerial acrobatics, and emotionally powerful performances, with state-of-the-art lighting and visuals. The…
