In an active fight against counterfeit products and working in conjunction with the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC), a key border agency of the Chinese nation which boasts 100,000 staff throughout the country, L-Acoustics has illegal counterfeit ARCS II loudspeakers seized and destroyed. After an investigation conducted by the GACC, and information provided by L-Acoustics to determine the authenticity of the suspicious ARCS II, the counterfeit loudspeakers were seized and taken to a recycling facility, where they were dismantled. GACC officials attended the products’ destruction to attest that they effectively destroyed the fake loudspeakers…
Author: Jacob Waite
Anaheim-based BCT Entertainment has invested in a large complement of Ayrton Diablo fixtures, supplied by ACT Entertainment. “We have expanded our lighting inventory with the purchase of our first Ayrton fixtures,” said BCT Entertainment Owner, Brian Longhofer. “We had a gap in small-format fixtures with framing capabilities, and the Diablos checked all the boxes.” ACT Entertainment introduced Longhofer to the Diablos, which he later saw at LDI. “We considered other fixtures, but ultimately decided on the Diablos because of Ayrton’s name recognition, the fixture’s feature set, and its high quality compared to its price.” He expects the Diablos to be…
d&b audiotechnik has appointed Ayumi Hanano as Soundscape Business Development Manager for Japan. In this role, Hanano will be supporting Japanese users on both the technical and commercial aspects of d&b’s Soundscape System, with additional regional support. Hanano, who will be based in the d&b office in Yokohama, will report to both Hideki Yajima, Managing Director, d&b Japan, and Anand Narayanan, d&b President, APAC. “We have seen success with both Soundscape and SL-Series throughout Japan, and Ayumi joins us at a great time to help build on this momentum and develop the markets further,” said Yajima. “Ayumi has a wealth…
As the 350th anniversary of German composer, Heinrich Schütz’s 1672 death approaches, Orchestronik is premiering a series of modern immersive reworking of the Baroque composer’s pieces that combine orchestra, choir and electronics using L-ISA Studio as its primary creative tool, while monitoring through an L-Acoustics immersive speaker configuration. The project was jointly developed and produced with the Heinrich Schütz Musikfest and its artistic director Christina Siegfried. While the dome was lent by Felix Deufel, Not a Number in Leipzig. Fabian Russ, a German composer residing in Leipzig, also musician and founder of Orchestronik, opened the Heinrich Schütz Musikfest with the…
ADJ Lighting has revealed its new Focus Profile, a feature-packed automated profile luminaire powered by a 400W LED light engine. Taking its place as the new flagship model in ADJ’s Focus Series of LED-powered moving heads, this new fixture is the brightest and most feature-rich fixture in the range to date. At the heart of the Focus Profile is a 400W LED light engine, with a native colour temperature of 6,700K, which offers an output of 20,000 Lumens and an average life expectancy of 20,000 hours. After being manipulated by a variety of beam shaping tools, the light generated is…
SLX, an independent hire and events company based in Bristol, has launched a new website and logo as it undergoes a complete rebrand. The rebrand comes following a highly successful 2021, in which SLX doubled its workforce and added more than 2,000 lighting fixtures to its stock. It is intended to reinforce the business’ brand identity, and outline the core values which will guide it to continued growth beyond 2022. The new website emphasises SLX’ all-in-one approach to event production, and its ability to handle all aspects of design, equipment hire and delivery. It contains detailed case studies of the…
Sound Technology, the exclusive distributor of Martin by Harman products in the UK, has appointed Joshua Wakley as Area Sales Manager in its professional lighting division. Wakeley has been working in the theatre & live events industry for 13 years starting out as a lighting technician for regional venues in the South West. As the Technical Manager with The Redgrave Theatre he oversaw investment and development into the venue, producing multiple in-house shows and attracting a range of commercial hires. Wakeley joined the customer service team at SLX in 2018 before becoming Business Development Manager where he supplied and supported…
Mexico’s Day Zero Festival marked its 10th year in style with Funktion-One sound systems from distributor and rental partner Loto Audio on all three stages. The festival, which is the brainchild of organisers Damian Lazarus and Crosstown Rebels, is renowned for its melting pot of music, mysticism and natural wonder. Born on the final day of the Ancient Mayan Calendar in 2012, the one-day spectacular takes place in the Mayan jungle surrounding Tulum on Mexico’s Caribbean coastline. Over the last decade, it has grown a community of like-minded partygoers from all over the globe, attracted by both the deeper festival experience…
GLP will launch its new impression X5 fixture on 16 February 2022. Following a preview at the 2021 LDI exhibition in Las Vegas, the impression X5 reportedly boasts a wealth of new and improved technology gained from countless hours of conversations with users combined with traditional German foresight and precision. GLP Managing Director, Udo Künzler and Product Manager, Michael Feldmann will lead the presentations at four different points during the day to capture every time zone, with the impression X5 presented in detail and followed by a live question and answer session afterwards. Register for the event and see the…
A number of rental companies across Europe are streamlining their hire fleets for the coming touring and outdoor seasons by acquiring Optocore Festival Boxes. These are available in Grand (12 SFP) and Petit (six SFP) fibre transport platforms in order to convert and send multiple signal formats down a single fibre. Major Tom first saw the device at the ISE Show in Amsterdam, and after being given a system to demo they knew right away that this would become an essential tool in its inventory. “Why run six cables when you only need to run two,” said Major Tom Project…
Reflecting the stellar transition the company has embarked on since coming out of lockdown, Entec has started the new year with both new branding and image, including only their third logo change in 50 years. Commenting on the repositioning of the company under its new ‘Entec Live’ moniker, chairman Nick Pendleton stated that COVID-19 had given them the opportunity “to pause, reflect and decide.” He explained: “After celebrating our golden anniversary in 2018 and buying our warehouse, we started to formulate a bold plan to make the next 50 years even better. Part of that was refreshing our look and…
An intrepid team of ten industry professionals cycled 400km along the Spanish coast last weekend, to raise awareness of the impacted live events industry and raise funds for charity. Organised by #WeMakeEvents in the UK and Spain, BikeFest Spain 2022 has so far raised €6,000, with donations still rolling in. The funds are being split between two industry charities that help individuals through financial hardship – Back Up in the UK and the AAA Foundation in Spain. BikeFest Spain 2022 was delivered by #WeMakeEvents in partnership with PLASA, AFIAL, AVIXA, ISE, FIAVE, Alerta Roja and LSi. The event garnered support…
Staged at Palais 12 in Brussels over the course of two days, the Rave Rebels XXL Weekender celebrated a welcome return to live events with production design by Thomas Boets, featuring some 200 Robe Pointe moving lights. The show design brief from organisers, Jens Grieten and Nick Ramoudt, was to keep the production design “industrial” – raw, stark, high tech and with a massive impact – like the club’s vibe, but on a super-sized scale to enthral 30,000 techno fans. Boets collaborated with several talented creatives including Head Content Creator and VJ, Rene van Dijk; Lighting Programmer and Operator, Kristof…
Six years after working at Leicester’s Curve Theatre for the premiere of the new musical The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Lighting Designer, Howard Hudson has returned to the venue to light the new production of A Chorus Line. Both shows have made heavy use of GLP LED moving heads. Hudson notes that the iconic musical changed Broadway in the 1970s but that it was time “to look at the piece through slightly more contemporary eyes.” He explained further: “Grace Smart’s design is beautifully simple. It embraces the large, cavernous Curve stage and allows us to fully utilise their extraordinary…
Québec-based Creative Lab, which creates lighting and visual installations of all kinds, has invested in 24 Ayrton Mistral-TC LED spot moving lights. The new fixtures have already been put to work on the Montreal Canadiens’ Samedis FANatiques (FANatic Saturdays) pre-game show and on a glitzy auto dealership event. “The Mistrals are our first Ayrton fixtures but certainly not our last!” declared Francis Aubin, President and Founder of Creative Lab. “They are also our first moving light purchase. We decided to go with Mistral because the fixtures are well known in the industry by lighting professionals. Mistral is compact, versatile and…
Former Banks Sadler CEO, Leigh Jagger has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director at event technology supplier, CrowdComms. Jagger brings a wealth of experience to CrowdComms, having spent more than 30 years working in the event industry. Having spent 10 years as the first female Managing Director at event agency Banks Sadler, Leigh grew the business and drove expansion before it was acquired by American Express Global Business Travel in 2017. Jagger subsequently held the role of interim CEO of EVCOM. She now sits on the board of, and acts as a Non-Executive Director to, several leading event agencies. Jagger’s…
Optimal Audio has appointed Sisme as its exclusive distributor in Italy. Optimal Audio, part of the Focusrite Group, manufactures a one-stop solution of control, amplification and loudspeakers for small to medium sized commercial installations, with a focus on supporting multi-zoned venues. Its streamlined product-offering works seamlessly to deliver simple-to-install, high quality sound systems that can be easily operated by anyone, not just engineers. Sisme has operated in the Italian market as an importer and distributor of leading audio and video brands since 1967. Optimal Audio Head of Sales and Channel Marketing EMEA, Raf Willems commented: “From day one, Sisme has been…
Avnu Alliance has released a new white paper addressing market expectations, capabilities, and certification procedures for wireless Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) applications. “Time sensitive networking feature sets and profiles are still evolving,” said Dave Cavalcanti, Chair of Avnu’s Wireless TSN (WTSN) working group and principal engineer at Intel. “No network or device, wired or wireless, implements every single TSN feature. With this white paper, the WTSN Working Group is aiming to offer a first look at the application requirements and expected wireless networking capabilities to meet those needs. It is intended to facilitate both discussion and alignment in the industry in this…
