To complement the immersive video content featured on Porter Robinson’s Nurture Live Tour, Ben Coker designed and programmed a sophisticated lighting rig featuring Martin Professional MAC Ultra Performance and MAC Aura PXL fixtures by Harman controlled by a P3-50 system controller, all provided by Christie Lites. Featuring multiple video walls and a video floor displaying synchronised visual content ranging from abstract animated sequences to picturesque nature scenes, the Nurture Live Tour required a sophisticated lighting rig to complete the experience. To bring maximum immersion to the show, Lighting Designer, Ben Coker deployed the new Martin MAC Ultra Performance and MAC…
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Lectrosonics Wireless Designer frequency coordination and RF system management software for Mac or PC has been updated for use with DCR822 dual-channel portable digital receiver. This will allow DCR822 users to monitor all channels in operation, change settings, initiate infrared data transfers, manage frequency groups, scan the local RF spectrum, and calculate system operating frequencies using the Frequency Coordination Engine. Wireless Designer Versions 2.0.30 for macOS and 2.0.34 for Windows are now available with these features for the 822. The next-generation DCR822 receiver provides the highest level of RF and audio performance available with a versatile feature set in a…
Bringing new, fresh live music to places where people don’t expect it is the mission of London-based Molto Music. With a flagship project on the roof of The Dorchester, one of the city’s most prestigious hotels, the company is working closely with Yamaha to expand its ‘pop up’ live venues throughout the city. “London is full of live music locations that nobody really considers. People automatically think of the well-known venues, but the city is full of mini live performance spaces. We are bringing interesting, original music to those places where people wouldn’t necessarily expect it,” said Molto Music Group…
Artists touring to Spain will no longer need visas for short-term engagements in a dramatic change to the current onerous rules. The change follows months of dedicated work from LIVE and the Association for British Orchestras (ABO), working alongside Spanish counterparts Asociación Promotores Musicales. The development represents a significant boos for the sector which has, as a result of Brexit and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, seen European touring become more expensive, more complicated, and more difficult to execute. Visas have been a significant issue for Spain which, despite representing the fifth largest live music market in the world, posed…
ETC’s Eos Family of lighting controllers is known for providing comprehensive, finely tuned control for lighting rigs of all sizes. Now, with the release of Eos v3.1 – the latest major software update for the platform – that control becomes even more customisable to suit any programming style or show. Eos v3.1 is all about you, with new tools that help you set up your workspaces – programming, 3D-visualised, and physical – just the way you want them. In a fast-paced show environment, you need quick access to all your content. In Eos v3.1, Custom Direct Selects now support thousands…
Anna Valley has made changes to the leadership team and the appointment of new staff in key positions. The restructure will see subsidiary company, Matrix UK Solutions, become part of Anna Valley and the creation of new senior roles including that of commercial director and director of events. Anna Valley board member, Nick Hart, has taken on the position of commercial director and will assume responsibility for sales across both the event and venue markets, while Matrix UK Solutions Managing Director, Jamie Gaskins, has been made director of events at Anna Valley. Matrix was acquired by Anna Valley in 2018…
A month after collaborating on the Team GB Olympics Homecoming, Transition Video returned to London’s SSE Wembley Arena to help deliver another hybrid event, using Green Hippo Boreal+ media server for The National Lottery’s ParalympicsGB Homecoming. Great Britain’s Paralympic stars claimed a total of 124 podium places and were welcomed home from Tokyo with a line-up of artists that included Jamie Cullum, Birdy and Raymond Antrobus. In the live audience, NHS workers gathered for the spectacular, which ran video highlights of the Paralympians’ performances as part of a Channel 4 broadcast. Transition Video’s Kate Perring worked as server support for…
Outline has entered into a strategic sales partnership with World Marketing Associates (WMA). World Marketing Associates is considered one of Europe’s most experienced professional audio/video representatives, with offices in the UK, France and Russia. With a proven track record of establishing new brands and delivering strong growth for leading names in the EMEA markets, the company will be Outline’s sales representatives for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. WMA’s Julian Young commented: “WMA are excited to be working with Outline. Over the years we have followed them and been extremely impressed with the groundbreaking technologies they have introduced. We will…
Following two years of postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first-ever Saga Festival took place on 10 to 12 September 2021 in Romania, Bucharest – reportedly generating a revenue of 25m euros – with over 130,000 people in attendance to witness the audiovisual spectacular. INFiLED provided five customised triangular LED displays stood in the central position of the main stage, duplicating the icon of the Saga Festival, while smaller LED solutions courtesy of INFiLED formed slim lines around it. With more than 2000 sq m of LED panels on site, the rig provided clear and vivid images corresponding with…
Sonosphere began the next chapter in its journey to bring all areas of immersive audio to the live, studio and broadcast markets by completing a management buyout which sees existing Director, Jamie Gosney, joined by Duncan Bell. The firm’s mission is to make immersive audio accessible to the industry at large. Over the past 18 months Sonosphere has played a key role in the delivery of 5G Festival – part of the DCMS 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme (5GTT). This project aims to utilise the 5G network to revolutionise the live music industry, creating new commercial opportunities for arts and…
Ministry of Sound Classical (MoS Classical) is a celebration of 30 years of Ministry of Sound’s favourite dance classics performed by the London Concert Orchestra. As this spectacular show prepared to take to the stage for a highly anticipated return to the live arena, its audio team turned their attention to giving the 50-piece orchestra a new and different kind of in-ear monitoring by choosing KLANG’s 3D personal monitor mixing system. KLANG was not unfamiliar to the Head of Sound and Sound Designer for the show since 2018, Phil Wright, as he has become increasingly familiar with it in recent…
Optocore has confirmed the appointment of SONUS Exsertus as its new Lithuanian distributor. Founded in 2013, SONUS had approached the German fiber network specialists when they were looking for new solutions regarding signal distribution. “We immediately saw the potential in this partner, since fibre, in our opinion, is the future of signal distribution,” said Head of Business Development, Ramūnas Alenskas. With many premier global sound and lighting brands in its distribution portfolio, SONUS is a total stage technology supplier, with a customer base covering theatres, cultural houses, concert halls, conference centres, and many other applications throughout Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and…
HARMAN Professional Solutions has released the EON700 Series – portable JBL Professional PA loudspeakers and subwoofer with Bluetooth. The EON700 Series represents a major step forward in innovation and technology by delivering truly intelligible, clearly consistent coverage at any volume level. JBL engineers used exclusive, state-of-the-art design and measurement techniques to deliver the best-performing loudspeakers in their category, regardless of application. EON700 leverages the latest acoustic science, transducer designs, cabinet materials and advanced DSP, amplification and control technologies and extraordinary performance in a fully professional, highly flexible, easy to use, portable system. With four models available, including the 10-inch EON710,…
Pixotope has appointed Sergio Cardenas as Regional Sales Manager in Southern Europe. Cardenas’ passion for audiovisual systems, live and broadcast productions, and innovative technology have driven his high-end broadcasting career over the last 20 years. Specialist in real-time graphics, virtual studios, and virtual reality solutions, Sergio’s previous experience includes roles at companies such as Orad Hi-Tech Systems and Avid Technology. Cardenas commented: “Pixotope’s ground-breaking mixed reality and virtual production solutions are leading the market, and I’m really excited to help drive this moment of growth. I’ve been following their technology for a while now and look forward to being part…
The Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, San Francisco’s music event now in its 13th year, returned to Golden Gate Park for a special Halloween weekend edition. For three days, more than 74,000 concertgoers flooded into the park’s vast lawns to experience sets by headliners The Strokes, Lizzo, and Tame Impala, along with more than 80 additional acts performing on four stages and in two tents. Since the event’s inception, Another Planet Entertainment, UltraSound, and Meyer Sound have worked in close collaboration to provide an audio experience. Since the inaugural festival in 2008, Meyer Sound systems have supported the annual…
64 Audio has launched the A4s 4-driver custom in-ear monitor, the firm’s second hybrid custom IEM. “The A4s is a complete redesign of our four driver platform that is elevated by a dynamic low frequency driver, making it 64 Audio’s second ever hybrid custom IEM,” explained 64 Audio Founder and Chief Sound Designer, Vitaliy Belonozhko. “Along with this major update, inside A4s is our tia technology, LID and our patented apex and 3Dfit technologies. The frequency response, detail, and soundstage capabilities of A4s exceed other audiophile products at almost any price point.” A4s dynamic driver produced bass is powerful, enveloping,…
ASI Audio has appointed Holloway Sales as the manufacturer’s representative for the region encompassing several Great Lakes states and other nearby areas: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania. Firm principal David Holloway will guide his team of dedicated sales associates in helping ASI Audio’s products strengthen market share in these areas. “You really can’t get better than the team at Holloway Sales,” said ASI Audio VP of Marketing and Sales, Evan MacKenzie. “David Holloway and his organisation have navigated the ups and downs of the pro audio market with strategic smarts, proactive relationship-building and attentive care. I…
‘Built by the industry, for the industry’, Entourage Pro is a new, free to join global networking platform bridges the gap between artists and the production world and is set to revolutionise how production personnel are sourced, accredited and availed to the wider production and music industries. Entourage Pro draws on Director, Joel Perry’s 20 year-plus association with live music production, as well as its partnership with Showcase Music, which has 52 years of industry heritage to add to the platform’s offering. “With the global events sector starting to re-emerge, we knew the time was right to launch a service…
