Neutrik Group has announced the launch of REAN, a global brand marrying over 45 years precision engineering know-how with the group’s own dedicated state-of-the-art production facilities. REAN offers designers of audio, video and lighting products a comprehensive range of connectors featuring ultra-robust, high-reliability designs, that promise unrivalled cost-performance ratios, backed by a truly global supply-chain and experienced regional sales network. An extensive worldwide portfolio of connectors incorporates a full range of ’standard’ professional XLR, ¼” Jack, XLR/Jack combo, Ethernet, Power Connector, 3.5mm, Phono, DIN, and Dual Banana plug solutions, and the new Z Series of IP65 rated XLR and RJ45…
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Fischer Amps has teamed up with Sennheiser to create FA 500 Custom. The new in-ear monitors combine custom ear moulds by Fischer Amps with the transducer of Sennheiser IE 500 PRO. Featuring Sennheiser’s TrueResponse technology, designed to enable performing artists and engineers to focus and critically monitor sound. Fischer Amps Founder and Owner, Jochen Fischer described what makes the FA 500 Custom so special: “At the heart of each precisely crafted earmold sits a truly incredible dynamic wideband transducer, which allows you to precisely monitor the entire audio frequency range with a THD of as low as under 0.08%. Having just…
HOF has appointed a distribution partner for Germany to the HOF family – Vertitruss. Founded in 2018, the young company has quickly made a name for itself in the German market. In addition to the distribution of trusses, lighting and sound technology, Vertitruss offers solutions in the areas of exhibition booth construction and special constructions. Vertitruss Co-Founder and Co-Managing Director, Dennis Malyska, commented: “We were looking for a partner with high-quality products in the areas of trusses, couplers and white LEDs. We therefore quickly came across HOF and are even more pleased that the ‘chemistry’ between our two companies was right…
The energy and imagination of Lighting Designer, Paulinho Lebrao from design practice FOH excelled to create epic lighting for a spectacular and vibrant production of Auto de Pascoa (Passion of Christ), staged in the main auditorium of the Igreja da Cidade Campus Colina church in Brazil. Choosing an MA Lighting grandMA3 package – software and hardware – for lighting control, this acclaimed production was staged in the church’s main auditorium in Sӑo José dos Campos, Paraiba Valley, about 80km from Sao Paulo, and streamed worldwide. This show was directed by Leila Paes who is also one of Igreja de Citade…
Engineered around a new, robust and powerful professional hardware platform, Analog Way Picturall Mark II series line replaces the current Picturall media servers and includes four products: Picturall Pro Mark II, Picturall Quad Mark II, Picturall Quad Compact Mark II and Picturall Twin Compact Mark II. With the ability to drive up to sixteen 4K@60Hz LED videowall controllers or video projectors from a single server unit and enough power to play back media up to 16K@60Hz or uncompressed image sequences up to 8K@60Hz, the Picturall Mark II series is marketed as a solution for challenging video playback. Picturall Mark II media…
Fuelled by months of pent-up energy accumulated during the lockdown, Big Something let it fly at the Mountain Music Festival in June. Supporting them note for note was a Daniel Thibault light show anchored by 24 CHAUVET Professional Rogue R2 Wash and 8 Rogue R2X Beam lighting fixtures. “The Big Something vibe is big, vibrant and bright, so colour changes played an important role in my design,” said Thibault of Life Is Art Studios. “A lot of times using a monochromatic look for a portion of a song helps me set that part of the music apart from the rest.…
The latest addition to ADJ’s Focus Series of LED-powered professional moving head luminaires is the Focus Wash 400. This dedicated wash fixture combines a potent colour mixing LED light engine with a fresnel lens and motorised zoom mechanism to create a soft-edged beam with an even field and high CRI – designed to illuminate all kinds of stages and performance spaces, both for live and broadcast audiences. At the heart of the Focus Wash 400 is a powerful 400W six-in-one LED light source, which combines red, green, blue, amber, cyan and lime LED chips to offer colour mixing for stage-based…
FUSION by GLP introduces the FUSION Stick FS16 Z, a contemporary LED stick in a weatherproof (IP65) design. The FS16 Z is based on the proven FUSION Stick FS20 with identical dimensions, so all FS20 accessories are also compatible with the FS16 Z. The FUSION Stick FS16 Z is populated with 16W by 20W RGBW LEDs. The motorised zoom ranges from 8° to 40°. The 1m-long sticks are only 23.6cm high, 9cm deep, and, despite the weatherproof design in the high-quality die-cast aluminium housing, weigh only 13kg. Thanks to the ring surrounding the front lens, the visibility of the pixels…
Pixotope has made two senior promotions and a new hire within its leadership team. Ian Puszet joins Pixotope as its Chief Customer Success Officer after a decade working at Avid, where as Vice President he led the Global Customer Care team. Drawing on his proven track record of successfully leading global teams across multiple enterprises and functions – including passages at Abekas Cox, Leitch and Harris Broadcast – at Pixotope, Ian will drive customer success initiatives, align departments with a customer-centric culture and continue to construct exceptional relationships between Pixotope and its current and potential customers. Discussing his new post,…
Main Light expands its operations with an updated logo and new premises in Las Vegas, Nevada. The new 40,000 sq ft shop at 6435 South Valley View in Las Vegas will allow the industry-leading dry hire service to better support the western US. Pairing with Main Light’s well-regarded Delaware shop, the Las Vegas operation will duplicate the depth of new and well-maintained equipment available along with the high-level of customer service that makes Main Light the ‘go-to’ trusted provider for professional production companies. “Having a west coast shop is something that our clients have been asking about for some time,”…
Following the postponement of Boomtown, the organisers behind the 66,000 capacity music and theatrical festival have announced the launch of Boom Village; an intimate music festival packed with celebration, creativity and connection a fraction of the size of the usual event. Boom Village is marketed as a one off magical, family-friendly and sustainability focussed music festival. Taking place in the Matterley Estate near Winchester, over the 12 to 15 August it will bring music, escapism and creativity to all generations. For four magical August days and nights, festival goers will be able to explore a hidden world that includes the…
ACT Lighting (RapcoHorizon/ProCo Sound/RHC Holdings) has launched ACT Entertainment, a new entity formed by bringing together the brands of the ACT Lighting and RHC Holdings family of companies. While deeply rooted in the heritage of its legacy companies, the value offered by ACT Entertainment is more than the sum of its parts. The new ACT is a streamlined organisation that takes a holistic approach to the industries it serves, curating critical entertainment technologies and bringing leading products and services to its clients across multiple distinct markets. “Offering exceptional products and services, ACT Entertainment gives the most exciting and valuable entertainment…
INFiLED has relocated its EMEA headquarters from Venlo to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as well as the opening of a new office and showroom in Dubai. The expansion aligns with the company’s long-term strategy to focus on and invest in meeting industry customers’ growing needs and expectations across EMEA. The 1,300m2 HQ facility located in Europe’s largest seaport, Rotterdam, offers a more prominent and perfectly equipped working space for the entire team of engineers, technicians, and sales managers to offer excellent and fast service. “We value being close to our EMEA partners and customers. We have listened to them and decided…
Oleksandr Antonenko has joined Eleven Engineering’s growing Research & Development Design team. “As worldwide demand of our SKAA technologies and products offerings continues to grow, and drastically over the past year as more and more people are staying home much more often and realizing how unimpressive and outdated their current wireless AV systems are, we regularly need to add to our engineering team to keep up with that demand,” said Eleven Engineering Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Rex Whitehead. “Oleksandr fits the bill with his strong interests in PCB and embedded system design. We are pleased to have…
disguise has announced an extended free access to its Designer software, also now available as a software-only version. Users will be able to benefit from this offer until the 31 January 2022. Existing users already under the free Designer licence will be able to activate their licence extension for another six months before the 30th of June, by checking their email inbox to access a unique code. disguise has also removed the need of a physical USB dongle to access the software, so users can get started with Designer immediately after download. With the release of its latest software update,…
For the past 11 years, the Pinecrest Gardens has been home to one of south Florida’s premier jazz concert series: JazzAid Live at the Banyan Bowl. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the series was in serious danger of cancellation for the 2020-21 season. “I can’t describe the panic, the disappointment, the disillusionment, the sheer terror of living through a pandemic,” said Alana Perez, Director of Pinecrest Gardens, the botanical park that contains Miami’s famed Banyan Bowl. “I knew our concerts, our park, our recreation programs, our festivals; everything, was going to be affected.” Thankfully, video producer and director Daniel…
Eurovision Song Contest 2021 has been recognised as a pivotal moment in the return of large-scale entertainment events in a post-COVID world. Performed in front of a live audience of 3,500 plus delegates in the Greenroom on the arena floor, ESC captivated both the live audience and the 183 million watching on television from 234 countries worldwide, under the supervision of Head of Production, Erwin Rintjema. At the heart of Lighting Designer, Henk-Jan van Beek’s dynamic design were the tools to guarantee that the Multi-camera directors received all the key lighting required to bring the performers to the small screen…
After a year spent exploring VR, the team behind Glastonbury’s Shangri-La is coming back to reality this summer festival season, with everyone’s dream IRL venue, Lost Horizon HQ, an independent arts centre and bar in the heart of Bristol UK. A few hundred metres from Cabot Circus, St Pauls and Old Market, this brand new venue is a creative playground for the ever-growing Shangri-La family to showcase art, live music and performance throughout the summer, with an opening distanced capacity of 120 inside and 120 in its sun-trap beer garden, moving up to total of 350 when restrictions lift. Lost…
