With a long and illustrious résumé featuring Monitor Engineer stints for the cast of the hit show Nashville, the Dove Awards and the Stellar Awards, System Engineer outings with Peter Frampton and Celtic Woman, and FOH/PM duties with Casting Crowns, Carter Hassebroek knows his way around a mixing console. Not one to rest on his laurels, Hassebroek has shifted his focus during the last few months of downtime to learn new ways of mixing and keeping his console chops fresh. After a survey of available desk options, Hassebroek selected the Allen & Heath SQ-5. “The desk’s main purpose for now…
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Highlite UK will hit the road this month as part of a nationwide road trip to display several new products and company innovations. During the road trip, Highlite will present a selection of new products by Showtec, DAP, Infinity, Artecta and DMT – as well as seasonal and IP favourites – which would have ordinarily been showcased at Prolight + Sound Frankfurt, Leeds PLASA Focus and PLASA London trade shows, all of which were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The road trip will see the company visit seven regions across the UK, including: Calne, Torquay, Bromley, Milton Keynes, Essex, Leeds, and…
Riedel Communications has entered a new era of technology innovation with the promotion of Peter Glättli to Director of Research and Development. Reporting to founder and CEO Thomas Riedel, Glättli will assume responsibility for Riedel’s five main development hubs, aiming to advance the company’s IP-enabled hardware and software solutions. “Ongoing research and development are absolutely crucial for us to build and secure our company’s future, and this vital function is in great hands with Peter. In this leadership position, he will apply his deep experience and expertise in the development of audio and video solutions to help keep Riedel on…
Visions and Dobson has committed to helping companies looking for hybrid or virtual solutions to deliver their event online with the launch of a new service – Hybrid Presentations. As part of The Event Technology Group, Visions and Dobson have combined the creative and technical knowledge expertise from within our family group of companies who have the first-hand experience of digital platforms to form Hybrid Presentations. Project Manager, Sarah Hamilton heads up Hybrid Presentations. “We’re committed to continuing to deliver event experiences even if for now, they can’t be live. Whilst hybrid events will never replace live events they offer…
A study of 2,000 British adults, commissioned by Yamaha, found that playing an instrument had helped them psychologically cope with restrictions on movement and social gatherings as a result of COVID-19 lockdown measures. Of those surveyed, 86% said that playing a musical instrument had a positive impact on their mental health. With more time to themselves, it seems that lockdown may have even inspired Brits to learn something new, with a third (32%) saying they had only started playing in the last six months. Of those surveyed who did not play an instrument, nearly half (45%) said they regretted never…
Shure proudly supplied the new SLX-D wireless system sporting a Beta58 microphone, alongside PSM300 In-Ear monitors and a selection of Beta-series wired microphones for Kings Daughters debut livestreamed gig. The kit provided helped to ensure the very best production values on the launch of their first live streamed gig to celebrate their second single, ‘Dancing in the Rain’, produced by Brian May, to honour those lost during the UK national lockdown. The girl band joined the movement, Keep New Bands Alive and Gigging, which supports emerging bands to take the stage and perform gigs, live streamed to the world from…
TEG has detailed a multi-year strategic alliance with Empire Touring to co-promote a huge slate of tours and events across the country, featuring some of Australia’s best ‘80s and ‘90s acts. Empire Touring, which was founded by Marc Christowski and General Manager, Isobel Lanesman, has built its name through producing and promoting concerts and festivals featuring acts such as Paul Kelly, Midnight Oil and Kasey Chambers. The company has also created the festival brands Pure Gold Live, Spring Loaded and Rock at the Races. TEG Chief Executive, Geoff Jones said the firm will support Empire to “significantly expand” the niche…
iMAG Displays invests in the UK’s first Brompton Technology Hydra system, extending the company’s arsenal of high-end technical production equipment. The Hydra is an advanced measurement system custom-designed for LED panels fitted with a Tessera R2 receiver card. Panels must be measured with Hydra to benefit from Dynamic Calibration, the ground-breaking technology that enables Brompton HDR. Investors in the Hydra system benefit from its minimal set-up time, comprehensive error checks with minimal room for user error, and the ability to generate reports in multiple languages to give an objective assessment of panel performance. By enabling Dynamic Calibration, it also ensures…
Visual design studio PXLFLD recently deployed Hippotizer media servers from Green Hippo to provide the visual backdrop for a top-secret party and live performance by singer-songwriter, Veronica Maggio. Conceived by Red Bull, the exclusive event, staged at the Nobis Hotel in central Stockholm, was available only to fans who completed a treasure-hunt-like series of tasks. Nikolaj Brink, Maggio’s lighting designer and a recent addition to the PXLFLD team, was responsible for the event’s show design, and called in his colleagues to deliver the show’s visual playback elements. But with the limitations imposed by COVID-19, this was a show with a…
Point Source Audio introduces an AVIXA-approved training course in the professional use and cleaning of body-worn microphones on the heels of its recently launched MIKE’S ACADEMY online educational hub. Titled ‘Body-Worn Microphones and Personal Audio Equipment – Applications and Maintenance’, the course will deliver 1.25 Renewal Units (RU) towards achieving or retaining CTS / CTS-D certification. Focusing on both the everyday use and upkeep of high-end body-worn microphone technology, the course will provide invaluable insight into close contact mic placement as well as teaching artists to effectively self-mic — a particularly hot topic amid the COVID-19 crisis. The course will…
Avolites has released a new software application for media previewing and encoding called PRISM PLAYER. This release is the first application under the PRISM product range and can work as an auxiliary tool to the Avolites Ai video software platform. PRISM PLAYER is the first tool in the PRISM range, the platform is designed with an intuitive and clear user interface to give newer video designers and operators a stepping stone into the discipline. “With PRISM, we wanted to create a set of complementary tools that would help designers start to integrate video into their projects as well as improve…
In light of the devastating impact of COVID-19, Backup has announced the creation of a separate initial Hardship Fund, which will provide limited financial assistance to crew and production personnel and people working in the technical supply chain across the UK entertainment sector, including those from live events, theatre, TV and film, and the technical supply chain to our industry. “The technicians and their families in our industry, particularly freelancers, are experiencing incredible hardship at the moment and, with the lack of ongoing financial support from the Government, there are many people who are in desperate need of help,” said…
Over 1,300 arts organisations have benefitted from a share of £257m as part of a vital financial boost from the UK Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund. Earlier today, organisations that applied for grants under £1m as part of the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund were met with news about their awards, which were distributed on behalf of the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.The allocation is the biggest portion of funding distributed to date from the Culture Recovery Fund, bringing the total amount of grant funding awarded so far to more than £360m. NEWS: We’re…
Sound, Light & Laser FX has been known as SLLFX by much of the industry for most of its existence. Now, as part of a larger rebranding and investment initiative, the Birmingham-based AV rental company has officially taken SLLFX as its name. The new name and logo is just one element of a full brand refresh and investment process that has helped to transform the equipment rental company. The investment process started ahead of the UK’s national lockdown with the addition of Unilumin HD LED screens to the company’s hire stock. Following this, during lockdown the company launched two innovative…
Pixel Artworks lit up the skies above London’s Greenwich with the colours of the rainbow as it harnessed cutting-edge creative technology to fly London’s very first drone light show above a regal residency. Additionally, the trailblazing company now holds exclusive permissions to hold further drone displays over additional iconic venues across the capital. Captured as part of an internal R&D project using experimental photography and video light painting that blend long exposure and real-time elements, Pixel Artworks initiated the simultaneous take-off of four UAV drones flying exactly on the Greenwich Prime Meridian of 0° longitude. The resulting rainbow produced over…
Zero 88 has unveiled the latest ZerOS software platform – ZerOS 7.9.8 – which powers FLX and FLX S lighting control consoles, along with the recently announced ZerOS Server. The headline feature, ZerOS Library, is a library which doubles the amount of fixture personalities available to Zero 88 users, and includes extensive gobo libraries, additional fixture macros and much more detail about each fixture’s parameters. “ZerOS Library is a brain-transfer for ZerOS – not only providing great new features today, but setting up for the next decade of releases planned for Zero 88 customers, users and fans,” said Zero 88…
John Jones has joined the LIFTKET family as the agent for the UK and Ireland. Jones has gained extensive experience in the hoist industry, and has held various senior during his career and worked with several hoist manufacturers as the former Managing Director of Pfaff and Lift Turn Move limited. LIFTKET Hoffmann is an internationally renowned manufacturer of electric chain hoists for Industrial and Entertainment with loads up to 25,000kg. At the company premises close to Leipzig in Germany 230 employees, design, develop and manufacture lifting solutions for three business areas: industry, custom and stage. In-house, LIFTKET manufactures modular electric…
In his new role, David Ferraz will oversee new marketing strategies and business intelligence, and support the sales development team to open new opportunities for the rapidly expanding company. His technical background will allow him to tailor the marketing strategies to reach and communicate with the users more effectively. He began his career at White Light in the UK. after graduating in Live Events Technology from the University of South Wales. He later spent five years at Wireless Solution Sweden as International Business Development Manager, heading up distribution and marketing for the Swedish manufacturer. “I have worked in different areas…
