L-Acoustics rounds out its K Series with the introduction of K3, the manufacturer’s smallest full-range enclosure, designed to deliver big sound for mid-size events with audiences ranging from 1,000 to 10,000. “K3 is ready for the events of today and tomorrow,” shared L-Acoustics Executive Director of Application Design, Florent Bernard. “Our design team created a dual-12-inch-based system with the form factor and price of a 10-inch design, without the inherent performance compromises of 10-inch loudspeakers. K3 offers long-throw, full-range performance in a compact, accessible package, tailor-made for small to mid-capacity events and venues that are the mainstay of most sound…
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As part of Qdos Event Hire’s ongoing plans for growth and national expansion, it has opened an office in Glasgow with Jonathan Reid appointed as Regional Manager. Reid, a highly respected event professional with 28 years’ experience in delivering temporary accommodation and welfare facilities will be developing the business throughout Scotland and the north of England. Vice-chair of NOEA Scotland with strong links to Portable Sanitation Europe (PSE) and regular involvement with the Event Industry Forum, Reid brings with him an unrivalled knowledge of events in the region. This, along with an established client base and reliable supply chain of…
ROE Visual has unveiled a series of short, online and interactive ROE Academy training sessions, so called crash courses. Offering its clients and AV technicians easy and quick ways to update their LED knowledge. ROE Visual announces a series of short online seminars, both instructive and interactive. The sessions will be held in both EU and US time zones offering convenience for our global network of users. This special range offers both training on processing technology and interactive Q&A sessions. These online sessions will allow you to ask anything you need to know about LED technology, processing technology and types, bug…
The latest step in Elation Professional’s quest to provide the foremost range of IP65 moving heads on the market is perfectly embodied in the new Proteus Lucius. Available now and shipping, this fully loaded LED profile luminaire in Elation’s award-winning Proteus line is fit for use in any production environment, indoors or out, and due to its all-purpose functionality can be used anywhere in a rig. “The Proteus Lucius is truly the perfect profile fixture,” commented Elation Product Manager Matthias Hinrichs. “High output, compact and comparable in weight to older generations of fixtures, it is jam-packed with features while being…
Funktion-One has joined forces with Ko Team as its distributor for Israel. The collaboration signals an exciting chapter for both companies, as they look forward to bringing Funktion-One sound to more venues and audiences around the country. Following a meeting at ISE in early February, the conversation between Funktion-One’s Director of Business Development Bill Woods and Ko Team’s Keynan Oz continued, with the partnership being finalised remotely due to travel restrictions. “After the show we all agreed that Ko Team are the right company to work with in Israel and take the brand forward,” recalled Woods. “I was scheduled to…
With the demand for virtual events rising during the COVID-19 pandemic, lighting and audio specialists Audio Visual Live (AVL) have created a multi-purpose studio space, with Vista by Chroma-Q handling all of the lighting control requirements. The new AVL Studio is located in Slough, Berkshire and offers a well thought out studio space, which can be used for a simple rehearsal right up to a full music video or corporate presentation. Normally used to servicing the corporate events and live performance sector, AVL Managing Director, Kristian Ardley, commented: “With the pandemic in full effect we wanted to put our professional…
Allen & Heath systems mixed at both ends of the digital snake for platinum-selling singer, Eleonora Zouganeli’s summer 2020 Namaste tour of her native Greece. The tour played to appreciative audiences in 1,500 to 2,500 capacity outdoor venues, navigating the challenges of changing government restrictions and local interpretations of the rules regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Zouganeli’s longstanding FOH Engineer, Brian Coon specified the mixing system, which was supplied by rental company, Backstage Services, based in Perama-Piraeus. A dLive DM48 MixRack was the heart and brains of the system, providing a split over A&H’s GigaACE protocol to a dLive S5000 surface…
Organisers of several high profile events industry campaigns have create a ‘task force’ to ensure strong alignment and more effective communication in fighting for awareness and financial support for the whole industry. The organisations behind #WeMakeEvents, #LetTheMusicPlay and #WeCreateExperiences will align with One Industry One Voice and are encouraging other campaigns to get in touch. The three campaigns represent different communities of interest within the £84 billion UK Events industry, and a diverse range of creative and technical skills, venues, suppliers and infrastructure that make up the UK events eco-system. By joining forces through the One Industry One Voice initiative,…
It’s approaching a year since Spanish Lighting Designer, Juanjo Llorens first enthusiastically compiled his design for Circo de Hielo 2 – the latest winter show from Madrid-based Productores de Sonrisas (Smile Producers) – creators of large scale multi-disciplined such as Circo de Los Horrores and many others. The newest arena show, directed by Suso Silva, played in a bespoke 1,800-capacity circular tent that was erected for the run of shows at IFEMA Madrid that combined premium ice skating with acrobatics, breath-taking stunts – including a skater fighting with a violinist playing live – and heaped with theatricality, pumping live music…
Over 25 countries took part in #WeMakeEvents Global Action Day on 30 September, unifying to highlight the plight of the live events industry in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. At 8pm local time on 30 September, live events professionals and campaigners engaged in a range of creative responses to the affects of the pandemic on the sector, such as bathing iconic buildings in red light as part of the ongoing #LightItRed campaign, as well as shining beams of white light into the night sky to highlight those who have lost jobs following the lockdown of live events. It is…
disguise’s latest software release, 17.4, combined with its new RenderStream software, rx and vx hardware bundle creates the complete solution for hosting real-time content from render engines, Unreal Engine and Notch. A proven cog in xR workflows for experience creation, disguise designed the vx, rx and RenderStream bundle as a complete toolset for delivering real-time content into unique physical spaces. Be it a stage, a set, studio or stadium, rx and RenderStream support a robust and integrated delivery platform for managing complex setups. disguise has recognised the demand for immersive real-time production and their latest release, 17.4, showcases features that…
tvONE is marking October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in partnership with breast cancer foundation Susan G. Komen, by supporting the charity with sales of its Pathfinder KVM over IP. The Magenta Pathfinder KVM over IP was announced in October 2019 and began shipping to customers worldwide in February 2020. As part of the ongoing effort to raise awareness for cancer research, tvONE Inc. is donating a portion of its proceeds to Susan G. Komen for every Pathfinder unit sold during 2020. Andy Fliss, Vice President of Sales, tvONE, said: “As we begin National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, all of…
General Device Type Format (GDTF) founders MA Lighting, Vectorworks and Robe lighting have transitioned the GDTF website to VPLT— the German Entertainment Technology Association. This migration will ensure a compliant platform for the exchange and future development of GDTF, which offers manufacturers and users a better way of planning and controlling complex productions from design to implementation for an event. “On behalf of the three founding companies, we are all more than pleased to move the GDTF website under the roof of the VPLT, an independent association,” said Gerhard Krude, Managing Director of MA Lighting. “This step is actually underlining…
The Waves WSG-HY128 is a card for HY slots that makes it possible to run Waves plugins on Yamaha RIVAGE PM series consoles at ultra-low latency, using Waves SoundGrid technology. Together with a SoundGrid DSP server, a Mac or PC, and authorised Waves plugins, the WSG-HY128 lets you process up to 128 channels of audio using Waves’ award-winning reverbs, equalisers, compressors, limiters, delays and more, with nearly no latency. You can also assign additional SoundGrid I/O devices to your network. The WSG-HY128 card uses the Waves SoundGrid protocol to connect all I/O devices with the DSP server and the host…
Despite the uncertain landscape of the event industry, Prolight + Sound organisers have declared that the forthcoming edition of the trade fair, set to take place on 13 to 16 April 2021, meets current challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in close cooperation with the industry. Messe Frankfurt has responded to the industry’s desire to meet up in person in Europe for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown with PL+S 2021, allowing exhibitors to present new products and to jointly send out positive and constructive signals for the event industry. Enrolling comprehensive hygiene standards to ensure the safe participation…
Meyer Sound has revealed the promotion of four key staff, assigning each a broader scope of responsibilities to streamline internal communications, increase operational efficiencies and accelerate the timelines from product planning to R&D through product development and global marketing. Tim Boot has been appointed Director of Global Marketing, a new position that entails overall responsibility for product management, marketing, communications and education on a worldwide basis. Boot joined Meyer Sound in 2015 and has served in high-level sales, marketing and technology development roles, most recently as Global Brand Manager. John McMahon has been promoted to Senior Vice President. In his…
Dubbed as the UK’s first dedicated socially-distanced music venue since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Virgin Money Unity Arena recently opened its gates in Newcastle, presenting an eclectic programme of top line acts, and equipped with a premium festival kit list provided by AV company, Kingdom Services, centred around DiGiCo SD10 mixing consoles managing FOH and monitor sound. Located in the city’s Gosforth Park racing ground, the Virgin Money Unity Arena consists of a pop-up amphitheatre, with 500 separate elevated viewing platforms spaced two metres apart, and hosting a maximum of 2,500 people. Local hero, Sam Fender, headlined the first…
Britannia Row Productions Director, Bryan Grant, has penned an open letter to the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson as the live events industry gears up for a global action day in support of the ongoing #WeMakeEvents, #LightItInRed and #StandAsOne campaign. In the open letter, Grant writes the following [sic]: Dear Boris, I’m a Director of Britannia Row Productions, an audio supply company. During the past 40 years, we have been privileged to have provided equipment and technicians to many major concert artistes including Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Robbie Williams, Simply Red, Mumford and Sons and Harry…
