Vectorworks has launched Vectorworks 2021 with a continued emphasis on improving product quality, performance and the user experience. This latest release includes Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer and Fundamentals, as well as 2021 versions of Vision, Braceworks and ConnectCAD. “Vectorworks 2021 is the continuation of our commitment to quality and performance and is something that will further drive our mission to provide best-in-class design and BIM tools to AEC, landscape and entertainment professionals,” said Vectorworks CEO, Dr. Biplab Sarkar. “When you drill down to this year’s launch theme of ‘simplicity to design the complex,’ you can see how we’ve re-engineered…
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Powersoft has premiered a fully overhauled website, with a clean new layout and simple navigation structure designed to help users to quickly and easily access essential information, while offering a comprehensive understanding of the company’s value proposition, technologies and solutions. The new website is also fully responsive, meaning that it is compatible with all browsers and can easily be navigated using any mobile devices. “Through this easy-to-navigate design, users can learn about Powersoft including the services offered, said Powersoft’s brand, communication and trade marketing manager, Francesco Fanicchi. “It also details the applications the Powersoft’s products are suitable for, as well…
Caboose & Co. has unveiled the latest addition to its range of high-end products at The Glamping Show, held at NAEC Stoneleigh from 17 to 19 September. Joining its impressive 54-strong converted container fleet, the first-of-its-kind product named ‘The Maverick’ has been brought to the UK live events, festivals and glamping markets as a direct response to increased staycations following COVID-19 international travel restrictions. ‘The Maverick’ is a flat-pack aluminium and GRP product that is designed to offer event organisers and land owners a versatile, stackable glamping option that is quick to deploy and easy to store. As a revolutionary…
Riedel’s Bolero wireless intercom and Artist digital matrix intercom solutions are providing an extensive communications backbone for the 2020 NBA Bubble in Orlando, Florida. Located within Walt Disney World, the NBA Bubble is a strict isolation zone created to allow the 2019-2020 basketball season to continue while protecting NBA players from COVID-19. Firehouse Productions deployed the landmark Riedel solution, which enables officials, coaches, and production personnel to communicate safely during NBA games played in the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. “This was a complex installation, and there’s no way we could have met all of the NBA’s comms requirements…
Astera products played a key part in the recent #RedAlertRESTART campaign – a collective lighting action which saw over 2,000 buildings, structures, landmarks and spaces lit in red to highlight the critical situation facing live events and entertainment sector. John DiEleuterio harnessed the company’s Astera AX5 TriplePAR battery powered LED fixtures to light Main Light Industries’ office and warehouse building in Wilmington with 32 AX5s positioned around the exterior. He supplied another eight AX5 fixtures to the Wilmington Drama League theatre building in red. Working closely with Ryan Morris and the IATSE Local 8 in Philadelphia, DiEleuterio arranged the loan…
Following on from the statement that Integrated Systems Europe was being postponed, Integrated Systems Events has confirmed that the show will take place at the Fira Gran Via, Barcelona on 1-4 June. Integrated Systems Events Managing Director, Mike Blackman commented: “The decision to reschedule the exhibition from early February came after a period of consultation with exhibitors, the venue and local authorities. In recent weeks we have been working closely with the venue and local suppliers to ensure that the move can take place as smoothly as possible.” He added: “From our many conversations, it is clear the industry can’t…
Summoning the spirit of the Roxy Theatre’s rich past, Julien Reux of ReuxLight Design, created a series of unique looks for Wallows four-date virtual tour at the Roxy Theatre with help of 20 CHAUVET Professional STRIKE 1 fixtures – supplied by the Envizion Group. Reux, who has been designing for Wallows since the alt rock band’s first tour Nothing Happens in 2019, described how his creative process kicked off. “When management told me that they were going to shoot at, The Roxy, I knew that I wanted to bring back an old school feel to the space,” he said. “Recreating…
In his first piece of a series of articles talking to leading industry figures about the current state of play in the industry, Avolites Shareholder & Director, Steve Warren examines professional lighting innovation; where we have come from and where we might be going. “One of the great things about innovation in lighting and lighting design is that it is easy to track. Whatever happens with the technology, whatever happens with the software and the hardware, the results are seen right in front of your eyes,” Warren writes. The continuing role of innovation in lighting’ revisits the recent milestones in innovation…
Veteran Audio Engineer, Carlos Hormazabal of Santiago, Chile, draws on his experience to create ChileStream — a streaming platform through which artists and their audiences could reconnect. Assembling an experienced team of four, Hormazabal complemented his audio skills with a lighting designer, videographer and producer, setting the bar for production values very high in order to provide subscribers with a well-presented, authentic experience. “It was quickly apparent that COVID-19 would have a profound effect on the live performance arena all over the world, so I turned my attention to finding ways of satisfying the demands of audiences to engage with…
For almost two decades, audio engineer and production company owner Alex Koch has steadily built up a reputation as the go-to live audio expert in the subarctic South-central Alaska area. From his initial experience mixing audio at area ice rinks and cutting his teeth with the Allen & Heath GL2400 dual-function analogue mixer, he has progressed through the entire product range on his personal gigs and via Koch Sound productions. Koch Sound most recently became a rental provider of the Allen & Heath Avantis, one of the first in steady rotation in the state. “Business has been slowly but surely…
ETC has introduced Source 4WRD Color as the latest addition to the Source 4WRD fixture family. This new product offers a colour-changing retrofit for existing full-size Source Four ellipsoidal/profile fixtures, bringing additive RGBA colour-mixing, saturated washes, quick colour changes and much more to Source Four. As a non-destructive retrofit, Source 4WRD Color is the next generation of ETC’s Source 4WRD LED line. Source Four ellipsoidal/profile fixtures can be transformed into RGBA LED luminaires with the Source 4WRD Color LED engine while retaining all of the features of the Source Four including the lenses, accessories and its renowned reliability. Source 4WRD…
Volt Lites Founders, Matthew Shimamoto, Harrison Lippman and Lulu Creative Director, Michael Zinman of Zinman Company have launched the 3by3 Space on the premises of entertainment production services company Volt Lites in Burbank. The three partners have created a safe stage for the COVID-19 era that’s equipped with a trio of lighting, video and xR capabilities, as well as 64 active Claypaky Mini-B LED moving lights to comprise the workhorse fixtures for space. “We wanted to create a safe space that would allow people to get back to work and stimulate them to think out of the box,” said Shimamoto.…
Panasonic has revealed the availability of KAIROS, an IT/IP live video production platform. KAIROS strives to significantly improve the quality and productivity of live video production and video streaming services for broadcasters and event producers of professional sports games, musical concerts and other events. KAIROS breaks free of the boundaries that come with traditional hardware. The platform is based on open software, meaning that it can take the various components of live programme output and virtualise them. KAIROS can sit at the centre of production by taking feeds from multiple sources, and outputting them to a multitude of projectors, displays…
Production Designer, Bobby Grey designs a bespoke rig, using an abundance of GLP X4 Bar 10 and Bar 20 and JDC1 hybrid strobes, run in full pixel mode for 311 Day, held annually at the Park Theatre, Las Vegas (Park MGM) on 11 March 2020. “I’m a big fan of the way GLP create unique fixtures that don’t fit the mould of what everyone else is making. It’s great that a fixture like the X4 Bars can line architecture or sets so that the lighting and geometry work together,” Grey said. “I like the versatility of lights like the JDC1,…
The MXN5-C joins a select portfolio of Shure networked systems products – the Microflex Advance MXA910 Ceiling Array, MXA310 Table Array Microphones, and the IntelliMix P300 Audio Conferencing Processor – that are now certified for Microsoft Teams, providing a complete audio signal chain. Introduced at InfoComm Connected in June, the networked loudspeaker from Shure provides high-quality speech reproduction for AV conferencing applications. PoE-enabled with an onboard amplifier housed in a low-profile design, the MXN5-C is optimized for easy installation in drop-ceiling configurations. Microsoft Teams provides a complete solution that includes online meetings, live broadcasts, Microsoft Team Rooms and audio conferencing.…
EasyBroadcast will host a Fall Virtual Showcase. The online event will feature the company’s end-to-end OTT solution and its patented Viewer-Assisted Delivery technology and will also offer one-on-one meetings with the EasyBroadcast team. “Our Fall Virtual Showcase is a great platform to meet with industry stakeholders and discuss our latest OTT innovations,” said EasyBroadcast CEO, Soufiane Rouibia. “We look forward to sharing our innovative strategies on how to optimise video delivery on every screen, improve OTT service quality, reduce bandwidth dependency, and decrease CDN costs.” Taking place on 21-25 September, the Fall Virtual Showcase is designed to be interactive and…
Held at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania, over the course of three consecutive nights — Billy Strings’ Meet Me at the Drive-In Tour was soundtracked by a Meyer Sound LEOPARD reinforcement system, provided by DBS Audio Systems. Dave Brotman and Mike Shoulson of Coatesville, PA-based rental company DBS Audio Systems were on hand to provide the audio solutions and support to the Billy Strings production team, including FOH Engineer, Andy Lytle. “What a wonderful experience it was to work a large show again — our first since December — and to work with such a professional crew…
Held in the city’s famous Optikpark, Germany the Rathenow Summer Festival featured performances by leading German DJs and a carefully balanced lighting design by Denny Arndt that featured CHAUVET Professional fixtures supplied by Soundspower Event. The 180° stage was set up on a metal framework structure in the middle of the park’s large central pond. Artists performed on the open stage facing the crowd, which gathered following social distance protocol on the pond’s curved banks. With no background on the improvised stage, Arndt, the owner of BlendWerk Design, gave the area a defining sense of structure by arranging 40 ÉPIX…
