Created as a place to “let creatives get creative,” Sixth Sense is the response envisioned by 3G Productions as the COVID-19 pandemic forces the live event industry to rethink itself, complete with a DiGiCo Quantum7 and SD12 Pair with KLANG Immersive System providing an extrasensory experience. “This pandemic has forced creative people to have to get creative about everything, even things we usually take for granted,” began Tom Worley, Operations Manager at 3G Productions. Thus, this summer 3G turned its Los Angeles facility into Sixth Sense Creative House, a flexible production space able to accommodate live events, film and audio recordings,…
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Alcons Audio pro-ribbon systems made a great impression on the Japanese professional audio market in July, as the company’s new Japanese distributor E’Spec held a demonstration event at the Abeno Ward Citizen Center in Osaka Despite the difficulties presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, well over a hundred audio professionals attended the event on 14 July, which was split into three sessions to ensure effective social distancing. They included audio engineers, system designers, rental and sales companies. Alongside a PowerPoint and video presentations, practical demonstrations of Alcons pro-ribbon systems included the LR7 / LR7B micro line-array, LR18 / LR18B compact mid-size…
The PSNI Global Alliance Preferred Vendor Partner Program connects vendors and integrators in order to pursue market opportunities, cultivating deeper relationships and increased sales within member organizations. PSNI’s Preferred Vendor Partners and its members collaborate closely to ensure best-of-breed solutions on the market. As a preferred vendor partner, Barco joins PSNI’s portfolio across the US and Canada. PSNI Global Alliance Director of Vendor Programs, Tom Roberts said: “We are delighted to welcome Barco as the latest PVP of the PSNI Global Alliance. Barco is a brand whose products are known and trusted around the world. With a strong product range…
The first major awards show in the US to be broadcast since the pandemic was held Sunday, 30 August, when the socially distant MTV Video Music Awards were telecast from New York City. XR Studios selected the disguise xR workflow, powered by the latest disguise gx 2c media server, as the show’s central technology hub. “The project was successful on a level of scale in terms of the size of the stage, the number of Stype-tracked cameras and the ambitious number of live performances and awards presentations,” said JT Rooney of Silent Partners Studio, who worked together with XR Studios…
Campaigning on behalf of the professionals working on the technical side of the entertainment industry in the United States, the 1 September #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART #ExtendPUA night of illumination was a collective shout for help, imploring the US Congress to pass the RESTART Act (S.3814) and PUA extension as quickly as possible. Elation Professional supported the initiative with partners coast to coast lighting buildings, venues and structures in red to focus awareness on the plight of the live events industry and the need for immediate financial support. “Thank you to all who participated in any way to tonight’s amazing success. I…
Audio-Technica has unveiled its entirely redesigned website, developed with a mobile-first philosophy and created to deliver a completely new online experience of the Audio-Technica brand. The site features a responsive design architecture that translates to whichever device the visitor is using, with enhanced e-commerce functionality for smooth online transactions (and free shipping on orders over £35 / €35). Serving customers in EMEA, United States, Canada and Latin America, the content-focused design of the new site contains the latest information on Audio-Technica’s extensive range of microphones, headphones, turntables, cartridges and commercial audio products. The comprehensive Commercial Audio section of the site…
LEA Professional has appointed LVX Marketing as the company’s sales representative for Southern California and Nevada. LVX Marketing was founded in 2013 by industry veterans John Hernandez and Ed Ulibarri and between them they have over fifty years of experience working with professional audio manufacturers. “I was originally introduced to LEA Professional a year ago and their innovative technology has always stayed in my memory,” said John Hernandez, Co-Founder of LVX Marketing. “I’m proud that today we can announce our partnership with this nimble, groundbreaking company.” Speaking as to why they choose to partner with the innovative amplifier manufacture, Hernandez…
CHAUVET Professional embarked on a lighting display at 9pm on 1 September, harnessing 100 of their fixtures to lighting the company’s world headquarters in ’emergency red’, as part of #WeMakeEvents’ North American-wide RedAlertRESTART campaign. This sequence of events was repeated three hours later, at the company’s Las Vegas Satellite facility. “Just as it is for others in our industry, this was a very moving and personal moment for us,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of CHAUVET. “We grew up in this industry and we saw many of our customers grow right along with us. They are really more than customers to…
In lieu of an onsite event, Pliant Technologies will capitalise on this year’s virtual IBC Connected by putting a digital spotlight on its MicroCom XR intercom system. Pliant Technologies’ MicroCom XR provides full-duplex, multi-user intercom solutions for applications where high-quality audio, extended range, ease of use, and affordability are essential. Available in 2.4GHz for worldwide use, as well as 900MHz, where legal, MicroCom XR is a two-channel intercom system that provides up to 10 full-duplex users, a 12-hour field-replaceable battery, and extended range. The system offers unlimited listeners in addition to duplex users, all without the need for a basestation,…
Marking one the final large scale concerts to take place in Las Vegas ahead of the lockdown of live events, Bobby Grey of Notan Creative deployed 60 Claypaky Mythos 2 fixtures – supplied by Felix Lighting – to deliver a variety of looks for the 102 songs that rock band 311 performed in three marathon shows at the Park MGM’s Park Theater. As well as devising full production design for the series of concerts, Grey created and curated the shows’ video content. The band annually celebrates 311 Day on 11 March, staging marathon live concerts in even-numbered years and playing a…
Following the success of the #WeMakeEvents campaign in the UK, #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART and #ExtendPUA represented a major call to action on Tuesday 1 September 2020, imploring the US Congress to pass the RESTART Act (S.3814) as quickly as possible, offering economic relief to the live events industry, which has been shuttered since March 2020. The movement supported ExtendPUA.org in their efforts towards continuation and extension of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to provide relief to those without work due to COVID-19. “We had no intentions to piggy back on the convention, and we began receiving feedback from several US cities with concern…
Over the past few weeks, the #WeMakeEvents campaign has evolved and moved into total independence, steered by a collective of industry trade bodies, businesses and freelancers who are all working together to ensure it receives as much awareness as possible. Now, it is launching the next phase of its campaign to call on the government for significant and immediate industry specific support. The response to #WeMakeEvents has been fantastic so far, including the collective day of action on 11 August with creative expressions across the country, including over 700 buildings lit up in red and other activities that culminated with…
ETC has released the Eos v3.0 software, bringing three-dimensional programming and augmented-reality control to the Eos platform. The update marks the official integration of the much-anticipated Augment3d toolkit into Eos. With Augment3d, users can program moving fixtures with unprecedented speed and ease, visualise their cues in an imported model of their space, and even position lights with a flick of an augmented-reality smartphone “focus wand.” Over 5,000 beta users tested the software in recent months, and their feedback has helped to build one of the most exciting new Eos feature sets yet. The new software runs natively on all the…
N&M presents a new business segment with its own market presence – Neumann&Müller venue services focuses on consulting, customised concepts and the design and development of locations and their events – the sub-brand highlights the segment’s profile and facilitates the company’s service portfolio. With its service portfolio for event locations, conference centres, corporate venues, theatres and museums, Neumann&Müller already serves 26 venues throughout Germany, plus five trade fair locations and two congress centres: a constantly growing market in which the N&M business segment is set to present itself with a separate market presence. N&M’s Venue Services cover technical consulting, design…
Allen & Heath USA has made a key appointment as part of its increased expansion into the commercial and install market. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Samantha Potter has been tapped to fill the Field Support – Commercial Audio role. Working under the American Music & Sound (AM&S) umbrella, Potter will assist and support further adoption of Allen & Heath solutions in the United States installation market across all verticals. With a long history of hands-on live audio mixing as well as successful stints as a freelance System Design Consultant, Technical Producer, and IT Media Supervisor, she has established herself…
Riedel Communications has partnered with Remote Recording Network (RRN) and Live Nation to establish a first-of-its-kind trans-Atlantic remote mastering workflow for the Wacken World Wide 2020 music festival. Streamed live to 11 million fans worldwide from 29 July to 1 August by MagentaMusik 360, Wacken World Wide took the world’s largest heavy metal festival online in a mixed-reality production. The audio for this broadcast was mixed in Hamburg, Germany, and mastered at Valhalla Studios NY, with communications and signal configuration, transmission, and monitoring handled by Riedel’s Remote Operations Center (ROC). “This new remote mastering workflow is incredible, and we’ve never…
On August 11, as part of PLASA’s first UK-wide #WeMakeEvents campaign, the live events and production community in Manchester organised a silent and socially distanced flight case march across the city which culminated in a dramatic red flare exhibit. Over 1,000 freelancers and supply companies attended the regional protest which collectively asked the Government to extend its furlough scheme – due to end in October – and allow access to grants in order to help save an estimated 114,000 jobs. The protest became the world’s first time-sensitive event with its crew implementing the Tour Production Group (TPG) COVID-19 Working Guidance.…
Christie pure RGB laser projectors helped to mark the impending launch of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral with the first ever 3D projection mapping on an operational rocket by PaintScaping. Six ‘all-in-one’ 45,000 ISO lumen Christie D4K40-RGB projectors – provided by rental expert Nationwide Video – mapped the façade of the nearly 72m rocket, for a private event ahead of ULA’s launch for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). “It was a pleasure to work with the latest and brightest RGB laser projector on the market for this unique project,” said Philippe Bergeron, President of…
