A year on from taking delivery of the world’s first Wavefront Precision Longbow (WPL) system, Richmond, VA’s Soundworks has now switched its entire inventory to Martin Audio, purchasing both 8-inch WPS and 10-inch WPC systems. Founded in 1976 by Steve Payne, Soundworks has long benefited from a working relationship with Southard Audio, led by Mike Southard in neighbouring Harrisonburg, VA. In 2019, the two companies jointly chose Martin Audio for the first time, becoming the first WPL users in the world with each company purchasing 24 WPL cabinets, 12 SXH218 hybrid subs and 12 iKON iK42 amps. “We used WPL…
Author: Jacob Waite
New virtual presentation software solution OctoCue has debuted its web-based service which enables smoother and more professional virtual events by allowing slide control from anywhere. Developed by FIX8Group, OctoCue enters the market as the only professional-level control solution to offer live notes feedback, multi-presenter capability and seamless presenter switching. It features an easy-to-use interface which simplifies show control, enabling speakers to smoothly deliver their message in a virtual environment from wherever they are in the world. Inspired by the rapid take-up of virtual events during the COVID-19 crisis, OctoCue offers a solid, long-term answer to the clunky and disjointed presentations that…
Zero 88 and iLight have consolidated and streamlined the production facilities and processes at its shared factory in Cwmbran, Wales. Products from both brands – Zero 88 for entertainment and iLight for architectural / built environments – are fully designed and manufactured in the UK and – proudly – a British industry success story. Furthermore, with both brands now operating under the Cooper Lighting Solutions umbrella, this recent reorganisation offers complimentary ranges of lighting control solutions for a diversity of projects, scenarios and applications. Having the fully integrated workspace in Cwmbran means Zero 88 and iLight product volumes can quickly…
Sony Professional Europe the global technology and innovation leader in Live Production solutions, has partnered with Singular.Live, providers of an advanced digital overlay platform, to give users of Sony’s Virtual Production, a cloud-based live production tool, access to Singular’s template-based graphic overlays directly from the Sony Virtual Production interface. “By integrating Singular’s platform on Sony’s Virtual Production, our customers have greater options and ease of use to create the most dynamic live programming possible,” said Nicolas Moreau, Solution Marketing Lead, Sony Professional. “Singular enables anyone to create custom overlays or use pre-built templates for all types of applications – sports, news, entertainment.…
HARMAN Professional Solutions has announced the addition of 10 free Live Workshops available for registration. Available workshops, scheduled through the middle of July, feature lighting or audio experts who have extensive industry knowledge and experience working with various artists including Bob Seger, DJ Khaled, Enrique Iglesias, Janet Jackson, Linkin Park, Mötley Crüe, Pitbull and many others. The workshops now open for registration include: July 2—Basic Introduction to Martin P3 with Wouter Verlinden July 7—Performance Manager 2.x Advanced with Juan Soothill July 8—Performance Manager Applications for Concerts & Festivals with Juan Soothill July 9—P3: Ask the Experts with Wouter Verlinden and…
Arena Events Group has announced its audited results for the 15 months ending 31 March 2020. To better reflect the seasonality of the business the Group has changed its year-end to March, with a transitional 15 month period containing two seasonally quiet calendar Q1 periods. Unaudited results for the 12 months to 31 March 2020 are also shown to assist comparability. Fifteen-month period ended 31 March 2020 (audited) Group revenue increased by 36% to £183.2m (12m Dec 18: £135.0m) Adjusted EBITDA grew by 9% to £13.2m (12m Dec 18: £12.1m) Operating loss of £19.6m, after goodwill impairment of £16.1m; (12m…
PLASA Show will not take place at Olympia London from 6-8 September this year due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and uncertainty regarding social distancing and lockdown policies. However, PLASA Show will return to Olympia London on 5-7 September 2021. PLASA’s Head of Events Sophie Atkinson commented: “It is of course very disappointing to have to postpone PLASA Show this year which would have been the first in Olympia’s Grand Hall. But I am in no doubt that it is the right thing to do for the industry at this challenging time. We will sorely miss PLASA Show this year…
With the travel, gathering and distancing restrictions that come with the COVID-19 pandemic, Elation Professional’s sales team and product specialists are demoing some of Elation’s newest lighting products from the comfort and safety of their own homes in a video series called Virtual at Home Demo. Published each week on Elation’s YouTube channel, each video provides an overview of the key features and unique benefits of some of Elation’s newest lighting products, a demonstration that gives lighting pros an opportunity to assess if a luminaire is right for their needs. Products showcased in the Virtual at Home Demo series include…
At the end of April, British war veteran and beloved walking hero, Captain Sir Thomas Moore, raised more than £32m for NHS charities by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday on the 30 of April. On his birthday morning, thousands of people worldwide offered their well wishes to the former tank commander. Joining the widespread celebration, Captain Sir Tom Moore thanked the public for their overwhelming generosity from his home in Bedfordshire. Speaking to the BBC Breakfast team, his voice was heard loud and clear thanks to Sennheiser’s rock-solid Digital 6000 wireless microphone system. Broadcast sound…
A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) will be holding webinars in conjunction with multi-award-winning Media Server manufacturer, Green Hippo. Discover more about real-time media playback, 3D production workflow and how Green Hippo’s market leading solutions can help take your creativity to the next level. The first webinar “Introduction to Hippotizer” will be taking place on Thursday 9th July 2020 – 3pm-4pm BST, and will give any overview of the Hippotizer V4+ software and Hippotizer PLAY, the free to download demo version. The second webinar “Get started with SHAPE 3D Mapping” will be taking place on the 16th July 2020 – 3pm-4pm BST,…
Music Support is a registered charity founded and run by people from the UK music industry for individuals working within any area of UK music – crew, artists, producers, record labels plus much more – who are affected by mental ill health and / or addiction. Warehouse Manifesto will be held at Production Park’s London rehearsal studio, The Mill, and is being led by production manager Tyrone Brunton, who is also the gig’s project manager. The Mill, in association with lighting, audio and video specialists Subfrantic, has safely created an avenue for artists to generate online, COVID-compliant content during the…
The COVID-19 outbreak has had a profound effect on the Event Hire Association (EHA) membership, to address the issues facing the sector, the trade body delivered an Events Industry Recovery Webinar on Tuesday 23 June. Topics discussed included social distancing, safe working practises, adjusting to the ‘new normal’ and getting the industry and its suppliers back up and running as safely and swiftly as possible. The session was a resounding success with more than 60 event professionals logging on to listen to the expert panel. The points raised in the discussion will now form the structure of a dedicated health…
White Light (WL) and SFL have announced their intention to launch a strategic partnership – one which will see both companies broaden their existing offering and allow customers to receive the highest standard of full service technical production. The announcement of this strategic partnership is a natural progression for both WL and SFL. Both companies have long-standing reputations for delivering outstanding technical production, both share similar core values and both have a proven commitment to investing in the latest equipment and appointing expert staff. Similarly, both companies have grown significantly over the last few years and each had plans to continue…
The end of June saw Brompton Technology take part in one of Europe’s first face-to-face industry events since lockdown, the AV Innovation Days (AVID), organised and hosted by LANG AG at its LANG Academy in Lindlar, Germany. Designed as an accompanying event for InfoComm Connected, LANG hosted the three-day fair with both new and familiar AV technologies on display, whilst adhering to strict hygiene and safety rules. Leading LED panel manufacturers showcased their innovative solutions, with Brompton partnering with INFiLED to demonstrate how its panels have benefitted from Brompton’s highly acclaimed HDR solution. “The event offered a perfect platform to…
To deliver excellent sound and provide fans with an unforgettable experience, Universal Sound Productions equipped the BNS Drive-in Concerts with a HARMAN Professional audio solution that included an array of JBL Professional VerTec Series loudspeakers. Treating fans to their first live music experiences since the COVID-19 outbreak, the BNS Drive-in Concerts were the first ever drive-in concerts in Sri Lanka and the first in South Asia since the lockdown. The large-scale events, which were put together by the Sri Lankan entertainment television station, TV Derana, in addition to Bathiya and Santhush, were recently held at the Colombo International Airport. Affiliated…
Adapting to the unique challenges of how to produce a live event in conjunction with social distancing, the design team at Elite Multimedia Productions launched a new Virtual Event Production Studio directly from their headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. “Our owner Jeremy Byrd had kicked around the idea a while ago, so as we started to build-out our demo room with LED video, we decided to add in some of our lighting inventory as well,” began Kenny Mason, Production Manager Elite Multimedia Productions. “Once the shutdown’s happened, we saw that live streaming was going to be a vital component to…
L-Acoustics has confirmed the appointment of accomplished audio industry expert Alan Macpherson to head the newly formed Americas division, encompassing sales, application, support, fulfilment and finance activities for all countries in North, Central and South America. Alan will report to Laurent Vaissié, CEO L-Acoustics, and Hervé Guillaume, CEO L-Acoustics Group. The company further reinforces the new division with the promotion of BJ Shaver to Business Development Director for the installation market and the appointment of William Cornell as Business Development Director for the rental market, both reporting to Macpherson. “L-Acoustics is committed to supporting and growing our presence on the…
Following a two-year, €12 million refurbishment, the Central Market of Zaragoza (el Mercado Central de Zaragoza) marked its reopening with a stunning multimedia show that was projected onto its south façade over two nights in February of this year. Entitled ‘The Dream of a Creation’, the first part of the show focussed on the vision of Félix Navarro Pérez, who was commissioned as the building’s chief architect in 1903. The show opened with images of the architect at the 1889 Universal Exhibition in Paris where he discovered modernist architecture with iron and glass, followed by images of the design, geometric…
