English indie-electronic band Metronomy is wrapping up their current North American tour with a lighting system supplied by Bandit Lites. Known for their distinctive sound and flair for visuals, Metronomy is comprised of Joseph Mount, Oscar Cash, Anna Prior, Olugbenga Adelekan and Michael Lovett and recently released their sixth studio album Metronomy Forever. “Tour manager Victoria Simpson was our initial contact and responsible for bringing Metronomy and Bandit Lites together for the US Tour,” said Bandit Lites Client Representative Shawn Lear. “Vix’s organization, advance work with contracts, routing and all the minute details coming from overseas is first-rate. It is…
Author: Jacob Waite
As Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas toured the UK at the end of 2019, virtuoso violinist Sandy Cameron was presented with a new miking technique thanks to Point Source Audio’s EMBRACE EO-8WL earmount microphone. The on-ear, as opposed to on-instrument solution, came from Emmy-winning audio engineer Paul Bevan, who has been working with Danny Elfman on his live projects for five years. This experience led him to assert: “This will be a permanent change to our approach for Sandy’s featured performances during Danny’s concerts. I highly endorse it for any application where a violinist has to be miked and…
Singer/songwriter Rea Garvey is certainly no stranger to international audiences. This is ensured not only by numerous TV show appearances, but also by his extensive musical output. For the past 20 years the likeable Irishman has been delighting his audience with multi-faceted pop rock and his distinctive voice. His most recent solo album, ‘NEON’ was released in March 2018, and in the autumn of the same year and through summer 2019, Garvey presented the new songs on a large ‘NEON’ tour. At his side for many years has been lighting and stage designer Christian ‘Rocketchris’ Glatthor. Glatthor—known for creating multilayered,…
The Super Bowl Halftime Show, watched by over 100 million people, garnered rave reviews for its showmanship but also drew plenty of kudos for its sound. A pair of DiGiCo SD5 consoles at front of house and a pair of DiGiCo Quantum 7 desks at monitors were the crown jewels atop a custom JBL sound system, comprising 18 1,500-pound carts on the field and 14 flown line arrays. All of the gear was designed and brought in by ATK Audiotek, which has been the halftime event’s sound-reinforcement provider for nearly two-dozen Super Bowls now. “For me, the SD5 is still…
MILOS has unveiled cell clamps which bite down hard and hold on tight to ensure the safe and secure mounting of fixtures, suspension of support structures, and connections on truss tubes. All of the cell clamps are precisely manufactured from high quality extruded aluminium for extended durability and reliability. End users can choose from three different sizes that are compatible with 32-35mm, 48-51mm and 60–63.5mm diameter tubes. www.milossystems.com
Jon Stanners, one of two owners of Winnipeg-based production and design company Red Rover Entertainment, turned to a pint-sized yet powerful Elation lighting package on Canadian singer Jessie Reyez’s “Being Human On Tour” outing. Soundbox Productions of Ontario served as lighting vendor for the tour, which played dates in Canada and the US. Not only did Stanners design a lighting system that fit the budget, he made sure the rig was an appropriate fit for the 500 to 2000-capacity venues the tour played, not to mention the transportation used to haul the gear. “The design was created to have the…
Turnkey event specialist, The Music Box, has purchased six of Powersoft’s T604 amplifier platforms; the latest addition to its road-tested line of touring products. All models in the company’s T Series are flexible, cost-effective, and can deliver the same high peak voltage, allowing high SPL even with single 8/16 ohm cabinets. This high voltage is also good for sharing power between the channels for applications such as bi-amped loudspeakers or subwoofers with passive tops. Patrick Withers, national account & operations manager / production manager for The Music Box, said: “These are the first Powersoft products we have actually purchased, although…
One of the world’s best-selling music artists, Ed Sheeran wrapped his 260-show Divide Tour last year, which featured a large complement of Claypaky Mythos 2 and Scenius Unico lighting fixtures. Mark Cunniffe was the Lighting Designer for Divide, named the top tour of 2019 by PLSN. Cunniffe created a set piece for the tour comprised of LED tiles and lighting with a massive curved crown above the stage and tall columnar center piece. The elements at times resembled a goblet and a tree. Four automated triangular pods resided in the underside of the LED structure; each pod was on three…
The Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards has announced the introduction of two new awards to the Concerts & Events category for the 2020 ceremony. The new awards are being added to the line-up to accommodate the ever-evolving high standards of production in live events. The new Award for Festival Headliner, sponsored by Ayrton, will be open to submissions for any festival headline set that has been designed with additional packages without relying solely on the use of the pre-installed festival rig. To accommodate the entire festival season, eligible performances will have been performed between 1 January and 31 December 2019,…
As the Strictly Come Dancing Live! 2020 tour draws to a close, crew and artist catering specialist Eat to the Beat has received incredible feedback from the celebrities, professional dancers, judges and crew. Throughout the tour everyone involved has been quick to praise the standard and quality of the food delivered. Eat to the Beat was mentioned in an interview with the Strictly stars in entertainment magazine Heat and this was followed by a wave of social media posts. Actress Catherine Tyldesley and her dancing partner Johannes Radebe, professional dancers Luba Mushtuk, Karen Hauer and head judge Shirley Ballas were…
The LR24 is a mid-size line-array sound system, designed to enable a 1:1 non-compressed reproduction of the original sound source at any sound pressure level; Due to the completely neutral response of the system, it can be used for any application and source possible, from speech, to classical music, jazz, all the way to pop and hard-rock performances. The system is characterised by a fully predictable, linear response from the lowest to the highest SPL’s, with a completely flat frequency response up to 20kHz., giving room for full artistic “sound sculpting”, without having to work around or against the system.…
At ISE 2020 in Amsterdam, Meyer Sound is introducing two new compact, self-powered loudspeakers that leverage a new generation of technologies to provide exceptional versatility for covering a wide range of installed and portable applications. The new ULTRA-X20 compact point source loudspeaker is a junior-sized version of the award winning ULTRA-X40 loudspeaker introduced at last year’s ISE show. It offers the same revolutionary design principles and advanced technologies but employs smaller drivers in a lighter and more compact package — a design that is new to Meyer Sound. The ULTRA-X20 incorporates two 5” cone drivers, one 2” diaphragm compression driver…
Just Add Power, a leader in Ultra HD over IP video distribution, announced the release of its 3G 708POE transmitter. Making its debut at ISE 2020 in booths 1-Q120 and 1-N134, the transmitter allows integrators to cost-effectively add a stereo analog audio output to their 3G Ultra HD over IP systems. “By extracting audio from sources and outputting it via a 3.5 mm port, the 708POE makes it simple for integrators to incorporate two-channel stereo receivers and amplifiers into their J+P systems,” said Taft Stricklin, sales team manager at Just Add Power. “Offering an upgrade to our popular 707POE, the…
At ISE, Amadeus will highlight version 1.5 of its HOLOPHONIX spatial sound processor, featuring many new functions, corrections, and improvements. Unveiled in 2018 at the Frankfurt Prolight + Sound trade show, and commercially available since January 1st, 2019, the HOLOPHONIX spatial sound processor continues to be updated and enhanced, according to requests and needs expressed by its users. Developed with several musical, theatrical and scientific institutions, the HOLOPHONIX processor was designed in a collaboration with the STMS (Sciences et Technologies de la Musique et du Son), a laboratory founded in 1995 and hosted by the Institut de Recherche et Coordination…
With the rapidly growing demand for professional, real-time, reliable future-proofed audio network systems, Neutrik is taking the next logical step in the development of Milan audio modules, by offering OEM customers a time and cost-saving path towards developing and producing future audio network solutions built on the Milan protocol. Neutrik intends for its Milan modules to be tested and certified by the Avnu Alliance in the coming months. Having introduced its first XLR audio connector in 1975, 2020 marks the 45th anniversary of Neutrik’s success story. Neutrik’s history of introducing innovative solutions that set standards in audio connectivity has grown…
By entering a strategic partnership with signageOS, NEC enhances its open and modular approach to unify digital signage. NEC Display Solutions Europe reinforces its Open Modular intelligence (OMi) concept, which leverages diverse computing hardware technologies with scalable performance-levels by releasing the NEC Open Modular Platform, crafted from the strategic partnership with signageOS. The platform’s open, modular approach is enabled by signageOS technology, and provides single code-based API access to connect to NEC hardware. This uniformed incorporation of signageOS’ optimised technologies to power the NEC Open Modular Platform goes beyond traditional operating systems. The NEC Open Modular Platform enables the strengthening…
Kicking off ISE 2020, the OCA Alliance is very pleased to welcome Adamson Systems Engineering as its latest member company. A major presence in the professional audio industry, the Canadian loudspeaker systems manufacturer requires little by way of introduction. Head of Product and Technology, Brian Fraser stated: “As an audio manufacturer, we recognize the immense benefit open source protocols offer to the industry as a whole. Open Control Architecture is a protocol we’ve been invested in for a while and we’re happy our choice has been validated and standardized by the AES as AES70.” ISE 2020 sees a significant number…
At ISE 2020 in Amsterdam, Meyer Sound is presenting preview demonstrations of Spacemap Go, a new spatial sound design and mixing tool that leverages the processing power of the company’s GALAXY network platform. Following installation of software and firmware updates for GALAXY, the new Spacemap Go iOS app will provide a flexible and easy-to-use touch pad interface for Spacemap multi-channel panning, using one or more connected iPads. With nearly 4,000 GALAXY loudspeaker processors sold to date, Spacemap Go immediately enables this large existing user base to configure, program and implement sophisticated spatial sound mixing with unprecedented ease and cost-effectiveness. “Although…
