Long-time grandMA2 user Joe Watrach, a freelance Lighting Programmer and Lighting Director, has been singing the praises of the new grandMA3 console after migrating to the system for the 40-city North American tour of DCappella. ACT Lighting is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America. DCappella is a seven-member musical group that came together as a result of a nationwide search for the best vocal performing talent in a capella and stage. The group’s repertoire features modern a cappella versions of Disney classics and modern hits; they released an eponymous album on Walt Disney Records last November…
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Now celebrating its fourteenth anniversary, Danley Sound Labs traces its success to the fortuitous synergy between maverick acoustician Tom Danley, veteran AVL integrator Mike Hedden, and a hand-picked team of world-class engineers and support technicians, including Ivan Beaver and Doug Jones. After decades in the aerospace industry and with a lifelong passion for high-fidelity sound at high SPLs, Tom Danley developed a series of patented horn-loaded loudspeaker and subwoofer technologies that cleverly side-step the trade-offs and limitations of conventional designs. This year AVIXA selected Tom Danley as one its 2019 award winners. The awards ceremony will be held during the…
Colour Sound Experiment has expanded its fleet of vehicles with a brand new artic and trailer – a fabulous Volvo FH460 Globetrotter Euro 6 tractor unit, complete with a 45′ Schmitz Cargobull low-ride Tri-axle FERROPLAST – EXPRESS semi-trailer. This vehicle – chosen for its efficiency and dynamics – is an investment made for the convenience of trucking equipment to tours and festivals across the UK and Europe. It will also offer clients an additional element of cost-effectivity as Colour Sound can offer independent trucking services for large one-offs. The truck will be especially busy during the upcoming festival season and…
Antycip Simulation has appointed of Enrico Salcuni as its new sales manager, effective 15 April 2019. Salcuni will be in charge of the development of new business areas in the R&D department, particularly in the field of virtual reality simulators for engineering sectors (civil, transport & construction and educational), and will answer to Riccardo Rovelli, regional manager for the IT-DACH territories. Although he will be primarily based in the Italian office, Salcuni’s tasks will require him to travel frequently around the country, as well as to Switzerland and the other countries in the DACH region. “I am thrilled to have…
Just Add Power (J+P), a leader in Ultra HD over IP video distribution, announced today that Taylor Wolf has joined the company as its director of branding. In her new role, she will have a wide range of duties, guiding J+P’s branding experience via marketing communications and being the face of the company at on-site dealer events, training sessions, and more. Before joining J+P, Wolf served as a graphic designer for companies in the consumer tech and social media industries, leveraging a deep skill set in media asset creation, video production and editing, marketing event planning, and administration. Previously, she…
The VulcanT Shockmount Chassis is another ingenious new technically enhanced 19-inch rack mount product launched by global flightcase hardware specialists Penn Elcom … that gives affordable military grade (ANSI accredited to MIL STD 810G) protection against impact, shock and vibration. This is ideal for the secure housing and transportation of a diversity of sound, lighting, AV and IT equipment. A basic Vulcan rack can be assembled in just 6 minutes and due to the incredibly pragmatic design, the units are available in a super easy-to-assemble flat-pack format! This saves vital storage space for customers and re-sellers wanting to keep stock,…
It took less time for Dutch DJ legend Armin van Buuren to sell out his much-anticipated Wembley Easter show at SSE Arena than it did to play the incredible five-hour long set, in what was his biggest date ever in the capital. The titan of trance sold out the venue, which is restricted to 6,000 for dance events (occupying the arena bowl and Tier 1 only) in just three hours—a feat posted on social media in advance by promotions company Lock ‘N’ Load Events. The specialist event organisation regularly turns to Capital Sound for its sound reinforcement requirements, and in…
Maestra Group has made some major sound, lighting and video equipment investments recently in the London office, including white sound and lighting kit, which will ensure all its clients have the most flexible and dynamic solutions available for their shows and events. The ‘white stuff’ is proving especially popular for car launches and other automotive events, fashion shows, corporates, industrials and expo stands as well as for art exhibitions, parties and architainment applications, where white equipment is often better suited to blend into the environment than traditional black. The kit includes a substantial purchase of 30 x custom coated white…
INFiLED has announced that Marco Bruines will join the company as Sr. Vice President of INFiLED Europe. Bruines has a long experience in the LED display industry starting as President of BarcoLeyard in China, where he also lived for 4 years with his family. He held several executive roles in Europe at Inter Visual Systems, BARCO and at his own company SIGHT, a system integrator in the Benelux focused on broadcast studios, which was acquired by LEYARD. In the last 2 years, Bruines held the position of CEO in Leyard Europe, where he was responsible for the expansion of the…
Black Coffee, an inspiring Durban based rental company, have become even more creative since taking ownership of the Hippotizer Boreal+ Media Server. With his imaginative mind, John-Dee Styles, who heads the creative team at Black Coffee, put the Hippotizer Boreal+ purchased from DWR Distribution to the test for the first time at the Globe Theatre. The Globe Theatre is a new multi-purpose dome structured venue which forms part of the Suncoast Casino. The event was held to celebrate the casino’s new massive upgrade and renovation, a project that took two years to complete. “We used our new Hippotizer Boreal+ with…
ADJ is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new Encore Burst 200 professional audience blinder/strobe unit. This cutting-edge lighting fixture combines the power-saving and long life benefits of an LED light source with the classic blinder effect in a flexible modular weatherproof case design that allows it to be deployed in a variety of different configurations. The dual lens Encore Burst 200 is powered by a pair of 110W warm white (2700K) CREE COB LEDs, with a 50,000 hour average lifespan, and offers a wide 50-degree beam angle. It is also fitted with an innovative ‘Tungsten Mode’, which…
disguise has announced that Singapore-based Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd. has joined the growing roster of disguise Rental Partners. With additional offices in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and the Philippines, Hexogon provides lighting, audio and video projection mapping for a wide array of clients. Some offices also offer design and staging for exhibitions and events and design for retail and commercial establishments. Among Hexogon’s most notable projects are the annual Singapore National Day celebrations which they have been a part of since 2012, the Singapore Formula 1 City Light Up (since 2014) and the 28th SEA Games’ opening and…
After supporting various Esports Championship Series (ECS) shows at Wembley’s SSE Arena over the last few years, Sibar Production & Design, along with Capital Sound (and their Martin Audio MLA loudspeaker array), moved to the ICC Auditorium at ExCeLfor the FACEIT Global Summit: PUBG Classic. FACEIT is the leading competitive gaming platform and organisers of some of the largest esports events in Europe and North America including ECS, Universal Open and the FACEIT London CS:GO Major. Capital have been regularly contracted to provide the audio reinforcement for such gameplay events by Sibar’s Simon Barrington, but this represented an entirely fresh…
Powersoft has hired Raymond Tee as an application engineer for the APAC region, effective 1 April 2019. He brings a wide range of experience in live sound and fixed install application to the role and will report to Powersoft’s global business development manager for fixed install and application engineering manager, rack amplifiers, Marc Kocks. Tee’s primary duties will be to support Powersoft’s distribution networks and end users in the region, enabling them to get the most out of the company’s products, as well as providing training and support for the control software platform, ArmoníaPlus. Kocks commented: “Raymond has proven to…
Singer-songwriter Max Giesinger has been a regular in the German-speaking world of music for several years. Following the 2016 album The Boy Who Runs, Giesinger released the studio album The Journey in the Autumn of 2018. From mid-February to mid-March 2019, he embarked on the first leg of his eponymous tour, which led him through German arenas via four stops in Austria and Switzerland. Lighting designer Tom ‘Standtom’ Groß, who has been with Giesinger since 2016, produced an unconventional design for the tour. “In the run-up to the tour, I brainstormed this with the management and the artist,” he recalls.…
PLASA Focus will present a first opportunity for GLP UK to showcase the 5 new products unveiled at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt, Germany. It will also demonstrate the degree to which the company has grown this past year. From the corporate end in celebration of its 25th year by adding Fusion to its brand portfolio, while the UK operation, having moved to larger premises in Redhill, and recruited former Robe and TSL specialist, Greg Westwood as new technical manager. The full complement of UK staff will be present at the booth. In order to give full exposure to the new products, GLP have…
The 60th edition of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival was staged from 25 February to 1 March 2019 in the open-air Quinta Vergara Amphitheatre, with 500sqm of Absen LED on stage to ensure the best possible fan experience. Considered ‘the largest Latin event in the world’, the Viña del Mar International Song Festival is an incomparable musical event that has been held annually during the third week of February in Viña del Mar, Chile. Started in 1960, it is the oldest and largest music festival in Latin America. This year the five-day musical event featured both local and…
KB Event has announced the appointment of Cliff Zenker as its General Manager. In this new position within the Company, the role on the Executive Board will see Zenker overseeing the day to day management of all areas of the business. As a Stage and Company Manager in theatre, Zenker initially worked on a wide variety of productions before forging a successful career as a Production Manager, Technical Director and Project Manager on corporate events and concerts. He was instrumental in the opening of a large-scale theatrical pageant in Thailand and was also responsible for training a local workforce to…
