Elation Professional has added 3 new World Premiere products to an already impressive list of innovative product launches at LDI 2018. Showing 19-21 October at LDI Booth 931for the first time anywhere will be the Artiste Monet, Proteus Profile and Smarty MaX, new professional market luminaires that continue Elation’s efforts to bring innovation and best-in-class ROI products to the market. Artiste Monet: The Artiste Monet is an extremely bright, full-featured, 45,000-lumen LED Profile fixture offering outstanding projection quality, a comprehensive FX package, dynamic framing and a wide array of colours via its innovative SpectraColor engine. The new SpectraColor array uses…
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The Lollapalooza festival, created by Jane’s Addiction frontman, Perry Ferrell, is a global entertainment phenomenon that brings the world’s hottest music acts together. This year’s festival in Argentina saw the likes of Chance the Rapper, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Imagine Dragons, Wiz Khalifa, Lana Del Rey and so many more. Clair Brothers were there to deliver its clear and powerful, mosh pit-inducing signature sound to the thousands of frenzied fans in attendance. Although the 2018 festival didn’t make it to the final day due to severe thunder and lightning storms, that didn’t dampen the spirits of Fabian Giordano, owner…
Radial Engineering has announced that Craig “Hutch” Hutchison has joined the company as a Senior Design Engineer. In this role, Hutch will be working with the engineering team and product management to develop the next generation of Radial Engineering products. “Like many working professionals, Radial has been on my radar for over 20 years. I’ve always respected the products and their quality. I took a special interest in the company when I heard about the Key-Largo keyboard mixer and the new leadership of Mike Belitz. The company is propelling forward and I’m excited to be working with new products that…
They may have its own distinctive flying saucer but sometimes, for Jeff Lynne’s ELO, taking the boat is the smarter option. “The thing was, we were down to the wire,” was production manager Richard ‘Wez’ Wearing’s terse assessment. “We simply had no time from the band finishing prior commitments here in the UK to going onto ELO in the States. The only way to get any proper production rehearsals for the US tour was to set up everything in Neg Earth’s LH2 production facility here in the UK, then put it in a sea container and ship it straight to…
To celebrate the release of the new Aphex Twin Collapse EP, renowned agency Brotherhood Media commissioned Bluman Associates to create an interactive Guerilla projection experience, based on the music video directed by Weird Core. Utilising a Notch and d3 workflow, the team created a unique interactive experience by installing leap motion sensors into custom made plinths. By interpreting the gestural hand movements of the user, the projections and soundscape could be manipulated, creating an interactive experience for the intrigued audience. The team created the unique visuals by taking assets from the Collapse music video and manipulating them in Notch. The…
Large venues, sports facilities, domes, giant screens, planetariums and theme park attractions are among the many facilities that will benefit from the new Christie D4K40-RGB 3DLP projector. Designed with Christie TruLife electronics and Christie RealLaser illumination, the Christie D4K40-RGB produces greater than 90% of the Rec. 2020 colour space for rich, vibrant true-to-life visuals -all built into a projector weighing less than half of its closest competitor. “Thanks to Christie’s engineering expertise, we created the smallest and lightest high-brightness, omnidirectional, all-in-one RGB laser projector on the market without compromising image quality or durability,” said Mike Garrido, Senior Product Manager, Christie. “There are…
At the recent 30th birthday celebrations for HSL at the company’s Blackburn HQ, Lucid Technologies delivered the gifts of innovation and visual impact – the perfect present for HSL MD, Simon Stuart and his hard-working team who, across the span of 30 years in the lighting industry, have provided the very same gift to others. Lucid Technologies’ contribution sparked two main areas of the event. Delineating the event’s expo space with picture-frame gallery videowalls to highlight the companies supporting the event, the team also created an immersive and interactive demonstration of the latest in video technology, for attendees on the…
For an upcoming tour with the guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, keyboardist Brett Tuggle and Buckingham opted for K10.2 powered loudspeakers from QSC. “I first became aware of QSC quite a few years back, when the powered speaker craze was beginning to get big,” Tuggle recalled. “I really wanted to find the right speaker to reproduce all the frequencies keyboards is capable of. Synths can produce a big bottom, and I wanted the midrange to be clear and the treble to have some sparkle. We keyboard players want to hear our stuff back pretty real. “I tried several brands — all the usual suspects — then…
Colour Sound Experiment – working via production company Bigabox – supplied lighting, video and rigging equipment plus crew to the recent Tash Sultana UK and European tour. Detroit-based LD Cam Anderson started working with Tash at the end of 2017 during a US tour and evolved the current stage design with the artist to complement the performance and style. It includes a distinctive flown triangular truss upstage, together with a series of staggered video panels behind the centre-stage position which brings structure and form to the performance space. These elements were crafted working closely with Tash and her international production…
Ayrton returns to LDI 2018 bringing yet more innovation with fabulous new products that include the newly launched BoraS and KhamsinS fixtures, alongside previews of its new DiabloS, DiabloTC, MerakS and MerakTC automated fixtures. The new products can be seen on Booth 1139 where Ayrton will be showcasing them in their now much-anticipated light show, alongside their exclusive US distributor, A.C.T. Lighting. The Ayrton portfolio will be also on display on Booth 2105, represented by Theatrixx Technologies, Ayrton’s exclusive distributor in Canada. Launched just last month at PLASA London 2018, BoraS is Ayrton’s exciting new high output, low power LED…
The NAMM TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) committee is pleased to announce that Leslie Ann Jones, the groundbreaking engineer, producer, and Director of Music and Scoring for Skywalker Sound will be inducted into the NAMM TEC Hall of Fame at the 34th Annual NAMM TEC Awards, January 26 in Anaheim, California. Jones joins luminaries Rose Mann Cherney, Skunk Baxter, Hal Blaine, Jack Douglas, Nathan East, Geoff Emerick, and others with her induction, the industry’s highest honour for pioneers of audio technology, as well as the music industry’s most accomplished producers and audio technicians. “I am so honoured to have been…
ADJ will unveil its latest technology breakthrough: IP65-rated moving head beam fixtures at the 2018 incarnation of LDI. The new ADJ Hydro Beam X1 and Hydro Beam X2 will bring weatherproof moving heads within the reach of a huge number of production companies and installers working on projects with budgets that up until now would not have allowed for IP-rated fixtures. With robust construction and IP65-ratings, the Hydro Series fixtures are designed for both indoor or outdoor use. Their durable casings protect them from dust, sand, moisture and liquids, making them ideal for use in all situations from dusty deserts…
ArKaos will preview its powerful and flexible MediaMaster 5.4 and GrandVJ 2.6 video and media control platforms. TrackDJ is a straightforward solution for better integration between DJs or LJs and their live visuals, while Full Fixture Control is a serious advancement for lighting designers and operators, allowing them to control LED screens / surfaces and treat them just as if they are lighting fixtures. Full Fixture Control An LD or lighting operator using MediaMaster will often be in a scenario where there are multiple video surfaces on a stage as part of the production design – especially at festivals where…
Among the first stops on Harbhajan Mann’s Tin Rang World Tour was an appearance at Arena Birmingham. Supporting the resonant mix of music and dialogue at that show was a lighting design by SJ Grevett of DMX Productions that featured 25 Chauvet Professional STRIKE 1 fixtures. The warm white light from the STRIKE 1 fixtures underscored the impact of Mann’s transformative message, which revolves around what its author describes as the “3 colours of life.” Hung on truss ladders that ran across the width of the stage, and flown from overhead truss, the STRIKE 1 units created an inviting glow over…
Ayrton is delighted to announce the appointment of Ampco Flashlight Sales as its latest exclusive distributor in its rapidly expanding international sales network. Based in Utrecht, Ampco Flashlight Sales will be responsible for the distribution of the entire portfolio of Ayrton products across The Netherlands, with immediate effect. With a history that stretches back 30 years, Ampco Flashlight Sales is a distributor, systems integrator and project house for both professional lighting and audio products. The company was responsible for the supply of all lighting, rigging, motion control and video to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, including over 700 Ayrton fixtures,…
Meyer Sound has promoted and restructured roles for top-level marketing personnel. John McMahon has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Marketing; Steve Ellison has been named Director, Spatial Sound; Miles Rogers has been promoted to Business Development Manager, Cinema & Content Creation Markets; and Tim Boot has been tapped as Director of Digital Product Experience. ”The pro audio industry is evolving rapidly in both technologies and market developments,” said McMahon, ”and we want to make sure we are keeping ahead in terms of customer relations and marketing impact. Meyer Sound has an exceptionally strong brand image, so it’s not…
disguise has appointed the WOW Experience as its official Sales Partner for Spain. The WOW Experience is a technical and creative audio-visual consultancy that develops projects with the sole purpose of providing value in the audio-visual world, with technical support from the best brands on the market including disguise and BlackTrax. The WOW Experience also has a sister company, the Nation WOW, which is the creative arm and one of Spain’s most respected audio-visual production companies, offering AV solutions for a comprehensive range of events including theatre productions, music festivals and museum installations. The WOW Experience’s partnership with disguise means…
Around 500 industry family, friends, acquaintances and business associates rocked up to HSL’s Blackburn HQ to enjoy 2 days of celebration in the name of the company’s 30th anniversary. The event included an exhibition space which was dedicated to 32 of HSL’s key suppliers and partner companies including high profile brands and manufacturers: Avolites, Chauvet, High End Systems, J&C Joel, Martin by Harman, Robe, SGM, Philips Vari*Lite, Unilumin, among many more. HSL’s Simon Stuart worked closely and tirelessly to make HSL30 happen with a short lead time, just before the autumn touring season kicked in. Stuart worked alongside Jeff Demain…
