The term ‘innovation’ is often thrown around in quite a blasé manner along with ‘high-end’ and ‘cutting-edge’ on countless new product releases and at various tradeshows throughout the year. However, to the team at Claypaky, the term is taken very seriously. In fact, behind the walls of the manufacturer’s Bergamo HQ, Claypaky even has an entire team whose sole focus is innovation. To learn more, TPi caught up with Product Portfolio Manager Giovanni Zucchinali. “My role is all about market intelligence, analysing the market, innovation trends and gathering insights from customer feedback and requests. I’m the connection between R&D and…
Author: Jacob Waite
Which gap in the flourishing entertainment lighting market does KLSTR fill? “Our goal is to make managing lighting fixtures simple for everyone. We created KLSTR.nano and KLSTR.one hardware that is built into the lighting fixture. Combining this with our KLSTR.ctrl application gives lighting technicians the tools they need to handle the complexities of modern fixtures and lighting rigs. Our vision starts with letting end users easily know and see the location of their fixtures based on their cable topology. Only assign a fixture ID, autopatch or upload a MVR file and your setup is completely configured.” What is the vision…
In a continued effort to drive collaborative conversations across unique perspectives and experiences, THE Conference: LIVE at Lititz is launching its first Advisory Board for the 2024 annual conference. These members will offer strategic guidance in line with their extensive industry experience on content, event structure, and attendee experience. THE Conference: Live at Lititz centres itself around the belief that true change and progress comes from the gathering and sharing of ideas as an industry. THE Conference Advisory Board members will add fresh new insight into the planning and execution of the event. The new Advisory Board Members are: Jason…
Nando 502 Wash marks the latest in Ayrton’s Multi Sources IP65 6 Series and a brilliant evolution of the successful NandoBeam range. Nando 502 Wash is an incredibly compact IP65 luminaire, specially designed for mixed use stage lighting, both indoors and outdoors, and even in salty environments. In the wash light category there are some luminaires that will make the audience feel pure emotion, and the new Nando 502 Wash delivers a wash effect with finesse. Perfectly suited to stage lighting, this new LED source offers the advantage of better integration into the colour space and facilitates colour reproduction. Nando…
PRG Germany was one of the first users worldwide to use the Cameo ORON H2 IP65 hybrid moving head by Adam Hall Group to provide beams and effects on the main stage of this year’s OMR Festival 2024 in Hamburg. Lighting Designer Ben Marquardt (QConcept) placed eight ORON H2s on the floor in front of the huge projection screen on which all the talks and presentations in the large hall were projected. The ORON H2 thus accompanied the eagerly awaited appearances of OMR top guests Kim Kardashian, Robert Habeck, Jeff Koons, Rick Rubin and many more. “The ORON H2 is…
Available from 11 June with an MSRP of $899.99, Aspire 4 is 64 Audio’s next generation UIEM specifically designed for musicians and live music professionals. “Aspire 4 is a four-driver performance monitoring tool with the same sonic characteristics and technology worn by the world’s greatest performers using 64 Audio custom in-ear monitors,” explained Vitaliy Belonozhko, 64 Audio founder and chief executive officer. “Whether you’re just getting into monitoring with in-ears, not ready for customs, need a backup set, or simply prefer generic fitting products, Aspire 4 offers best-in-class sound and ergonomics.” Aspire 4’s form factor prioritises ergonomics without sacrificing performance,…
Craig Burross – considered a legend of the professional entertainment lighting industry – sadly passed away on 23 May 2024. Known and loved across North America and much further worldwide, his numerous achievements include a fantastic 33-year career working in sales and management with some of the leading and pioneering moving light technology brands. Burross was a devoted family man with a huge heart, an innate sense of kindness, and an infectious smile who loved life, lived it to the max, and always pushed the boundaries of experience. He was passionate about learning from and sharing knowledge and experience with…
When fans of Noah Kahan come to see one of the shows on his We’ll All Be Here Forever North America Tour — assuming they can get tickets to this largely sold-out trek visiting stadiums, arenas, and amphitheaters across North America between 26 March and 19 July —they’ll see six musicians on stage. What they’ll hear, though, in addition to Kahan’s folky-pop melodies and piercing lyrics, are literally dozens of instruments. “Everyone plays like 15 instruments each,” laughed Monitor Engineer, Clark Wright, being only slightly hyperbolic. “One person plays a fiddle, 12-string guitar, mandolin, and banjo, and everyone is just…
Despite the onrush of new products into the marketplace, it was nevertheless to a classic award-winning touring standard from GLP that Spanish Lighting Designer Juanjo Llorens recently reverted. Internationally recognised in the field of performing arts (with prestigious awards of his own), Llorens turned to the impression X4 Bar 20 when designing the lighting, bearing in mind that the scenery of the new touring production of Para La Libertad (by Okapi Productions) started from a large background wall. This recreates on stage the life and work of Alicante poet Miguel Hernandez, who died in a Franco prison in the Spanish…
Spain’s newly renovated Santiago Bernabéu stadium lit up like never before on 18 May with the spectacular event Telefónica 100 Live. This unforgettable celebration of Telefónica’s centenary brought together over 60,000 attendees for a magical night of music and technology. The night was a symphony of light and sound, where renowned artists like Alejandro Sanz, Hombres G, and Ana Mena, among others, delivered vibrant performances. Each act was accompanied by a top-tier audiovisual display that transformed the event into an unparalleled sensory experience. The mastermind behind this impressive setup was the renowned Lighting Designer, Caco García. Known for his creativity…
Adding over 250 sqm of regular and curved ROE Visual Topaz LED panels to its inventory and a vast 700 sqm of Vanish V4ST Outdoor LED, Denmark-based VIGSØ is ready for yet another busy season. The addition of the curved Topaz 2.6 panels highlights their commitment to offering innovative and flexible solutions for diverse event setups. All acquired panels, the Topaz 2.6 and 2.6 curved, will be equipped with eVision LED processing, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance. “Through this investment, we reach a new benchmark for our company, and we firmly believe that ROE Visual is the ideal partner…
d&b audiotechnik and L-Acoustics announce the launch of Milan Manager – a software platform designed to simplify the configuration, management, and monitoring of Milan-AVB networks. This neutral and free-to-use solution is immediately available for download. Without brand affiliations, Milan Manager will foster universal acceptance of Milan-AVB, the most stable and open networking technology platform, by simplifying network deployment, regardless of complexity. With a clean and intuitive tab-based interface, Milan Manager provides fast and efficient access to all essential functions while delivering clear, real-time network status reporting. Milan Manager automatically discovers units and allows users to name them, set sample rates,…
The Production Futures mission to create opportunities for young people to learn, train, network and develop real careers in production, was brought sharply and positively into focus recently when Peter Bird, last year’s winner of its Breakthrough Award for Lighting Newcomer, took charge of designing the lighting for the organisation’s PF TALKS stage at its Manchester ON TOUR event. Bird, who is studying Theatre and Performance Technology at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, collaborated by invitation with supplier Lights Control Rigging (LCR) to deliver lights for the focal point of the event which took place at the prestigious AO…
Describing Jon Batiste’s uplifting appearance at Coachella’s Outdoor Theatre in a few words is as impossible as applying a single label to the festival itself. Even by the standards of an event famous for its soaring diversity and originality, the multi-Grammy winning artist stood out for the sheer breadth of his brilliantly nuanced performance. Starting off with Tell The Truth, a lively R&B classic and moving on to funky songs like Freedom, and the spiritually tinged hit Butterfly, Batiste, his band, and a variety of special guests took fans on a musical odyssey that included everything from covers of Beatles…
Madonna recently concluded her Celebration Tour with a beach concert in Rio for 1.6m fans featuring an extensive L-Acoustics sound system, supplied by Eighth Day Sound – a Clair Global brand. “Madonna is a creature of comfort and habit, so the first and foremost challenge of mixing her sound is to recreate her experience exactly, night to night, venue to venue, on every stage. That’s where L-Acoustics made all the difference,” shared FOH Engineer, Burton Ishmael. He’s been mixing for the star from 14 October 2023 at the O2 Arena in London to the massive, record-breaking show on the beach…
Brown Note Productions, the Denver-area company specialising in 360º full-service production for concerts, tours, music festivals and special events, has invested in 150 Ayrton Rivale Profiles. The new fixtures were quickly dispatched for two back-to-back dates at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison for dance music star Black Coffee and artist Illenium. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America. The IP65-rated Ayrton Rivale Profile is a unique projector that delivers creativity, subtlety and power – the most versatile fixture created by Ayrton to date. It offers unprecedented performance for its size and weight and features…
Yamaha Corporation has announced the release of the YDM series, a new line of dynamic microphones with capsules carefully tuned to capture clear and natural sound across a wide frequency response. The YDM series comprises four models, the YDM 707 (available in both black and white), the YDM 505 and the YDM 505S (with on/off switch, including switch lock). All are housed in a sleek, curved metal body and incorporate a custom-designed capsule to precisely capture the full range of expressive detail, from the quietest whispers to the most powerful shouts. The YDM 707 features a super cardioid pattern capsule with…
Empowered by X-Laser fixtures and Mercury Laser Control firmware, Lighting Designer, Ben Jarrett of Squeek Lights in Sayreville, New Jersey, checked all of those boxes and then some with his design for metalcore band Beartooth on its 2024 North American Tour. “In our early design meetings, Caleb [Shomo, lead singer for Beartooth] talked about bringing an arena-style show to smaller and mid-sized venues,” Jarrett said. “Whether that night’s stop was at a 3,000-capacity theatre or a 900-capacity club, he wanted every show to come at you and feel like it was taking place in a much larger setting. To accomplish…
