After decades working with some of the biggest names in live entertainment, four industry veterans, CJMS – Charlie Hernandez, Jake Berry, Marty Hom, and Stuart Ross – enlisted the support of the Rock Lititz community to launch a unique conference for over 600 industry professionals. Taking place from 7 to 9 December 2022 on the Rock Lititz campus in Lititz, Pennsylvania, THE Conference: Live at Lititz delivered interactive, dynamic content in the company of key decision makers to foster the next generation in live entertainment production. With a diverse range of panels (43% women speakers), discourse, interactive workshops, product demonstrations,…
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Avolites has unveiled a major new release of its renowned lighting and integrated media control Titan software. Version 16 has two new main features developed to assist programmers and operators by providing fast access to the data they need. Freeform Layout view, for example, provides the ability to arrange and select fixtures in a 2D layout either manually, or automatically from the integrated Capture visualiser, streamlining the workflow from design to programming. It provides a visual representation of the current state of the fixtures and is accessed from a new ‘Layouts’ window and ‘Layout’ handle type. With this new function,…
Tascam has released its new Sonicview digital mixer line. Available as either Sonicview 16 or Sonicview 24. Sonicview consoles incorporate state-of-the-art technology and a new multi-screen user interface called VIEW (Visual Interactive Ergonomic Workflow) which allows easy operation and control of all system parameters using fully customisable touchscreens, user-definable buttons, and intuitive control software. Sonicview consoles include a 64-channel Dante interface, a 32-bit/96-kHz multi-channel USB audio interface, and a wealth of inputs and outputs. A 54-bit FPGA mixing engine offers floating-point processing with continuous high-definition sampling at 96 kHz, and 32-bit analogue-to-digital converters. The FPGA also ensures ultra-low latency of…
International design firm, Yellow Studio, has been revealed as the set designer for the 67th annual Eurovision Song Contest, taking place in Liverpool. Based in New York, Yellow Studio are the world’s leading design studio specialising in production design, creative direction and art direction for television and live events. Over the past two decades, Yellow Studio and its team of creatives have worked on some of the biggest televised events that have left a lasting impression on millions of audiences across the globe. This year alone, Yellow Studio has been responsible for creating some of the biggest moments in live…
Modulo Pi is pleased to unveil Modulo Kinetic Version 5 at Integrated Systems Europe 2023. On 31 January to 3 February 2023, visitors will discover the newest version of Modulo Pi’s flagship media server and its features designed for interactive experiences. Designing the next generation of media server solutions, Modulo Pi is taking its Modulo Kinetic media server to the next level with new version 5 to be released at ISE 2023. Modulo Kinetic is a fully integrated media server reliable across the complete workflow. Its real-time timelines, embedded live mixer, 3D engine and show control tools are brought within…
Michel Arntz has joined Robe’s international sales team as a Key Account Manager for Europe. He will be coordinating Robe’s activities in 18 countries across Europe. In addition to sales, the scope of his work will cover product communication and marketing, plus relationship building with the distributors and end users. His work experience includes 13 years at sales and distribution company Fairlight, most recently as general manager for sales. Arntz said he is “excited” to be joining Robe International Sales Manager, Ingo Dombrowski and his team of regional sales managers, noting that their “drive, passion and enthusiasm” for the industry…
ADJ expands its Accu-Cable range with the introduction of the new XLPRO Series of XLR cables. Each touring grade Accu-Cable XLPRO Series audio cable features one male and one female high quality XLR connection with gold-plated contacts. These are linked by heavy duty cable with an 8mm jacket, low loss 20g copper conductors and a fully braided shield to deliver audio signal transmission with very low noise. The cable is also flexible and easy to coil. Each cord is supplied with a reusable tie wrap and a colour-coded ring on each XLR connection which identifies its length. The series features…
Rolight has been named the new exclusive distributor of Elation lighting products in the Netherlands. The agreement, which went into effect on January 1, 2023, also encompasses Elation’s atmospheric effects brand Magmatic. Based in Enschede, the Netherlands, Rolight specialises in supplying the Dutch market with high-quality lighting, video and audio equipment. A carefully selected range of premium brands and a continuous commitment to provide tailored advice and excellent assistance to each customer have enabled Rolight to distinguish itself on the market, making entertainment innovations available for everyone for over 40 years. Rolight provides professional equipment to a wide range of…
KV2 Audio has appointed seasoned industry professional, Robert Adrian Tan, to the post of Director of Sales, Asia. Based in Singapore, Tan brings over 20 years of experience as an AV consultant in the hospitality and events industries before moving into systems integration. Tan specialises in designing systems for acoustically challenging environments, be it in the live events or installed sound sector and is also a skilled business manager. “It’s an honour to be representing KV2 in the APAC region,” said Tan. “I’ve long admired their technology and their approach to acoustics which, in my view, sets them apart from…
Charlie Butten, inventor of the distributed amplifier intercom and one of Clear-Com’s founders, will be inducted into the Systems Contractor News (SCN) Hall of Fame this month. To this day, Butten continues to actively contribute to the company’s engineering efforts, with a special focus on analogue audio circuit design. Originally from the East Coast, Butten made his way to San Francisco in the 1960s and teamed up with Bob Cohen to create an intercom system for crew communication in live productions. What started as a project with a frying pan in a bathroom sink eventually became the first distributed amplifier…
The book exists because of (and treats as its central hub) Optikinetics – the UK manufacturer formed by Neil Rice and Phil Brunker in 1970 and, under the ownership of Rob Stitcher, is still going strong to this day. ‘Opti’ (as it has always been known) was not the first – or by any means the only – creator and purveyor of the projection effects which characterised the era. But they were a central player: they designed and built the iconic Solar 250 projector, and they are the only company influencing that powerfully creative time to have survived through to…
1 SOUND is launching the Cannon C8, a full-range, high-fidelity coaxial loudspeaker that will complete its Cannon Series. The Cannons are unique point sources that boast extended low-frequency for their size. This particular model utilises an eight-inch driver with a coaxially mounted 1” silk dome high frequency element and has a seven-inch rear-facing passive radiator specifically tuned to extend bass frequencies. Instead of using a compression driver, the Cannons’ silk dome driver is specifically designed to enable high sound pressure, improve sound quality, and cool the driver for consistency and durability over time. This enables the C8 to have its…
Outline has shared the news of Michael David Clark’s passing on the 30 December 2022 at the age of 77. Clark, Scottish by birth, arrived in Italy at the end of the 1960s as a sound engineer of a band. He fell in love with Italy, where he then decided to live and where he created his beloved family. He always worked in the field of music, first as a DJ in the most iconic discos of the Riviera, and then as a music expert in one of the largest shops in Italy, Dimar in Rimini. A specialised journalist and…
Elation Professional is striving to simplify ellipsoidal lighting with the new, all-in-one KL Profile FC. Designed for the ultimate in flexibility and performance, the KL Profile FC combines everything a designer needs in one package, eliminating the need for additional lighting accessories and making one of the most convenient and cost-effective ellipsoidal lighting solutions on the market. Following an extremely positive reception from designers and specifiers at the LDI show in Las Vegas, Elation is pleased to announce that the KL Profile FC is now shipping. The unit projects a superior quality of light and is designed for any application…
Boosted by strong demand for its PANTHER large-format linear line array loudspeaker, Meyer Sound has set an all-time record for domestic sales in 2022 while Meyer Sound Europe also posted record numbers for the year. According to Senior Vice President John McMahon, 2022 was a year of a strong resurgence across the board with nearly all company metrics returning to or exceeding pre-pandemic levels. “At this point, we have posted sales figures that far outstrip our most optimistic projections when we introduced PANTHER last January,” said McMahon. “As live entertainment rebounds from the pandemic downturn, PANTHER is proving to be…
Due to its size difference, CHAUVET Professional’s new Ovation CYC 3 FC fixture allows a space to be lit with fewer units, according to its creators. For example, a 45ft wide space that would require between 11 and 15 CYC 1 FC units to be lit properly, depending on the desired saturation level, would need only seven to nine CYC 3 FC fixtures to achieve the same results. This not only reduces the fixture-footprint on a stage, it also saves valuable time during setup and tear down. Ideally suited for theatre and broadcast applications, the new Ovation CYC 3 FC…
Upon completing a string of European performances in July 2022, global pop star Faouzia began preparations for a fall North American tour that saw the Moroccan-Canadian singer playing dates across the US and Canada. Jon Stanners of entertainment production company Red Rover Entertainment of Winnipeg designed lighting for the outing and specified an Elation Professional rig of Fuze SFX moving heads, SixBar 500 linear bars, and SixPar 200 six-colour PAR lights. Both Faouzia and Stanners have roots in Winnipeg’s French community and the designer says he has been familiar with the singer since she was a young artist. “The French…
In anticipation of a string of major announcements in the region, PK Sound has appointed pro audio veteran David Roselló to the role of European Partner Support. Based in Barcelona, Spain, Roselló will oversee PK’s growing European network. “The first time I came across PK’s robotic line source technology, it could be described as a dream come true,” shared Roselló. “I’ve been working in this industry a long time and haven’t seen this level of innovation from any other manufacturer. There’s endless potential not only for how PK develops its technology, but especially for how the PK Alliance business model…
