Obsidian Control Systems by Elation Professional is returning to the LDI Show in Las Vegas from 18 to 20 November and invites designers, programmers and operators to Booth #1142 to sample a host of new releases that includes several new lighting control products under the ONYX lighting control platform. Visitors will have a chance to demo the new NX1, a scalable, full-featured lighting console that offers the complete ONYX experience without compromises in an ultra-compact package. The NX1 offers a slate of professional features and is built from the latest in industrial components. A compact, motorized fader wing, the NX…
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Award-winning event and broadcast communications specialist, Green-GO, is celebrating sales of its Wireless Belt-Pack X (WBPX) reaching the golden number of 10,000 – just as its wired counterpart, the BPX, had already done. To mark this milestone, the manufacturer, ELC, kept aside the WBPX unit with serial number 10,000 – had it gold-plated, just as it had done with the 10,000th BPX and presented it to ELC founder and Green-GO inventor, Joost van Eenbergen. The WBPX units with serial numbers either side of 10000 were dispatched as usual to Green-GO’s global customer network. As chance would have it, the shipment…
Live Design International (LDI) exhibition, taking place from 14 to 20 November 2022, will see Cameo lighting by Adam Hall Group present a variety of product highlights that significantly expand the spectrum of professional lighting designers and operators. In addition to the Cameo OTOS H5 hybrid moving head for outdoor use, the lighting brand of the Adam Hall Group will present, among other things, its first profile spotlight for professional theatre and TV use as well as the IP65-certified LED Soft Panel S4 IP from the new S-Series. Furthermore, visitors to the Cameo booth (#2055) can see for themselves the…
VIOSO is celebrating a landmark 100,000 confirmed test images produced with its free test pattern generator tool, which has found global adoption across the pro-AV industry. The tool, a free-to-use multi-display/edge blending test pattern generator, creates customised panorama, soft-edge and LED test images (in high-res PNG) for accurate projection or display alignment on site. It also helps to calculate the overlap of blending zones, and even allows users to customise text and upload their own company logo. VIOSO confirmed the official 100,000-pattern milestone in summer 2022, though the real number is likely far higher, according to VIOSO co-founder and CEO…
A festival celebrating the earliest form of aviation was complemented by the very latest in aviation technology, when drone show specialist Verge Aero flew a series of spectacular light shows for the 50th anniversary Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (AIBF) in New Mexico. Known as “the most photographed event in the world”, the AIBF is a leading celebration of the oldest human aviation technique, the hot-air balloon, pioneered by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 and capturing imaginations ever since. This year, the spectacle attracted around 900,000 visitors over its eight-day run in October – and the organisers were, as ever, pushing…
HH Electronics has launched a new line array system, designed for small to medium sized applications, including live sound reinforcement, bars, clubs, houses of worship, education settings, conferencing, and corporate events. At the heart of the system are the TNA-2120SA, a multi-channel active subwoofer with integrated Class D amplifier which features two high power 12” low frequency woofers with exceptionally high output, and the TNA-1800SA, a powerful single 18” active low frequency subwoofer. As well as three channels of high performance amplification, the TNA-2120SA unit houses six cutting-edge built-in DSP presets and as part of a modular system, is capable…
Power X Series, REAN’s new ruggedised, harsh environment power connector series performs precisely as its striking, ergonomically stylised, form factor suggests. Moulded from V0 raw materials and rated to UL 94V-0, the IP65 certified Power X Series provides high levels of fire retardant, dust and moisture resistant protection. A CBC connector with breaking capacity, Power X Series components are certified according to EN/UL 60320-1, with the cable connectors accepted as a component for cord sets according to IEC 60799, ensuring true mains breaking capability. Power X Series is also certified as fully compatible with NEUTRIK powerCON True1 products. The robust…
Fans didn’t stay in their seats for long when Breaking Benjamin took the stage on their recent tour with Alice In Chains. The multi-platinum rockers from Pennsylvania opened their show with a bang, or make that a blaze, when they appeared against an intense pyro display and broke into a full throttled rendition of Blow Me Away. “Blow Me Away aways speaks for itself,” said Tyler Veneziano, who designed the band’s light show. “I wanted this song to look moody, with dancing pixel patterns for the verses and pre-chorus, then suddenly become explosive and bright for the chorus.” Helping Veneziano…
INFiLED is gearing up to exhibit at the co-located LDI and DSE shows in Las Vegas where live events and digital signage intersect. The company’s LDI booth will feature an immersive xR area, as well as a selection of dvLED solutions for Live Events professionals. Simultaneously, INFiLED’s DSE booth will feature its cornerstone digital signage solutions for tech managers looking to enhance its brand’s customer experience. “Las Vegas is known for putting on a great show, and we aim to do the same at both LDI and DSE. Where else could live events and digital signage intersect so brilliantly? We’re…
With more than 100 new exhibitors, product launches in spades and a 25 per cent increase in visitor numbers year on year, Newbury Showground was abuzz with all things event related when The Showman’s Show 2022 headed there from 19 to 20 October. Always highly anticipated as the summer event season draws to a close, this year’s show was just that little bit more special with attendees and exhibitors desperate to connect after a challenging and hectic year. With attendees travelling far and wide from across the UK, Europe and even as far afield as South Africa and Australia to see…
Rock in Rio is a long-established part of the international festival circuit and one of the world’s largest, hosting around 100,000 fans each day across the 16 performance spaces at the city’s Cidade do Rock (City of Rock), originally built for the first Rock In Rio in 1985. The Brazilian version is the festival’s flagship event, a sister production staged periodically in Lisbon, Portugal. This year’s event was held over the first two weekends in September and featured a typically diverse range of headliners from heavy metal to pop and dance. Sao Paulo-based Gabisom Audio Equipment continued its long association…
Power Logistics has revealed plans for its expansion into Europe. The first stage of this development programme is the establishment of a permanent base in Cork, Ireland. In order to better serve the needs of its Irish client base, Power Logistics has identified that having both an experienced team as well as equipment permanently based there will allow the company to deliver temporary power solutions efficiently and cost-effectively to the events and entertainment industry. Power Logistics has been supporting Ireland’s premier outdoor events and concerts for over 15 years. This summer has seen the company deliver temporary power solutions for…
After more than 25 years on the road, Sum 41 share an insatiable hunger for touring. The GRAMMY-nominated and Juno Award winning quintet are showing no signs of travel-fatigue on the European leg of their Does This Look Like All Killer No Filler global tour, shaking up venues throughout the European continent. Turning up the excitement multiple notches is an intense, fast-moving David Summers-designed light show that features towering apocalyptic pyro effects, a fierce centrepiece and backdrop, confetti barrages, searing audience lighting, and a series of dramatic effects from 12 CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M fixtures, which, like the rest…
French space-pop group L’Impératrice spent much of 2022 on the road supporting the release of their latest album, Tako Tsubo, with shows taking them across the globe including festival appearances at Coachella and Primavera Sound. Antoine Guyonnard, the band’s long-time sound engineer, returned to his post once touring became possible again after the pandemic. “When the lockdown restrictions began to ease, we had to work with a smaller, lighter show than normal,” he said. “That’s when I first turned to Allen & Heath.” For the early shows, Guyonnard called on an SQ-5, a compact 96kHz 48-channel mixer, with a pair…
AV Stumpfl will present its new PIXERA four media server as well as the Monolyte unibody screen system on 18 to 20 November at this year’s LDI exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The new PIXERA four is an incredibly powerful media server hardware system, perfect for highly demanding real-time graphics applications and broadcast setups. 12G-SDI I/O support, a 10 GB/s default data read rate and five configurable PCI 4.0 slots are some of the key system features of AV Stumpfl’s new high-end server for 4K and 8K playback. AV professionals can also choose a special pre-configured version of the PIXERA…
The LED profile spotlights are aimed at professional users from the theatre, TV and event sectors and are available in Tungsten, Daylight and Full-Color versions. In addition to its light output and flexible handling, the P-series also convinces with its extremely high CRI and TLCI values as well as a lifelike white light and colour rendering. Whether in the theatre, in a TV show or on an event stage – people and objects must always be optimally illuminated to give spectators and cameras a perfect picture of what is happening. Those who set people and objects in motion in scene…
BK Johannessen, Unreal Engine Business Director for Broadcast and Live Events at Epic Games, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) at Fira Barcelona Gran Via, 31 January to 3 February 2023. BK’s keynote, entitled “All Paths Lead to Real-Time”, takes place at 17:15 on Tuesday 31 January in the Conference Suite CC4.1. As industry after industry adopts real-time visualisation technology, Johannessen will discuss how content creators are taking innovations from the games industry and applying them to their projects, from cutting-edge, broadcast virtual production studios to real-time graphics for media & entertainment, live events,…
There is not a single specialism within the world of live events that hasn’t grappled with the recent issue of the lack of crew, with many companies and organisations launching incentives to bring more people into the sector. Few companies have gone as far as footing the bill for those looking to get certified, but that is just what UK Rigging is doing in an attempt to provide the industry with a fresh batch of qualified riggers, ready to work at height and provide the backbone to the world’s greatest shows. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/tpi272_digitallr/82 www.ukrigging.net
