FOH Engineer, Travis Wade first mixed on a dLive under some chaotic circumstances. “We were only expecting about six hundred people at a Suicidal Tendencies concert,” recounted Wade. “About four thousand attendees showed up.” The rental company did not have Wade’s usual audio console, but they assured him that the available dLive S5000 would be simple to learn. “I ended up having my mind blown by the desk. It was super easy to get going. I didn’t find myself having to navigate through many pages to get to the parameters I needed.” Unfortunately, that concert only lasted about four songs…
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PTZOptics and sister company HuddleCamHD have revealed an ambitious slate of new camera releases. The PTZOptics Move line is a new line of advanced PTZ cameras. Designed for universal compatibility, every Move camera has outputs for SDI, HDMI, USB, and IP. PTZOptics will offer the Move line with either 12X, 20X or 30X optical zoom, all with built-in auto-tracking capabilities. The Move line includes both the Move 4K and Move Pro models. Both models are capable of 4K at 60fps (1080p at 60fps over SDI) and feature a built-in tally light. Additional Pro features include: Upgraded optical lens and whisper-quiet…
Vari-Lite supports General Device Type Format (GDTF) in all currently shipping fixtures and consoles, including production luminaires such as the recently launched VL3600 Profile IP, theatrical fixtures like the Acclaim LED Series, and consoles running Neo or ZerOS software. GDTF, jointly developed by the GDTF Group, is an industry standard for entertainment fixture profiles, intended as a unified definition for the exchange of data for the operation of intelligent luminaires. GDTF profiles are available for all current luminaires. GDTF support is included in the recently announced ZerOS 7.13 and will also be included in the Neo 4.0 software update, bringing…
To provide artists and audiences at Summerfest with immersive and impactful live sound, Clearwing Productions once again enlisted JBL Professional VTX Series speakers for the job. After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Summerfest returned for three consecutive weekends in June and July rather than 11 straight days like previous years, and featured Modest Mouse, 2 Chainz, Charli XCX, Dustin Lynch, among many others. Despite this year’s schedule change, Summerfest’s stages still required high-quality sound that provided both impactful dynamics for artists and balanced coverage for audience members. To meet these requirements, Clearwing deployed JBL VTX A and…
Blackmagic Design has rolled out four new models of Ultimatte 12 real time compositing processors and a new Ultimatte Software Control app for Mac and Windows that’s available for download free of charge. This software lets you control all Ultimatte 12 models without the additional cost of a hardware control panel. The new Ultimatte 12 models are designed at lower cost while retaining the same high quality processing for incredible edge handling, greater colour separation, amazing colour fidelity and better spill suppression. There are 4 new models, Ultimatte 12 HD, Ultimatte 12 4K and a massive Ultimatte 12 8K model.…
Lightware Visual Engineering has appointed Clint Hoffman as Vice President of Business Development for the Americas. Hoffman will establish and build customer relationships and support business development with global enterprise partners. Hoffman has more than 35 years of success in sales, marketing, operations, and product development in the professional AV industry. Hoffman has worked with many industry-leading manufacturers, including Sony, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, and Kramer Electronics. Most recently, Hoffman served as the president and country manager for Kramer North America. During his two decades at Kramer, Hoffman was instrumental in channel and brand development strategy and product development success. Hoffman brings…
Audinate has released new tools within Dante Studio, an application within the Dante AV ecosystem that integrates PC applications with AV-over-IP. These new tools, Dante Video TX, a virtual transmitter, and Dante Video Viewer, an application to view a video flow, will work with Dante Video RX to provide system designers, integrators and end users a complete networkable AV workflow. Dante AV is a growing family of solutions that allow OEMs and users to deliver high-quality AV-over-IP over standard Gigabit networks. Dante Studio brings Dante AV Ultra, the family’s premium solution – and soon Dante AV-H – into AV production…
Audinate has launched Dante AV-H, a new software solution designed to allow original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) the ability to incorporate Dante control into existing H.264-based IP video product designs. Part of the Dante AV product family, the company also announced ten partners who will build products with Dante AV-H, including AVer, Avonic, Bolin, BZB Gear, HuddleCam, Lumens, Minnray, Telycam, Televic, and ValueHD. H.26x remains one of the most widely used compression standards today and is available on products that use H.26x codecs available on most Systems on a Chip (SoC). The software-based Dante AV-H lets OEMs develop fully manageable video…
Serious Stages closed out its summer season, supplying Reading and Leeds festivals with two TZ Roof main stages and multiple platforms, hosting a line-up featuring Dave, The 1975 and The Arctic Monkeys, 26 to 28 August 2022. Serious Stages’ contribution to the UK’s first full festival season since 2019 saw 140 stages built across 28 festival sites in the UK. This combined 36 stage roofs, plus tented platforms, hosting in excess of 2,000 artists, along with installing custom-designed front-of-house towers, assisted viewing platforms, speaker delay towers and creative installations. Serious has focused on large-scale engineering and logistics solutions across a…
Ultra LB18 is ADJ’s latest addition to its range of LED-powered wash fixtures utilising enhanced lime-infused colour mixing. This versatile linear lighting device incorporates powerful five-in-one RGBAL LEDs to deliver enhanced colour mixing, including tuneable white, and a high CRI. Producing vibrant and punchy colour mixing output, the Ultra LB18 features 18W by 10W, five-in-one (red, green, blue, amber and lime) colour mixing long life LEDs. It offers a large gamut of colour possibilities, including white light with a colour temperature variable between 2,300K and 9,900K. The inclusion of a lime LED chip not only increases the palette of colours…
Shows by Andreas Gabalier, Helene Fischer and Robbie Williams draws over 300,000 to a massive open-air stage at Munich Exhibition Center. The largest open-air concerts ever held in Munich, and the largest in Germany this year, took place at the Munich Exhibition Center in August with over 300,000 fans total attending shows by Andreas Gabalier, Helene Fischer and Robbie Williams. Roland Greil lit the epic shows and massive 150-meter wide stage using a rig that included over 450 Elation Professional luminaires. Austrian folk rocker Andreas Gabalier opened the concert series on August 6 with German pop queen Helene Fischer drawing…
Analog Way has announced a partnership agreement with VIOSO, the German-based pioneer in projector auto-alignment and the leading provider of projection calibration software that makes multi-projector setups easy and reliable. The agreement will add support for VIOSO projection calibration tools to the upcoming major software release for Analog Way Picturall range of media servers. The addition will enable and facilitate new applications for Picturall, including 360° cylindrical projection, full dome projection, panoramic projection, projection mapping and simulations. “We are very happy to work with the team from VIOSO, the gold standard for automatic camera-based projector calibration,” said Samuli Valo, Managing…
The Innovation Awards, in association with LSi magazine, celebrate future-focussed tech that improves safety, efficiency and performance through new methods and materials. Around 33 products were entered this year. Seven nominees scooped an Innovation Award, and a Gold Award and a Sustainability Award were also presented. This year’s judging team consisted of 12 independent technical specialists from a wide array of backgrounds, chaired once again by chartered engineer James Eade. Eade commented: “It has been great to see big names launching products at what is acknowledged to be the most independent industry awards. It is heartening to see creative engineers…
Some 72 nations and territories came together on 28 July to 8 August 2022 in Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England, for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Lighting the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the quadrennial multi-sport event was Al Gurdon of Incandescent Design who used over 300 Elation Professional IP65 Proteus luminaires to light the festivities. The Opening Ceremony was a visually spectacular and at times emotional show that featured dance groups, dream sequences, cultural parables, humor and even a 10-meter tall mechanical bull. A cast of thousands traced Birmingham’s history through themes of unity, diversity and resilience with the evening…
Cesare Cremonini’s Stadium Tour 2022, which started in Milan and closed with a resounding event at the Imola racetrack, has just ended. The eight sold-out dates of the Tour celebrated the Bologna singer’s 20-year career with the aim of leaving behind the long period of downtime due to the pandemic and getting back on track with more drive and enthusiasm. “We want to give the opportunity to bring back good memories to all of us, to build beauty again, not only artistic beauty, but the beauty of positive emotions and good moments to remember of one’s life,” said Cremonini during…
Robe lighting has acquired lighting control products outfit and originator of Art-Net, Artistic Licence. The official announcement was made in the UK yesterday. “This is a great acquisition for Robe”, stated Josef Valchar, Robe lighting CEO. “It provides products that complement our own production, and will add value to sales made throughout our global distribution network”. The acquisition of the Artistic Licence business and products is an important part of the strategic growth plan of both Robe and Anolis brands. This purchase from Singularity UK holdings has also enabled an ongoing product design agreement. “I look forward to helping develop…
Visitors to The Broad Museum got to experience the free flowing creativity of Takashi Murakami when Thundercat, a self-described “Japanophile” performed at the institute’s Summer Happening outdoor show in conjunction with Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, a temporary exhibit of Murakami’s artwork. Supporting Thundercat’s performance, along with that of opening act Ginger Root was a lively and colourful busked lightshow by Justin Preston that featured 39 CHAUVET Professional fixtures from Preston Productions own inventory. “From a busking standpoint, it is always fun, but a little nerve-racking, working on bands with a jazz, or jam aesthetic,” said Preston, owner…
PLASA Show, London’s international event for entertainment technology, will once again open its doors at Olympia London from 4-6 September 2022. Professionals from all corners of the live entertainment sector are expected to attend the show, coming together to celebrate the industry’s strength and innovation following the COVID-19 pandemic. 200+ global brands will sit side by side in Olympia’s Grand Hall, representing pro audio, lighting, audio-visual, rigging and staging technologies. These include the show’s headline sponsor Robe, as well as fellow lighting brands CHAUVET Professional, Claypaky, Ayrton, Avolites, ETC, Elation, GLP, Vari-Lite, Martin, TMB, plus many more. The pro audio…
