Four years after their last German shows, legendary musician, producer and engineer Alan Parsons and his band returned in May to play 13 live dates throughout the country. A Yamaha RIVAGE PM10 console has been taking care of the intricate Front of House mixes for these much-anticipated performances. http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/
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Production company LarMac Live called in Setsquare Staging to reproduce hero pieces and build infrastructure for The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, the biggest ever at the V&A. Setsquare produced the scaled-up, walk through model of Pink Floyd’s 1965-era Bedford van which opens the show, a 9m high parallax view Battersea Power Station, representing the Animals album cover, a 7.5m model of The Wall, set opposite, and a series of beds reproduced from original Momentary Lapse of Reason LP artwork. Created in the company’s own workshops, from 3D design through to finishing touches, Setsquare also oversaw the intricate installation…
Every LD knows how important it is to keep tour managers happy. So, when the TM for Animals As Leaders said he wanted to minimise the number of fixtures on the floor package for the band’s 22 city summer tour while still delivering the multi-dimensional looks that the group’s intricate mix of progressive music demands, LD Victor Zeiser took his words to heart. The owner of Squeek Lights, Zeiser delivered what the manager wanted and then some, with a lean, but abundantly productive rig that includes two strobes, three batten fixtures and four Maverick MK2 Spots from Chauvet Professional. Zeiser…
Dreamland is considered to be the oldest-surviving amusement park in Great Britain: the site of Dreamland (as it was renamed in 1920) dates back to the British railway boom and the early 1870s when, in its original form, the ‘Hall by the Sea’ was operated by the circus tycoon, ‘Lord’ George Sanger. Set to reopen on 26th May 2017, Dreamland has had a creative makeover following recent investment. The park will have more meticulously renovated vintage rides, art installations, contemporary street food, unusual bars, a roller disco and diner, retro arcades, pop up entertainment and much more. The site also…
A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET), authorised resellers of Allen & Heath’s top end dLive range of Touring Consoles, will be hosting certified training at their dedicated training facilities in High Wycombe and Leeds on June 20th and June 22nd, respectively. Experienced trainers will run the courses from Audio-Technica, Allen & Heath’s representatives in the United Kingdom, who have extensive knowledge of dLive and its applications. The all-day course is designed specifically for existing dLive users, touring engineers and those looking to upgrade to dLive. It is built around an immersive combination of presentation and hands-on training, designed to showcase the dLive’s…
59th Annual Grammy Awards For the Grammy Awards, which was broadcast live from the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, d3 media servers delivered high-impact visuals that matched dynamic performances by the night’s top winner Adele and other leading artists. On the show’s two main stages seven high-resolution LED walls were complemented by LED scenic units and big walls that moved in from left or right to close down or open up the full expanse of the stage. The “close downs” themselves acted as projection surfaces throughout the show. 3 d3 4x4pros with SDI VFC cards were deployed along with 2…
One time professional actor Stan Van Samang made his musical breakthrough back in 2006 winning the music talent TV show, Steracteur Sterartiest (VRT). While the Belgian artist has recorded a string of successful albums since, it’s arguably his live performances – with intimate audience interaction, which have garnered him notoriety. Tasked with bringing the most out of these live performances on Stan’s recent tour of Belgium, LD Bart Rogge specified 16 Chauvet Professional Maverick MK 2 spot and 24 R2 Rogue wash fixtures to stunning effect. As Stan Van Samang’s live shows are all about interaction between audience and artist,…
April saw the 61st National Student Drama Festival (NSDF) take place at the University of Hull, forming part of the city’s UK City Of Culture celebrations. Rental company SLX provided a range of Yamaha digital mixing consoles and – as a little light relief for participants – Yamaha Commercial Audio UK co-sponsored Yamaha/SLX/NSDF-branded jackets, awarded to the most inventive photos posted by aspiring sound engineers on social media. Technical production specialist Stage Electrics has been involved with the NSDF since 1999. This was the first year that SLX – the company’s rebranded rental division – worked on the event under…
Metallica’s summer-long WorldWired Tour is currently rolling in high gear through the largest stadiums and festival sites in North America, galvanising the iconic band’s multi-generational fan base by delivering a searing, eye-popping and — literally — gut-slamming experience of adrenaline fuelled guitar rock. For sonic saturation of venues often holding 50,000-plus, the tour carries a massive Meyer Sound LEO Family reinforcement system from VER Tour Sound that incorporates — for the first time anywhere — the visceral impact of the new VLFC very low frequency control element. Corralling this formidable technology is the task of FOH engineer “Big Mick” Hughes,…
Movecat has developed for the D8/D8 Plus market segments a completely new range of electric chain hoists exhibiting exceptionally high laden-to-unladen weight ratios as well as a new and innovative lifting gear implementation. Movecat achieved the weight reduction partly through the development for the PROstage series of a high-strength chain and gearbox combination as well as an aluminium housing with two handles. The reduced weight of the hoists themselves, of course, means that greater loads can be attached to the rig. The new hoists, which bear the name “PROstage”, reconcile a safe working load of 1,500 kg (D8) with an…
Over 800 Elation lighting fixtures used for this year’s production with lighting design by Jerry Appelt; production headed by Ola Melzig The Eurovision Song Contest is a unique experience in the world of entertainment made all the more special by use of some of the largest lighting and video systems you’ll find on any show. Elation Professional was proud to have been part of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv with over 800 lighting products used as audience and stage lighting by LD Jerry Appelt and Eurovision Song Contest Head of Production Ola Melzig. Perhaps no other show in…
Another Notch in Green Hippo’s belt as Hippotizer Boreal creates a 360° experience to stun Finish fans at X Factor star’s sold-out Helsinki spectacular. Finish singing sensation Saara Aalto – aka the Snow Fairy – played a sold-out homecoming gig at Helsinki’s Hartwall arena and Green Hippo technology ensured a great view for all. Saara, who shot to fame in the UK through her runner’s up spot in 2016’s X Factor, is a firm favourite in Finland, having appeared in Finland’s Got Talent 2007 and The Voice of Finland in 2012. Bright Finland, the Finland and Scandinavia-based experience provider, was…
Setting a new precedent for touring sound in one of the world’s most famous venues, the flagship Firenze KH8 touring system from Italian innovator K-array recently covered London’s O2 with a core front of house set-up of just nine KH8 panels per-side. Marking the first opportunity for Firenze to prove itself in such a prestigious setting, the event was described by Sam Nankivell, of UK K-array distributor 2B Heard, as “representing change in the industry, in one of the most iconic live performance venues in the world, where systems are tried and tested. There’s no better place for Firenze to…
Award winning LD Paul Pyant returned to London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) to light a production of the Steven Sondheim classic, A Little Night Music directed by Edward Kemp and staged at RADA’s Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre in central London. Robe enjoys a close on going working relationship with RADA, making their latest technologies available for students to use across the three main venues. Pyant‘s design for this production utilised Robe’s DL7S LED profiles and the new Spiider LED wash beam moving lights, together with other moving and conventional fixtures. Pyant’s acclaimed career started at RADA – he is…
https://vimeo.com/218027841 Defying Gravity – Outline is proud to introduce Newton – an all-new FPGA-based device that redefines the ‘gold standard’ in modern audio processing. Video Presentation by Vincent “Vinnie” Perreux and Giulio Gandini
Elation Professional is pleased to offer the new IP65-rated Paladin, a highly versatile hybrid LED luminaire that functions as a brilliantly bright blinder, powerful strobe and high-output wash light. Adding to its flexibility, this multi-functional light also houses a motorised zoom for full beam control and its IP65 rating means it can be used on all types of events without the need for weather protection. Paladin is a new breed of hybrid. More than a powerful full-colour strobe, Paladin also functions as a high-power wash light, blinder or eye candy effect in one brilliantly bright luminaire. 24 40W RGBW LEDs produce…
Working for a band whose members are tech-fans that are willing to jump into new gear if they dig what it does is great—if the band likes it, it’s in. Proving that is a job that often falls to the engineers, and it’s how award-winning monitor engineer Kevin “Tater” McCarthy got the new KLANG:fabrik 3D monitoring system on the rider for a tour with Linkin Park that will run through 2017. “I can’t say enough about how great this thing is,” commented Tater over his pair of KLANG:fabrik units, which reside in a rack beneath his DiGiCo SD7 mixing console.…
