Solid State Logic has appointed SC Media as its exclusive distributor for the Canadian region. SC Media will be distributing products across SSL’s entire product portfolio, including System T broadcast audio production platform, SSL Live range and audio creation products: BiG SiX, UF8 and UC1 controllers, SSL2/2+ audio interfaces, Fusion analogue processor and more. SC Media has experience in both the professional audio and consumer markets, with special expertise in audio consoles. The company has been providing sales and support functions to the professional audio markets since 1983. Jean Daoust, President of SC Media Canada, commented: “We are proud to…
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Around 20 Ayrton 300W Diablo fixtures were used for the German leg of the Ghost: Nachricht von Sam Tour. Co-written by Glen Ballard and Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart, Ghost: Nachricht von Sam is a re-telling of the film classic which is currently touring several major German-speaking cities until the end of April. As the tour’s Lighting Designer, Phil Kong rigged five of Ayrton’s, ultra-compact 300W Diablo fixtures across the downstage truss, three across the upstage truss, six as head highs on the booms (three on each side) and three on each side of the stage to be used as high sides on…
Lighting Designer, Marc Janowitz has ensured high GLP impact for the stage show centrepiece of the band, Black Pumas. Janowitz added GLP’s KNV Dot to his toolbox after first seeing the effect through sunglasses as part of a mesmerising array at one of the manufacturer’s New York demos, and later at both the LDI and Prolight + Sound expos. “I had always lent heavily towards small fixtures I could dangle or arrange with minimal structure, but to be honest [KNV Dot] then fell out of my mind,” he explained. This was until the Black Pumas tour came along. “When this…
London-based engineer, Charles Bidwell returned to the FOH hot seat with an Allen & Heath dLive for his eighth tour with the British rapper and BRIT Award winner, Dave. He’s working on the sold-out UK leg of the We’re All Alone in This Together (WAAITT) world tour, comprising 12 arena shows throughout February and March 2022. For the increased demands of the WAAITT tour, Bidwell opted for a dLive system centred around a S7000 Surface partnered with a DM64 MixRack. Additionally, Dante, AES and fibreACE cards are fitted to facilitate multitracking, virtual soundchecks, PA feed and to accommodate >100m fibre…
Vectorworks is offering students up to $10,000 (US) in the sixth global design competition offered by this company. The competition includes a two-round judging process. First-round winners will each receive $3,000 USD and will be entered for the chance to win the grand prize Richard Diehl Award, worth an additional $7,000. In addition, winners’ schools will receive free Vectorworks Design Suite software and free virtual or in-person workshop training for faculty and students. “We understand that students have a lot of expenses related to their education beyond tuition and we don’t want this to hinder them from starting their professional…
CHAUVET Professional lighting fixtures help illuminate the Kasteeltuinen Arcen garden complex, home to the Netherlands’ Enchanted Garden festival. Designing this 17-day festival, which takes place at the 42-hectare plot near the border between Holland and Germany, is Dynamic Beeld, Licht & Geluid. These companies combine colourful lighting with a song written by Dutch recording artist, Stef Classens. Key to creating this evocative colour scheme of graduated reds and greens, along with some bold blue aerial effects were six Maverick Storm 1 Spot fixtures from CHAUVET Professional. The design team positioned the 480W LED fixtures around the edge of a pond…
Main Light has opened its new facility in Nashville, Tennesse. Cathie Berbena-Lloyd and Jim Gregory will manage the new location for the entertainment equipment and lighting company. The new 70,000 sq ft Main Light, South shop is located at 12630 Old Hickory Blvd, Antioch, TN. Locally, Main Light will be led by Account Executive Berbena-Lloyd and Operations Manager Gregory. This new facility is the company’s third location, joining Main Light, East in Wilmington, DE and Main Light, West in Las Vegas, NV. Berbena-Lloyd brings an understanding of the customer’s point of view having been a long-time client of Main Light…
Sharp NEC Display Solutions is going to unveil the new NEC PX2201UL projector during ISE 2022, before its launch in May 2022. The 1DLP model with RB laser technology offers colour performance while still being relatively compact. Wide interface selection, built-in edge blending and geometric control technologies all support an easy installation. With 20,500 ANSI lumens, the PX2201UL projector gives spectators super bright and clear images. Wide interface selection and edge blending technology support the use of two or more projectors for wide visual angles. Despite all these advanced technological properties, the PX2201UL is relatively compact and transportable. As such,…
Analog Way has rolled out a new software release – 3.4 – for its Picturall series of media servers. The new features include support for NDI live video streaming (input and output), advanced audio features, synchronised layer timecode over the network and enhanced show and server synchronisation for back up. In addition to support for the latest v5.0 version of NDI technology, Picturall media servers that were already capable of receiving multiple NDI streams from the network are now capable of streaming one or more NDI streams over the network at up to 4.6kHz resolution, including with audio and alpha…
Enlightened has appointed Ryan Stromski to its Hire & Production team. An experienced Production Manager, Stromski joined Enlightened in 2021 to oversee the expansion of its Venue Servicing, Sales and Installation services which have grown considerably over the last year, benefitting enormously from his organised and detailed coordination. Stromski’s move across departments to join the Enlightened production team, has been welcomed by his colleagues. Along with his enormous energy and organisational skills, Stromski brings a wealth of industry hire and production experience across a broad range of disciplines. With COVID-19 restrictions now fully lifted, the production team are busier than…
Backup and Big Drop are joining forces to generate awareness for the live events and entertainment technical supply chain.Backup is a charity for the technical entertainment industry and Big Drop are producers of award winning alcohol-free beer. The collaboration aims to extend the reach of the Backup brand in order to help those impacted by the pandemic in the live entertainment industry further. As theatres open, and concerts and festivals start to re-emerge, the COVID-19 pandemic is viewed as being over. However, it has left serious scars. Help is still needed, as it was pre-pandemic, but now even more so,…
tvONE and Green Hippo are launching a competition to highlight excellence in control system design using their range of products. tvONE is looking for programmers, operators and designers who have mastered video manipulation using Green Hippo’s Hippotizer range of Media Servers, or harnessed the power of tvONE’s CORIOmaster family of video processors. The contest, called the CONECT Control Competition, was officially launched at the company’s CONECT Summit on 5 April, 2022. This free-to-attend, live-streamed event will include virtual demos, training, and panel discussion with industry leaders. The summit will focus on how tvONE, Magenta and Green Hippo products, software features…
Sell-out lighting trail, Woodyfest, saw Signify deliver projections on the façade of Scottish stately home, Hopetoun House in South Queensferry. These effects were augmented by the far-reaching aerial light effect of the Vari-Lite VL2600 PROFILE fixtures and the Vari-Lite VL10 BEAMWASH. Which reportedly attracted the local community’s attention some distance away. Woodyfest, produced by Wondrous Woods, with creative design and technical production from 21CC Group, ran for the second year within the woods and grounds surrounding Hopetoun House. The trail goes along winding pathways, each of which led to dynamic installations, fairy grottos and water wall projections. The 2km walk…
For the second time Production AV supplied kit and crew for the concerts in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT). Taking place over seven consecutive nights at the Royal Albert Hall, the series of live music and comedy gigs were performed as fundraisers for the TCT, which provides care for people aged 13-24 with cancer. This year’s set up comprised Production AV’s Desay M6 LED panels as a central 8m by 4.5m screen flown above The Royal Albert Hall’s iconic stage and a large, curved 23.2m by 0.9m banner of LED screen across the back of the main stage,…
LIVE has appointed hospitality expert Jon Collins as its new Chief Executive. Collins’ focus will be to build on previous successes, driving progress on key issues ranging from boosting sustainability to creating an improved regulatory environment for the export and growth of the UK’s vibrant £4.5bn live music industry. He has been appointed following a 25-year career running representative organisations in the hospitality industry, and previously served as Chairman of the Institute of Licensing and the National Licensing Forum. Formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, LIVE has pushed for the advancement of the sector. In just two years, the group…
Elation Professional has started shipping the new full-spectrum Fuze Max LED luminaire this week. Available in Spot and Profile framing versions, full-spectrum LED moving heads offer versatility and rivals 1kW/1.2kW class discharge fixtures. Available in Spot and Profile framing versions, the Fuze MAX has been designed for precision lighting applications such as theatre, broadcast and houses of worship where a wider chromatic spectrum (including dynamic whites) and high-quality is required. Both models have automated LED moving heads, offer full-spectrum performance from a 92 CRI engine that utilises an 800W five-colour homogenised LED array of Red, Green, Blue, Mint, and Amber…
Fulcrum Acoustic has appointed Audio Geer as its sales representative for southern California and southern Nevada territories. Audio Geer, based in Huntington Beach, California will be responsible for Fulcrum Acoustic product sales and support in its territory. Founded in 2008, Fulcrum Acoustic is a manufacturer known for a unique approach to loudspeaker design. Employing the research of company co-founder David Gunness, Fulcrum Acoustic combines proprietary coaxial design and Temporal Equalisation processing power. “I’ve been a big fan of Fulcrum Acoustic and what they bring into the market for years now,” said Audio Geer President, Alan Geer. “As they continue to introduce…
Sound Designer, Phil Wright chose DPA Microphones for his production of Joker Live in Concert because of its reliable audio. As part of promotion and production company Senbla’s ‘film in concert’ series, the concert required high quality audio with pristine clarity. With 25 years’ experience using DPA Microphones, Wright, Sound Designer and FOH Engineer for Joker Live in Concert trusted the brand to deliver. Working with AV production supplier SFL, Wright chose to make it a fully DPA spec. The show features a 48-piece orchestra comprised conventional strings, brass and woodwinds sections, with DPA mics utilised throughout. The brand’s 4099…
