Allen & Heath’s dLive digital mixing system is currently being employed by front of house engineer Steve Pattison on Wet Wet Wet’s UK headline tour, which recently included a date at London’s O2 arena. Supplied by SSE Hire for the tour, the flagship dLive S7000 control surface is partnered with Allen & Heath’s DM64 MixRack to handle an on-stage line-up that comprises the Scottish four-piece’s traditional backline, multiple vocals and horn section. As a longstanding fan of Allen & Heath’s iLive system, Pattison’s decision to rely on dLive for the tour was an easy one to make. “It really feels…
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German event technology provider Nallinger Showtime has added Elation Professional Platinum Beam 5R Extreme and Platinum Spot 5R moving head fixtures to its inventory and immediately put the fixtures to work on eSport gaming event ESL Expo Barcelona. Showtime, who already had Platinum Beam 5R Extreme’s in its rental inventory, now stock only Elation moving heads. They chose to upgrade their inventory of Platinum Beam 5R Extreme’s with additional fixtures and acquired the Platinum Spot 5R’s as replacement fixtures for ageing 250W fixtures. “The Elation fixtures’ easy handling, workmanship and compatibility to our current stock were all factors in choosing…
Continuing a long-running relationship with Waltham Services, producer for Autosport International’s Live Action Arena, PRG XL Video has supplied a state-of-the-art high brightness projection solution for the 2016 show, held at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre. Autosport International is a globally renowned trade show, exhibition and performance car show created and managed by Haymarket Exhibitions at the NEC every January. Alongside appearances by current and former drivers and teams from a variety of motor racing series, one hall of the NEC holds the Live Action Arena, where members of the public can see an array of current and classic racing cars…
Profession: Audio Engineer, Founder of Funktion One Date & Place of Birth: 9 April 1949, Cheam, South London, UK You founded Funktion One in 1992, what was the catalyst that inspired you to become both a company owner and product designer? I’ve always been a loudspeaker designer first and company owner second – with Funktion One now, Turbosound in the late-70s and 80s and before that when I had several smaller companies. I’ve been designing loudspeakers for over 45 years. The catalyst back then was to get hi-fi quality sound for large-scale concerts. At that time, there wasn’t a professional audio…
After three world tours with Oasis as PA tech, Dan Lewis finally got the opportunity to jump into the mixing hot seat, a position he now holds with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. 15 years is a long time to work with any artist, especially one of Gallagher’s calibre, but it’s a relationship that’s been built on trust: he won’t work with anyone he doesn’t have full confidence in, in the same way that Lewis won’t work with kit he doesn’t fully believe in. That’s why he relies on Midas to carry out all of his FOH mixing duties. Over Christmas…
Sennheiser has acquired the business of Vienna-based distributor, Grothusen Audio Video Vertriebs Ges.m.b.H., and has founded a new sales subsidiary, Sennheiser Austria GmbH. Sennheiser co-CEOs Daniel and Dr. Andreas Sennheiser announced the signing of the contract on 8 February 2016. The new company will commence operations on 1 April. “We would like to thank Grothusen CEO Alexander Kränkl for his excellent work, which was instrumental for Sennheiser’s success in the region, and are grateful for his many achievements,” said CEO Daniel Sennheiser. “In founding Sennheiser Austria, we are delighted to welcome the expert team of Grothusen to the Sennheiser family. We…
Lighting Designer Brett Angstadt of Round Peg Productions supported rapper Fetty Wap’s performance with a powerful light show, anchored by 18 Rogue R2 Wash moving LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional. “I was excited to light such a hot new artist, especially since this show was so important to fans that hadn’t seen Fetty Wap perform since his accident,” said Angstadt. “The Rogues were critical to reflecting the mood of the music and highlighting the artist on stage. We used beams and aerial effects as well as some blinders in our rig, but we avoided spots to evoke a more intimate…
Nick Worton has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer for J&C Joel, overseeing the company’s financial strategy, accounting and IT. “Nick brings over 20 years of financial, commercial and administrative experience to J&C Joel” said James Wheelwright, CEO. “His impressive background complements J&C Joel’s dedication to excellence and growth.” Prior to joining J&C Joel, Worton served as Director of Finance of Camira Fabrics. In addition J&C Joel announced two other senior appointments to strengthen their management team. Scott Carter, Operations Manager for Purchasing, Logistics and Warehouse and Matthew Oldfield who joins as Manufacturing Production Manager. Both appointments are…
Martin Audio has extended its award-winning CDD install series with the introduction of weatherised variants (CDD-WR). Announced at ISE 2016, the line extension will start to ship from early April. The CDD Series features patent pending Coaxial Differential Dispersion technology which delivers improved coverage and consistency, with often the need for fewer speakers than those with traditional fixed dispersion X° x Y° horns. The recent announcement means that the CDD Series will now also be available in weather-resistant form. Like the majority of weatherised speakers on the market, CDD-WR loudspeakers are designed for outdoor operation where the system will be…
A line up of Martin by Harman lighting fixtures illuminated acclaimed metal band Mötley Crüe’s final tour. Lighting Designer Matt Mills deployed Mac Viper AirFXs, Mac Quantum Washes and Atomic 3000 MDX strobes in a light show intended to dazzle huge arena crowds. Mötley Crüe’s LD for their final tour, Matt Mills, who has previous worked with Nelly Furtado, 3 Doors Down, Disturbed and Linkin Park, stated that the band wanted to pull out ‘all the stops’ for this latest tour. “The band wants no ambiguity,” he said. “After 30 years, Mötley Crüe was going out with a bang and…
Nicolas M Kyvernitis Electronics Ent (NMK), professional AV and communication distributor in the region, has announced the fifth year of the seminars’ series under the title NMK Academy. Each year the company hosts the seminars in Dubai for AV professionals who would like to improve product knowledge and try out new technology and products from various manufacturers. For the 2016 seminar series instructors from Shure, Midas, Clear-Com, Williams Sound, Mackie, Roland and Rational Acoustics will be travelling to Dubai from different parts of the world to pass on their knowledge and experience to local audio market. The seminars will be held…
With the introduction of Gen5, the fifth generation of their Iconyx digitally steered array systems, Renkus-Heinz has reaffirmed its position as a world leader in steerable sound. As more and more audio professionals have turned digital beam steering technology to meet the most challenging spaces, demand for Iconyx training has been growing dramatically. Renkus-Heinz has responded to that demand with a series of training seminars in cities from coast to coast. Since introducing Iconyx Training in September 2015, Renkus-Heinz has held training seminars in 16 cities across the US, including Las Vegas, Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale, Kansas City, Houston, Dallas, New…
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has announced Adaptive Systems product demonstrations and Level One Training sessions. The sessions will take place at Buffalo Bill’s Arena at the Primm Valley Resort Casino in Las Vegas. Adaptive Systems Level One Training is scheduled for February 22 & 23, while product demonstrations of Anya, Anna and Otto will occur February 24 to 26, 2016. During the two-day training program participants will receive a comprehensive review of the fundamentals of sound, as well as advanced topics in line array theory, EAW Resolution modelling, Dante, and analysis of the algorithms that drive the Adaptive Systems products. The…
As New Yorkers celebrated the arrival of 2016, several thousand EDM fans rocked out at Big Week NYC, a series of concerts produced by RPM Presents and staged at Pier 94 and Pier 36 in the city’s famous waterfront area. Performances by international artists like Rudimental, Nicky Romero, Knife Party, Future, Travis Scott, local heroes Chainsmokers, and young Dutch rising star Oliver Heldens were illuminated by Robe fixtures selected by Kevin Mignone, owner of New York-based KM Productions. Mignone, searching for a new look to the lighting and a change from the moving light brand that had been used in the…
Irish Lighting Designer Conor Biddle has been turning to Elation Lighting for several years now, from acts as diverse as renowned House DJ MK to Irish country singer Nathan Carter’s recent UK tour. For an MK show at Olympia Theatre in Dublin, Biddle used an all-Elation rig as energy-inducing visual support for a catalog of house tracks that included MK songs ‘Burning’ and ‘Freakin You’. Having worked on previous MK shows in Ireland, Biddle worked with Session Hire Dublin to design and operate the show with Session Hire providing crew and supplying all of the lighting. “I have worked with…
Alex Borger has been promoted as Director at Mojo Barriers as part of a restructure. Borger joined Mojo Barriers in 2001 working on events. He joined the office support team in 2005 progressing to become responsible for international growth, expanding the company’s network of distributors across the globe, while supporting its offices in the US, UK and Australia. CEO Cees Muurling commented, “Alex has continued to progress his knowledge of the events market along with his wider business acumen and I look forward to working with and supporting him as he steers Mojo Barriers’ global development in what I am…
American dancer Martha Graham’s troupe, the Martha Graham Dance Company, recently toured China, giving audiences new insight into 20th century American culture. For performances at the Shanghai Grand Theatre (SGT), Lighting Designer Nick Hung added a new dimension to Graham’s classics by using numerous Source Four LED fixtures controlled by a Gio lighting control system. ETC’s Chinese dealer, Hangzhou YiDaShi Lighting Equipment Co., Ltd., also played a significant role in the event, by providing technical support for the show. The programme at SGT, Three Masters of 20th Century Art, featured several of Graham’s most prominent dances, including Chronicle, Deep Song,…
The sold-out Madness Fall Tour by Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer, The Weeknd, in support of his third studio album, Beauty Behind the Madness, was a spectacular production, with set and lighting design by LeRoy Bennett of Seven Design Works. It incorporated over 650 lighting fixtures from Ayrton – including ‘every available IntelliPix-R fixture on the planet’ – to help realise a design concept that delivered a multiplicity of looks from the subtly atmospheric to a totally engulfing spectacle. The music of Abel Tesfaye, the musician known as The Weeknd, is very dark and cinematic. Bennett reflected this by…
