Solotech carries 56 K2 enclosures and more on Evanescence’s first tour since 2020. For the outing, Solotech, Evanescence’s sound reinforcement provider since 2017’s Synthesis tour, carried an L-Acoustics K2 loudspeaker system to ensure that audiences clearly heard every nuance of Lee’s stunning mezzo-soprano voice soaring over the wide dynamic range of her intense band. “Amy is an incredible singer, songwriter, and storyteller, so ensuring the emotional connection between the stage and audience is of utmost importance, and K2 definitely gives us that,” shared Eddie Mapp, Evanescence’s FOH Engineer since May of 2003. “Although the original specification for this run called…
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Dry Hire Lighting has invested in five Robe RoboSpot remote follow systems and 32 Robe Spiider LED wash beams. As the number of live shows and events steadily increases, DHL is seeing a demand for various Robe products, reports Business Development Director, Rael Hancock, who joined the company September of 2019. “Spiiders are a ‘go-to’ fixture for so many scenarios,” commented Hancock. “Our focus when it comes to investment is driven by market demand and ROI. The relationship we enjoy with Robe UK and the technical support is excellent,” confirmed Hancock. “Another major plus when considering an investment,” he said,…
Lumens has introduced the VC-R30 Full HD IP PTZ camera with VISCA control and a new 1/2.8-inch Sony sensor. Delivering broadcast quality pictures and a European five year warranty, the VC-R30 aims to set a high standard for cost-effective multi-camera video production. The VC-R30 marks the arrival of a new generation of PTZ cameras. It offers image quality and video outputs that have not previously been seen in a camera at this price point. Lumens VC-R30 features simultaneous 3G-SDI, HDMI, USB 3.0 and Ethernet video connectors for a high degree of connection and workflow flexibility which is ideal for users…
Lighting Designer, Matt Mills is partnering with Follow-Me to manage lighting on KoRn’s tour, remotely. Mills is currently on tour in the USA with the Californian nu metal, rock band KoRn. Due to international travel restrictions the booked LD for KoRn was unable to join the tour in the USA. Stepping in, Mills saw this as an opportunity to tour with his Follow-Me 3D SIX remote follow-spot system and shares his experiences of using Follow-Me from the early days of Follow-Me 2D to the current Follow-Me 3D systems. The Follow-Me 3D TWO & SIX systems are scalable, allowing remote manual…
The new engine allows next-generation visuals across live and virtual production for users of visual storytelling platform disguise. Following the highly anticipated launch of Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5, users of visual storytelling platform disguise can, with the help of disguise’s new RenderStream plugin, immediately benefit from the game engine’s next-generation photorealistic visual capabilities. disguise has been working closely with Epic Games to develop and launch the latest version of their free, open-sourced proprietary RenderStream plugin that allows its user community to integrate Unreal Engine into their disguise workflow with minimal configuration. Through RenderStream, disguise users can create output streams…
Yamaha and NEXO will be exhibiting at the ISE tradeshow to ask how the professional audio industry can progress. Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2022 takes place at Fira Barcelona from 10 to 13 May 2022, with Yamaha and NEXO exhibiting on Stand 3B250. Representatives from Yamaha branches throughout Europe will be present to discuss products and projects, including the members of Yamaha Music Europe’s System Engineering Group team, specialists in the design, engineering and support of complex audio systems. The company will be showing its full range of installed audio products, including speakers, amplifiers and control solutions. The show will…
RCF has updated PAcalculate – a mobile app that calculates the specifications of a range of sound and lighting equipment. The new version boasts in-line and broadside subwoofer array calculators. The former allows for simulation of end-fire and gradient arrays, including an obscure four-element topology originally proposed by Harry Olson. The broadside section features independent mechanical and electronic arcing and steering, with the possibility of adding a gradient line, or several end-fire lines, a type of subwoofer configuration that has become widespread to achieve wide uniform subwoofer coverage with reduced stage leakage. Frequency response graphs (front-to-back ratio as well as…
Tourflex Cabling has added in-house manufacturing of fibre optic assemblies to its range of specialist cables. Approved opticalCON Assembler status and state-of-the-art manufacturing and test equipment enables its technicians to bring the market fast access to fibre at competitive pricing. All components have been specifically selected for the rigours of the entertainment industry, the extensive stock of components including NEUTRIK opticalCON connectors and Tourflex Tactical Fibre cable enables a fast turnaround for its clients if needed. Tourflex Cabling boasts 30 years of experience of manufacturing and supplying specialist cable assemblies for the live touring, theatre, events, architainment, architectural and film…
Legacy Production Group has taken delivery of 12 Robert Juliat DALIS 862 variable white footlights from ACT Entertainment. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Robert Juliat fixtures in North America. Robert Juliat’s DALIS 862 footlight incorporates 48 patented asymmetric reflectors arranged in a double row. Each row can be controlled independently offering long or short throw capacities and creating upstage or downstage lighting. “Minneapolis is a unique market: There’s no single, big lighting house here,” noted Legacy President, Tom Gorman. “We try to keep an inventory of what we can use for our primary corporate event clients as well as…
NEUTRIK has revealed an addition of the powerCON TRUE1 TOP-L to its powerCON TRUE1 TOP range of heavy duty sealed power connectors for outdoor use, in harsh environments and in demanding applications. powerCON TRUE1 TOP-L provides a connector compatible with the largest diameter power cables required for outdoor event and production applications, capable of accepting cables from 10 to 16mm (0.39-inch – 0.63-inch) in diameter, making them ideal for extra heavy duty type cables. The connectors are certified to EN 60320-1, IEC 60320-1, and UL 60320-1 when applied to appropriate cables (H07RN-F3G2.5 and SOOW 12/3, SJOOW 12/3). This allows mains…
The GRAMMY Awards relied heavily on Shure gear to support the audio requirements of what is considered by organisers as ‘music’s biggest night’ Broadcast live for the first time ever from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the 64th GRAMMY Awards were full of performances supported by the reliable sound of Shure wireless audio technology. As in years prior, the majority of the night’s performances featured Shure Axient Digital wireless microphones used by some of the industry’s most iconic names and innovative artists. The live broadcast of the 64th GRAMMY Awards show was overseen by Audio Producer, Michael…
Niklas Fuchs was asked to light the Red Bull Symphonic in Vienna which he did with the help of ChamSys. An event where ‘Austropop Meets Classics’ is held on three consecutive nights at Vienna’s historic Wiener Konzerthaus concert hall. Fuchs employed the of the ChamSys PC Wing Compact and Extra Wing Compact. “I used the Extra Wing only for Master Intensity Faders and stuff that’s important for key lighting. The whole show was programmed from scratch, with the PC Wing. I didn’t use a single cue from my usual Seiler & Speer Showfile. “A really good thing about ChamSys is…
Carrie Sims has arrived in Los Angeles to spearhead the expansion of Fireplay’s West Coast operations and event division. Formerly with BizBash Media, where she headed the D.C. and N.Y. publishing departments, Sims started out with a TSE scholarship provided by Search Foundation, was named among ‘25 young pros to watch’ in Special Events Magazine, and was awarded ‘Event Professional of the Year in 2012’ before segueing into VP of Programs for International Live Events Association, in 2015. “Coming aboard Fireplay is a dream opportunity for many reasons, not the least of which is to join a stunning team,” Sims…
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…
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…
