Robe - Leaderboard - 27 Aug25 - Jan26
Doughty - Banner - Sept 2025

Details
UK - Hall Stage Limited are very happy to announce another new addition to their staff. Peter Woods joins the company as engineering design manager after many years in the industry with Glantre Engineering and most recently Stage Technologies, where he spent four years as mechanical designer and site engineer.

"Peter adds a tremendous amount to our business" says Charles Haines, Hall Stage managing director: "He obviously brings a wealth of experience in engineering design and project management and he fits in with our core work ethics! We needed someone with his qualities and qualifications to support the development and supply of new products, such as the 2004 ABTT Rigging & Engineering Product of the Year award-winning DGS counterweight drive - and we're absolut

Details
Belgium / Luxembourg - Pro Entertainment, the new division of Brussels-based distributor Prévost aimed at the mobile and fixed install concert sound systems market, has been appointed as distributor of InnovaSON digital mixing consoles for Belgium and Luxembourg. Managing director Walter Geerts says: "It has been a while now that an A-brand of mixing consoles was missing in our Concert Sound product portfolio. Since the market is evolving towards digital consoles, InnovaSON appeared to us as being the perfect solution to fill this gap in our product range."

Having built up a strong reputation as an easy-to-use and highly reliable digital console, InnovaSON is an ideal accompaniment to the existing Concert Sound product line (EV, Klerk Teknik, Beyerdynamic, Dynacord and Koenig & Meyer), say the company. Pro Entertainment will have a complete demo console at its disp

Details
UK - Hull-based Feonic plc has been short-listed in two categories of the prestigious Electronics Industry Design Awards for both the 'Best Use of Technology' and 'Best Newcomer' awards. The nominations recognize the innovation of three of its products - Omnivox, Soundbug and Whispering Window.

Feonic's technology enables sound to be broadcast via solid surfaces such as table tops, plasterboard walls and glass windows by effectively turning them into loudspeakers. Among other uses, the technology has applications for consumers, businesses and retailers. The Electronics Industry Design Awards have been running for three years and are considered to be the leading awards in this field. They are dedicated to recognizing innovation and achievement by companies of all sizes - across the entire British electronics industry - working in creative electronics design and manufacturing.

V

Area 4 - Banner - Sept 2025

Details
USA - Lighting designer John Featherstone used Robe Show Lighting's powerful ColorSpot 1200 AT fixtures to light the Eidos stand at the 2004 E3 exhibition - the definitive trade show for electronic gaming industry professionals, held at the LA Convention Centre. Featherstone and his consultancy, Lightswitch, has designed the lighting for Eidos presentations at E3 since 1997.

For Eidos, the primary aesthetic objective was to make the booths 'speak' to the dynamic pace of the games being showcased, ensuring they stand out from the crowd in a highly competitive marketplace. Eidos use a series of 'vignettes' designed by 3D Exhibits to anchor the central theme of each game, and provide a visual tableau to present the software. Eidos has always utilized lighting to help support this technique, adding layers of texture, colour and movement to the displays.

Featherstone used 24 Robe

Details
UK - Theatre Sound specialist and d&b audiotechnik partner, Orbital, recently supplied a d&b system to the Theatre Royal in Nottingham, as part of an on-going refurbishment scheme, ensuring the theatre offers advanced audio solutions to contemporary productions from drama and opera, to ballet and West End musicals. Orbital's Sales and Installation division, headed by Tom Byrne, collaborated with the Theatre Royal's sound supervisor, Michael Donoghue, and Ollie Wade from the initial planning stages, supplying a system to their exacting specifications.

Comprising a fleet of d&b's new Ci installation range loudspeakers, the system was powered by d&b's innovative E-PAC amplifiers and driven by Soundcraft's 48-channel MH3 mixing desk. To maximize flexibility, Orbital supplied BSS's Soundweb for control, which can be operated remotely from any point in the theatre via a PC laptop. Dr

Details
UK - PCM has supplied Lodestar double-braked motors to Adlib Audio for its high profile audio installation at the Villa Marina complex in Douglas, Isle of Man. The Lodestars, flying the main PA arrays, were chosen because their high spec' and double-braking feature means the venue doesn't have to call a rigger to adjust the safety steels every time the installed PA needs to move for maintenance or other adjustments. The same applies if a visiting production brings in their own PA which has to be flown.

Adlib's Andy Dockerty thinks this will become much more common in the future, because it saves time, and at the end of a show, a visiting crew can get their equipment in and de-rigged with a minimum of hassle. Dockerty has used Lodestars supplied by PCM for Adlib's touring work for many years, because of their proven reliability and excellent safety record.

The double-braked ver

Details
USA / China - Massachusetts-based PR firm Topaz Partners is teaming up with Hong Kong-based The Consultancy Ltd, to support a global PR campaign for China-based Lighthouse Technologies, one of the world's leading manufacturers of LED video display panels. Lighthouse has customers in a broad range of industries, including sports, signage, military and entertainment markets.

Topaz is working with The Consultancy's global program leader, Emma Smith, on public relations strategy, messaging, support materials and media and analyst relations. Both firms are coordinating Lighthouse's marketing communication efforts, and Topaz Partners is leading the North American visibility campaign.

"As the LED video display market continues to grow and the technology advances, Lighthouse anticipated the need to strengthen its North American presence," said Emma Smith, president of The C

Details
UK - Network AV, a specialist in large-scale exhibition features, delivered fully integrated in-house production solutions to the Cruise Strip at Max Power Live at the NEC last weekend (2 - 4 July), including sound, light, staging and a number of creative components.

The event saw the launch of Network AV's new arch roof staging system that featured as the central focal point for all the arena action. The stage, an 8x8m area, was the base for the main MC, promotional models and the show's live DJs. This new Network AV stage is expected to be in strong demand for festivals, city centre entertainments, fashion shows and exhibition stands, with flexible steel deck flooring and independent truss structure. For this event, the roof was undressed to increase light flow, although it does come with full roof and side covering for weather protection, say Network AV.

The Cruise Strip wa

featured content

The Many Looks of Zeo

Delivering ultimate brightness and unique looks, Zeo’s distinct face design is defined by a central LED monolith and four reflectors, backed by four RGBW engines. As a blinder or strobe, Zeo promises powerful impact with 30,000+ lumens. With its sheer brilliance and playful effects, Zeo is ready to amplify the energy on any stage.

Details
USA - In a move designed to strengthen Entertainment Technology's presence in the theatrical and entertainment industries, Vari-Lite regional sales managers have been given direct access to the award-winning IGBT-based dimming products of VL's sister company, Entertainment Technology. The announcement is the latest strategic move taking advantage of the synergies of the two Genlyte Thomas Group companies. Both Entertainment Technology and Vari-Lite are part of the Genlyte Controls division, based in Dallas, sharing office, manufacturing and shipping space.

"In many instances, Vari-Lite and Entertainment Technology reps are calling on the same decision-makers," says Bob Schacherl, vice-president of sales for Genlyte Controls. "By providing Vari-Lite RSMs access to the Entertainment Technology line, these lighting professionals can now work with one person for all

Details
UK - The 29th Nordoff-Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards Lunch took place on 18 June in the prestigious Hyde Park Inter-continental Hotel, with the sound for the event being provided by Canegreen Commercial. The annual event is organized by Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy, the longest established music business charity. Past winners of the prestigious Silver Clef Awards include Beverly Knight, Iron Maiden and Jamie Cullum, with Will Young given 'Heart Artist of the Year Award' and George Benson the 'Raymond Weil International Award'.

To achieve the best level of technical production Linda McLean, producer of the Silver Clef Luncheon, brought in Canegreen Commercial to supply the PA equipment and manage the sound. The system was designed to provide complete sound coverage of the room to ensure the charity raises as much as possible - this year in excess of £400,000 - from the audience.

Details
UK - Following a series of successful technical lighting workshops held earlier in the year, Selecon UK has completed the second round of sessions, which are free to professional theatre technicians and lighting designers. Four workshops were held at diverse locations around the country, starting with the Kings Theatre in Plymouth, moving to the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, then on to Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham and finishing at the Bristol Old Vic.

Selecon's Nick Gale, Mark Miller and Louise McCoy gave participants a brief overview and demonstration of the various Selecon luminaires before inviting them to get 'hands on' and try them out for themselves. Theatre technicians Oscar Kane and Dave Sinton travelled all the way from Belfast's Waterfront Hall to attend the workshop in Leeds. "The lights are great. We were very impressed by their performance and versatil

Details
UK - London-based FX Rentals has added Sennheiser in-ear monitoring to its hire stock in the form of the wireless 300 IEM G2. The heart of the evolution wireless G2 monitoring system is the SR 300 IEM G2 rack-mount transmitter, which transmits the monitoring signals to the compact EK 300 IEM G2 bodypack receiver. Designed for rugged live work, the receiver is easy to use and protected against accidental operation. The artist or the sound engineer listens via stereo earphones with skin-friendly ear moulds. Transmitter and receiver feature nine frequency banks with up to 12 directly accessible presets each - ready for immediate use. The receiver is fitted with a special Focus Mode, i.e. it can be switched from stereo reception to double mono, with one channel reserved for the mix and the other one for your own voice/instrument. The level of each channel is set by the balance control

Details
UK - Carlsbro Electronics has announced further changes to its management structure, designed to cater for its continued growth. With effect from 1 July 2004 John Roberts has been made head of sales and marketing for Carlsbro products worldwide. In his new role, Roberts will co-ordinate sales, marketing and promotions, ensuring that Carlsbro (which dates back to 1959) continues as one of today's fastest-growing British amplifier brands.

(Lee Baldock)

Details
UK - PLASA 2004 will mark Allen & Heath's 35th year designing and manufacturing innovative pro audio products. To commemorate the milestone, there will be a museum area on the stand (K60) with a display of past products for visitors to learn more about Allen & Heath's history, alongside the company's complete current portfolio.

New product inspired by the award-winning Xone DJ range will be shown. The Xone VF-1 is a 1U universal analogue stereo filter intended for live and studio use, which can interface with any mixer to create and manipulate sophisticated audio filtering. With similar styling to the Xone:V6 valve rotary mixer, the unit's circuitry is an enhanced version of the filters built into A&H's Xone mixers, and offers three basic filter types: High-pass, Band-Pass and Low-pass. The basic filter types can be combined to create further filter types such as 'notch'.

Th

Details
Spain - Adamson loudspeakers provided sound reinforcement for 'Peace Music' - a concert organized and presented by the Parliament of the World's Religions on 10 July as part of Forum Barcelona 2004. Barcelona-based sound company Croma 440 supplied the system, which included 12 Adamson Y-Axis Y18s, 16 Y10s and eight Y10 Subs, as well as four SX18s and four MH121.5 loudspeakers.

The concert was staged in front of the spectacular Sagrada Familia Temple, designed by Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi, with each of the event's performers representing a different religious faith. Native American singer Joanne Shenandoah was the first of the evening's musical artists; other performers included the Cor Gospel Barcelona, the Shumei Taiko Ensemble, Theravada Buddhist monks and pianist Carmen Miró.

As a symbol of the possibility of understanding between religions, the group Sheva -

Details
UK - When the Olympic Torch arrived in London on its journey to Athens, Power Logistics supplied the power for the celebrations on the Mall. The event attracted 70,000 people to the Mall to see the Olympic flame welcomed to London by the UK Olympic Patron, HRH Princess Anne. A concert followed, featuring an array of artists including Rod Stewart, James Brown, Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne, Will Young and Emma Bunton.

Power Logistics' project manager, Tony Harpur managed the installation of the power equipment, loading in 10 days prior to the event. The unique location offered many challenges; most notably because the Mall was open to the public during the build, and also because of the high-level security. This meant everyone had to work to a strict load-in and set-up schedule, with working times based on the Mall's allocated road closure times to ensure minimum disruption to the area

Details
UK - Electrosonic has engineered and installed the audio-visual systems for a major refurbishment of the National Mining Museum of Wales. Designed by Haley Sharpe, new exhibits include an expanded mining gallery, with a multi-media display on the modern mining industry, as well as the refurbished Pithead Baths and a conservation workshop.

Big Pit is a real coal mine and one of the UK's leading mining museums. The historic site around the pithead has been restored, and the lamp room has been relocated to where it would originally have been. The expanded mining gallery features an exciting new audio-visual experience, together with exhibitions of modern mining equipment. The unique Pithead Baths building has been refurbished, and now houses the Museum galleries with exhibitions of industrial and social history surrounding the coal industry in South Wales.

There are three main A

Details
Norway - One of the latest HK Audio Cohedra (Coherent Dynamic Response Array) systems to be sold has just arrived in Norway. PA rental company Belco Audio has purchased a system consisting of 24 Cohedra CDR 208 T and S mid/high cabinets and 24 CDR 210 Sub subwoofers, together with four SL 218 A active subwoofers and two Power-Rack 16s and two Power-Rack 8s to drive the system.

"We needed to buy a line array system to keep up with the competition in Norway," says Belco Audio's sound engineer Erlend Stein. "We weren't the first company in Norway to purchase a line array system, but there aren't that many available in the country yet, and the Cohedra system is definitely the best solution for us."

Belco was particularly impressed by the system's enlarged near-field capabilities which it felt far exceeded that of other brands. "Cohedra is very good at re

Details
USA - Scott Chmielewski of Digital Media Designs in Baltimore, specified High End Systems lighting products to light a corporate gathering for the Small Business Administration Expo '04, which required a multipurpose lighting rig. The event at the Orlando Convention Center, Florida, featured keynote speeches, networking opportunities, an awards ceremony and black-tie gala.

"The lighting system had to be as flexible and dynamic as possible," Chmielewski explains, citing his plot for two Catalyst Pro v3.0 Media Servers, two DL1s, 32 ColorCommands, 12 Studio Beams, 10 Trackspot 2s and 24 other moving lights, with control by two Wholehog III consoles. "In addition to the range of aerial and projection effects from the DL1s, we also used Catalyst to send show Flash files and images to the main screens for all the events, and it all happened flawlessly. We were able to

Details
UK - British public company, Fundamental-e Investments plc (FEI), has acquired Symphonix Limited, manufacturer and distributor of Mission Loudspeakers as part of its strategy to become a leader in the field of audio and visual technologies. FEI already has interests in computer hardware, telecoms, internet, games and flat screen technology. Both companies are excited at the prospect of further growing Mission internationally with strong support from FEI, directed towards the rapid convergence now taking place in entertainment and communications technology.

FEI was attracted by the Mission name and technology and are already putting into place new strategies and organization in order to focus on the values that were the cornerstone of Mission's early success: innovation, quality and market leading technology. Jean-Marc Galiana has been appointed as CEO of Symphonix and is alread

Details
USA - For New York radio station Hot 97's Summer Jam concert in Giants Stadium, production designer Gary Westcott sought a way to integrate control of the show's audio and video elements. The five-hour concert was scheduled to include performances by 11 different acts with frequent playback of video clips and audio tracks during and between acts. PRG's solution was Mbox, the media control technology exclusively available through PRG.

Using four Mbox servers and a GrandMA lighting console, Westcott was able to control all of the visual imagery on eight video screens rigged onstage and over the audience. He was also able to cue the front-of-house audio console for playback of selected audio tracks throughout the show. The show's video and audio elements included support for the live acts during their performances as well as playback of clips between acts for artist introductions a

Page 1648 of 3445
Astera - Large MPU - Sept 2025
GLP - MPU - Sept 2025

Latest Issue. . .

LSi 40 Sponsors - MPU - Aug-Nov