Aside from the near deafening ambient noise, the other challenge is the sheer size of the areas needing coverage. The purpose-built distributed system can cover nearly a full mile of show line. Using a pair of 5.8GHz wireless remote systems, the loudspeakers can be placed anywhere along the ramp where extra coverage is needed. &quo
Built across four glass-fronted floors, Cube provides a juxtaposition to the raft of small bars in the centre of Liverpool. The lighting design, by Neil Riley, director of Absolute, has worked this position as far as possible. By colour-washing each floor-to-ceiling window as a separate zone using the Tryka K2 LED RGB Strip Module, the message stands tall and is immediate: Cube is far from square.
The club area starts on the first floor, above the ground floor restaurant and pre-bar area lit with original lighting fixtures sourced from Italy and Spain. The first floor seating areas are illuminated using Tryka RGB Module 3 lighting units - in total 250 were used across the first and second f
Known to many in the UK as the venue for high-profile conferencing, as used by the Conservative Party and the Trades Union Congress, the Main Hall of the Brighton Centre routinely accommodates prestige exhibitions, banquets and leisure events. With its flexible seating, it can accommodate 4,500 seated delegates.
The Main Hall's house PA was installed in the 1980s, a centrally-flown cluster of Electro-Voice loudspeakers which has worked for over 20 years. Brighton-based specialists MBI Sound & Light has maintained the Centre's facilities since that time. "With the important TUC conference lo
Parry was asked onboard by Matter owners and underground music gurus Keith Reilly and Cameron Leslie with whom he's worked on several previous projects. He collaborated closely with architects and interior designers William Russell and Sarah Adams of Pentagram who created an edgy neo industrial aesthetic for the venue which is inside the O2 in Greenwich.
Literally thousands of LED lightsources - primarily from the Philips SSL range including several kilometres of iColor Flex product - are embedded in various architectural features around the venue like walls, pillars and balconies, plus corridors, stairwells, toilets and other public spaces and circulation areas.
All these a
The completed upgrade has involved eMerging in the design, construction and installation of six new audio dubbing suites at Lime, each with Merging Pyramix audio Post-production DAWs, VCube HD high-definition video playback systems, and Merging Ramses control surfaces.
Alongside the equipment from eMerging, Lime also purchased new HD Sony HDC-1500 cameras, built a new Central Apparatus Room (CAR) with a 102-Terabyte Data Direct video production SAN, and adde
The speakers, D.A.S. Audio sound engineer, Javier Navarro and Gonzalo Aguirre, D.A.S. sales manager for Latin American and the Caribbean were joined by special guest speakers Ashok Maharaj the well-known Venezuelan independent professional audio consultant and Ulises Otero, US based Aero system user and owner of Roxy Productions.
The seminar's opening presentation and introduction of the participants was conducted by D. A. S. Audio international sales director, Jack Palacio. He went on to introduce Ashok Maharaj who delivered a presentation on the principles behind line array systems. Ulises Otero centred his speech on a detailed explanation about
Blinding Light was working for live experience company Sledge on this three-month project - the only indoor digital laser tag facility in the UK. The aim was to build a dramatic, atmospheric and stimulating environment for the high octane experience in which two teams battle to succeed in their mission. The Hangar was one of a series of ongoing long term temporary installations designed to offer additional entertainment value to anyone visiting the O2.
Blinding Light asked Mark Mumford to create the lighting design for the all-action game, which featured its own soundtrack and was housed inside the O2's inflatable "Bubble" structure. His task included
Recalling the tradition of the classic French Concours d'Elegance in Paris, the event includes a high-end fashion show and black tie dinner reception. Sound for the event's sprawling grounds was provided by Community R.5 loudspeakers.
The R.5 loudspeakers were mounted in the event's main patio area and adjacent to each of the category displays. "Although R-Series are best known for permanent installations in stadia and harsh environment applications, their rugged construction, high power, light weight and ease of fixing make them ideal for temporary events like th
Opera News - "Not so long ago, making a fanfare about big frocks and fancy sets in opera was the preserve of that crowd-pleasing impresario Raymond Gubbay," wrote Emma Pomfret in The Times. "Heaven forbid that you uttered the words &quo
Situated in a meander of the Ebro river, the Expo 2008 site is home to some groundbreaking architecture such as the emblematic Bridge Pavilion designed by Zaha Hadid and the imposing Water Tower designed by Enrique de Teresa. The exposition site also hosted several daily shows including Iceberg, a visual and poetic symphony evoking water and climate change as its central themes. Leading Spanish production company, Focus, created the iceberg itself and designed the audio system which was entirely powered by Lab.gruppen amplifiers, including 24 PLM Powered Loudspeaker Management systems.
From a technical point of v
Simon Yapp, head of audio visual and sound at Glyndebourne Opera House, and his colleague Keith Benson, head of lighting, needed to find a solution to replace the venue's old paging system, which had become unsupportable. The new solution was required to not only replace the original paging system with 16 zones but offer increased flexibility without throwing away the existing cable infra-structure and speaker system, all of which were still serviceable.
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"Best Leading Solutions has carried out a successful restructure of the entire company, with expansion into new market segments," says Ken Kimura, DPA's regional sales director, Asia Pacific. "The company has implemented various sales and marketing activities in close cooperation with DPA, and this has all combined in an increase in DPA sales turnover of 35% over 2007."
"I'm pleased and honoured to win the DPA Distributor of the Year Award," says H S Ahn, CEO of BLS. "Since I first encountered them, I've loved these mics and together with my staff have tried to get them into every studio and theatre. As the
A total of 11 XTA DP226 are used to control an extensive Martin Audio line array system. "It's something we developed from Lee's 2005 XL tour, which in itself was a development from the Eddie Izzard system we'd used two years previously," says Capital Sound's Paul Timmins. "We now have a design for large-scale comedy which we think serves the range of venues on this current tour very well."
"We have all the delay XTAs in the rack as a master unit and we use that as a matrix to drive the other XTAs which are stage end, which runs straight off the multicore,
Iain McLean, one half of the Scattered Media duo responsible for the EvenTech model, reports: "The EvenTech brand is just in its first year and already we've had two very successful shows in two very different regions. EvenTech Ireland has been our fastest sell out to date and all exhibitors are very optimistic about the success they will see in Ireland. It's going to be a very pivotal show for EvenTech, the exhibitors and the visitors alike."
Darren Brechin, co-director of Scattered Media notes: "From our experience we realised that the visitors - the installers and the system integrators - need to be able to quickly and easily access these shows, taking hours rather than days out of their schedules - and actually finding informa
Gawler needed a colour changing wash light offering an even spread of high quality light, not too beamy and that was a less energy-hungry alternative to conventional 4-lite fixtures. He looked at several options before deciding to go with the i-Pix products, which are used for a general stage wash.
The BB7s are all on a front truss doing a stage wash. Gawler says they are ideal for this because the band dislike follow spots and the BB7 can be used like a beam light to produce a much subtler effect. He also uses them between songs so everyone can see what they're doing.
"They are reliable, efficient and make good colours. I also really like the homogeneity of the light sources and the smooth and even output," he states. This feature elimi
"The Asia Pacific region has always been important to DPA Microphones and given the increased market development, it was an obvious move to make," says Kimura. "We're focusing on increasing DPA's brand awareness in the region and reinforcing our position in countries like China, Japan, Korea and Australia through continuous training and support of our sales network, while developing new local markets by appointing new distributors and dealers.
"The relocation to Shanghai will enable me to intensify our sales and marketing support to distributors, increase communication and info sharing with local brand managers, sales personnel and end users. Their input is vital in our con
"PRO6 extends the lineage of the great Midas analogue consoles heard on countless tours and installations," says Charles Kitch, president, Sound Productions, "and adds many of the unique digital features of the XL8 to the equation, all in a package that is priced within the reach of a lot of our customers. PRO6 is going to be a big hit in a very important price range; we're expecting a lot of interest from the church market in particular. It's comprehensive and truly groundbreaking."
"I knew this PRO6 was a winner the moment I saw - and heard - it at the launch event in Minneapolis," adds Jeff Humphrey, sales manager, Sound Productions. "Looking around
The microphone and associated processor has been permanently installed in T16, the recently completed new HD OB vehicle owned by UK broadcast facilities company Telegenic, and will be used for coverage of all UK-based games during the championship.
"We've been transmitting HD pictures for Rugby Union for several years, but without 5.1 surround to match," says Sky's operations manager Keith Lane. "We wanted to upgrade the experience we were offering Sky Sports Rugby Union fans, and the SoundField system was the obvious choice, as it'
FUNA Nachrichtentechnik of Emden installed four networked Dynacord ProMatrix 4000 systems that combine ELA (messaging/voice alarm/evacuation) with pro sound (recorded music).
The four ProMatrix 4000 systems boast a combined amplification power of over 53,00W. Over 350 loudspeaker lines to over 8,000 loudspeakers--including 350 Electro-Voice 309-8A (coaxial systems), 520 Electro-Voice EVID C4.2 (coaxial ceiling systems), 30 Electro-Voice EVID C8.2 (coaxial ceiling systems), and 70 Electro-Voice Sx80PIX--run the length and breadth of the ship, which also boasts 16 ProMatrix DPC keypanels, plus numerous other Electro-Voice loudspeaker systems across the various function roo
The Ironbridge (built 1779) was illuminated to create a dynamic and constant cycle of colour and produce stunning reflections in the water below. The effect was created by using four 8Kw space cannons (EMF Technology), 24 Varilite VL2000 Wash lights (12 either side of the bridge), six City Colours and 16 outdoor Par64s.
An LED wall at the north end of the bridge displayed images of some of the lesser known local sites and public information messages. Subtle changes in colour were ac
Located in both Bromsgrove and Hemel Hempstead, the operation will be headed up by Rich Rowley, assisted by an experienced and professional team of 23. XL Events has been established to offer the latest sound, lighting and AV technology drawing on the experience, resources and project management of the XL Video group of companies in the UK and Europe.
Rowley comments: "We have a vast pool of knowledge and creativity, plus access to a wide variety of equipment. As part of the XL Group of companies we have the resources to offer the most comprehensive and cost-effective packages and support involving everything from providing the technical infrastructure to the logistics of making an event happen effici
Currently cruising the Mediterranean and waters of Northern Europe on this, her maiden year of voyages, the ship also uses Shure's UHF-R wireless microphone systems in wide-ranging applications designed and installed by San Diego, California-based Nautilus Entertainment Design (NED).
"RF radio stability is vital to these systems," says NED's Alan Edwards. "As they move from the open sea to ports of call, it's imperative that the signals don't cut out or introduce null zones. Coverage has to be consistent, and automatic frequency
Facing spectrum changes associated with the FCC's auction earlier this year of the 700 MHz band, Wharton - with a sizable amount of wireless systems operating in that spectrum -determined the time was right for a comprehensive upgrade. Malvern, Pennsylvania-based Cenero, LLC led the revitalization with a new wireless blueprint based around Shure UHF-R systems. Spanning buildings, including Huntsman Hall, Steinberg Hall, Dietrich Hall, Lauder-F
