Ross' first exposure to Line 6 digital wireless was the Relay G50 instrument system, which he has been using for two years now. "It started with a demo," he recalls. "I was blown away by the accuracy of the sound. I got one immediately, and my bass player and second guitarist got Relay G30 systems. Not long after that, Line 6 introduced their wireless microphones, first the XD-V70
Blinding Light Ltd, based in Reading, was chosen to supply lighting for both events. Part of the requirement was to light the huge windows in the Proms set. For this, they used 32 of MilTec's LEDHead Batten2 units (two mounted in the base of each window). Fitted with 18x 8W quadcolour LEDs and Powercon mains connectors and weighing only 6kg each, they proved a very effective yet lightweight and low powered solution.
Tony Hall, Blinding Lights' lighting designer commented, "The MilTec battens have proved to be extremely reliable, and pack a great punch for their size. I was extremely p
Eclipse is the first in the Middle East to purchase the Vipers and are confident they will become a sought after item by event organisers and promoters.
The purchase of the Vipers increases the already large range of Martin lighting stocked by Eclipse which includes the MAC Aura, MAC 2000 Profile and Wash, MAC 301 Wash, MAC 401, MAC 700 Profile and Wash, Atomic 3000 strobes, Atomic Colors scrollers and popular Martin LC Plus LED screens.
Nour Assafiri, CEO of Martin Professional Middle East, says: "Martin Professional UAE LLC started collaborating with Eclipse since it was first launched in the UAE. The Eclipse team is known for
The event was staged at Matterley Bowl near Winchester - a location kept secret until the last possible minute - all part of the boutique style festival's aura of anticipation and surprise.
The Lion's Den was a large tented arena with a capacity of nearly 5300, supplied by A&J Big tops. Line up wise, it featured the very best of reggae, roots dancehall and dub music and culture all under one roof.
The eye-catching lighting for Lion's Den was designed by Rob Barnaville together with CPL's project managers Nick Diacre and Jimmy Smith. It was based around maximising all the available stage space and the variable headroom, providing eye-catching and 'buskable' lighting.
The look and style
NMK took the opportunity to immediately introduce Axient to the UAE market by holding very first Axient Preview Event in Middle East to customers from across the country that included professionals from the installation, live sound and broadcast markets.
"NMK is proud to finally be Axient certified, we look forward to carrying out further demonstrations of the power of this
The artist uses just a single tile of displayLED's flexible LED product digiFLEX to create a futuristic display on a helmet.
The helmet uses the musician's own software to convert sound to graphics, which appear on the visor during the performance and tie in with imagery on the larger screens of the show's backdrop. The artist has toured in the USA, Europe and Brazil and appeared at events including Sonar 2012, Spain, Bloc 2012, London, UK, and Dour Festival, Belgium, this summer.
The helmet was conceived by Squarepusher himself, who commissioned technical project manager Gilbert Roper of Star Acre to create the effect.
"For the last five years Squarepusher has been developing a v
There may have been other reasons; Yonekura launched the T-Series in similar fashion a few years ago, and although that event didn't draw as many people, the creeping success of the T-Series in Japan may be one reason why people paid more attention this time
"Also we were introducing our ne
The new website presents a contemporary look, complete with new navigational tools. It features enhanced resources in a user-friendly format and gives greater emphasis to Robert Juliat's prestigious range of lighting products. Detailed descriptions of the product ranges are included, along with new product pictures and a revamped menu system to provide better functionality.
In addition, a newly enhanced 'Contacts' section affords visitors the ability to find the nearest dealer quickly and easily.
"This new website reflects the thinking and efforts of the Robert Juliat team as well as our commitment to being open and accessible to our customers", says Robert Juliat CEO, François Juliat. "Packed with high
The highly innovative projection-based visual design was originated by Tobias G Randler, and then modified on the road by lighting director and lighting/video operator Michael Straun.
The design has evolved and grown, and currently five projectors are being utilised in total. Two Barco FLM22 22K projectors are positioned at FOH, and separately either projected across a white backdrop or carefully masked and beamed onto the band members, or as the set reaches its climactic conclusion, onto an imposing 12 x 12 ft three dimensional transparent X which is revealed for the final three numbers.
The Perspex X is also f
This will focus on supplying a selection of professional audio, AV and lighting products and accessories that are not currently directly available in the UK.
It follows healthy trading for the company's design and rental business over the last two years, with the intention of expanding UEP's sphere of trading.
"The sales division has been planned for some time - it was just a question of waiting for the right moment to launch," explain UPE's Steve Butcher, adding that it will bring a dynamic new angle to UEP's operation, which has been running successfully for 15 years, specialising in all areas of corporate and live events and presentations.
UEP Sales will function comple
This technological and aesthetic transformation will take Novel Hall's production values to a new level. Stage manager Fang Lu Yun says that they chose ETC lighting systems based on the company's established international reputation and product quality: "With years of experience in this field, ETC is widely recognised for the excellent scalability and
Business Minister Michael Fallon said, "From today [Monday] businesses are freed from the red tape that holds them back." The change was introduced through a private member's bill, introduced by Liberal Democrat Don Foster, in order to amend some of the bureaucracy imposed on gigs by the 2003 Licensing Act. The success is a relatively rare example of a House of Lords private member's bill making it i
The month-long ballot will decide places on PLASA's European and North American Regional Boards, together with a single seat on its over-arching Governing Body.
The role of the Regional Boards is to represent the interests of members affiliated to those regions, ensuring that PLASA offers strong on the ground support to members. Both the North American and European Regional Boards are looking to fill a number of places for 2013.
For the European Regional Board, Martin Hawthorn of Hawthorn's has put his name forward for a second term as Treasurer, Chris Parry-Jones of Gallowglass and Mark Surtees (incumbent) of Outback Rigging have put their names forward to represent Production Services members, Gerry Francke of Creative Technology and Noreen O'Riordan of Entec So
Commenting on the acoustic solution, Mohammed Imran of Sinewave Studio said, "its acoustic properties are amazing. The room sounds so perfect, the ambiance is incredible and moreover it looks good as well. Every artist is pleased with the sound quality of the studio."
Grayson Soares, operations manager at Melody House added, "Studio owners are becoming increasingly aware that the best microphone or the best studio monitor is not sufficient. To provide the ideal environment for artists to record or perform in, studios need to ensure that their rooms ar
Running from 16 September through 14 October, the tour - known as Back To Front - finds the group performing Gabriel's chart-topping So album in its entirety after an acoustic first set and electronic second set of the artist's other hits.
According to Firehouse Productions system tech Jamie Pollock, most of the stops on the 13-city tour utilize a FOH system featuring left and ri
Highlight of the day was the official opening of the new premises by the guests of honour George Simons, Mayor of Peterborough, and Andrew Castle, vice president finance and administration Bosch UK. "Our sales team have long anticipated the opening of our new building including its fully equipped demo room", says Sean Maxwell. "It off
Stéphane Ecalle, director of marketing says, "Given L-Acoustics' reputation and rider acceptance, we believe that these two 'plug and play' systems will prove themselves to be a solid and enduring investment for rental and fixed installation users. ARCS Wide and ARCS Focus are available in kits that are extremely scalable in both performance and pricing. In addition to providing a great offer our existing client base, we look forward to many others making the L-Acoustics dream a reality.
"The upcoming programme of demos provides an excellent opportunity to discover L-Acoustics technologies for application p
Allan reports that he has received "only positive jealousy" from friends and colleagues, and very positive responses from clients looking to hire the CL5. He continues, "I hope to really add some colour with our new CL5. I really like the way Yamaha have integrated the best parts of their desks into the CL5. And I am really excited about using the Rupert Neve plug-ins."
Sam Simon-Norris, technical sales at LMC London comments, "The CL Series as a whole is a really exciting development from Yamaha; the consoles boast an impressive array o
R29 was released to members only earlier this month and quickly received widespread commendation for the variety of new features that expand the software's potential. Particular attention has paid to the breakthrough Six Degrees of Freedom Camera and Shaded View Selection - next gen functionality acknowledged as having the power to help WYSIWYG professionals 'raise their game'.
The addition of another three degrees of freedom to the WYSIWYG cameras is of importance because it means the orientation of the camera is no longer restricted to a slightly robotic three dimensions. Users are now able to position the camera absolutely any way they cho
The latest addition to ALE's Rack Pack range, dVnet is aimed squarely at retail and architectural applications in which a media facade or light sculpture is to be controlled by video, and the complexity of a media server is not required.
dVnet is all a light artist needs to convert a video creation to light. The digital video input is in HDMI format. Configuration is simplicity itself, with less than ten mouse-clicks required to render video to a media wall.
dVnet can also playback any video clip manually loaded onto its internal hard drive, or via the incorporated pla
The exhibition was designed by an external designer, Emily Pugh, and the projection system was engineered and installed by Electrosonic.
The exhibition is spread over two floors; the lower level presents the gowns from 1950 to the early 2000s including Princess Diana's 1989 'Elvis Dress' designed by Catherine Walker and a Norman Hartnell gown designed for Elizabeth the Queen Mother; and the upper level displays gowns by contemporary UK-based designers including Roland Mouret, Giles, Erdem, Roksanda Illinci
The event is staged amidst the stunning environs of the Ferropolis peninsula, Gräfenhainichen, an open air museum featuring a selection of giant 20th century industrial machines, like coal mining diggers, that provide a unique skyline.
Lighting equipment for the Main and Gemini stages was supplied by Berlin based TSE AG.
Their brief for the production lighting design was to create rigs that were very flexible and could cater for the vast array of bands and DJs performing over the three days, many of which brought their own lighting designers and specials packages and also hooked in to the 'house' rigs.
TSE AG decided to spec Robe as it is one of the premium brands in their rental inventory, and b
Lighting designer Lyndon Buckley has been a user of LSC Lighting's Clarity software control for four years now and chose to use it for this production.
"I'm very comfortable with Clarity and it was particularly ideal for this production," he said. "I purchased Arkaos Media Master Pro to use alongside Clarity as it integrates seamlessly."
Lyndon also used Clarity to trigger audio cues explaining that the production ha
Among the items on the extensive sound, lighting and power equipment list for the Torch Relays were DPA d:fine headset microphones, supplied by DPA's UK distributor Sound Network. These were used at every one of the 70 locations to mic a wide range of dancers, actors, presenters and TV presenters.
"We chose DPA d:fine headset microphones for their discreet profile and sensitive capsules," says sound engineer Doug Maddison, who was responsible for the on-stage sound at the evening gigs. "We specified the cardioid version to try and reduce spill and feedback from the monitors and the PA. This was important as the presenters wer
