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UK - Solid State Logic has announced the launch of Oracle - A Future Analogue Console. “Delivering analogue sound with instant, effortless, and complete recall and reset across the entire console, Oracle fulfils the dreams of producers, engineers, and studio owners around the world: a true professional solution, delivered with SSL quality, reliability, and support,” says SSL. 

“Today, the company is proud to announce Oracle: a fully analogue in-line mixing console offering large-format features in a compact, AWS-size footprint, with instant, effortless, and complete recall of all processing, routing, gain, and pan settings thanks to the company's innovative new ActiveAnalogue technology.”

With the ability to instantly switch between mixing or

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Hungary - Lightware’s Lara Wizard makes it ‘quicker and easier than ever’ to set up audio-visual (AV) room automation and control configurations, ensuring anyone, from systems integrators to IT teams, can achieve their desired system configuration in minutes.

Lara is Lightware’s built-in room automation platform, which simplifies AV system control in meeting spaces. Pre-integrated into Lightware’s core products, it empowers everyone to design, deploy and manage professional AV systems quickly and efficiently. A key part of this efficiency is the Lara Wizard interface. This online service is the quickest way for users to get started, delivering reliable room control without writing a single line of code.

Visitors to Lightware’s InfoComm 2025 booth will have seen Lara featured in multiple demonstrations, with the Lara Wizard also having its

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Australia - Harman Professional Solutions has announced the consolidation of its audio and video control distribution in Australia. Effective 1 August 2025, MadisonAV will become the exclusive distributor for the complete Harman Professional audio and video portfolio across the region. Distribution of the Martin Professional lighting portfolio will continue with Show Technology.

“The Harman Professional portfolio is evolving in a way that R&D investments in new hardware and software platforms are reshaping the portfolio and our business,” said Amar Subash, vice-president and general manager, Harman Professional APAC. “As we look to the future, there are great benefits in consolidating distribution as it will allow us to leverage the full potential of the investments made to the portfolio, and I’m pleased that MadisonAV will carry us forward.”

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Indochine X PixMob Fan Immersion

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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Ireland - d&b audiotechnik loudspeaker systems have been chosen for installation in Dublin’s Guinness Storehouse, one of Ireland’s leading visitor attractions. Three systems, designed and installed by d&b partner Acoustik to meet a new live music concept from John Brady Events, plus new installations in two other visitor zones, were meticulously planned and predicted using d&b’s ArrayCalc software, and employ d&b’s installation-specific xS-Series cabinets.

Guinness Storehouse is celebrating its 25th anniversary as an attraction this year, having pulled in over 25m visitors in that time.

In 2024, Guinness Storehouse was looking for innovative ways to further enhance that visitor experience. Their aim was to introduce a lively new element of culturally relevant activities. The question was, how could they add to the mix on offer

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USA - The Grammy-nominated Common Kings have toured with A-list artists like Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, and Meghan Trainor – headlining shows and festivals worldwide.

Audio engineer Tim Koch started working with the California-based Reggae group about four years ago, mixing some of their local events between tours. "I've been fortunate to be asked back as the band continues to grow," said Koch. "We've done some killer shows together. I've worked with them as an A2, monitor engineer, and occasional FOH as well."

Common Kings recently hosted a ‘takeover’ event at The House of Blues in Anaheim, CA - with the band hosting three separate shows in three different rooms within the venue for three consecutive days. The multi-room event proved to be an enormous technical hurdle, but nothing beyond what Koch and the team could handle.

"It too

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Germany - The Ehrlich Brothers have been delighting a wide audience with their spectacular live shows for over a decade. Their new production, Diamonds, premiered in mid-November in Dortmund’s Westfalenhalle before visiting the largest arenas in Germany, where they have been presenting the best of their most popular illusions. With the help of lighting and stage technology, the successful magician duo is once again setting standards in the live entertainment world.

Thomas Gerdon (Gerdon Design) is once again responsible for the production design. He and his team have been accompanying the Ehrlich Brothers on their tours since 2019. For the Diamonds tour, Gerdon developed a new concept that intensifies the essence of magic through light. “If you have seen illusions before, it is all the more important to present them visually in a new an

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Saudi Arabia - Luminex kicked off the festival season at the inaugural edition of A Thousand and One, Riyadh’s newest large-scale music festival.

Across five distinct stages, Qafilah, Sahaab, Bizar Bazar, Bustan, and Qasr, the festival hosted both world-class DJs and rising stars. Colour Sound Experiment provided complete lighting, video, and control solutions for all stages, backed by robust and intelligent networking infrastructure.

Each stage relies on a dependable network backbone built around Luminex GigaCore switches. Every stage has multiple racks: FOH, stage left, stage right – all connected via GigaCore switches’ ISL ports. Using Luminex’s RLinkX feature, the team created a redundant ring network with ultra-fast recovery, ensuring automatic fallback in case of link failure.

Each stage was routed to a dedicated backup

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USA - “I just tried to play something that felt like home,” the legendary flat picking guitarist Doc Watson told the Country Music Hall of Fame when looking back on his career. The seven-time Grammy Award winner likely would have been very pleased to see what was happening this year at the 37th annual MerleFest, the Americana music festival honouring his memory.

The music played at the festival – which is named after Doc’s late son and fellow musician Merle Watson – was warm, witty, inviting, and heartfelt, the kind of sound that makes anyone feel right at home, especially when it’s played in North Carolina’s beautiful hill country.

Enhancing this atmosphere at the festival’s famed Doc and Merle Watson main stage and two other sites at the four-day event were inviting, richly textured and colourful lightshows designed by Nehe

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UK - As part of its bid to engage young people with the production industries, Production Futures returned to stage a brand activation at Bludfest, which took place at Milton Keynes Bowl on 21 June. The festival’s eclectic lineup, curated by singer-songwriter Yungblud, attracted a diverse range of fans, including many young people for whom the Production Futures pop-up stand provided insights into possible careers in the production sector.

The Production Futures stand was located in the fan-zone entrance, and as well as providing information about the organisation’s upcoming On Tour shows, ran a series of popular competitions designed to attract the interest of young people with limited knowledge of the wide range of opportunities in the sector.

The stand was designed by Abigail Skelton and Ant Ioannou, two second-year students

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UK - Tour and production manager Stewart Chown, who works alongside remote production manager Gareth Russell, has trusted Britannia Row's services with many of their touring acts over the course of their careers. So, when American singer, songwriter and musician Sharon Van Etten announced she'd be touring a new record with her new band, The Attachment Theory, Britannia Row's services were required once again.

"The band aspect is quite a new thing for Sharon, and our brief was to bring everything up to a certain production level," begins Stewart. "It's not a huge tour - our audio package is economical - but we wanted to make it as efficient as possible to give Sharon and the band the best production for their touring budget.

"We're good friends with our account executive Jonathan Dunlop, so he was our first point of call for audio. We've hand-picked o

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Europe - Ultimo Sharpy is the next in Claypaky’s established series, a compact IP66-rated beam moving head, purpose-built for the most demanding environments, productions, and expectations. It carries the legacy of the original Sharpy into a new era – faster, brighter and tougher than ever before.

With its power-to-size ratio, advanced optics, and fast, true CMY colour mixing, it delivers impressive mid-air effects, infinite motion, and absolute precision. Whether on the biggest stage, under the harshest conditions, or inside a tightly cued broadcast, Ultimo Sharpy performs with effortless brilliance.

At the heart of Ultimo Sharpy lies a new 250W ultra-high performance short-arc lamp, designed for maximum output and sustainability. Delivering 100,000 lux at 20m (over 9,300 fc at 65ft), it packs the punch of much larger fixtures – all while keep

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World - Metallica’s M72 world tour, renowned for its innovative in-the-round stage and ‘no repeat weekend’ format, has adopted the Pixera media server system from AV Stumpfl. This transition enhances the tour’s massive video setup, delivering ‘an unparalleled visual experience’ across its eight 100ft-tall towers, each featuring three 50 × 30ft LED screens, totalling 24 discrete surfaces – the brainchild of creative director and production designer Dan Braun.

The M72 tour, which began in 2023 and has captivated upwards of 80,000 fans per night, relies on a sophisticated technical infrastructure to match its ambitious creative vision. Metallica’s switch to Pixera, first tested at the Soundstorm festival in 2023, has proven transformative. “Pixera’s rendering capabilities, especially for Notch effects, are unmatch

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Spain - The popular Circlassica show returned to Madrid for the 2024-2025 season staged in the IFEMA Madrid big white tent, with a new edition, Circlassica, la historia mundial continúa (Circlassica, the world story continues), produced by Productores de Sonrisas and lit by Juanjo Llorens who once again sprinkled some of his illuminative magic on the action.

Juanjo has a penchant for spectacularly lighting high-octane, high-impact circus-style performance shows and this was no exception, so he reached into the toolbox for Robe moving lights, using 40 × LEDBeam 150s, 22 × Spiiders, 20 × MegaPointes, 16 × LEDBeam 350 and 14 × Esprites.

These were all picked for their multifunctionality. “I took advantage of numerous features on all these fixture types,” explained Juanjo, “power, different types of looks and lenses

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China - The Spring Festival Gala took place this January for a spectacular Luna New Year’s Eve celebration. As the first year with established UNESCO World Heritage status, the Spring Festival Gala had unprecedented global reach. KV2 Audio was chosen to provide an audio solution to work alongside the visually captivating performances and impressive venues.  

Four venues joined together as branches of the main event in Beijing, and for the first time a Jiangnan city, Wuxi, was selected as one of these locations. The waterside town combines traditional Chinese culture with modern civilisation, providing an enchanting setting for the New Year’s Eve celebrations.  

On the shore of Taihu Lake, the Wuxi venue featured vast, outdoor performance areas. An audio system was required that would be able to cover the expansive spaces suc

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UK - Broadwick Group has announced a partnership with East London venue Troxy. This new chapter will see Broadwick and its group of companies come together to build on Troxy’s existing legacy, while shaping its future.

Troxy is renowned for hosting a wide spectrum of events. Music will remain at the heart of the building, and this partnership will establish a broader and more ambitious programming and commercial vision. The venue will expand its offering across brand activations, cultural showcases, film and TV production, corporate events, and creative hires.

Troxy will continue to operate as an independent brand, with its core identity, team and legacy preserved, backed by Broadwick’s deep experience in operating venues including the likes of Magazine London, Printworks and Landing 42. The group will invest in Troxy’s future while retainin

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USA - For Miami’s booming hospitality market, where lively nightlife and excellent gastronomic experiences are the order of the day, the expectations for atmosphere are high. For venues where every detail counts, sound quality plays a crucial role in shaping guest experiences.

Miami-based integrator Davel Rodriguez, principal at DRVCS, has turned to K-array to solve the challenges of balancing audio quality with aesthetics. DRVCS has been at the forefront of integrating these solutions across some of the most design-forward venues, not just in Miami, but nationwide, including New York City restaurant Mēdüzā Mediterrania.

“Miami is growing up to another level,” says Rodriguez. “Restaurants and bars are opening every day, and the design standards just keep on rising. Everyone wants to create something exceptional. K-array helps us get there,

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UK - Martin Audio partner, Penguin Media Solutions, recently completed the third technical overhaul of pubs in the burgeoning 50-plus Laine Pub Company estate.

Both organisations are HQ’d in Brighton, and Penguin’s technical project manager Dylan Thompson says that since all three city centre pubs have their own identity and autonomy, an individual approach was required when it came to specifying audio. Martin Audio’s extensive portfolio afforded different options.

Penguin’s latest implementation was the Black Lion, a popular music pub nestled in Brighton’s famous Lanes. The client required better traffic flow to draw its clientele towards the rear of the room - where the intensity would increase - and avoid the current pinch point at the front. “The previous design was a bit lazy, with lots of mismatched 8in boxes scattered around and a

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USA - Hip-hop artist Ja Rule is touring North America with an electrifying visual show that uses Elation’s Proteus Rayzor Blade as a multi-dimensional lighting effect. In the capable hands of Shepherd Lowrey of Cactus Creative Studio, the powerful linear LED fixture supports an entertaining show that combines raw energy and futuristic flair with reflective appreciation.

SLX Productions provides lighting, scenic fabrication and design engineering for the tour, with Lowrey serving as production designer, creative producer and lighting designer. Lowrey also created much of the show’s content. He and SLX principal Ariel Afar have collaborated on past high-profile projects, including a Jon Batiste performance at Coachella 2024 in which Afar introduced Lowrey to the Proteus Rayzor Blade. Since then, the fixture has been a staple of his designs.

“The

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USA - Brompton Technology has successfully deployed its Hydra advanced measurement system, through its partner Red Rock OPS, to revitalise Rentex's LED panel inventory. The Las Vegas-based consulting firm Red Rock OPS, which specialises in live overlays, colour calibration, and broadcast services, used Brompton's calibration technology to enhance the performance of the nationwide AV rental provider's existing LED panels and dramatically extend their lifespan.

Hydra is an award-winning, all-in-one measurement system custom-designed for LED panels and exclusive to Brompton Technology. It enables the use of Brompton’s groundbreaking Dynamic Calibration technology, which allows LED panels to achieve significantly higher brightness and a wider colour gamut than traditional calibration methods while maintaining uniformity.

This system is also the foundat

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UK - Since opening its doors in 2012, RedX Dance in Bristol has taught street dance classes to hundreds of children and adults of all abilities. The award-winning company has its own studio in the Staple Hill area of the city, recently equipped with an array of Optimal Audio speakers and control solution.

With a requirement to deliver coverage over a large studio space and ensuring great-sounding audio to inspire dancers, suppliers Richer Sounds in Bath ultimately specified a quartet of Optimal Audio’s Cuboid 6 full-range, two-way wall-mounted speakers with a single Sub 6 ultra-compact sub-bass speaker.

As Richer Sounds’ Bath store manager Tom explains: “One of the biggest challenges was making sure we could cover the whole studio while maintaining a reasonable speaker count. The Cuboid 6 sounds great and strikes an excellent balance between po

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UK - Rise AV, the advocacy group championing gender diversity and professional development in the AV sector, has announced the launch of the Elevate Programme, a leadership accelerator designed exclusively to ‘fast-track the careers of mid-level women professionals working in AV, residential AV, and live events sectors’.

Following the success of the inaugural Rise AV Mentoring Programme, which demonstrated the tangible impact of targeted support and community-building, the Elevate Programme marks the next strategic step in empowering women to take on senior leadership roles across the AV industry.

Running from October to December 2025, this intensive six-week hybrid programme blends virtual and in-person sessions, real-world leadership challenges, and group mentorship from senior AV leaders. Limited to 35 delegates acro

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