(Lee Baldock)
The concert featured performances from the likes of Nick Cave, The Finn Brothers, Kasey Chambers, The Waifs, Missy Higgins, Powderfinger, John Butler Trio and highly anticipated sets from both Silverchair and Midnight Oil. This was the first time that Silverchair had performed for over two years whilst Midnight Oil were lured out of retirement for such a special occasion.
The WAVEAID concert was organized by veteran promoter Michael Chugg, Mark Pope and Joe Segreto. To ensure that maximum money was raised, the
Commented King: "The feature set of the GB4 is fantastic; the EQ has been greatly enhanced, and unlike other consoles in this market it contains a matrix section." Onyx presentations hire manager, Craig Theaker, agreed that the company had made the right decision in holding back its purchasing decision until the GB4 became available: "We waited for a year, and it's been one of the better decisions we've made, the two 32-channel desks, whic
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
"There was nothing on the stage but Sennheiser," reports Scott Scherban, project manager and audio crew chief for Delicate Productions of Camarillo, California, who provided the event pro
Available in 4 and 8 ohm versions, the passive NEXT 8FP features an eight inch European-made driver with a diecast aluminium basket, with a one inch compression driver and will handle 160W (AES), delivering a maximum SPL of 121dB. Custom 12dB/Octave crossovers and premium speakers ensure superb sound quality.
The bi-amplified active version, the NEXT 8FBA, delivers an impressive 150W + 50W power (AES) and in common with all amplified NEXT models features thermal, DC voltage and short-circuit protection, as well as a subsonic filter, soft start and RF filtering.
The NEXT 15 versions come with the same options, but deliver considerably more pow
On 21 March in Worthing, the courses begin with the day-long Basic Health & Safety - The Entertainment Environment. The cost of this course is £150 +VAT per person. The following day's course will be Pyrotechnics Safety Awareness, and will cost £120+VAT per person.
The Pyrotechnics Safety Awareness course will be repeated on 23 March at The Point in Eastleigh, at the same price, and will be followed on 24 March by Electricity at Work - The Entertainment Environment, priced at £150 +VAT per person. Anyone wishing to book both courses at either venue can do s
A 250W, 1000-hour halogen lamp combines with a bidirectional parabolic reflector with highly reflective mirrors to give exceptionally bright projection. Top quality optics and precise manual focus adjustment produce sharp and detailed projections.
The Ego X6 also includes 12 inbuilt macros (slow, medium and fast) for fast programming. Besides the benefits of customized DMX control, the Ego X6 can operate in eithe
Although each circle was made using a fairly common medium duty 20.5" bolted format, the project was particularly challenging because the truss required a custom diagonal pattern to accommodate specific lighting requirements. The tour kicked off in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 8 February with more than 40 other dates through out the US before heading overseas.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
Bizet's romantic tragedy was translated into English to appeal to a broader opera-going audience, so mandated TiMax's unique use of multiple precedence delays to enhance intelligibility through precise vocal localization. This "source-oriented reinforcement" technique ensures each audience member will localize to the performers' acoustic vocal output from the stage just a few milliseconds befo
Like its predecessor, the DMX Operator 192 is an affordable 192-channel controller that can operate up to 12 intelligent fixtures, with as many as 16 DMX channels each, however the DMX Operator 192 also goes well beyond the original.
One of the new upgrades is a joystick for controlling pan and tilt. Users can assign any one of the 12 fixtures to the joystick - and enjoy smooth, easy, precision control of its movements at the flick of the stick. The DMX Operator 192 also features an encoder wheel that can be used as an alternative to the stick.
Another new feature is USB input, which all
The new FOH system is anchored by 12 M1D cabinets per side for the orchestra level, with a centre array of eight M1D cabinets and two M1D-Sub ultra-compact subwoofers covering the balcony. Peirce had first looked traditional Meyer MSL-4 clusters: "But it just wasn't right for this room," says Pierce. He then looked at the
The well-attended OH&S course will again return to the show taking place on Sunday 12 February. Juliusmedia College will present this one-day industry OH&S certificate course.Other conferences planned for Entech 2006 include a full day Pro Audio program, half-day business laws and half day lighting conference. Conference details, speakers and more information will be available closer to the show.
(Lee Baldock)
The Barco I-12 is configured into four screens. Unusually, the two side screens, which are always used for IMAG, are also constructed from the same LED source - in a 10-wide/8-deep combination. Onstage there's a 10-wide by 12-deep curved portrait screen downstage right, and a smaller 24-tile portrait screen upstage left.
This video unites the two side screens with the onstage screens in a wide-vision stage setting. The video design and stage set was conceived by Production North's Steve Levitt and the band.
The Cultuurpodium Boerderij has a long and eventful history, but since the 1990s, it has settled into the role of a modern, multi-functional cultural centre, with a programme which includes found dance events, cabarets, theatrical performances and concerts representative of a wide variety of musical genres. In addition to the large 750-seater main hall, the Cultuurpodium Boerderij boasts a second, smaller venue for live music: the Podium Café, which has a capacity of aroun
One of the advantages of the new facility was the ability to incorporate a long 24-seat rectangular conference room, divisible into two separate spaces. It was important that high resolution images could be placed easily onto a sufficiently large screen from the lectern position.
With a large membership, AITC's convention room already enjoys high utilization and while the bulk of the projected content is Powerpoint presentation, AITC also need access to finance satellite channels, with overall ease of operation. The AITC had already received a quotation for the multimedia infrastructure when
The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) is a new industry-wide program that is bringing together an unprecedented group of industry organizations, businesses and individuals to create a program of rigorous assessments for professional technicians.
Seth Popper, Director of Labor Relations, will serve as the League's principal representative to the Council. "As an organization committe
The sale represents the first of A-T Artist Elite 5000 Series wireless systems by LMC into the corporate AV market, and a first time purchase for Onyx Presentations. The purchase was part of a continuing expansion of the company's conference hire AV systems. The switch to Audio-Technica was the result of client feedback, concerning the suitability of existing wireless microphone systems for conference applications.
"People were reporting finding the capsules on our existing systems too large and heavy, particularly for female presenters," explains managing director Paul Gilley. "We had seen an advert for the Artist Elite series, and arra
The company will be headed by Louis Teo as regional sales manager. Teo has a highly successful track record with the Robe brand via his company Light + Sound Distribution, which continues to operate as Robe's Singaporean distributor. Robe (S.E.A) will oversee general sales and service support as well as project co-ordination in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore and Vietnam. The company says that existing distributors will continue to receive their supplies directly from the Robe factory in th
Stage Electrics has also been appointed a Service Point for the Prolyft Performance hoists, so in addition to stocking chain hoists, Stage Electrics will have trained mechanics to service and certify hoists to comply with LOLER regulations.
Adam Blaxill, head of purchasing at Stage Electrics said: "The relationship with Prolyte has been a natural development for Stage Electrics. We have made a large investment in inventory but
Four new conference areas have been built and the configuration now allows a large 250-seat theatre to be divisible into two separate spaces, with a smaller 60-seat space (which can equally be divided into two separate theatres).
Costain-Skanska Joint Venture, awarded the contract to supply audio to Impact Marcom, which chose to design the audio infrastructure around Symetrix SymNet DSP processing power. The Met Office recently hosted an international conference on how best to minimize the impacts of climate change at which over 200 delegates assembled in the main auditorium.
With high emphasis placed on routing and signal distribution, SymNet became the pref
