All R.5 models, including the short throw, two-way R.5Z, the medium throw, three-way R.5HP, the full range, two-way R.5COAX and the R.5SUB 12-inch subwoofer, can now be ordered in black, white or the original neutral light grey finish.
(Jim Evans)
The new MultiWall Gll - HP5 light batten is designed for indoor or outdoor use with an IP20 / 65 rating. It incorporates 62 x 1W - R,G,B,A & W LEDs to provide the widest range of colours. Fitted with XLR and PowerCon connectors , a conversion kit is supplied to replace these with PG9 fittings for outdoor use.
The 62W - 3150lm MultiWall GII - HP5 provides 3 - 7 Ch. DMX control using RGBAW or advanced HSL colour mixing, plus 19 preset colours, 23 crossfades and Sound to Light.
The large, user friendly LCD display also allows control of White Balance, Dimmer Curve and Modulation Frequency. The DISSIMAX cooling system provides for the first time, extended life-t
Currently in its fourth year, the Knight of Illumination Awards was established to recognise the talents of lighting designers working across the creative arts in the UK. Past winners include Bernie Davis, Baz Halpin, Cate Carter, Dave Davey, Al Gurdon, Andi Watson and Paule Constable.
The Awards are the only programme dedicated exclusively to the stage lighting designer's craft in the UK, and, in all likelihood, the only competition in the world where winners receive an authentic medieval battle sword - crafted in Toledo, Spain.
Neil Austin, who received his 'knighthood' for work on the London-staged musical, Parade, said: "The Knight of Illumination Awards are the gold standard. They are the only awards to honour lighting de
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
Calloway comes to the post from the Greensboro, North Carolina offices of Tyco Electronics, where he served as that company's product manager.
"My role today with Liberty effectively brings all the skills I've developed over the course of a very satisfying career together into one place," Calloway said on his first day on the job. It's like I've come home to where I was always meant to be. My experience within the Network/IT infrastructure industry will definitely be an asset in terms of helping Liberty's drive to smooth the transition to digital within the AV marketplace."
(Jim Evans)
In the new office located minutes away from St Pancras London, Stageco and Tait Technologies combine over 50 years of experience supplying the events industry. The appointed UK representatives in the new premises are Stageco's international project manager, Dirk de Decker and Tait Technologies UK manager, Fanny Verschraege, who worked for global technology company Barco for seven years. Both companies are recruiting new staff to expand their UK based team.
Dirk de Decker comments, "The main benefit of this office is that we are committing ourselves to be more easily available to come and meet UK music and event industry professi
Initially they had bought the two GIS EM electric chain hoists from John Jones (now of LTM) back in 1992. The hoists were linked using an extended bar to allow lifting of normal loads using either hoist or long loads using both hoists together. These hoists are required to raise goods from floor level to two mezzanine levels up to 10m high. Following the original site survey, two GIS EM 500kg capacity electric chain hoists were recommended with electric travel trolleys, as they needed to have fast lifting to speed up the loading process. The hoists were delivered and
In 1980 the arena got its first roof (after 60 years in the open air) while over the years the audio system grew to become to a patchwork of dozens of different speakers in many different sizes, positioned in all possible corners of the roof and truss.
However, in 2009 the local audio company Phil's Concert and Showtechnique was hired to plan a new system, based around EAW components, which would replace the old hybrid.
Due to aesthetic reasons and the presence of the obligatory video cube, a central cluster was out of the question. Different dec
With over 105 band members playing a diverse range of musical instruments, the Indian TA band needed a system that would offer significant enhancements in the performance and ease of use. Faced with a myriad of choices, the Territorial Army brought in ElectroAcoustic Consultants Advance Acoustic Research in order to specify the appropriate sound reinforcement system designed to meet the demands of the band.
After assessing and comparing various equipment from different manufacturers, Mr Tikendra Singh, principal consultant of Advance Acoustic Research, recommended Tannoy VQ Series for the band.
After Mr Singh's recommendation, the Indian Territorial Army d
Introduction to DMX & RDM (Wednesday 29 June) - This training day covers all the basics of the DMX and RDM protocols. Aimed at people who are new to the technology, it will start from the beginning of DMX, explain how it works, how it can be used and will highlight good working practices. The second half of the day will cover the new protocol RDM and show how this will benefit the industry.
Colour-Tramp (Thursday 7 July) - Artistic Licence Colour-Tramp control system is specifically designed to enable you to programme and control two and three dimensional lighting arrays.
DALI (Wednesday 5 October) - DALI training was the first of the Artistic Licence Engineering Training Days and has been so popular that extra dates have been added and an expl
The F-30 was specified by Guetta's show/visuals designer and vibe engineer Ben Brett, who has developed a special piece of control software - Pilot - which is used to run the screen visuals. For this tour, in addition to the screen content, Pilot was running a back wall of 60 x LED moving lights positioned upstage of the rear section of F-30 screen.
The back screen comprised 105 panels of F-30 and in front of the DJ booth was a smaller one made up of 14 panels. With visuals flowing across both surfaces simultaneously, it became a genuine three dimensional digital set.
(Jim Evans)
The Galaxia Softlight is a flat panel style softlight fixture that generates white light using an LED light source; the fixture has a colour temperature that is variable from 2700K to 6500K with a high colour rendering index of 90-95. The Galaxia is just 40mm thick (94mm including rigging yoke), and is available in two versions - the standard 60x60cmversion and a 'half panel' 60x30cm version. In both cases softlight output is emitted from the fixture's entire front face; beam control accessories such as barn doors are available if required.
The Galaxia can be controlled via DMX512 or using a compact hand-held controller which can be used to set up colour temperature and output lev
GrandVJ is a real-time video mixer software allowing VJs to compose up to eight layers of video on the fly.
The new GrandVJ 1.5 brings video mixing to the next level with the addition of two major new features: Transitions and ArKaos Connect VST plus several other great enhancements, says the company.
With the addition of 37 transitions, it's "even more fun to mix with GrandVJ 1.5". The transitions are distributed across the following groups: eight Fades - three Blinds - six Masks - four Distortions - three 3Ds - two Pixelisations - seven Rectangles - one Slide - one Swipe - two Waves.
Each transition can have up to four parameters plus a fade time, all of which can be controlled through MIDI. In Synth Mode, the new transitions add fade in/fade out betwe
Covering USB Audio use generally, as well as ARX's USB Series specifically, informative topics include: Rules for audio via USB on computers ; My USB Interface works fine during the soundcheck, but 'goes to sleep' before the show; The output of my USB Interface is not loud enough or is noisy; The USB Input to my Computer is too hot and is overloading my recording software.
(Jim Evans)
"As there are a lot of great other technologies in the audio industry, it is quite an honour to be recognised for the advancements of our digital media networking solution", comments Audinate's CEO Lee Ellison. "We believe that our recognition is a result of the many OEM partners who have embraced Dante for their products as the networking solution of choice for today's networks and as they move to AVB."
(Jim Evans)
Sennheiser's 2000 series has become popular for theatre applications, with its range of wireless transmitters and receivers offering a comprehensive selection of components for vocals, instruments and in-ear monitoring.
The heart of the 2000 series is its true diversity receiver, available as a 19-inch rack mount unit with single channel (EM 2000) or twin channel (EM 2050) design. With multiple UHF frequency ranges, each with a switching bandwidth of up to 75 MHz, the range offers great flexibility, aided by professional frequency management which takes place directly through W
For the first time, Light Emitting Diodes can be used in 'real' lighting applications, providing "vast improvements in reliability, long-life and low maintenance". The Wing LED is available in two modules. The first is a Warm White (50,000hrs, 69lm/watt), dimmable via local touch switch (cycle up/down) control or via Dali control, which delivers a high quality white light.
The second is a RGB/Tuneable White (35,000hrs, 29lm/watt) controlled via DMX (RDM address) - 'tune' the colour temperature and intensity to meet the requirements of your space or dynamically mat
Leading the charge will be the first official live demonstration of Tannoy's VX Series and VXP Series, the latter featuring Lab.gruppen's new IDEEA (Intelli-Drive Energy Efficient Amplifier) power module. The new passive and self-powered sound reinforcement lines build on the success of the existing V Series range, with an expanded line-up that includes twin driver configurations and new QCW (Q-Centric Waveguide) transducer technology for optimal tonal clarity, LF performance and greater pattern control.
In another InfoComm exclusive, Lab.gruppen intends to give an advanced preview of
He has recently been engaged on mixing Pet Shops Boys' The Most Incredible Thing ballet CD and Honey Ryder's latest album.
For nearfield monitoring he has purchased a pair of JBL LSR 4328P and matched JBL LSR4312s subwoofer from JBL resellers, Batmink following a demonstration arranged by UK distributor Sound Technology.
These had been recommended by producer Jon O'Mahony, who owns the six-room LA Sound Studios in Acton, where Kraushaar's Pro Tools studio has been based for the past seven years.
"Instead of travelling around different studios the great advantage here is that I am listening to the same sound every d
Hall 1 is a tiered, 1500-capacity auditorium and previously featured an analogue mixing console working with the venue's d&b Q series PA system. When the console reached the end of its cost-effective working life a replacement was sought, with a digital console the obvious step forward.
"A major criterion for the new console was its 'walk-up friendliness'," says ICC technical event services manager Paul Dipple. "The ICC plays host to many visiting engineers that often have very limited tim
Arditti put together the spec for a top-end system that could also cope with later plans to tour the ballet, recognising that the in-house system at Sadler's Wells would not be able to cope with the score's large dynamic range. The main system is configured with four hangs of eight T-10s, each with a T-SUB, plus a centre cluster of 10 T-10s, with the addition of four d&b Q-Subs and four B2s to boost the low end performance.
"The T-10s are awesomely compact at just 30cm wide - to the extent that when
The seminar began with a presentation of the numerous advantages and technical possibilities of the new series. The enthusiasm of participants for the USB audio interface of the PowerMate3 with its low latency and the powered mixer's loudspeaker protection functions was particularly evident.
"In addition to the technical features, we laid special emphasis upon the many and varied applications and uses for the system," reports Al-Harbi. "Participants were then able to try out the functions and feat
