Following the ‘business’ of the day, around 100 people sat down to an enjoyable dinner with entertainment provided by two guest speakers - ex-footballer Paul Fletcher and impressionist Kevin Connelly - before retiring to the bar for some serious networking. Wayne
Hire director Emma Barwell commented:"With a deep site to cover, a conventional system would have required unsightly and expensive delay towers. GEO was able to uniformly cover the audience from directly below the speaker hangs to a point 68m back using only 12 boxes per side. The system looks minute but delivers fantastic sound levels with quality performance."
Most recently, over the Golden Jubilee weekend, SSE supplied a GEO system for the BBC celebrations in Centenary Squar
He continues: "I'm such a computer freak . . . I love stuff like this. We've all seen a million moving lights before, but this is something else - I was blown away. Then I saw a demo at the LA office. I was even more blown away . . . I've been dreaming of this kind of show and technology. I almost had a tear in my eye when I saw the demo in person. I'
Blue Box's Mark Metcalf explained that because owner Ben Watt is now an extremely successful DJ in his own right, he was most particular
On May 1 at Seoul City Hall in the city’s downtown area, throngs of citizens gathered for the first night of the Seoul Light Festival. In a large central square 24 MAC 2000s and 20 MAC 500s illuminated Seoul’s City Hall and World Cup ball-shaped balloon from 8:00pm until midnight each night of the tournament. Even Seoul Mayor Goh Kun was impressed, stating: "This festival of light will make the beauty of Seoul's night view ever more radiant."
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To complement the visual impact inside the marquee, Blitz provided state-of-the-art sound equip
The programme, ‘’A Test Is Worth A Thousand Words,’ gives theatres in the US the information and support they need to monitor and test all types of fog, including glycol/glycerin, mineral oil, dry ice/liquid CO2 and liquid nitrogen fogs. Venues can then compare results to accepted standards and guidelines and advise performers and crew members that the theatre monitors and tests
Halls E and G (the former Winter Riding School) were once again the central venues for the annual Vienna Festival, a six-week celebration of international music and perform
They thus contacted the Shepperton-based pro audio suppliers, who recommended a ‘plug and play’ presentation system based on sonic fidelity and ease of use. The set-up centres on a pair of Nexo PS-8 full range loudspeakers and LS400 compact subwoofer, powered by a Nexo PS-8 three-channel amplifier. This was supplied with a Yamaha Q2031B dual 31-b
The very popular Baja Beach Club in Rotterdam is using four MC450 to drive its specially designed PA system and the renowned Rotterdam pub, Café Lebbink has a sound system powered by a T1000 and a T500. Audio Rotterdam also provides the amplification (six MC1250s and two MC450s) for the well-known Dutch language sin
Dimension provided the audio infrastructure for the giant automated themed pavilion at the Swiss National Exhibition, Expo.02 (May-October 2002), for production company Live Communication. Pip Campbell was lead producer and Adam Wildi was technical director. Entitled ‘Empire of Silence’, the adventure pavilion is sponsored by telecoms giant Swisscom.
The ‘Empire of Silence’ project highlights how essential communication has become in today’s world. Soundscape designer and Dimension project manager Kevin Swain was handed the demanding audio brief back in July 2001. The solution was to automate the entire exhibit, with a Conductor show control system firing multiple audio cues via MIDI (and interfacing
Company representatives will be on hand to demonstrate their latest products, and there will be a series of workshops on the grandMA and Jands Event 4 lighting consoles. One major attraction of the show will be the much anticipated new WYSIWYG software. The show’s location in the north of England will be welcomed by those in the area and will offer a rare opportunity to see several specialists together under one roof, see what new technology is on offer and meet association repres
The MiPro wireless microphone series include the new ACT system which gives the user automatic channel targeting which allows for easy assignment and designation of the mics. The ACT-707 goes further - it has hot swappable modules, colour displays and easy assignment of the microphones and receivers by use of the ACT technology. The Wireless series has a large range of options and will suit either the most basic or most complex application. MiPro’s PA systems feature a wide variety of batter
The production nicknamed ‘The Big Rock Show’ will certainly live up to its name as far as the lighting goes. Lighting designer David Davidian designed a mammoth rig that is dominated by PAR cans and a plethora of 8-Lite blinders complete with scrollers. Also key to the rig are five 3k Syncrolites and 28 Martin MAC 2000s, controlled through a WholeHog II system. Each of the Rock Icons has his own lighting director: at the helm for David Lee Roth is Sam Raphael whilst Mike Hall calls
The venue boasts the deepest water tank in Europe. This, and its 11 other tanks, are home to seven species of shark and thousands of fish. These tanks range in size from the ‘Endless Oceans’ tank holding 2.3 million litres of salt water to the smaller ‘Jewel’ tanks which hold just 1 cubic metre. The design consultant for the exhibition was John Csáky Associates, whilst the lighting consultant for the exhibition and exterior lighting was DHA Design Services, with Peter Fordham as project l
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Founded in 1906, the school moved to its current NW3 location in 1956. The site, which was formally the Hampstead Music Conservatoire, included a fine proscenium-arch theatre - the Embassy Theatre. Central to the school's ethos is keeping abreast with contemporary developments and it is committed to extending the high educational standards already on offer. As such, the school embarked on an extensive building programme during the 1990s, culminating in the recent refurbishment of the Embassy Theatre.
Head of the school's Lighting Department
White Light Sales have recently supplied new consoles to a number of venues. The Leicester Haymarket has purchased two 520is, and will be the first theatre in the UK - and amongst the first in the world - to have Strand's new iPaq-based wireless handheld remote. The Milton Keynes Theatre has replaced its existing console with a 520i. The Malvern Festival Theatre and the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford have both purchased 520is, while the Theatre Royal Norwich and the Wilde Theatre in Bracknell have purchased new 530is to replace their earlier 430s. The Birmi
This is not a ‘showroom’ in the traditional sense - though its intention is very much to showcase the latest lamp innovations from the company - but more of an interactive experience, hence the name ‘Osram Light Experience’. Stretching across over 200sq.m and incorporating a café, light studio and auditorium, the venue can work as a single space or be split into two areas by a ‘light wall’, allowing different groups to visit the studio simultaneously.
It is clear that the design team from Furneaux Stewart, led by Jane Huggins and Keith Feeney, understood Osram’s brief for something out of the ordinary all too
Twenty artists appeared across two stages, whilst 48,000 heavy metal devotees partied hard as Castle Donington was reclaimed by the new generation of rock fans. As well as protecting the bands, the 25-metre Vertech stage protected the PA and monitor system (supplied by Audio Rent), the huge lighting rig (supplied by Light & Sound Design) and gave the production team plenty of room to prepare equipment to ensure the tight schedule of 10 bands was kept on time throughout the day. The main stage area was then extended with Vertech PA towers, which flanked the stage and housed 28 tons of Clair Brothers’ PA. Outside of these were the screen supports housing Screenco’s LED screens, and cre
The Queen's Award is conferred each year upon a limited number of companies for international trade, innovation or sustainable development. Over 150 guests attended the presentation including Lord Attenborough, the President of the Royal Academy of Performing Arts, and many people from the theatrical and architectural professions.
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Johnson - whose impressive list of film sound credits include The Piano and Hercules - recently purchased the RK4 system from Sound Techniques in Auckland, New Zealand. The Water Giant required a lot of radio boom since running a cable was not practical. With two cameras being used, overlapping dialogue and Henderson keen to retain as much original sound as possible, there was also a lot of radio mic use. "The Audio Ltd system was essential for retaining as much of the original sound as possible,
ABTT’s emphasis on training and education was demonstrated by the wide-ranging seminar programme which accompanied the event, but the highlight was the ABTT Dinner staged on the first evening where Major Sir Michael Parker, famed for his work on such events as the Royal Tournament and more recently All the Queens Horses, was the guest speaker. The Awards announced during the Dinner recognized the work of sound designer Andrew Bruce of Autograph Sound who collected a Lifetime Achievement Award, whilst the Technician of the Year award went to Nick
