Robert Altman, CEO, Altman Lighting told us: "When it comes to intelligent LED illumination, we recognize the distinct advantages of aligning with Color Kinetics, whose dominant intellectual property, technology, and expertise are unmatched in the field. We're pleased to announce this agreement in support of Altman's commitment to deliver high-quality, state-of-the-art products that meet the rigorous demands of t
The afternoon entertainment was provided by The Allbeats, a four-piece R&R band who played a selection of covers from 60s bands originally from Richmond such as the Kinks, Small Faces and The Who. The event was a great success
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
Star Hire (Event Services) Ltd and Star Rigging & Technical Services Ltd have joined forces to create Star Events Group Limited. The new company will offer clients a wide range of services, including equipment hire, installation and consultancy, within the field of music, broadcast and corporate, sporting and public events. The principals of the new company are Mark Armstrong, Roger Barrett, Phil Broad and Maddy Sheals - all of whom will be shareholder/directors with Pete Rayel as an additional shareholder.
The Group will have five divisions - Star Mobile (mobile, trailer-based stages); Star VerTech (stages and temporary structures); Star Design (creative design & visualization, structural analysis); Star Ice (temporary ice
The company announced at the PLASA Show on Monday its plan to change its name from Mackie Design to Loud Technologies in order to eliminate the confusion between 'Mackie' the company, and 'Mackie' the brand - as well as clarify the positioning for each individual brand under the now Loud Technologies umbrella.
"We have a fantastic network of dealers, distributors, system designers and contractors in place that have been very supportive of the Mackie Industrial brand and we are fully committed to this team,"
Blackout¹s project manager Kevin Monks collaborated with GSP's Jules Stevenson from the outset to design and build a blacked-out freestanding studio, where over 50 EOS 300Ds took centre stage. Suspended on tracks, they were deployed remotely to capture real-time effect images of the guests Matrix style.
The freestanding truss structure measured 10m x 8m, and was initially constructed to GSP's exacting specifications at Blackout's headquarters, before being rigged on site by the Blackout team. Dressed in black serge drape, the box totally excluded a
Los Angeles-based SJ Lighting was commissioned to design and install the lighting, which included 10 Coemar I-Spots and 10 Coemar I-Washes. The centrepiece of the club is a 20ft circle truss with 8ft horizontal legs and a 40ft wide, 50ft long and 30ft high, self-climbing black ground-supported truss. In addition to the Coemars, eight Atomic strobes and 35 assorted conventional fixtures are also used in the rig, along with 300ft of linear RGB LED lighting by LED Effects and 70 times square fixtures covering the architectural lighting needs of the club.
Lighting designer Steve Lieberman chose an MA Lighting grandMA light to control the clubs lighting. "For the kind of work
In the short time since acquiring the equipment, it has already been used for 10 days of concerts at the Kentucky State Fair (Ted Nugent, Joan Jett, Michael W. Smith), at a large Nashville event called Acteens, in nearby Frankfurt for a Toyota Motors event, and as 'stacks and racks' for Sheryl Crow's Louisville tour stop.
Axxis Audio director Blake Harris comments on the purchase: "This has not been an overnight decision: we have been looking at line arrays very
L1 Radio-TV is a regional public radio and television station that broadcasts to over 1.2million people in its home province of Limburg. Recent growth has enabled the station to amalgamate its operations and design a 4000sq.m broadcast centre to house all of its various media transmissions. The expansive new building will be fitted with two radio 'On-Air' studios, complete with control room and presenter studio, a Radio DJ studio, a 5.1 audio post-production facility with Pro-Tools studio and control room for live productions, three radio journalist production studios, a news TV studio including news and weatherman set, a current affairs TV studio, four TV edit suites and five edit/v
AP is going through something of a renaissance within the music industry at present, and whilst the venue has played host to a wide range of live music events during the last few years, this is the first major touring act to be staged there for almost eight years, heralding a return to form as one of London's leading live music venues. Previous tour acts appearing at the venue included Pink Floyd, Stone Roses and Barry Manilow.
Stuart Galbraith, vice-president of promotions at Clear Channel Entertainment, who is staging the concert, commented: "With the closure of London Arena, and the unsuitability of Wembley, Alexandra Palace now provides the only real alternative in London as a standing venu
The suit alleges that the Bank aided and abetted the efforts of Marsam Trading Corporation, Optic Tech International and the Wu Family of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Miami to avoid the enforcement of a court ordered injunction and the collection of a $41.2 million judgment awarded to Super Vision in September of 2002 by an Orange County, Florida jury in case number CI99-9392: the story was reported on this website on 1 October 2002. The Wu Family and their numerous associated corporations in the US and China were found liable on more than a dozen counts in the lawsuit, including Theft of Trade Secrets, Fraud, Violations of Florida's RICO Act, Negligent Destruction of Evidence and Civil
The event, sponsored by Giorgio Armani, was held in the Floral Hall at London's Royal Opera House. It was presented by Johnny Vaughan and attended by a host of celebrities and stars and accompanied by copious oozings of glamour and glitter befitting the occasion. XL Video was working for Dick Straker of Mesmer Productions, who co-ordinated the video production for event producers Time-Based Events Ltd, led by Richard Dodg
Kirby told us: "Due to their long lamp-life and low running cost, the demand for LEDs is growing horizontally, and creating vertical market segments. We are already finding that whenever customers want to see a Coemar demonstration, they also want to see our LED products. However, because LED is still in the early stages of development, customers are envisaging applications but are
J. Bonifacio Ribeiro, Pantalha's managing director, commented: "SportTV considered the investment very carefully and tested all the competing products on the market thoroughly before coming down heavily in favour of Telex. I
The Sunday night of PLASA 2003 was Stanton's night, as for the second consecutive year they ran away with the Best MP3 Hardware Player (for Stanton's Final Scratch) and Best Turntable Award (for Stanton's new ST-150/STR8-150). Then, on the following night, the spotlight turned to UK distributor, Lamba plc, which walked away from the Stanton Distributors' Convention with the award for 'Exceptional Business Partner'.
"This award underpins the strength of the Lamba and Stanton relationship," said Lamba sales director, Gerry Frost. "It is testament to the work our sales and marketing teams have done in reinforcing the Stanton b
The auditorium was this month equipped with a new sound system which exclusively features systems from the K.M.E.'s Prestige Series. The twin clusters and single loudspeaker positions for the stalls and the upper rank have been equipped with passive QS 1122 speaker systems. These are operated by K.M.E. amplifiers SPA 1200 MP. K.M.E. developed special installation accessories for the ceiling using a special simulation. The portal area is equipped with active QSA 500 D louds
With technology developing on a daily basis, it is important to keep up to date, providing clients with the very best equipment available. Often the larger event company stock room is cluttered with items, which despite being in excellent condition are surplus to requirements. However for a smaller company these pieces of equipment would be of great benefit. The idea of the auction is to help all parties through the exchange of these items. The seller gains a return on their original investment and the buyer
Reinforced by 13 plasma screens in various sizes, positioned around the entrance to the Hall, Lighthouse's LVP-1650 is a 16mm pixel pitch screen that fills the gap in the marketplace where a true outdoor screen in required, coupled with a high resolution image, at a cost-effective price. It produces 5000 nits of brightness and its high definition gives TV-quality images from a distance of 16m.
(Lee Baldock)
One of the latest venues to take on board a 48-channel MH3 is Dublin's hybrid venue, the 700-capacity Temple Bar Music Centre, which doubles between live music and pure dance, and is linked up for recording. Audio Warehouse, Soundcraft's Southern Ireland distributors, supplied the desk. At the hub of the city's arts and music development, Temple Bar Music Centre has been run by proprietor Paddy Dunning since it opened seven years ago.
The venue operates in conjunction with The Sound Training Centre upstairs, which provides job-specific, product-based training
The first phase of the operation was completed in 1994 and comprised a 700sq.m production studio, a broadcasting operations centre and the main switching room. This is now to be extended to include two additional TV studios. The project is set to be completed in spring 2005 and will replace the previous studios, located in the oldest part of the complex and dating from 1953.
DAS, a daily evening news magazine, and the Landesfunkhaus Hamburg in Lokstedt are currently using these studios. The new studios are to be equipped with the latest in lighting tech
Lighting designer Martin Khun, who has created lighting designs for the event since 1997, was looking for something 'a bit special' to ensure this year's event surpassed previous occasions. He wanted to create something no one had ever seen before which is why the focus of his design involved extensive use of the G-LEC Curtain. Martin first came across the Curtain, which is made from LEDs in transparent tubes, at the ProLight and Sound show in Frankfurt and presented the idea to Nature One's producers who jumped at the chance to experiment with something new. "Having worked on Nature One for t
With a capacity for just 1848 passengers, Oosterdam has the highest passenger-to-space ratio of all Holland America ships giving a greater sense of intimacy yet maintaining the same elegance Holland America is known for. A unique feature of the ship is the exterior glass elevators with sea views that carry passengers to any of the 11 decks.
Nautilus Entertainment Design (NED) designed the systems in the entertainme
According to the theatre's technical manager, Carlos Quieroz, the audio is the first phase of a complete equipment overhaul, and coincides with the renewal of Wycombe Arts Management's contract for the next 10 years. The total programme of refurbishment - expected to span a three-year period - will end up costing the theatre around £750,000. "Lighting should also be upgraded this year, followed by new flying systems," predicts Quieroz.
The audio is based on a new public address system, control - and a complete overhaul of The Swan's pag
The show included a three-hour air display, featuring The Red Arrows, with Lancaster, Spitfire, Swordfish, Harrier, Mustang and Falcon aircraft, while the music included Sir George Martin and The RAF Central Band and The Glenn Miller Orchestra (as well as local Fairport Convention man Ric Sanders and his Group). The revival show even offered a trip to New York for the best-dressed 1940
Celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the leading American motorcycle company, whose roar is known on every highway and byway of the land, is not a task for the fainthearted. The lighting rig featured custom trussing in the shape of the Harley Davidson logo, along with six triangular trusses located behind the logo. Trussing also ran down the length of stage right and stage left, and two half-moon trusses were located
