The LED display and backdrop, supplied by Barco Rental Partner XL Video, consisted of a 20sq.m ILite 10 indoor LED display surrounded by 80sq.m of Barco's revolutionary MiPIX LED blocks. The Barco ILite 10 indoor LED and MiPIX displays were used as one seamless display on which high resolution graphics and animations were shown throughout t
Already featured by the company on the Mercedes stand at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Montage will allow CT to expand on its already advanced multi-image capability, by offering sophisticated high quality screen content manipulation.
CT chief executive Graham Andrews said: "Creative Technology continually strives to not only keep up with our clients' imaginations, but to exceed their expectations. We've pushed existing technology to its limits and now, with Montage, we'll be able to provide the sophisticated alpha-channel based keying, the DVE-like PiP moves and the pixel-perfect resolution that our clients demand. With this syst
The new equipment is predominantly for Room 2. "The room is essentially a black box, but I wanted to put a bit more focus onto the lasers," explained Parry. "The room contains a massive block of colour and we have used Coemar iCyc 250s as an architectural backdrop." At the same time the club has used six Thomas Pixel Par 87s from Lighting Effects Distribution to highlight the structural arches and create an extra dimension, along with a pair of Coemar iSpot 575s and CF as a
DPL's Darren Parker also added a Space Flower on the rear deck of the ship, positioned carefully so the twisting split beams shot through the vessel's masts and elaborate rigging systems. A large Christmas tree sat on the dockside in front of the Victory, decorated with multi-coloured festoons, sourced and supplied by DPL specially for this project.
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As the site is primarily technical, no fancy graphics or videos have been utilized, helping in faster loading time. Most product information is available at the click of only one or two button presses. The product section is comprehensive and provides most commonly asked for downloads. The new Help Centre provides the latest Software releases and houses the Product Discussion Forums.
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Supplying equipment from a number of pro audio and lighting manufacturers, the company says it will offer: " . . . an efficient and helpful design, demo and supply service from a dedicated team of industry professionals."
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Michel Brouard, L-Acoustics' director of sales, said: "This exciting new step in South East Asia comes after negotiations with S. F. Ho, director of Sennheiser Electronic Asia. Looking back at the achievements of Sennheiser Electronic Asia, we are confident that they are able to cover Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. They have connections in all these countries, as well as others, and a very good team of qualified people, all specialized in their own field of expertise and market."
Sennheiser Electronic Asia was founded in November 1992 with the target of satisfying the special expectations of the differe
Using the well-known Atrium at Melbourne's Crown Casino, Crown's creative services manager, Christian Wagner, worked with John Kerr of Stage One Promotions to design the annual display, while Bytecraft's Special Effects department were charged with overseeing the lightshow, which was programmed by Megafun's Keith Tucker. The centrepiece of this year's display is the giant clock, which is suspended below the Atrium's crystals, and is lowered and raised during the show. The clock face also tells patrons when the next show is due to start, so it had to attract attention
The panoramic screen, which wraps around the façade of a building overlooking the Circus, was designed by Lighthouse to be capable of interactive video, with a satellite-linked control room feed that allows real-time live video to be delivered direct to the screen from a remote location. Measuring 32m wide by 6.6m high, the screen is made up of 88 standard LVP1650 panels and 170 bespoke
Each side of the soundstage, two large cherry-pickers each supporting a hang of eight Xvls three-way line-array enclosures. Below each crane were ground-stacked eight x X-Line subs. EV's Precision Series remote-controlled amplifiers, the P3000RL, 24 units in all, powered the system. With the pyrotechnics triggered by time code, the music was all playback - with the exception of a saxophone soloist who, using an EV RE-20 wire
When the BBC commissioned BBC Technology to design and build the infrastructure for the BBC's own website, the brief was both straightforward and demanding: design it to exacting broadcast quality standards so that all BBC online content is available to a global audience 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Today, the BBC web site is one of the world's largest public content sites, the second-largest streaming site and one of the most successfully visited sites on the internet.
Virtually all the encoding of the BBC's online content is now processed through Symetrix 422 Stereo AGC Levellers, stereo automatic gain controllers, which also act as peak l
For control of the video, Metcalf is using a Catalyst digital media server run from his WholeHog II console. Additionally he has six camera inputs - three Toshiba 'lipstick' devices, two Sony surveillance cameras on the drums and a handheld DV cam, operated throughout the show by the band's video co-ordinator Tom Kirk. These are also fed into the Macintosh, where Metcalf manipulates and adds them to the overall mix as he would lighting fixtures.
The video feeds are output to three upstage LED screens - hung in portrait format - on motors that track in and out vertically to different positions through the show. The screens are made up from 82 pa
The Binnenhof, which is ringed by masterpieces of Dutch 12th and 13th century architecture such as the Ridderzaal, may be one of the most beautiful squares in all Europe, but it also has a reputation for being an extremely problematic venue acoustically. Axel Nagtegaal, head of EVI's Dutch partner, Electric Audio BV, is intimately acquainted with the Binnenhof's quirks, having worked on many different productions there: &quo
"Crown was recommended to us as the optimal amplification partner for the Vertec system," says James Michael Moore. The system has been out with a variety of acts, reflecting the current interest in '80s hits, including Curiosity Killed the Cat, as well as Herbie Hancock and Osibisa. Gordon Reay: "We're very pleased with this investment, it's a useful tool that is meeting our needs and pleasing our clients."
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The steeply raked theatre's impressive architecture seats 430 on two tiers, with a dedicated projection room and 6m screen. Sensitive to the English Heritage listing of the building, Surrey-based Harpers AV installed three pairs of QSC's AcousticDesign AD-S82 loudspeakers in strategic locations within the theater and gallery areas.
Harpers AV project manager Steve Baker also specified a pair of QSC ISA 280 amplifiers and a 24-channel Phonic mixer, with the networked system under Crestron control. "QSC produc
Named after the prison number of Nelson Mandela, the host of the star-studded event, the show featured memorable performances from stars including Anastacia, Bono, Peter Gabriel, Ms Dynamite, Queen and Youssou N'Dour. Toby Alington, audio producer for the TV recording, said the five-hour main show, which was broadcast live to 27 countries, was edited into a 75-minu
The conventionals are all placed on a front truss, while the rear truss is used for the effects-style lighting, housing four washes and four spots. The rest of the moving lights are rigged onto four vertical onstage truss sections with T-bars. With up to 12 artists on stage, it's sometimes a tight squeeze in the smaller-staged venues.
The busy stage also has certain creative advanta
According to Dr David Law, Director of AAPL: "Over 350 audio professionals from all over China attended the seminar, including Chinese MediaMatrix and Peavey dealers, system integrators, engineers, past and potential customers, as well as professional and academic acoustics and networking experts. Additionally, several professors who are in charge of writing government building acoustical specifications also attended."
Education has been the foundation of MediaMatrix's ongoing success. Since its inaugural session in 1994, the popular MediaMatrix Seminar Series has become an industry event, providing inst
The Dinner - traditionally a top-notch affair - this year featured a performance by the Royal Philharmonic orchestra, introduced by Richard Baker. It was sponsored by Jaguar, who wanted to display two of their top production models above the stage for the occasion. Summit - well experienced in car flying - installed two trussing grids measuring 6m x 3m flown from venue points either side of stage, and then sub-hung four Lodestar hoists to pick up the two custom-built car platforms, which Summit had custom-designed and fabricated to support the 2000kg cars.
In addition to this, Summit flew a 22sq.m Barco D-lite 7 LED screen supplied by SPS, and also installed a large curved truss to mask the o
Simon Caldwell from SES adds: "The growing company will be moving to larger purpose-built premises in Luton, Bedfordshire in the new year and will offer a full range of servi
All of which is a welcome tim
This marks the third year in a row for the TP nomination, Bandit having won the award for the past two years. The Pollstar nomination is the company's seventh. The winners of the awards will be announced early in 2004. "It is always an honour to be recognized with nominations like this," said Richard Willis, Bandit Lites' vice-president. "This is a reflection on the quality and dedication of all the employees of Bandit Lites worldwide."
In related news, Bandit Lites is also pleased to sponsor the Lighting Designer of the Year Award to be given out at the Parnelli Awards
CEO Jamie Engen told us: "This is the next step in the modernization and streamlining of our worldwide manufacturing and product development resources. In the last year, we've established a network of worldwide manufacturing resources and have added significantly to our product development and engineering teams for bot
In order to reflect the fast pace of technological development and innovation in the entertainment and events markets, the Trophée Louis Jouvet will be awarded at the show, honouring the most original innovation of the year, in a ceremony at the Espace Label des Prestataires on Tuesday 3 February at 6.00p.m.
Specialized audio technologies will be presented in the Espace Audio. This year, SIEL is highlighting line array systems, and a number of brands will be taking advantage of the exhibition to show their systems. For the live entertainment and events sectors, SIEL is offering four high-level conferences in partnership with the SYNPASE (Syndicat des Prestatair
