Veteran lighting designer Bob Peterson is working closely with his team, Ken Hudson and Dave Butzler, to paint on set designer Bruce Rogers' lighting-friendly "canvas". "The goal is to create a lighting environment that helps establish each contestant's clear and distinct persona," said Peterson. "Throughout the rehe
Duncan Baines of Xtreme AV acknowledges that the ergonomics of the EVID units are an important selling point. "Visually, this is a very good-looking cabinet, and its design fits in really well with the décor in a smart interior like Smollensky's."
EVID 6.2s offer high performance as well as aesthetic appeal. Smollensky's commissioned the new EV installation because the bar area has replaced its background music with a DJ. For similar reasons, Xtreme AV has installed EVIDs at the Hub Bar in Colchester. "The bar only opened about a year ago,
ABTT is the only dedicated forum in the UK for companies to showcase products and services aimed at professionals in theatre and auditoria. Boasting a broad cross-section of companies servicing this expanding market, over 16 audio companies are exhibiting from around Europe. New to the show are Alcons Audio from the Netherlands and Ben Ri from Spain.
With the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) coming into force later this year, many audio companies are taking a lead on this front, including installer Orbital and manufacturer Sennheiser, showcasing its Wideband SI
Lighting programmer/operator Bishop, who has a wide range of experience on a number of industry lighting consoles, found the Maxxyz an effective lighting board for the show. He commented: "This is my first experience using the Maxxyz in what I would call a normal television environment. Although I had used the console for a small part of a smaller show previously, this was the first opportunity to put th
Steve Levitt, director at Productions North explained: "We approached the team at LiteStructures with some sketches, which were a combination of our ideas and those of the girls in the band, and they quickly turned the drawings into CAD designs. We wanted this stage to look very feminine and glamorous and as such LiteStructures manufactured two staircases, one a centre staircase and the other positioned
"Whilst there was a limited number of new issues in 2003, the voting panel were delighted to see an extremely high quality technology focused business as the ultimate winner of this important award," commented Nigel Hopes, PricewaterhouseCoopers partner
Since early 2003, Stagecraft has been involved in the major refurbishment project at The Chapel. Project manager Martin Palmer commented: "Lighting can be used in so many different ways in clubs like The Chapel and the system we installed had to be extremely versatile. With so much new lighting technology out on the market we spent a great deal of time researching all the options available."
Linked directly to the Zero 88 Frog Box, the touch screens can be used to recall and edit lighting sequences stored in the Frog Box's memory. Throug
Yngve Sandboe, a renowned software developer and networking expert, is the company's director of software development. Sandboe's many achievements include the award-winning VLC Safari Lighting Control software and the unique SandNet network operating system.
Hans Lau is responsible for the company's manufacturing operations, as well as thehardware and firmware development. He has more than 25 years of experience in the lighting controls industry and an extensive record of product development and manufacturing management.
Lennart Knauf - long-time support expert for the transtech
To his surprise he found he was the 2000th trainee to walk through the doors to gain Vari*Lite training! Specifically he was at VLPS to learn about the VL1000 luminaires, but before the training got started he was presented with champagne, a certificate, t-shirts and a Lewis Lee book. Matt Peel was also presented with some goodies as he was lucky trainee number 2001.
Craig Sheppard commented: "I felt very honoured to be the 2000 trainee. It is as much a milestone for me, as it is for VLPS - actually the best part was the gifts and champagne! Coral [Cooper]'s training is very comprehensive; a valuable part is the on the job handy hints that hav
Wholehog III board operators were Matt Finke and Timo Weinhold of Loop Light lighting design, based in Marburg, Germany. The opening show featured a presentation which reviewed the last 36 months of the Astra's development. Finke says: "The opening show is based on timecode triggered by a hard-disk recorder and received by the Hog's LTC (Linear Ti
"We are enormously proud to have MiPIX associated with a high profile artist such as Britney Spears," says Stephan Paridaen, president of Barco's Media & Entertainment division, adding: "Our Rental Partner
Ealy wanted a complete break from the conventional symmetry of the last tour. The flexibility and dynamism of asymmetry also allows easy adaptation of the show for different venues - ranging from theatre to arenas in Europe - without compromising on creative or practical fronts.
Ealy runs his own lighting rental company, West Coast Lighting, based in the LA area, and so is pretty discerning when it comes to choosing a rental partner for his large-scale tours! He's worked with Bandit - which has se
"Being able to supply another component part of the audio installation takes us one step closer to being a complete systems provider", commented Simon Sinclair, Tannoy's sales director. He further explained, "In particular Mipro's exceptional range of wireless microphone systems fits very well alongside the distribution channels of the current Tannoy range. We believe Mipro will prove a very popular line with our customers."
As with Tannoy, Mipro
Chroma-Q, exclusively distributed by A.C. Lighting, will unveil the first in a new line of high output LED products. The Colour Block is a modular block of four DMX-controlled colour mixing LED lights which can be easily configured in stacks or rows to make battens, blinders or any combination. Colour Block also features a unique user interface offering Hue, Saturation and Intensity control of each fixture, plus a fully variable effects engine. From Jands (also exclusively distributed in Europe by A.C.) will be the newly launched Vista lighting console, with its ground-breaking timeline-based approach to lighting control.
Other new products on display will include Martin Professional's Ego 4 DMX effec
West has just released his new solo album 'Blues To Die For' on Mascot-Provogue in Europe and he will feature a number of tracks from this on the tour. He will also be playing a selection of both Mountain and West, Bruce and Laing songs which he has rearranged especially for acoustic and electric guitars.
Del Bromham from Stray has also released his first solo blues album, Devil's Highway, on THM and will support West on all of his UK, European and Scandinavian dates and will be playing both solo tracks and
DL1 bridges the worlds of video and automated lighting. The digital light engine is housed in a moving yoke fixture that has the look and feel of a moving light and the versatility of a moving projector. Users are able to take images from DVDs, videos and other types of media and display them onto a stage, wall, prop, screen or set - with complete control over image size and shape. DL1 also provides the ability to project Digital Aerials and provide uni
To reproduce the rich variety of instrument textures and voices both subtly and powerfully, FLO Service GmbH or Mainz - the company responsible for the sound reinforcement for the entire event - opted for a generously dimensioned Ele
Brähler ICS sales engineer, Will Robertson, said: "The system was commissioned on the basis that it would provide reliable, flexible and maintenance-free operation, whilst pushing the boundaries of design and innovation. The utili
Dave Isherwood, hire director at White Light commented: "The White Light Group whole heartedly supports the grandMA seminars. By demonstrating the contribution that technology and the grandMA can make to a show, we're facilitating the artistic endeavors of our clients."
Having already sold ov
Don Dimitroff of Columbus McKinnon, as well as TOMCAT's own Dave Beard, coached participants through the Lodestar electric chain hoist. Rocky Paulson of Stage Rigging Inc. a Freeman Company and Morgan Neff of Mine Safety Appliances stressed safety in rigging techniques and fall protection equipment while Keith Bohn, Tomcat design manager, and Will Todd, Tomcat project manager, offered a course in truss theory and design. Not only did participants receive four days of power-packed, informative classes, but also four nights of fun filled entertainment, including the traditional factory night at Tomca
Discretely mounted, the water resistant speakers reproduce sound effects, speech and singing triggered by sensors on the boat, at different points on its journey. The speakers are available in a variety of formats including both 100V line and low impedance with black or white finishes.
Said Ansabac's Phil Parkes: "We have been servicing Drayton Manor for around 15 years and the equipment on this ride had come to the end of its life. Work is one of two brands that the company would consider for this type of appli
13 Crown CTs 2000 amplifiers, using PIP Lite cards and running Crown IQ software, provide amplification. As the leading entertainment centre in Auckland, Skycity Auckland has music covering its casino, four-star hotel and Sky Tower. The main requirements for Daniel Nel, the entertainment operations manager for the complex, was flexibility in the design and the possibility to upgrade the signal processing easily; it also had to sound good.
As part of the upgrade the number of sources was increased from two to 12. The positioning of Soundweb SW9010 'Jellyfish' remote
With a pedigree of Aerospace research and development, Telectra designed the Light*Wand range of task lighting for professional sound reinforcement engineers, lighting technicians and musicians alike. The range takes the advantages offered by LEDs and with the deployment of Bead*light technologies (patents pending), provides one of the highest quality of LED task lighting commercially available.
Alan Oliver, sales and marketing director for Telectra, said: "I'm delighted to link up with S.E.A. for the sale of the Light*Wand range. Germany represents an important milestone for our distribution objectives and S.E.A
![Rory Bremner (left) presented the Awards, while the 84" screens provided support.](/newsarchive/images/news/db/00e/ba4/00eba47892tn.jpg "Rory Bremner (left) presented the Awards, while the 84" screens provided support.")
