The New Terminal Building's (NTB) existing voice alarm systems front end control and amplifiers were upgraded by ADC to a TOA VX-2000 integrated voice evacuation control system. Fibre-optic LAN based paging and control systems have also been installed throughout the airport complex and WAN based technol
This year's show saw almost 11,000 attendees, an increase of nearly 50% over the 7,401 trade visitors last year. As well as "a huge influx" from Europe, visitors also came from other parts of the world, including the Middle East, Taiwan and USA.
The organisers say: "Representatives from across the wide spectrum of exhibitors expressed their satisfaction at the number of leads gained through end user sales and recruitment of new dealers and distributors. ISE 2006 was seen as the best platform by far for them to be able to showcase their wares and network with industry professionals.
Mike Blackman, managing director for Integrated Systems Europe comments: "We are
He met Kelly and Rich from the band while working at BJG-Sahara Sound. They quickly clicked and became friends and he ended up playing some percussion on their album You Gotta Go There To Come Back. Last year he then got an unexpected call from the band to work with them on their latest album, Language, Sex, Violence. Other? "I started playing along with them and we just clicked," he says - so well that he has now become a fully paid up member of the band. "It was when we were mixing that we had a chat about it and everything came together. It has been a very natural process."
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The company supplied a complete VHD system comprising VHD 2.0 mid/high enclosures, the VHD 4.18 Quad 18" subwoofer system and VHD2000 and VDH3200 amplification and control units. Event Sound & Light also supplied a number of KV2 Audio ES1.0, Epak 2500 and EX12 units for in-fills, balconies etc, plus some of its own proprietary CS200 speakers for the front of stage-fill.
Initially apprehensive of using a brand new, untried system, Tim
Traditionally, Organ Power is staged with both live and videotaped performances.This year, set designer Edward Marks added another challenging element to the staging with raised turntables and serpentine ramps, creating intimacy to the expansive stage.
To meet the logistic lighting challenge of a revolving set, a large part of the solution according to lighting director Jeff Ravitz is careful coordination and flexibility. "Our goal was to create an intimate setting for each performer and at the same t
The company says these screens will be ideal for use on a wide variety of indoor and outdoor events from sporting events, corporate communications and product launches to government events and television game shows.
Modular video panel systems can be assembled into customisable large-scale screens to suit any application and were most recently used in SA on the 46664 concerts, the MTV Base 100 Launch, Closing Ceremony of the 10 years of Democracy Celebratio
Lighting was designed by Nick Richings and is being looked after and operated on the road by chief LX Tom Wright. HSL supplied the majority of the rig absolutely brand new, "Which is excellent," declares Wright - including Avolites ART2000 dimmers, moving lights from Robe Show Lighting and Martin Professional, City Theatrical auto Yokes, Chroma Q colour scrollers, and a large generic rig consisting primarily of Source Four profiles and PARS, plus regular PARs and cyc units.
Scrooge is the latest in a long list of theatrical productions being serviced by HSL with others including This is Elvis and Festen.
Richings' design starts off relatively dark to match the murky tone of the show. He's designed it with the scope
The company specialises in providing a complete lighting service from equipment dry hire through to lighting design, rentals and installations for clients all over Ireland operating in the theatre, entertainment and events sectors.
LX2000's Seamus Reck had been a very satisfied Jands Event 408 user for the past four years, but had decided it was time to upgrade to a newer console with the extra programming power and DMX channels needed to handle the production needs of larger clients.
Reck had seen the Jands Vista launch at PLASA and was extremely impressed by it. Then earlier this year, having decided the timing was now right to upgrade, he came b
The club's first step was to hire production manager Josh Roberts, whose resume includes A-list names like Ben Harper, Beth Orton, King Crimson and Meat Beat Manifesto. While Roberts was happy with Mezzanine's existing DJ gear, he knew that an entirely different sound system was needed for the club to attract A-level live acts. "We had a four-way Funktion One loudspeaker system that delivered great highs and lows, but they lacked the mid range required for live concert sound," said Roberts. "Besides, it's unnatural to wa
Staged in the Palais des Sports de Grenoble, the focus of the Festival was on two round circus stages, each 12m wide, in a 2,000sq.m hall. More than 16,000 spectators attended the event. IZO provided Yamaha PM5D digital consoles mixing Nexo's GEO S tangent-array systems, powered by Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers, with AuviTran's EtherSound conversion and compatibility management devices ensuring full network capability over optical fibre.
Using an EtherSound network provided some notable advances over tradi
"We were originally contacted by the Rev. Dr. Bayard S. Taylor Jr., Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church here in Chester," explains Christine Howze, community general manager. "Reverend Taylor put us in touch with Pastor Lewis Ragins of the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Gulfport." Community worked with Pastor Ragins to arrange the shipment, valued at well over $100,000, to the Gulfport area.
"We were a bit concerned at first, because our facility had sustained quite a bit of dam
The new project, BSR E1.32-200x, Recommended Practice for the Inspection of Entertainment Industry Luminaires, is designed to help electricians conduct regular inspections of lighting instruments. In working on the BSR E1.19 GFCI project, it has become clear to the working group that one of the causes of ground-fault circuit interrupters tripping on stages, in studios, and on location shoots is faulty lighting equipment. Regular inspection would allow faults to be identified and corrected so they aren't risks to personnel or causes of production delays.
Interested parties - who would be anybody who owns, rents, uses, inspects
A spectacular show, it was stunningly lit by a battery of Coemar iWash Haloes. Top of the bill were Mariah Carey and Green Day, while the winning team backstage and at the lighting console consisted of Allen Branton (lighting design), Tom Beck, Kevin Lawson and Felix Peralta (lighting directors), Laura Frank (digital lighting director), David Oakes (head gaffer), Darren Langer, Dave Hunkins, McClain Moss, Ken Burns and Steve Chase (show gaffers), Liberty Bock (operations manager). The lighting contractor was upstagin
The show celebrated it's 22nd year by running for two sold-out weeks in, playing to over 50,000 people during the period. It was also broadcast on national TV and to several foreign countries during the holiday season. The show has won 2 local Emmy Awards and is produced into a DVD each year.
Lighting equipment and programming expertise was supplied by locally-based Paradigm Productions, and the show electricians and installation crew came from Majestic Productions.
Kuukka had a 70 ft wide stage and a cast of about 300 to cover, so she needed really bright fixtures, and chose the Robes as key moving light tools for the job, which also included a large conventional rig. "I
The 40 room Courtyard Hotel contains two top class restaurants and four bars, six conference suites and exterior seating for 1000 people. Attention has been paid to detail in the renovation of the old brewery which has seen the sympathetic addition of a brand new hotel wing. From the outset, they realised that lighting was an essential 'finishing' factor, and vital to the overall aesthetics and feel of the environment.
Working with architect Eamonn McCann and interior designers Eileen Cogan and Bernadette Prior, the Courtyard's general manager Gavin O'Shea was also involved
Farnborough International Airshow 2006 is again set to be the biggest, most internationally attended aerospace event in the world.
Although Potters Bar-based ATC (Aviation Television & Communication) has been a regular supplier to the Farnborough Air Show, this is the first time that the joint resources of ATC and its new parent group PSL will be combined, providing seamless and fully integrated delivery of the Show's AV and IT equipment requirements from a single source.
"We believe we can make it more successful for Farnborough International Ltd than ever before," says PSL's managing director Gary Davis. "It's a very prestigious contract for PSL, and one of the biggest events in the calendar
Bravard, who has been appointed as State's new operations director, will lead the new phase of the company, and aim to "continue developing high quality and technological advanced dimming and network products to service the entertainment market".
In Europe, the company has recently appointed Eclalux, Enttech and bdl Buro fur Daten & Lichttechnik KG, who join its expanding distribution portfolio as representatives in Paris, Greece and Germany respectively. State Automation will be jointly exhibitin
"The maXim is easy to use and the PatPad, although integrated into the console, is a separate module which I like," said Duffy. "It's good the way you can use the maXim as a straight preset console or a scene-style console and advance from there. The maXim allows you to start with something really basic, such as one fader per light and you advance from there. This progressive learning makes it ideal for schools. Some of the other consoles on the market require you to master quite a bit before they'
Kevin Wilson, MD of the York-based company, said: "I had been aware of the Nexo pedigree for a long time and our first chance to use a system came in front of 17,000 people in Trafalgar Square - with assistance from Nexo's UK distributors Fuzion and A.C. Lighting."
Pride had struggled to achieve even coverage at past festivals, and following complaints about the sound distribution, Camel Event Production had been tasked with the challenge. "It was Peter
These new LED fixtures are proving to be very popular and complement an additional12 new MAC 700s which were also bought as part of the company's ongoing expansion, says Stagepoint's Andy Brining. The entire stock of new equipment was used for a recent party at the ICC in Birmingham, with a design based on ITV's The X Factor program. The main feature of the set (designed and built by Stagepoint) was a custom truss 'X' supplied by Optikinetics, with the LED battens used to outline the edges. Additional battens and PixelPars were used around the set for highlights and accent lighting. Finally, Mac 700s, 600s an
The Fire room is three areas in one - a disco, lounge and VIP room. Dark, moody, and blazingly red, Fire surrounds patrons in iron, stone and flame. The room features custom elements like an iron sculpted lighting fixture, Gothic iron chandelier and elevated throne complete with illuminated spires. Seven Martin Mania DC-2 decoration fire effects projecting onto a brushed stainless bar top add to the fiery atmosphere.
Suspended from a circular four meter diameter Global Truss is a dance floor lighting system of 4 MX-10 s
Showsec has continued with the investment and expansion of it's training and research department in 2006. The staff development programme will set new standards within the industry, say the company.
The IOSH-accredited Supervising Safety in the Events Industry course has been devised by Showsec's training manager Roy Wise, H
Held at White Light's base in London, south-west London, classes are generally held on Wednesdays and run from 10am until 4pm. The season started on Tuesday January 24th with a free Advanced course on the grandMA console; this was complemented the next day with a Basic grandMA course.
February started with a session on the Avolites consoles and will concluded with a session on the Whole Hog 2 console on the 22nd. March's cou
It is 20 years since Mike Scott put his first Waterboys line-up together and Madden has worked with them for the last six, with many of his show recordings appearing on the band's latest Karma To Burn live CD. Karma To Burn also provided the name for their latest 10-day UK theatre tour, which completed this month.
Chris also handles the FOH mix for Charlotte Church and Gabrielle - but it was Liverpool band the La's that gave him his intro to Venue, when sound engineer Pab Boothroyd extolled its virtues before handing over the FOH position to
