Across the rig, Rick specified over 100 moving lights - of which 50 are Revolutions. He explains, "I like to be able to light the performers with a good quality tungsten light - and the Revolution fits perfectly. With space in the rig always at a premium, it's good to have the versatility of moving lights, and so, wherever we had a good rigging position, I placed both a Re
At a meeting with the ABTT held on the 3 December, the HSE explained that research that they have carried out indicated there were potential occasions when such a practice could cause the Tallescope to topple and thereby seriously injure the technician in the cage or those on the stage. This research follows on from similar, but not exactly the same, research, carried out on behalf of the ABTT. Therefore, the HSE considered that they would not change their position or advice until such time that it could be shown that their research had produced an erroneous conclusion or the statistical risk of an accident could be reassessed.
Having seen the confidential report, the ABTT is content that
Per Sundin was again called in as lighting designer for the event, an honour bestowed upon him for 12 consecutive years. Ola Melzig was production manager, overseeing all aspects of lighting and video from build up through broadcast.
W-DMX was used in new ways this year. The Blue Hall, where the banquet takes place, is big space and the lighting is spread out in virtually every corner. "W-DMX is a life saver at this event," said Melzig, "In past years we've used it on moving lights that had
Complementing over 260 retailers, 50 places to eat and a 14-screen cinema (due to open in 2009), one of Westfield's major features is The Atrium, a 6,500m2 rectangular central area that will host a wide range of entertainment, including live performances and exhibitions.
A sound, lighting and video system that can be used and then stored away as needed, has been specified to combine quality and flexibility with reliability.
"They want this to be a multipurpose space that enjoys an audio quality that reflects Westfield's status as an ultra-modern facility," says Lee Dennison, project manager for Surrey-based Delta Sound, which was awarded the contract to de
Miss World 2008 utilised the resources, services and expertise of six Gearhouse Group companies - GHSA, LEDVision, SDS, In2Structures, GH Power and Havaseat - encompassing 10 technical production disciplines that provided design, rigging, structures, lighting, audio, video, specialist visuals, set building, power and seating in SCC's Pavilion venue. The event was broadcast live by SABC to 2 billon people in over 200 countries on 373 TV stations.
Tim Dunn's lighting design included the latest digital moving light fixtures from Robe Lighting in the form of 12 DigitalSpot 7000DTs and 36 REDWash 3-192s LED wash lights - the largest number of these newly launched units yet used
"I've always been a fan of Midas analogue consoles, so stepping up to Midas digital seemed a logical step, and I was keen to order a PRO6," he says. "Midas build quality and reliability also played a large part in my decision, and of course, the most important thing about any console is how it sounds. The PRO6 sounds like a Midas should: warm, but still accurate.
"I also really like the speed at which you can navigate around the control surface (GUIs), and get to all the features easily. And just like the
Phil Hornung comments: "I think these desks sound better than a lot of the digital products on the market. I find the desk extremely easy to operate, and I don't have to pay a lot of attention to it during the show itself, which lets me pay attention to the mix instead of worrying about what's on the screen. In fact, we often offer it to opening bands to use instead of using a second console. The e
The Manchester based event production company was looking to expand its hire stock and required a versatile powered speaker system. They needed a system that could be used as one large PA, yet could also be broken down for smaller events and adapted for any bespoke situation that could arise. 10 QSC HPR152i 500 watt loudspeakers were chosen together with four complementing HPR181i subwoofers to enable a wall of sound to be effortlessly created in venues for in excess of 1000 people.
A.C. Audio sales manager Peter Butler comments: "Due to the nature of Three Media Creative's international business, it was very important that we supplied a reliable and durable system that would perform in all different climates. I have bee
Lighting duties for the shows, the first three directed by the Donmar's artistic director Michael Grandage and the last by Kenneth Branagh, are being divided between two of the Donmar's most frequent lighting collaborators, Paule Constable lighting Ivanov and Neil Austin the remaining three shows.
The two hav
Design and installation of this sound reinforcement system has been carried out by Light Sound Systems Company in Omsk City. LSS's Alexander Muravitsky had to propose a solution to the challenging acoustics of the courtroom, which has a ceiling height of 9m, and large picture windows down one side of the room.
"It was not an easy installation, but, from our point of view, the Nexo Geo S8 arrays provided the ideal way to minimise problems with reverberation, while still giving us the perfect dispersion cu
In preparation for the certification, Apogee installed a premier solar panel system using 96 energy-generating panels at its Santa Monica headquarters. The modules generate up to 15,000 watts at peak and any surplus power generated on weekends and holidays is fed back to the greater Los Angeles power grid. The company also promotes the recycling of all paper, bottles, cans, and other materials used within the office and is compliant with RoHS and WEEE Directives for its electr
Bushell, who was also co-designer of the tour's stage set, specified the nine-lamp Svoboda as part of a three-truss rig that surmounted a stage framed with a combination cabaret/theatre set with 2D cartoon-style set pieces silhouetted against the band's 19th century-style wallpaper backdrop.
He explains: "The band's performance is very visual, an excellent live act. They're always researching magic tricks coming up with new visual gags and buying new costumes. So I wanted to reflect this energy and excitement with quite a powerful light show, but with a design that was versatile enough to be dark and moody where needed.
"The whole look has a dark twist to it thanks to the band'
The building, which owes its existence in large part to an anonymous donor, is connected to the existing arts centre by glass bridges, includes 110-seat recital hall, a dance/drama studio, a suite of teaching rooms that can house between one and six students and a music room that can accommodate a full orchestra.
Autograph designed an extensive audio infrastructure allowing analogue and digital audio signals to be routed to and from any room in the building, allowing many digital and analogue audio/medi
Osibisa, founded in London by four African and three Caribbean musicians, went on to become one of the first widely popular African bands. Performing live at the Salisbury Arts Centre in celebration of their 40th anniversary, these seasoned musicians found themselves in the midst of a most modern PA system; full front-of-house and monitor control using the RSS M-400 V-Mixer digital consoles, with dedicated digital multicores and stageboxes, connected to a show recording system via Roland's proprietary EtherNet protocol REAC.
Paul Nicholson was mixing the show on a Tannoy VQ PA system provided by his rental company Midas Pro Sound. Alt
A temporary stage with overhead roof and structural scaffolding support was erected onsite to support an extensive lighting system and video projection setup. Concert sound reinforcement services were provided by Soundcheck, the primary rental system contractor for the event, with additional Vertec inventory having been sub-hired from regional system owner FriendlyFire Sound. A total of 48 VT4888DP-CN midsize powered line array elements and 16 VT4888 enclosures were in use, along with a total of 28 VT4880 and VT4880A full-size arrayable subwoo
The professionalism is very apparent as the show is set up. This is achieved by Richard building long-term relationships with the people that work with him. Monitor engineer John 'JJ' James has been there for a remarkable 29 years, with front of house man Mike 'Bunny' Warren still a bit like the new boy with a mere 12 years under his belt.
Despite it being just a three week, 14 show tour playing in seven UK arenas, the 50th Anniversary Time Machine tour was in production rehearsals for a surprising five weeks.
"That's why he's always good, he's a perfectionist," s
"For Litestructures Studios, 2008 has been year of growth and development." says the Studio's general manager Brent Woods. "Increasingly we are becoming the rehearsal facility of choice amongst the biggest touring productions. We have been honoured to work this year with the most innovative and ambitious tours. We have exciting plans for developing the Studio further and are looking forward to a fantastic 2009."
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Philips has sponsored the lighting for the festivities which also features a giant snowflake projected onto the front of the castle. This was created using Martin Professional's new Exterior 1200 Image Projector.
The Exterior 1200 Image Projector is the newest addition to Martin's Exterior range of outdoor luminaires. Designed for night-time environments with emotional impact, the Exterior 1200 Image Projector brings new elements of drama to outdoor illumination: effects projection and animation, says the company.
(Jim Evans)
The Stadium's new sound system is mainly used for speeches and sports-event entertainment segments including music, but occasionally the venue is used for larger events such as the Festival Interceltique de Lorient.
The installation design was carried out jointly by Audiolite and DV2. On the site, project supervisor Franck Fily, sound system designer Sylvain Turpin - who was also in charge of the system alignment, rigging expert Lionel Gillet and cable manufacturer Jord Mallejac placed three clusters of six Adamson Metrix Ws in the North bleachers and four clusters of six Adamson Metrix Ws in the Presidential bleachers.
With the system's permanent placement outdoors at a
Audio consultant Scott Willsallen reports: "I design the audio system and release a tender package which several companies responded to." Willsallen is an audio designer with much experience of such spectacular events for large audiences, most notably through his work on the Athens Olympics in 2004 and more recently the Asian Games in Doha 2006. "For the 2008 NDP the contract was awarded to Showtec, who in turn sub-hired additional equipment and speci
In addition to the anniversary party, 2008 was full of activities and announcements. In January, Bandit rolled out a six-part series featuring key milestones during their first 40 years. The January release covered Bandit in the late 60s-early 70s, February covered the late 70s-early 80s, and so on. The August release briefly recapped the entire history from 1968-2008.
In 2008, Bandit founder and owner, Michael T. Strickland was inducted into the East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame. He is now serving as Bandit Lites' chairman of the board. In addition to the celebra
"The stadium was built without consideration for a PA system," says Gary Matthews of Total Audio Video Systems (TAVS) in Sunrise, Florida, the company behind the stadium's new Community Professional audio system. "There were no existing conduit runs from the press box on the home side to the visitors' side of the field," he says. "There were also numerous sidewalks, out buildings and other underground utility conduits that would get in the way of any trenching required to provide for mounting loudspeakers on the visitors' side."
The solution was found in Community's R-Series loudspeakers. The
Guest artists included Dave Edmunds, Jools Holland, Mark Knopfler, Chas & Dave, and Dennis Locorriere. "This was always going to be a bit of a tricky show to manage," said Ian Grove, Brown's long time sound engineer, "and not just channel counts. I've done sound in the Albert Hall many times but this was my first playing to a full house.
"I ended up designing a system using six hangs of d&b Q-Series loudspeakers, and a single hang of Q subwoofers. It's been my experience in here that with large centre clusters of PA, a lot of low end is put onto t
Similar to the current grandMA series, grandMA2 controls all kinds of lighting genres and takes the performance of grandMA to an even higher level, says the company.
The Training attendees studied the whole system including its additional new system components like the MA Network Processing Unit (NPU), grandMA2 remote, the very much enhanced software versions of grandMA 3D and grandMA video plus the new network protocol MA-Net2.
"This training week was the next consequent step in bringing grandMA2 closer to the markets", comments Michael Althaus, managing director of MA Lighting Internati
