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News Archive - April 2015

(4/29/2015)

-LED Screen Manufacturer PixelFLEX to Feature FLEXCurtain HD at PLASA Focus: Kansas City 2015

LED Screen Manufacturer PixelFLEX to Feature FLEXCurtain HD at PLASA Focus: Kansas City 2015

PixelFLEX, a provider of flexible and lightweight LED video screens, will be returning to PLASA Focus: Kansas City trade show with its new FLEXCurtain HD LED video wall, a physically lighter video product designed for a new ...More

(4/29/2015)

-You and Hues: Chauvet Professional PLASA Seminar Looks at Color's Impact on Designs and Emotions

You and Hues: Chauvet Professional PLASA Seminar Looks at Color's Impact on Designs and Emotions

The human eye contains millions of cone cells for detecting color -- and Jim Hutchison hopes to tingle each and every one of them in his upcoming "LED Color: The Psychological Experience" seminar at PLASA Focus: Kansas City ...More

(4/29/2015)

-ADJ "First Look" Open House Dates Set for Los Angeles and Miami

ADJ "First Look" Open House Dates Set for Los Angeles and Miami

ADJ has announced two open house events for dealers and product end users to get a "first look" at the new products that were introduced at the global Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt, Germany in April of 2015. ...More

(4/29/2015)

-DiGiCo Enhances SD Series with New Software Suite

DiGiCo Enhances SD Series with New Software Suite

The recent NAB and Prolight + Sound shows served as the launch pads for a new suite of software for digital console manufacturer DiGiCo's acclaimed SD Series.
When the SD Range was conceived, it was designed with ...
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(4/29/2015)

-Mackie Now Shipping Dante Expansion Card for DL32R Mixer

Mackie Now Shipping Dante Expansion Card for DL32R Mixer

Mackie, maker of professional audio mixers, loudspeakers, studio monitors, and recording equipment, and Audinate, developers of the Dante media networking solution, have announced the immediate availability of the new ...More

(4/29/2015)

-Philips and OLEDWorks Announce Agreement for OLEDWorks to Acquire Key Assets of Its OLED Business

Philips and OLEDWorks Announce Agreement for OLEDWorks to Acquire Key Assets of Its OLED Business

OLEDWorks LLC, a US OLED light engine and panel manufacturing company, announces that it reached an agreement with Royal Philips, a global lighting company, to buy selected parts of its OLED light source components business.

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(4/29/2015)

-FiberPlex Introduces New Ethernet-to-Fiber Switch

FiberPlex Introduces New Ethernet-to-Fiber Switch

What do you get when you cross Ethernet with fiber optic distribution? FiberPlex's new TIS-8632 10/100/1000 Ethernet-to-fiber switch.
Offering complete immunity to EMI/RFI and incredible distance as well as bulletproof security ...
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(4/29/2015)

-L-Acoustics' Tim McCall Adds Responsibility For Latin American Region

L-Acoustics' Tim McCall Adds Responsibility For Latin American Region

L-Acoustics announces a strengthened commitment to the Latin American market, appointing Tim McCall as sales manager for the region. With five years of experience as sales manager for Europe, Africa, and Oceania at L ...More

(4/29/2015)

-Lectrosonics Adds Audio Related Technologies as an Authorized Factory Service Center for the European Union

Lectrosonics Adds Audio Related Technologies as an Authorized Factory Service Center for the European Union

Lectrosonics, Inc., the manufacturer of wireless microphone systems and audio processing products for the film, broadcast, theater, music, and installed sound markets, announces the addition of Audio Related Technologies (ART) ...More

(4/29/2015)

-Adamson Names TID Distributor for South Africa

Adamson Names TID Distributor for South Africa

Adamson Systems Engineering announces the appointment of Technology Innovative Distribution (TID) as the exclusive distributor of Adamson products in South Africa. The agreement was finalized at the recent Prolight + Sound< ...More

(4/29/2015)

-Newest in Elation Lighting Innovation Coming to PLASA Focus: Leeds 2015

Newest in Elation Lighting Innovation Coming to PLASA Focus: Leeds 2015

Fresh off a successful Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt, Elation Professional heads to the Royal Armouries in Leeds for PLASA Focus, where premiere launch products like the all-new ACL Series of LED lights and the ...More

(4/29/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Fun Home (Circle in the Square Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Fun Home (Circle in the Square Theatre)

About halfway through Fun Home, Alison, the narrator, tells it to us straight: "I leapt out of the closet -- and four months later my father killed himself by stepping in front of a truck." Musicals don't come more honest, or ...More

(4/29/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Airline Highway (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Airline Highway (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)

In Airline Highway, playwright Lisa D'Amour invents an entire tribe of losers, New Orleans-style, and scatters them about the stage like so many colorful Mardi Gras beads. They include Sissy Na Na, a black drag queen ...More

(4/28/2015)

-Tony Award Nominations Announced

Tony Award Nominations Announced

The Tony Award nominations were announced this today. Leading the pack were the musicals A American in Paris and Fun Home, with 12 nominations each, the musical spoof Something Rotten! with 10, the revival of ...More

(4/28/2015)

-2015 Michael Merritt Awards and Design Exposition

2015 Michael Merritt Awards and Design Exposition

The 22nd Annual Merritt Awards for Excellence in Design and Collaboration will take place on Monday, May 4th, at Loyola University Chicago from 5:00 - 10:00pm.
The organizers report: "Announcing a brand new annual award: The ...
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(4/28/2015)

-Matrox to Showcase New Products at InfoComm 2015

Matrox to Showcase New Products at InfoComm 2015

Matrox Graphics Inc. and Matrox Video will be sharing booth 4053 at InfoComm 2015 in Orlando, Florida, June 17 - 19. Matrox Graphics Inc. will present a video wall demo featuring 4K-over-IP to give attendees a preview ...More

(4/28/2015)

-Roland's M-5000 Live Mixing Console Is Now Shipping

Roland's M-5000 Live Mixing Console Is Now Shipping

Roland's Professional A/V division announces the availability of the brand new Roland M-5000 Live Mixing Console based on the O.H.R.C.A platform.
"We are excited that the Roland M-5000's first production units are here and ...
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(4/28/2015)

-Barco Introduces Barco Capital to Provide Equipment Financing

Barco Introduces Barco Capital to Provide Equipment Financing

Global visualization provider Barco announces the launch of Barco Capital, its brand-new portfolio of equipment financing options. Barco Capital opens up new ways for customers to finance their investment in Barco technology ...More

(4/28/2015)

-MDG Releases New Fog Generators at Prolight + Sound 2015

MDG Releases New Fog Generators at Prolight + Sound 2015

MDG, a manufacturer of premiere fog, haze, and low fog generators, celebrated its 35th anniversary at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt earlier this month, with the release of three new fog generators. ...More

(4/28/2015)

-Ayrton Continues to Inspire and Innovate at Prolight + Sound 2015

Ayrton Continues to Inspire and Innovate at Prolight + Sound 2015

True to form, French LED lighting manufacturer, Ayrton, surprised visitors and clients with the launch of no fewer than seven new products at Prolight + Sound 2015 earlier this month in Frankfurt. The newest developments ...More

(4/28/2015)

-Robert Juliat Serves It Right at Prolight + Sound 2015

Robert Juliat Serves It Right at Prolight + Sound 2015

Robert Juliat served up an extremely well received menu of new products at Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt earlier this month, starting with the presentation of its new asymmetrical LED cyclorama light, DALIS. The new 300W ...More

(4/28/2015)

-Artistic Licence to Exhibit at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2015

Artistic Licence to Exhibit at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2015

Artistic Licence, the developers of lighting control, invite visitors to stand N-B23 at this year's PLASA Focus Leeds, at the Royal Armouries Museum, May 12 - 13. Making its debut is versaSplit mini, a multi-functional modular DMX ...More

(4/28/2015)

-Chauvet Professional Helps Blue Valley Baptist Church Grow "Broader Not Bigger" with Multi Campuses

Chauvet Professional Helps Blue Valley Baptist Church Grow &quot;Broader Not Bigger&quot; with Multi Campuses

In 2013 Blue Valley Baptist Church concluded that the best way to fulfill its mission of reaching more followers would be, not to expand its existing 650-seat facility, but to become a multi-site church comprised of a family of smaller ...More

(4/28/2015)

-Broadmoor Baptist Church Solves Problems With Martin Audio MLA

Broadmoor Baptist Church Solves Problems With Martin Audio MLA

The largest and fastest growing of seven venues on the Broadmoor Baptist Church campus in Shreveport. Louisiana, the new center for contemporary worship services is equipped with sophisticated audio and video capabilities that include a ...More

(4/28/2015)

-Nomad Sound NEXO Strong at SXSW

Nomad Sound NEXO Strong at SXSW

While Austin, Texas was all a-buzz during this year's SXSW, Nomad Sound of Austin was buzzing all over town supporting the conference with sound production primarily featuring NEXO line arrays along with Yamaha digital ...More

(4/28/2015)

-High Noon Entertainment Goes to Extremes with Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless

High Noon Entertainment Goes to Extremes with Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless

Camera operators in the world of extreme reality television production need their equipment to be robust, reliable, and lightweight. For High Noon Entertainment, a world-class content creator specializing in unscripted formats and ...More

(4/28/2015)

-Academy of Country Music Awards Shines Bright with Syncrolite

Academy of Country Music Awards Shines Bright with Syncrolite

The 50th annual Academy of Country Music Awards was held April 19th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Among the many superstar performances, possibly the biggest of the night was Garth Brooks with his tribute to the men and women of our ...More

(4/27/2015)

-High End Systems Hog 4 Training Added to PLASA Focus: Kansas City Professional Development Program

High End Systems Hog 4 Training Added to PLASA Focus: Kansas City Professional Development Program

Creative Stage Lighting (CSL) is bringing its High End Systems HOG 4 training program to PLASA Focus: Kansas City 2015. As part of PLASA Focus Kansas City, CSL will hold a HOG 4 training course before the show at Har ...More

(4/27/2015)

-Symetrix to Highlight New SymNet Composer Third-Party Integration and Control Options at InfoComm 2015

Symetrix to Highlight New SymNet Composer Third-Party Integration and Control Options at InfoComm 2015

Symetrix is preparing a comprehensive showcase of the latest developments in its Sym-Net DSP family for this year's InfoComm exhibition. The most comprehensive and best-attended professional AV trade show in the US, InfoComm ...More

(4/27/2015)

-DiGiCo Delivers SD10 RE-Assurance

DiGiCo Delivers SD10 RE-Assurance

Launched at NAB and Prolight + Sound, DiGiCo's new redundant engine (SD-RE) and fader pod provides a RE-assuring partner for its SD10 digital mixing console.
The SD-RE Rack is an engine in a box that provides ...
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(4/27/2015)

-BCi's POCKET CONSOLE-DMX Now Comes in 24 Channels -- The 24/EIGHT

BCi's POCKET CONSOLE-DMX Now Comes in 24 Channels -- The 24/EIGHT

For a number of years, the company reports the market has been asking BCi for more control channels from the Pocket Console-DMX product. The BCi 24/EIGHT is the answer.
Still made in USA, this new console is a greatly expanded ...
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(4/27/2015)

-Nashville Audio Community Gears Up for 18th Annual AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament

Nashville Audio Community Gears Up for 18th Annual AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament

The audio community from Nashville and beyond is deep in preparation for the 18th Annual AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament, once again returning to the scenic Harpeth Hills Golf Course (2424 Old Hickory Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee ...More

(4/27/2015)

-Alcons Celebrates Successful Prolight+Sound

Alcons Celebrates Successful Prolight+Sound

Alcons Audio celebrated its most successful Prolight + Sound ever, with two new pro-ribbon line-array systems, the LR28 and LR16.2, taking center stage.
"This was our most successful Prolight + Sound to date," says Alcons ...
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(4/27/2015)

-d&b audiotechnik at Prolight + Sound Guangzhou and InfoComm Beijing 2015

d&b audiotechnik at Prolight + Sound Guangzhou and InfoComm Beijing 2015

With a lot to show and a lot to say, d&b audiotechnik (China) Ltd took care to focus their product displays at this year's Prolight + Sound Guangzhou and at InfoComm Beijing, placing the professional concert systems of ...More

(4/27/2015)

-"AT&T Playoff Playlist Live!" Concert Series during College Football Playoff Weekend Feature Clay Paky Sharpys

&quot;AT&T Playoff Playlist Live!&quot; Concert Series during College Football Playoff Weekend Feature Clay Paky Sharpys

The first College Football Playoff (CFP) was marked by a series of exciting events, including the weekend's premier concert series, "AT&T Playoff Playlist Live!" headlined by Lenny Kravitz and Sting. Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures played ...More

(4/27/2015)

-Lighting Designer Rachel Miller Brings Sparkle to Lucid Candy with Chauvet

Lighting Designer Rachel Miller Brings Sparkle to Lucid Candy with Chauvet

Alternative artist Børns didn't just perform for fans who turned out for Lucid Candy, a pre-concert event celebrating his Candy EP, he took them on a dream-like journey reminiscent of Alice's fantastical walk through the Looking Glass. ...More

(4/27/2015)

-Meyer Sound at Savannah Festival: "It was Like the Room Collectively Gasped in Wonder at the Mix"

Meyer Sound at Savannah Festival: &quot;It was Like the Room Collectively Gasped in Wonder at the Mix&quot;

Georgia's Savannah Music Festival has selected Meyer Sound systems to reinforce all four of its principal venues for the first time, including the largest Trustees Theater and Lucas Theatre. The exceptional audio clarity has ...More

(4/27/2015)

-How2Media Announces Show Distribution Will Be Part of its World's Greatest! Series

How2Media Announces Show Distribution Will Be Part of its World's Greatest! Series

How2Media, the producers of the television show World's Greatest!, announces that they have recently selected Show Distribution to be a part of the popular television series.
"Ever wonder who stages all those ...
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(4/27/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Grounded (The Public Theater)

Theatre in Review: Grounded (The Public Theater)

Anyone who reads Lighting&Sound America knows about the enormous advances that have been made in video technology. Projectors become brighter by the month. LED screens offer higher and higher resolutions. Pixel-mapping allows one to ...More

(4/27/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Living on Love (Longacre Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Living on Love (Longacre Theatre)

We're doing a lot of time traveling on Broadway these days. Last week, It Shoulda Been You hearkened back to the '60s, the last days of the sex comedy. Now comes Living on Love, which wants to take us back to the ...More

(4/24/2015)

-Clay Paky Shines at Prolight + Sound 2015

Clay Paky Shines at Prolight + Sound 2015

The company reports Prolight + Sound 2015 was a great success for Clay Paky. The 60 demos that were held one after the other in German and English during the four-day fair were seen by more than 10,000 people, with an average ...More

(4/24/2015)

-Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced

Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 60th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced April 23. The ceremony, to honor both Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway productions, will take place May 31 at The Town Hall, New York. In the design ...More

(4/24/2015)

-CORE Lighting Points Out Big Success at Prolight + Sound

CORE Lighting Points Out Big Success at Prolight + Sound

UK wireless LED lighting manufacturer, CORE Lighting enjoyed a busy and successful Prolight + Sound 2015 expo at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt -- the first time the CORE brand has exhibited directly under its own banner at this ...More

(4/24/2015)

-LightConverse and High End Systems Lighting Challenge Winners

LightConverse and High End Systems Lighting Challenge Winners

Winners of the LightConverse and High End Systems Lighting Challenge were announced at the Prolight + Sound 2015 trade show, held last week in Frankfurt, Germany.
Using High End Hog4 control products with ...
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(4/24/2015)

-CAD Audio Names Ludwig Marketing As Midwest Sales Reps

CAD Audio Names Ludwig Marketing As Midwest Sales Reps

CAD Audio and Astatic Commercial Products have appointed Ludwig Marketing, Inc. as sales representatives for the Midwest.
Ludwig Marketing is based in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin with leading brands in the MI, pro ...
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(4/24/2015)

-Matatena Producciones Invests in Robe

Matatena Producciones Invests in Robe

Ensconced amidst the glistening glass, steel, and concrete modernity of Santa Fe, Mexico, a bustling commercial and business hotspot in the west of Mexico City, in their new office and warehousing facility at the Expo Bancomer ... is Mat ...More

(4/24/2015)

-Steve Lieberman Uses Nexus and ÉPIX to Blend Architecture and Pixel Mapping at XS

Steve Lieberman Uses Nexus and ÉPIX to Blend Architecture and Pixel Mapping at XS

You have to stand out to stay ahead in Las Vegas; nowhere is this more apparent than at XS. The award-winning club at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas has led Nightclub & Bar's Top 100 list for an unprecedented six years. Never one to rest ...More

(4/24/2015)

-Nissan Commercial Shoot Relies on Lighting Designer Jeff Barco and 4Wall LA

Nissan Commercial Shoot Relies on Lighting Designer Jeff Barco and 4Wall LA

Production company Smoothworld TV and lighting visual effects / lighting designer Jeff Barco recently turned to 4Wall Los Angeles to provide gear for a tightly scheduled commercial shoot for automotive giant Nissan. ...More

(4/24/2015)

-Electrosonic's AV Expertise Helps Fans from Coast to Coast Enjoy "The Marvel Experience"

Electrosonic's AV Expertise Helps Fans from Coast to Coast Enjoy &quot;The Marvel Experience&quot;

"The Marvel Experience" is an immersive attraction that gives Marvel fans the opportunity to become agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in training. Using numerous interactives, augmented reality technology, and multi-person gaming, fans join Spider ...More

(4/24/2015)

-Giant Interactive Faberge Easter Egg Sparkles in Harrods Window with Projection Mapping by d3 Technologies

Giant Interactive Faberge Easter Egg Sparkles in Harrods Window with Projection Mapping by d3 Technologies

Famed London department store Harrods and heritage Russian art jeweler Faberge celebrated Easter with a 21st century twist on Faberge's iconic Easter eggs: a giant interactive projection-mapped egg on display in the store's holiday windows ...More

(4/24/2015)

-Jesus Culture Uses Yamaha Consoles at Conference and in Church

Jesus Culture Uses Yamaha Consoles at Conference and in Church

The band Jesus Culture recently sponsored a conference on the campus of University of California Davis where, throughout the weekend, attendees heard from significant church and worship leaders. The Sacramento Christian band formed as a ...More

(4/24/2015)

-Allen & Heath's Qu-Pac Makes Touring Easier for Rockin' Bass Player Andy The Kid

Allen & Heath's Qu-Pac Makes Touring Easier for Rockin' Bass Player Andy The Kid

Former Static-X bass player, Andy The Kid (ATK), is getting ready to kick off his first solo tour using Allen & Heath's Qu-Pac digital mixer.
The Australian born bass player, who is also a part of the rock band We Are The ...
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(4/24/2015)

-Theatre in Review: The King and I (Lincoln Center Theater)

Theatre in Review: The King and I (Lincoln Center Theater)

In the current issue of Lincoln Center Theater Review, Sandy Kennedy, who appeared in the original production of The King and I, says that Rodgers and Hammerstein "were afraid it was going to be a bomb and everybody ...More

(4/23/2015)

-d&b audiotechnik Launches ArrayCalc V8 Simulation Software, Featuring ArrayProcessing

d&b audiotechnik Launches ArrayCalc V8 Simulation Software, Featuring ArrayProcessing

German loudspeaker system manufacturer, d&b audiotechnik, has released ArrayCalc V8, featuring ArrayProcessing. The company says this software update further elevates the already excellent sound of the large format d&b J-Series as ...More

(4/23/2015)

-PR Lighting's Prolight + Sound Commitment Reaps Rich Rewards

PR Lighting's Prolight + Sound Commitment Reaps Rich Rewards

PR Lighting enjoyed one of its most successful European outings ever at this year's Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt last week, where it presented seven new products.
The Chinese manufacturer also brought a team of 12 ...
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(4/23/2015)

-GLP Makes Waves at Prolight + Sound with Integrated Pixel-Mapped Light Shows

GLP Makes Waves at Prolight + Sound with Integrated Pixel-Mapped Light Shows

GLP entered this year's Frankfurt Prolight + Sound show on the crest of a wave and by integrating its evolving portfolio of products into a carefully thought out, fully pixel mapped presentation (incorporating sister company ...More

(4/23/2015)

-Clear-Com Names Ann Williams as Director of Sales Asia-Pacific

Clear-Com Names Ann Williams as Director of Sales Asia-Pacific

Clear-Com, a critical voice communication systems company, has appointed Ann Williams as its new director of sales Asia Pacific, effective immediately. Williams will use her considerable sales and leadership experience to ...More

(4/23/2015)

-Punchier Stage Lighting Delivered by Three New Multi-Color LED Engin Emitter Platforms

Punchier Stage Lighting Delivered by Three New Multi-Color LED Engin Emitter Platforms

LED Engin, Inc. announces a trio of multi-color emitters that the company says deliver punchier stage lighting over a greater distance and enable compact lighting fixtures to be designed with fewer emitters. With unrivalled high ...More

(4/23/2015)

-Artistic Licence Overhauls DMX-Workshop and Launches New Training Video Series

Artistic Licence Overhauls DMX-Workshop and Launches New Training Video Series

Artistic Licence announces a significant upgrade to its free software application, DMX-Workshop. Designed as a network management, analysis, configuration, and diagnostics tool for Art-Net networks, DMX-Workshop now offers an ...More

(4/23/2015)

-Melkweg Gets on Board with Harman Soundcraft Vi7000 Digital Mixing Console at Prolight + Sound Launch

Melkweg Gets on Board with Harman Soundcraft Vi7000 Digital Mixing Console at Prolight + Sound Launch

Harman's Soundcraft announces that the first installation purchaser of the company's new Vi7000 digital mixing console is the world-famous Melkweg music and arts center in Amsterdam. Already the owner of a Vi4 and Vi6 in its ...More

(4/23/2015)

-Bright Norway and Sonalyst Place First Orders for the New Meyer Sound LEOPARD and 900-LFC

Bright Norway and Sonalyst Place First Orders for the New Meyer Sound LEOPARD and 900-LFC

Bright Norway AS and UK's Sonalyst have officially become the first companies to purchase the new LEOPARD linear sound reinforcement system from Meyer Sound. Having just made their debut at Prolight + Sound, the ...More

(4/23/2015)

-Steve Lieberman Gives Coachella Yuma Tent DJ Booth Club Feel with Chauvet Nexus

Steve Lieberman Gives Coachella Yuma Tent DJ Booth Club Feel with Chauvet Nexus

With 163 acts serving up an array of great music from rap to pop to EDM to classic rock and a plethora of other styles, Coachella has aptly been described as a "forest of festivals." Dedicated techno house heads and dance music fans had no ...More

(4/23/2015)

-"Miami Nice" - L-Acoustics Is the Ultimate Choice for Ultra Music Festival 2015

&quot;Miami Nice&quot; - L-Acoustics Is the Ultimate Choice for Ultra Music Festival 2015

"Hot, hot, hot!" That's what you get when you put the Ultra Music Festival in Miami during Spring Break. But "cool" is the sound you get when an artist lineup that includes EDM legends like Krewella, Bassnectar, Porter Robinson, Die ...More

(4/23/2015)

-Robe BMFL Spots Catch the Ultimate X Buzz

Robe BMFL Spots Catch the Ultimate X Buzz

The Ultimate X Festival was staged for the first time this year at the Grand Arena in Cape Town, South Africa's GrandWest Casino, two days of adrenaline-fueled, gravity-challenging, hi-energy stunts encompassing three breath-taking xtreme ...More

(4/23/2015)

-Display for MLA Series Now Faster, Easier, and More Powerful

Display for MLA Series Now Faster, Easier, and More Powerful

Martin Audio announces a significant upgrade to Display, the software brain of the MLA Series. Display is the numerical optimization process that eliminates lengthy trial-and-error tuning sessions, so that an MLA Series system ...More

(4/23/2015)

-Clay Paky Fixtures Light Contemporary Worship Services at Bay Community Church in Alabama

Clay Paky Fixtures Light Contemporary Worship Services at Bay Community Church in Alabama

The Bay Community Church Malbis campus in Daphne, Alabama illuminates the lives of its congregants in many ways, including through contemporary worship services in a new 1,500-seat worship center. Eight Clay Paky Mythos fixtures -- ...More

(4/23/2015)

-Theatre in Review: The Belle of Belfast (Irish Repertory Theatre)

Theatre in Review: The Belle of Belfast (Irish Repertory Theatre)

If nothing else, The Belle of Belfast makes one thing clear: If you're going to make a play for the one you love, the confessional booth is probably not the place to do it. The title character of Nate Rufus Edelman's ...More

(4/22/2015)

-Announcing "The Collaborator Party" - A Tony Night Party for the Theatre Sound Community

Announcing &quot;The Collaborator Party&quot; - A Tony Night Party for the Theatre Sound Community

Theatrical sound designers Lindsay Jones and John Gromada announce that they will be throwing a Tony night party for the entire theatre sound community and all of their collaborators called The Collaborator Party. This ...More

(4/22/2015)

-Newest Gilbert Hemsley Intern Announced

Newest Gilbert Hemsley Intern Announced

Conor Mulligan has been named recipient of the 32nd annual Hemsley Internship.
The Hemsley Internship is a nine-month program dedicated to the training of young theatre professionals. It was created in 1983, in memory of ...
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(4/22/2015)

-The New d&b audiotechnik MAX2 Stage Monitor Offers Clarity and Consistency

The New d&b audiotechnik MAX2 Stage Monitor Offers Clarity and Consistency

Launched at Prolight +Sound 2015 in Frankfurt last week, the new MAX2 stage monitor from d&b audiotechnik provides clarity to performing artists in every genre. The passive unit can be pole mounted on a d&b subwoofer and used ...More

(4/22/2015)

-CM Bandit Ratchet-Lever Hoist Now Available in Three- and Six-Ton Capacities

CM Bandit Ratchet-Lever Hoist Now Available in Three- and Six-Ton Capacities

The world's first HMI-certified, ratchet-lever hoist and one of the most versatile hoists on the market today, the CM Bandit is now available in three- and six-ton capacities. This addition complements Columbus McKinnon ...More

(4/22/2015)

-Focusrite Expands RedNet Range

Focusrite Expands RedNet Range

Focusrite has introduced four second-generation models from its extended RedNet line of products based around the Dante audio-over-IP networking system. Now shipping are the MP8R 8-channel remote-controlled mic pre and the ...More

(4/22/2015)

-ETC to Debut New Products at Lightfair International

ETC to Debut New Products at Lightfair International

ETC is adding several new products to its Unison Echo family, giving users even more options for convenient architectural-lighting control. The company will unveil the new products -- and give visitors a sneak peek of other new ...More

(4/22/2015)

-Times Square Lighting Introduces the CYP Series LED Pendant

Times Square Lighting Introduces the CYP Series LED Pendant

The CYP Series 4" pendant from Times Square Lighting is ideal for retail and commercial lighting applications. The CYP Series features a high-performance 16W LED source that delivers 1,600 lumens at 82 CRI. Simply specify the ...More

(4/22/2015)

-Beale Street Audio Acquires International Distributor BMB Electronics B.V.

Beale Street Audio Acquires International Distributor BMB Electronics B.V.

In a rare move for a company of its size, Beale Street Audio announces the acquisition of Netherlands based distribution company BMB Electronics B.V. The acquisition is part of an international growth strategy that will ...More

(4/22/2015)

-Gigant Sound-Letus Jumps Early on Harman's Soundcraft Vi7000 Digital Mixing Console

Gigant Sound-Letus Jumps Early on Harman's Soundcraft Vi7000 Digital Mixing Console

At the Prolight + Sound launch of the new Harman Soundcraft Vi7000 digital mixing console, Gigant Sound-Letus of Poland has taken inventory of a Vi7000. Gigant Sound-Letus is one of Poland's top tour sound companies, ...More

(4/22/2015)

-Robe Rocks One Night at Wembley with All Time Low

Robe Rocks One Night at Wembley with All Time Low

Boston-based lighting designer Jeff Maker relished the chance to use 135 Robe moving lights including 18 BMFL Spots for a high-profile and very special one off / DVD shoot show at Wembley Ariana, London, UK, for lively US ...More

(4/22/2015)

-Missouri Southern State University Lions Baseball Team Plays Ball with Ashly Amps and DSP

Missouri Southern State University Lions Baseball Team Plays Ball with Ashly Amps and DSP

Unlike almost all the other athletic programs at Missouri Southern State University, the MSSU Lions baseball team had long played all of its home games off campus. There, scheduling conflicts with other Joplin-area teams and removal from ...More

(4/22/2015)

-Neptune Productions Chooses Vue Audiotechnik Stage Monitor System for Dolby Theatre Concert

Neptune Productions Chooses Vue Audiotechnik Stage Monitor System for Dolby Theatre Concert

When Neptune Productions was tasked with designing the sound, lighting, and video for Armenian-American singer Harout Balyan's recent concert at the world-famous Dolby Theatre, the company's new Vue Audiotechnik h-class hm ...More

(4/21/2015)

-USITT to Launch Jay O. Glerum Rigging Master Classes in 2016

USITT to Launch Jay O. Glerum Rigging Master Classes in 2016

USITT is launching a new project in memory of master rigger and USITT Fellow Jay O. Glerum, who passed away last year. The Jay Glerum Rigging Master Classes will offer annual training sessions in a different location around ...More

(4/21/2015)

-Something Rotten Gets Fresh Start at Outer Critics Circle Awards

Something Rotten Gets Fresh Start at Outer Critics Circle Awards

The nominees for the 65th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced April 20. The awards, honoring excellence in the field of theatre, will be presented May 21 at Sardi's Restaurant at 4pm. Something Rotten! leads ...More

(4/21/2015)

-d&b audiotechnik Introduces the D20 Amplifier with Performance and Ease of Use

d&b audiotechnik Introduces the D20 Amplifier with Performance and Ease of Use

At Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt last week, d&b audiotechnik introduced the newest four channel, two rack unit (2RU) amplifier: the D20. The new amplifier features proven, intuitive user interfaces and offers fast, ...More

(4/21/2015)

-Mountain Productions Now North American Distributor for Limpet Height Safety Systems

Mountain Productions Now North American Distributor for Limpet Height Safety Systems

Mountain Productions announces a newly launched North American distributorship with UK-based Limpet Technology. Limpet Height Safety Systems represent the world's first entertainment-specific, intelligent fall protection ...More

(4/21/2015)

-Harman Professional Launches Global Alliance Program for Immediate and Worldwide Access to Tour Sound Products

Harman Professional Launches Global Alliance Program for Immediate and Worldwide Access to Tour Sound Products

Delivering worldwide product access to its premier tour sound customers, Harman Professional yesterday announced the launch of its Global Alliance Program. Through this worldwide network of dealers and users, tour sound customers ...More

(4/21/2015)

-Harman's JBL Professional Enables Accurate and Powerful Coverage with VTX V20-DF Down Fill Adapter

Harman's JBL Professional Enables Accurate and Powerful Coverage with VTX V20-DF Down Fill Adapter

Harman's JBL Professional introduced its VTX V20-DF down fill adapter, allowing users to cover audiences more accurately, powerfully, and economically in terms of VTX V25-II and V20 cabinet counts last week at Frankfurt's Prolight ...More

(4/21/2015)

-AKG by Harman Announces New D5 C Dynamic Directional Microphone

AKG by Harman Announces New D5 C Dynamic Directional Microphone

Introducing a vocal microphone designed specifically for intensive stage use, AKG by Harman is announcing the new D5 C dynamic directional microphone. The D5 C provides the dependability and sonic quality required for all live sound ...More

(4/21/2015)

-Bandit Lites Sales and Installation Team Grows

Bandit Lites Sales and Installation Team Grows

Bandit Lites' international sales and installation team is expanding with the hiring of Rudi Aldridge and Brandon Gauthier.
Aldridge joins Bandit as a sales and design associate with more than 20 years of experience ...
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(4/21/2015)

-Wagner Media Adds Lipsie as Regional Sales Manager

Wagner Media Adds Lipsie as Regional Sales Manager

Wagner Media yesterday named Larry Lipsie as regional sales manager. Lipsie will be responsible for sales in the southern region of the United States. He joins Wagner after spending 18 years as a regional sales manager for ...More

(4/21/2015)

-Neutrik USA Announces Expansion to opticalCON Lite Product Line

Neutrik USA Announces Expansion to opticalCON Lite Product Line

Neutrik USA, a supplier of robust and reliable professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, announces the expansion of its opticalCON LITE product line. Adding opticalCON LITE QUAD and MTP, opticalCON LITE now ...More

(4/21/2015)

-Elation Lighting Innovation Coming to Sound:check Xpo 2015

Elation Lighting Innovation Coming to Sound:check Xpo 2015

Elation Professional is excited to again be participating in Sound:check Xpo to be held April 26 - 28 at the World Trade Center in Mexico City. Sound:check, the most important exhibition for entertainment technology in Mexico ...More

(4/21/2015)

-Renkus-Heinz Appoints Audio Link as New Italian Distributor

Renkus-Heinz Appoints Audio Link as New Italian Distributor

Renkus-Heinz has announced the appointment of Audio Link Srl as the company's new distribution partner in Italy.
Founded in 1984, Audio Link has been one of Italy's pro audio and lighting providers for more than 30 years. ...
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(4/21/2015)

-A Warehouse Full of GLP X4 for HELi Showequipment

A Warehouse Full of GLP X4 for HELi Showequipment

The Mainz, Germany-based full technical service provider, HELi Showequipment, has expanded its inventory with the purchase of a number of fixtures from GLP's growing impression X4 family.
In addition to the 180 impression ...
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(4/21/2015)

-Radio City Music Hall Debuts New York Spring Spectacular with Control System from Smart Monkeys

Radio City Music Hall Debuts New York Spring Spectacular with Control System from Smart Monkeys

After a long winter, nothing heralds a more welcome change of season than Radio City Music Hall's all new theatrical production, New York Spring Spectacular starring the Rockettes along with Tony-award winning actress, Laura Benanti ...More

(4/21/2015)

-Theatre in Review: It Shoulda Been You (Brooks Atkinson Theatre)

Theatre in Review: It Shoulda Been You (Brooks Atkinson Theatre)

Stepping into the Brooks Atkinson the other night, I may as well have been stepping into a time machine. It Shoulda Been You, a musical farce about a wedding gone wrong, strikes me as nothing less than a trip back to those ...More

(4/21/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Doctor Zhivago (Broadway Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Doctor Zhivago (Broadway Theatre)

I hate to point out the obvious, but when a musical begins with three funerals in a row, trouble is probably lurking in the wings. That's the case with Doctor Zhivago, which moves swiftly from one harrowing situation to ...More

(4/20/2015)

-A.C.T Lighting Welcomes Ian Momii to Los Angeles-based Sales Team

A.C.T Lighting Welcomes Ian Momii to Los Angeles-based Sales Team

Ian Momii has joined the A.C.T Lighting, Inc. sales team. He will cover the western US and will be based in the company's Los Angeles office.
"We're delighted to welcome Ian on board," says Brian Dowd, vice ...
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(4/20/2015)

-SGM Again Takes Home the Prize for Best Lighting Product

SGM Again Takes Home the Prize for Best Lighting Product

At the Prolight + Sound International Press Award, also known as the pipa award, SGM was nominated for the Q-7 in the category of best lighting product up against Robe BMFL and Martin Professional Mac Quantum Wash. The ...More

(4/20/2015)

-CDC six : Worldwide Launch of New Advanced Gesture-Operation Sound Production Console

CDC six : Worldwide Launch of New Advanced Gesture-Operation Sound Production Console

Cadac launched its brand new CDC six digital live sound production console at Prolight + Sound 2015 last week in Frankfurt. At a worldwide launch event, on the first day of the show on its stand, Cadac unveiled the CDC six ...More

(4/20/2015)

-Mega-Lite Launches the Indi Par RW300

Mega-Lite Launches the Indi Par RW300

Mega-Lite releases the Indi Par RW300, a battery operated, IP65 rated, color changing lighting fixture. The Indi Par RW300 gives users the flexibility to go outdoors or indoors, without being tethered to any cords. This fixture is ...More

(4/20/2015)

-Harman's JBL Professional Announces New VerTec DrivePack DP-DA V5 Loudspeaker Presets

Harman's JBL Professional Announces New VerTec DrivePack DP-DA V5 Loudspeaker Presets

At last week's Prolight + Sound 2015, Harman's JBL Professional announced the release of Version 5 preset support for the VerTec DrivePack DP-DA input module for all fullsize, midsize, and compact powered VerTec models (VT4889 ...More

(4/20/2015)

-Salzbrenner Presents Manufacturer-Independent 3D Audio Integration in the New Polaris Evolution

Salzbrenner Presents Manufacturer-Independent 3D Audio Integration in the New Polaris Evolution

Salzbrenner's new Polaris Evolution presented a manufacturer- and platform-independent interface for 3D audio integration at the Prolight + Sound 2015 show last week in Frankfurt. The integration allows extensive working with ...More

(4/20/2015)

-Robe Rocks Frankfurt 2015

Robe Rocks Frankfurt 2015

Robe enjoyed another busy and successful Prolight + Sound expo in Frankfurt, Germany last week, with the launch of 10 new products and four "hyperactive" days on the booth in Hall 11 at the Messe exhibition center. ...More

(4/20/2015)

-AKG by Harman Unveils K181 DJ UE Reference Class Headphones

AKG by Harman Unveils K181 DJ UE Reference Class Headphones

AKG by Harman is introducing the new K181 DJ UE reference class DJ headphones, developed based on input from professional DJs. The K181 DJ UE (ultimate edition) headphones are built for professional DJ use in any club environment. ...More

(4/20/2015)

-Clear-Com Honors Carnegie Mellon University Student with 2015 USITT Stage Management Award

Clear-Com Honors Carnegie Mellon University Student with 2015 USITT Stage Management Award

Clear-Com, a leader in critical voice communications systems, continues to demonstrate its dedication to the live sound industry through its ongoing support of the United States Institute for Theater Technology (USITT), and ...More

(4/20/2015)

-Thinkwell Group Promotes Dave Cobb to Vice President, Creative Development

Thinkwell Group Promotes Dave Cobb to Vice President, Creative Development

Thinkwell Group, a worldwide experience design and production agency specializing in the creation of theme parks, major attractions, events, museums, exhibits, expos, and live shows around the world, announces the promotion of Dav ...More

(4/20/2015)

-Freeman Audio Visual Canada Wins 2015 Canadian Event Industry Star Award

Freeman Audio Visual Canada Wins 2015 Canadian Event Industry Star Award

Freeman Audio Visual Canada announces that it has won the Canadian Event Industry Star Award in the category of Most Innovative Use of Event Technology for production of the 2014 Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) ...More

(4/20/2015)

-Listen Technologies Supports Women in AV (WAVE) Mentor Awards

Listen Technologies Supports Women in AV (WAVE) Mentor Awards

Listen Technologies Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of assistive listening products for over 16 years, is a proud sponsor of the Women in AV (WAVE) Mentor Awards, and is encouraging industry ...More

(4/20/2015)

-Nemetschek Vectorworks Launches Second Annual Vectorworks Design Scholarship

Nemetschek Vectorworks Launches Second Annual Vectorworks Design Scholarship

As part of its commitment to helping students succeed, global design software developer Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. has launched the 2015 Vectorworks Design Scholarship. Students from across all design disciplines around the ...More

(4/20/2015)

-Theatre in Review: The Tailor of Inverness (Dogstar Theatre Company/59E59)

Theatre in Review: The Tailor of Inverness (Dogstar Theatre Company/59E59)

For the first third of its brief running time, The Tailor of Inverness appears to be a fairly routine example of the theatre of testimony, a moderately interesting account of a Polish survivor of World War II -- but wait a ...More

(4/17/2015)

-Yamaha TF Series Digital Consoles Reimagine Small- to Mid-Format Mixer Segment

Yamaha TF Series Digital Consoles Reimagine Small- to Mid-Format Mixer Segment

Yamaha is debuting the company's new TF series digital consoles at Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany, April 15 - 18, with a new, reimagined way to mix live performance.
Yamaha introduced the first digital mixer ...
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(4/17/2015)

-Studiomaster Launches digiLiVE Hybrid Touch-Screen/Tablet Mixer at Prolight + Sound and Musikmesse

Studiomaster Launches digiLiVE Hybrid Touch-Screen/Tablet Mixer at Prolight + Sound and Musikmesse

Studiomaster is launching digiLiVE, an all-new ultra-compact digital audio mixer and a hybrid concept marrying the advantages of hardware / touch-screen control surface and remote tablet operation. digiLiVE is being launched ...More

(4/17/2015)

-Harman's JBL Professional VTX V25-II Keeps VTX Customers on the Cutting Edge

Harman's JBL Professional VTX V25-II Keeps VTX Customers on the Cutting Edge

At Prolight + Sound 2015, Harman's JBL Professional is announcing VTX V25-II: the successor to the revolutionary V25 line array loudspeaker that features a brand-new waveguide for improved long-throw performance, improved ...More

(4/17/2015)

-Lightpower Donates $50,000 to Behind the Scenes from the Neal Preston Rock'n'Roll Photo Exhibition

Lightpower Donates $50,000 to Behind the Scenes from the Neal Preston Rock'n'Roll Photo Exhibition

Leading into Musikmesse on the evening of April 14 was the opening reception for the exhibition of the Lightpower Collection of Neal Preston's extraordinary photography, "In the Eye of the Rock'n'Roll Hurricane." One ...More

(4/17/2015)

-Philips Vari-Lite Announces VL4000 BeamWash Product Showcase Dates

Philips Vari-Lite Announces VL4000 BeamWash Product Showcase Dates

Philips Vari-Lite announces new product showcase dates for the VL4000 BeamWash. Starting in Los Angeles at Club Nokia, public showcases for the VL4000 BeamWash will also take place in Mexico City at Sound:Check Xpo, plus the ...More

(4/17/2015)

-Times Square Lighting Launches AXT13

Times Square Lighting Launches AXT13

Times Square Lighting introduces the latest fixture in their expanding LED range. The AXT13 is a cylindrical fixture with electronic driver integrated into the main housing.
The AXT13 is designed around the Xicato LED remote ...
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(4/17/2015)

-Get a Career Boost at ETC's CUE Conference

Get a Career Boost at ETC's CUE Conference

ETC's CUE (Create. Understand. Experience.) professional-development conference can help lighting professionals improve their skills and become more confident in their work. CUE -- to be held June 26 - 28, in Madison, Wisconsin -- ...More

(4/17/2015)

-Chauvet Professional's PVP X6IP 6.9mm Outdoor Video Panel Shines Bright with Touring-Friendly Design

Chauvet Professional's PVP X6IP 6.9mm Outdoor Video Panel Shines Bright with Touring-Friendly Design

As the festival and outdoor concert season kicks into high gear, lighting/production designers have a new tool that will make it easier for them to set up ultra-bright, weatherproof video walls at these events -- the PVP X6IP high ...More

(4/17/2015)

-Waves SoundGrid Technology Adopted by Avid into New Console

Waves SoundGrid Technology Adopted by Avid into New Console

Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing solutions, announces that they are working together with Avid to bring support for Waves plug-ins to the Avid VENUE | S6L live sound system through SoundGrid technology. ...More

(4/17/2015)

-AKG by Harman Introduces Its D112 MKII Kick Drum Microphone with Flexible Mount

AKG by Harman Introduces Its D112 MKII Kick Drum Microphone with Flexible Mount

AKG by Harman announces the introduction of its D112 MKII kick drum microphone, successor to the company's D112. The D112 MKII improves upon its predecessor with a new integrated flexible mount, while retaining all the sonic ...More

(4/17/2015)

-Harman's dbx Introduces PowerRack8 Power Supply for 500 Series Processors

Harman's dbx Introduces PowerRack8 Power Supply for 500 Series Processors

Harman's dbx announces the introduction of the PowerRack8 power supply for its new 500 Series processors. The PowerRack8 is an eight-slot, 19" rack-mount power source designed to hold up to eight 500 Series processors in a vertical ...More

(4/16/2015)

-Harman's Martin Professional Reveals 2015 Winners of Annual Young Lighting Designer Contest

Harman's Martin Professional Reveals 2015 Winners of Annual Young Lighting Designer Contest

Harman's Martin Professional announces Jorge Espinoza as the first prize winner of the . As part of his prize, Espinoza has been awarded a trip to the Prolight + Sound 2015 ...More

(4/16/2015)

-NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia Unite Music Industry Around Products

NAMM Musikmesse Russia and Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia Unite Music Industry Around Products

Russia's only international music-trade exhibition and its biggest international trade fair for event production technology expands product platforms and professional development opportunities as the show returns to Moscow's Sokolniki ...More

(4/16/2015)

-L-Acoustics Launches X Series at Prolight + Sound 2015

L-Acoustics Launches X Series at Prolight + Sound 2015

L-Acoustics announces, at Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt, the launch of the X Series, a new line of coaxial speakers for the installation and rental markets. The three new enclosures in the X Series family -- X8, X12, and ...More

(4/16/2015)

-XL Video Supports Olivier Awards with MasterCard for Fifth Consecutive Year

XL Video Supports Olivier Awards with MasterCard for Fifth Consecutive Year

Working with the Society of London Theatre, XL Video supported the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard with the supply of video screens, media servers, and control systems in two London locations, and once again ...More

(4/16/2015)

-ILC Hosts Fourth Annual Golf Outing

ILC Hosts Fourth Annual Golf Outing

On Wednesday, July 15th, join Intelligent Lighting Creations (ILC) in their fourth Annual Golf Outing at the White Pines Golf Club in Bensenville, IL. For the past three years, ILC has hosted this golf outing in support of ...More

(4/16/2015)

-Analog Way to Introduce Ascender 48

Analog Way to Introduce Ascender 48

Analog Way will showcase the Ascender 48 in Perspective Layers mode during InfoComm 2015 at booth #1715 from June 17 - 19, 2015, in Orlando, FL.
The Ascender 48 (Ref. ASC4806) is a multi-screen seamless switcher equipped ...
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(4/16/2015)

-Auralex Now Shipping New Deep6 Low-Frequency Absorber

Auralex Now Shipping New Deep6 Low-Frequency Absorber

Auralex Acoustics, Inc. is now shipping its new Deep6 Low-Frequency Absorber, a 2' x 4' x 6" powder-coated, black steel frame-enclosed absorption device. The product is specifically designed to be installed on a wall or across a ...More

(4/16/2015)

-Harman's Crown Introduces XLS DriveCore 2 Amplifiers with Upgraded Features and Flexibility

Harman's Crown Introduces XLS DriveCore 2 Amplifiers with Upgraded Features and Flexibility

Harman's Crown Audio announces the introduction of the XLS DriveCore 2 Series two-channel power amplifiers, offering a host of upgraded features including more flexible DSP band pass filtering, selectable input sensitivity, remote ...More

(4/16/2015)

-Harman's dbx Introduces goRack Performance Processor

Harman's dbx Introduces goRack Performance Processor

Harman's dbx announces the introduction of the goRack Performance Processor, a loudspeaker management processor. The goRack incorporates the best of dbx's DriveRack series processing simplified down, in a sleek and compact unit ...More

(4/16/2015)

-Mackie Redesigns and Expands ProFX Series

Mackie Redesigns and Expands ProFX Series

Mackie announces the launch of ProFXv2 Series Professional Effects Mixers. The redesigned ProFXv2 series features an all-new preamp design and new effects engine. The series has been expanded with two new models, the 4-channel ...More

(4/16/2015)

-Pivitec Introduces CMx64io-AVB Network Card

Pivitec Introduces CMx64io-AVB Network Card

Pivitec, a manufacturer of Ethernet AVB networking solutions, has announced the CMx64io-AVBTM Ethernet AVB network card. The card is designed to add AVB connectivity to professional audio equipment that supports the industry ...More

(4/16/2015)

-Exclusive Fujinon Customer, PRG Nocturne, Adds 58 Lenses to Arsenal for High-End IMAG Production

Exclusive Fujinon Customer, PRG Nocturne, Adds 58 Lenses to Arsenal for High-End IMAG Production

As part of the company's overall expansion of video touring production services, Production Resource Group LLC (PRG) recently purchased 58 additional FUJINON lenses for use on its newly acquired Grass Valley LDX80 Première ...More

(4/16/2015)

-No Strings Attached on SGM's New Battery Driven G-1 Beam

No Strings Attached on SGM's New Battery Driven G-1 Beam

SGM announces the G-1 Beam moving head, which includes numerous features in a physically compact chassis.
A sharply defined, flat and uniform beam that operates rapidly in every movement provides mid-air beam effects through a high ...
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(4/16/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Hamlet (Classic Stage Company)

Theatre in Review: Hamlet (Classic Stage Company)

It's a fine thing when an actor tries to stretch himself, but if you're going to tackle the biggest and most challenging role in the classical repertory, surely you need to prepare. Did nobody suggest that Peter Sarsgaard, a fine ...More

(4/16/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Finding Neverland (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Finding Neverland (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)

As you probably know, Finding Neverland tells the story of how James M. Barrie came to write Peter Pan, the story of the boy who wouldn't grow up. As it happens, Finding Neverland, the musical, won't grow up, ...More

(4/15/2015)

-EAW Introduces Redline Powered Loudspeaker Series

EAW Introduces Redline Powered Loudspeaker Series

Eastern Acoustic Works announces the debut of Redline, a family of powered loudspeakers designed to deliver EAW sound quality and touring reliability with a feature set specifically designed for rental & staging and installation ...More

(4/15/2015)

-Harman's Martin Professional Unveil New Products at Prolight + Sound 2015

Harman's Martin Professional Unveil New Products at Prolight + Sound 2015

Harman's Martin Professional announces the RUSH SM 650 and RUSH SM 850, part of a new line of atmospheric effects from RUSH by Martin. The new high-powered smoke machines, and other products, will be on display this week at Martin's ...More

(4/15/2015)

-Harman's Soundcraft Extends Vi Series with Vi5000 and Vi7000 Digital Mixing Consoles

Harman's Soundcraft Extends Vi Series with Vi5000 and Vi7000 Digital Mixing Consoles

Providing a wider range of options to its Vi Series digital mixing consoles, Harman's Soundcraft is introducing the Vi5000 and Vi7000 models at Prolight & Sound 2015. The Vi5000 and Vi7000 offer optional 96kHz processing ...More

(4/15/2015)

-PLASA Focus: Kansas City Opens in Six Weeks; Adds New Seminars

PLASA Focus: Kansas City Opens in Six Weeks; Adds New Seminars

In six weeks, the highly regarded PLASA Focus events series will open at the Kansas City Convention Center, May 20 - 21. Once again, over two days, PLASA Focus will offer hands-on, up close views of products and services from over ...More

(4/15/2015)

-Olivier Awards Announced

Olivier Awards Announced

The Laurence Olivier Awards took place April 12 at the Royal Opera House in London. Ray Davies was honored with the Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for Sunny Afternoon. ...More

(4/15/2015)

-PreSonus Ships AVB Networking for StudioLive Active Integration Mixers

PreSonus Ships AVB Networking for StudioLive Active Integration Mixers

PreSonus is now shipping its SL-AVB-MIX Audio Video Bridging audio networking option card for StudioLive AI-series console and StudioLive RM-series rack-mount Active Integration mixers. These options allow users to create a ...More

(4/15/2015)

-LumenRadio Launches Mira -- A Platform for the Next Generation Internet of Things Solutions

LumenRadio Launches Mira -- A Platform for the Next Generation Internet of Things Solutions

LumenRadio AB launches Mira -- the solution to deploying large scale Internet of Things (IoT) installations in machine to machine (M2M) and building communications applications, the company says. Mira can be used to link practically ...More

(4/15/2015)

-XL Video UK Expands with New LED Distribution Center

XL Video UK Expands with New LED Distribution Center

XL Video's UK announces an expansion of their warehousing and distribution for its LED department, with the opening of a new 20,000 sq. ft. warehouse near to the company's existing Hemel Hempstead location. ...More

(4/15/2015)

-Listen Technologies Appoints Andrew Glasmacher as Product Training Manager

Listen Technologies Appoints Andrew Glasmacher as Product Training Manager

Listen Technologies Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of assistive listening products for over 16 years, announces the appointment of Andrew Glasmacher as Listen product training manager. The announcement ...More

(4/15/2015)

-Barbizon Capitol, Inc. and George Mason University Host Lighting Console Workshop

Barbizon Capitol, Inc. and George Mason University Host Lighting Console Workshop

George Mason University's Johnson Center became host for nine performing arts lighting console training sessions in late March. Nearly 100 people attended workshops during the day from 10:30 am through 6 pm that evening. ...More

(4/15/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Wolf Hall, Parts I and II (Winter Garden Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Wolf Hall, Parts I and II (Winter Garden Theatre)

Hilary Mantel's world-domination plan continues apace; having penned two best-selling novels -- Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies -- which were turned into West End hits and also a popular BBC series, she now adds ...More

(4/14/2015)

-Philips Celebrates Five Years of MSD and MSR Platinum Lamps at Prolight + Sound

Philips Celebrates Five Years of MSD and MSR Platinum Lamps at Prolight + Sound

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is celebrating five years of Platinum lamps. To commemorate the anniversary, Philips will be exhibiting the range at Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt. ...More

(4/14/2015)

-L-Acoustics Releases Soundvision 3.0 -- Up to 40 Times Faster and Free of Charge

L-Acoustics Releases Soundvision 3.0 -- Up to 40 Times Faster and Free of Charge

In 2004, L-Acoustics released Soundvision, the first 3-D sound system design program capable of operating in real time, the company says.
The company now announces the release of Soundvision 3.0, fully re-designed on a ...
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(4/14/2015)

-Optocore Ramps up MADI Commitment by Introducing Advanced Switches with Bridging and Routing Options

Optocore Ramps up MADI Commitment by Introducing Advanced Switches with Bridging and Routing Options

Having already made a major commitment to the MADI standard, Optocore has announced a significant extension, with new advanced devices set to launch at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt.
Says company founder Marc Brunke ...
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(4/14/2015)

-Event Acoustics to Launch New Generation of Products at Prolight + Sound

Event Acoustics to Launch New Generation of Products at Prolight + Sound

Acoustic and audio specialist Event Acoustics is set to launch its new and improved version of MeTrao, a unique intelligent network measurement system for temporary and permanent installations, at Frankfurt Prolight + Sound 2015More

(4/14/2015)

-Ampco Flashlight Group Acquires Audiopro Netherlands

Ampco Flashlight Group Acquires Audiopro Netherlands

As of March 31, 2015, Amsterdam-based Audiopro officially became part of the Ampco Flashlight family, re-enforcing its range of audio-visual businesses across its three divisions: Sales, Rental, and Technology. ...More

(4/14/2015)

-Chauvet Opens Second European Operation

Chauvet Opens Second European Operation

Chauvet has opened a full-service subsidiary in Ghent, Belgium. The facility, which follows in the steps of a Chauvet branch in the United Kingdom, acts as the Chauvet distributor in the Benelux area serving dealers of Chauvet ...More

(4/14/2015)

-Digital Audio Denmark Names plus24 North American Distributor at NAB

Digital Audio Denmark Names plus24 North American Distributor at NAB

Digital Audio Denmark has named LA-based plus24 as the company's North America distributor. DAD is a manufacturer of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters. "We are very excited to be working with plus24," says More

(4/14/2015)

-Meet Scene Designer Douglas W. Schmidt at New York's Drama Book Shop April 30

Meet Scene Designer Douglas W. Schmidt at New York's Drama Book Shop April 30

Broadway and regional scene designer Douglas W. Schmidt will be in New York City on Thursday, April 30, to celebrate the release of a new book on his work, The Designs of Douglas W. Schmidt, at The Drama Book Shop, 250 W. ...More

(4/14/2015)

-Fineline Celebrates 25 Years

Fineline Celebrates 25 Years

Lighting, rigging, and visuals rental company Fineline celebrates its 25th year in 2015, with a schedule that is already action packed with a wide range of work from music tours and festivals to corporate events. ...More

(4/14/2015)

-Meyer Sound Releases Compass Go

Meyer Sound Releases Compass Go

UPDATE: Meyer Sound is making the Compass Go app available at no charge.
Meyer Sound announces the release of Compass Go, a new app that turns the iPad into a portable control device for optimizing Meyer Sound systems. ...
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(4/14/2015)

-Outline Names Luca Giaroli Business Development Manager

Outline Names Luca Giaroli Business Development Manager

Outline s.r.l., a European manufacturer of loudspeaker systems has announced the appointment of Luca Giaroli to the position of business development manager.
Luca possesses the engineering, technical expertise, and ...
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(4/14/2015)

-SynAudCon Presents in Shenzhen China

SynAudCon Presents in Shenzhen China

Eighty sound system designers came together in Shenzhen China to take SynAudCon's three-day Sound System Design seminar. The seminar was hosted by EZPro International, a distributor for Community Professional, More

(4/14/2015)

-Vice President Paul Redding Relocates to Thinkwell Asia

Vice President Paul Redding Relocates to Thinkwell Asia

Thinkwell Group, a worldwide experience design and production agency specializing in the creation of theme parks, major attractions, events, museums, exhibits, expos, and live shows around the world, announces the promotion of Pau ...More

(4/14/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Iowa (Playwrights Horizons)

Theatre in Review: Iowa (Playwrights Horizons)

Iowa is billed as a new musical play, but this is a misnomer, since it is only nominally musical and it certainly isn't a play. Defining it is a tricky business; let's call it the biggest head-scratcher of the season and leave it at ...More

(4/14/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Skylight (Golden Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Skylight (Golden Theatre)

It's remarkable how much casting can affect a play: When David Hare's Skylight opened on Broadway nearly 20 years ago, was it this funny, this pointed, this exacting in its analysis of the breakup of a love affair -- and, by ...More

(4/14/2015)

-Harman's Martin Professional Announces Open House Demo Days Across US

Harman's Martin Professional Announces Open House Demo Days Across US

Martin will be showcasing both its recent and classic lighting products for the entertainment and installation markets. Available for demonstration will be Martin's MAC Quantum series, MAC Viper series, and RUSH by Martin series as ...More

(4/13/2015)

-W-DMX Has New Products, Swedish Meatballs, and Vodka and Prolight + Sound

W-DMX Has New Products, Swedish Meatballs, and Vodka and Prolight + Sound

Wireless Solution Sweden AB will be showing its growing line of G4S products during Prolight + Sound, April 15 - 18, 2015 at Messe Frankfurt, Germany, in hall 11, stand D80.
On display will be the W-DMX UglyBox MK2. This ...
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(4/13/2015)

-Outline to Launch New Products at Prolight + Sound

Outline to Launch New Products at Prolight + Sound

Outline announces that the brand is making plans to be a key player at the upcoming Prolight + Sound exhibition, running April 15 - 18 in Frankfurt.
"We want to make certain every visitor is aware of our mission, the ...
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(4/13/2015)

-i-Pix Launches New Db1 Screen Beam at Prolight + Sound

i-Pix Launches New Db1 Screen Beam at Prolight + Sound

UK LED lighting manufacturer i-Pix takes to Prolight + Sound this year, on stand B23 hall 11, to launch the latest version of its inventive Db1, a new hybrid video and lighting projector that harnesses i-Pix' proprietary ...More

(4/13/2015)

-Earthworks Appoints S.E.A. Vertrieb as New GSA Distributor

Earthworks Appoints S.E.A. Vertrieb as New GSA Distributor

Earthworks, a manufacturer of precision engineered professional audio and installed sound products, has announced the appointment of S.E.A. Vertrieb and Consulting GmbH as the company's new distributor in Germany, Switzerland ...More

(4/13/2015)

-Symetrix Honored for Online Training, Technical Support at SCN Stellar Service Awards 2015

Symetrix Honored for Online Training, Technical Support at SCN Stellar Service Awards 2015

Symetrix' long-standing commitment to serving its customer base with superlative training and support was underlined once again at the second annual Stellar Service Awards, which are organized by Systems Contractor News (SCN) ...More

(4/13/2015)

-Elation EPT6IP High-Def LED Video Display for Professional Touring

Elation EPT6IP High-Def LED Video Display for Professional Touring

Elation Professional is offering a new high-definition LED video display panel in its EPT Series of rugged IP65-rated touring panels, the EPT6IP. Designed for the unique challenges of the professional touring and production market, ...More

(4/13/2015)

-Meyer Sound Introduces MAPP XT

Meyer Sound Introduces MAPP XT

Meyer Sound has announced MAPP XT, the first audio system design tool that allows users to design systems with truly useful loudspeaker headroom information. In addition to an updated user interface and new features that streamline ...More

(4/13/2015)

-SSL Announces Significant Power Up and V3 Software with New Features for SSL Live Consoles

SSL Announces Significant Power Up and V3 Software with New Features for SSL Live Consoles

Solid State Logic, a manufacturer of tools for creative audio professionals, announces the release of a significant power increase and new V3 software that introduces over 40 new software and hardware features and updates for its ...More

(4/13/2015)

-Avid Introduces Venue | S6L System for Live Sound Production

Avid Introduces Venue | S6L System for Live Sound Production

Avid introduces the flagship Avid Venue | S6L live sound mixing system, featuring a modern, intuitive touch-based interface that enables audio professionals to easily handle the largest, most complex tours and events. Thanks to ...More

(4/13/2015)

-LSC Partners with EL4EN to Support the LSC Clarity Range in Europe

LSC Partners with EL4EN to Support the LSC Clarity Range in Europe

LSC Lighting Systems announces a strategic partnership with German-based company EL4EN (Elements for Entertainment), for the training and support of its Clarity based products across Europe. ...More

(4/13/2015)

-Canon USA Expands Line of REALiS Pro AV Compact Installation LCOS Projectors with the REALiS WUX500

Canon USA Expands Line of REALiS Pro AV Compact Installation LCOS Projectors with the REALiS WUX500

Canon USA, Inc., a provider of digital imaging solutions, announces the introduction of the newest projector in their Pro AV Compact Installation LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) line that combines WUXGA resolution (1920 x 1200), 5 ...More

(4/13/2015)

-Penn Elcom Inc. Appoints Max Wasinger

Penn Elcom Inc. Appoints Max Wasinger

Flight case and speaker component manufacturer Penn Elcom announces the appointment of Max Wasinger as vice president of sales for the AV Racking division of its business in the US.
Based in California, Wasinger will bring ...
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(4/13/2015)

-Adamson Appoints Justin Stone US Account Manager

Adamson Appoints Justin Stone US Account Manager

Adamson Systems Engineering announces the appointment of Justin Stone to the newly created position of US account manager. The announcement was made by James Oliver, Adamson's director of marketing and sales. ...More

(4/13/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Underland (terraNOVA Collective/59E59)

Theatre in Review: Underland (terraNOVA Collective/59E59)

It's not often that a playwright sets out to mystify an audience as resolutely as Alexandra Collier does in Underland. The setting is "a small, dusty town in the middle of Australia," and believe me, this UnderlandMore

(4/13/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Hand to God (Booth Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Hand to God (Booth Theatre)

I'm late to this party -- this is the third New York production of Robert Askins' play -- so you may already know that Hand to God is the demon sock-puppet play. Then again, "party" hardly seems like the right word. "Walpurgis ...More

(4/10/2015)

-Philips Launches Plethora of New Products at Prolight + Sound 2015

Philips Launches Plethora of New Products at Prolight + Sound 2015

Philips' entertainment lighting brands Vari-Lite, Selecon, and Strand, alongside product range Showline, will be unveiling a broad portfolio of exciting new creative tools for lighting designers at Prolight + SoundMore

(4/10/2015)

-USITT and Friends Celebrate Rigging Safety Day April 24

USITT and Friends Celebrate Rigging Safety Day April 24

USITT and the backstage community are celebrating Arbor Day by declaring April 24 Rigging Safety Day, a day to promote safer stages by posting and tweeting with the hashtag #RigSafe.
USITT got the idea from the UK's ...
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(4/10/2015)

-Lighting&Sound International Celebrates Barry Howse and Jane Cockburn's 20+ Years of Service

Lighting&Sound International Celebrates Barry Howse and Jane Cockburn's 20+ Years of Service

At the end of April 2015, both Lighting&Sound International sales manager Barry Howse and sales executive Jane Cockburn will be leaving LSi after more than 20 years of working with PLASA's members, advertisers ...More

(4/10/2015)

-Chauvet Professional Introduces Ovation H-105WW House Light with COB LED Technology and Interchangeable Lenses

Chauvet Professional Introduces Ovation H-105WW House Light with COB LED Technology and Interchangeable Lenses

Chauvet Professional has added a versatile LED house light to its award-winning line of Ovation stage and studio fixtures. The new Ovation H-105WW is a warm white fixture that features COB LED technology to produce an exceptionally ...More

(4/10/2015)

-coolux Presents New Pandoras Box 3D Lens Calibration Mode

coolux Presents New Pandoras Box 3D Lens Calibration Mode

coolux, the creators of the award winning Pandoras Box product family, will present multiple hardware and software products at this year's Prolight + Sound exhibition, running April 15 - 18 in Frankfurt, in addition to ...More

(4/10/2015)

-GLP to Make an Impression in Frankfurt with Product Premieres and Previews

GLP to Make an Impression in Frankfurt with Product Premieres and Previews

GLP will present additions to its popular impression range of LED moving lights at Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt, April 15 - 18, on booth 11.0, B17.
For the first time in Frankfurt, the German company will showcase ...
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(4/10/2015)

-Meyer Sound Announces New LEOPARD and 900-LFC Line Array System

Meyer Sound Announces New LEOPARD and 900-LFC Line Array System

Boasting tremendous power-to-size ratio with ultra-low distortion, the patent-pending LEOPARD line array loudspeaker and the 900-LFC low-frequency control element from Meyer Sound offer an unprecedented level of clarity, power, ...More

(4/10/2015)

-CORE Lighting at Prolight + Sound 2015

CORE Lighting at Prolight + Sound 2015

UK wireless LED manufacturer CORE Lighting will launch its new StripPoint wireless LED batten at Prolight + Sound, Frankfurt, April 15 - 18, on stand A65 in hall 9.0.
CORE will also show a selection of its other wireless ...
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(4/10/2015)

-Powersoft to Make Prolight + Sound 2015 Extraordinary for Its 20 Years Anniversary

Powersoft to Make Prolight + Sound 2015 Extraordinary for Its 20 Years Anniversary

Powersoft is promising to put on a real show at Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt, April 15 - 18, to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The Italian amplifier manufacturer will welcome visitors onto a new stand (hall 8, E46), ...More

(4/10/2015)

-L-Acoustics Invests in Expanded Production, Logistics and Carpentry Facilities

L-Acoustics Invests in Expanded Production, Logistics and Carpentry Facilities

In anticipation of Prolight + Sound, running April 15 - 18 in Frankfurt, the biggest conference of the professional sound industry, L-Acoustics announces the opening of three new facilities dedicated to production, logistics, ...More

(4/10/2015)

-Roland Adds Seven New Expansion Interface Cards for V-1200HD Switcher and M-5000 Console

Roland Adds Seven New Expansion Interface Cards for V-1200HD Switcher and M-5000 Console

Roland is launching several new expansion interface cards at the 2015 NAB show that significantly extend the audio and video I/O capabilities of both the V-1200HD broadcast and live video production switcher -- also debuting ...More

(4/10/2015)

-Listen Technologies Announces New Manufacturer's Representatives

Listen Technologies Announces New Manufacturer's Representatives

Listen Technologies Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of assistive listening products for over 16 years, has announced the appointment of two new manufacturer's representative firms. Maynard, Massachusetts-based ...More

(4/10/2015)

-Lightfair International 2015 Uncovers the Future of Lighting & Design Solutions and Knowledge

Lightfair International 2015 Uncovers the Future of Lighting & Design Solutions and Knowledge

Lightfair International (LFI), the world's largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, will create a global stage showcasing the future of lighting solutions and knowledge May 3 - 7 at New York's ...More

(4/10/2015)

-Artistic Licence Appoints Soundlight as Distributor in Germany

Artistic Licence Appoints Soundlight as Distributor in Germany

Artistic Licence announces that Soundlight is now an official distributor of Artistic Licence products in Germany. Visitors to Prolight + Sound at the Messe Frankfurt next week, running April 15 - 18, can see a ...More

(4/10/2015)

-Double Stand Reaps Rich Rewards for PR Lighting at GET Show

Double Stand Reaps Rich Rewards for PR Lighting at GET Show

For the fifth year in succession PR Lighting was able to report a 100% positive reaction to their new product showcase at this year's GET Show 2015.
Held once again at the Poly World Trade Expo Center in Guangzhou, by ...
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(4/10/2015)

-Introduction to Modern Atmospheric Effects Revision in Public Review

Introduction to Modern Atmospheric Effects Revision in Public Review

A fifth edition of The Introduction to Modern Atmospheric Effects is being developed. The public is invited to comment on the draft document.
Check it out at http://tsp.plasa.org/tsp/documents/public_review_docs.php. Comments ...
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(4/9/2015)

-ETC's iRFR and aRFR Apps Support Behind the Scenes

ETC's iRFR and aRFR Apps Support Behind the Scenes

At the USITT show in March, Mark Vassallo and David Lincecum of ETC presented a check for $15,205.60 to Behind the Scenes, which reflected ongoing proceeds from sales of ETC's iRFR and aRFR (radio focus ...More

(4/9/2015)

-A.C.T Lighting Earmarks Proceeds from MA Lighting's New dot2 Range to Behind the Scenes' Pledge a Product

A.C.T Lighting Earmarks Proceeds from MA Lighting's New dot2 Range to Behind the Scenes' Pledge a Product

A.C.T Lighting, Inc. has become the newest Behind the Scenes Pledge-a-Product partner. The PLASA Foundation's Behind the Scenes program is an industry charity providing financial assistance to entertainment technology ...More

(4/9/2015)

-RC4 Wireless Displays New Technology at Prolight + Sound

RC4 Wireless Displays New Technology at Prolight + Sound

RC4 Wireless, a manufacturer of DMX-controlled wireless dimming and DMX for props, costumes, and set pieces, will be displaying a range of new patent-pending RC4 Series 3 devices and technologies at Prolight + Sound in ...More

(4/9/2015)

-ADJ Will Demonstrate 30 Year Commitment to Innovation at Prolight+Sound 2015

ADJ Will Demonstrate 30 Year Commitment to Innovation at Prolight+Sound 2015

ADJ will continue its celebration of "30 Years of Pure Lighting Excitement" by demonstrating three innovative new products at Prolight + Sound trade show in Frankfurt, Germany, April 15 - 18. Lucky visitors to the ADJ stand (h ...More

(4/9/2015)

-XLNT Launches Brand New CyberHoist II System at Prolight + Sound

XLNT Launches Brand New CyberHoist II System at Prolight + Sound

XLNT Advanced Technologies is launching the brand new CyberHoist II system at Prolight + Sound, Frankfurt in hall 9.0, booth E88, running April 15 - 18.
CyberHoist II is the second generation of the intelligent, variable ...
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(4/9/2015)

-Penn Elcom Gets Automated for Prolight + Sound 2015

Penn Elcom Gets Automated for Prolight + Sound 2015

Flightcase and loudspeaker component manufacturer Penn Elcom highlights its new Case Automation machine on stand D20 in Hall 9 at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, April 15 - 18, which is designed to assist case makers' ...More

(4/9/2015)

-ETC's Source Four LEDs Featured in April 9th How It's Made Episode

ETC's Source Four LEDs Featured in April 9th How It's Made Episode

The popular Discovery Science Channel show How It's Made will air a special episode on stagelights that prominently features ETC's Source Four LED luminaires. The episode will premiere in the US on Thursday, April 9, at 8 ...More

(4/9/2015)

-Elation Professional Exclusive Distributor of HedgeHog 4E Lighting Console in Europe

Elation Professional Exclusive Distributor of HedgeHog 4E Lighting Console in Europe

High End Systems' master distributor in Europe, AED Distribution, has appointed Elation Professional Europe as exclusive distributor in Europe for the new High End Systems Hedgehog 4E model lighting console. The ...More

(4/9/2015)

-New Yamaha Rio 64-Input/Output Rack Makes NAB 2015 Debut

New Yamaha Rio 64-Input/Output Rack Makes NAB 2015 Debut

Yamaha Commercial Audio has announced the NAB 2015 launch of the new RSio64-D I/O audio interface providing up to 64 inputs and 64 outputs with Dante/Mini-YGDAI card conversion for broadcast, recording, live sound, and ...More

(4/9/2015)

-Roland Announces V-1200HD a 2 M/E Broadcast and Live Production Switcher with Hybrid Engine

Roland Announces V-1200HD a 2 M/E Broadcast and Live Production Switcher with Hybrid Engine

Roland's Professional AV division announces a brand new 2 M/E video switcher, set to debut at the NAB show 2015 in Las Vegas April 13 - 16. Roland's video switchers such as the V-800HD, VR-50HD, and V-1600HD are known for ...More

(4/9/2015)

-Allen & Heath Launches New GLD Chrome Edition

Allen & Heath Launches New GLD Chrome Edition

Allen & Heath has launched new Chrome Edition models of its GLD series mixers, with extensive new features and FX.
GLD Chrome firmware adds auto mic mixing capability and further additions to the comprehensive processing suite, ...
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(4/9/2015)

-Chauvet Professional Helps WSVN News Department Engage Viewers

Chauvet Professional Helps WSVN News Department Engage Viewers

WSVN Channel 7 is serious about delivering news to its large South Florida audience. So serious, in fact, that it devotes more hours to local news programming than any other TV station in Florida and is the fifth highest in that category ...More

(4/9/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Clinton, the Musical (New World Stages)

Theatre in Review: Clinton, the Musical (New World Stages)

Clinton, the Musical is a lot like Clinton, the Administration: initially hope-inducing, then by turns farcical, crass, and embarrassing. In providing us with a satirical recap of Bill Clinton's two tumultuous terms in the ...More

(4/8/2015)

-ArKaos PRO Introduces MediaMaster 4.2 at Prolight + Sound 2015

ArKaos PRO Introduces MediaMaster 4.2 at Prolight + Sound 2015

ArKaos PRO, providers in interactive video technologies, will exhibit at Prolight + Sound, in Frankfurt, April 15 - 18, in hall 11.0, stand A49.
ArKaos PRO will introduce and demonstrate the latest version of its ...
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(4/8/2015)

-OCA Alliance Exhibits at Prolight + Sound

OCA Alliance Exhibits at Prolight + Sound

The OCA Alliance is continuing its promotion of the OCA (Open Control Architecture) message at this year's Prolight + Sound exhibition, both on the exhibition floor and in the activities of its members at the show. Among ...More

(4/8/2015)

-Rose Brand Announces $500 Prize for Its Hardware and Rigging Line Contest

Rose Brand Announces $500 Prize for Its Hardware and Rigging Line Contest

Rose Brand Inc. announces the launch of a contest to name the company's hardware and rigging mascot. The frog represents the hardware line of the company's theatrical fabrics and supplies business. ...More

(4/8/2015)

-4U2C Acquires Geodezik and Unveils Its New Website

4U2C Acquires Geodezik and Unveils Its New Website

4U2C announces the acquisition of the multimedia company Geodezik. This association allows 4U2C to consolidate its leading role in visual content creation and multimedia design, on both the local and international stage. ...More

(4/8/2015)

-Full Compass Announces Cristin Livezey as Vice President of Finance and Procurement

Full Compass Announces Cristin Livezey as Vice President of Finance and Procurement

Full Compass Systems, a national supplier of professional audio, video, lighting, A/V, and musical instrument sales, announces that Cristin Livezey has expanded her role to vice president of finance and procurement. In ...More

(4/8/2015)

-Randy Read Joins ARRI Inc. as Specifications Sales Manager for Lighting

Randy Read Joins ARRI Inc. as Specifications Sales Manager for Lighting

ARRI Inc. announces the hiring of Randy Read as specifications sales manager for lighting, reporting to John Gresch, vice president, lighting products. Read's primary focus will involve building and managing a network ...More

(4/8/2015)

-dB Technologies Now Shipping New DVX P Series Passive Cabinets

dB Technologies Now Shipping New DVX P Series Passive Cabinets

The active dB Technologies DVX Series has been popular for staging and live performance applications. Now, dB Technologies moves the DVX Series into the integrator marketplace with a passive selection of cabinets for the contractor. ...More

(4/8/2015)

-Gefen Simplifies 4K Ultra HD System Integration with New 4K Ultra HD 8x8 Matrix

Gefen Simplifies 4K Ultra HD System Integration with New 4K Ultra HD 8x8 Matrix

Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen announces the availability of its newest 4K Ultra HD matrix switcher.
The Gefen ToolBox 4K Ultra HD 8x8 Matrix (GTB-HD4k2k-848-BLK) is a compact, lightweight, and surface-mountable ...
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(4/8/2015)

-Lightwave Productions Invest in First SGM P-5s

Lightwave Productions Invest in First SGM P-5s

London-based technical service company Lightwave Productions this month joined the growing number of rental houses worldwide who the company reports are finding SGM's P-5 LED wash light an indispensible part of their ...More

(4/8/2015)

-Powersoft Brings Immersive Audio to the National Automobile Museum

Powersoft Brings Immersive Audio to the National Automobile Museum

Since 1989, The National Automobile Museum has been educating and entertaining the millions of international visitors who pass through its doors. The extensive exhibit consists of four galleries and over 200 exquisite vehicles, the vast ...More

(4/8/2015)

-Solotech Integrates Audiovisual and High-End Control Systems for Québec City Convention Centre

Solotech Integrates Audiovisual and High-End Control Systems for Québec City Convention Centre

A specialist in technological innovation, Solotech is a turnkey solutions provider for a wide range of sectors including convention centers. Recently, Solotech ensured the installation and programming of technological equipment for ...More

(4/8/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Buzzer (The Public Theater)

Theatre in Review: Buzzer (The Public Theater)

A professional couple moves into a changing neighborhood, exposing a minefield of prejudices and resentments in Tracey Scott Wilson's tense, suspenseful new play. This is gentrification with a twist: Jackson, a successful, Ivy ...More

(4/8/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Gigi (Neil Simon Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Gigi (Neil Simon Theatre)

That nice little Parisienne Gigi may have had some growing pains -- who hasn't? -- but, having arrived at the Neil Simon, she really is rather fetching. The word from Washington, where Gigi tried out, was that the show was ...More

(4/7/2015)

-DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, and Sound Devices to Host Second Sound Summit Event in Chicago

DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, and Sound Devices to Host Second Sound Summit Event in Chicago

On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at the Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Ballroom on the west side of downtown Chicago, DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, and Sound Devices will host the Sound Summit, Chicago (www.thesoundsummit ...More

(4/7/2015)

-Kinesys Launches Pathfinder at Prolight + Sound 2015

Kinesys Launches Pathfinder at Prolight + Sound 2015

UK-based automation and motion control specialist Kinesys launches a major system of new products at this year's Prolight + Sound exhibition -- The Pathfinder System -- which has been designed specifically for 3D path flying.< ...More

(4/7/2015)

-MDG Will Celebrate 35 Years at Prolight + Sound 2015

MDG Will Celebrate 35 Years at Prolight + Sound 2015

MDG, a manufacturer of fog, haze, and low fog generators, will celebrate its 35th anniversary at Prolight + Sound.
Serving entertainment, industrial, fire-fighting, and military customers since 1980, MDG will mark the ...
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(4/7/2015)

-Ayrton to Reveal New Products at Prolight + Sound

Ayrton to Reveal New Products at Prolight + Sound

Ayrton, a manufacturer of innovative LED lighting technology, reports it will be pushing the envelope once again at Prolight + Sound 2015 with the release of a new innovation in LED luminaire design. ...More

(4/7/2015)

-Robert Juliat Unveils New Products at Prolight + Sound

Robert Juliat Unveils New Products at Prolight + Sound

Robert Juliat will be out in full force in support of the 20th Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt, April 15 - 18, where the company will exhibit alongside its German partners, Lightpower GmbH, in hall 11, stand D76. ...More

(4/7/2015)

-Yamaha CL/QL V3.0, StageMix V5.0, R Remote V2.0 Available for Download in April

Yamaha CL/QL V3.0, StageMix V5.0, R Remote V2.0 Available for Download in April

Version 3.0 for the Yamaha CL and QL digital audio consoles will be ready for download in April 2015 and expanded even further with more features than previously announced. In addition the fifth major update to the StageMix App for ...More

(4/7/2015)

-Elite Multimedia Expands Inventory with Clay Paky Mythos and B-EYE K10 Luminaires and ChainMaster Motors

Elite Multimedia Expands Inventory with Clay Paky Mythos and B-EYE K10 Luminaires and ChainMaster Motors

Nashville-based Elite Multimedia Productions (Elitemultimedia.com) has added Clay Paky Mythos and A.leda B-EYE K10 lighting fixtures and ChainMaster motors to its inventory. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive ...More

(4/7/2015)

-Neutrik Announces New rearTWIST Ultra-High Definition BNC Connector

Neutrik Announces New rearTWIST Ultra-High Definition BNC Connector

Neutrik USA, the supplier of professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, introduces a new line of rearTWIST ultra-high-definition (UHD) BNC connectors. The new rearTWIST UHD BNC connectors are specifically ...More

(4/7/2015)

-Thinkwell Group Involved in Designing and Producing Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Hogwarts Express Expansion

Thinkwell Group Involved in Designing and Producing Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Hogwarts Express Expansion

Thinkwell Group, a worldwide experience design and production agency specializing in the creation of theme parks, major attractions, events, museums, exhibits, expos, and live shows around the world, announces its involvement in ...More

(4/7/2015)

-Grundorf Corporation Selects Ludwig Marketing for Representation

Grundorf Corporation Selects Ludwig Marketing for Representation

Grundorf Corporation, a manufacturer of equipment for musicians and audio professionals, announces that Ludwig Marketing is now representing the company's Grundorf and Grund Audio Design brand products ...More

(4/7/2015)

-Chauvet Professional Helps Steve Lieberman Awe Audience on Ultra Main Stage

Chauvet Professional Helps Steve Lieberman Awe Audience on Ultra Main Stage

If there's one thing that the tens of thousands of fans who attend the Ultra Music Festival in Miami every year can expect, it's the unexpected. The popular EDM festival has always managed to delight crowds with surprise appearances by ...More

(4/7/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Cry, Trojans! (Troilus and Cressida) (The Wooster Group/St. Ann's Warehouse)

Theatre in Review: Cry, Trojans! (Troilus and Cressida) (The Wooster Group/St. Ann's Warehouse)

In Cry, Trojans!, the artists at The Wooster Group have achieved something remarkable: They have managed to make Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida even more alienating and hard to follow than it already is. ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Celebrate By Design Day 2015 on April 24 with Support for Behind the Scenes

Celebrate By Design Day 2015 on April 24 with Support for Behind the Scenes

A host of big names in the entertainment technology industry has been revealed as champions of By Design Day 2015. Neil Austin, Ken Billington, Paule Constable, Jon Driscoll, Rick Fisher, Wendall Harrington, Howard Harrison, Don ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Foundation Makes 21st Annual $7,500 Contribution to the Los Angeles Opera Wally Russell Lighting Intern

Foundation Makes 21st Annual $7,500 Contribution to the Los Angeles Opera Wally Russell Lighting Intern

The Wally Foundation has now provided annual funding to the Los Angeles Opera totaling over $157,500 since the foundation was formed following the untimely death of Wally Russell in 1992. ...More

(4/6/2015)

-ETC Adds Fresnel Adapter to Source Four LED Family

ETC Adds Fresnel Adapter to Source Four LED Family

There's another tool in the Source Four LED toolbox. ETC announces a new optic, the Source Four LED Fresnel adapter, which attaches to the front end of a Source Four LED Series 2 or Series 1 light engine, turning it into a washlight ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Mega Systems, Inc. Promotes Rich Anders to National Sales Manager

Mega Systems, Inc. Promotes Rich Anders to National Sales Manager

Mega Systems, Inc., the family-owned manufacturer of Mega-Lite and the US distributor of PR Lighting, Dicolor, and RGBLink, promoted and named Richard Anders the company's national sales manager. ...More

(4/6/2015)

-ADJ Launches a Futuristic New Moonflower Effect -- the Jelly Gressor

ADJ Launches a Futuristic New Moonflower Effect -- the Jelly Gressor

While ADJ's reenergized Startec Series of portable party solutions has already seen the annoucement of the Stinger, Mini Dekker, and Starburst, the company says users now have another budget-conscious effect to add to their light ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Roland Corporation US Supports National Autism Awareness Day

Roland Corporation US Supports National Autism Awareness Day

As part of World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) on April 2, 2015, Roland Corporation US joined thousands of iconic landmarks, religious institutions, businesses, and communities in more than 130 countries, as Autism Speaks, the world's ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Jody Boatwright Joins Advanced Systems Group as Vice President for Managed Services

Jody Boatwright Joins Advanced Systems Group as Vice President for Managed Services

Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a data, video, audio, and film integration firm, announces Jody Boatwright has joined the company as vice president for managed services, effective February 25. Contracted ASG personnel maintain ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Clay Paky Entrusts HPL with Brand Distribution in Brazil

Clay Paky Entrusts HPL with Brand Distribution in Brazil

As of April 1, Clay Paky products will be distributed in Brazil by HPL. HPL is a Brazilian-based lighting, audio, and professional show product distributor. Established in 2000, the company says it has always pursued and ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Renkus-Heinz Names Schallertech as New Colombian Distributor

Renkus-Heinz Names Schallertech as New Colombian Distributor

Renkus-Heinz announces the appointment of Schallertech Design and Technology as the company's new distribution partner in Colombia, effective March 2015.
A professional technology providers in South America, Schallertech ...
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(4/6/2015)

-VUE Audiotechnik Establishes Vue China

VUE Audiotechnik Establishes Vue China

VUE Audiotechnik announces it has established a new company servicing mainland China, Vue Audiotechnik China (officially Vue Shanghai LTD, now referred to as Vue China). The Vue subsidiary, located in Zhejiang in the ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Audio Visions Joins Adamson E-Series Network

Audio Visions Joins Adamson E-Series Network

Audio Visions, with offices located in Omaha, Nebraska, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, recently joined the Adamson E-Series network with the purchase of Adamson's core E15 line array rig. The new PA consists of 24 E15 and eight ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Maroon 5 Tours with EAW Anya

Maroon 5 Tours with EAW Anya

Maroon 5, one of the world's most enduring pop rock artists is currently on tour promoting their new album "V which debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top 200. Escondido-based Sound Image is providing a 54-module EAW Anya ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Bose RoomMatch System Chosen for Atlanta-Area Fairfield Baptist Church

Bose RoomMatch System Chosen for Atlanta-Area Fairfield Baptist Church

The worlds of house of worship and music are closely linked, with an enormous amount of work going into making a church the kind of environment suitable for music while delivering the message. These were the primary concerns of Alfred "A ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Kaiser Chiefs Take Robe Cyclones on Tour

Kaiser Chiefs Take Robe Cyclones on Tour

Four of Robe's unique Cyclone -- LED wash light with an inbuilt DMX-controlled fan -- fixtures were in action on the most recent gigs by popular UK indie rockers, The Kaiser Chiefs, which were the final dates of a UK arena tour that ...More

(4/6/2015)

-Elation Sniper Makes the Grade on RTL's Back to School

Elation Sniper Makes the Grade on RTL's Back to School

One of Germany's pre-eminent hosts, Thomas Gottschalk, takes celebrities back to their school days in the second season of Back to School, RTL Network's popular quiz game show, and Elation Professional's award-winning Sniper ...More

(4/3/2015)

-Neg Earth "Remains Operational" After Warehouse Fire

Neg Earth &quot;Remains Operational&quot; After Warehouse Fire

Neg Earth has announced that the company remains operational following the fire which devastated its Park Royal warehouse in London during the early hours of Thursday, April 2.
A statement issued by the company says: ...
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(4/3/2015)

-Wagner Media Names Bill Morris President

Wagner Media Names Bill Morris President

Wagner Media has named industry veteran Bill Morris as president. Morris will be responsible for daily operations and focused on growth as the wholesale video company expands into new geographical markets. Wayne Wagner ...More

(4/3/2015)

-AVnu Alliance Adds Pro Audio Veteran, L-Acoustics to Growing Membership Roster

AVnu Alliance Adds Pro Audio Veteran, L-Acoustics to Growing Membership Roster

AVnu Alliance, the industry consortium driving open standards-based deterministic networking through certification, announces that internationally-recognized pro audio manufacturer, L-Acoustics has joined the alliance. The ...More

(4/3/2015)

-Avolites Soon to Appear on How2Media's World's Greatest!... on US TV

Avolites Soon to Appear on How2Media's World's Greatest!... on US TV

Avolites Ltd. will appear on the US TV series World's Greatest!... on the ION Network next week after having been recently selected and filmed to appear on the show by its creators, How2Media. ...More

(4/3/2015)

-Martin Audio Appoints Lee Stein VP, North America

Martin Audio Appoints Lee Stein VP, North America

Martin Audio announces the appointment of Lee Stein as vice president, North America.
With over 18 years of industry management, sales, and marketing experience, including roles with Avid Technology and Sennheiser, Stein ...
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(4/3/2015)

-DPA Microphones Highlights the Flexibility of its d:facto Vocal Microphone Range at Prolight + Sound 2015

DPA Microphones Highlights the Flexibility of its d:facto Vocal Microphone Range at Prolight + Sound 2015

DPA Microphones (hall 8, stand B70) is using Prolight + Sound 2015 to shine a spotlight on its award-winning d:facto Vocal Microphone range. Launched just three years ago, the company says the d:facto Vocal Microphone is now ...More

(4/3/2015)

-The American Society of Theatre Consultants Elects New Board

The American Society of Theatre Consultants Elects New Board

The American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC) annual meeting for 2015 was held March 21, 2015 at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in conjunction with the USITT Conference. At this meeting a new board of ...More

(4/3/2015)

-Advanced Systems Group LLC Commits to Studer Vista 1 Digital Consoles for Future Installations

Advanced Systems Group LLC Commits to Studer Vista 1 Digital Consoles for Future Installations

Data, video, audio, and film integration firm Advanced Systems Group (ASG) LLC announced that it will integrate Harman's Studer Vista 1 digital consoles in future projects.
With clients across the country and around the ...
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(4/3/2015)

-Nemetschek Vectorworks Launches Chinese Version of Vectorworks 2015

Nemetschek Vectorworks Launches Chinese Version of Vectorworks 2015

Global design software developer Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. has released the Chinese-language version of the Vectorworks 2015 line of design software, including Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals, ...More

(4/3/2015)

-Arcadia Spectacular Calls on Chauvet Professional ÉPIX 2.0 Series at Ultra Music Festival

Arcadia Spectacular Calls on Chauvet Professional ÉPIX 2.0 Series at Ultra Music Festival

There were many sights that riveted attention at this year's Ultra Music Festival, both on the stage and off. Among the more spectacular in the latter category was a towering "Afterburner" on Arcadia Spectacular's Resistance Stage. ...More

(4/3/2015)

-WorldStage Supports SNL on 40th Anniversary Broadcast

WorldStage Supports SNL on 40th Anniversary Broadcast

The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special celebrated four decades of a New York City institution. WorldStage, an almost equally long-lived New York institution, says it was delighted to offer its congratulations and ...More

(4/3/2015)

-Clay Paky B-EYEs Illuminate the Andrea Bocelli Tour

Clay Paky B-EYEs Illuminate the Andrea Bocelli Tour

Lighting designer Aldo Visentin, after his excellent impressions from Prolight + Sound 2014 in Frankfurt, has decided to include the Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE in his lighting design, and he states the luminaires certainly "contri ...More

(4/3/2015)

-Yehuda Poliker Shines in Tel Aviv with Robe BMFL Spots

Yehuda Poliker Shines in Tel Aviv with Robe BMFL Spots

Popular Israeli singer, songwriter, and musician Yehuda Poliker played a high-profile concert at the 2,500 capacity Charles Bronfman Auditorium in Tel Aviv, a show that came alive with Robe BMFL Spots and a 90-percent Robe lighting ...More

(4/3/2015)

-L3 Productions Turns to Elation Lighting and Video for Large Corporate Event

L3 Productions Turns to Elation Lighting and Video for Large Corporate Event

Live production company L3 Productions (www.L3Productions.com) was hired by a corporate client to build a themed night club environment for a large holiday party for 1,400 people and turned to Elation Professional lighting ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Hemsley Lighting Programs Portfolio Review Set for April 12

Hemsley Lighting Programs Portfolio Review Set for April 12

The Hemsley Lighting Programs annual lighting portfolio reviews exhibit and reception will take place Sunday, April 12, 5:30 - 8:00pm at the School of American Ballet, 70 Lincoln Center (Rose Building) on the fifth floor. The ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Lectrosonics Launches the SSM (Super Slight Micro): A Small Full-Featured UHF Bodypack Microphone Transmitter

Lectrosonics Launches the SSM (Super Slight Micro): A Small Full-Featured UHF Bodypack Microphone Transmitter

Lectrosonics introduces what the company reports is the smallest full-featured UHF bodypack microphone transmitter available -- the SSM (Super Small Micro). A member of the Digital Hybrid Wireless Series, the SSM is fully compatible ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Yamaha Forms Professional Audio Division to Better Serve U.S. Customers and Dealers

Yamaha Forms Professional Audio Division to Better Serve U.S. Customers and Dealers

Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) announces that it is forming the Professional Audio division to provide a stronger, more unified presence in the live sound, recording, and sound installation markets. ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Nemetschek Vectorworks Announces Latest Edition of Entertainment Design Instructional Guide

Nemetschek Vectorworks Announces Latest Edition of Entertainment Design Instructional Guide

Authored by award-winning scenic and lighting designer, Kevin Lee Allen, Entertainment Design: Scenery, Lighting, and Sound with Vectorworks Spotlight, Fourth Edition provides readers with tutorial-based design techniques ...More

(4/2/2015)

- Audinate's Whitepaper Reveals "The Three Pillars of Audio Networking"

 Audinate's Whitepaper Reveals &quot;The Three Pillars of Audio Networking&quot;

A new whitepaper, titled "The Three Pillars of Audio Networking," sheds light on the critically important, but often overlooked, elements that make up a complete audio networking solution. This whitepaper examines the roles played by ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Alcons Shifting into the Next Gear at Prolight + Sound

Alcons Shifting into the Next Gear at Prolight + Sound

Taking place from April 15 - 18, at Frankfurt Messe, Alcons Audio is exhibiting on stand G60, hall 8.0 and will be presenting the company's latest audio innovations, based around the company's patented Pro-Ribbon technology and its ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Clay Paky Mythos Lighting Fixtures are Latest Addition to WorldStage Inventory

Clay Paky Mythos Lighting Fixtures are Latest Addition to WorldStage Inventory

WorldStage has added the Clay Paky Mythos fixture to its equipment inventory. The large complement of lighting instruments marks the latest acquisition as part of an intensive technology initiative at the company. In the last ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Middle Atlantic Introduces Industry-First 100% Digital Rackmount Consoles

Middle Atlantic Introduces Industry-First 100% Digital Rackmount Consoles

In a move to provide rackmount control and system monitoring with complete digital signal integrity, Middle Atlantic Products unveils the industry's first 100% digital High Definition Rackmount Consoles. These high definition ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Chaz Martin Among Bandit's Honored at Annual General Meeting

Chaz Martin Among Bandit's Honored at Annual General Meeting

2014 proved to be a record breaking and award winning year for Bandit Lites, and as the entire Bandit family gathered at the annual general meeting to celebrate the previous incredible year, those in attendance discussed the goals ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Nexus Aw 7x7 Helps Steve Lieberman Center Crowd's Vision on Ultra Worldwide Stage

Nexus Aw 7x7 Helps Steve Lieberman Center Crowd's Vision on Ultra Worldwide Stage

All eyes were on the Worldwide Stage at the Ultra Music Festival, and why not? With a superstar studded lineup of the crème de la crème of the EDM world performing, plus a surprise two-song appearance by Ariana Grande, the thousands of ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Elation Cuepix Panels, Sniper Effects Light Family Force 5 on Winter Jam Tour

Elation Cuepix Panels, Sniper Effects Light Family Force 5 on Winter Jam Tour

Staging and production design company 44 Designs (44designs.com) of Nashville, Tennessee, has provided Elation Cuepix Panels and Sniper 2R multi-effect lights for Christian rock band Family Force 5's set on Winter Jam, the US' ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Clifton Taylor and The Washington Ballet Choose 4Wall DC for Sleepy Hollow

Clifton Taylor and The Washington Ballet Choose 4Wall DC for Sleepy Hollow

The Washington Ballet and lighting designer Clifton Taylor recently utilized equipment from 4Wall DC to light Sleepy Hollow, the third in a series of full length productions by the company based on works of American ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Powersoft Audio Brings Intelligibility, Clarity to Services at one of the US's Largest Lutheran Church

Powersoft Audio Brings Intelligibility, Clarity to Services at one of the US's Largest Lutheran Church

St. Andrew Lutheran Church, located just outside of Twin Cities, Minnesota, started its congregation in 1975 with just 200 members. Currently situated in a massive and aesthetically spectacular facility, the church now has membership in ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Country Songstress Sunny Sweeney Uses PixelFLEX FLEXCurve LED in Music Video to Tell the Story of "My Bed"

Country Songstress Sunny Sweeney Uses PixelFLEX FLEXCurve LED in Music Video to Tell the Story of &quot;My Bed&quot;

Sunny Sweeney's duet with Will Hoge of "My Bed" addresses the heartache at the end of a failed marriage while bringing the memory of classic country days like a George Jones and Tammy Wynette duet. The Parnelli Award-winning FLEXCurve LED ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Jands Vista L5 Provides Powerful Control for Elevation Church Arena Concert

Jands Vista L5 Provides Powerful Control for Elevation Church Arena Concert

Elevation Church in North Carolina has used Jands' flagship Vista L5 console to provide powerful control for a major concert show held at the nearby Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte -- attended by nearly 13,000 people. ...More

(4/2/2015)

-Theatre in Review: The Undeniable Sound of Right Now (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater/Women's Project)

Theatre in Review: The Undeniable Sound of Right Now (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater/Women's Project)

You can't be a rock rebel forever, nor can you live on the cutting edge without sooner or later falling off. These inarguable propositions are explored with wit and perception in Laura Eason's new play. Such thoughts are plaguing ...More

(4/1/2015)

-Robe Goes Large at Prolight + Sound 2015

Robe Goes Large at Prolight + Sound 2015

Robe goes large at the 2015 Prolight + Sound expo in Frankfurt, Germany with an expanded booth and lots of action, showcasing 10 new products on stands B51 and B61 in Hall 11.0.
These include the BMFL Blade -- the next ...
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(4/1/2015)

-Richard Pilbrow Confirmed for Keynote at PLASA Focus: Kansas City, May 20 - 21

Richard Pilbrow Confirmed for Keynote at PLASA Focus: Kansas City, May 20 - 21

On May 20th at 9am, PLASA Focus: Kansas City's Professional Development Program will kick-off with a keynote presentation sponsored by Group One's Elektralite by lighting designer and founder of Theatre Projects, Ric ...More

(4/1/2015)

-Philips Vari-Lite Introduces the VL4000 BeamWash Luminaire

Philips Vari-Lite Introduces the VL4000 BeamWash Luminaire

Philips Vari-Lite announces the VL4000 BeamWash luminaire. Sharing many of the design principles of the VL4000 Spot, the new VL4000 BeamWash combines stunning wash capabilities with intense beam functionality and the ability to ...More

(4/1/2015)

-The Knight of Illumination Awards 2015 Has Lift Off

The Knight of Illumination Awards 2015 Has Lift Off

The 2015 Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI) has launched and submissions are already coming in for Television and Concert Touring and Events.
This year marks the eighth KOI Awards, which celebrates the creative talents of ...
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(4/1/2015)

-Alcorn McBride Names Distributor of the Year and Best Marketing Support Award Winners

Alcorn McBride Names Distributor of the Year and Best Marketing Support Award Winners

Alcorn McBride, a manufacturer of control, audio, and video equipment for the themed entertainment industry, has named the winners of its 2014 Distributor of the Year Award and Best Marketing Support Award. Bejing-based Wincomm ...More

(4/1/2015)

-Get Genuine Columbus McKinnon Hoist Parts with the New Parts Star Program

Get Genuine Columbus McKinnon Hoist Parts with the New Parts Star Program

Ordering replacement parts for Columbus McKinnon brand products is easier, faster, and more economical than ever with Parts Star by Columbus McKinnon.
Columbus McKinnon Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of ...
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(4/1/2015)

-Allen & Heath Launches Xone:43 Analog DJ Mixer

Allen & Heath Launches Xone:43 Analog DJ Mixer

Allen & Heath has launched the Xone:43, a classic four plus one channel analog DJ mixer with a host of enhanced features, including the legendary Xone filters, X:FX routing, three band EQ, VCA faders, and adjustable crossfader. ...More

(4/1/2015)

-Fulcrum Acoustic Offers TQ Support for Ashly Products

Fulcrum Acoustic Offers TQ Support for Ashly Products

Fulcrum Acoustic announces the integration of support for the company's Temporal Equalization with select Ashly Audio DSP-based products.
Level 1 TQ Processing provides the highest fidelity from Fulcrum Acoustic products ...
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(4/1/2015)

-CAD Debuts Second Line of CADLive Vocal and Instrument Mics

CAD Debuts Second Line of CADLive Vocal and Instrument Mics

CAD Audio is expanding its CADLive line with a number of new vocal and instrument microphones.
The new CADLive D32 is a supercardioid dynamic handheld vocal mic with a QuietTouch on/off switch. Its neodymium capsule design ...
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(4/1/2015)

-Listen Technologies Expands ListenIR with New Offerings -- All Products Now Shipping

Listen Technologies Expands ListenIR with New Offerings -- All Products Now Shipping

Listen Technologies Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of assistive listening products for over 16 years, has expanded its IR technology offerings with the new LT-84 ListenIR transmitter-radiator and LA-141 ...More

(4/1/2015)

-Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate Opens in Boston with AV Support from Electrosonic

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate Opens in Boston with AV Support from Electrosonic

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute (EMK Institute) for the United States Senate opened to the public on March 31, 2015, with audio-visual engineering, integration, and programming performed by Electrosonic. ...More

(4/1/2015)

-DBS Audio Spurs Rental Growth with Meyer Sound LYON

DBS Audio Spurs Rental Growth with Meyer Sound LYON

To expand its touring rental business, DBS Audio Systems, Inc. of Coatesville, Pennsylvania has invested in a Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement system in advance of a busy summer concert season. ...More

(4/1/2015)

-D.A.S. Audio Helps Keep the Energy High at BattleFrog Obstacle Race

D.A.S. Audio Helps Keep the Energy High at BattleFrog Obstacle Race

Founded by former U.S. Navy SEALs, the BattleFrog Obstacle Race Series is an intense obstacle course race for all ages inspired by the challenges Navy SEALs face every day in training. BattleFrog transforms every race venue into a ...More

(4/1/2015)

-grandMA2 Consoles Support the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup Halftime Show in Vancouver

grandMA2 Consoles Support the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup Halftime Show in Vancouver

Before Katy Perry wowed viewers at the Super Bowl, another Halftime Show turned heads. It was north of the border at the 102nd Grey Cup where four grandMA2 consoles played key roles in a Halftime Show spotlighting the Grammy Award-winning ...More

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