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News Archive - May 2016

(5/27/2016)

-L-Acoustics Launches Ultra-Compact Kiva II Line Array

L-Acoustics Launches Ultra-Compact Kiva II Line Array

L-Acoustics announces the launch of the Kiva II, a new ultra-compact modular line source, adding 6dB of max SPL versus its predecessor, maximized amplifier density with 16 ohm impedance, and a new rugged enclosure material. ...More

(5/27/2016)

-Alcons Pro-Ribbon Experience Live at InfoComm 2016

Alcons Pro-Ribbon Experience Live at InfoComm 2016

InfoComm 2016 marks the official five-year US anniversary date and audio innovator Alcons Audio will have a strong presence in and around the show. Besides being present with a booth (C12316) June 8 - 10 at the Las Vegas ...More

(5/27/2016)

-Alcorn McBride Introduces New Release of V16 Pro Show Controller at InfoComm 2016

Alcorn McBride Introduces New Release of V16 Pro Show Controller at InfoComm 2016

Alcorn McBride will unveil the latest version of its powerful V16Pro show control system at InfoComm 2016. Alcorn McBride will exhibit the new V16Pro and additional products on June 8 - 10 in booth N1037 at the Las Vegas ...More

(5/27/2016)

-Yamaha Demo Room at InfoComm Outfitted With Active NEXO GEO M6, ID Series, Yamaha Speakers, New PX Amps

Yamaha Demo Room at InfoComm Outfitted With Active NEXO GEO M6, ID Series, Yamaha Speakers, New PX Amps

Yamaha Professional Audio will host active demos of the NEXO GEO M6 and ID Series along with the new Yamaha PX Series amps as well as CBR and DXR speakers and DXS18 subwoofer in room N107 during InfoComm 2016 June 8 - 10 at ...More

(5/27/2016)

-Penn Elcom Is More than a Load of Hot Air

Penn Elcom Is More than a Load of Hot Air

Global flightcase hardware and 19" racking manufacturer Penn Elcom announces the launch of three innovative new climate control products for 19" racking systems.
The CRC02-DTC, the FT-DTC, and the FT01-Q-DTC -- are all ...
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(5/27/2016)

-Barco Officially Inaugurates Its Brand-New "One Campus" in Kortrijk

Barco Officially Inaugurates Its Brand-New "One Campus" in Kortrijk

Barco looks to the future with confidence: Today, the global technology provider will cut the ribbon to officially open its brand-new headquarters in Belgium. Located at the Beneluxpark in Kortrijk, the 230,000sqm "One Campus" is a ...More

(5/27/2016)

-Freeman Audio Visual Ottawa Wins Consumer Choice Award for AV Services for the Fourth Consecutive Year

Freeman Audio Visual Ottawa Wins Consumer Choice Award for AV Services for the Fourth Consecutive Year

Freeman Audio Visual Canada announces that it has been selected by the Ottawa consumers and business community as the Consumer Choice Award (CCA) winner in the category of Audio Visual Services for the fourth year in a row. CCA was ...More

(5/27/2016)

-LD Systems Helps Turner Live Events Create Unified Lighting at March Madness Music Festival with Next NXT-1

LD Systems Helps Turner Live Events Create Unified Lighting at March Madness Music Festival with Next NXT-1

The 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Final matchup between Villanova and North Carolina will definitely go down as one of the most exciting games in tournament history. It will also be remembered as being among the most successful. Televised ...More

(5/27/2016)

-Joining Up the Killer Dots with Ayrton

Joining Up the Killer Dots with Ayrton

Lighting designer Steven Douglas is no stranger to the delights of Ayrton luminaires. When he was looking for a new way to showcase The Killers' logo of a "K," his previous experience of Ayrton MagicDot-R proved a fertile ...More

(5/27/2016)

-Martin by Harman Lighting Solutions Dazzle Architectural Fans at Circle of Light Festival in Moscow

Martin by Harman Lighting Solutions Dazzle Architectural Fans at Circle of Light Festival in Moscow

Martin by Harman luminaires illuminated the fifth International Circle of Light festival in Moscow for nine days. Several architectural landmarks of the capital city were used in a variety of multimedia and lighting installations ...More

(5/27/2016)

-Robe Lights Low Down at the Showdown

Robe Lights Low Down at the Showdown

The 2016 Bhangra Showdown (TBS) event produced by Kudos AV and the Imperial College Punjabi Society is the world's biggest Bhangra dance competition and this year moved to Birmingham's Barclaycard Arena in the UK. Once again, the ...More

(5/27/2016)

-Rat Sound Debuts Allen & Heath's dLive on Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros Tour

Rat Sound Debuts Allen & Heath's dLive on Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros Tour

California-based PA company Rat Sound recently purchased an Allen & Heath dLive system, which was immediately put to work on a nationwide tour with Los Angeles-based indie band, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros (ESMZ). ...More

(5/26/2016)

-Obie Award Winners Announced

Obie Award Winners Announced

The 61st annual Obie Award winners were announced on May 24, 2016 at Webster Hall, New York.
The Design category winners are as follows:
Rachel Hauck, Sustained Excellence of Set Design
Jason Lyons, ...
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(5/26/2016)

-Baine, Hilferty, Holder, and Weiss Take Helen Hayes Design Awards

Baine, Hilferty, Holder, and Weiss Take Helen Hayes Design Awards

The 2016 Helen Hayes Awards, celebrating theatre in Washington D.C., were presented May 23. Salomé produced by Shakespeare Theatre, took home two design awards, with Donald Holder winning for lighting and Susan ...More

(5/26/2016)

-The Great Comet Sweeps Elliot Norton Awards

The Great Comet Sweeps Elliot Norton Awards

The 34th annual Elliot Norton Awards winners were announced May 23 at Citi Shubert Theatre, Boston. The award for Outstanding Design, Large Theater was given to the team behind Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, ...More

(5/26/2016)

-The Wally Russell Foundation Announces the Appointment of Peter Rogers as a New Board Member

The Wally Russell Foundation Announces the Appointment of Peter Rogers as a New Board Member

The board of directors of the Wally Russell Foundation announces that Peter Rogers has accepted an appointment to the board of directors of the Wally Russell Foundation.
Rogers started his career as a lighting designer in ...
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(5/26/2016)

-Award-Winning PixelFLEX to Showcase LED Video Solutions at InfoComm

Award-Winning PixelFLEX to Showcase LED Video Solutions at InfoComm

On June 8th inside the Las Vegas Convention Center, the multi award-winning PixelFLEX will launch a showcase of its innovative and affordable LED video solutions at InfoComm 2016. Located in booth N2759, PixelFLEX will ...More

(5/26/2016)

-First Glerum Rigging Masterclasses by USITT Fill Up

First Glerum Rigging Masterclasses by USITT Fill Up

The first annual Jay O. Glerum Rigging Masterclasses are full and will offer two days of hands-on stage rigging instruction to a total of 64 students June 13 - 14 in Denver, USITT announced. ...More

(5/26/2016)

-Dante Rockets Past 300 Manufacturers and 750 Enabled Products

Dante Rockets Past 300 Manufacturers and 750 Enabled Products

Audinate announces that 300 manufacturers have now adopted Dante, the industry-leading audio-over-IP networking solution, and that more than 750 Dante-enabled products are now available worldwide. ...More

(5/26/2016)

-Yamaha CIS Products at InfoComm Presented in Yamaha Integrated Solutions Lab

Yamaha CIS Products at InfoComm Presented in Yamaha Integrated Solutions Lab

Yamaha Professional Audio will showcase its commercial installation solutions (CIS) products in the Integrated Solutions Laboratory at booth C11116 during InfoComm 2016, June 8 - 10 in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Key ...More

(5/26/2016)

-Canada's Westbury National Partners With Adamson

Canada's Westbury National Partners With Adamson

Adamson Systems Engineering announces that Westbury National Show Systems, Ltd., headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, has joined the Adamson network. The announcement was made by James Oliver, director of marketing and ...More

(5/26/2016)

-SSL L500 Sets New Standard for Leona Lewis

SSL L500 Sets New Standard for Leona Lewis

Soulful, multi-talented vocalist and performer Leona Lewis has been on a 14-date tour of the UK with an SSL L500 console and K-array Slim Array technology, chosen by celebrated front-of-house engineer Dave Wooster. ...More

(5/26/2016)

-Syncrolite Celebrates Red Rock Resort's Tenth Anniversary

Syncrolite Celebrates Red Rock Resort's Tenth Anniversary

Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas celebrated its 10th anniversary on April 23, 2016, with a fireworks and lighting show featuring Syncrolite XL Xenon searchlights that filled the sky over the resort in an eight-minute choreographed ...More

(5/26/2016)

-The National Folk Orchestra of Ireland Delight their First London Audience with Help from DPA Microphones

The National Folk Orchestra of Ireland Delight their First London Audience with Help from DPA Microphones

DPA Microphones played a key role in delivering exceptional sound quality to the Comhaltas National Folk Orchestra of Ireland, which made its London debut over Easter with a special concert at the Barbican. ...More

(5/26/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Ross & Rachel (Brits Off Broadway/59E59)

Theatre in Review: Ross & Rachel (Brits Off Broadway/59E59)

They say there are two sides to every marriage -- and in Ross & Rachel, they are both embodied by a single person. The actress Molly Vevers channels both partners in a wildly mismatched pair whose lives are unraveling ...More

(5/26/2016)

-Theatre in Review: The Total Bent (The Public Theater)

Theatre in Review: The Total Bent (The Public Theater)

"We're not really doing a musical," Stew, the author and co-composer of The Total Bent, told the New York Times the other day. This is not a surprise: In Passing Strange, his previous work of whatever you' ...More

(5/25/2016)

-PLASA Focus Leeds 2016 Welcomes a 9% Increase Over 2015 Visitor Numbers

PLASA Focus Leeds 2016 Welcomes a 9% Increase Over 2015 Visitor Numbers

The eighth edition to PLASA Focus Leeds was once again a hit with the entertainment technology industry, welcoming record numbers of brands and a 9% increase in visitor numbers from 2015. The launch of the new pavilion enabled the ...More

(5/25/2016)

-Harman Professional Solutions Launches New Training and Certification Program

Harman Professional Solutions Launches New Training and Certification Program

Harman Professional Solutions announces the new Harman Professional University, which takes Harman learning and certification to the next level. Designed to be a cohesive and relevant training experience for customers, ...More

(5/25/2016)

-Lumax Software LLC Announces Partnership Between Field Template and Drafty

Lumax Software LLC Announces Partnership Between Field Template and Drafty

Lumax Software LLC announces a partnership with Steve Shelley and Field Template to deliver the critically-acclaimed SoftSymbols to the Drafty CAD environment. SoftSymbols for Drafty by Field Template are available in ...More

(5/25/2016)

-d3 Technologies Spotlights d3 4x4pro, VFC Cards, and r13 Software at InfoComm 2016

d3 Technologies Spotlights d3 4x4pro, VFC Cards, and r13 Software at InfoComm 2016

d3 Technologies will be showcasing the 4x4pro and industry first Video Format Conversion (VFC) cards, as well as the latest r13 software, at InfoComm 2016 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, June 8 - 10, 2016. d3 will be ...More

(5/25/2016)

-From Digital and Analog Consoles to NUAGE, the Yamaha Booth Has It All at InfoComm

From Digital and Analog Consoles to NUAGE, the Yamaha Booth Has It All at InfoComm

Yamaha Professional Audio will show its flagship RIVAGE PM10 along with the latest versions of CL, QL, and TF digital audio consoles, MG analog mixers, the state-of-the-art NUAGE advanced production DAW system, and new HS-I Series ...More

(5/25/2016)

-Introducing Allied SMD

Introducing Allied SMD

Pro audio industry veteran Rik Kirby announces the formation of Allied SMD, a new sales, marketing, and distribution company based in Orange County, California. "Our aim is to make the US market accessible to international ...More

(5/25/2016)

-RCF Offers Lease Financing Program for Touring Season Needs

RCF Offers Lease Financing Program for Touring Season Needs

As the summer production season kicks into high gear, RCF USA has entered into a partnership with the Lease Corporation of America (LCA) to offer extended financing programs for equipment needs. ...More

(5/25/2016)

-Staging Concepts Announces Change to Stage Platforms

Staging Concepts Announces Change to Stage Platforms

Staging Concepts has improved its industry-leading SC90 Platform to meet higher loading requirements. As the International Building Code and customer requirements have made higher loading more important, the enhanced SC90 ...More

(5/25/2016)

-AV Stumpfl Focuses on Future Innovation and Productivity Tools at InfoComm 2016

AV Stumpfl Focuses on Future Innovation and Productivity Tools at InfoComm 2016

InfoComm 2016 will see a completely redesigned AV Stumpfl booth that will enable visitors to interact with real-life applications and productivity tools including large-format and mobile screens, high-resolution multimedia ...More

(5/25/2016)

-WorxAudio Technologies Announces XL1 Line Array Loudspeaker

WorxAudio Technologies Announces XL1 Line Array Loudspeaker

WorxAudio Technologies, a division of PreSonus Audio Electronics, introduces the newest addition to the TrueLine family of line array loudspeaker systems: the XL1. Designed as an ultra-compact high performance system for the ...More

(5/25/2016)

-RHC Holdings' Pro Co Sound Features its Latest DuraShield Cable Options at InfoComm 2016

RHC Holdings' Pro Co Sound Features its Latest DuraShield Cable Options at InfoComm 2016

Pro Co Sound, an RHC Holdings brand, will be showcasing its DuraShield 5eXR Cat5e extended reach solid-core tactical cable and DuraShield, a Cat6a stranded-core tactical deployable-shielded cable, at InfoComm 2016 June ...More

(5/25/2016)

-New Modulo Player v4 Offers Versatile Video Control for a New Generation

New Modulo Player v4 Offers Versatile Video Control for a New Generation

The highly-versatile Modulo Player from the French engineering company, Modulo Pi is a complete server solution for the most complex and demanding video applications, with an easy to use workflow.
This reliable and synchronous ...
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(5/25/2016)

-Rock Band 311 Marks Another 311 Day in New Orleans with Arena Shows Featuring Clay Paky and grandMA2

Rock Band 311 Marks Another 311 Day in New Orleans with Arena Shows Featuring Clay Paky and grandMA2

It's an even-numbered year so it was time for rock band 311 to celebrate their biennial 311 Day with two arena shows in New Orleans on March 11 and 12. Lighting designer Joe Paradise of House Lights Go Inc. and assistant ...More

(5/25/2016)

-Theatre in Review: The Ruins of Civilization (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage II)

Theatre in Review: The Ruins of Civilization (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage II)

Penelope Skinner has seen the future and it is wet. If you think Britain is rainy now, wait until you experience its waterlogged version in The Ruins of Civilization. Skinner's drama is set in the near future, when the ...More

(5/24/2016)

-2015 - 2016 Broadway Season Best Attended and Highest Grossing Season in Broadway History

2015 - 2016 Broadway Season Best Attended and Highest Grossing Season in Broadway History

The Broadway League has released end-of-season statistics for the 2015 - 2016 season, which began week ending May 31, 2015 and ended May 22, 2016. For the 2015 - 2016 season, total attendance reached 13,317,980 and Broadway shows ...More

(5/24/2016)

-Ayrton Unleashes Powerful Stadium Color with the New Wildsun-S25

Ayrton Unleashes Powerful Stadium Color with the New Wildsun-S25

Ayrton has released a whole series of new products for 2016 and over the coming weeks we will be showcasing each one in turn. First up is WildSun-S25.
WildSun-S25 is the color-mixing cousin of Ayrton's WildSunK25 wash ...
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(5/24/2016)

-Rose Brand Inc. Announces Member-Only Discount on New Website

Rose Brand Inc. Announces Member-Only Discount on New Website

Rose Brand announces its newly redesigned website. The company is inviting customers to explore the new site and save 10% when they log in to their existing account or create a new one to make a purchase. To redeem this discount, ...More

(5/24/2016)

-DPA Microphones Brings Range of Audio Solutions to InfoComm 2016

DPA Microphones Brings Range of Audio Solutions to InfoComm 2016

DPA Microphones is showcasing its newly expanded line of d:vote Instrument Microphones with the addition of three new instrument mount options, the CM4099 Clamp Mount, the SM4099 Stand Mount, and the AC4099 Clip for the Accordion, ...More

(5/24/2016)

-ADJ Launches Vizi Beam RXONE

ADJ Launches Vizi Beam RXONE

ADJ announces the latest addition to its Vizi range of professional moving head lighting fixtures, the Vizi Beam RXONE. What the company calls incredibly powerful, surprisingly compact, impressively agile and unbelievably affordable ...More

(5/24/2016)

-Zylight Named Exclusive Americas Distributor for Aladdin LED Lights

Zylight Named Exclusive Americas Distributor for Aladdin LED Lights

Zylight, a manufacturer of innovative LED lighting solutions, announces it has been named the exclusive distributor of Aladdin professional LED lighting instruments throughout North, Central, and South America. ...More

(5/24/2016)

-Sommer Cable Introduces Screw & Play Connector at InfoComm

Sommer Cable Introduces Screw & Play Connector at InfoComm

Sommer Cable America is introducing at InfoComm 2016 the new "Screw & Play" connector series from Sommer's HICON division, a manufacturer of professional connection technology in the audio, video, data, and broadcasting ...More

(5/24/2016)

-Atlona Unveils OmniStream, IP-Based AV Distribution Featuring First Dual-Channel 4K/UHD Encoder and Decoder

Atlona Unveils OmniStream, IP-Based AV Distribution Featuring First Dual-Channel 4K/UHD Encoder and Decoder

Atlona launches the OmniStream, its first line of networked AV products designed for integrating and distributing 4K/UHD video, audio, and RS-232 control over Gigabit Ethernet networks employing off-the-shelf network switches. ...More

(5/24/2016)

-Grand Gig Puts Its Hands Up for Robe

Grand Gig Puts Its Hands Up for Robe

Dutch House DJ Fedde Le Grand recently played his GRAND 2016 event at Amsterdam's 20,000 capacity Ziggo Dome, which was completely sold out and featured a spectacular lighting design by JJ Rotte from Dutch lighting and visual ...More

(5/24/2016)

-Clay Paky Luminaires Augment The 1975's Inspired Staging

Clay Paky Luminaires Augment The 1975's Inspired Staging

English alt rock band-of-the-moment The 1975 is touring the UK and Europe with an inspired video screen and light staging concept created by show director Tobias Rylander and augmented by Clay Paky Sharpy Wash 330, Mythos, ...More

(5/24/2016)

-Technotrix Supports G-Eazy with Martin Audio MLA

Technotrix Supports G-Eazy with Martin Audio MLA

Chicago's Technotrix Inc. deployed a Martin Audio MLA system for the Midwest portion of the G-Eazy Spring 2016 When It's Dark Out tour.
G-Eazy, the popular rapper, songwriter, and record producer from Oakland, ...
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(5/24/2016)

-GLP LEDs Bring Realism to Rolling Stones' Exhibitionism

GLP LEDs Bring Realism to Rolling Stones' Exhibitionism

The most highly tipped rock 'n' roll exhibition of all time -- the Rolling Stones' Exhibitionism at the Saatchi Gallery in London -- uses technology on a grand scale to create the realism of the band's early history, and enhance the ...More

(5/23/2016)

-Leonard Miller Announced as Vice President of Sales for Lex Products

Leonard Miller Announced as Vice President of Sales for Lex Products

Lex Products Corp announces that Leonard Miller has been appointed the vice president of Sales at Lex Products.
"We are very excited to have Leonard joining the Lex family. He brings a wealth of entertainment knowledge and ...
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(5/23/2016)

-Renkus-Heinz Announces Reorganization

Renkus-Heinz Announces Reorganization

Renkus-Heinz, Southern California-based professional loudspeaker manufacturer, has announced a restructuring of key management positions.
Effective June 1, 2016, and under the continuing leadership of company founder and CEO Ha ...
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(5/23/2016)

-USITT Provides Free Rigging Inspections to 11 School Stages

USITT Provides Free Rigging Inspections to 11 School Stages

One school wrote to USITT, "We are a children's theatre only and want to be certain our theatre is safe for kids."
Another school's theatre was built in 1968 and its date of last inspection" was "none/unknown." ...
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(5/23/2016)

-Schertler's UNICO completes new compact amplifier series

Schertler's UNICO completes new compact amplifier series

Swiss manufacturer Schertler completes its family of "next-generation" acoustic amplifiers with the release of UNICO, a compact five-channel amp that combines performance power and versatility with excellent sound quality. ...More

(5/23/2016)

-New Sterling Headphone Amps Combine Clarity and Simplicity

New Sterling Headphone Amps Combine Clarity and Simplicity

Sterling Audio unveiled a new line of professional headphone amplifiers, with three models to serve a variety of studio and live-sound applications. Combining clear, high-quality audio with simplicity of operation, these new ...More

(5/23/2016)

-Robe Gets Up to Speed with MPH Australia

Robe Gets Up to Speed with MPH Australia

MPH Australia is a busy lighting rental company based in Melbourne, headed by Matt Hansen, a well-known personality in the Australian production world.
The company has enthusiastically embraced Robe as an in-house ...
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(5/23/2016)

-Elation Platinum Fixtures Light Off-Broadway's Death for Five Voices

Elation Platinum Fixtures Light Off-Broadway's Death for Five Voices

Lighting designer Susan Nicholson used Elation Professional's Platinum Spot 35 Pro moving head luminaire for front lighting, backlighting, and texturing on a recent Off Broadway production of the new musical drama Death ...More

(5/23/2016)

-Avolites Ai S6 Servers Drive LED Cube for VERY.co.uk Advertisement

Avolites Ai S6 Servers Drive LED Cube for VERY.co.uk Advertisement

A new advertisement for online British retailer VERY's Spring 2016 fashion collection has gone live, featuring an LED cube perfectly pixel mapped and powered by an Avolites Ai S6 server.
VERY, through their ad agency, St Luke's, ...
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(5/23/2016)

-Bud Light Factory Parties at SXSW with Bandit Lites

Bud Light Factory Parties at SXSW with Bandit Lites

When Bud Light decided to throw a party at South by Southwest Music Festival, they went all out with a full blown production complete with the world's best lighting company. Working with Mosaic and Live Nation, Bandit ...More

(5/23/2016)

-Mariah Carey Tours Europe with Meyer Sound LEO: "All the Nuances Are Right There"

Mariah Carey Tours Europe with Meyer Sound LEO: "All the Nuances Are Right There"

R&B diva Mariah Carey recently packed "A-level" arenas across Europe with a Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system. The powerful and transparent system clearly delivered Carey's five-octave range and soaring, ...More

(5/23/2016)

-T-Mobile Arena Relies on Harman Professional Solutions to Provide Excellent Fan Experience

T-Mobile Arena Relies on Harman Professional Solutions to Provide Excellent Fan Experience

The new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, owned by AEG and MGM Resorts International, is a world-class, $375 million, multipurpose entertainment venue available to host NBA and NHL teams, concerts, boxing, mixed martial arts, award shows, and ...More

(5/23/2016)

-Allen & Heath Installed Throughout Crossroads Church in Canada

Allen & Heath Installed Throughout Crossroads Church in Canada

The Crossroads Church in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, has installed Allen & Heath mixers throughout its six room facility, ranging from the compact Qu range to the larger iLive digital systems.
The rooms have various capacity and ...
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(5/23/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Cal in Camo (Colt Coeur/Rattlestick Playwrights Theater)

Theatre in Review: Cal in Camo (Colt Coeur/Rattlestick Playwrights Theater)

When the lights come up on an actress, sitting slumped at downstage right, using a pump to extract her breast milk and looking depressed as all get-out, you somehow know that, in this production, laughs will be at a premium. So it is with < ...More

(5/23/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Daphne's Dive (Signature Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Daphne's Dive (Signature Theatre)

As often happens in neighborhood bars -- and plays about them -- the denizens of Daphne's Dive form an extended family. Quiara Alegría Hudes' play chronicles tavern owner Daphne and her friends and relations over the ...More

(5/20/2016)

-Hitachi Introduces New 8000+ Series Projectors Offering Advanced Installation and System Features

Hitachi Introduces New 8000+ Series Projectors Offering Advanced Installation and System Features

Hitachi America, Ltd. digital media division announces the new 8000+ Series 3LD projectors to their high-end projector line up; CP-X8800, CP-WX8650, CP-WX8750, CP-WU8600, and CP-WU8700. The 8000+ Series projectors come with advanced ...More

(5/20/2016)

-Millions Watch Eurovision 2016 Highlighted with Clay Paky

Millions Watch Eurovision 2016 Highlighted with Clay Paky

Award-winning lighting designer Fredrik Jönsson applied a vast number of Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpy, Sharpy Wash 330, and brand new Scenius to create the broadcast-ready, glittering extravaganza that was the Eurovision Song ...More

(5/20/2016)

-QSC Expands its European Presence with the Appointments of French Distributors Algam and AED

QSC Expands its European Presence with the Appointments of French Distributors Algam and AED

QSC announces the appointment of two new distribution partners in France, Algam Entreprises and AED Distribution. Algam will represent the QSC systems division and AED will represent the QSC professional division, ...More

(5/20/2016)

-Propellerhead Reveals Reason 9 Music Production Software

Propellerhead Reveals Reason 9 Music Production Software

Propellerhead Software announces Reason 9, the latest version of the company's music production software. Reason 9 builds on the award-winning Reason platform by introducing a host of new devices, sounds, and creative tools that ...More

(5/20/2016)

-Peavey Sponsors 2016 DMC LA Battle + DMC USA Battle for Supremacy Returns May 22

Peavey Sponsors 2016 DMC LA Battle + DMC USA Battle for Supremacy Returns May 22

With DJ battle season underway, the prestigious DMC USA Battle for Supremacy, sponsored by Peavey Electronics, returns. The 2016 DMC Los Angeles Battle + DMC USA Battle for Supremacy will take place this Sunday, May 22, from 5:00pm ...More

(5/20/2016)

-Steve Lieberman Accents Coachella Yuma Tent DJ Booth with Geyser RGB

Steve Lieberman Accents Coachella Yuma Tent DJ Booth with Geyser RGB

Now in its 17th year, Coachella (or the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival as it's formally called) is bigger, brighter, and more musically diverse than ever. Among the 160 artists that performed on its various stages were legends ...More

(5/20/2016)

-David Gilmour's Tour Crew Rattle That Lock with L-Acoustics' New KS28 Subs

David Gilmour's Tour Crew Rattle That Lock with L-Acoustics' New KS28 Subs

When a client has been one of the creative forces behind the reference music used to tune literally thousands of concert PA systems across the known universe, the company had better bring its "A-Game" -- and the best gear. That is exactly ...More

(5/20/2016)

-VUE Audiotechnik Modernizes Sound System in United Methodist Church of Vista

VUE Audiotechnik Modernizes Sound System in United Methodist Church of Vista

Established in 1954, The United Methodist Church of Vista (UMC Vista) has been committed to serving its community through spoken word, classic and contemporary worship services, and a music program that includes a chancel choir, praise ...More

(5/20/2016)

-Marriott's The View Upgrades with Martin Audio CDD

Marriott's The View Upgrades with Martin Audio CDD

Global Audio Systems recently completed a retrofit replacement of the current sound system in The View, New York's only revolving rooftop restaurant, with Martin Audio CDD5 installation speakers. ...More

(5/20/2016)

-Sound Matters to SFMOMA: Meyer Sound Collaborates to Provide State-of-the-Art Sound in Renovation

Sound Matters to SFMOMA: Meyer Sound Collaborates to Provide State-of-the-Art Sound in Renovation

After a three-year expansion, the new San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) opened on May 14 with nearly triple the gallery space, 45,000-sq.-ft. of free public access areas, and an unparalleled collection of modern and contemporary ...More

(5/20/2016)

-Eighth Day Sound on "Board" with Yamaha PM10

Eighth Day Sound on &quot;Board&quot; with Yamaha PM10

Eighth Day Sound of Highland Heights, Ohio, has added the new Yamaha RIVAGE PM10 digital audio console to its tour rental inventory. Founded in 1980, Eighth Day Sound has grown into a global company that routinely provides ...More

(5/20/2016)

-All Foxes Needs is Robe

All Foxes Needs is Robe

One of the UK's hottest rising pop stars is singer / songwriter Foxes (Louisa Rose Allen) who recently toured the UK with a fresh, inventive, and contemporary lighting design to match, based around Robe moving lights... and created ...More

(5/20/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Turn Me Loose (Westside Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Turn Me Loose (Westside Theatre)

Turn Me Loose could be titled The Education of Dick Gregory, as it tracks the political evolution of the comedian and his humor, from his first slickly delivered wisecracks to the latter-day jeremiads that call down ...More

(5/19/2016)

-"The Collaborator Party" Returns by Popular Demand for Its Second Year

&quot;The Collaborator Party&quot; Returns by Popular Demand for Its Second Year

The Collaborator Party, headed by theatrical sound designers Lindsay Jones and John Gromada, announces that their event will return for a second year in New York City, after last year's party demolished all attendance ...More

(5/19/2016)

-New Eve E-100Z Is First Fixture in Chauvet DJ Event Series

New Eve E-100Z Is First Fixture in Chauvet DJ Event Series

Lighting corporate events, community celebrations, and similar functions has become an increasingly important market, not just for rental houses and production companies, but for many DJ services as well. Chauvet DJ is addressing ...More

(5/19/2016)

-Enhance Any Rig with DuraTruss' DT-DYNO WHEEL

Enhance Any Rig with DuraTruss' DT-DYNO WHEEL

A genuinely unique product that's ideal for mounting lighting fixtures in the center of the room, the new DT-DYNO WHEEL is a circular truss-topper from DuraTruss, designed for use by lighting designers and production teams who want ...More

(5/19/2016)

-Bob Casey Joins Rose Brand to Offer Technical Expertise in Florida

Bob Casey Joins Rose Brand to Offer Technical Expertise in Florida

Bob Casey, a long-time veteran of the entertainment industry, has joined Rose Brand in the company's new Florida location. Rose Brand recently expanded its operations to the Orlando area with the purchase of Swag Décor ...More

(5/19/2016)

-Gefen Introduces Its EXT-UHD600 Line of 4K 600 MHz Products at InfoComm 2016

Gefen Introduces Its EXT-UHD600 Line of 4K 600 MHz Products at InfoComm 2016

Gefen will introduce its new EXT-UHD600 line of 4K 600 MHz products at InfoComm 2016, June 8 - 10, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The line features three splitters, a 4x1 switcher, and a 4x4 matrix. This HDCP 2.2 ...More

(5/19/2016)

-Pro Co Sound Showcases Products at InfoComm 2016

Pro Co Sound Showcases Products at InfoComm 2016

Pro Co Sound, an RHC Holdings Brand, is the exclusive authorized manufacturer of Neutrik's opticalCON MTP 12 LITE and Advanced Fiber Assemblies, which will be on display at InfoComm 2016 in booth C9918. These ...More

(5/19/2016)

-Polar Focus Introduces Ultimate Line Array Rigging

Polar Focus Introduces Ultimate Line Array Rigging

Polar Focus announces the launch of a website showcasing their new line array rigging hardware. LineArrayFrames.com provides audio integrators and installers with information and specifications for Polar Focus line array rigging ...More

(5/19/2016)

-Waves Audio Announces the DTS Neural Surround Collection

Waves Audio Announces the DTS Neural Surround Collection

Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing solutions, and DTS, a provider of high-definition audio solutions and enhancement technologies, have collaborated to create the DTS Neural Surround Collection, a bundle ...More

(5/19/2016)

-Sommer Introduces New HQ-HDMI 4K Cable at InfoComm

Sommer Introduces New HQ-HDMI 4K Cable at InfoComm

Sommer Cable America is introducing at InfoComm 2016 the new HQ-HDMI cable, the company's high-quality HDMI connection solution for unfailingly reliable, bi-directional transmission without data compression. ...More

(5/19/2016)

-XR-AT Mixer from Peavey Now Available

XR-AT Mixer from Peavey Now Available

Award-winning audio equipment manufacturer Peavey Electronics announces the immediate availability of the XR-AT powered mixer. As the inventors of the modern top box mixer, Peavey strives to set a new standard in compact, powerful ...More

(5/19/2016)

-Upper Austria's Best Family Business is AV Stumpfl

Upper Austria's Best Family Business is AV Stumpfl

AV Stumpfl won the highly sought after award for best family business in Upper Austria at a ceremony organized by the financial newspaper, Wirtschaftsblatt at the "Aula der Wissenschaften" in Vienna, Austria, May 17, 2016. ...More

(5/19/2016)

-PRG and Vectorworks, Inc. Come Together to Provide Lighting at Rock in Rio

PRG and Vectorworks, Inc. Come Together to Provide Lighting at Rock in Rio

Production Resource Group LLC (PRG), a supplier of entertainment and event technology solutions, is working with entertainment design software developer Vectorworks, Inc. to ensure a seamless Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon, ...More

(5/19/2016)

-Elation Lights New Orleans' 2016 Buku Music + Art Project

Elation Lights New Orleans' 2016 Buku Music + Art Project

Held March 11 - 12 at Mardi Gras World on the New Orleans Mississippi riverfront, the Buku Music + Art Project is one of the city's most thriving music festivals, underscored with public art demonstrations from prevalent local and national ...More

(5/18/2016)

-Newest Elation Lighting and Video Innovations Set for InfoComm 2016

Newest Elation Lighting and Video Innovations Set for InfoComm 2016

As America's largest trade show for AV solutions, InfoComm has always served as an important showcase for Elation Professional lighting and video technology. This year's show -- June 8 - 10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center ...More

(5/18/2016)

-LightConverse 3D Show Platform v58 Debuts at Prolight + Sound 2016

LightConverse 3D Show Platform v58 Debuts at Prolight + Sound 2016

Light Converse LTD introduced LightConverse 3D Show Platform Version 58 at the recent Prolight + Sound trade show, held from April 5 - 8, 2016, in Frankfurt, Germany.
The latest release offers a range of new features and ...
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(5/18/2016)

-Mackie to Co-Sponsor Dante AV Networking World at InfoComm

Mackie to Co-Sponsor Dante AV Networking World at InfoComm

Mackie is among a list of top-tier industry leaders co-sponsoring the sixth annual Dante AV Networking World education event during InfoComm 2016. The workshop, to be held on June 7th at the Treasure Island hotel in ...More

(5/18/2016)

-Riedel to Highlight Products at InfoComm 2016

Riedel to Highlight Products at InfoComm 2016

At InfoComm 2016, Riedel will demonstrate the use of its innovative and attractively priced MediorNet MicroN high-density media distribution network device as a point-to-point (P2P) trunking solution. Operating in ...More

(5/18/2016)

-ETC's Unison Echo Product Line Grows Even Larger

ETC's Unison Echo Product Line Grows Even Larger

ETC continues to expand its Unison Echo line of products with two new products -- Echo Expansion Bridge and Echo-Echoflex Interface. "We're thrilled about continually expanding the capabilities of Echo control systems," says ETC ...More

(5/18/2016)

-Registration Open for First-Ever Pivot to Profit Conference

Registration Open for First-Ever Pivot to Profit Conference

NSCA announces that registration for the first Pivot to Profit Conference is officially open. This two-day event is made possible through a partnership between NSCA, PSA, and SYNNEX. ...More

(5/18/2016)

-Allen & Heath Announces Major Updates to Qu Series

Allen & Heath Announces Major Updates to Qu Series

Allen & Heath announces a host of major enhancements to the feature set and ecosystem of its Qu Series of compact digital mixers. Accompanying the release of firmware V1.9 is a number of key updates to the Qu-Pad app, factory mic ...More

(5/18/2016)

-Impact Production Services Goes Extra Bright with Martin by Harman

Impact Production Services Goes Extra Bright with Martin by Harman

UK-based Impact Production Services (IPS) has added more than 100 lighting fixtures from Martin by Harman to its rental stock, including upgrading all existing MAC Auras to the enhanced XB edition. The significant investment ...More

(5/18/2016)

-Freeman Audio Visual Canada Makes Waste Diversion Champions List for Third Year

Freeman Audio Visual Canada Makes Waste Diversion Champions List for Third Year

Freeman Audio Visual Canada announces it has made the REfficient Waste Diversion Champions list for the third year in a row. The Waste Diversion Champions list recognizes companies that have reached impressive levels of ...More

(5/18/2016)

-Grateful Dead Final Concert Nominated for Concert of the Year

Grateful Dead Final Concert Nominated for Concert of the Year

When Live Design magazine released the nominees for the ninth annual Excellence in Live Design Awards, it was no surprise that, "Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead," one of 2015's biggest events, was included as a ...More

(5/18/2016)

-The Clay Paky MoMS Opens to Schools

The Clay Paky MoMS Opens to Schools

On March 15, 2016, the MoMS - Museum of Modern Show-Lighting -- played host to a delegation of headteachers and teachers from a dozen schools in the province of Bergamo (Italy). The occasion was sponsored by the provincial education ...More

(5/18/2016)

-PixelFLEX Offers an Artistic Expression at Bethel World Outreach Church

PixelFLEX Offers an Artistic Expression at Bethel World Outreach Church

Originally founded in 1984, the Bethel World Outreach Church has seen its ministry grow to where they currently hold worship services in six locations nationwide. As part of this growth, the worship family located in Brentwood, Tennessee, ...More

(5/18/2016)

-Theatre in Review: A Better Place (The Directors Company/The Duke on 42nd Street)

Theatre in Review: A Better Place (The Directors Company/The Duke on 42nd Street)

A Better Place, a comedy about Manhattan real estate, is a property in need of a gut renovation. The perpetual New York obsession with finding chicer, more spacious, and more luxurious living space has long been a fertile ...More

(5/18/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Indecent (Vineyard Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Indecent (Vineyard Theatre)

Indecent begins with Lemml, a stage manager, introducing us to the members of the company; as each of them steps forward, dust falls off them in piles. (It practically pours out of their sleeves.) It's an apt image, as the ...More

(5/17/2016)

-NATEAC Announces Two New Networking Events

NATEAC Announces Two New Networking Events

The North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) has added two events to its roster of networking opportunities at the conference in July.
The first is a book signing which is planned for Sunday, July ...
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(5/17/2016)

-Award-Winning PixelFLEX to Showcase LED Video Solutions at InfoComm 2016

Award-Winning PixelFLEX to Showcase LED Video Solutions at InfoComm 2016

On June 8th inside the Las Vegas Convention Center, the multi award-winning PixelFLEX will launch a showcase of its innovative and affordable LED video solutions at InfoComm 2016. Located in booth N2759, PixelFLEX will ...More

(5/17/2016)

-Powersoft to Host Valuable Training Sessions During InfoComm 2016

Powersoft to Host Valuable Training Sessions During InfoComm 2016

In addition to demonstrating its latest products and technologies at InfoComm 2016, audio manufacturer Powersoft (booth C11505) announces three dedicated training sessions that will occur during the trade show -- each focused ...More

(5/17/2016)

-Lumax Software LLC Announces Partnership Between Team Sound and Drafty

Lumax Software LLC Announces Partnership Between Team Sound and Drafty

Lumax Software LLC announces a partnership with Sam Kusnetz and Team Sound, creators of the Go Box MIDI controller for QLab, to deliver high quality audio CAD symbols for the Drafty software environment. ...More

(5/17/2016)

-The Ruzika Company Celebrates 30 Years of Excellence in Lighting Design and Theatre Consulting

The Ruzika Company Celebrates 30 Years of Excellence in Lighting Design and Theatre Consulting

The Ruzika Company, a multiple award-winning lighting design and theatre consulting studio based in Irvine, California, has just celebrated their 30th year in the business of outstanding lighting designs and theatre consulting ...More

(5/17/2016)

-Radial's Jensen Twin-Servo 500 Is Now Shipping

Radial's Jensen Twin-Servo 500 Is Now Shipping

Radial Engineering Ltd. announces the Jensen Twin-Servo 500 series preamplifier is now shipping.
The company says "the Jensen Twin-Servo is a remake of what may well be the most spectacular preamp ever made." According to ...
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(5/17/2016)

-Grundorf Corporation Expands Tour 4 Series Line of Wireless Rack Cases

Grundorf Corporation Expands Tour 4 Series Line of Wireless Rack Cases

Grundorf Corporation, a manufacturer of equipment for musicians and audio professionals, announces two new additions -- the T4-WR-001A and T4-WR-002A -- to the company's popular Tour 4 Series line of cases designed for wireless ...More

(5/17/2016)

-Available Light Announces New Associate, Catherine Leskowat, Associate IALD, Associate IIDA, LC

Available Light Announces New Associate, Catherine Leskowat, Associate IALD, Associate IIDA, LC

Available Light announces the addition of Catherine Leskowat as an associate of the firm. Leskowat, who will be based in the Salem, Massachusetts studio, joins the team from Atelier Ten, where she worked as a lighting ...More

(5/17/2016)

-Europe's First Meyer Sound LEOPARD Installations Land in Norway

Europe's First Meyer Sound LEOPARD Installations Land in Norway

Norway is the first European country with permanent installations of the compact Meyer Sound LEOPARD linear sound reinforcement system. LEOPARD's remarkable flexibility and versatility made it the top choice for two very different ...More

(5/17/2016)

-Chris Maguire Goes Big with 2CELLOS and Two Small Avolites

Chris Maguire Goes Big with 2CELLOS and Two Small Avolites

Chris Maguire is not a guy who is known for going small. He has lit some of the biggest, loudest bands in the rock pantheon, including Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, Foghat, Accept, and KISS frontman Paul Stanley's Live To Win tour ...More

(5/17/2016)

-Mackie DL32R a Perfect Fit for CenterPoint Church

Mackie DL32R a Perfect Fit for CenterPoint Church

Launched in 2008, CenterPoint Church of Eatonville, Washington, is a dynamic, fast-growing, nondenominational church that hosts contemporary-style services, including an amplified praise band, along with a wide variety of events, meetings, ...More

(5/17/2016)

-Allen & Heath Stars at SXSW

Allen & Heath Stars at SXSW

Celebrating 30 years in 2016, the "South by Southwest Music and Media Conference" (SXSW) is a six-day event held every March in Austin, Texas. Allen & Heath's digital mixers from across its dLive, GLD, and Qu ranges were employed ...More

(5/17/2016)

-Theatre in Review: City Stories (Brits Off Broadway/59E59)

Theatre in Review: City Stories (Brits Off Broadway/59E59)

James Phillips writes so beautifully that one wishes he would find more interesting things to write about. City Stories, a collection of short pieces on life in London, is filled with striking turns of phrase and ...More

(5/17/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Shoes and Baggage (The Cell)

Theatre in Review: Shoes and Baggage (The Cell)

Cheryl Stern, an actress and writer, is also a self-described "under-earner and over-spender" who never saw a sale she didn't like. (The words quoted come from her one and only appearance at Debtors Anonymous.) Shoes and ...More

(5/16/2016)

-Lightwright 6 Is Now Shipping

Lightwright 6 Is Now Shipping

John McKernon and City Theatrical announce that Lightwright 6, the newest version of the multi award-winning software for managing entertainment lighting paperwork, is now shipping and is available through City ...More

(5/16/2016)

-Entertainment Electrics Workshop Offered at EMPAC

Entertainment Electrics Workshop Offered at EMPAC

Using the sophisticated technological infrastructure of the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Richard Cadena, an ETCP-certified entertainment electrician and ...More

(5/16/2016)

-ADJ's Asteroid 1200: Going Intergalactic

ADJ's Asteroid 1200: Going Intergalactic

When it comes to centerpiece effects, the modern mobile lighting user wants something flexible, capable delivering unique, widespread displays, and transporting audiences to another world, no matter what venue or event they work. While ...More

(5/16/2016)

-Major Lazer Rocks Robe at Coachella

Major Lazer Rocks Robe at Coachella

Major Lazer unleashed their new live show -- which will be touring throughout 2016 - at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California -- playing two amazing Coachella (main) Stage sets, one on each weekend of the 125,000 ...More

(5/16/2016)

-Waves Tools and Technology Employed for Passion 2016

Waves Tools and Technology Employed for Passion 2016

Tools from Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing solutions, were employed by front-of-house engineer Stephen Bailey for mixing live sound at the massive Passion 2016 conference. Passion 2016 was held ...More

(5/16/2016)

-Prelite Studios Scores with NBA All-Star Game

Prelite Studios Scores with NBA All-Star Game

The NBA All-Star Game, held in Toronto this year, featured a number of all-star entertainment components courtside at Air Canada Center. Lighting designer Otis Howard, of Otis Howard Design in St. Petersburg, Florida, turned ...More

(5/16/2016)

-Elation ACL 360 Bar LED Battens Back Above & Beyond Performance at Miami Music Week

Elation ACL 360 Bar LED Battens Back Above & Beyond Performance at Miami Music Week

EDM fans came out of winter hibernation in mid-March in time for Miami Music Week, an early festival season gathering of some of electronic dance music's top acts. On March 17th, English progressive trance DJs Above & Beyond played the ...More

(5/16/2016)

-Avolites Arena Busks Beautifully at KOKO London

Avolites Arena Busks Beautifully at KOKO London

London's legendary live music venue, KOKO, has invested in an Avolites Arena console to offer more live lighting control than ever before for its impressive roster of bands.
Since the club's restoration and reopening in 2004, ...
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(5/16/2016)

-St George's Church, Leeds Powered by Allen & Heath dLive

St George's Church, Leeds Powered by Allen & Heath dLive

An Allen & Heath dLive digital mixing system comprising an S5000 control surface and DM48 MixRack has recently been installed at St George's Church, Leeds in the UK.
Dating back to 1838, St George's is a Church of England parish ...
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(5/16/2016)

-Bandit Makes It "An Evening in Orange" for UT Medical Center

Bandit Makes It &quot;An Evening in Orange&quot; for UT Medical Center

While the name may suggest otherwise, The University of Tennessee Medical Center's annual fundraising gala, "An Evening in Orange" was a glittering evening of white, with a lighting package donated by Bandit Lites. The black tie ...More

(5/16/2016)

-Martin Audio CDD Installed at Tangled Roots Brewery/Restaurant

Martin Audio CDD Installed at Tangled Roots Brewery/Restaurant

Encompass AV recently deployed CDD and a range of other Martin Audio speakers for the newly built Tangled Roots Brewing company, a complete gut and remodel in a historic building site that includes a high end restaurant/bar ...More

(5/16/2016)

-BABBA Brings the '70s Back with Fulcrum Acoustic

BABBA Brings the '70s Back with Fulcrum Acoustic

It's been said that tribute bands are a dime a dozen, but great tribute bands are few and far between. As tribute bands go, BABBA is certainly in the latter category. For more than 20 years, the band has been selling out halls across ...More

(5/13/2016)

-Rock Lititz Partners with Keep the Beat Alive to Provide Training

Rock Lititz Partners with Keep the Beat Alive to Provide Training

On May 1 - 2, the cluster of live entertainment companies proudly rooted in Lititz, Pennsylvania, partnered with the non-profit Keep the Beat Alive in order to certify over 60 staff members in CPR, AED device, and active shooter ...More

(5/13/2016)

-The American Society of Theatre Consultants Announces New Fellows and Members

The American Society of Theatre Consultants Announces New Fellows and Members

The American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC) has recognized two members for their outstanding service to the society and to the profession at its business meeting held in conjunction with the USITT Annual Conference in ...More

(5/13/2016)

-Live Design Awards to be Presented in New York City on June 13

Live Design Awards to be Presented in New York City on June 13

Live Design, the official media arm of the LDI trade show, will be honoring top designers and technologists, cutting-edge products for the entertainment industry, and exceptional international projects and venues at a special ...More

(5/13/2016)

-M&L Sound Joins L-Acoustics as Newest Certified Provider

M&L Sound Joins L-Acoustics as Newest Certified Provider

For more than 35 years, M&L Sound of Knoxville, Tennessee has provided concert sound reinforcement, rental, and installation services throughout the mid-southern United States. Under the direction of president David Akers ...More

(5/13/2016)

-Lightfair International 2016 Was Largest Trade Show to Date and Broke West Coast Attendance Record

Lightfair International 2016 Was Largest Trade Show to Date and Broke West Coast Attendance Record

Lightfair International (LFI) 2016 set new trade show floor and west-coast attendance records during its five-day run in San Diego, April 24 - 28, according to Jeffrey L. Portman, Sr., vice chairman, president, and chief ...More

(5/13/2016)

-Soundworks of Virginia Continues 40-Year Investment in Soundcraft by Harman with Upgraded Audio Consoles

Soundworks of Virginia Continues 40-Year Investment in Soundcraft by Harman with Upgraded Audio Consoles

Soundworks of Virginia has come a long way since 1976 when its founder was loading up his Ford E350 van with a Soundcraft Series 1S console, small JBL horn-loaded speaker system and Crown DC-300 and DC-150 ...More

(5/13/2016)

-Shure Adds Jamie Griffin to Executive Staff

Shure Adds Jamie Griffin to Executive Staff

Shure Incorporated announces that Jamie Griffin joined the company as its vice president of operations.
Griffin comes to Shure from Lenovo, where he was director of operations, in its global supply chain organization. ...
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(5/13/2016)

-Clay Paky Mythos Join Hozier on UK Tour

Clay Paky Mythos Join Hozier on UK Tour

Singer songwriter Hozier has taken his self-titled debut album on tour with a carefully crafted lighting design by Matthew Kilmurry who specified Clay Paky Mythos to play "one of the most versatile roles in the show." ...More

(5/13/2016)

-Jeff Bridges and The Abiders Perform with Allen & Heath

Jeff Bridges and The Abiders Perform with Allen & Heath

Jeff Bridges is an Academy award-winning actor with a passion for music. A talented song-writer, Bridges tours with his group, "The Abiders," named after a famous line in his movie, The Big Lebowski. The artist's performances ...More

(5/13/2016)

-Saratoga Jazz Festival Shines with Renkus-Heinz VL3 Arrays

Saratoga Jazz Festival Shines with Renkus-Heinz VL3 Arrays

Mixing a jazz festival is a specialized art, of which Audio Incorporated vice president Mike Sinclair is a master. For the past ten years, the Roselle Park, New Jersey-based firm he runs with partner Stephen Tolve has ...More

(5/13/2016)

-Hermes Illuminates Mexico's 150M Paragon Tower with PR Lighting LEDs

Hermes Illuminates Mexico's 150M Paragon Tower with PR Lighting LEDs

Multi-brand distributors, Hermes Music México, has carried out a stupendous architectural lighting project in the Santa Fe district of México City.
They have illuminated the 151m high Paragon Tower (dominated by the Hotel ...
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(5/13/2016)

-EAW Anya Reinforces Spanish Opera Superstar Placido Domingo in Miami

EAW Anya Reinforces Spanish Opera Superstar Placido Domingo in Miami

The American Airlines Center recently provided the setting for Placido Domingo's first performance in the Miami area in over a decade. Locally owned Mix3 Sound was tapped to provide sound reinforcement for the sold out event, ...More

(5/13/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Harper Regan (T. Schreiber Studio for Theatre & Film)

Theatre in Review: Harper Regan (T. Schreiber Studio for Theatre & Film)

If Harper Regan were a game of baseball, it would consist of nothing but curveballs; the title character, a British woman who, in her fortieth year, finds her life slipping from its frame, is so perversely conceived that she ...More

(5/12/2016)

-4Wall New York Vendor Showcase Set for May 19th

4Wall New York Vendor Showcase Set for May 19th

4Wall New York will once again open its doors to the public May 19th at 3:00pm for the annual 4Wall Vendor Showcase and barbecue event.
Attendance is free to the public, as is the food, which has become almost as anticipated as ...
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(5/12/2016)

-Music Inside Rimini Wins the Challenge

Music Inside Rimini Wins the Challenge

A success right from the debut. The first edition of "Music Inside Rimini -- Innovation, Technology, Light, Sound & Video," the event organized by Rimini Fiera in collaboration with APIAS, SILB FIPE, and ENA and with ...More

(5/12/2016)

-Firehouse Productions Invests Big in JBL VTX V25-II Line Array Elements

Firehouse Productions Invests Big in JBL VTX V25-II Line Array Elements

In a move to enhance its already stellar reputation and to support business growth, Firehouse Productions recently added 96 JBL VTX V25-II line array elements, 96 JBL VTX V20 line array elements, and 24 Crown I-Tech HD ...More

(5/12/2016)

-Meyer Sound Expands Sales Team with New Vertical Market Positions

Meyer Sound Expands Sales Team with New Vertical Market Positions

Meyer Sound strengthens its worldwide sales team with three new hires: Andy Willcox as sales manager, residential systems; Daniel Rivera as sales specialist, house of worship market; and Antonio Manzo as sales ...More

(5/12/2016)

-Flex Rental Solutions Announces Release of Flex 4.16.3

Flex Rental Solutions Announces Release of Flex 4.16.3

Flex Rental Solutions released version 4.16.3 of the company's flagship web-based rental management software during the first week of May. This is the fourth major and fifth total software release by the company since the start of ...More

(5/12/2016)

-AAdynTech Increases Sales Force with Two New Additions

AAdynTech Increases Sales Force with Two New Additions

AAdyn Technology, LLC (AAdynTech), a supplier of high-performance, single-source commercial LED lighting fixtures for film, television, and mobile production industries, announces the addition of two industry veterans to its sales ...More

(5/12/2016)

-Chauvet Professional Sponsors Seminar at Tabernacle of Praise

Chauvet Professional Sponsors Seminar at Tabernacle of Praise

What can a church expect when it makes the move from incandescent fixtures to an LED system? Perhaps the best way to find out is to have the technical director of a church that's already made this transition conduct a guided tour of his ...More

(5/12/2016)

-ILC Continues Gear Acquisition Strategy

ILC Continues Gear Acquisition Strategy

Throughout the month of April, has made continued investment in equipment inventory and added state of the art lighting and control products to the company's line. ...More

(5/12/2016)

-GLP Helps Take Blake Shelton Back to His Okie Roots

GLP Helps Take Blake Shelton Back to His Okie Roots

Four years after masterminding the set design for Blake Shelton's first major tour, creative director Steve Cohen has been brought in again to unite lighting and video into a fluid stage set redolent of the artist's Oklahoma roots.

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(5/12/2016)

-Robe at BAMMA 24

Robe at BAMMA 24

Irish rental and production specialist Just Lite delivered full technical production, including lighting equipment and design, for BAMMA 24 working for production manager Sven Knight and his team from KRS. The mixed ...More

(5/12/2016)

-Avolites Ai S4 Servers Drive Eric Prydz EPIC 4.0 USA Tour

Avolites Ai S4 Servers Drive Eric Prydz EPIC 4.0 USA Tour

Superstar DJ Eric Prydz premiered his EPIC 4.0 shows in America this spring, backed up by his "dream team" of long-time entertainment technology collaborators, RES, to create a colossal visual show driven by Avolites Ai S4 ...More

(5/12/2016)

-Stardraw.com Announces Record Results

Stardraw.com Announces Record Results

Software provider Stardraw.com has enjoyed the best six months ever for sales and usage stats of their off-the-shelf design and documentation product range with growth approaching 25% during 2015.
Indeed, the company recorded its ...
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(5/11/2016)

-d3 Technologies' r13 Goes Gold

d3 Technologies' r13 Goes Gold

d3 Technologies announces r13, the latest release of the company's award-winning software.
r13 has a mix of new and improved features including a refreshed new look UI and new HMSF timeline which enhances the d3 workflow. ...
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(5/11/2016)

-Bose Professional Now Shipping F1 Model 812 Passive Flexible Array Loudspeaker

Bose Professional Now Shipping F1 Model 812 Passive Flexible Array Loudspeaker

Bose Professional announces that the F1 Model 812 Passive Flexible Array loudspeaker is now shipping. This new passive loudspeaker, along with a powered model introduced in 2015, are the first loudspeakers offering "FLEX array ...More

(5/11/2016)

-PreSonus ULT-series Loudspeakers Deliver Ultra-Long Throw with Even Coverage

PreSonus ULT-series Loudspeakers Deliver Ultra-Long Throw with Even Coverage

PreSonus is shipping its new ULT-series active loudspeakers, which combine the widest horizontal dispersion of any loudspeaker in their class with a focused vertical dispersion for an ultra-long throw. The result is even coverage ...More

(5/11/2016)

-All-New Skywriter HPX Tour by X-Laser USA Makes 5W Laser Shows More Accessible

All-New Skywriter HPX Tour by X-Laser USA Makes 5W Laser Shows More Accessible

Just a few years ago, using a 5W, full-color laser system was reserved for only large production companies with budgets big enough for large laser lighting rigs. Today, as laser technology has advanced and X-Laser's product ...More

(5/11/2016)

-Fulcrum Acoustic Unveils New Subcardioid Subwoofer

Fulcrum Acoustic Unveils New Subcardioid Subwoofer

Fulcrum Acoustic, creators of professional loudspeaker technologies, have introduced the FLS115 Subcardioid Subwoofer.
A powerful complement to the companion FL283 Subcardioid Lone Array, the FLS115 is ideal for the most ...
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(5/11/2016)

-BASSBOSS Loudspeakers and Subwoofers Chosen for SXSW Official Stages The Main I and II

BASSBOSS Loudspeakers and Subwoofers Chosen for SXSW Official Stages The Main I and II

Austin, Texas-based powered loudspeaker manufacturer BASSBOSS is well represented year round in their hometown, with speakers installed in popular venues such as Kingdom, Barcelona, Empire Control Room & Garage, and Ironwood Hall. ...More

(5/11/2016)

-Robe BMFLs Say Hello on Adele Tour

Robe BMFLs Say Hello on Adele Tour

Nearly 100 Robe BMFL Spots are on tour with multi-award winning chart-topping singer / songwriter Adele's current Adele Live 2016 world tour, in a stylish and dramatic lighting concept developed by Patrick Woodroffe ...More

(5/11/2016)

-Adamson Grows North American Support Team

Adamson Grows North American Support Team

Adamson Systems Engineering announces the expansion of its North American support team. Richard Woida has joined the US applications group to reinforce Adamson's growing client base in the United States. Scott Shields ...More

(5/11/2016)

-Leslie Giffin Joins Lex Products as the Central Territory Manager

Leslie Giffin Joins Lex Products as the Central Territory Manager

Lex Products announces Leslie Giffin as the central territory manager for the company's portable and permanently installed power distribution solutions for the industrial and entertainment markets. Giffin comes to Lex ...More

(5/11/2016)

-Rogue R2 Wash Wins Votes in London Mayor's Race

Rogue R2 Wash Wins Votes in London Mayor's Race

Standing out in the crowded field of politics is difficult. So too is standing out in the bright and bustling city of London, especially against the ever-present ambient light at night. It was altogether fitting, then, that the Rogue R2 ...More

(5/11/2016)

-Middle Atlantic Products Hires Seasoned Product Managers

Middle Atlantic Products Hires Seasoned Product Managers

Middle Atlantic Products announces two new additions to the company's product management team. Alec Conrad joins as senior product manager for the company's signal path offerings, while Bret Leatherwood is the new ...More

(5/11/2016)

-L-Acoustics Sings Above Thousands Of Aventura Fans

L-Acoustics Sings Above Thousands Of Aventura Fans

When discussing how well a sound system performed for a specific show, details like overall audio quality and coverage are likely to come up. Comments on various challenges might also arise, be they related to budget, rigging, or how fast ...More

(5/11/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Bianco (NoFit State Circus/St. Ann's Warehouse)

Theatre in Review: Bianco (NoFit State Circus/St. Ann's Warehouse)

Even as Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski are experiencing an emotional workout inside St. Ann's Warehouse, a circus tent has gone up outside on the plot of land adjacent to the theatre, where the members of the NoFit State Circus are ...More

(5/10/2016)

-2015 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees Announced

2015 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees Announced

Four theater artists will be honored by the Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee during the presentation of its 2015 Awards in a luncheon ceremony to be scheduled for the coming fall. All honors for the 2015 awards were earned by ...More

(5/10/2016)

-She Loves Me, American Psycho Take Outer Critics Circle Design Awards

She Loves Me, American Psycho Take Outer Critics Circle Design Awards

The 66th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, which honor achievement on and Off Broadway, were announced yesterday. She Loves Me and American Psycho the Musical dominated the design category awards, with two wins each. ...More

(5/10/2016)

-JBL Professional by Harman Introduces Control SB2210 Dual 10" Compact Subwoofer

JBL Professional by Harman Introduces Control SB2210 Dual 10&quot; Compact Subwoofer

JBL Professional by Harman brings a new level of versatility and performance to the installation market with the introduction of the JBL Control SB2210, a dual 10" subwoofer that combines high output and compact size, making it an ...More

(5/10/2016)

-PixelFLEX Announces Intellasound Productions as Its Newest Rental Partner

PixelFLEX Announces Intellasound Productions as Its Newest Rental Partner

The multi-award winning LED video display manufacturer PixelFLEX announces Intellasound Productions as its newest production rental partner. With its headquarters in Verona, Wisconsin, Intellasound Productions has been ...More

(5/10/2016)

-TekFlex-12 Flexible Matrix from TEKVOX Revolutionizes Seamless High-Definition Switchers

TekFlex-12 Flexible Matrix from TEKVOX Revolutionizes Seamless High-Definition Switchers

TEKVOX has introduced the TekFlex-12, a new way of thinking about seamless high-definition switchers that replaces all inputs and outputs with 12 individual slots that can be independently populated. The product will debut at Info ...More

(5/10/2016)

-In Memoriam: Edgar Lloyd Lustig

In Memoriam: Edgar Lloyd Lustig

Edgar Lloyd "Ned" Lustig, founding member of the American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC), passed away on February 12, in Lincoln, Nebraska, Lighting&Sound America has learned. Lustig's 50-year career will be ...More

(5/10/2016)

-Bandit Hires Shay Simpson to World Headquarters

Bandit Hires Shay Simpson to World Headquarters

Bandit Lites, a global lighting company, announces the addition of Shay Simpson to its corporate ranks at its world headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee. A 13 year veteran of the entertainment industry, Simpson brings her ...More

(5/10/2016)

-Elation Lights 2016 Coachella Tents and Festival Grounds

Elation Lights 2016 Coachella Tents and Festival Grounds

Elation Professional LED lighting was used in several tents at this year's Coachella Music and Arts Festival with Elation lights also used to uplight the festival's well-loved rows of palm trees in rainbows of festive color.

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(5/10/2016)

-Osram Lightify Voting to Add Color to the Eurovision Song Contest

Osram Lightify Voting to Add Color to the Eurovision Song Contest

During the Eurovision Song Contest in May, Osram will bathe the Swedish capital in bright colors that show what viewers think of the songs. The Munich-based lighting specialist will light up seven landmarks in Stockholm and ...More

(5/10/2016)

-Clay Paky Illuminates the German Popstar Andreas Bourani

Clay Paky Illuminates the German Popstar Andreas Bourani

German popstar Andreas Bourani is currently out on an arena tour of Germany in support of his latest album HEY, with a slick and stylish lighting design by Nik Evers using Clay Paky Mythos and A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures ...More

(5/10/2016)

-WorldStage SF Hosts Spring Technology Open House

WorldStage SF Hosts Spring Technology Open House

WorldStage San Francisco, formerly Tekamaki, hosted the spring edition of its Technology Open House in its San Carlos, California location. The semi-annual event brought together the top technical minds from all five WorldStageMore

(5/10/2016)

-Axiom Reaches Half a Million in Havana

Axiom Reaches Half a Million in Havana

Electronic dance music artists Major Lazer has become one of the first major American acts to play in Cuba since diplomatic ties were restored between Washington and Havana in July last year. The trio played a free concert to a reported ...More

(5/10/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Blood at the Root (National Black Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Blood at the Root (National Black Theatre)

Dominique Morisseau's new play is set in a Louisiana high school that, at first glance, appears to be a harmonious place, if only because the different cliques and races keep to themselves. With enviable economy, she sketches in a ...More

(5/9/2016)

-Kramer US Appoints New CEO

Kramer US Appoints New CEO

Kramer Electronics announces the appointment of a new CEO for its US sales office, Steve Biegacki, effective May 1st. Biegacki replaces Dave Bright, who announced his retirement in August of last year. Bright will ...More

(5/9/2016)

-Proel to Exhibit at PLASA Focus Leeds

Proel to Exhibit at PLASA Focus Leeds

Proel will exhibit at the annual PLASA Focus Leeds trade show at the Royal Armouries on May 10 - 11. Fast becoming the "go to" show for the northern region's audio professionals, PLASA Focus retains an intimate atmosphere and ...More

(5/9/2016)

-Introducing Plugin Alliance for Waves Audio SoundGrid

Introducing Plugin Alliance for Waves Audio SoundGrid

Waves Audio, a developer of professional audio signal processing technologies, announces that Plugin Alliance will now be SoundGrid-compatible with the release of its 100% SoundGrid Bundle V1.0. ...More

(5/9/2016)

-dLive Manages Green Day Musical

dLive Manages Green Day Musical

Two Allen & Heath dLive digital mixing systems managed the recent two-month run of Green Day's stage show, American Idiot, at Cirkus Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. Parashoot PA was appointed to manage the sound, ...More

(5/9/2016)

-House Lighting Reaches New Heights at Coastlife Church with Elation Colour Pendants

House Lighting Reaches New Heights at Coastlife Church with Elation Colour Pendants

Coastlife Church is a growing nondenominational ministry in Venice, Florida, that recently added a new 400-500 seat auditorium to its property and outfitted the space with 33 Elation Professional Colour Pendant color-changing LED ...More

(5/9/2016)

-4U2C Selects Clay Paky, Robert Juliat, grandMA Consoles, and MDG Generators for 44th UAE National Day

4U2C Selects Clay Paky, Robert Juliat, grandMA Consoles, and MDG Generators for 44th UAE National Day

Home to the world's tallest building, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is accustomed to doing things big. The extensive festivities marking the 44th UAE National Day were no exception. The official National Day event at Zayed Sports City in ...More

(5/9/2016)

-Macau's Planet J Comes Alive with ETC's x7 Color

Macau's Planet J Comes Alive with ETC's x7 Color

Lighting plays an incredibly important role in enhancing the magic world of theme parks. It is far more than a tool to illuminate or decorate, but a key to connecting people with a fantasy realm. With theme-park experiences growing day by ...More

(5/9/2016)

-The Design Oasis Sets Scenes at Tortuga Festival with Chauvet Professional COLORados

The Design Oasis Sets Scenes at Tortuga Festival with Chauvet Professional COLORados

Beach Park in Florida's famous spring break city is 893 miles from Ryman Auditorium, birthplace of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. But for three days this April, the eyes of the country music world were on Fort Lauderdale, as the Tortuga ...More

(5/9/2016)

-Meyer Sound's LEO Family Powers Iron Maiden on Massive World Tour

Meyer Sound's LEO Family Powers Iron Maiden on Massive World Tour

Iconic British metal band Iron Maiden is relying on a Meyer Sound LEO family loudspeaker system to power its successful Book of Souls World Tour. The band's high-octane performances have been filling arenas around the world ...More

(5/9/2016)

-The Focusrite RedNet D16R AES3 Interface Lets ATK Audiotek Streamline the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show

The Focusrite RedNet D16R AES3 Interface Lets ATK Audiotek Streamline the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show

On February 7, 2016, with the Denver Broncos locked in battle with the Carolina Panthers for Super Bowl 50, Coldplay, Beyoncé, and Bruno Mars combined for one of the biggest Super Bowl Halftime Show extravaganzas yet. Their ...More

(5/9/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Evening 1910 (Axis Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Evening 1910 (Axis Theatre)

The mood is profoundly elegiac these nights at the Axis, where Randy Sharp and Paul Carbonara's new musical presents the experiences of some turn-of-the-last-century immigrants as if preserved in amber. With its view of a ...More

(5/9/2016)

-Theatre in Review: The Place We Built (The Flea Theater)

Theatre in Review: The Place We Built (The Flea Theater)

A showdown with the Budapest police opens a window on the degradation of Hungary's democracy in Sarah Gancher's ambitious and gripping new play. The place referred to in the title is The Seagull, a bar/nightclub/theatre run collectively by ...More

(5/6/2016)

-Behind the Scenes Happy Hour, Hosted by ESTA, Returns to LDI 2016

Behind the Scenes Happy Hour, Hosted by ESTA, Returns to LDI 2016

The Behind the Scenes Happy Hour, hosted by ESTA, will return for its third year as the biggest pre-LDI party of the year and will take place on Thursday, October 20, from 6:00 - 8:00pm at the Westgate Las Vegas. ...More

(5/6/2016)

-Martin Audio Launches CDD-WR and CDD-LIVE! at InfoComm 2016

Martin Audio Launches CDD-WR and CDD-LIVE! at InfoComm 2016

Martin Audio will launch both CDD-WR and CDD-LIVE! for the US market at InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas running June 4 - 10.
CDD-WR is the weatherized version of the popular dedicated install CDD Series that has already met with ...
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(5/6/2016)

-Parnelli Award-Winning PixelFLEX Announces a West Coast Open House to Showcase Its LED Video Technologies

Parnelli Award-Winning PixelFLEX Announces a West Coast Open House to Showcase Its LED Video Technologies

The Parnelli Award-winning video display manufacturer PixelFLEX announces a west coast open house designed to showcase of its innovative line of LED technologies. Highlighted by the FLEXLite Plus, FLEXLite NXG, reFLEXion, trueFLEX, ...More

(5/6/2016)

-Focusrite Launches Advanced Red 4Pre Interface, Featuring 58-Input/64-Output Thunderbolt Connectivity

Focusrite Launches Advanced Red 4Pre Interface, Featuring 58-Input/64-Output Thunderbolt Connectivity

Focusrite announces the launch of the Red 4Pre, the pinnacle of Focusrite's interface range. The 58-in/64-out Thunderbolt Red 4Pre interface combines four of Focusrite's specially-developed digitally-controlled mic preamps, plus ...More

(5/6/2016)

-Soundcraft by Harman Releases Free Firmware Update for Ui Series Compact, Portable, Remote-Control Mixers

Soundcraft by Harman Releases Free Firmware Update for Ui Series Compact, Portable, Remote-Control Mixers

Soundcraft by Harman announces the availability of an upgrade to its Ui Series digital consoles with the release of a free firmware update, which adds several new features and extends browser and device compatibility. ...More

(5/6/2016)

-ADJ Launches the Stinger II -- Triple Impact Party Machine

ADJ Launches the Stinger II -- Triple Impact Party Machine

In the modern world of entertainment, flexibility and the ability to create attention-grabbing multi-faceted effects are two key essentials, especially for users on the move or those working with limited space, such as mobile DJs, event ...More

(5/6/2016)

-Cadac Debuts New CDC Console Software and MegaCOMMS Network Devices in the UK at PLASA Focus Leeds

Cadac Debuts New CDC Console Software and MegaCOMMS Network Devices in the UK at PLASA Focus Leeds

Cadac is debuting CDC Console Software V3.01 in the UK at PLASA Focus Leeds, alongside the new CDC MC Optical Bridge and the CDC MC AES3 Stagebox. The show runs May 10 - 11 at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, where Cadac will ...More

(5/6/2016)

-Clay Paky Sharpy "Orchestra" Lights the Award Ceremony of Fraunhofer

Clay Paky Sharpy &quot;Orchestra&quot; Lights the Award Ceremony of Fraunhofer

More than 60 Clay Paky Sharpys were perfectly programmed to create a "light orchestra" which interactively illuminated the Fraunhofer award ceremony. The incredible achievement recently won the lighting designer Björn Hermann ...More

(5/6/2016)

-Engineer Sunil Karanjikar Chooses Waves MultiRack and Waves Plugins for A.R. Rahman Tour

Engineer Sunil Karanjikar Chooses Waves MultiRack and Waves Plugins for A.R. Rahman Tour

Live systems/front-of-house engineer Sunil Karanjikar chooses Waves MultiRack and Waves plugins to mix on tour with A. R. Rahman, a winner of Grammy, OSscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe, National Film, and Filmfare Awards. Rahman is ...More

(5/6/2016)

-Martin by Harman Fixtures Light Up Miners' Day Celebration in Deep Mineshaft

Martin by Harman Fixtures Light Up Miners' Day Celebration in Deep Mineshaft

Martin by Harman lighting fixtures descended 1,000' beneath the ground to take part in a Russian Miners' Day celebration. The day also marked the launch of Main Shaft No. 2 in the Kirovsk mine in the Murmansk region. Lighting ...More

(5/6/2016)

-Ljubljana Castle Adds More Robes

Ljubljana Castle Adds More Robes

Ljubljana Castle -- a top tourist attraction in the beautiful Slovenian capital -- has added more Robes to its lighting inventory with the purchase of CycFX 8s, LEDBeam 100s, and six Robe LightWare HO battery powered up-lighting LED ...More

(5/6/2016)

-TiMax Immerses Be Play One Audience in Live Hive Experience

TiMax Immerses Be Play One Audience in Live Hive Experience

Perhaps it was the ushers dressed as beekeepers, maybe it was the rustic soundscape on the way into the venue, or that tens of thousands of the principle players weren't actually in the building. Whatever, as live performance experiences ...More

(5/6/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Crude (Black Lab Theatre/Ars Nova)

Theatre in Review: Crude (Black Lab Theatre/Ars Nova)

According to the program for Crude, it is one in an "energy series" of plays by Jordan Jaffe, each of which is designed to highlight a particular energy source. (He has also written plays about natural gas and wind.) I ...More

(5/6/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Idiot (HERE)

Theatre in Review: Idiot (HERE)

In their old nightclub act, The Revuers, Betty Comden and Adolph Green did a number called "Reader's Digest," in which they applied the condensed-books method to classic literature, summing them up in a four-line chorus. For example, Gon ...More

(5/5/2016)

-Avolites Names Group One Sole US Distributor For Ai Media Server

Avolites Names Group One Sole US Distributor For Ai Media Server

Avolites Ltd announces the immediate appointment of Group One Ltd as the sole US distributor for its Ai range of media servers.
As of May 1st, Group One is now promoting, selling, and supporting Avolites' new Ai R Series ...
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(5/5/2016)

-Audio Engineering Society Announces Dates, Committee Members for 141st Convention in Los Angeles

Audio Engineering Society Announces Dates, Committee Members for 141st Convention in Los Angeles

The Audio Engineering Society has begun to set the stage for the highly-anticipated 141st International Convention which will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center, Thursday, September 29 - Sunday, October 2, 2016, with the ...More

(5/5/2016)

-Martin by Harman P3-050 and P3-150 System Controllers Get a Major Software Upgrade

Martin by Harman P3-050 and P3-150 System Controllers Get a Major Software Upgrade

Martin by Harman debuted two additions to the P3 System Controller family of LED video processors at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt last month, and announces a feature-packed software upgrade for its entire line of P3 System ...More

(5/5/2016)

-PR Lighting Introduces Flicker Free Pro Stage 150 for Studios

PR Lighting Introduces Flicker Free Pro Stage 150 for Studios

PR Lighting's new Pro Stage 150 RGBW 5-degrees, 10-degrees, 19-degrees, 26-degrees -- part of its burgeoning new Studio range -- has been designed for the theatre and studio, as well as other applications where high-definition ...More

(5/5/2016)

-KLANG:technologies Announces Firmware Update

KLANG:technologies Announces Firmware Update

KLANG:technologies, now distributed in the US by Group One Limited, announces the introduction of a new operating system, KOS V2.1, for its KLANG:fabrik and KLANG:vier. Immediately available for free download from www.klang ...More

(5/5/2016)

-Analog Way to Exhibit at InfoComm 2016 -- Booth #C7921

Analog Way to Exhibit at InfoComm 2016 -- Booth #C7921

Analog Way, a designer and manufacturer that specializes in computer and video signal processing and distribution, will exhibit at InfoComm 2016 from June 8 - 10, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. At booth #C7921, Analog Way will be ...More

(5/5/2016)

-Zero 88 at Plasa Focus Leeds 2016

Zero 88 at Plasa Focus Leeds 2016

Zero 88 will be exhibiting at Plasa Focus Leeds -- stand N-B12 -- with several exciting new products and releases.
Following its successful launch last year, FLX8 now joins the FLX family of lighting consoles as the latest ...
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(5/5/2016)

-d3 Technologies Grows Management and Support Teams Worldwide

d3 Technologies Grows Management and Support Teams Worldwide

d3 Technologies announces a number of global new hires and two new office locations as the company rapidly expands worldwide.
d3 has experienced rapid growth in the US where d3 is growing as a media server of choice for many ...
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(5/5/2016)

-Grass Valley Changes the Landscape of Live Production with Direct IP Camera Solution

Grass Valley Changes the Landscape of Live Production with Direct IP Camera Solution

More broadcasters have IP networks with large bandwidth in use, and Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, is making it easier to produce live programming efficiently with Grass Valley cameras across those networks. The LDX Series is ...More

(5/5/2016)

-ETC LEDs Help Highlight Van Gogh Museum's New Entrance Building

ETC LEDs Help Highlight Van Gogh Museum's New Entrance Building

ETC dealer Ampco Flashlight has installed 30 custom-painted Selador Desire D60XTI Studio HD LED fixtures, along with seven full-color D60XTI Vivid and ten D22 Lustr+ fixtures, in the stunning new entrance building for ...More

(5/5/2016)

-Sound, Production, and Lighting Turns Gymnatorium into Performing Arts Center

Sound, Production, and Lighting Turns Gymnatorium into Performing Arts Center

When it came to looking for a total audio solution for the gymatorium at the British International School of Chicago, Skokie, Illinois-based Sound, Production, and Lighting (SPL) turned to RCF and Danley for the ...More

(5/5/2016)

-Life's a Beach with Bandit and Billy Currington

Life's a Beach with Bandit and Billy Currington

While his first show of the year may have launched in February, Billy Currington, ever the consummate country summer ballad crooner, is crisscrossing the nation continuing his Summer Forever tour with a lighting package provided by < ...More

(5/5/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Toast (Jagged Fence Theatre/59E59)

Theatre in Review: Toast (Jagged Fence Theatre/59E59)

From Eugene O'Neill's plays of the sea to Assistance, Leslye Headland's all-too-believable account of working for a movie mogul, playwrights love to draw for inspiration on the jobs they held when they were starting out. Such plays ...More

(5/5/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Kentucky (Page 73 Productions/Ensemble Studio Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Kentucky (Page 73 Productions/Ensemble Studio Theatre)

Hiro, the heroine of Leah Nanako Winkler's new play, is a woman with a mission. A New Yorker in her late twenties, she is determined to return home to Kentucky for the marriage of her sister, Sophie. Although ostensibly there to ...More

(5/4/2016)

-Julie Smith Joins Altman Lighting

Julie Smith Joins Altman Lighting

Altman Lighting announces that Julie Smith has joined the Altman team in the role of general manager. Smith will work from the Altman Lighting headquarters in Yonkers, New York to oversee all facets on the company's daily ...More

(5/4/2016)

-Avid Aligns Global Footprint to Strengthen Innovation and Accelerate Customer Success

Avid Aligns Global Footprint to Strengthen Innovation and Accelerate Customer Success

Avid announces the results of a strategic global alignment focused on helping the company better serve customers. As part of its multi-year strategic, financial, and operational transformation, Avid is hiring hundreds of experienced ...More

(5/4/2016)

-PR Lighting Produces Single and Twin-Head ARC LEDs

PR Lighting Produces Single and Twin-Head ARC LEDs

PR Lighting has launched its new ARC LED 1027 (PR-8806) outdoor lighting fixture -- a companion to the "two head" version, the ARC LED 1054 (PR-8808).
While the ARC LED 1027 contains 27 10W four-in-one RGBW LEDs, its larger ...
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(5/4/2016)

-Three ESTA Standards in Public Review

Three ESTA Standards in Public Review

Three draft standards have been added to the ESTA public review page at the URL below. People materially affected by the standards are invited to review them and to offer comments, if they chose, before the reviews end on June 27. ...More

(5/4/2016)

-Artistic Licence to Exhibit at PLASA Focus Leeds 2016

Artistic Licence to Exhibit at PLASA Focus Leeds 2016

Artistic Licence, creators of lighting control, invite visitors to stand P-12 at this year's PLASA Focus Leeds. With three new product launches and a preview of the first offering of the company's lightJuice range, the show ...More

(5/4/2016)

-Rose Brand Inc. Announces Tape Promotion

Rose Brand Inc. Announces Tape Promotion

Rose Brand Inc. announces the launch of a new sales promotion. Customers can get a FREE Vintage T-Shirt with $300 online tape purchase. The promotion is valid on all tape items and customers can mix and match styles and colors to ...More

(5/4/2016)

-AG Production Services Takes Coachella to the Third Dimension

AG Production Services Takes Coachella to the Third Dimension

For two weekends in April, The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes over the Empire Polo Club grounds with music, food, and art displays. As in years past, AG Production Services provided the Mega Structures Mini enclosure ...More

(5/4/2016)

-Canaan Smith Loves Robe Like That

Canaan Smith Loves Robe Like That

Rising American country music star Canaan Smith has been touring with Robe Pointes and LEDWash 600s, specified by lighting designer Sooner Routhier, whose objective was to create a fresh and vibrant look for each show on the ...More

(5/4/2016)

-Tinashe Joyride World Tour Features Elation Lighting and Video Rig

Tinashe Joyride World Tour Features Elation Lighting and Video Rig

Multi-talented singer, dancer, and actress Tinashe is out on her 2016 Joyride world tour beneath an Elation Professional rig of SixBar 1000 LED battens and Platinum 5R Beam moving heads with graphic elements displayed across ...More

(5/4/2016)

-White Light Gets Goosebumps in Immersive Theatre Show

White Light Gets Goosebumps in Immersive Theatre Show

Goosebumps: Alive is London's latest immersive experience. A chilling modern update of the '90s cult horror series, the show is situated in The VAULTS, beneath Waterloo Station, and audience members are guided through the dark ...More

(5/4/2016)

-Martin Audio MLA Opens T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas

Martin Audio MLA Opens T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas

The new T-Mobile Arena recently opened with an all-star gala event featuring Las Vegas natives The Killers, Wayne Newton, Shamir, Blue Man Group, and Cirque du Soleil. Delicate Productions of Los Angeles and San Francisco deployed a ...More

(5/4/2016)

-Sennheiser Previewed HandMic Digital at NAB

Sennheiser Previewed HandMic Digital at NAB

At NAB last month, audio specialist Sennheiser is previewed the HandMic digital, which transforms any smartphone or tablet into a professional recording tool for vocals and speech. Highly resistant to cell phone interference, the ...More

(5/4/2016)

-Chauvet Professional Fixtures Anchor New Lighting System At Historic Worcester City Hall

Chauvet Professional Fixtures Anchor New Lighting System At Historic Worcester City Hall

History resonates throughout Worcester City Hall and the surrounding common area. It was from this spot on July 14, 1776, that the Declaration of Independence was first read in New England. Tradition has clearly enriched this ornate ...More

(5/3/2016)

-Dante AV Networking World at InfoComm to Feature Two Training Tracks, Dante Certification

Dante AV Networking World at InfoComm to Feature Two Training Tracks, Dante Certification

Audinate, creator of Dante media networking technology, will roll out a new format for the sixth annual Dante AV Networking World education event during InfoComm 2016. The workshop, to be held on June 7th at the Treasure ...More

(5/3/2016)

-Elation Protron 3K Color LED Strobe Offers an Explosion of Color

Elation Protron 3K Color LED Strobe Offers an Explosion of Color

Elation Professional has added to its family of LED strobes with the new Protron 3K Color, a high-power LED strobe light featuring 240 CREE XLamp 3W RGBW LEDs and 40,000 lumens of power for an explosion of color. The Protron 3K ...More

(5/3/2016)

-J.R. Clancy Licenses Front-Loading Arbor, Arbor Trap, and SuperArbor

J.R. Clancy Licenses Front-Loading Arbor, Arbor Trap, and SuperArbor

Grid Well Inc. (GWI) announces that J.R. Clancy has signed a license agreement for the manufacture and sale of its patented Front-Loading Arbor, its patent pending safety device the Arbor Trap, and the SuperArbor. ...More

(5/3/2016)

-Yiannis Cabolis Promoted to Vice President of Operations at Electrosonic

Yiannis Cabolis Promoted to Vice President of Operations at Electrosonic

Electrosonic announces that Yiannis Cabolis has been promoted to vice president of operations. The 10-year company veteran previously served as chief engineer and as manager of Electrosonic's design consulting service. In his ...More

(5/3/2016)

-WorxAudio Technologies Announces PDA-1000R Power Amplifier with Integrated DSP and Dante

WorxAudio Technologies Announces PDA-1000R Power Amplifier with Integrated DSP and Dante

WorxAudio Technologies, a division of PreSonus Audio Electronics, announces the PDA-1000R power amplifier with integrated DSP and Dante audio networking technology. The new PDA-1000R provides PreSonus' Active Integration ...More

(5/3/2016)

-Hitachi America, Ltd. Hires Will Dunham as Regional Sales Manager for the West Region of the US

Hitachi America, Ltd. Hires Will Dunham as Regional Sales Manager for the West Region of the US

Hitachi America, Ltd. announces Will Dunham has joined the sales team as regional sales manager for the west region of the US, effective immediately. Dunham will be based in Arizona and will manage sales in Alaska, Arizona, ...More

(5/3/2016)

-ProductionHUB Awards NYPD Detectives an Award of Excellence at the NAB Show

ProductionHUB Awards NYPD Detectives an Award of Excellence at the NAB Show

ProductionHUB, the global network for local crew and vendors, honored two New York City Police Detectives from the Major Case Squad, Martin Pastor and Anthony Diaz, who have recovered more than $700,000 worth of stolen ...More

(5/3/2016)

-Neerav Shah, Digital Media Veteran, Joins Grass Valley as Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing

Neerav Shah, Digital Media Veteran, Joins Grass Valley as Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing

Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, announces the appointment of Neerav D. Shah as the company's new senior vice president, strategic marketing. Shah has more than 25 years of experience in product development, marketing, ...More

(5/3/2016)

-Robe Strobes are Ace for Scooter

Robe Strobes are Ace for Scooter

Hamburg dance / trance trio Scooter -- considered the most successful German singles recording act with 23 top 10 hits and over 30 million records sold -- kicked off their 2016 tour with an eye-catching lighting and set design by Jerry ...More

(5/3/2016)

-Renkus-Heinz and POLARaudio Bring Great Sound to Number One Birdcage Walk

Renkus-Heinz and POLARaudio Bring Great Sound to Number One Birdcage Walk

A stone's throw from Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, Number One Birdcage Walk is a storied piece of London history. Regarded as one of the city's architectural gems, the building has been home to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers ...More

(5/3/2016)

-Protec Returns to Rock'n'Roll with a Triple Whammy

Protec Returns to Rock'n'Roll with a Triple Whammy

The company, who until recently, has focussed mainly on corporate events having taken a sabbatical from rock and roll for a year, made a dramatic U-turn in March 2016 to support three concerts in the UAE including Nicky Minaj and the ...More

(5/3/2016)

-CCI Solutions Calls on Chauvet Professional at Northview Church Fishers Campus

CCI Solutions Calls on Chauvet Professional at Northview Church Fishers Campus

They say history repeats itself. Such was the case one Sunday in 2013 when a group of worshippers gathered in the auditorium of Hamilton Southeastern Junior High School for the first service at Northview Church's Fishers, Indiana campus. ...More

(5/3/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Butterfly (59E59)

Theatre in Review: Butterfly (59E59)

According to the press release, Butterfly is based on Madame Butterfly, but you have to squint awfully hard to see the resemblance. What this brief, wordless piece has in common with Puccini's opera is a supremely put ...More

(5/2/2016)

-Mega-Lite Releases the Baby Color VW

Mega-Lite Releases the Baby Color VW

Mega-Lite introduces the Baby Color VW, a bright variable white fixture that's ultra-compact in size. The unit is equipped with seven 5W LEDs and has less than a 5" square body. The fixture has a 20-degree beam angle and comes with ...More

(5/2/2016)

-Analog Way Inaugurates New Extended Facility for the Americas

Analog Way Inaugurates New Extended Facility for the Americas

Analog Way, an innovation-driven designer and manufacturer that specializes in computer and video signal processing and distribution, has opened its new headquarters for the Americas in Gwinnett County, Metro Atlanta, Georgia. The ...More

(5/2/2016)

-Thern, Inc. Offers "Built-to-Order" Winches Fast

Thern, Inc. Offers &quot;Built-to-Order&quot; Winches Fast

Users in need of a powerful winch that can handle loads up to 6,400lbs (2900kg) and time is of the essence, the company says Thern, Inc. has the solution. Thern has dramatically improved the lead time on the company's line of 4WS ...More

(5/2/2016)

-Joe Fustolo Joins Renkus-Heinz as Application Engineer

Joe Fustolo Joins Renkus-Heinz as Application Engineer

Renkus-Heinz, manufacturers of loudspeaker technology and steerable sound, announces the appointment of Joe Fustolo to the position of application engineer.
An experienced engineer with roots in live and installed sound, ...
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(5/2/2016)

-Laserworld Reveals All-In-One Laser Solution for DJs and Nightclubs with Custom Text Projection

Laserworld Reveals All-In-One Laser Solution for DJs and Nightclubs with Custom Text Projection

Lasers are becoming increasingly popular and especially mobile DJs and smaller nightclubs often request a product that is easy to operate, is capable of projecting tunnel effects, layers, and some basic shapes and figures, and most ...More

(5/2/2016)

-String Cheese Incident Strikes It Bright with Chauvet Professional

String Cheese Incident Strikes It Bright with Chauvet Professional

Even by the standards of Jam bands, The String Cheese Incident defies easy categorization. What else is there to say about a group of talented musicians that jams with Skrillex as deftly as it covers hits by a disparate group of artists ...More

(5/2/2016)

-Robe BMFLs Specified for Arlette Gruss Circus

Robe BMFLs Specified for Arlette Gruss Circus

Robe BMFL Spot moving lights have been specified for France's famous Arlette Gruss Circus show which started its 2016 winter tour at the Place des Quinconces in Bordeaux.
Since 2009, the show has been staged in the 500-seat "Cathed ...
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(5/2/2016)

-GLP Out in Force at Clockenflap

GLP Out in Force at Clockenflap

GLP's impression LED range was out in force recently at the eighth Clockenflap 2015 -- a three-day outdoor music and arts festival in Hong Kong.
Incorporating international, regional, and local live music, film, art installations, ...
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(5/2/2016)

-Bandit Lites Ignites ACM "Entertainer of the Year" Jason Aldean's Six String Circus Tour

Bandit Lites Ignites ACM &quot;Entertainer of the Year&quot; Jason Aldean's Six String Circus Tour

Known for his ability to "routinely fill stadiums" (Las Vegas Sun), this year's ACM "Entertainer of the Year" Jason Aldean is having an incredible year, and it is only April. The multi-Platinum country music megastar will return to ...More

(5/2/2016)

-BlackTrax Flies High for Muse on its Drones Worldwide Arena Concerts

BlackTrax Flies High for Muse on its Drones Worldwide Arena Concerts

The UK-based artistic design firm, Oli Metcalfe Design Ltd working with entertainment studio, Moment Factory applied an unprecedented combination of interactive technology for the worldwide arena tours of British rock trio, ...More

(5/2/2016)

-Root Sports Northwest Upgrades Studio with LED Fixtures and Lighting Control Provided by WorldStage

Root Sports Northwest Upgrades Studio with LED Fixtures and Lighting Control Provided by WorldStage

Root Sports Northwest has completely revamped its Seattle studio and added a new complement of LED fixtures and ETC lighting control provided by WorldStage. TV Lighting Design, Inc. of NewYork City collaborated with ...More

(5/2/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Shuffle Along (Music Box Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Shuffle Along (Music Box Theatre)

The other night at the Music Box, the sound of tapping feet could be heard even before the curtain rose. Whether it was a last-minute run-through or a calculated effect, it conveyed a palpable excitement, a feeling that everyone involved ...More

(5/2/2016)

-Theatre in Review: A Streetcar Named Desire (Young Vic/St. Ann's Warehouse)

Theatre in Review: A Streetcar Named Desire (Young Vic/St. Ann's Warehouse)

Apparently, there is now a school of Ivo Van Hove. It consists of European directors taking classic American plays of the mid-20th century, stripping away anything specific to their period or location, and mounting them on antiseptically ...More

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