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News Archive - July 2014

(7/30/2014)

-AES Announces Free Exhibition Registration and Special Hotel Packages for 137th AES Convention

AES Announces Free Exhibition Registration and Special Hotel Packages for 137th AES Convention

Registration is now open to attend the AES137 Convention in Los Angeles, California. The AES is gearing up to take over the Los Angeles Convention Center, October 9 - 12, 2014, located in the revitalized LA Live entertainment ...More

(7/30/2014)

-Eighteen Sound Announces Online Loudspeaker Lyceum Resource

Eighteen Sound Announces Online Loudspeaker Lyceum Resource

Born out of a commitment to the science and physics of audio, and to continuing education within the audio community, Italian loudspeaker manufacturer Eighteen Sound announces the debut of the Loudspeaker Lyceum. ...More

(7/30/2014)

-Listen Technologies Provides Comprehensive Resources on Updates to California Building Code Requirements

Listen Technologies Provides Comprehensive Resources on Updates to California Building Code Requirements

As part of its ongoing efforts to provide venues, contractors, and system integrators with the latest resources, Listen Technologies Corporation, a leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of assistive listening products, has ...More

(7/30/2014)

-Luce Group Designs Exhibit Lighting for Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Luce Group Designs Exhibit Lighting for Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Luce Group, an award-winning, New York-based, lighting-design firm, recently completed lighting the permanent collection in the newly renovated museum building at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. In addition ...More

(7/30/2014)

-St. Madeleine Sophie Church Upgrades its Audio System with Community

St. Madeleine Sophie Church Upgrades its Audio System with Community

St. Madeleine Sophie is a Roman Catholic Church in Schenectady, New York. The church has a modern architectural design with a fan-shaped sanctuary and an attractive, wood-beamed ceiling.
St. Madeleine's open ceiling promotes good ...
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(7/30/2014)

-Meyer Sound JM-1P and 1100-LFC Drive High-Energy Worship at The Crossing Church in Las Vegas

Meyer Sound JM-1P and 1100-LFC Drive High-Energy Worship at The Crossing Church in Las Vegas

To attract a younger, media-savvy demographic, The Crossing Christian Church has installed a concert-grade Meyer Sound system. The design features the JM-1P arrayable loudspeaker and the 1100-LFC low-frequency control element, Meyer ...More

(7/30/2014)

-Robe Pointes "On Fire" With the Rolling Stones

Robe Pointes "On Fire" With the Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones have just finished the European section of their 14 On Fire tour with another spectacular lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe of Woodroffe Basset Design (WBD) -- which included 54 Robe Robin Pointes ...More

(7/30/2014)

-Atomic Design Partners with WorldStage on Turner Entertainment Networks' Upfront at Madison Square Garden

Atomic Design Partners with WorldStage on Turner Entertainment Networks' Upfront at Madison Square Garden

ATOMIC and WorldStage once again partnered on the upfront for Turner Entertainment Networks' TBS and TNT, which returned to The Theatre at Madison Square Garden with a bang. Or maybe it was a "Boom" as TNT launched a new, ...More

(7/30/2014)

-Harman's JBL Professional and Crown Uncork Extraordinary Sound at BottleRock Napa Valley

Harman's JBL Professional and Crown Uncork Extraordinary Sound at BottleRock Napa Valley

Billing itself as the Ultimate Celebration, the three-day BottleRock Napa Valley Festival offered the best in music, wine, beer, and gourmet food, accompanied by stellar sound courtesy of Harman Professional audio systems featuring < ...More

(7/30/2014)

-Bandit Lites and Chauvet Professional Give "New Life" to Dow Event Center

Bandit Lites and Chauvet Professional Give &quot;New Life&quot; to Dow Event Center

As a football player, LaMarr Woodley reached the top of his profession. A unanimous first team All-American at the University of Michigan, he's gone on to enjoy a stellar professional career as a Pittsburgh Steeler and Oakland Raider, ...More

(7/30/2014)

-Martin Professional Luminaires Provide Vehicle Lighting Across the 2014 North American International Auto Show

Martin Professional Luminaires Provide Vehicle Lighting Across the 2014 North American International Auto Show

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), better known as the Detroit Auto Show, is one of the largest automotive shows in North America and annually features many national and worldwide introductions from the world's most ...More

(7/30/2014)

-SGM G-Spot for "Fountain of Oneness"

SGM G-Spot for &quot;Fountain of Oneness&quot;

The foundation Universal Brotherhood has chosen SGM's G-Spot LED moving head for its Sant Nirankari Mission Fountain of Worship in India.
Lawrence Ryan of Eagle Eye Studios was tasked with designing and programming ...
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(7/30/2014)

-Theatre in Review: Sex with Strangers (Second Stage)

Theatre in Review: Sex with Strangers (Second Stage)

Love and literature make strange bedfellows in Sex with Strangers, a tart comedy that strongly suggests writers should date people in other professions. The author, Laura Eason, has invented just such a pair, made sure ...More

(7/29/2014)

-ETCP Launches Second Set of Web-Based Rigging Practice Exams

ETCP Launches Second Set of Web-Based Rigging Practice Exams

The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) will launch a new version of the practice exams for the Rigger - Arena and Rigger - Theatre certifications this summer. Both new practice exams will be accessible beginning ...More

(7/29/2014)

-Metropolitan Opera Responds to AFM Document Alleging Mismanagement

Metropolitan Opera Responds to AFM Document Alleging Mismanagement

On the eve of its contract negotiations with the Metropolitan Opera, Local 802, American Federation of Musicians released an 84-page document alleging that the Met's current fiscal problems are the result of mismanagement on ...More

(7/29/2014)

-PR Lighting's High-Power LED Studio 3205D for Auto Shows and All Large Scale Applications

PR Lighting's High-Power LED Studio 3205D for Auto Shows and All Large Scale Applications

PR Lighting's initial brief when planning its new LED Studio 3205D was to develop a fixture purpose-designed for lighting up large scale automobile shows around the world. But with its inherent power, derived from a single 500W LED ...More

(7/29/2014)

-Creative Conners Celebrates Ten Years of Automation

Creative Conners Celebrates Ten Years of Automation

From humble beginnings in a basement to nearly 1,000 Stagehand controllers moving scenery from coast to coast today, Creative Conners sees its first ten years in business as a moving accomplishment. ...More

(7/29/2014)

-Robe's LEDBeam 100s for Vasco Rossi Shows

Robe's LEDBeam 100s for Vasco Rossi Shows

Iconic Italian superstar singer / songwriter Vasco Rossi staged seven phenomenal stadium shows in Rome and Milan this summer playing to over 400,000 fans, complete with a light show to match the occasion designed by his long term lighting ...More

(7/29/2014)

-Today Show Summer Concert Series Launches with Clay Paky B-EYE Luminaires

Today Show Summer Concert Series Launches with Clay Paky B-EYE Luminaires

The Summer Concert Series has launched on NBC's Today show and Clay Paky's A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights are being deployed on the live music segments, which air at least once a week on the iconic morning show. ...More

(7/29/2014)

-Harman's JBL VTX Line Arrays Go Into "X Mode" for the 2014 Miss USA Interviews

Harman's JBL VTX Line Arrays Go Into &quot;X Mode&quot; for the 2014 Miss USA Interviews

As 51 contestants competed in one of the country's most widely viewed beauty contests, Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Premier Sound Services (PSS) provided the sound reinforcement for the Miss USA Pageant. The event is part of Miss ...More

(7/29/2014)

-Hippotizer Dazzles at the 68th Tony Awards

Hippotizer Dazzles at the 68th Tony Awards

New York's beloved Radio City Music Hall saw the commencement of the 68th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, 2014, with a flamboyant Hugh Jackman hosting the show and a live broadcast televised on US network CBS. ...More

(7/29/2014)

-Johnny D's Serves Up a Superior Sound Experience with Harman's Soundcraft Si Expression 3

Johnny D's Serves Up a Superior Sound Experience with Harman's Soundcraft Si Expression 3

For a 300-seat nightclub that is 45 years old and doubles as a restaurant in David Square, Somerville, Massachusetts, Johnny D's required a renovation of its outdated sound system. While MJ Audio integrated the front end of the new ...More

(7/29/2014)

-Michael Meacham Creates "Pixel Ambience" with Chauvet Professional at Vanity Osaka

Michael Meacham Creates &quot;Pixel Ambience&quot; with Chauvet Professional at Vanity Osaka

With its concrete canyons and bustling crowded streets, Osaka resembles many other big international cities. In terms of culinary excellence though, Japan's third largest city is in a league of its own. Sometimes called "the food capital ...More

(7/29/2014)

-GLD Manages Front-of-House for Nina Persson Solo Tour

GLD Manages Front-of-House for Nina Persson Solo Tour

Cardigans' frontwoman, Nina Persson, recently completed a solo tour of Europe and the USA traveling with an Allen & Heath GLD-80 digital mixer to manage front-of-house and monitor sound.
Supplied by Swedish PA company, Parashoo ...
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(7/29/2014)

-Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Turns on the G-Spot

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Turns on the G-Spot

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas presented its lighting designer Christopher Lose with the ultimate challenge: find a strong and stable fixture that could be hung at the pool-side stage all year round. Lose's answer quickly ...More

(7/29/2014)

-Elation ELAR Q1 Color Changing Par Debuts at Xbox Media Event

Elation ELAR Q1 Color Changing Par Debuts at Xbox Media Event

When Microsoft video gaming brand Xbox briefs the press, let's just say they know how to get their attention. On June 9th, the Galen Center in Los Angeles became the center of the gaming universe as Xbox held a global briefing for media ...More

(7/28/2014)

-PLASA London Up 10% Over Last Year on Visitor Pre-Registrations -- Free Registration Open Through Tuesday

PLASA London Up 10% Over Last Year on Visitor Pre-Registrations -- Free Registration Open Through Tuesday

PLASA London delivered its largest-ever visitor promotion campaign over the last three days, generating almost 3,000 new registrations, and setting a record for registrations.
Commenting on the positive news, director of events < ...
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(7/28/2014)

-The Metropolitan Opera Begins Negotiations with Local 802

The Metropolitan Opera Begins Negotiations with Local 802

The Metropolitan Opera opens negotiations today with members of Local 802 of American Federations of Musicians -- one of 15 unions whose contracts expire on July 31 -- one imagines that the atmosphere will be less than ...More

(7/28/2014)

-NUAGE Road Tour and Nuendo Masterclass at RSPE Audio Solutions

NUAGE Road Tour and Nuendo Masterclass at RSPE Audio Solutions

A Yamaha NUAGE demo and Nuendo Masterclass will be held by top Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems and Steinberg engineers and hosted by RSPE Audio Solutions on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 from 7:00 - 9:00pm at 4130 ...More

(7/28/2014)

-Italian Speaker Imports, Inc. Distributes FBT in the USA

Italian Speaker Imports, Inc. Distributes FBT in the USA

Italian Speaker Imports, Inc., (known also as "ISI") a New York-based corporation which commenced operations on June 1, 2014, will be exclusively distributing FBT of Recanati, Italy, products throughout the Unites States of ...More

(7/28/2014)

-Lee Boylan Joins the PreSonus Europe Team

Lee Boylan Joins the PreSonus Europe Team

Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and engineer Lee Boylan has joined the PreSonus Europe Ltd. team as a product specialist. In his new position, Boylan will demonstrate PreSonus products to dealers and distributors in ...More

(7/28/2014)

-PrimeTime Lighting Systems Debuts Brighter LED Light Fixtures Dubbed the SLED Series

PrimeTime Lighting Systems Debuts Brighter LED Light Fixtures Dubbed the SLED Series

PrimeTime Lighting Systems, Inc. introduces the SLED series of LED luminaires for the broadcast studio lighting market. Glen Harn, PrimeTime CEO, stated, "Lighting designers, TV broadcast studios, worship facilities, and ...More

(7/28/2014)

-Award-Winning Gefen Solution Distributes HDMI with USB, RS-232, IR, and Audio over a Local Area Network

Award-Winning Gefen Solution Distributes HDMI with USB, RS-232, IR, and Audio over a Local Area Network

Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen announces that its HD KVM over IP solution won the AV Technology Best of Show Award at InfoComm 2014 held last month in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Gefen's HD KVM over IP sends 1080p ...
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(7/28/2014)

-Radial StageBug SB-6 Compact Stereo Isolator Now Shipping

Radial StageBug SB-6 Compact Stereo Isolator Now Shipping

The Radial StageBug SB-6 Isolator is a high-performance two-channel, passive audio isolator designed to accommodate both balanced and unbalanced signals and work effectively at eliminating noise when used with instruments, consumer ...More

(7/28/2014)

-Red Dot Bestows Design Excellence Award on the d&b D80 Amplifier

Red Dot Bestows Design Excellence Award on the d&b D80 Amplifier

The Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen in Essen, Germany, has been recognizing design innovation since 1955, this was rebranded the Red Dot.
The awards recognize product design at the start of the new millennium. Function, environmental ...
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(7/28/2014)

-Advanced Announces Plans for New Corporate Headquarters and Executive Briefing Center

Advanced Announces Plans for New Corporate Headquarters and Executive Briefing Center

A Canadian AV systems integration company, Advanced announces that next month it will move to a new 25,000-sq.-ft. corporate headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario. According to Advanced co-president David Weatherhead, the move ...More

(7/28/2014)

-Hippotizer Rackoon Media Servers Enhance The Santa Fe Opera

Hippotizer Rackoon Media Servers Enhance The Santa Fe Opera

In their quest for continuous improvement through the incorporation of new technology into their productions, The Santa Fe Opera, in collaboration with Barbizon Light of the Rockies, has acquired a selection of the very latest in ...More

(7/28/2014)

-Theatre in Review: Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story (Pershing Square Signature Center)

Theatre in Review: Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story (Pershing Square Signature Center)

If you've caught Jersey Boys, Motown, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, and maybe even Baby It's You (for the ten minutes it was around), and you're still hankering for more, I wash my hands of you. Sorry, ...More

(7/28/2014)

-Theatre in Review: Summer Shorts, Series A (59E59)

Theatre in Review: Summer Shorts, Series A (59E59)

Even for a series called Summer Shorts, this program of three one-acts may be too weightless for its own good. Each in its way tries to grapple with serious issues, but each falls short of its goal, mostly thanks to ...More

(7/25/2014)

-Chauvet Professional Debuts Next NXT-1 Moving Head Pixel-Mapping RGBW Display Panel

Chauvet Professional Debuts Next NXT-1 Moving Head Pixel-Mapping RGBW Display Panel

The Next NXT-1 moving head LED display from Chauvet Professional will take any production to the next level. A pixel-mapping panel with 25 quad-color RGBW LEDs, the Next NXT-1 combines fast pan/tilt movement with a tight 6-degree ...More

(7/25/2014)

-GLP US Inc. Launch New Technical Training Program

GLP US Inc. Launch New Technical Training Program

GLP US Inc., based in Sun Valley, California has announced a new technical training program which will take place at their US headquarters on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
The program will comprehensively cover all of GLP's ...
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(7/25/2014)

-ADJ's Inno Beam LED Offers Power and Versatility

ADJ's Inno Beam LED Offers Power and Versatility

ADJ's Inno Beam LED is a powerful and versatile new moving head fixture with low power consumption. This high-output moving head is powered by a bright white 80W LED source and utilizes a tight 6-degree beam angle and eight colors, ...More

(7/25/2014)

-JoeCo Celebrates New Home

JoeCo Celebrates New Home

BlackBox Recorder manufacturer JoeCo is celebrating the opening of brand new offices at its Cambridge headquarters. The new building incorporates office and meeting space, production and workshop facilities, as well as a dedicated ...More

(7/25/2014)

-Harman Professional Names Jesus Cruz Sales Director for Mexico

Harman Professional Names Jesus Cruz Sales Director for Mexico

Harman Professional announces the appointment of Jesus Cruz as sales director for Mexico. The appointment reflects Harman Professional's long-term commitment to build a comprehensive sales network in the region and provide ...More

(7/25/2014)

-Alita Moses Wins the 2014 Shure Montreux Jazz Competition

Alita Moses Wins the 2014 Shure Montreux Jazz Competition

Shure announces the winner of the 12th annual Montreux Jazz Voice Competition, Alita Moses. With the internationally renowned Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and sponsored by Shure Incorporated, the competition strives ...More

(7/25/2014)

-Robe Tops the Class at The Academy

Robe Tops the Class at The Academy

Top nightclub The Academy in Canberra, Australia is benefiting from a new Robe moving light installation which was supplied by locally-based Elite Sound & Light and is designed to ensure that their popular EDM club nights and ...More

(7/25/2014)

-Clay Paky at the Exceptional Radio Italia Live Event in Piazza Duomo

Clay Paky at the Exceptional Radio Italia Live Event in Piazza Duomo

The first "Radio Italia Live" concert was held in 2012 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Radio Italia. On that occasion, the well-known radio station organized the show in Piazza Duomo in Milan for the first time. An amazing 150,000 ...More

(7/25/2014)

-St. John the Evangelist Church Gains Intelligibility with New Community Sound System

St. John the Evangelist Church Gains Intelligibility with New Community Sound System

Completed in 1837, St. John the Evangelist is a historic Catholic Church in Frederick, Maryland with a Grecian ionic design and a cruciform floor plan. The church has carpeted floors but its spacious marble and plaster interior and ...More

(7/25/2014)

-RCF Supports Special Olympics USA Olympic Town Stage

RCF Supports Special Olympics USA Olympic Town Stage

The 2014 Special Olympics USA Games was the largest national games undertaking by the organization with this year's event June 16 - 20 including 16 different sports competitions with over 5,000 athletes and more than an estimated 70,000 ...More

(7/25/2014)

-Worcester's Hanover Theatre Upgrades with EAW Anya

Worcester's Hanover Theatre Upgrades with EAW Anya

The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts has provided entertainment to the local community since it opened in 1904. From burlesque and Broadway touring shows, to silent films and movies -- the venue has been a fixture in Worcester, ...More

(7/25/2014)

-HSL Helps Control t'force at Emley Moor Mast Installation

HSL Helps Control t'force at Emley Moor Mast Installation

UK lighting and visuals rental specialist HSL supplied equipment for a bold, interactive lighting installation work - "Control t'force" -- created by lighting designer James Bawn, that illuminated the 330m high Emley Moor ...More

(7/24/2014)

-Metropolitan Opera Lockout Looms: New Season Threatened

Metropolitan Opera Lockout Looms: New Season Threatened

Peter Gelb, the general director of the Metropolitan Opera, is threatening a lockout of the organization's union workers if an agreement isn't reached by July 31. According to the Times, Gelb said in letters to workers ...More

(7/24/2014)

-USITT Goes Mobile with New App

USITT Goes Mobile with New App

USITT has had great success with the mobile app for its major event, the Annual Conference & Stage Expo. Now it is expanding its reach well beyond any one event with an app that shares information year-round. ...More

(7/24/2014)

-USITT Postpones SPARK!

USITT Postpones SPARK!

The initial presentation of SPARK! which USITT originally planned for September has been postponed. Scheduling difficulties have necessitated this change.
USITT continues in its commitment to share the latest in scientific ...
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(7/24/2014)

-Martin Audio Appoints New Managing Director

Martin Audio Appoints New Managing Director

Martin Audio has appointed Luke Ireland as its new managing director, effective immediately.
An experienced business leader for a number of global businesses with a passion for technology and music, Ireland's mission will ...
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(7/24/2014)

-ETC Sensor Control Reaches Higher than the Burj Khalifa

ETC Sensor Control Reaches Higher than the Burj Khalifa

ETC's UK dealers have now installed over 28,000 Sensor power-control channels across central London, making ETC the most popular choice in the capital. If all the modules were stacked on top of one another, they would reach 3,215' (9 ...More

(7/24/2014)

-Meyer Sound System Changes Artist and Audience Experience at Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Meyer Sound System Changes Artist and Audience Experience at Oregon Shakespeare Festival

The 79-year-old Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Ashland, Oregon has chosen Meyer Sound MINA line array loudspeakers to anchor the first full reinforcement setup in its 1,190-seat, outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre. With a stage ...More

(7/24/2014)

-Adlib Gets into Summertime at Wembley

Adlib Gets into Summertime at Wembley

For the fourth year running, Liverpool, UK technical solutions provider and equipment rental company, Adlib supplied audio crew and equipment for Capital FM's Summertime Ball staged at Wembley Stadium, London. ...More

(7/24/2014)

-Bose RoomMatch and PowerMatch Provide Versatile Sound for Mount Aloysius College's New Convocation Center

Bose RoomMatch and PowerMatch Provide Versatile Sound for Mount Aloysius College's New Convocation Center

Recently, The Sextant Group, a national independent technology consulting firm specializing in the planning and design of learning, communications, and entertainment facilities and systems, was contracted to specify a sound system ...More

(7/24/2014)

-Utopium Invests in SGM X-5 and P-5

Utopium Invests in SGM X-5 and P-5

UK-based lighting production and installation specialists, Utopium recently invested in a range of new event lighting technologies with sustainable, creative benefits to clients. This included placing a significant order with SGM ...More

(7/24/2014)

-Ultima Gears Up for Top West African Reality Shows with PR Lighting

Ultima Gears Up for Top West African Reality Shows with PR Lighting

With bases in Nigeria and Ghana, TV production company, Ultima Studios is responsible for developing high viewing television programs such as the music talent show, MTN Project Fame West Africa and the territorial franchise, < ...More

(7/24/2014)

-Pure Groove Systems Bring Space Age Audio Technology to "Lost in a Moment in Amsterdam"

Pure Groove Systems Bring Space Age Audio Technology to &quot;Lost in a Moment in Amsterdam&quot;

Fresh off blowing minds at the Lightening in a Bottle festival and their successful debut in Miami for MMW, Pure Groove is proud to announce that they will be providing the sound for "Lost in a Moment in Amsterdam." Featuring acts ...More

(7/24/2014)

-XL Creates a Sky Full of Video for Coldplay

XL Creates a Sky Full of Video for Coldplay

In support of Coldplay's latest album "Ghost Stories," XL Video has supplied a state-of-the-art video solution for the televised album launch and worldwide promotional shows, culminating in two sold out shows at London's Royal ...More

(7/23/2014)

-Harman's Crown Offers Online Certification Program for DriveCore Install Series Amplifiers

Harman's Crown Offers Online Certification Program for DriveCore Install Series Amplifiers

Harman's Crown Audio announced that it now offers an online certification program for its DriveCore Install (DCi) Series amplifiers. Available free of charge, the program offers instruction covering Crown's DCi Analog, Network, and ...More

(7/23/2014)

-Danley Expands Line of OS "Outdoor Series" Fully-Weatherized Loudspeakers

Danley Expands Line of OS &quot;Outdoor Series&quot; Fully-Weatherized Loudspeakers

Danley Sound Labs, maker of loudspeakers and subwoofers, announces the expansion of its OS "Outdoor Series" of fully-weatherized loudspeakers, including a new fully-weatherized subwoofer. Although all Danley products are optionally ...More

(7/23/2014)

-Hall Stage Announces New Senior Appointment

Hall Stage Announces New Senior Appointment

Hall Stage announces that Steve Shortt is joining the business as head of design.
His appointment is part of Hall's ongoing plans for growth in new product development and projects and installations. ...
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(7/23/2014)

-Shure Opens Online Apparel and Accessories Store

Shure Opens Online Apparel and Accessories Store

Shure Incorporated announces the opening of a new online store that will offer a variety of clothing and accessories, all branded with Shure logos and images. Customers may purchase a variety of Shure items, including T-shirts, polo ...More

(7/23/2014)

-LSP 500 PRO from Sennheiser Welcomes Home World Cup Champions

LSP 500 PRO from Sennheiser Welcomes Home World Cup Champions

Last week, soccer's world champions landed at Berlin's Tegel airport and given a rapturous welcome by attending fans and journalists. As the players left the plane and emerged onto the visitors' terrace, world championship sound was ...More

(7/23/2014)

-Robe Adds Magic for Summer Night Concert in Vienna

Robe Adds Magic for Summer Night Concert in Vienna

Robe moving lights -- 174 in total -- were specified by lighting designer Helmut Krammer for the 2014 Summer Night Concert, performed for its 11th year by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, ...More

(7/23/2014)

-Elation Provides Dynamic Lighting for Fredericia Swimming Pool

Elation Provides Dynamic Lighting for Fredericia Swimming Pool

Light and water have always made for an excellent mix; dynamic light and water even more so. At Fredericia Sportscenter in central Denmark, Elation's high-powered ELAR EXTQW Flood HP LED Par fixture is being used to color wash the ...More

(7/23/2014)

-North Boulevard Church Manages Live and Broadcast with Allen & Heath Mixers

North Boulevard Church Manages Live and Broadcast with Allen & Heath Mixers

North Boulevard Church of Christ in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, provides high-quality live audio in its main auditorium, broadcasts its worship services over a local television station, records them for use in a satellite church and provides ...More

(7/23/2014)

-Tannoy QFlex and VLS Column Line Array Loudspeakers Update University Christian Church

Tannoy QFlex and VLS Column Line Array Loudspeakers Update University Christian Church

University Christian Church (UCC), located on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, recently upgraded its sound reinforcement system with Tannoy column line array loudspeakers. ...More

(7/23/2014)

-Columbia Performing Arts Centre Dancing to Ashly's NX-Series Amps

Columbia Performing Arts Centre Dancing to Ashly's NX-Series Amps

The Columbia Performing Arts Centre in Columbia, Missouri is a private, not-for-profit dance school for children founded in 1998, and its students range in age from toddlers through college age. The school recently completed a major ...More

(7/23/2014)

-Thunder Audio Rolls and Roars with L-Acoustics

Thunder Audio Rolls and Roars with L-Acoustics

After putting a new K2 loudspeaker system through its paces -- including a recent trek on Vampire Weekend's North American tour leg -- Thunder Audio, Inc. has expanded its inventory with a large-format K1 system from L-AcousticsMore

(7/23/2014)

-Chauvet Professional MVP Video Panel Passes Graduation Day Test at Ohio U

Chauvet Professional MVP Video Panel Passes Graduation Day Test at Ohio U

Receiving your college diploma typically means that worrying about exams and grades is over. But at Ohio University's 2014 graduation ceremony, held at the school's Convocation Center basketball arena, a different sort of "test" was just ...More

(7/23/2014)

-Clay Paky Hosts a Workshop and Lighting Contest around "Tones on the Stones" Festival

Clay Paky Hosts a Workshop and Lighting Contest around &quot;Tones on the Stones&quot; Festival

A workshop and selections for a lighting contest for budding lighting designers were held July 7 - 8 at Clay Paky. Those chosen will perform their shows during Tones on the Stones, the well-known theatre and music festival that took place ...More

(7/22/2014)

-GLP Launches New Generation impression X4 XL

GLP Launches New Generation impression X4 XL

GLP's next generation impression X4 XL LED moving head was debuted at Frankfurt's Prolight + Sound show earlier this year -- and now the product has been launched.
The X4 XL embraces the same philosophy and highly efficient ...
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(7/22/2014)

-ACN-Related Standard Posted for Public Review

ACN-Related Standard Posted for Public Review

BSR E1.30-11, EPI 33 -- ACN Root Layer Protocol Operation on TCP, has been posted for public review at http://plasa.me/4xvjf. The draft standard may be downloaded at no cost. The review runs through September 15, and is over when September ...More

(7/22/2014)

-Preliminary Technical Program for 137th Audio Engineering Society Convention Is Now Online

Preliminary Technical Program for 137th Audio Engineering Society Convention Is Now Online

The preliminary Technical Program is now online for the 137th Audio Engineering Society convention, which will take place October 9 - 12, 2014, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. AES137 is gearing up to ...More

(7/22/2014)

-Yamaha YCATS Training Moves toward Future in Networking

Yamaha YCATS Training Moves toward Future in Networking

Yamaha Commercial Audio Training Sessions (YCATS) is moving in a new direction with their console training programs. This year, YCATS has created two new console classes in order to eliminate the repetition between the CL, QL, M7CL, ...More

(7/22/2014)

-PRG Nocturne Kicks Off UK Venture with Dynamic New Team

PRG Nocturne Kicks Off UK Venture with Dynamic New Team

PRG Nocturne provides LED video and projection support to the concert touring, festival, and corporate event markets. The company says understanding and anticipating the needs of their clients is at the core of PRG Nocturne's ...More

(7/22/2014)

-Audio-Technica Names Alliance Audio Visual Group Its Rep of the Year

Audio-Technica Names Alliance Audio Visual Group Its Rep of the Year

Audio-Technica, a manufacturer of wired and wireless microphones, headphones, and accessory products for over 50 years, has recognized Los Alamitos, California-based Alliance Audio Visual Group as its Rep of the Year for the ...More

(7/22/2014)

-Kinetic Implements Rental Software on iOS and MAC

Kinetic Implements Rental Software on iOS and MAC

Kinetic Lighting is revealing its latest investment in technology -- but this time, it's not in equipment. In an exciting new upgrade, the company has developed its own software system to manage its operations. ...More

(7/22/2014)

-Symetrix Appoints Millar Electronics as Rep in Southeast US

Symetrix Appoints Millar Electronics as Rep in Southeast US

Symetrix, manufacturer of a wide range of DSP solutions for the installed sound market, from turnkey Jupiter processors to Dante-based, open architecture Radius and Edge processors, announces the appointment of North Carolina-based < ...More

(7/22/2014)

-Kramer US President Dave Bright Appointed to AQAV Board of Directors

Kramer US President Dave Bright Appointed to AQAV Board of Directors

Kramer Electronics, the first educational partner with the Association for Quality in Audio Video Technology (AQAV), announces that Kramer US president Dave Bright has been appointed to the board of directors of AQAV.

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(7/22/2014)

-Masque Sound Custom Audio Solutions Take the Stage at New York City's Famed Public Theatre

Masque Sound Custom Audio Solutions Take the Stage at New York City's Famed Public Theatre

As the curtain rose on the 2014 summer season of The Public Theater's free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, was once ...More

(7/22/2014)

-WorldStage Marks Tenth Year Supporting High-Profile Milken Institute Global Conference

WorldStage Marks Tenth Year Supporting High-Profile Milken Institute Global Conference

WorldStage marked its tenth year providing the Milken Institute Global Conference with audio, video, and lighting support as more than 3,500 movers and shakers challenged each other to find solutions and implement change for topics ...More

(7/22/2014)

-The Clay Paky B-EYE Creates Spectacular Looks for Norwegian Band Postgirobygget

The Clay Paky B-EYE Creates Spectacular Looks for Norwegian Band Postgirobygget

The award-winning Clay Paky B-EYE has been dubbed a "fixture without limitation," according to the company, due to its "100% perfect performance" while on tour with popular Norwegian pop-band Postgirobygget. ...More

(7/22/2014)

-Chauvet's Nexus Harmonizes with Sara Bareilles on Today Show

Chauvet's Nexus Harmonizes with Sara Bareilles on Today Show

In her young spectacular career, multi-Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles has already worked with an impressive array of superstars, collaborating with the likes of Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Pharrell Williams, and opening for Maroon 5 and ...More

(7/22/2014)

-Harman's BSS Audio, Crown, and JBL Play for the Majors in San Diego

Harman's BSS Audio, Crown, and JBL Play for the Majors in San Diego

Petco Park, home to Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres, recently took a bold step toward delivering on its dedication to "Creating Major League Memories" as systems integrator Daktronics installed an all-star lineup of ...More

(7/22/2014)

-Theatre in Review: The Pianist of Willesden Lane (59E59)

Theatre in Review: The Pianist of Willesden Lane (59E59)

The story of Lisa Jura is a unique and often startling one, and Mona Golabek is uniquely qualified to tell it -- and not just because she is Jura's daughter. An accomplished concert pianist, Golabek is also a confident stage ...More

(7/21/2014)

-Cadac Audio Ltd. Sets Up New Jersey Sales and Distribution Headquarters; Adds Technical Support Manager

Cadac Audio Ltd. Sets Up New Jersey Sales and Distribution Headquarters; Adds Technical Support Manager

Cadac Audio Ltd. US and Canada has secured premises for its sales, distribution, and service operations in Hoboken, New Jersey.
The new premises, looking out across the Manhattan skyline, will house CADAC's new North ...
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(7/21/2014)

-World Cup Concert in Rio Scores Big with DPA Microphones

World Cup Concert in Rio Scores Big with DPA Microphones

When Spanish tenor and conductor Plácido Domingo took to the stage for the Concert in Rio, honoring the close of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, television audiences heard it all thanks to DPA Microphones' d:dicate recording ...More

(7/21/2014)

-SAE Mexico Installs Qu-24 for New Audio Course

SAE Mexico Installs Qu-24 for New Audio Course

SAE in Mexico recently opened a new live audio engineering degree course, installing Allen & Heath's new Qu-24 compact digital mixer as the teaching console.
Supplied by Allen & Heath's Mexican distributor, Audyson, ...
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(7/21/2014)

-Tamia Has Beautiful Surprise in Johannesburg

Tamia Has Beautiful Surprise in Johannesburg

Canadian singer / songwriter Tamia played three dates on her recent South African tour and for the two Johannesburg shows staged at the Carnival City Big Top Arena, lighting was designed by Magz Schoeman who used Robe moving ...More

(7/21/2014)

-New RH Series from Renkus-Heinz Opens at Merriam School of Music

New RH Series from Renkus-Heinz Opens at Merriam School of Music

When Allan Merriam committed to building an auditorium for the students of Merriam School of Music in Oakville, Ontario, he took the same approach he's taken over his lengthy career -- no compromise. Long heralded as a visionary in music ...More

(7/21/2014)

-Elation Lights Germany's World Cup Match Celebrations at Kick and Groove Park

Elation Lights Germany's World Cup Match Celebrations at Kick and Groove Park

Germany had a lot to celebrate at this year's Football World Cup -- including a final's victory over Argentina on July 13th -- with event technology supplier sld mediate of Nuremberg turning to an Elation Professional ...More

(7/21/2014)

-New Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Chooses Robert Juliat Followspots

New Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Chooses Robert Juliat Followspots

When San Antonio's Tobin Center for the Performing Arts opens in September, its H-E-B Performance Hall and Alvarez Family Studio Theater will boast Robert Juliat Cyrano and Buxie followspots, respectively. ...More

(7/21/2014)

-Chauvet Professional PVP S5 Panels "Bring the Party" to Many Hopes Gala

Chauvet Professional PVP S5 Panels &quot;Bring the Party&quot; to Many Hopes Gala

The second annual Many Hopes Gala in New York had a clear, if somewhat ambitious, goal in mind: raise $400,000 to open a new school in Kenya for 900 students. Being a relatively new charity, the event's organizers needed to accomplish this ...More

(7/21/2014)

-Martin Audio MLA Breaks Record at Glastonbury

Martin Audio MLA Breaks Record at Glastonbury

Martin Audio's Multi-Cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system has made Glastonbury history, according to the company, by delivering the highest sound levels to the audience without exceeding noise pollution levels beyond the ...More

(7/21/2014)

-Symetrix Radius 12x8 Dante Network DSP is the Backbone for Chickie's and Pete's Crab House and Sports Bar

Symetrix Radius 12x8 Dante Network DSP is the Backbone for Chickie's and Pete's Crab House and Sports Bar

What started as a late-night effort between two brothers in 1987 to perfect their mother's secret recipe turned into Crabfries and launched their fledgling restaurant, Chickie's and Pete's Crab House and Sports Bar, to critical and ...More

(7/21/2014)

-Clay Paky B-EYEs Illuminate the Cult TV Program Soccer AM

Clay Paky B-EYEs Illuminate the Cult TV Program Soccer AM

Since Soccer AM first started in 1995 in the UK it has developed a cult following, with generations of young men spending their Saturday morning in front of the TV to tune into features such as 'Can He Kick It', 'Big Tackle', 'Fan ...More

(7/18/2014)

-Export Lighting Designs to the grandMA2 Console with the Free Vectorworks Spotlight Plug-In

Export Lighting Designs to the grandMA2 Console with the Free Vectorworks Spotlight Plug-In

Designers who use Vectorworks Spotlight software can now export their lighting designs to the grandMA2 console, removing tedious duplications and allowing the console's built-in visualizer and patch to use the project data ...More

(7/18/2014)

-Kramer Electronics Becomes Audinate's 150th Dante Adopter

Kramer Electronics Becomes Audinate's 150th Dante Adopter

Kramer Electronics and Audinate announce that Kramer has become the 150th Dante manufacturer to license Audinate's Dante networking solution.
Kramer Electronics develops creative, reliable, and value-oriented audio, ...
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(7/18/2014)

-Rick Camp Uses Aviom A360 Personal Mixers in His Master Mix Live Engineering Program

Rick Camp Uses Aviom A360 Personal Mixers in His Master Mix Live Engineering Program

Front-of-house engineer Rick Camp has been busy on tour this year with Jennifer Lopez. When he is not on the road, Camp is busy teaching others the art of live engineering in his Master Mix Live program in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...More

(7/18/2014)

-Neutrik USA Supports the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus on the Warped Tour 2014

Neutrik USA Supports the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus on the Warped Tour 2014

This summer, it's all about making the creative connection between young musicians, multimedia production, and live performance on the Vans Warped Tour. For 17 years in a row, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus has offered fans ...More

(7/18/2014)

-W-DMX Sings with the Leidse Koorboeken Choir

W-DMX Sings with the Leidse Koorboeken Choir

W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden brought beautiful light to the latest performance of the Leidse Koorboeken (The Leiden Choir Book) concerts in The Netherlands. The concerts are from the six choir books that are kept in the Dutch ...More

(7/18/2014)

-PRG Provides Lighting, Rigging, and Crew Solution for Arcade Fire at Earls Court

PRG Provides Lighting, Rigging, and Crew Solution for Arcade Fire at Earls Court

PRG UK worked closely with Arcade Fire's design team and touring and production management to supply the lighting, rigging, and crew package for the indie rockers' headline European tour, including the fantastic shows at Earls Court ...More

(7/18/2014)

-Ai Media Servers Power Ethereal Visuals for Coldplay's Royal Albert Hall Show

Ai Media Servers Power Ethereal Visuals for Coldplay's Royal Albert Hall Show

Four Ai Media S8 Infinity servers provided the video mapping technology and incredible 16 HD DVI outputs that powered the ethereal visuals behind global super-group Coldplay's much anticipated Royal Albert Hall (RAH) gig in London.

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(7/18/2014)

-Gerriets Sheer Muslin CS Works Sheer Magic for an Ambitious Production at Connecticut Repertory Theatre

Gerriets Sheer Muslin CS Works Sheer Magic for an Ambitious Production at Connecticut Repertory Theatre

In October, Connecticut Repertory Theatre presented Dead Heavy Fantastic, a play by Robert Farquhar that chronicles a wild night out in the city of Liverpool, England. "Over the course of the show, the action moves through 17 ...More

(7/18/2014)

-Theatre in Review: The Long Shrift (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater)

Theatre in Review: The Long Shrift (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater)

In The Long Shrift, playwright Robert Boswell brings together two people long after an accusation of rape altered both of their lives forever, and makes them revisit the ugly details of the event in order to render a ...More

(7/17/2014)

-PLASA Joins JAMES as Associate Member

PLASA Joins JAMES as Associate Member

The UK-based organization JAMES (Joint Audio Media Education Support) confirms that PLASA has become the latest associate member of its group further strengthening the JAMES industry accreditation and education support ...More

(7/17/2014)

-Shure Welcomes Tim Valley and Christos Desalernos to US Sales Team

Shure Welcomes Tim Valley and Christos Desalernos to US Sales Team

Shure Incorporated has hired two new associates to the sales team of the company's Americas business unit. Tim Valley has been named regional sales manager for the pro systems group for the western US and Christos ...More

(7/17/2014)

-Four Join Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems "A" Team

Four Join Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems &quot;A&quot; Team

Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. (YCAS) announces the appointment of four industry notables to positions on the marketing and technical teams.
Steve Armstrong spent close to 20 years as an independent rep in the ...
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(7/17/2014)

-LightConverse Lighting Visualization Software expands into China

LightConverse Lighting Visualization Software expands into China

LightConverse continues its worldwide expansion of its multiple award-winning products, successfully holding recent workshops and seminars in Shanghai and Guangzhou, China.
Visiting Shanghai earlier this year, LightConverse ...
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(7/17/2014)

-Adamson Systems Launches New and Improved Website

Adamson Systems Launches New and Improved Website

Adamson has announced a new, revamped website with an updated look and feel as well as easy-to-navigate product information, technical support, and company news.
Energía Partners can utilize the Blueprint AVTM login to store ...
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(7/17/2014)

-Cerwin-Vega! Highlights Expanded Offerings for Popular XD Series and P-Series Lines at Summer NAMM 2014

Cerwin-Vega! Highlights Expanded Offerings for Popular XD Series and P-Series Lines at Summer NAMM 2014

Cerwin-Vega!, a Gibson Brand, is presenting its new P1000X 10" powered loudspeaker, the latest ¬addition to its P-Series powered loudspeaker line at Summer NAMM 2014 in booth 825, July 17 - 19 in Nashville. Also on ...More

(7/17/2014)

-Third Eye Blind Rocks with Clay Paky and grandMA2 on Festival Tour

Third Eye Blind Rocks with Clay Paky and grandMA2 on Festival Tour

American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind (3eb) is taking its Festival tour to venues across America, and Clay Paky's A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights and a grandMA2 light console are hitting the road with ...More

(7/17/2014)

-L-Acoustics K1/K2 Covers Record Crowd at George Strait's Final Show

L-Acoustics K1/K2 Covers Record Crowd at George Strait's Final Show

George Strait holds the record for the most number one country music hits -- 44 top charters since 1981 -- of all time. So it only makes sense that the final show of this music icon's national touring career would also set a record for ...More

(7/17/2014)

-Bose L1 System Utilized on the Road by André Cholmondeley, Guitar Tech And Tour Manager

Bose L1 System Utilized on the Road by André Cholmondeley, Guitar Tech And Tour Manager

André Cholmondeley knows guitars and he knows the road, and he's applied that knowledge and tour management to the benefit of a throng of guitar greats over the years, including Al Di Meola, Derek Trucks, Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & ...More

(7/17/2014)

-With Meyer Sound MINA, Every Seat is a Great Seat at Canada's Vernon Performing Arts Center

With Meyer Sound MINA, Every Seat is a Great Seat at Canada's Vernon Performing Arts Center

The Vernon and District Performing Arts Center in British Columbia has installed a Meyer Sound MINA line array loudspeaker system to reinforce its theatrical and music productions. Together with its existing Meyer Sound mono center ...More

(7/17/2014)

-Theatre in Review: Play/Date (Fat Baby)

Theatre in Review: Play/Date (Fat Baby)

The rage for immersive theatre reaches a new extreme with Play/Date. Pay attention, now, because this one has many facets: As the title suggests, the production takes inventory of the (very occasional) joys and (seemingly ...More

(7/17/2014)

-Theatre in Review: Atomic (Theatre Row)

Theatre in Review: Atomic (Theatre Row)

For most of us, nuclear physics is a hard subject to understand; even more difficult to grasp is the new musical Atomic. In fact, it's the most baffling proposition to come our way this summer season: The show's three authors ...More

(7/16/2014)

-Meyer Sound Launches User Training Videos for LYON Line Array System

Meyer Sound Launches User Training Videos for LYON Line Array System

Meyer Sound has released four online video tutorials to support users of the LYON linear sound reinforcement system, the newest addition to its LEO family of line array products. Covering topics that range from system design and ...More

(7/16/2014)

-ADJ's Versatile Ultra HEX Par 3 Provides Quality Color Across the Board with Six-in-One HEX LED

ADJ's Versatile Ultra HEX Par 3 Provides Quality Color Across the Board with Six-in-One HEX LED

The latest product from ADJ is the Ultra HEX Par 3, an LED Par fixture which produces wide washes in an almost-infinite range of rich, vibrant colors, thanks to a combination of three 10W six-in-one HEX LEDs and 63 built-in color ...More

(7/16/2014)

-MA 2Port Nodes for grandMA2 Make Their Debut from MA Lighting

MA 2Port Nodes for grandMA2 Make Their Debut from MA Lighting

The grandMA2 console has introduced MA 2Port Nodes for Gigabit networks, which have been optimized for touring and installations with a rugged steel housing designed to withstand harsh conditions. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the ...More

(7/16/2014)

-Yamaha CL V2.0 Now Available

Yamaha CL V2.0 Now Available

Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. announces the availability of version 2.0 for Yamaha CL Series Digital Audio Consoles. This most recent update includes enhancements for sound reinforcement applications as well as mix-minus ...More

(7/16/2014)

-Community Launches New Brand Identity

Community Launches New Brand Identity

Audio manufacturer Community Professional Loudspeakers unveiled its new corporate brand identity at InfoComm last month. Community's booth and demo room showcased the new look of the brand while I SERIES, a family of premium ...More

(7/16/2014)

-Upstage Video Strikes Big with LED as World Cup Fever Hits an All-Time High

Upstage Video Strikes Big with LED as World Cup Fever Hits an All-Time High

World Cup fever hit the United States in a big way this year and Upstage Video was at the forefront providing LED video screens for viewing party events in eight major cities across the country throughout the four plus weeks of ...More

(7/16/2014)

-German Fans Hooked on World Cup Content Managed by Calibre UK LED Scalers

German Fans Hooked on World Cup Content Managed by Calibre UK LED Scalers

Germany-based rental and staging specialists CASSIOPEIA Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH supplied Calibre UK PremierViewProHD-LED image scalers in front of thousands attending packed public broadcasts of the World Cup screenings in ...More

(7/16/2014)

-Lasertainment Was Exclusive Laser Show Supplier for the Main Stage "Kinetic Field" at EDC Las Vegas 2014

Lasertainment Was Exclusive Laser Show Supplier for the Main Stage &quot;Kinetic Field&quot; at EDC Las Vegas 2014

Electric Daisy Carnival is known worldwide as a series of extremely big events. Huge stages and the most famous acts in electronic music are guaranteed. At EDC Las Vegas 2014 more than 400,000 people partied at eight huge stages. ...More

(7/16/2014)

-SSL Live on Tour with Michael McDonald

SSL Live on Tour with Michael McDonald

Blue-eyed soul singer Michael McDonald joins 1980s super-group Toto this summer for a North American co-bill that stops at The Greek in Los Angeles and The Fox in Atlanta. McDonald's front-of-house engineer Curtis Flatt was first ...More

(7/16/2014)

-DPA Microphones Gets a Dose of Reality on Rising Star

DPA Microphones Gets a Dose of Reality on Rising Star

When Daniel S. McCoy, CAS, scored the sound supervisor role for ABC's new live results singing show, Rising Star, he knew he would need an innovative miking solution to support the performances. In addition to his tried-and-trusted ...More

(7/16/2014)

-WorxAudio Technologies Loudspeaker Systems Elevate the Excitement of High School Football

WorxAudio Technologies Loudspeaker Systems Elevate the Excitement of High School Football

All across our great nation, Friday night high school football is a generations-old ritual that brings a school's student body together like few other activities are capable of. As the home and opposing team try to best one another on the ...More

(7/16/2014)

-Focusrite RedNet Systems Chosen for Fifth Third Field, Home of the Dayton Dragons

Focusrite RedNet Systems Chosen for Fifth Third Field, Home of the Dayton Dragons

Four Focusrite RedNet Dante-enabled multichannel audio interfaces were recently installed as part of a major renovation of the HD video control and broadcast production systems at the 7,800-seat Fifth Third Field, home to the ...More

(7/16/2014)

-Alcorn McBride Supports Three New Powerhouse Exhibits at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

Alcorn McBride Supports Three New Powerhouse Exhibits at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

Three large, new headline-making exhibits at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis are using an array of Alcorn McBride equipment for show control, lighting control, and audio and video playback.
Known as the world's biggest and ...
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(7/16/2014)

-Bandit and Solomon Group Win for Civic Theatre

Bandit and Solomon Group Win for Civic Theatre

It's an all too familiar story: a beloved historic theatre slowly falls into disrepair, and where music and dancing used to reverberate off its rafters, cobwebs now hang in silence. And while it may be the end for some theatres across the ...More

(7/15/2014)

-SSL Live Free Offline Software Now Available for Download

SSL Live Free Offline Software Now Available for Download

Solid State Logic announces that its Offline Setup software for the SSL Live console is now available for free download. The SSL OffLine Setup Application (SOLSA) allows creation and editing of Live console show files on a laptop or ...More

(7/15/2014)

-SynAudCon Announces Fall In-Person Training Schedule

SynAudCon Announces Fall In-Person Training Schedule

Synergetic Audio Concepts (SynAudCon) announces their in-person seminar schedule for the fall of 2014.
A supplier of audio education, SynAudCon provides real-world audio education through web-based and in-person training ...
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(7/15/2014)

-AES 55th International Conference to Focus on Spatial Audio - Recording, Reproduction, and Perception

AES 55th International Conference to Focus on Spatial Audio - Recording, Reproduction, and Perception

The AES 55th International Conference, focusing on spatial audio, is set to take place August 27 - 29, 2014, at the Helsinki Music Centre in Helsinki, Finland. Registration is open for this multi-day conference, which will bring ...More

(7/15/2014)

-Atlantic City Charts Course for the Future

Atlantic City Charts Course for the Future

In the wake of announcements that as many as four Atlantic City casinos will be closed by September, The New York Times reports that plans are to reinvent the city. A new play, outlined by the city's mayor, Don Guardian, and ...More

(7/15/2014)

-MPR System Brings Series Surge Protection to Vertical Power Strips

MPR System Brings Series Surge Protection to Vertical Power Strips

Middle Atlantic is expanding its Modular Power Raceway system to include surge protection capabilities with two exclusive benefits. The introduction of Series Protection modules for the MPR Series marks the industry's first vertical ...More

(7/15/2014)

-Meyer Sound Adds Oskar Meijer to European Technical Support Team

Meyer Sound Adds Oskar Meijer to European Technical Support Team

Meyer Sound has strengthened its European technical services with the appointment of Oskar Meijer as senior technical support specialist. Meijer brings a wealth of field experience working with Meyer Sound products, including ...More

(7/15/2014)

-Nexus Gets Dynamic at EDC

Nexus Gets Dynamic at EDC

The Electric Daisy Carnival, Insomniac Events' internationally acclaimed three-day EDM festival, drew over 390,000 fans from every state and 40 countries, according to published reports. They were treated to a brain-tingling, eye-popping ...More

(7/15/2014)

-Jake Owen Goes for the Gold on Tour With DiGiCo

Jake Owen Goes for the Gold on Tour With DiGiCo

Jake Owen, the Academy of Country Music's Top New Male Vocalist of the Year in 2009 and American Country Awards 2012 Breakthrough Artist of the Year, is taking his chart-topping brand of party-country on tour all spring, summer, and fall ...More

(7/15/2014)

-VL770 Spot Luminaires Are the Ideal Solution for Shrek: The Musical

VL770 Spot Luminaires Are the Ideal Solution for Shrek: The Musical

At Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, the Department of Theatre strives to entertain, instruct, move, and motivate audiences of all sizes. During their recent production of Shrek: The Musical, assistant professor David ...More

(7/15/2014)

-Chicagoland's New Wire Club Distinguishes Itself with Great Sound Thanks to Bose RoomMatch Loudspeakers

Chicagoland's New Wire Club Distinguishes Itself with Great Sound Thanks to Bose RoomMatch Loudspeakers

The Roosevelt Road area of Chicago, Illinois suburb, Berwyn, has its share of up-and-coming music clubs, including recent addition, Wire, which opened last fall in the former Oakwyn Theater. Built in 1934 and formerly a mid-century movie ...More

(7/15/2014)

-John Perez Chooses Waves MultiRack, the Waves Dugan Automixer, and Waves Plugins for Jimmy Kimmel Live

John Perez Chooses Waves MultiRack, the Waves Dugan Automixer, and Waves Plugins for Jimmy Kimmel Live

Live broadcast engineer John Perez (NFL On Fox, Fox College Football, The Academy Awards, Dr. Phil, The Doctors, An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud) chooses the Waves Dugan Automixer, MultiRack, and other ...More

(7/15/2014)

-Sonoma State University Gives Green Light to L-Acoustics

Sonoma State University Gives Green Light to L-Acoustics

The Donald and Maureen Green Music Center is a world-class performing arts complex in the heart of Northern California's renowned wine country. Located on the campus of Sonoma State University, the Green Music Center consists of multiple ...More

(7/14/2014)

-Bill Sapsis Joins PLASA Rigging Conference's New One-Day Format

Bill Sapsis Joins PLASA Rigging Conference's New One-Day Format

The fifth annual PLASA Rigging Conference will be held on Monday, October 6, 2014 in the North Hall Gallery Rooms, alongside the PLASA London show at ExCeL London. For the first time, the conference will be delivered as a one ...More

(7/14/2014)

-PASS on Any Platform

PASS on Any Platform

The Pro Audio Social Stream (PASS), is now available on any device following the launch of its new website found at the URL below. Pro audio, AV, and broadcast professionals are now able to connect on the industry's only dedicated ...More

(7/14/2014)

-Trump Plaza Casino Announces Closing; Atlantic City Market Continues Downward Spiral

Trump Plaza Casino Announces Closing; Atlantic City Market Continues Downward Spiral

In another alarming sign for the casino business in the American Northeast, the Associated Press is reporting that the owners of the Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City are planning to close on September 16. ...More

(7/14/2014)

-ADJ Lighting Announces "Tag It With Light" Light Bombing Video Contest

ADJ Lighting Announces &quot;Tag It With Light&quot; Light Bombing Video Contest

ADJ Lighting announces that they are hosting a fun YouTube video contest with video guru, Brian S. Redd. This contest invites participants to share video clips of up to five minutes in length demonstrating their most creative ...More

(7/14/2014)

-Danley Sound Labs Announces Danley Direct Free Modeling Software

Danley Sound Labs Announces Danley Direct Free Modeling Software

Danley Sound Labs, maker of loudspeakers and subwoofers, has applied "outside of the box" thinking to its latest loudspeaker and subwoofer installation design software. Named Danley Direct and available for free from danleysoundlabs ...More

(7/14/2014)

-CADAC Counts Successes at ABTT and InfoComm: Brand Makes Strategic Advances in UK and US

CADAC Counts Successes at ABTT and InfoComm: Brand Makes Strategic Advances in UK and US

CADAC is set to capitalize on its successes at the ABTT Theatre show with LMC Audio Systems Ltd., and at InfoComm with its Cadac Audio North American sales and distribution arm.
Speaking after his company's first ...
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(7/14/2014)

-Jessica Brownell Joins 4Wall Los Angeles

Jessica Brownell Joins 4Wall Los Angeles

The team at 4Wall Los Angeles has expanded once again, adding Jessica Brownell to the position of account executive. Brownell will focus on rentals and sales while also assisting the 4Wall Systems division. ...More

(7/14/2014)

-Williams Sound Forges New Partnership with Synergetic Audio Concepts

Williams Sound Forges New Partnership with Synergetic Audio Concepts

Williams Sound announces its sponsorship of Synergetic Audio Concepts (SynAudCon), a provider of audio education. SynAudCon is dedicated to providing practical, in-depth training on the principles of audio and acoustics. Its ...More

(7/14/2014)

-Pro Audio Stash Launches ZK1 Tablet Stand

Pro Audio Stash Launches ZK1 Tablet Stand

UK-based 19" rack specialist designer, manufacturer, and supplier, Pro Audio Stash (PAS) launches its new ZK1 tablet stand -- a robust, lightweight, high-quality made-in-the-UK solution for everyone using a tablet as a work surface.< ...More

(7/14/2014)

-Pensado Awards Announces Winners

Pensado Awards Announces Winners

The Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, California, was the place to be on June 28, 2014, as a standing-room-only crowd gathered for the inaugural Pensado Awards, an award show created by the producers of the online video series ...More

(7/14/2014)

-Robe Touches the Stars at 2014 CMT Awards

Robe Touches the Stars at 2014 CMT Awards

"The annual CMT Music Awards telecast is one of the best of its kind, and in some ways the best music awards presentation of all. Last night's production proved me right once again,"* enthused media critic Ed Martin about the 2014 ...More

(7/14/2014)

-Clay Paky Is Up "All Night Long" with Lionel Richie

Clay Paky Is Up &quot;All Night Long&quot; with Lionel Richie

Seasoned lighting designer Debbi Fowler made excellent use of an arsenal of Clay Paky lighting fixtures to illuminate world famous Motown man Lionel Richie during his open-air gig at The Media City Amphitheatre, Dubai. ...More

(7/14/2014)

-Professional Wireless Systems' Frequency Coordination Hits the Right Note for Telemundo's La Voz Kids

Professional Wireless Systems' Frequency Coordination Hits the Right Note for Telemundo's La Voz Kids

When Telemundo's highly rated singing competition La Voz Kids kicked off its second season at Universal Studios Orlando, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound company and suppliers and supporters of ...More

(7/14/2014)

-Shure Wireless Dominates Telecast of 68th Tony Awards on CBS

Shure Wireless Dominates Telecast of 68th Tony Awards on CBS

The CBS broadcast of the 2014 Tony Awards, which aired June 8, was one of the most complex in the event's history. From host Hugh Jackman's sprawling, bouncing, opening number to the on-stage gathering of all winners for a closing ...More

(7/14/2014)

-Bose RoomMatch Asymmetrical Array Module Loudspeakers Chosen for First Baptist Church in Lawton, Oklahoma

Bose RoomMatch Asymmetrical Array Module Loudspeakers Chosen for First Baptist Church in Lawton, Oklahoma

In the process of replacing the sound and broadcast video systems at the First Baptist Church in Lawton, Oklahoma, AV integrator and systems designer FBP Systems (a subsidiary of the Morse Group family of companies) looked to Bose ...More

(7/11/2014)

-PLASA Focus Returns to Texas This September

PLASA Focus Returns to Texas This September

Free registration is now open for PLASA Focus: Austin 2014. Taking place at the Palmer Events Center September 9 - 10, this will be the second time PLASA Focus has returned to Texas since the launch of the event series in North ...More

(7/11/2014)

-Explore the Future of Live Entertainment at SPARK!

Explore the Future of Live Entertainment at SPARK!

USITT fans asked for opportunities to influence entertainment industry research and development. USITT's answer is SPARK! -- an entertainment innovation symposium that invites creative thinkers to explore new technologies and how ...More

(7/11/2014)

-The National Theatre Nicaragua: Shaken and Stirred with d&b

The National Theatre Nicaragua: Shaken and Stirred with d&b

Having survived the earthquake of 1972 that devastated much of Nicaragua's capital city Managua, there has been little that has shaken Teatro Nacional since; until that is, time came to re-equip the venue in the modern vernacular. "Function ...More

(7/11/2014)

-HSL Boosts Show-Stopping Prodigy Performance at Sonisphere

HSL Boosts Show-Stopping Prodigy Performance at Sonisphere

UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied an extensive lighting specials package -- including 140 new Philips Showline Nitro LED strobes -- for the Prodigy's show-stopping headline performance on Friday night at ...More

(7/11/2014)

-GLP impression X4 Rises up for Tim McGraw

GLP impression X4 Rises up for Tim McGraw

Country music icon Tim McGraw embarked on his Sundown Heaven Town 2014 tour in May, with Silent House production designer, Baz Halpin orchestrating a typically inventive set that evolves as the show unwinds. ...More

(7/11/2014)

-Royal Opera House Invests in Altman SpectraCyc 200

Royal Opera House Invests in Altman SpectraCyc 200

The Royal Opera House in London has recently invested in SpectraCyc 200 units from Altman Lighting for their Linbury Studio Theatre. The new cyclorama wash fixtures, which have replaced existing tungsten fixtures, use an LED source ...More

(7/11/2014)

-Williams Sound Celebrates Top Sales Representative for 2013

Williams Sound Celebrates Top Sales Representative for 2013

Williams Sound, designer and manufacturer of wireless communication technology, announces its 2013 Representative of the Year award went to Cadon Technical Sales, based in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm represents Williams ...More

(7/11/2014)

-Toby Keith Takes Canada by Storm with Adamson Energia System

Toby Keith Takes Canada by Storm with Adamson Energia System

Toby Keith recently performed for his Canadian fans during his Shut Up & Hold On tour with concerts in Sydney, Summerside, and St. John.
Out on tour with Sound Image Nashville, the Toby Keith crew brought everything but ...
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(7/11/2014)

-Thierry Gandilhon Joins NETIA as Managing Director

Thierry Gandilhon Joins NETIA as Managing Director

NETIA announces that Thierry Gandilhon has joined the company as its managing director. To this new leadership role, Gandilhon brings more than 25 years of technical experience in the field of software development, as well as ...More

(7/11/2014)

-Griffin and Algoriddim Elevate Mobile DJ Setups with DJ Connect, Now Available

Griffin and Algoriddim Elevate Mobile DJ Setups with DJ Connect, Now Available

Griffin Technology, makers of innovative technology for everyday life, together with Algoriddim, creators of the world's best-selling DJ app with over 10 million users on iOS, announce the availability of DJ Connect for Mac ...More

(7/10/2014)

-d&b audiotechnik Appoints Amnon Harman as CEO

d&b audiotechnik Appoints Amnon Harman as CEO

Loudspeaker system manufacturer d&b audiotechnik has appointed Amnon Harman as CEO effective July 7, 2014. In this newly created position, Harman will take responsibility for the further development and implementation of the ...More

(7/10/2014)

-Chauvet Professional Legend Series Sparkles For Lady Antebellum At CVS Dinner Gala

Chauvet Professional Legend Series Sparkles For Lady Antebellum At CVS Dinner Gala

The CVS Caremark Charity Classic is known throughout Rhode Island for bringing big name golfers to the state (20 PGA pros were at this year's event) and raising much-needed funds for local causes. This year's edition of the event, which ...More

(7/10/2014)

-AV Networking World Connects with Attendees

AV Networking World Connects with Attendees

Nearly 250 consultants, integrators, sound engineers and IT managers from all over the world came together in Las Vegas on June 17, 2014 for the AV Networking World Conference to learn about Dante. This year's event was sponsored by At ...More

(7/10/2014)

-Allen & Heath Launches QU Upgrade with V1.5 Firmware Release

Allen & Heath Launches QU Upgrade with V1.5 Firmware Release

Allen & Heath has released a new firmware update for its Qu Series of compact digital mixers new features to enhance functionality of the pioneering range. As well as support for the newly launched Qu-32 mixer and AB168 Audio ...More

(7/10/2014)

-coolux Releases the New Pandoras Box Version 5.7 Software

coolux Releases the New Pandoras Box Version 5.7 Software

coolux, the creators of the award winning Pandoras Box product family, released the new Pandoras Box Version 5.7 software at the beginning of July.
New Pandoras Box 5.7 Software features include the Venue Sites, which are used ...
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(7/10/2014)

-State Library Receives Wireless Upgrade Thanks to LumenRadio

State Library Receives Wireless Upgrade Thanks to LumenRadio

The State Library of New South Wales is of the major locations on the Sydney tourist trail, having opened in 1910 thanks to funding from David Scott Mitchell. Its location in the heart of Sydney means that as well as housing one of ...More

(7/10/2014)

-'Bet on Your Baby' Bets on Team Imagination and 4Wall LA

'Bet on Your Baby' Bets on Team Imagination and 4Wall LA

Season two of ABC's Bet on Your Baby premiered this May with lighting design provided by Team Imagination Inc., led by lighting designer Michael R. Veerkamp and lighting directors Adam Portelli and Mar ...More

(7/10/2014)

-Painting With Light Illuminates the 14-18 Spektakel

Painting With Light Illuminates the 14-18 Spektakel

The amazing 14-18 Spektakel Musical in Mechelen's Nekkerhal unites Luc Peumans and Painting With Light to commemorate the death and destruction of the First World War which started a century ago in 1914. ...More

(7/10/2014)

-Harman's Martin Professional M6 Lighting Console is the Optimal Solution for Tiens Conference

Harman's Martin Professional M6 Lighting Console is the Optimal Solution for Tiens Conference

For Tiens Company's annual distributor conference at Moscow's Russia Hall in SC "luzhniki", featuring a combination of official speeches and an original concert program for 8,000 guests, Harman's Martin Professional provided ...More

(7/10/2014)

-Clay Paky B-EYEs "Shine" on Gary Barlow Arena Tour

Clay Paky B-EYEs &quot;Shine&quot; on Gary Barlow Arena Tour

Lighting designer Tim Routledge is using the Clay Paky B-EYE K20 to add extreme definition to his show-stopping stage design for Gary Barlow's latest arena tour Since I Saw You Last. ...More

(7/10/2014)

-Biamp Systems' Tesira SERVER-IO Powers Milwaukee's "Listening to Mitchell" Art Installation

Biamp Systems' Tesira SERVER-IO Powers Milwaukee's &quot;Listening to Mitchell&quot; Art Installation

Biamp Systems, a provider of innovative, networked media systems, announces that the company will be donating the use of a Tesira SERVER-IO to support the immersive sound installation for the "Listening to Mitchell" art project co ...More

(7/9/2014)

-Chauvet Professional Expands ÉPIX 2.0 Pixel-Mapping LED Display Series

Chauvet Professional Expands ÉPIX 2.0 Pixel-Mapping LED Display Series

Chauvet Professional announces the ÉPIX Tile 2.0. Designed to work with the other members of the ÉPIX 2.0 series, the new ÉPIX Tile 2.0 is a square-shaped 11.8 x 11.8" (300 x 300 mm) panel that contains 160 Tri-Color (red, green, ...More

(7/9/2014)

-Sound Image Adds VUE al-4 Line Array System and h-Class Subwoofers

Sound Image Adds VUE al-4 Line Array System and h-Class Subwoofers

Sound Image, audio provider for acts such as Tom Petty, Brian Setzer, Jimmy Buffett, Taylor Swift, and John Legend, have recently upgraded their inventory with the addition of a VUE Audiotechnik al-4 Subcompact ...More

(7/9/2014)

-Shure Announces Four Senior Executive Promotions

Shure Announces Four Senior Executive Promotions

Shure Incorporated announces the promotions of four senior executives: Ray Crawford, Mark Humrichouser, Meg Madison, and Tom Kundmann.
"As our Company has grown, we needed to ensure ...
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(7/9/2014)

-Clay Paky Accompanies in Extremo on a Journey Through Time

Clay Paky Accompanies in Extremo on a Journey Through Time

In Extremo was founded in 1995 in Berlin and is known for their mix of medieval and rock music. In addition to an electric guitar, bass and drums, the band relies on instruments like the hurdy gurdy, bagpipes, the shawm, the ...More

(7/9/2014)

-SSL Live on Tour with Michael McDonald

SSL Live on Tour with Michael McDonald

Soul singer Michael McDonald joins 1980s super-group Toto this summer for a North American co-bill that stops at The Greek in Los Angeles and The Fox in Atlanta. McDonald's front-of-house engineer Curtis Flatt was ...More

(7/9/2014)

-Eclipse Supplies Full Production for 2014 Catey Awards

Eclipse Supplies Full Production for 2014 Catey Awards

Eclipse Presentations supplied full technical production, design, and equipment--including lighting, sound, video, and staging--for the 2014 Catey Awards, the flagship event of The Caterer magazine which was staged ...More

(7/9/2014)

-GDS ArcLamp Wins the ABTT Lighting Product of the Year 2014

GDS ArcLamp Wins the ABTT Lighting Product of the Year 2014

GDS announces the ArcLamp, awarded the ABTT 2014 Theatre Award for Lighting Product of the Year.
ArcLamp is a compact 4.8W LED lamp available in Candle & Golf Ball in both clear and frosted types, the company says. It ...
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(7/9/2014)

-Wohler and VSN Partner to Accelerate and Simplify Media Asset Management and Transformation Workflows

Wohler and VSN Partner to Accelerate and Simplify Media Asset Management and Transformation Workflows

Wohler Technologiesannounces that Spain's VSN, an IT company specializing in multimedia content management solutions, is using Wohler's RadiantGrid Intelligent Media Transformation Platform as the transcoding and media ...More

(7/9/2014)

-Bittree Audio and Video Patching Solutions Used in Major A/V Upgrade

Bittree Audio and Video Patching Solutions Used in Major A/V Upgrade

Bittree announces that its high-bandwidth video and programmable audio patchbays were chosen for a major A/V upgrade for the Homburg Theatre, a 1,102 seat performing arts venue in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. ...More

(7/9/2014)

-RTI Releases Two-Way Driver for Sonos Audio Devices

RTI Releases Two-Way Driver for Sonos Audio Devices

Remote Technologies Incorporated announces the availability of a new two-way driver for use with the Sonos family of wireless music players. Available free of charge to RTI dealers, the driver simplifies the control and ...More

(7/8/2014)

-4Wall LA Serving up Free Beer and BBQ at Vendor Showcase July 17

4Wall LA Serving up Free Beer and BBQ at Vendor Showcase July 17

4Wall Entertainment Los Angeles will open its doors to the public on July 17 for a Vendor Showcase event featuring over 15 manufacturers displaying and demonstrating their latest products.
Attendees will enjoy delectable food ...
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(7/8/2014)

-A.C.T Lighting Becomes the Exclusive Distributor for Robert Juliat Lighting Solutions in the US

A.C.T Lighting Becomes the Exclusive Distributor for Robert Juliat Lighting Solutions in the US

Robert Juliat (RJ) and A.C.T Lighting have entered into a strategic agreement for A.C.T Lighting to become the exclusive distributor for all Robert Juliat products in the US.
The RJ USA Wallingford office will remain ...
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(7/8/2014)

-Announcing the 2014 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards

Announcing the 2014 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards

The PLASA Foundation announces its 2014 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards, created by an impressive array of all-star designers and young talent -- Chris Barreca, Marci Bilskie, Alexander Dodge, Andrew Hefter, Todd Rosenthal, ...More

(7/8/2014)

-Susan Rose Harmonizes Chauvet Professional Q-Series with Video Panels at Dollywood Show

Susan Rose Harmonizes Chauvet Professional Q-Series with Video Panels at Dollywood Show

When Susan Rose first saw the Q-Series moving fixtures from Chauvet Professional, she was instantly impressed with their brightness. This was important to the lighting designer who knew that "brightness" was the one must-have ...More

(7/8/2014)

-The Knight of Illumination Awards Announces New Venue for 2014

The Knight of Illumination Awards Announces New Venue for 2014

The venue, once one of the largest cinemas in 1930's England, is a grade II listed building that has played host to stars such as Vera Lyn, Jarvis Cocker, and London Grammar.
The KOI awards will take place during PLASA London. ...
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(7/8/2014)

-LoadGuard Mini Chain Hoist Proves Popular at ABTT Theatre Show 2014

LoadGuard Mini Chain Hoist Proves Popular at ABTT Theatre Show 2014

LTM recently exhibited at ABTT Theatre Show June 11 - 12 at the Old Truman Brewery, where they launched their new chain hoist product the LoadGuard Mini.
The LoadGuard Mini is the only chain hoist of its size on the market ...
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(7/8/2014)

-Audio-Technica Unveils Blog Space at blog.audio-technica.com

Audio-Technica Unveils Blog Space at blog.audio-technica.com

Audio-Technica, a designer of transducer technology for over 50 years, recently unveiled a blog, known as "Where It's A-T," at http://blog.audio-technica.com. With regularly updated content, the blog features artist interviews, ...More

(7/8/2014)

-SMPTE Announces Launch of New Pittsburgh Section

SMPTE Announces Launch of New Pittsburgh Section

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), a society of motion-imaging standards and education for the communications, media, entertainment, and technology industries, today announced the formation of a new ...More

(7/8/2014)

-Grove City Church of the Nazarene Upgrades to New Yamaha Digital System

Grove City Church of the Nazarene Upgrades to New Yamaha Digital System

The Naz Church in Grove City, Ohio main auditorium seats approximately 2,800 people and has a congregation of 3,000. The church recently installed two Yamaha CL Series Digital Audio Consoles (a CL5 at front-of-house and a CL1 at ...More

(7/8/2014)

-Lectrosonics Wireless Technology Captures Every Bark, Growl, and Howl on CBS's Lucky Dog

Lectrosonics Wireless Technology Captures Every Bark, Growl, and Howl on CBS's Lucky Dog

On CBS' TV show Lucky Dog, airing Saturday mornings, animal trainer and behaviorist Brandon McMillan, the host, visits his local shelter to rescue "hard-to-love, out-of control, untrained, and unadoptable dogs." He then takes the ...More

(7/8/2014)

-NanoLumens Appoints Gary Feather to Position of Executive Vice President of Operations

NanoLumens Appoints Gary Feather to Position of Executive Vice President of Operations

NanoLumens, a manufacturer and marketer of indoor LED display solutions, today announced that Gary Feather, the former senior vice president of LED lighting at Sharp Electronics, has joined the company as executive vice ...More

(7/8/2014)

-XL Video for Shangri La at Glastonbury

XL Video for Shangri La at Glastonbury

XL Video supplied creative video projection and control to the Shangri La area at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts at Pilton in Somerset, UK, helping to give this popular immersive, interactive fictional ...More

(7/8/2014)

-Altinex Expands UT Series Under Table Interconnect Box Offerings

Altinex Expands UT Series Under Table Interconnect Box Offerings

Altinex, a manufacturer of signal management solutions, announces five new additions to its UT line of Under Table Interconnect Boxes: the models UT240-121S, UT240-125S, UT240-128S, UT240-325S, and UT240-328S. With their low-profile ...More

(7/7/2014)

-The Long Reach Long Riders Draw a Crowd

The Long Reach Long Riders Draw a Crowd

The Long Reach Long Riders (LRLR) announce they have assembled the largest group of riders, passengers, and chase car drivers in the history of their annual charity ride. Forty people are making this year's ride including: 28 riders ...More

(7/7/2014)

-AC-ET Appointed Exclusive UK Distributor for LumenRadio

AC-ET Appointed Exclusive UK Distributor for LumenRadio

A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd has been appointed the exclusive UK distributor for the LumenRadio range of high performance wireless DMX lighting control solutions. With immediate effect, LumenRadio will be ...More

(7/7/2014)

-Robe Loves the Color Purple

Robe Loves the Color Purple

The Purple Group in Schijndel is one of the most respected entertainment technology rental companies in the Netherlands and celebrates its 25th anniversary this year having built its reputation on offering service by people with the ...More

(7/7/2014)

-Hippotizer Graces the Red Carpet at Another London Premiere

Hippotizer Graces the Red Carpet at Another London Premiere

Digital Insanity has recently taken their Hippotizers to the European movie premiere of the new Godzilla. Directed by Gareth Edwards, as his second feature film after Monsters, this version of the iconic ...More

(7/7/2014)

-Greenroom Chooses Soundcraft on Reputation Alone

Greenroom Chooses Soundcraft on Reputation Alone

Greenroom Productions supplies all of the in-house audio and lighting to Canberra's ANU bar as well as other small events around the city. Recently the company purchased a Soundcraft Si Performer 2 console along with a Vi ...More

(7/7/2014)

-Technotrix and Martin Audio Cover Musical Graduation Ceremonies

Technotrix and Martin Audio Cover Musical Graduation Ceremonies

Because Columbia College Chicago specializes in arts and media, their commencement exercises in the Chicago Theatre and the outdoor arts festival showcase preceding it are characterized by a wide variety of musical styles, ensembles, and ...More

(7/7/2014)

-CCF Church - Renkus-Heinz' Massive Sound for a Massive Hall

CCF Church - Renkus-Heinz' Massive Sound for a Massive Hall

Founded in the early 1980s, CCF (Christ's Commission Fellowship) in Manila, Philippines, has grown from a 40-member evangelistic bible study group to become one of the world's mega-churches, with membership in the tens of thousands and ...More

(7/7/2014)

-All-New Mackie SRM450 and SRM350 Now Shipping

All-New Mackie SRM450 and SRM350 Now Shipping

Mackie announces the availability of the all-new, modernized refresh of their industry favorite SRM450 and SRM350 high-definition portable powered loudspeakers.
Featuring a powerful new 1,000W amp platform, significantly ...
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(7/7/2014)

-Artistic Licence Upgrades and Expands DMX Rail Splitter Range

Artistic Licence Upgrades and Expands DMX Rail Splitter Range

Lighting control designer, Artistic Licence, has introduced a major upgrade to one of its best-selling DMX splitter products, Rail-Split RDM, with no increase to the list price. Concurrently, a sister product, Rail-Split DMX, is now ...More

(7/7/2014)

-Manley Labs Expands Engineering Group as Industry Pro Charlie Boehm Joins the Team

Manley Labs Expands Engineering Group as Industry Pro Charlie Boehm Joins the Team

Manley Labs, a manufacturer of high-quality hand-built professional audio products, has announced the continued growth of the company's acclaimed engineering team with the addition of pro audio veteran Charles Boehm. ...More

(7/7/2014)

-Agnico Eagle "Strikes Gold" with Prysm Collaboration Videowall Installation by Advanced

Agnico Eagle &quot;Strikes Gold&quot; with Prysm Collaboration Videowall Installation by Advanced

Agnico Eagle, an industry-leading global mining company, recently set out to replace their 10-year-old AV system in their Toronto executive boardroom. In doing so, they wanted to be sure to incorporate the latest, most innovative display ...More

(7/3/2014)

-Chromlech in Liquidation

Chromlech in Liquidation

Chromlech, the French manufacturer behind innovative LED lighting products such as Jarag and Elidy, has gone out of business with the loss of 14 jobs. Known as an innovator of lighting products, Chromlech enjoyed great success with ...More

(7/3/2014)

-Behringer Seeks Seat on Deswell's Company Board

Behringer Seeks Seat on Deswell's Company Board

Uli Behringer, chairman and CEO of Music Group has notified Deswell Industries Inc. (DSWL: NASDAQ) of his intention to seek a seat on the company's board.
As the holder of a significant portion of Deswell stock, ...
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(7/3/2014)

-SPARK! Symposium Tests New Interfaces for Art and Technology

SPARK! Symposium Tests New Interfaces for Art and Technology

USITT's first SPARK! Event will showcase new ways for performers to interact with projection and lights -- and that's just the start of the new ideas, new technologies, and new possibilities for entertainment technology to be ...More

(7/3/2014)

-Le Maitre Launches the Salamander Quad Pro Flame Machine

Le Maitre Launches the Salamander Quad Pro Flame Machine

The Salamander Quad Pro is the latest flame unit to be launched by Le Maitre and follows on from the successful Salamander, extending Le Maitre's flame family offering.
The Salamander Quad Pro is a larger, more versatile system ...
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(7/3/2014)

-Apollo Design Technology Announces Staff Addition and Promotion

Apollo Design Technology Announces Staff Addition and Promotion

Apollo Design Technology, Inc. announces the appointment of Michael Kretschmer as their mechanical engineer. In this role, Kretschmer will help create efficient solutions to the development of processes and products. He will ...More

(7/3/2014)

-Reach Communications Adds NEXO STM Line Array to Arsenal

Reach Communications Adds NEXO STM Line Array to Arsenal

Reach Communications of Minneapolis, Minnesota has added a new NEXO STM line array to its already impressive stable of NEXO boxes. "We researched NEXO, L'Acoustics, d&b, and others for boxes having a high 145+db peak output per box, ...More

(7/3/2014)

-YouTube Brandcast Featured Production by Good Sense & Company and Technology by WorldStage

YouTube Brandcast Featured Production by Good Sense & Company and Technology by WorldStage

After the past two years coping with the confined space of the Beacon Theater, followed by the out of the way Basketball City location, for 2014 the YouTube digital "Upfront" (formally called Brandcast) found itself within the spacious ...More

(7/3/2014)

-3G Productions Deploys Martin Audio MLA at EDC Las Vegas

3G Productions Deploys Martin Audio MLA at EDC Las Vegas

This year's Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas easily earned its reputation as the world's largest electronic music festival with seven stages, carnival rides, art installations, fireworks displays, and over 400,000 in attendance. ...More

(7/3/2014)

-Electrosonic Provides Audio-Visual Systems for National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan

Electrosonic Provides Audio-Visual Systems for National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has opened in the footprints of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. Electrosonic provided the audio-visual systems for the museum, which is primarily located about 70' (21m) below ...More

(7/3/2014)

-Harman Brands Unite to Power Up Dierks Bentley's 2014 Riser Tour

Harman Brands Unite to Power Up Dierks Bentley's 2014 Riser Tour

Country music star Dierks Bentley is currently out headlining his 2014 Riser Tour through the fall with VER Tour Sound supplying the audio reinforcement system featuring Harman's JBL VTX line arrays and Crown I ...More

(7/3/2014)

-Making Waves in EDM: Meyer Sound LEO Powers German World Club Dome Festival

Making Waves in EDM: Meyer Sound LEO Powers German World Club Dome Festival

At the World Club Dome electronic dance music (EDM) festival in Frankfurt, Germany, a Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system was selected for main-stage headliners Pet Shop Boys, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, and ...More

(7/3/2014)

-DiGiCo Improves the Voice of The Voice

DiGiCo Improves the Voice of The Voice

Emmy award-winning reality television singing competition The Voice has been a ratings juggernaut for NBC, with season six debuting at the end of February 2014 to an audience of nearly 16 million viewers. As the season moved into ...More

(7/3/2014)

-Clay Paky Sharpys Go Bollywood at the IIFA Awards for the Hindi-Language Cinema

Clay Paky Sharpys Go Bollywood at the IIFA Awards for the Hindi-Language Cinema

An awards show like none other took Tampa, Florida's Raymond James Stadium by storm when the annual International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards came to the US for the first time. The IIFA Awards honor artistic and technical excellence ...More

(7/3/2014)

-d3 Technologies Contributes to Success of Microsoft Xbox at E3 2014

d3 Technologies Contributes to Success of Microsoft Xbox at E3 2014

d3 Technologies' software and three d3 4U v2.5 media servers were used on the elaborate Microsoft Xbox space during E3 2014. Leading the project for Microsoft was experiential marketing agency Zed Ink. ...More

(7/3/2014)

-Iluminarc Enhances Multi-level Parking Structure at Hyatt Bayamón in Puerto Rico

Iluminarc Enhances Multi-level Parking Structure at Hyatt Bayamón in Puerto Rico

The multi-level parking structure for the new Hyatt Place Bayamón and El Tropical Casino has been a labor of innovation and love, successfully incorporating indigenous art with a synchronized show and creative lighting elements. At night, ...More

(7/2/2014)

-The VL4000 Spot Luminaire Debuts at the Best Buy Charity Classic

The VL4000 Spot Luminaire Debuts at the Best Buy Charity Classic

Together Best Buy and the Best Buy Foundation support nonprofit organizations across the United States. The Best Buy Charity Classic seeks to raise money for the foundation through a golf and fishing tournament with an evening gala and ...More

(7/2/2014)

-ILC Supports Behind the Scenes with the Third Annual Golf Outing

ILC Supports Behind the Scenes with the Third Annual Golf Outing

On Tuesday, July 15, Intelligent Lighting Creations (ILC) will host their annual golf outing in support of Behind the Scenes: An initiative of The PLASA Foundation at the Hilton Indian Lakes Golf Resort in Bloomingdale ...More

(7/2/2014)

-Race is On for New York State Casino Licenses

Race is On for New York State Casino Licenses

Even as three New Jersey hotel/casinos find themselves facing bankruptcy, the race is on to build new casinos in New York State. According to a story in The New York Times, 17 companies are vying to get licenses to build casinos in ...More

(7/2/2014)

-Harman's Soundcraft Launches Online "How To" Video Series

Harman's Soundcraft Launches Online &quot;How To&quot; Video Series

Harman's Soundcraft announces that it is offering its "How To" instructional video series on its website, www.soundcraft.com. The videos focus on the Si Series of digital consoles and include a variety of topics from basic operation ...More

(7/2/2014)

-Fourth Service Pack for the Vectorworks 2014 Product Line Now Available

Fourth Service Pack for the Vectorworks 2014 Product Line Now Available

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. has released its fourth Service Pack for the Vectorworks 2014 product line.
This Service Pack contains fixes for snapping issues with the SmartCursor when snapping to angles, DWG export of hatches, as ...
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(7/2/2014)

-Analog Way Enhances the LiveCore Series with New Features and Accessories

Analog Way Enhances the LiveCore Series with New Features and Accessories

To complement its LiveCore line of AV processors, Analog Way announces new features and accessories. They were all demonstrated in Analog Way's booth during InfoComm 2014 during the June show in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...More

(7/2/2014)

-Duke University's Williams Field to Become the First NCAA DI Outdoor Sports Venue to Convert to LED Lighting

Duke University's Williams Field to Become the First NCAA DI Outdoor Sports Venue to Convert to LED Lighting

After successfully illuminating more than two dozen sports venues across North America with its LED arena lights, Ephesus Lighting in partnership with Durham, North Carolina-based Cree, Inc. and Duke University, is taking ...More

(7/2/2014)

-NSCA Announces Leadership Changes

NSCA Announces Leadership Changes

The NSCA board of directors has elected new officers to their executive committee, who will assumed their roles July 1. Michael Hester, NSCA treasurer and managing partner for Beacon Communications, was elected as the new ...More

(7/2/2014)

-CTS Audio Adds More Than 100 Harman JBL VTX Series Line Array Loudspeakers to Its Tour Sound Inventory

CTS Audio Adds More Than 100 Harman JBL VTX Series Line Array Loudspeakers to Its Tour Sound Inventory

Sound contractor CTS Audio was one of the first adopters of Harman JBL's flagship VTX Series line arrays and according to the company -- they've liked what they heard -- the company just purchased more than 100 more of them. ...More

(7/2/2014)

-Yes Again for Robe

Yes Again for Robe

Popular and critically acclaimed maverick progressive rock band Yes continued their 2013-14 Three Album world tour presenting three complete iconic works -- "Close To The Edge," "Going For The One," and "the Yes Album" -- live and ...More

(7/2/2014)

-Alcorn McBride A/V Binloop HD Helps PaintScaping Grab the Audience for Gardner Denver at OTC'14

Alcorn McBride A/V Binloop HD Helps PaintScaping Grab the Audience for Gardner Denver at OTC'14

Los Angeles, California-based PaintScaping wowed the crowds at OTC'14 with a 4K 3D projection mapping display sourced from Alcorn McBride products. Four eight-channel Alcorn McBride A/V Binloop HD players provided dynamically ...More

(7/2/2014)

-Masque Sound Fills Charleston with Sweet Music for 38th Season of Spoleto Festival USA

Masque Sound Fills Charleston with Sweet Music for 38th Season of Spoleto Festival USA

When the 38th annual Spoleto Festival USA, America's premier performing arts festival, kicked off on May 23, Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, was on-hand to provide sound supervisor More

(7/2/2014)

-SSL Live Hits Summer Festivals with the Killers

SSL Live Hits Summer Festivals with the Killers

Following The Killers' wildly successful 2013 Battle Born world tour, performing in 50 countries and headlining arenas on six continents -- including a sold-out Wembley Stadium show for which they wrote The Wembley Song -- ...More

(7/2/2014)

-Chauvet Professional Helps Dillon Production Services Create "Renaissance" in Corporate Event Lighting

Chauvet Professional Helps Dillon Production Services Create &quot;Renaissance&quot; in Corporate Event Lighting

With its dramatic 14-story high atrium, sparkling lobby and 60,000-sq.-ft. of meeting space, the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel has a host of amenities to impress corporate visitors. Recently, this prestigious venue offered a group of ...More

(7/1/2014)

-Sennheiser Publishes Results of 2013 Fiscal Year

Sennheiser Publishes Results of 2013 Fiscal Year

Sennheiser Group, family-owned for three generations, published its results for the 2013 fiscal year yesterday. The company has always been known for its long-term oriented strategy based on sustainable growth and independence. Its ...More

(7/1/2014)

-Clay Paky Appoints Alberico D'Amato Head of International Sales

Clay Paky Appoints Alberico D'Amato Head of International Sales

Pio Nahum, Clay Paky's sales and marketing director, has created a new position within the company: head of international sales. The job has been assigned to Alberico D'Amato who, as of 1 July, will be responsible for ...More

(7/1/2014)

-Martin Audio Introduces DD12 at InfoComm14

Martin Audio Introduces DD12 at InfoComm14

Martin Audio introduced the versatile new DD12 loudspeaker system at InfoComm 2014 in June in Las Vegas.
The company says the multi-purpose DD12 is the ultimate in performance and versatility for powered, two-way ...
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(7/1/2014)

-Lyric Opera of Chicago in the Black for 2013/14 Season with Ticket Sales Increasing 8%

Lyric Opera of Chicago in the Black for 2013/14 Season with Ticket Sales Increasing 8%

Anthony Freud, general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, announces that the company is reporting a breakeven operating performance for fiscal year 2014. Lyric has operated in the black for 26 of the past 27 years -- a ...More

(7/1/2014)

-Atlantic City Casino Business Looking Grim

Atlantic City Casino Business Looking Grim

A pair of newspaper reports over the weekend reveals that the Atlantic City casino market is undergoing extraordinary strains. On Saturday, The New York Times reported that the Showboat, with 1,300 rooms and 2,100 employees, would ...More

(7/1/2014)

-VMP Expands Building Information Modeling (BIM) Platform with New Rack Enclosure Offerings

VMP Expands Building Information Modeling (BIM) Platform with New Rack Enclosure Offerings

Video Mount Products, a provider of mounting solutions for the commercial, residential, security, and pro audio/video markets, announces it has expanded its building information modeling (BIM) content to now include the new EREN ...More

(7/1/2014)

-First Fairlight EVO.Live Mixing Console Installed and On-Air at The CatholicTV Network

First Fairlight EVO.Live Mixing Console Installed and On-Air at The CatholicTV Network

The CatholicTV Network, which broadcasts local, national, and international religious programming including live coverage of Pope Francis from production facilities in the Greater Boston area, is on-air with the first Fairlight EVO ...More

(7/1/2014)

-Triple E Presents TDRIVE Prize to Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Triple E Presents TDRIVE Prize to Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Track and motor systems specialist Triple E has presented London's prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama with a powerful TDRIVE motor following the school's victory in Triple E's speed-rigging challenge at the ABTT Theatre ...More

(7/1/2014)

-Kramer Manages Bidirectional Ethernet to Serial Conversion

Kramer Manages Bidirectional Ethernet to Serial Conversion

The FC-21ETH, FC-22ETH, and FC-24ETH are members of the new Kramer family of high-performance, easy-to-use, bidirectional hardware and software interface systems. The FC-21ETH, FC-22ETH, and FC-24ETH can enable control of RS-232 ...More

(7/1/2014)

-Korea's Alpha Sound Joins Adamson Energia Network

Korea's Alpha Sound Joins Adamson Energia Network

Alpha Sound, a South Korean full-service live event production company, has joined the Adamson Energia Network. Adamson's South Korean distributor, Sound Solutions, recently delivered 24 E15 and eight E12 line array ...More

(7/1/2014)

-Bertil van Veen is Dutch Country Manager for XL Video

Bertil van Veen is Dutch Country Manager for XL Video

XL Video welcomes Bertil van Veen back to the XL team! After his last challenge at ACS from 2010-2014 as manager for the Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Rotterdam locations, van Veen is back at XL Video, where he previously worked ...More

(7/1/2014)

-Vari-Lite Shines in the Great American Road Trip

Vari-Lite Shines in the Great American Road Trip

As one of country music's most popular artists, the three-time Grammy award-winning Zac Brown Band has sold over six million albums worldwide and produced 11 number one singles. So as they prepared for their 2014 Great American Road ...More

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