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  Architectural Lighting Design Firm LIGHTfaktor Opens Events Design/Rental Division
The demand for experiential environments has led architectural lighting design firm and custom lighting fixture manufacturer LIGHTfaktor to open an events design and rental division. To lead this new growth, LIGHTfaktor brought in ...
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EAW Announces Adaptive Systems Training and Product Demonstration
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has announced Adaptive Systems product demonstrations and Level 1 Training that will take place at Buffalo Bill's Arena at the Primm Valley Resort Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Adaptive Systems Level 1 ...
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ADJ Introduces an Alternative to Uplighting
Visually stunning, easy to use, and compatible with ADJ's metal Flat PAR and WiFLY PAR fixtures, the new ADJ Magna Tube utilizes a magnetic adapter and a lightweight design to offer users a new column lighting alternative to ...
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r12: Unlock the Full Power of d3's VFC Cards
d3 Technologies announces that their latest 3G-SDI Video Format Conversion (VFC) cards are now available, completing the trio of cards offering DisplayPort, DVI, and now 3G-SDI output options for the 4x4pro platform. According to ...
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Attero Tech Shows the unDNEMO Dante Network Monitor at ISE
Attero Tech will debut the unDNEMO Network Monitor at Integrated Systems Europe 2016, running February 9 - 12 in Amsterdam.
The unDNEMO is an audio monitoring solution aimed at providing end users with a simple solution ...
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CAD Audio Debuts GXL-EU Wireless for Europe
The new CAD Audio GXL-EU wireless system for European operation is designed for easy, flexible use while providing exceptional wireless connectivity in a convenient dual system configuration.
GXL wireless is already well ...
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LMG's Audio and LED Solutions at the NBC News-YouTube Democratic Debate
NBC News and YouTube co-hosted the first Democratic debate of the new year. The Sunday night Democratic Presidential Debate took place in Charleston, South Carolina at the Galliard Performance Hall from 9:00 - 11:00pm. Three candidates set ...
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VUE Audiotechnik Kicks off Celebration of Basel House and Bushwick Collective Block Party
Celebrating big-name graffiti artists from New York City, Miami, and cities across the entire globe, the Basel House and Bushwick Collective Block Party is an annual four-day arts and entertainment fair. At the latest block party -- which ...
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The Open Space TV Studio Set, Lit by Clay Paky
Lighting designer Francesco De Cave's enthusiasm was huge when he turned on the Mediaset TV studio lighting after equipping it with the Clay Paky Alpha Profile 800 STs he had requested. These small, powerful, high-performance ...
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CPL Helps Make It Rock for Dyson
The UK's Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) delivered full production, including lighting, sound -- featuring brand new d&b audiotechnik Y8s and V-Subs -- video and rigging to an impressive end of year party for technology ...
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Airstar Spreads the Christmas Spirit with Inflatables and Lighting Solutions
Every year, Airstar lighting solutions and inflatable structures are in high demand when the Christmas season comes around. This year was no exception, with high-end brands, museums, department stores, and local authorities all ...
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iDR Installed in Vienna Concert Hall
One of Vienna's finest concert houses, the Konzerthaus, recently upgraded the public address system serving its Great Hall and Mozart Hall, selecting Meyer Sound speakers and Allen & Heath's iDR installation matrix mixers. ...
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Theatre in Review: Creditors (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble/The Wild Project)
Some people call Creditors a play; I see it as a series of boxing matches in which all three contestants sooner or later are dealt an emotional knockout. Nobody knows the strategies of intimate infighting like August ...
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Theatre in Review: A Dream of Red Pavilions (Pan Asian Repertory Theatre/Theatre Row)
Talk about ambition: A display outside the theatre housing Pan Asian Rep's current production notes that the novel from which it is drawn is twice the length of War and Peace -- which goes a long way toward explaining the loose ...
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Alcons Audio's Annual Home-Turf Playground, ISE 2016
ISE 2016 sees audio innovator Alcons Audio enjoying a comprehensive presence with a number of treats for visitors ears, according to the company, "showcasing the company's ongoing pursuit of audio perfection." ...
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Professional Wireless Systems Appoints William O'Keefe Manufacturing Manager
Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound Company and experts in supplying and supporting wireless systems for live and broadcast events, has named William O'Keefe as manufacturing manager. O'Keefe returns to ...
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RF Venue Releases Second Generation Fiber Optic Antenna Distribution System
Wireless audio manufacturer RF Venue, Inc. has released the second generation of its popular OPTIX system, an affordable RF over fiber platform that allows the remote placement of wireless audio antennas using single-mode fiber ...
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Attero Tech Introduces the unD4O Dante Output Interface
Attero Tech will debut the unD4O Dante 4 Output Interface at Integrated Systems Europe 2016, running February 9 - 12 in Amsterdam RAI. Attero Tech will exhibit in stand 3-A114. The unD4O Dante interface is a four output, cost ...
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Adlib Gets Focused with PLASA in Glasgow
Adlib used the recent PLASA Focus Glasgow exhibition to underline its commitment to premium manufacturers, including L-Acoustics and Soundcraft by ensuring that stocks of these popular products are available in ...
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AV Center Chooses Robe DL4S Profiles
AV Center is a busy Danish full-technical production design and rental company with five bases across the country -- in Odense, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Aalborg and Kolding -- which means they can quickly and practically service any ...
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Triple E Chaintrack Smoothes New National Theatre Production
A new production of Harvey Granville Barker's play Waste is currently showing at The National's Lyttelton Theatre with smooth "swipe" curtain movements utilizing Triple E's Chaintrack, Unitrack, and Unibeam systems. ...
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Clay Paky "Saves Rock and Roll" on Fall Out Boy
American punk rockers Fall Out Boy are on a world tour in support of their American Beauty/American Psycho album with a perspective-bending lighting design by Robb Jibson using Clay Paky Mythos and A.leda B-EYE K20 ...
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Feedback Show Systems Becomes SSL Live Partner
Respected German live production and rental company, Feedback Show Systems, has added a Solid State Logic L500 Plus live console to its audio inventory.
Feedback Show Systems is one of Germany's leading production and ...
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Quebradilla Bridge in Zacatecas Balances Beauty and Function with Iluminarc
Nothing about the state of Zacatecas' historic capital is ordinary. From the varied architecture of its pink stone buildings to its winding roads that climb up the craggy Brittany Hills, to the majestic beauty of its baroque cathedral, the ...
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Showline SL PAR 155 ZOOM Luminaires Bring Clarity to the Alley Theatre
Located in Houston, Texas, the Alley Theatre is a nationally recognized performing arts company that creates a wide range of innovative productions. Recently undergoing a $46.5 million renovation which included improvements to the Hubbard ...
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Winter Jam Tour Spectacular Returns with Bandit Lites
Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, Christian music's largest annual tour, has returned to the road with lighting provided by Bandit Lites. Artists this year include For King and Country, Matthew West, Crowder, Lauren Daigle, Red, and ...
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Theatre in Review: I and You (Merrimack Repertory Theatre/59E59)
I and You starts out on a relatively mundane note, only to get more perplexing by the minute. Caroline, a teenager, is alone in her bedroom when she receives an unwelcome surprise visit from Anthony, a young man from her ...
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Robe Launches BMFL WashBeam
Robe officially launches its newest and brightest BMFL series luminaire to date -- the BMFL WashBeam -- today, Wednesday, January 27.
An online launch platform was chosen to reach a global audience of busy industry professionals . ...
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Successful PLASA Focus Glasgow 2016 grows by 26%
With an increase of 26% of the floorspace, the second edition of PLASA Focus Glasgow has been hailed a success with 50% more brands showcasing the latest in live entertainment technology and attendees increased by 32% since the ...
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Elation's New ACL 360i a Compact yet Powerful RGBW Beam Fixture with Continuous 360-degree Movement
Elation Professional announces the launch of the new ACL 360i, a powerful single-beam moving effect luminaire with the intensity of a tight ACL beam that is perfect for quick-moving beam looks, pinspotting, or stunning large motion ...
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Penn Elcom Online Goes Live
Global flightcase hardware and 19" racking manufacturer Penn Elcom has launched Penn Elcom Online, a brand new all-encompassing online portal offering a comprehensive and convenient sales outlet for over 4,000 product lines.
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InfoComm Releases New Standard to Harmonize Cable Labeling Practices
InfoComm International announced the publication of a new audiovisual standard, Cable Labeling for Audiovisual Systems (CLAS). The new standard defines requirements for labeling cables used in installed AV systems and ...
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HSL Starts the Year Announcing Another £2 Million Equipment Investment
Blackburn, UK-based lighting and visual rental specialist HSL continues on the proactive investment path it followed throughout 2015, with another £2 million spent the last two months of the year, spread between a number of premium ...
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Meyer Sound Invites ISE Attendees to Experience the Constellation Acoustic System
A Meyer Sound team of acousticians will demonstrate the flexibility of the Constellation acoustic system at this year's ISE in Amsterdam. Integrators and design consultants seeking solutions for corporate offices and meeting rooms, ...
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Neutrik Announces Promotion of Chris Neethling to Chief Sales Officer
Neutrik, a supplier of robust and reliable professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, announces that Chris Neethling, formerly global financial manager for Neutrik USA, has been promoted to chief ...
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The Beijing Opera House Presents Aida, Illuminated by Clay Paky
The National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing has staged Aida with the lighting designer Vinicio Cheli and a whole group of Italian professionals known worldwide: stage designer Ezio Frigerio, director Franc ...
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Unusual Rigging and Engineering LLC Welcomes Denis Bramhall to Dubai
Unusual Rigging and Engineering LLC, a supplier of rigging and technical solutions to the entertainment, exhibition, architectural, event, TV, and film industries in the Middle East, is appointing Denis Bramhall as its new ...
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K-array Continues to Add New Distributors to Sales Channels
Procom Middle East has been named K-array's exclusive distributor for United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen, Egypt, and Lebanon in the Middle East region. ...
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Celebrating the Star-Spangled Banner Anniversary with Analog Way's Ascender 32
In honor of the 200th anniversary of the writing of the National Anthem of the United States of America, the Maryland Public Television organized an outdoor concert at the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland. Almost 4,000 people attended ...
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Shure Incorporated Mourns the Passing of Their Chairman, Mrs. Rose L. Shure
Shure Incorporated has issued a statement:
"Shure Inc. announced with great sadness the passing of their beloved chairman, Rose L. Shure. Mrs. Shure passed away peacefully at her home.
"For more than 60 years, Mrs. ...
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Event Safety Alliance Announces the Return of the Severe Weather Summit
Continuing with their mission to provide the live event industry with relevant and practical learning opportunities, the Event Safety Alliance announces the return of the Severe Weather Summit, March 8-9, 2016, at the ...
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Meyer Sound LEOPARD Wins NAMM TEC Award
Industry professionals have voted Meyer Sound's LEOPARD linear sound reinforcement system as the winner of the NAMM TEC Award for Sound Reinforcement Loudspeakers. Presented in Anaheim, California in conjunction with the 20 ...
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Elation to Show Award-Winning Platinum X-Series and More at ISE 2016
Elation Professional will be showing the latest in its line of versatile, energy-efficient LED and Platinum Series lighting solutions February 9 - 12 at the ISE< show in Amsterdam, Europe's leading exhibition for professional ...
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ADJ Aims for Brightest Year -- Company Introduced Six New Products at NAMM 2106
ADJ kicked off the year by unveiling a slick new logo and the fervor continued with the launch of six new products at NAMM 2016 last week. The ADJ booth played host to a range of versatile but cost-effective lighting products ...
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AKG by Harman Presents New Frequency Bands for WMS40 Mini Wireless Systems
AKG by Harman presented new, additional frequency bands of the popular WMS40 Mini wireless system at Winter NAMM 2016 last week. The new frequency bands are ideal for use in major US cities where existing frequency bands may ...
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Mackie Extends SRM Portable Series with 1,200W SRM1550 Subwoofer
Mackie announces an all-new subwoofer built from the ground up to be the ultimate companion to the popular SRM450 and SRM350 powered loudspeakers -- the all-new SRM1550 Portable Powered Subwoofer. Featuring a powerful 1,200W ...
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QSC Introduces the E Series Range of Passive Loudspeakers
QSC introduces the new E Series range of passive loudspeakers, designed for sound reinforcement in entertainment applications, such as live performance, DJ and dance music, karaoke and stage monitoring, and production. With their ...
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Allen & Heath Launches New Digital Mixing Series
Allen & Heath has launched dLive, what the company says is "a next generation digital mixing system," providing ultra-flexible architecture, a powerful FPGA processing core, a comprehensive array of expansion, control and networking ...
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AV Stumpfl Redefines Innovation with Wings Engine Raw 8K
Austrian engineering company, AV Stumpfl will return to ISE 2016 to launch an 8K version of Wings Engine Raw.
The upgraded ultra-high-performance super media server now delivers an unrivalled four streams of full 4K ...
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Synthax Debuts Ferrofish A32 Audio Format Converter at Winter NAMM
Synthax, Inc., distributors of audio production tools for both studio and live applications, featured the new Ferrofish A32 Audio Format Converter during last week's Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Based upon the ...
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Bandit Grows Inventory with Ayrton Luminaires
Bandit Lites always strives to provide the highest quality and most innovative gear to its clients, an effort which has led to a sizeable purchase of Ayrton's newest fixtures, including Ayrton CosmoPix-R, IntelliPix-R, ...
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The Knight of Illumination Awards 2016 Is Off to a Flying Start
The Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI) 2016 has launched and submissions are already coming in for its Television and Concert Touring and Events categories.
This year marks the ninth KOI Awards, which celebrates the creative ...
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Avid and Focusrite -- A future Alliance in the Making
Avid and Focusrite have a history of industry-shaping collaborations, from the world's first plug-ins to feature a fully skeuomorphic GUI (D2 and D3), to the original Focusrite-designed Mbox interface that brought Avid Pro ...
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Clair Global Releases New Flagship System: The Cohesion Series
Clair Global listened to their clients and is now offering their new flagship system: The Cohesion Series. The philosophy that inspired The Cohesion is centered on creating the highest quality and most efficient speaker system. The ...
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Lumax Software LLC Announces Drafty: The CAD Tool for Lighting, Audio, and Video
Lumax Software LLC launches Drafty, a streamlined CAD program, built from the ground up to meet the unique needs of lighting, sound, and video designers for live entertainment. Industry specific tools work to create plots ...
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MNA at ISE Reflects Growing Importance of Network Interoperability in AV
With the ever-increasing pace of adoption of IP-based networking in AV, there is a mounting lobby for standardization and interoperability based on open standards. Consequently, the Media Networking Alliance (MNA) -- the ...
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New ILDA Competition Looking for Laser Show Talents
With laser projectors becoming more affordable, there are many enthusiasts and laser artists creating laser light shows. The International Laser Display Association has announced a new contest to find and publicize non-ILDA members ...
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Lighting Designer Stephen Moss to Receive USITT's 2016 Rising Star Award
Lighting designer and technician Stephen Moss of Nashville, Tennessee, is the winner of USITT's 2016 Rising Star Award sponsored by LDI/Live Design.
Moss, whose lighting design has been called "exceedingly evocative and ...
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Sonic Excellence and Durability Highlight the New Drum Set Concert I Microphone Set from AKG
At Winter NAMM 2016 last week, AKG by Harman showcased the Drum Set Concert 1 professional drum microphone set, featuring a complete collection of high-quality mics that deliver on AKG's reputation for sonic excellence and steadfast ...
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Harman Professional Solutions Introduces the JBL VTX M Series
Harman Professional Solutions' tour audio division unveiled the JBL VTX M Series, a new line of premium stage monitoring products made to handle the most demanding applications. Elegantly designed with a low profile, the M ...
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Experience the World of Harman Professional Solutions at ISE 2016
Visitors to ISE 2016, February 9 - 12 in Amsterdam RAI, are invited to experience the world of Harman Professional Solutions. As a professional audio, lighting, video and control systems company, Harman is proud to ...
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Mackie Introduces ProDX Wireless Digital Mixers
Mackie announces an all-new line of ultra-compact digital mixers with complete wireless control - The ProDX Series. The line features two models, the four-channel ProDX4 and the eight-channel ProDX8. With wireless streaming and ...
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dbx by Harman Launches New High-Performance Direct Boxes, Cable Test Accessories
At Winter NAMM 2016 last week, dbx by Harman unveiled four powerful new additions to the dbx Di and CT lineup of products. Ideal for even the most demanding live sound and studio applications, the new dbx Di4, Di1, and DJdi ...
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Pure Groove Sound Systems and Danley Sound Labs Launch Exclusive Pro Audio Series
Pure Groove Sound Systems has announced it has joined forces with Danley Sound Labs to produce a series of professional audio systems, specifically catered to the nightclub and dance music festival markets. Designed by Tom ...
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Mountain Productions Hires David Piccola as Installation Department Manager
Mountain Productions announces the addition of David Piccola to its rigging department. Piccola was brought on board to serve as Mountain Productions' installation department manager, handling rigging installations in the ...
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Theatre in Review: The Burial at Thebes (Irish Repertory Theatre/DR2 Theatre)
I've never been so happy to see Tiresias in my life. As usual, whenever the blind poet shows up, it signals bad news for the members of the House of Oedipus -- The Burial at Thebes is a new version of Antigone by the ...
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Theatre in Review: Wide Awake Hearts (Birdland Theatre/59E59)
The film director at the center of Brendan Gall's new play is an uncompromising artist: In pursuit of his muse, he doesn't spare himself, his wife, his leading man -- and certainly not the audience at 59E59. He's making a film that ...
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Open Control Architecture is Standardized as AES70
Open Control Architecture (OCA) -- an open control and monitoring standard for professional audio and AV media network devices -- has been officially standardized on January 4, 2016 by the Audio Engineering Society Standards ...
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Waves Audio Now Shipping the eMotion LV1 Live Mixer
Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing solutions, is now shipping the Waves eMotion LV1 mixer, a live digital mixing console that provides real-time audio mixing for front-of-house, monitor, and broadcast engineers. ...
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A16R Brings 16 Channel Analog I/O with Redundancy to Focusrite's RedNet
RedNet A16R, announced at Winter NAMM 2016, is the latest addition to Focusrite's range of Dante-based audio-over-IP interfaces. Presented in a rugged, 1U all-metal enclosure uniform with other products in the series, ...
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Antelope Audio Launches of New Isochrone OCX HD Crystal Clock
In celebration of more than a decade of clocking leadership and the launch of its classic OCX crystal-based digital clock ten years ago, Antelope Audio announces its latest crystal-based master clock: the Isochrone OCX HD. OCX HD, ...
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AKG by Harman Debuts New Line of Versatile, High-Performance Headphones at NAMM 2016
AKG by Harman unveiled a new line of high-performance headphones at Winter NAMM 2016. Designed to meet the stringent requirements of recording musicians, producers, and engineers on a budget, the new K52, K72, and K92 models ...
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JBL Professional by Harman Introduces New EON208P Portable PA System at Winter NAMM 2016
At Winter NAMM 2016, JBL Professional by Harman is announcing the EON208P, a portable PA system developed to make legendary sound accessible to small bands, solo artists, coffeehouses, clubs, schools, meetings, worship events ...
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Audio-Technica Unveils New E-Series Professional In-Ear Monitor Headphones
Audio-Technica, an innovator in transducer technology for over 50 years, has debuted its new E-Series professional in-ear monitor (IEM) headphones. Bringing the critically acclaimed sonic signature of the M-Series to an in-ear ...
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dbx by Harman Launches Dante and BLU link Compatible DriveRack VENU360 Models at Winter NAMM 2016
dbx by Harman is showcasing expanded offerings for its DriveRack VENU360 Loudspeaker Management System at Winter NAMM 2016. Dante and BLU link enabled versions of the VENU360 extend the versatility of the best ...
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Sennheiser Streamlines the Classic Pro Headphone
Audio specialist Sennheiser has streamlined its classic HD 25 pro headphones portfolio to make product selection easier. "With seven variants to choose from, customers often asked 'But which one is the HD 25?'," said Jannik ...
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Clear-Com's HelixNet Version 3.0 Is Now Shipping
Clear-Com announces that its HelixNet Version 3.0, a software-only update to the HelixNet digital network partyline platform is now shipping. The new version unlocks the overall capacity of the HelixNet system allowing it a six-fold ...
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Shure Unveils KSM8 Dualdyne Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone
Yesterday, at the 2016 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, Shure unveiled the KSM8 Dualdyne Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone. A feat of engineering design, the KSM8 is the world's first dual-diaphragm dynamic handheld ...
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Kenton Forsythe Retires from EAW
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) announces the retirement of Kenton Forsythe, EVP of strategic engineering. Forsythe, one of the original founders of EAW, has spent his career advancing loudspeaker technology and design. In 2011 ...
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Chauvet Professional Introduces Church Tech Talk with Greg Persinger
Chauvet Professional's latest introduction doesn't emit any light, but it is filled with some very bright ideas that will help churches of all sizes get more benefits out of their lighting systems and extend the useful life of their ...
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Visual Terrain Adds Corey Albert as Operations Manager
Lighting design firm Visual Terrain, Inc., has hired Corey Albert as its operations manager. Albert most recently worked at theme park design firm RIVA Creative USA, as manager of its Pasadena, California office. He ...
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Elation EMOTION Digital Light Wins Innovation Award at CUE Show
Elation Professional's cutting-edge EMOTION moving head digital light won an award for innovation in the video category at an awards ceremony held Tuesday, January 19th at the CUE show in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Held ...
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Freeman Audio Visual Vancouver Wins Consumer Choice Award for AV Services for Third Consecutive Year
Freeman Audio Visual Canada announces that it has been selected by Vancouver consumers and business community members as the Consumer Choice Award (CCA) winner in the category of Audio Visual Services for the third year in a ...
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USITT Launches eSET Skill Tests for Entertainment Technicians
USITT announces the launch of eSET, Essential Skills for Entertainment Technicians.
This new proficiency program for entry level technicians has launched its first online skills and safety tests in three disciplines -- ...
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DiGiCo Announces Future Release of Stealth Core2 for Complete SD Range and a New SD5cs System
DiGiCo has announced its intention to release Stealth Core2, an upgrade to its existing Stealth Digital Processing. Stealth Core2 will release additional processing from the audio core of every Digico SD console, taking the complete ...
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Renkus-Heinz Launches RHAON 2.01
Renkus-Heinz, a manufacturer of steerable sound, announces the release of an important update to the company's RHAON II software.
Version 2.0.1 of RHAON II (Renkus-Heinz Audio Operations Network) expands control to all current ...
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Elation's New Generation Emulation Touch Lighting Controller Now Shipping
Elation Professional's new generation lighting controller Emulation Touch is now shipping. Available worldwide through Elation's extensive distributor network, Emulation Touch turns a tablet into a powerful lighting console. Imagine ...
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Mackie Unleashes Powerful Modular Digital Mixing System
Mackie is diving head first into the world of professional production and installation with the launch of the DC16 control surface for its popular DL32R 32-channel digital mixer. The combined system is ready for demo in Mackie's ...
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Electro-Voice Launches New ND Series Microphones at NAMM 2016
Electro-Voice announces the global launch of the new ND Series of wired vocal and instrument microphones at NAMM 2016. The successor to the renowned N/Dym Series, the new ND Series expands the previous product offering with ...
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PreSonus ULT-Series Loudspeakers Deliver Ultra-Long Throw with Even Coverage
PreSonus announces its new ULT-series active loudspeakers, which combine the widest horizontal dispersion of any loudspeaker in their class with a focused vertical dispersion for an ultra-long throw. The result is even coverage ...
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The MIDI Association Launches to Expand Music Industry Reach
More than 30 years after establishing an international alliance of companies who develop MIDI products, the MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) has launched a new initiative focused on people who use MIDI to create music and art. ...
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SynAudCon to Host "Sound System Design" Seminar in Houston
System designers interested in understanding room acoustics, loud-speaker characteristics, and how they act in enclosed spaces are encouraged to attend SynAudCon's "Sound System Design" in-person seminar scheduled for February 22 - ...
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Powersoft to Sponsor AV Academy, Comprehensive InfoComm CTS Accredited Training Coursework
Audio manufacturer Powersoft announces that it is sponsoring AV Academy, a comprehensive InfoComm Certified Specialist (CTS) training track organized by AV Magazine and RH Consulting. AV Academy -- a ...
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AV Stumpfl Returns to ISE 2016 with Its Biggest Trade Show Presence Ever
While the exact nature of several technology launches are a closely guarded secret, Austrian engineering company, AV Stumpfl will release new feature updates to Wings Engine Raw. Wings Engine Raw offers uncompressed 4K media serving ...
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Avid Awards Westlake Pro Top Channel Partner for 2015
Avid, an audio and video technology manufacturer, has named Westlake Pro "Americas Audio Top Channel Partner for 2015" during the global sales conferences at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles from January 16 - 19 ...
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Theatre in Review: Our Mother's Brief Affair (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
In the early stretches of Our Mother's Brief Affair, I thought, Linda Lavin should be grateful for playwright Richard Greenberg. A little later, I realized I had it backwards. As Anna, an aging and rather frail ...
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4Wall New York Reschedules Mini Classes for January 30th
4Wall New York is inviting all students, parents, and teachers who are interested in the stage/theatrical lighting field to the company's informative mini classes on LEDs, moving lights, consoles, color theory, and more. Originally ...
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Chauvet Professional Announces IP65 COLORdash S-Par 1 RGBA Wash with Single Homogenized Light Source
Chauvet Professional has unveiled the first of the next generation of products in its popular COLORdash LED series: the COLORdash S-Par 1. An IP65-rated RGBA wash fixture, the COLORdash S-Par 1 marks a major advance in LED color ...
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Renkus-Heinz ICONYX Gen5 Now Offering Dante Connectivity
Renkus-Heinz, a provider of steerable sound, announces a new version of their award-winning Iconyx Gen5 Series integrating Dante, the industry-leading media networking technology from Audinate. ...
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Gene Joly Named Vice President of QSC Professional Division
QSC, LLC announces that Gene Joly has been named vice president of QSC Professional Division which offers live performance solutions including mixers, power amplifiers, and loudspeakers for musicians, bands, DJs, mobile ...
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Waves Audio Now Shipping the Greg Wells MixCentric Plugin
Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing solutions, is now shipping the Waves Greg Wells MixCentric plugin, part of the Waves Signature Series. Created in collaboration with multiple Grammy-nominated producer, musician, ...
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Allen & Heath Expands Product Management Team
Allen & Heath has recently expanded the product management team based in its UK headquarters with the appointment of Scott Mason as pro digital sector specialist, and Ian Thomas as install sector specialist. ...
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White Light Launches ShopWL
Following a year which saw UK-based White Light expand both its expertise and resources, the company is now launching a new platform from which its extensive range of lighting, audio, rigging, and video equipment will all be ...
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Sean Strong Joins ARRI Rental New York
ARRI Rental, a provider of camera, grip, and lighting equipment to the feature film, television, advertising, broadcast, and events markets, announces that Sean Strong has joined the camera rental department in New York. In ...
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LMG Supports ODESZA's In Return Tour
Harrison Mills (CatacombKid) and Clayton Knight (BeachesBeaches), also known as ODESZA, propelled onto the music scene in 2012 following the release of their album, Summer's Gone and have shown no signs of slowing down. September ...
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Meyer Sound LEO Wows Crowds at Electric Daisy Carnival Orlando
For the second straight year, the 2015 Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Orlando featured a Meyer Sound LEO Family loudspeaker system on its main stage. One of the most important electronic dance music (EDM) events on the east coast, ...
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GLP's X4 Atom Boosts National Christmas Tree Switch-On
Part of the Los Angeles-based Full Flood collective of lighting designers, Matthew Firestone has been responsible for illuminating the National Christmas Tree, set in front of the White House, for the past three years. ...
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X-Laser Brightens Baltimore's First Ball Drop
The animated clock on the big building counted down as 2015 came to an end. A large crowd gathered in the streets to watch the glistening ball drop to welcome the new year. This was not Times Square, though -- this was Baltimore, Maryland. ...
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Theatre in Review: Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Stage 2)
Remember the old adage, "As GM goes, so goes the nation?" In Dominique Morisseau's tense, involving new drama, GM is going off a cliff, along with the rest of the auto industry. It's 2008, the year of the Wall Street meltdown and, ...
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2016 Vectorworks Design Summit
Professionals and students across the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), landscape, and entertainment design disciplines are invited to join a global community of visionaries at the 2016 Vectorworks Design Summit on ...
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ADJ Launches Creative and Compact XS Series
Featuring smooth RGBW color-mixing, 360-degree rotation, and vivid multi-beam effects, the moving heads in ADJ's new XS Series are not only innovative, but versatile, cost-effective, and highly portable, too. The XS Series offers ...
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Avolites to Debut Ai R Series and "Supercharged" Consoles at ISE
Avolites will be at on stand 8-K330 at ISE to launch its powered-up new range of Ai R Series media servers and preview the feature-rich new Titan V10 software.
The company's redesigned, custom booth will feature a "media ...
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High End Systems Augments Sales Force for 2016
Automated lighting manufacturer High End Systems has announced a new global sales team for 2016. With a potent mixture of experienced industry personnel and newer talent, the company is in their best position to date to support the ...
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Meteor Lighting Launches 6" REV Recessed Downlight with Up to 10500lm High Lumen Package
Designed as the perfect 6" aperture lighting solution for retrofit and new construction with ceiling height of 15' - 50', the new 6" REV Series from Meteor Lighting offers one of the highest lumen packages of its category at 10500lm ...
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Bourns Introduces Professional Lighting Component Line at 2016 NAMM Show
Bourns, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, announces that its Bourns Pro Audio group will introduce a professional lighting components product line at the upcoming NAMM Show to be held January 21 - 24 ...
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Sennheiser and Neumann Will Showcase Live Audio and Recording Solutions at NAMM 2016
At NAMM 2016, Sennheiser and Neumann will have their latest live performance and recording equipment on show in Hall A, booth 6577, January 21 - 24 in Anaheim, California. Visitors are invited to try out Sennheiser ...
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Antelope Audio Introduces Innovative Concepts for Remote Control Via a Mobile App, and New Set of DSP Effects
Antelope Audio, exhibiting at NAMM 2016 in Hall A booth 6596, January 21 - 24 in Anaheim, California, builds on its conversion and clocking legacy, will bring two new products -- an HD master clock and a prototype of a Thunderbolt ...
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d3 Technologies Show the Ease of Integrating Systems at ISE 2016
d3 Technologies will be showcasing its full product range including the latest software release, r12, at ISE 2016 to be held at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Center, February 9 - 12, 2016. Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) is ...
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Sensaphonics Debuts Universal-Fit Active Ambient Earphones
Sensaphonics, a technology provider of personal monitoring and hearing wellness, is expanding its 3D AARO line with the introduction of the 3D-U ambient earphones, at NAMM 2016 in Anaheim. The new model offers the full ...
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Event Engineering Solutions LLC Acquires HRS Event Control Station and Takes It for a Spin at LA Auto Show
Phoenix, Arizona-based Event Engineering Solutions LLC, which provides live staging engineering for corporate events and trade shows, has become one of the first companies to acquire the HRS Event Control Station. An all-in ...
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Neutrik Announces Exclusive XIRIUM PRO Distribution Agreement with BTX
Neutrik USA, a supplier of robust and reliable professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, announces an exclusive arrangement with BTX to sell the XIRIUM PRO product line. XIRIUM PRO delivers studio ...
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Theatre in Review: Key Change (Open Clasp/4th Street Theatre)
It's been quite a season for plays about prison. Whorl Inside a Loop took us inside a writing workshop for male inmates whose prospects for parole were shaky at best. Phyllida Lloyd's production of Henry IV presented ...
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Theatre in Review: LaBute New Theater Festival (St. Louis Actors' Studio/59E59)
Since this is the LaBute New Theater Festival, it's fitting that the most striking offering is the most LaButian: G. D. Kimble's Two Irishmen are Digging a Ditch, which has the audacity and twisty plotting that ...
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The Wally Russell Foundation Awards the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award to Gordon Pearlman
The board of directors of the Wally Russell Foundation announces the winner of the 2015/2016 Lifetime Achievement Award is renowned inventor, entrepreneur, and innovator, Gordon Pearlman.
The award will be presented at the < ...
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Wavelength Stageco Ltd. Invests in Elation Lighting as Part of Expansion Strategy
Wavelength Stageco Ltd (WSL) in Redditch, England, is a full-service rental company near Birmingham with an expansion program that continues to see the company moving into the dry hire realm of the entertainment technology industry ...
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White Light Returns to PLASA Focus Glasgow 2016
This year's PLASA Focus Glasgow takes place January 20 - 21 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center. The technology showcase will allow attendees to discover the latest lighting products, speak to industry experts, and ...
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Prolyte Group Opens New Purpose-Built Factory
Prolyte Group, a manufacturer of trussing and staging systems, announces that it has just inaugurated its new, purpose-built factory in Piatra Olt, Romania. By opening this ultra-modern manufacturing location, the company says "Proly ...
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Most Powerful Portable PA System from Anchor Audio Set for First European Debut at 2016 ISE
The Bigfoot line array, the loudest and most powerful, battery-powered PA ever engineered, will debut to European audiences for the first time ever this February at Integrated Systems Europe 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, by ...
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The Orlando Eye Observation Wheel Opens with Show Control and AV Playback Support from Alcorn McBride
The Orlando Eye, the tallest observation wheel on the east coast, has opened as one of the centerpiece attractions of I-Drive 360. I-Drive 360 is the new dining and entertainment destination from Merlin Entertainments PLC on ...
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Masque Sound Provides Heavenly Audio Upgrade to New York City's Historic St. Patrick's Cathedral
When New York City's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral required a major upgrade to its AV system, Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, answered the call, providing a complete custom audio ...
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Elite Multimedia Helps Music City Big Break Blow the Doors off Nashville
Created to showcase the most talented new musical acts from across the United States, Music City Big Break recently launched its inaugural competition inside the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, Tennessee. With one of the largest prize ...
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Bandit Helps Nashville Celebrate Largest New Year's Eve Ever
It was a record-breaking evening for Jack Daniel's Bash on Broadway: New Year's Eve in Music City where 143,000 people lined the streets of Nashville to ring in 2016. Performances included Kings of Leon, Chris Stapleton, and Kelsea ...
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Colour Sound Goes Public
Public Service Broadcasting is one of the more interesting and inventive bands in the UK right now, and Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting and LED screens to a series of recent UK concerts supporting the release of their Sp ...
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EXPO 2015: US Pavilion in Milan Shines with Light from ETC
EXPO 2015 was held from May 1 to October 31, in Milan, Italy. The theme of the international exhibition was "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life." One of the largest pavilions in Milan belonged to the US exhibition, which gave a ...
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Robe for Pro Plus TV, Slovenia
Pro Plus is the leading media company in Slovenia, which constantly generates new trends through the two TV channels with the greatest audience shares in Slovenia -- POP TV and Kanal A, as well as through its topical TV channels -- ...
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Theatre in Review: Noises Off (Roundabout Theatre Company/American Airlines Theatre)
There are so many delightful people doing so many hilarious things in Noises Off that one hardly knows where to begin. Then again, how can one not start with Andrea Martin? As Dotty Otley, erstwhile television star ...
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Theatre in Review: Escuela (Under the Radar/Public Theater)
Escuela is a sometimes gripping, sometimes perplexing exercise in what might be called the banality of armed revolution. Guillermo Calderón's script looks at a group of left-wing activitists in Chile, circa 1987, who ...
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Production Resource Group Completes Acquisition of Assets of DPS, Inc.
Production Resource Group LLC, (PRG), a global provider of entertainment and event technology solutions, announces that it has closed its acquisition of assets from DigitalSound Production Services, Inc. (DPS). PRG will use ...
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Elation's First Launch Products of 2016 Set for NAMM Show
The upcoming NAMM Show, January 21 - 24, at the Anaheim Convention Center will see Elation Professional's first product launches of the new year, the ACL 360i single-beam moving effect luminaire and Protron 3K Color LED ...
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OCA Alliance Demonstrates Remote Control Standardization Solutions for Media Networking at ISE
The OCA Alliance is exhibiting for the first time at ISE, immediately following the standardization of Open Control Architecture (OCA) by the Audio Engineering Society as AES70. The OCA Alliance is ...
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ABTT Responds to Growth in International Profile
As a membership charity, the Association of British Theatre Technicians continuously seeks to evaluate its activities and where possible expand its scope to meet its charitable aims and benefit its members and supporters. ...
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wysiwyg Receives Emmy Award
At a glittering, star-studded award ceremony at The Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the CES 2016 show, the team from CAST Software received their second Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for wysiwyg in the Pre ...
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T&S Lighting Solutions, LLC Granted Patent for Employing LEDs in Sports Lighting
T&S Lighting Solutions, LLC principals, Thomas Lemons, FIES and Steven Rosen, FIALD, announce their US Patent No. US 8,998,449 B1 and US Patent No. 9,206,950 B1 granted for their invention involving the application of ...
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LynTec Names Martin Dornfeld as National Sales Manager
LynTec, a manufacturer of innovative electrical power control solutions for professional audio, video, and lighting systems, announces that Martin Dornfeld has joined the company as its new national sales manager. In this ...
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Elite Multimedia Takes Stock of 110 Elation ACL 360i Luminaires
Elite Multimedia announces that they have taken inventory of 110 Elation Professional ACL 360i LED luminaires. Through a strategic purchase to increase the breadth of their LED product offerings, the new luminaires are now ...
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CAD Audio Sets New Standard with CADLive Wireless
Introduced at Winter NAMM 2016 as part of the kickoff to CAD Audio's 85th anniversary, the new CADLive 4000 and 3000 wireless systems offer the highest level of RF performance, audio quality, and operational flexibility. ...
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CCI Solutions Names Laura Lawrence New Marketing Director
CCI Solutions, a national leader in systems integration and professional audio, lighting and video equipment, and acoustical consulting, is welcomes Laura Lawrence to the company as marketing director. ...
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ARX Releases Updated MSX32 Active Microphone / Line Splitter
ARX Systems have released an update of the company's MSX32 8 in, 32 out active microphone/line splitter.
ARX's managing director Colin Park outlined the upgrade specifics. "Since its initial release the MSX32 has found ...
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Design Oasis Gets Versatile Capital One Orange Bowl Performance from Chauvet Strike 4
Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was named offensive MVP at the Capital One Orange Bowl for a perfectly balanced performance in which he was equally effective passing the ball (for 187 yards) as he was running it (145 yards). Watson was ...
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Theatre in Review: The Screwtape Letters (Fellowship for Performing Arts/Pearl Theatre)
Never let it be said that the people at Fellowship for Performing Arts fail to give the devil his due. As "His Abysmal Sublimity Screwtape," an emissary of Satan who provides advice to junior demons assigned to drive human souls to ...
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Theatre in Review: The Institute of Memory (Under the Radar/Public Theater)
Do any of us ever really know our parents? Possibly not; to some extent we are doomed never to fully understand the experiences that shaped them long before we existed. If you agree with this notion, just imagine how Lars Jan feels ...
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ETC Advances World's Most Popular Light Engine with Source 4WRD LED
The world's first bona-fide, white-light LED retrofit for Source Four fixtures is now available from ETC. Source 4WRD Watt Reduction Device is an advancement for full-size Source Four ellipsoidals, converting them from tungsten to ...
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4Wall New York Offers Mini Classes January 23
4Wall New York is inviting all students, parents, and teachers who are interested in the stage/theatrical lighting field to our informative mini classes on LEDs, moving lights, consoles, color theory, and more. This event will take ...
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The Second Edition of PLASA Focus Glasgow Will Welcome 50% More Brands and 38% More Registered Visitors
The second edition of PLASA Focus Glasgow opens its doors next week with 50% more brands and 38% more registered visitors than the launch event held in December 2014. Opening at the SECC January 20 - 21, the show will also offer ...
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Powersoft Announces New ArmonÃa Pro Audio Suite 2.7.0 Release
With the release of the latest version of ArmonÃa Pro Audio Suite 2.7.0, Powersoft's proprietary digital signal monitoring and processing software, the company has unleashed further major features and DSP power in its continually ...
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Bandit First to Debut Clay Paky Spheriscans
Bandit Lites announces that the Spheriscan, Clay Paky's new "revolutionary scanner with a modern twist," is making its world touring debut on the road with Bandit Lites in January of 2016. The first large shipment of ...
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Mountain Productions Now Offering Leica Geosystems DISTOs and LINOs on Online Rigging Shop
Mountain Productions announces the addition of Leica Geosystems' high-quality DISTO laser distance meters and LINO self-leveling lasers to their online rigging shop (shopmtn.com). Almost every aspect of entertainment ...
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VUE Audiotechnik Adds Greg Kirkland to Technical Sales Team
VUE Audiotechnik announces that it has added Greg Kirkland to its technical sales team. Kirkland brings with him more than 30 years of experience in sound system design and engineering and will expand Vue's technical support ...
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Audinate Ramps Up In-Depth Dante Training at ISE AV Networking World
Audinate, creator of the Dante media networking technology, and many leading audio equipment manufacturers will be hosting the annual Dante AV Networking World education event during Integrated Systems Europe 2016
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Kramer Electronics Partners with InfoComm to Teach CTS and CTS-D Prep
Kramer Electronics US has once again entered into an agreement with InfoComm International to offer InfoComm-licensed courses, and broaden their current offering of education and training nationwide. ...
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SGM Lights Up Lyon Festival of Lights
Four nights of utter enchantment was planned in December for Lyon's most famous festival to date, broadcasting the heritage of the city. However, due to the recent tragic events in Paris, the Festival of Lights was cut short to a one-day ...
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W-DMX Performs at The Voice of Croatia
Croatian Radio Television is setting the standard, stocking the largest amount of W-DMX devices in Croatia. The lighting department is now stocking 14 Blackbox series transceivers and receivers, used across the different TV shows ...
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CDC six Consoles Shipping Across Europe: First Two Production Runs Sell Out
CADAC's Polish distributor, Tommex, has installed a CDC six console in the Miejskie Centrum Kultury (MCK) in Plonsk, as part of the modernization of the town's cultural center. This is the latest in a clutch of initial sales ...
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Robert Juliat Announces New Distributors for 2016
Robert Juliat announces the appointment of two new distributors at the start of 2016.
A.C.T Canada, has become the new exclusive distributor of Robert Juliat products in Canada, following the conclusion of a successful ...
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New Yamaha SWP1 Series L2 Switches: Easy Dante Setup, Network Visibility
Yamaha Corporation Japan announces the worldwide launch of the SWP1 Series of L2 gigabit network switches. These advanced network switches have been designed specifically for sound installation and live sound networking, with simple ...
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Entrenamiento LDI: México: A Special LDI-Branded Series of Sessions at sound:check Xpo! In Mexico City
LDI is deepening its commitment to bring high-quality professional training to the Latin American market with a special LDI-branded program called Entrenamiento LDI: México, with four sessions in lighting and projection, and ...
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Ampco Flashlight Sales Helps Launch TourPro to European Market
The Netherlands-based Ampco Flashlight Sales has been elected as the main EU distributor for TourPro, a brand new range of high-quality yet economical products designed and manufactured by parent company SHS Global. ...
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AVnu Alliance Drives ISE Education through Industry Training on the Future of AV Networks
AVnu Alliance, the industry consortium driving open, standards-based deterministic networking announces an expanded education initiative at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2016. The half-day education training is hosted at ...
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CAD Debuts New CADLive D88 Kick Drum Mic
CAD Audio is adding to its popular CADLive microphone line with the introduction of the muscular new D88 Kick Mic.
As with all CADLive mics, the company says the D88 benefits from the company's Equitek technology heritage and ...
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Atlona Now Shipping HDVS-200 Series Switcher and Scaler with HDMI and VGA Transmission over HDBaseT
Atlona, as AV connectivity solutions company, announces it is now shipping its HDVS-200 Series of auto-switching extension and scaling products for conveying Ethernet-enabled HDMI and VGA content via HDBaseT. The two new ...
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Brent Barrett Among Bandits to Celebrate Milestones at AGM
2016 has only barely begun and Bandit Lites has already gathered at the annual general meeting to celebrate the previous award-winning year, while those in attendance discussed future company goals. In January 2015, Bandit won the ...
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LMG Hires Kaci Whisenhunt as Business Development Manager
LMG announces the hiring of Kaci Whisenhunt as business development manager based in the Dallas, Texas office. Her role will include building relationships with new clients to help meet company revenue goals, as well as ...
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Bob Buika Joins Creative Technology
Creative Technology (CT) Chicago announces the appointment of Bob Buika as account executive. Buika will be based out of the CT Chicago office and will primarily focus on the US corporate staging market. ...
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HSL Rocks UK Arenas on Prodigy Tour
Lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied lighting kit -- over 300 fixtures -- and crew to the UK arena leg of big beat hard-dance electro rockers Prodigy's The Day is My Enemy tour, working in close collaboration with ...
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Robe Finds Parking Space
Danish electro rockers Carpark North are on the road most of the year and have just finished a recent stint playing German clubs, taking their unique fusion of the raw edgy rock and cerebral electro beats to their many fans. ...
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Theatre in Review: The Offending Gesture (The Tank/3-Legged Dog/Connelly Theater)
Here's the stranger-than-fiction premise of The Offending Gesture: In 1941, a Finnish businessman named Tor Borg owned a dog named Jackie, who, upon hearing the words "Hitler" or "Heil Hitler" -- accounts vary -- raised a paw ...
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Theatre in Review: Tappin' Thru Life (New World Stages)
In Midtown, it's hot these nights, thanks to this swinging little revue starring Maurice Hines. We'll get to him in a moment, but let's first note that one reason Tappin' Thru Life is such a slick and enjoyable ...
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Live Music to Rock the 2016 NAMM Show
Hundreds of artists from nearly every imaginable musical genre will perform on five NAMM Show stages and at dozens of industry events during the 2016 NAMM Show in Anaheim, January 21 - 24. Live music will set the stage for product ...
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AV and IT: Two Worlds Collide at ISE 2016
Integrated Systems Europe, an AV and systems integration exhibition, is to host a specialist half-day AV/IT Seminar Program exploring the synergy between IT and AV technology. It is taking place on the last day of the 2016 ...
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Columbus McKinnon Corporation Becomes TSP Visionary
Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO), a global manufacturer of electric chain hoist and rigging products, has pledged its support for ESTA's Technical Standards Program by becoming a Visionary level "Investor in Innovation." ...
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One Week Left for the Early Discount for Total Structures' Truss, Hoist, Rigging & Outdoor Structure Workshop
There is only one wee left to obtain the early discount rate for Total Structures latest training event, to be held in Ventura, California, February 16 - 19: the Truss, Hoist, Rigging and Outdoor Structure Workshop. ...
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ADJ Unveils Brand-Defining New Logo
Pointing to the future, ADJ has unveiled a new corporate logo, with the changes reflecting the evolution of the company since its previous brand mark was created back in 2007. Losing its red and yellow coloring, the company says the ...
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Flex Rental Solutions Announces Release of Flex 4.13.0
Flex Rental Solutions released 4.13.0 to customers on January 7 - 8, 2016. The release included several new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes. Version 4.13.0 includes a much anticipated feature, assignable sound ...
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Bose Professional Expands Distribution Network
Bose Professional Americas announces that, effective immediately, it will expand its sales channels to include distributors, in order to broaden Bose Professional's reach of their products to integrators and dealers. The addition of ...
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Pro Audio Producciones Makes a Pointe
Pro Audio Producciones del Norte is a busy and high-profile, full production solutions provider based in Monterrey in the northeast of Mexico, headed by Victor Gutierrez. The company provides lighting, audio, video, rigging, ...
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D.A.S. Launches the Sound Force Series
D.A.S. Audio launches the new Sound Force Series of club systems designed for today's high-level dance venues where exceptional sound, imposing power, and impressive looks are key requisites. The new series presently offers four ...
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Fulcrum Acoustic Welcomes New Director of Marketing
Fulcrum Acoustic, creators of high-performance professional loudspeaker technologies, has announced the appointment of William Sauer to the newly-created position of director of marketing and communications. ...
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Mexico's La Trakalosa Ups their Production with Elation's Powerful Platinum BX
Banda La Trakalosa is a large, 20-member Mexican ensemble that turns to the extra impact that Elation Professional's powerful Platinum BX beam light provides when the band plays bigger venues and looks to impress larger audiences. ...
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Sunnyvale Seventh-day Adventists Stay Current with Chauvet Professional
All churches serve a higher spiritual mission, and most houses of worship also strive to remain relevant to the people in their immediate communities. For the Sunnyvale Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is located less than a 15-minute ...
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Theatre in Review: The Changeling (Red Bull Theater/Lucille Lortel Theatre)
Believe me, you've never met anyone quite like Beatrice-Joanna, the leading lady -- heroine is far too kind a word -- of The Changeling. Unhappy with her fiancé, she has him murdered, enlisting the grotesquely ugly servant, ...
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Theatre in Review: Sanctuary (Theatre Row)
Susanne Sulby feels bad about the state of the world -- I mean really, really bad. It apparently started when she turned on the TV, sometime in the '90s, and saw news reports about the torture of Albanians in Kosovo. Since ...
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ESTA Plugfest Returns January 2016
The ESTA Control Protocols Plugfest, the event where manufacturers and developers can test their products for interoperability with other manufacturers' products, is scheduled to take place January 29 - February 1 at the Dallas/Fort ...
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Keny Whitright Announces Wybron Scroller Parts
Industry veteran Keny Whitright has announced the formation of Wybron Scroller Parts. Whitright founded and ran Wybron, inventors of the scrolling color changers, from 1980 through 2013. Said Whitright, "Wybron parts ...
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Main Light Industries and Elation Professional to Hold Open House February 2
Main Light Industries and Elation Professional will be hosting an open house February 2 from 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Main Light facility in Wilmington, Delaware. This is an excellent opportunity for local rental companies, ...
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The Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section Announces the 2016 Lumen Awards
The Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section (IESNYC) announces the 2016 Lumen Awards are open for submissions now through February 8, 2015. A signature program of the IESNYC, the Lumen Awards celebrate ...
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ETC Introduces New Southwest Field Project Coordinator
ETC announces the addition of Rob Crane as the company's southwest regional field project coordinator. Based out of Dallas, Texas, Crane will provide sales and support for Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and ...
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Shure Joins the Cisco Solutions Partner Program
Shure Incorporated announces that it has joined the Cisco Solution Partner Program as a solution partner. The Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to bring together people, processes, data, and things to enhance the ...
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Berkeley Rep Optimizes Intelligibility and Sonic Flexibility with Meyer Sound Constellation
Known for decades as an artistic innovator, Berkeley Repertory Theatre now becomes a world-leading innovator in theatrical technologies with the recent installation of a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system. When it reopens for ...
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DiGiCo is the Foundation for a Sonic Renovation at Cornerstone Church
When the time came for Cornerstone Church of San Antonio, Texas to go digital in its 4,700-seat sanctuary, there were three targets that had to be hit: Freedom for the ministers' and musicians' visions, financial responsibility for proper ...
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Chauvet Professional WELL FLEX Uplights Flip for New York Fashion Show
Officially, the WELL FLEX from Chauvet Professional is promoted for use as a "precise and powerful" uplight on the company's website. Although the battery-powered RGBW LED certainly performs this function, it also excels at ...
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Hitachi Projectors Help Montana Church Bring its Mission to Life
Each Sunday, nearly 1,500 people attend services at the Evangelical Free Church of Bozeman, Montana, known locally as E Free. To ensure worshippers a clear view of the pastor as well as the lyrics to the worship songs, technical ministry ...
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Robe Brings Color to Snow White
Robe gets into the great tradition of English Panto this festive season with over 50 fixtures -- including the latest in the DL series luminaires which are built for theatre -- specified by lighting designer Andy Webb for a ...
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Kulturhaus Dornbirn Opts for an Alcons Pro-Ribbon Solution
Since 1982, the Kulturhaus ("culture house") Dornbirn, Austria is a popular event center for the entire Vorarlberg region. After an extensive planning and implementation phase, which was administered already in 2013 by the company Tonpla ...
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Theatre in Review: Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway Theatre)
Even as auteur directors like Ivo van Hove earn acclaim for radically reconfiguring classic texts, let's consider Bartlett Sher, who, with a few small tweaks, has given us a new production of that oft-revived classic, Fiddler ...
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ATOMIC Lighting Transforms into BEAME
ATOMIC Lighting announces a new name and identity. After partnering for seven years with Atomic, Lititz, Pennsylvania-based full-service lighting company Atomic Lighting is changing its name and identity to BEAME. Beame will ...
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Kinetic Lighting Hires Kevin McElroy as Director of Studio Rentals
Kinetic Lighting has hired Kevin McElroy as director of studio rentals. McElroy previously worked at 4Wall Entertainment.
"I've watched Kinetic grow over the years and it's exciting to now be a part of the company," said ...
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PrimeTime Lighting Relocates within the Dallas Area
Broadcast studio lighting manufacturer PrimeTime Lighting Systems relocated within the Dallas area to a Carrollton, Texas facility to gain more warehouse space. Glen Harn, CEO of PrimeTime Lighting Systems announced the move, ...
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CAD Audio Reimagines Classic A77 Mic to Celebrate 85th Anniversary
As a key part of this year's 85th anniversary celebration at Winter NAMM 2016, CAD Audio is reissuing the classic A77 vocal microphone originally introduced by Astatic in 1959.
The A77 is a large diaphragm, side ...
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Grund Audio Design Announces LC Series Subwoofers for LD Series Column Line Arrays
Grund Audio Design, a manufacturer of loudspeaker and signal processing products for the audio professional, announces three new subwoofers designed for use with the company's popular LC Series column line arrays -- completing the ...
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Middle Atlantic Appoints Scott Lowder as Senior Product Manager of Power
Middle Atlantic Products announces the appointment of Scott Lowder to the post of senior product manager, power. In this position, Lowder is responsible for the category's long-term sales strategy, optimization of ...
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QSC Founder Pat Quilter Receives 2016 Beryllium Lifetime Achievement Award from ALMA International
QSC announces that company founder Pat Quilter is the 2016 recipient of the Beryllium Lifetime Achievement Award from ALMA International, the professional association that is the source of standards, news, networking, ...
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SGM Provided Christmas Atmosphere in Bucharest
The official Bucharest Christmas Market is a tradition from 2012 that takes place in the University Square from end of November throughout December with more than 60 wooden stalls hosted by merchants of handcraft and seasonal foods. To ...
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Reach Chooses NEXO and Yamaha for Edina, Minnesota Church
During the summer of 1955, a small group of Edina residents discussed the need for a local Presbyterian church. Initially, they met in homes and planned the first worship service. In1956, groundbreaking ceremonies took place when the ...
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Masque Sound Completes Audio System Upgrade at New York City's Historic Central Synagogue
When New York City's historic Central Synagogue decided it was time to upgrade its existing audio system, it turned to Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, for the delicate and ...
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DPA Is Far From Ruthless On Off-Broadway Stage
John Grasso, managing owner of ACIR Professional, a provider of complete audio system solutions to live theater, house-of-worship and other markets, was tasked with supplying microphones for the adaptation of the musical Ru ...
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Christie Projection Mapping Technology and Content Helps Barney's New York Holiday Windows
Christie has once again partnered with Barneys New York to create a one-of-a-kind holiday window display on New York City's Madison Avenue. Christie's digital lighting effects were mapped to a Dale Chihuly glass sculpture ...
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2016 Introduces a New, Re-focused PLASA with Fresh Aims and Initiatives Aligned with Industry Feedback
Following a year of changes, PLASA is looking forward to a fresh new approach for 2016. With the de-merger from PLASA North America enabling the Association to refocus its resources and push forward with plans to re-engage with its ...
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Jimmy Page Henderson, Longtime Industy Leader, Dies at 69
It is with great sadness that Syncrolite, LLC announces that Jimmy Page Henderson passed away on January 5, 2016. Since 1969, Henderson has been a fixture in Rock n Roll touring and concert promotion. His roots went deep into the ...
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New Session Added to CITT's Ignition Conference
The Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology (CITT) announces they have added a new session to their Ignition Conference, a networking and training event being held in Toronto on January 9 and 10, 2016, at Ryerson University ...
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Lectrosonics Introduces the HMa Digital Hybrid Wireless Plug-On Transmitter
Lectrosonics introduces the latest edition of their Digital Hybrid Wireless transmitters -- the HMa plug-on transmitter. The HMa will ideally match any microphone or line level source, the company says, with its wide input gain ...
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Waves Audio Now Shipping the eMotion LV1 Live Mixer
Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing solutions, is now shipping the Waves eMotion LV1 mixer, a live digital mixing console that provides real-time audio mixing for front-of-house, monitor, and broadcast engineers. ...
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Alexander Williams joins PixelFLEX as Director of Project Management
The award-winning LED video display manufacturer PixelFLEX announces the appointment of Alexander Williams as its new director of project management. With a special focus toward event design and execution, the addition of ...
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Audio Engineering Society Celebrates 2015, Sets Sights on Continued Growth in the Coming Year
The Audio Engineering Society is celebrating a highly-successful 2015, having hosted two International Conventions, a host of Conferences, numerous regional events and more, while setting its sights on continued growth in the coming ...
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Attero Tech unDX4I 4x2 Wall Plate I/O Interface Now Shipping
Attero Tech announces the immediate availability of the unDX4I 4x2 Wall Plate Dante I/O interface. The unDX4I Dante Audio Interface is a cost effective multi-IO wall box. The unDX4I features four balanced mic/line XLR inputs and ...
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Atlona Names Two Rep Firms For Commercial Lines In the Northeast
Atlona, an AV connectivity solutions company, announces that D.L. Henderson Co. and Peter E. Schmitt Co. have been named as new sales representatives for the company's commercial lines, effective immediately. ...
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Shure Selected as One of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation In 2015
Shure Incorporated has again been named one of the Best and Brightest Companies To Work For in the Nation by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). A competition that honors employer excellence, Shure was ...
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White Light Uses SGM to Light Christmas at Kew
This year, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew have been transformed into a festive wonderland, with a one-mile sparkling path offering a magical, after-dark experience. Packed with lights, festivities, and vintage fairground rides, ...
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Bandit Donates Lights for Warren Haynes Xmas Jam
Bandit Lites and PULSE Lighting recently wrapped another successful venture with Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam. Held on December 12, the rock and blues guitarist's annual charity benefit show celebrated its 27th year ...
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Large Elation LED Lighting Package for Neushoorn, The Netherlands
Neushoorn (Rhino) is a new entertainment venue in the heart of Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, a multi-functional locale in the north of the country that opened in October with Elation LED lighting rigs in several of its ...
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TDC Christmas Projections Light up Sydney Landmarks
The Technical Direction Company is bringing Sydney-siders their large-format video projection technology to two Must See events this year. Lights of Christmas 2015, St Mary's Cathedral Once again, TDC has used its ...
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Sponsorships Available for NATEAC 2016 Conference
The North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC), is seeking sponsors for its upcoming conference which takes place on July 16 - 18, 2016 in New York City.
NATEAC is the only event in North America ...
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Chicago, UK, Quebec Theatres Win Top Architecture Honors, New York and Norway Win Merit in 2016 USITT Awards
The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, UK, and the Salle de Spectacles de Mont-Laurier in Quebec, Canada, will receive Honor Awards in USITT's 2016 Architecture Awards< ...
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Ninety Percent Second Time Renewal Rate for ETCP Class of 2005 Riggers
ETCP announces an extremely high renewal rate for its original certificants. A decade ago, over 200 riggers from North America gained their ETCP Certifications at LDI in Orlando, Florida. Last November, 90% of the inaugural class of ...
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Colin Studybaker Appointed dBTechnologies USA Sales Manager
American Music & Sound announces the appointment of Colin Studybaker as USA sales manager for dBTechnologies. Studybaker has over 15 years' experience as a music producer, audio engineer, sound designer, live sound ...
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Schertler Adds JAM to New Amplifier Series
Swiss manufacturer Schertler announces the release of JAM, the third member of its "next generation" acoustic amplifier series. Representing an evolution of the company's best-selling JAM 150 amplifier, this new five-channel "all ...
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Community Appoints Jamie Ward to Head EMEA Sales
Community Professional Loudspeakers announces the appointment of Jamie Ward as international sales manager, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa).
Ward has extensive sales and business management experience in the pro audio ...
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Electrosonic Provides AV Support for Renovations at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
Electrosonic recently provided audio-visual equipment and integration services for the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame when it remodeled its first-floor gallery and added a stunning interactive mobile in the Grand Rotunda. ...
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Jurassic 5 - Live with L300
The influential US Hip Hop act Jurassic 5 has been on the road again with a 2015 US and European tour. Rappers Chali 2na, Akil, Zaakir aka Soup, and Marc 7, plus DJs Cut Chemist and DJ Nu-Mark bring a tight, energetic mix of vocals and ...
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An Ayrton MADesign Solution for Brandon Flowers
Sometimes the most original solutions are formulated from the most haphazard moments of abstract thought. Take Steven Douglas, lighting designer for the Killers frontman, Brandon Flowers: "I had a weird thought while we were in Las ...
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Core Helps Color Art Couture Painswick 2015
Core Lighting's battery-powered LED ColourPoint uplighters and PinPoint pin-spots were the lighting fixtures of choice to illuminate two venues at the 2015 Art Couture Painswick (ACP) event in Gloucestershire, UK. ...
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GLP X4 Bars Join Australian X Factor
Australian TV lighting designer Ian Anderson of Mitech Design wasted no time in commandeering GLP's new LED-based impression X4 Bars as soon as they arrived in the country, pressing them into service on the latest ...
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SGM G-Spot in Gilbert & Sullivan Theatrical Cliff-Hanger
The Minack open-air theatre in Cornwall, UK, built on a craggy cliff overlooking the sea at Porthcurno, is the last place one would expect to see SGM's award-winning G-Spot strutting its stuff. Situated just four miles from Land's ...
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Musson Theatrical Founder, Jan Musson, Dies at 79
Jan Musson died peacefully in her home in Goshen, Kentucky on the evening of Monday, December 21, 2015, at 10:30pm EST.
A graduate of Stanford University who received her master's degree from San José State University, Musson ...
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Maestra London is Launched
Dubai-based event production specialist Maestra announces the launch of a new independently-owned London venture, which will be headed by Justin Hammond, well known in the event industry for his energetic style of management.< ...
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DiGiCo Names Two New US Reps
DiGiCo's US distributor, Group One Limited, has strengthened the manufacturer's North American distribution network with the appointment of two additional sales rep firms, Right Track Marketing and On The Road ...
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ADJ Announces the ON-X to Exhilarates the Senses
Utilizing eight 3W LEDs (two red, two green, two blue, two white) and a tight 4-degree beam angle, ADJ's ON-X lets users create dense, cutting beams in a range of vibrant colors, while the 270-degree tilt movement of its dual heads ...
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RZI Lighting Is First US Company to Purchase Avolites' New Arena Consoles
New Orleans has long been known for its spectacular live shows, which will now be even more stunning thanks to RZI Lighting's recent purchase of not one, but two, brand new Avolites Arena lighting control consoles. The desks ...
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Intelligent Lighting Creations Adds Elation Volt Q5 Rechargeable Uplights to Rental Inventory
Chicago-based production company Intelligent Lighting Creations (ILC) has invested in Elation Professional's Volt Q5 uplight, a versatile go-anywhere RGBW LED wash light that runs on a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. ...
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Neutrik Announces XIRIUM PRO Cable Replacement System
Neutrik USA, a supplier of robust and reliable professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, announces the XIRIUM PRO wireless digital audio system. Designed as a cable replacement system, providing audio signals ...
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Harman Receives Recognition for Charitable Endeavors
Harman, a connected technologies company was recently recognized for its work as a strategic charity partner at the Sense Awards 2015. Held in London on Monday, December 7, the awards celebrated the achievements of deafblind people ...
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ETC Luminaires Ensure Lighting at Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam Is Seen But Not Heard
The world-famous Royal Concertgebouw Concert Hall in Amsterdam has become the latest concert hall to update its lighting system to LED, with help from ETC and their Dutch dealer Ampco Flashlight Sales. ...
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Robe Helps Cassper Nyovest Make History at the Dome
When 24-year-old South African R&B singer, music producer, and rising star Cassper Nyovest blew everyone away at the 2015 Metro FM Awards in the spring, scooping five trophies -- including Best Male Album for his debut Tsholofelo ...
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DPA Microphones Delivers Freedom of Movement to Raymond Gubbay's Opera Singers
For the first time in its history, Raymond Gubbay's "Classical Spectacular" at the Royal Albert Hall used DPA Microphones' d:fine omnidirectional headset microphones to amplify the sound of the show's two stars. ...
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Community's I Series Provides the Multi-Purpose Solution for Trzebnica Culture House
Trzebnica Culture House is a multi-purpose venue for a wide range of local events, including concerts, theatre productions, cinema, and conferences. Located in the town of Trzebnica, near Wroclaw in southwest Poland, the Culture House has ...
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