News Archive - March 2014

Shirley Prendergast and Bob McCarthy Accept Distinguished Achievement Awards at USITT 2014 Conference

Author and audio engineer Bob McCarthy received the 2014 Distinguished Achievement Award in Sound Design at USITT's 54th Annual Conference & Stage Expo on Wednesday, while trail-blazing lighting designer Shirley Prendergast ...

Avid Releases VENUE Version 4.1.3 Software

Avid has released VENUE Version 4.1.3 software, a free download for the Avid S3L live sound system that doubles the system's on-board plug-in slots -- from 20 to 40 -- to provide engineers with even more processing options than ...

Amateur Meterology Must Become A Thing Of The Past, Safety Experts Warn Live Event Producers

A dramatic shift in weather that's producing an unprecedented surge in pop-up thunderstorms, superstorms, and tornadoes is challenging live event producers to completely re-think their approach to real-time weather forecasting. Fortunately ...

Cadac Shows SAM for Digital

Cadac showed a version of its famous SAM theatre sound show automation software for its new CDC eight digital production console at this year's Prolight+Sound exhibition.
The company showed a development -- named SAM-4-CDC -- ...

Robert Juliat Dazzles at Prolight + Sound 2014

Robert Juliat experienced a hugely successful show at Prolight + Sound, Frankfurt with a constant stream of visitors keeping the stand exceptionally busy over the four days.
Robert Juliat chose to refocus attention on its ...

Kinesys Has Busy and Successful First Prolight + Sound Exhibition

UK automation specialist Kinesys reports a busy and successful first Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt.
The manufacturer -- which enjoyed substantial growth in 2013 -- launched two important new products at the show, which ...

Robe For Rose Bruford Concert Lighting Project

Robe teamed up with lighting designer / director Dave "Bickie" Lee to make the latest moving light technology available for "The Concert Lighting Project," a practical module being taken by students on the lighting design ...

Adamson Systems Adds Atmosphere To The Chapel's Green Campus

The Chapel, located in Akron, Ohio, added another campus to its rapidly expanding church in 2003. Since then, the Green Campus, located in Green, Ohio, has become a staple of the community.
The original sanctuary sound reinforcement ...

Solotech Selects Shure Axient and PSM 1000 Systems for Timberlake Tour

Justin Timberlake has again selected Montreal's Solotech as the audio provider for his 20/20 Experience world tour. To ensure the tour's success, the sound company has in turn designated Shure as its primary wireless ...

Austin's High End Systems Hog 4 Controls Olympic Opening Ceremonies

The elaborate three-hour opening ceremony that unveiled the 2014 Winter Olympics Games in Sochi, Russia was a breathtaking marriage of art, history, patriotism, and technology. The opening ceremony's 18 chapters necessitated the use of ...

The Clay Paky Sharpy Earns Its Strypes

Rock-and-roll's young sensation, The Strypes, performed to London's packed our Shepherds Bush Empire alongside the punchy sweep of the Clay Paky Sharpy.
The gig, which was to be the first professionally lit show of the band's ...

Clay Paky Spotlights Illuminate Doltone House

Clay Paky distributor for Australia, Show Technology, has supplied 14 Clay Paky Alpha Spot 300s to luxury venue Doltone House in Sydney's Hyde Park.
Situated on level three of the Tattersalls Club, the Doltone House venue ...

Robe For Brazilian Summer Festival Main Stage

Almost 100 Robe moving lights were utilized by rental company Luzbel Iluminação for the Main Stage of the 16th Festival de Verão (Summer Festival) in Salvador, the capital of Bahia, Brazil.
The event pulled in more than 120,000 ...

USITT to Launch Spark Innovation Symposium in September 2014

The United States Institute for Theatre Technology used its 2014 Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Fort Worth to launch a new annual event to spark innovations in entertainment technology. The first Spark entertainment innovation ...

Major Donation to USITT Spurs Research

USITT's ability to fund cutting-edge research took a huge step forward on March 26 when Novella Smith and Robert Gerlach made a $20,000 donation to the Edward Kook Fund.
The gifts, announced at USITT's Annual Meeting in ...

Harman's Martin Professional M6 Lighting Console Wins Inaugural PIPA Award for Best Lighting Controller

Underscoring Harman Martin Professional's position as a leading provider of dynamic lighting solutions for entertainment production, the Martin M6 lighting console was awarded the first ever Prolight + Sound International Press ...

Lectrosonics Introduces L Series Wireless Microphone Products

Lectrosonics, the leading manufacturer of wireless microphone systems and audio processing products, has announced three new products in the company's L Series "Large Bandwidth" line of wireless microphones. The new L Series units all ...

ARC-Productions First Belgian Company To Back MLA Platform

Belgian pro audio and lighting specialists ARC-Productions have confirmed the purchase of 16-enclosure Martin Audio MLA Compact and Mini PA rigs, the first company in that country to do so.
Based near Ghent in Flanders, ...

Texas Scenic Company Announces Personnel Changes

Steve Surratt, Texas Scenic company general manager, has announced several personnel changes.
Paul Copenhaver joins the company to handle sales and design for the Houston area. He brings to the job 13 years of ...

AT&T Stadium to Be Transformed into NCAA Men's Final Four 2014 Basketball Arena

Minneapolis staging manufacturer Staging Concepts will partner with The Colonnade Group, an entertainment and sports production company, to transform AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas into a fully functioning basketball arena ...

PixelFLEX LED Curtain Reaches New Heights Thanks to Custom Hardware on Casting Crowns' Thrive Tour

When a music artist has big ideas for a tour, it's up to the guys behind the scenes to bring that vision to life. Casting Crowns' production manager, Carter Hassebroek, and lighting designer Chris Lighthall worked with Pete ...

TNDV Captures Creative Energy of Amnesty International Show at Barclays Center

TNDV has had a busy mobile production schedule through the first quarter of 2014, with Amnesty International's Bring Human Rights Home Concert last month standing out as its most unique project. The event, which took place at ...

Robe for Rudimental

Lighting designer Jonny Gaskell chose Robe moving lights to be right at the center of his design for the latest UK leg of BRIT Award-winning band Rudimental's ongoing tour.
Gaskell has been working with the band since 2013. ...

Robe Gets Its Rizzle Kicks On Tour

Speed was at the essence of the all-Robe moving light rig specified by lighting designer Paul "Smiffy" Smith for the latest UK tour by lively hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, with gear supplied by High Wycombe based rental company

A Brief Encounter with ETC

Late 2013 saw Kneehigh Theatre's production of Noel Cowards Brief Encounter tour the country for three months. Production for the tour was provided by the Adelaide-based Novatech Creative Event Technology, who worked closely ...

Brazil's EPTV Outfits OB Van with Grass Valley Solutions for Coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Brazil's Empresa Paulista de Televisão (EPTV), part of the commercial network TV Globo, replaced its SD OB van with a brand-new HD OB van equipped with a scalable Grass Valley live production solution for HD coverage of major ...

XL Supplies New Radiant MC-18 Hybrid for Kings of Leon Tour

XL Video's new Radiant MC-18 Hybrid LED screen is on the road for the first time in the US with the Kings of Leon on its Mechanical Bull Tour, where it was specified by production designer, Paul Normandale. ...

Theatre in Review: Hellman v. McCarthy (Abingdon Theatre Company)

The title bout may be Hellman v. McCarthy, but the laurels go to the referee, Dick Cavett. Brian Richard Mori's new play, about one of the 20th century's great literary catfights, is framed as an episode of The Dick ...

Theatre in Review: Jasper in Deadland (Prospect Theater Company/West End Theater)

Jasper, the hero of Jasper in Deadland, is one troubled teen. His parents are divorcing, his mother has a boyfriend, he hates school, and he has no friends. Well, actually, he has one friend, a girl named Agnes, but as this new ...

More Free Educational Sessions at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2014

New sessions have been added to the Professional Development Program taking place at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2014, at the Royal Armouries at Clarence Dock, only a short distance from the center of Leeds, West Yorkshire, on Tuesday, April 29 and ...

2014 TDF Irene Sharaff Awards Announced

Scenic designer, writer, and professor Marjorie Bradley Kellogg and costume designer Deborah M. Dryden are among the 2014 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, May 2, at ...

Elation Launches Lumina Strip and Lumina Matrix

Elation Professional has announced the launch of the Lumina Series of warm-white LED washes/blinders made up of the Lumina Strip and Lumina Matrix. Ideal for stage lighting applications where an even wash of warm light or pixel ...

Gemini Light Sound & Video Takes Delivery of Clay Paky Sharpy Wash Fixtures

Dallas-based Gemini Light Sound & Video has invested in 30 Clay Paky Sharpy Washes and plans to add more of the popular fixtures to its rental inventory. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky ...

German Dry Hire Specialist Motion Receives Award for Purchase of 1,000th SGM P-5 Wash Light

At this year's Prolight+Sound Show in Frankfurt, Hans Günter Dünkel from Motion in Fürth, received a special award to commemorate the purchase of their 1,000th SGM P-5 wash light.
"Over a short period of just 18 ...

Dugan Technologies Abound at Prolight + Sound

Technologies from Dan Dugan Sound Design, the originator of automatic microphone mixing technology, have been integrated into audio products from three major manufacturers and were featured on several stands at the recent Prolight + ...

Sonnet Announces Rackmount Enclosure With Thunderbolt 2-to-PCIe Expansion System for New Mac Pro

At the 2014 NAB show in booth SL10824, Sonnet Technologies will unveil the xMac Pro Server Thunderbolt 2-to-PCI Express (PCIe) expansion system and 4U rackmount enclosure for new Mac Pro computers. Similar in concept to Sonnet's ...

Bittree Reseller OM Systems Completes Two Large Patchbay Installations

Bittree today announced that its Argentinean distributor, OM Systems, has recently completed two high-profile customer projects integrating Bittree patching equipment. OM Systems installed a suite of Bittree's high-bandwidth Micro ...

Harman's AKG Presents Global Rockstar 2014, the World's Largest Online Music Contest

The world's largest online music contest is hosted by globalrockstar.com, a website for singers, bands, songwriters, and their supporters. The contest features original music and video content from up-and-coming independent artists from ...

Sennheiser and Shanghai Concert Hall Collaborate Long-Term

Sennheiser Group and the Shanghai Concert Hall have agreed to terms that officially renames the Shanghai Concert Hall as Sennheiser Shanghai Concert Hall, effective March 10, 2014. This is the first time in Sennheiser's history that ...

Chauvet Professional PVP S5 Video Panels Connect To Audience At Julio Iglesias Concert

From the moment he stepped on-stage at Miami's American Airlines Arena and sang his 1982 romantic hit "Amor, Amor, Amor," Julio Iglesias brought his appreciative audience along for a heartfelt and fascinating journey through one of the ...

Theatre in Review: Beyond Therapy (The Actors Company Theatre/Theatre Row)

Beyond Therapy begins with the blind date from hell: Having been introduced through a personal ad, Bruce and Prudence meet for the first time in a restaurant. He says, "I hope you don't think I'm too macho for you." He also ...

Theatre in Review: Tales from Red Vienna (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage I)

Tales from Red Vienna certainly opens on an attention-getting note, with a wordless, anonymous, paid sexual encounter. Through a blue diaphanous curtain, we see a couple enter an apartment. She is in full mourning, her face ...

Professional Development Program for PLASA Focus: Baltimore 2014 Unveiled

Free registration is now open for the PLASA Focus: Baltimore 2014 Professional Development Program, a two-day program of free educational seminars and workshops, running alongside the PLASA Focus: Baltimore exhibition, at the ...

ADJ Launches UV COB Cannon and Lightning COB Cannon

ADJ has extended its range of black lights and strobe effects by combining unique designs with COB technology to create new fixtures with huge light output.
Offering increased light output compared to traditional surface mount (S ...

Audio-Technica Posts Online Video Series Exploring Mic Techniques in Real-World Applications

Audio-Technica, an innovator in transducer technology for over 50 years, has posted the first videos in a new series exploring different aspects of mic technique, mic placement, and more. Utilizing some of Audio-Technica's most ...

Creative Stage Lighting Now High End Systems Distributor

Moving light and control manufacturer High End Systems has entered into a distribution agreement with Creative Stage Lighting (CSL). Creative Stage Lighting is now the USA wholesale distributor of the entire High End Systems ...

Ayrton Launched IntelliPix R at Prolight + Sound 2014

Ayrton chose Prolight + Sound as the forum to launch three new products as it continues its mission to develop fixtures that provide lighting designers with unique products to expand the possibilities of light in action. ...

Clay Paky Enjoys Success at Prolight + Sound 2014

"It was the most successful Prolight + Sound ever for Clay Paky." Pio Nahum, Clay Paky CCO, did not mince his words when he described the results the Italian company had achieved at the largest show for the industry in the ...

d3 Technologies Announced New Pro Range and r11.2 at Prolight + Sound 2014

d3 Technologies, manufacturers of integrated video production systems, announced their new pro range during Prolight + Sound 2014 earlier this month. Consisting of two new hardware products, the pro range was announced ...

Community Completes New Loudspeaker Test Facility

In keeping with its commitment to accurate and complete loudspeaker technical data, Community has opened a new, state-of-the-art indoor test facility at its factory in Chester, Pennsylvania USA. Designed by Charlie Hughes of < ...

Epson Expands North American Projector Market Leadership to 39 Percent with Largest Industry Share Growth

Underscoring its leadership in the projector market, Epson America, Inc. announces it continues to hold the number one position in North America for 2013. According to PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on ...

Crestron and InfoComm International Lead the Way on 4K

Crestron is collaborating with InfoComm International, the trade association representing the audiovisual industry worldwide, to offer a comprehensive one-day 4K course at Crestron's classrooms around the globe. The "4K in a ...

Solid State Logic Adds Firehouse Productions to Live Console Dealer Network

Solid State Logic is continuing to build its US dealer network to support its new Live console with the appointment of Firehouse Productions in Red Hook, New York. A 2014 TEC Award winner for its support of Peter Gabriel's ...

ETC Offers Students All-Expense-Paid Sponsorship to the 2014 LDI Trade Show in Las Vegas

ETC's 2014 LDI Student Sponsorship program is now officially accepting applications. Graduate students and university-level seniors from around the world will be given the unique opportunity to gain real-world experience and make ...

Absen Completes First Absen Certified Engineer (ACE) Training Program

For three days in March, Absen's Orlando, Florida showroom was turned into a classroom as 26 technicians from 17 rental and staging companies participated in the first session of the Absen Certified Engineer (ACE) Training Program. ...

Britannia Row Productions Training Fills the Gap in Professional Live Sound Skills

Britannia Row Productions Training is introducing a new way of accessing its professional industry-based training in live sound technology. People who already work as live sound technicians and do not require a comprehensive ...

Harman's Martin Professional Announces Leading Technologies as Exclusive Distributor in Italy

Harman's Martin Professional appointed Leading Technologies as the exclusive distributor of Martin products in Italy. Leading Technologies has been working with Harman since 1995 and this partnership will serve to enhance the ...

Chinese Manufacturer Donlim Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Adamson Systems

An Adamson Energía system was called in to reinforce a concert for 10,000 celebrating Chinese small household appliance manufacturer Donlim's 25th anniversary.
The outdoor concert, featuring popular Chinese artists Sun Nan, Mao ...

The Clay Paky B-EYE Scores a Triple Crown at the 2014 PIPA Awards

The Clay Paky A.Leda B-EYE has received the "best lighting product" award at the first ever PIPA Prolight + Sound Press Awards. These prestigious awards are conferred exclusively by professionals from the international ...

Chauvet Professional ÉPIX 2.0 Series LED Displays Make It Easy To Create Pixel-Mapping Video

Chauvet Professional is providing a faster, easier way for lighting professionals to add high-quality video content to their shows and designs. The company has launched the ÉPIX 2.0 series of linkable Art-Net and Kling-Net ...

Turbosound Turns to Audio Precision for Loudspeaker Design and Test

Audio Precision, an audio testing provider, announces a significant investment in Audio Precision test instruments by Music Group for use in the design and production of Turbosound products. ...

City Theatrical to Exhibit at USITT 2014

City Theatrical will be demonstrating some innovative technology at the USITT Stage Expo in Fort Worth, Texas on March 27 - 29, 2014 in booth 909, including QolorFLEX Professional LED light tape, D Series LED dimmers, and the ...

Three towers: a d&b trilogy at Prolight + Sound

At Prolight + Sound, d&b audiotechnik featured several new products, including the D80 amplifier.
The company says the arrival of the D80 completes the development of a three stage approach to achieving perfect sound. Also ...

New Faces, New Strategies, and End-to-End CDC Network for Cadac at Prolight + Sound

Cadac brand development manager, Richard "Fez" Ferriday outlined a series of highly significant developments for the company in a keynote presentation to press and industry professionals at the Prolight + Sound ...

Harman Professional Names Prosound Distributor for Albania

Harman Professional has appointed Prosound of Tirana as distributor in Albania for its AKG, BSS, Crown, dbx, JBL Professional, Lexicon, and Soundcraft product lines. As Prosound is also the existing Albanian ...

Harman's Martin Professional Welcomes PS TEATR as New Distributor in Poland

Harman's Martin Professional announces the appointment of PS TEATR as the new exclusive distributor for Poland effective today, March 21, 2014.
Established over 40 years ago, TEATR specializes in some of the most complex ...

Theatre in Review: Les Misérables (Imperial Theatre)

Attention, everyone: Les Misérables is back on Broadway, as big as life and twice as bombastic. I hear some of you in the back of the room grumbling, Why do we need a revival of a show that ran 6,680 performances the first ...

Icona Pop "Blown Away" with Robe Cyclones

Lighting designer Scott Warner is utilizing four of Robe's new Robin Cyclones for the award-winning Swedish DJ duo, Icona Pop, while they perform as the opener for Miley Cyrus on the US leg of her much anticipated Bangerz

Epson PowerLite Projectors Engage Audiences at TED2014: "The Next Chapter"

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, has partnered with TED, the nonprofit dedicated to Ideas Worth Spreading, to provide PowerLite Pro Z8455WU WUXGA 3LCD installation projectors to be used on-site during the ...

VARIA Fills Calvary Chapel with Exquisite Sound

Leaving a rental space for a place of their own was a big step for Calvary Chapel. Their new campus sits amongst the hustle and bustle of downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, close to restaurants, hotels, shops, and grocery stores, making ...

Symetrix SymNet Radius 12x8 Jazzes It Up at Famous New York City Soul Food Restaurant

Founded in 1962 by Sylvia Wood, Sylvia's Restaurant in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City serves soul food that has attained regional and international fame. Numbered among its past clients are Jesse Jackson, Magic Johnson, and the ...

Chroma-Q Inspire LED House Lights Provide "Immersive" Environment for Celebration Church

Jacksonville, Florida's Celebration Church -- one of the nation's fastest growing churches -- is utilizing over 100 Chroma-Q Inspire premium performance, color-changing LED house lights to provide an "immersive" environment during its ...

DiGiCo Takes the Ice for 2014 NHL Winter Classic, Stadium Series and Heritage Classic

This year, for the first time, the National Hockey League (NHL) programmed four regular season games into outdoor venues in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, scheduling the 2014 NHL Stadium Series between the previously established NHL ...

Theatre in Review: Mothers and Sons (Golden Theatre)

Tyne Daly has mastered the art of revealing exactly what she is thinking while remaining thoroughly poker-faced. It's a skill that she puts to excellent use in Terrence McNally's Mothers and Sons, as Katharine ...

Pasquale Quadri, Founder and Chairman of Clay Paky, Receives the 2014 MIPA/PIPA Lifetime Achievement Award

Pasquale Quadri, founder and chairman of Bergamo, Italy-based Clay Paky SpA, received the prestigious lifetime achievement prize at the MIPA/PIPA awards held in Frankfurt during Musikmesse, the most important international ...

Foundation Makes 20th Annual $7,500 Contribution to the Los Angeles Opera Wally Russell Lighting Intern

The Wally Foundation has now provided annual funding to the Los Angeles Opera totaling over $150,000 since the foundation was formed following the untimely death of Wally Russell in 1992.
"This annual contribution has ...

RCF Announces the Formation of the RCF Mixer Division at Prolight + Sound

RCF enjoyed one of its most successful trade fair outings at this year's Prolight+Sound Show in Frankfurt last week.
In addition to showcasing several new product ranges -- including the VMAX club series, originally given a sneak ...

NEP Screenworks Unveils Innovative New X7-HD LED Display

NEP Screenworks announces the release of the company's new X7-HD LED display solution, a custom-designed and purpose-built video display that provides visual quality while offering portability and enabling fast setup and teardown. ...

Out Board's TiMax at USITT Soundlab

For the USITT 2014 Stage Expo and SoundLab, 1602Group TiMax will provide visitors with hands-on demo and workshop access to Out Board's TiMax2 SoundHub system matrix, sound-effects playback server, and audio showcontroller. ...

Avolites Media Sapphire Media Controller Wins Prolight + Sound PIPA Award

Avolites Media's intuitive, live, hands-on Sapphire media controller show control surface has won the first ever Prolight + Sound International Press Award (PIPA) for Best Video/Projection Control. ...

Third Service Pack for the Vectorworks 2014 Product Line Now Available

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. has released its third service pack for the Vectorworks 2014 product line.
This service pack fixes a hanging issue for Windows 8 users when closing Vectorworks, as well as an issue that caused ...

Robin Dibble Adds Heavyweight Application Support To Martin Audio

To support the company's consistent sales growth and further their credentials within the install space, Martin Audio has recruited Robin Dibble to the new position of applications engineer. ...

Patti Mokry Returns to LightParts Inc. as Repair Coordinator

Patti Mokry has returned to LightParts Inc. as repair coordinator. Patti previously held the position prior to attending the University of Northern Colorado, where she earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy. Patti Mokry ...

Portugal.TheMan Tours with Custom-built Modular Projection Screen and Frame System from Gerriets International

On its recent headline tour of North America, the rock band Portugal.TheMan brought dazzling visuals into its performances with projection and lighting on a mountain-shaped surface custom built by New Jersey-based theater solutions ...

4Wall Las Vegas Teams with Fine Design for CES Booths

International design firm Fine Design Associates used equipment provided by 4Wall Las Vegas to light the trade show booths and events of eight well-known manufacturers at the 2014 incarnation of the International Consumer ...

Applications Open for 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Sustainable Practice Award

Applications are now open for the 2014 Fringe Sustainable Practice Award, celebrating the greenest and most sustainable shows on the Edinburgh Fringe. This project, a partnership between Creative Carbon Scotland and the Cen ...

PR Lighting Reports Major GETShow Success

PR Lighting has reported an outstanding response to its latest products from visitors attending the recent GETShow 2014 in Guangzhou.
Held at the Poly World Trade Expo Center by Industry Association of South China ...

GLP Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Style and Swagger

GLP (German Light Products) celebrated a landmark birthday at this year's Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt, when Udo Künzler, who founded the company in 1994, invited the massed ranks of international press and ...

WavesLive Continues Master Class Series with Las Vegas Event

Waves Audio, a provider of DSP audio solutions for the professional, live sound, broadcast, and consumer electronics markets, is continuing its new WavesLive Master Class workshop series with an upcoming event in Las Vegas. ...

High-Power Arena PAR Zoom from Elation Now Shipping

The Arena PAR Zoom from Elation Professional is an RGBW PAR wash light with motorized zoom that is powerful enough to be used on large stage applications of all types. Featuring a bright and well-defined beam, the Arena PAR Zoom ...

Philips Entertainment Celebrates Prolight + Sound Multiple Product Launch Successes

Following the incredibly positive reactions to new product launches from all four of its premier brands -- Selecon, Showline, Strand Lighting, and Vari-Lite -- Philips Entertainment is celebrating its most successful

InfoComm to Host Regional Trade Shows Aimed at In-House Tech Professionals and Purchasers

InfoComm International, the trade association representing the commercial audiovisual industry worldwide, plans to host a new series of two-day trade shows aimed at technology managers, in-house technical staff, institutional buyers ...

Mega-Lite Launches the Axis QD7

Mega-Lite adds to its line of Axis moving heads with the Axis QD7. The Axis QD7 is a compact moving head beam with pixel control. The unit has seven 12W RGBW quad color LEDs that are individually programmable. The quad color allows ...

Global Special Effects Announces New FJ-9 Fog Formulation

The research and development department of Global Special Effects announces a reformulation of one of their professional fluids. The company's FJ-9 Long-Lasting Fog has been reformulated to increase its hang time. This fog still has ...

Meteor CS-195 High-Ceiling LED Platform Incorporates VX DMX Driver for Flicker-Free Video Broadcasting

Meteor CS-195 has set a new milestone as the 2014 Architectural SSL Product Innovation Award winner in the high bay category. As the best selling LED high ceiling platform in the product line for its advanced efficacy and enhanced ...

Atlona Announces New Distribution Partnership with Som Maior in Brazil

Atlona, an AV distribution solutions provider, announces its entry into the Brazilian market through a new distributor agreement with Som Maior. With the new partnership, Som Maior will distribute Atlona's complete line of ...

Jeff Ravitz Designs Lighting for New Wayne Dyer PBS Special

Jeff Ravitz of Intensity Advisors was the lighting designer for best-selling author Dr. Wayne Dyer's newest PBS pledge drive special, I Can See Clearly Now. For his tenth inspirational program for public television, Dr ...

Alcorn McBride Helps Animate Big Tex

A new and improved Big Tex was back welcoming guests to the 2013 State Fair of Texas thanks to SRO Associates and Texas Scenic and the innovative implementation of Alcorn McBride's V4 Pro frame-accurate controller and ...

Passion 2014 Shines a Light into Darkness with Bandit

More than 20,000 university students gathered at the Phillips Arena the weekend of January 17 for worship and teaching at The Passion 2014 Atlanta Conference. This was the first of two gatherings in North America with the other being held ...

Theatre in Review: Appropriate (Signature Theatre Company)

Looking for some dysfunctional family action? In Appropriate, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has assembled the most neurotic and fractious tribe to be seen since the Westons of Osage County last staged a dining room brawl. You ...

Theatre in Review: Aladdin (New Amsterdam Theatre)

It seems ever-clearer that the Disney Theatricals crew is going back to the future. The company's most recent production, Newsies, was conceived firmly in the classic '50s - '60s book musical tradition, and, thanks to a solid ...

Avolites Hosts Free Weekly Training Webinars

In an effort to provide the very best product support to its current clients and potential customers, Avolites announces its continuing series of free weekly online training sessions. Hosted from the manufacturer's worldwide ...

ETC Launches New LED Luminaires at USITT

ETC is expanding its LED family, with the introduction of two new products: the Source Four LED Series 2, a spotlight with an expansive color spectrum from an LED luminaire; and the Source Four Mini LED, an ultra ...

Daktronics Bringing New Rigging Solutions to Fort Worth's USITT Conference

When the 2014 United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Annual Conference & Stage Expo opens March 27 - 29 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, Daktronics of Brookings, South Dakota, will ...

RF Venue Introduces RF Optix

Wireless audio manufacturer RF Venue has released the RF Optix, RF to fiber optic conversion system, a new tool for mainstream wireless microphone users that expands the possibilities of antenna distribution and wireless audio ...

Outstanding Prolight + Sound for Elation Includes World Premiere Product Previews

Elation Professional enjoyed an outstanding Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt with a bustling stand that was on the go from start to finish thanks to a broad lineup of attractive products that included a few surprise world ...

SGM Celebrates "Best Trade Show Ever" at Prolight + Sound

Having presided over international trade fairs at the highest level spanning four decades, SGM boss Peter Johansen was able to declare that the recent Prolight + Sound 2014 in Frankfurt was unquestionably his best ...

Optocore and Partners Create Three-Way Comms Network at Prolight + Sound

Following the development of new software, enabling Optocore devices to be connected directly to the Optocore-DiGiCo fiber loop, the German specialists created an ambitious network at this month's Prolight + Sound in ...

L-Acoustics K2 receives First PIPA Award for Best Concert Sound Product

For the 15th time, more than 100 magazines from all over the world voted to determine the best musical instruments and audio equipment of 2013-2014 in more than 40 categories of the MIPA Musikmesse International Press Award. The ...

Behringer X32 Takes Dual "Best Mixing Console" Awards

The Behringer X32 and X32 Core Digital Mixers have taken top honors from the readers of German music magazines Tastenwelt and Soundcheck at this year's Musikmesse. The presentations took place at a special ...

DPA Microphones Appoints GerrAudio to Lead Canadian Distribution

DPA Microphones announces the appointment of GerrAudio as its Canadian distributor. GerrAudio is an established distributor of professional audio equipment for the live performance and broadcast industries across Canada. The ...

Danley Sound Labs to Partner with Pure Groove Systems to Bring Audio Technology to Nightlife Industries

Pure Groove Systems unveiled a new partnership with Danley Sound Labs, to create a groundbreaking series of sound systems targeted at nightlife and music industries.
Possessing over 25 years of festival and nightclub ...

Lawo North America on the Move

Lawo North America Corp. (Lawo NA), provider of audio-, video-, commentary products and AV-over-IP networking solutions, is announces it has moved head offices to a new facility in Toronto to better address increasing demand for the ...

Eighteen Sound Announces 18iD High Performance Subwoofer

Eighteen Sound announces the release of the 18iD extended low frequency neodymium transducer. The new subwoofer is engineered for maximum power transfer when operated with Class D and similar (iPal-compatible) amplifiers. The 18iD ...

Florida Georgia Line Adds High-Quality Visual Element to First Headline Tour

Nothing hypes up adoring fans at a live performance quite like a cutting edge visual display as they cheer, scream, and sing along with their favorite artists. This year, one of the hottest new acts in country music, Florida Georgia Line, ...

Clay Pak Lighting and grandMA2 Control Do the Honors at Two Las Vegas Awards Shows

Awards season is in full swing and every genre of entertainment has a gala awards ceremony. Clay Paky Alpha Spot lighting fixtures and grandMA2 control were on hand for both the Interactive Achievement Awards at the D.I.C.E. ...

USITT Heads to Fort Worth for Cowboys, Culture, and Lots of Live Entertainment Technology

USITT has people from all over heading to Fort Worth, Texas, for the 54th annual USITT Conference & Stage Expo, opening Wednesday, March 26.
The United States Institute for Theatre Technology fills the Fort Worth ...

Harman's Martin Professional Announces Winner of Annual Young Lighting Designer Contest

Harman's Martin Professional announces Garou Blancan as the winner of its 2014 Professional Young Lighting Designer contest. Throughout the month of February, young amateur lighting designers from around the world competed ...

LMG Celebrates 30th Year with 30 Ways of Giving

LMG, a national provider of video, audio, and lighting support, celebrated 30 years of business on March 17, 2014. As part of the anniversary celebration, LMG has launched a charitable campaign across its six nationwide office ...

Revolabs Announces Acquisition by Yamaha Corporation

Revolabs announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Yamaha Corporation. The merger of the two companies will help Yamaha further grow its enterprise presence for audio equipment. Yamaha has ...

Create Custom Control Interfaces for LYNX Technik Series 5000 Signal Processing

LYNX Technik AG, provider of modular interfaces and signal processing solutions, is launching CustomControl for its APPolo Control System at NAB 2014. CustomControl is a new control feature that incorporates an easy to use ...

Robe Enjoys Another Successful Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt

Robe once again enjoyed a busy and successful Prolight + Sound exhibition at the Messe in Frankfurt last week ... launching a selection of new products and presenting another eye-catching light show on the booth in Hall 11, ...

Prolight + Sound: Lawo Presented Mirror Console Functionality for Theater Applications

In Frankfurt, during last week's Prolight + Sound expo, Lawo presented the mirroring of two mc² consoles -- a requirement especially useful in theater applications. This allows an mc² console to be located in the auditorium to ...

Elite Multimedia Productions is the First in the Area to Add LSC Lighting Systems' Clarity LX600 Console

LSC Lighting Systems, an Australian lighting console design and manufacturing company, sold their Clarity LX600's to Elite Multimedia Productions (EMP), making it the first LX600 console sold to a production house in ...

Grundorf Announces 75-110 Compact Rack Drawer for Wireless

Grundorf Corporation, a manufacturer of equipment for musicians and audio professionals, is announces the company's new model 75-110 Compact Rack Drawer for wireless racks. Featuring a rugged metal design with multiple compartments ...

ARRI Releases Software Update Packet (SUP) 9.1 and ARRIRAW Converter 3.0

As technology evolves, ARRI continues to sustain and improve the performance of the ALEXA family of cameras with the release of ALEXA Software Update Packet (SUP) 9.1 and the ARRIRAW Converter (ARC) 3.0. The ARRIRAW Converter is ...

BroadWeigh Software Enhances Remote Load Monitoring of Rigging Equipment

The latest version of the BroadWeigh Log monitoring software (BW-LOG100) has been released to complement the BroadWeigh Load Monitoring System. BW-LOG100 is now more than just a data logging software package and offers many ...

Harman's BSS Audio, Crown, and JBL Professional Provide Acoustic Atmospherics at The Island in Pigeon Forge

The Island at Pigeon Forge is a brand-new entertainment and retail center located in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains. It's on an actual island in the Little Pigeon River and offers a wide variety of rides, shopping, restaurants, and ...

Equator Audio D5s Help Craft the Sound of TYR

With its bass heavy, dance-oriented grooves and the extensive use of synthesis and digital sampling, electronic music has a large and loyal following. Such is the nature of TYR, whose music has been featured on Billboard's "Next Big Sound" ...

Theatre in Review: Day of the Dog (St. Louis Actors' Studio/59E59)

Paul and Julianne have a problem: Their dog, Carrot, has a few issues relating to humans. Exactly how vexing these are can be gleaned from the bandages running up and down Paul's arms. Things have come to such a pass that Paul is frankly ...

ETC Announces Plans for USITT Stage Expo 2014

ETC announces the North American debut of several new technologies at this year's USITT Stage Expo trade show, from March 27 - 29, in Fort Worth, Texas. The new gear on display at ETC booths 1343 and 1443 will include ...

URTA Announces Election of New Board Members

The University/Resident Theatre Association (URTA) announces the result of the elections recently conducted for the association's board of directors, the governing body of URTA. Brant Pope, accomplished director and chair of ...

Alcons USA Goes Big in Texas at USITT 2014

Alcons Audio USA is making a big impression in the theatre market and to show its continued support to this key demographic Alcons is increasing its involvement in the annual USITT Conference and Stage Expo taking place March ...

It's All About Connections - CITT Rendez-Vous 2014

CITT 24th Rendez-vous Annual Conference and trade show will take place August 14 - 16, 2014 in Ottawa Ontario. The conference offers three days of sessions, workshops, backstage tours, an industry trade show, social events, and ...

Harman Professional Releases JBL HiQnet Performance Manager Version 1.7

Harman Professional introduces the latest iteration of its comprehensive software for live sound system configuration and control, JBL HiQnet Performance Manager version 1.7. New to version 1.7 is support for JBL's VTX F Series ...

Products Manufactured by Pangolin Laser Systems Featured at Prolight + Sound

Last week's 2014 Prolight + Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany was a huge exhibition for the laser entertainment industry, with more media attention surrounding lasers at the show than ever before. In addition, nearly all ...

NPI Audio Visual Solutions Adds First Vista Systems' Spyder to Inventory

Cleveland, Ohio-based systems integrator NPI Audio Visual Solutions has invested in its first Vista Systems Spyder X20 for use in live events and for its demo room where the company showcases equipment for permanent ...

Anolis Lights Iconic Industrial Landmark in Brisbane

The heritage-listed Newstead Gas Ring is an iconic piece of Brisbane, Australia's historical industrial architecture that is now at the hub of a major urban regeneration project, Gasworks, a plan started over two decades ago to transform ...

New York's Pig 'n' Whistle Sounds Better than Ever with Renkus-Heinz

In a city with no shortage of Irish pubs, the Pig 'n' Whistle Murray Hill truly stands out. At once unique and familiar, it's a warm, welcoming space where neighborhood residents and visitors alike can gather, chat, enjoy a drink, and ...

Theatre in Review: All the Way (Neil Simon Theatre)

The first-night reviews for All the Way focused on Bryan Cranston's much-anticipated Broadway debut as Lyndon B. Johnson; nothing wrong with that, and we'll get to Cranston in a moment. But even more impressive is the company ...

Announcing The Launch of PLASA Focus: Baltimore 2014

Free registration is open now for PLASA Focus: Baltimore 2014. This will be the first PLASA Focus event to take place in the Mid-Atlantic region, taking place on Thursday May 8 and Friday May 9, 2014 at the Reitz Arena, Loyola University, ...

Philips Vari-Lite Introduces VL4000 Spot Luminaires

Philips Vari-Lite has introduced the new VL4000 Spot and VL4000GT Spot luminaires. As the next generation of Vari-Lite luminaires designed specifically to provide designers, rental companies, venues, and productions with unlimited ...

Harman's Martin Professional Expands RUSH Line, Introduces Two New LED Light Fixtures

Harman's Martin Professional has introduced the latest additions to its comprehensive Rush by Martin line for club and DJ effects -- the RUSH MH 5 Profile and RUSH DC 1 Aqua. Both fixtures combine advanced LED technology with the ...

Apantac Launches 4K Converters

Apantac, provider of multiviewers, video walls, extenders, and signal processing solutions, is launching its new family of 4K converters.
These 4K conversion solutions are ideal for a vast variety of broadcast and professional ...

New Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial by Jonathan Pickup Now Available

Nemetschek Vectorworks has announced that the publication of a new training guide for users of Vectorworks software: Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual, Sixth Edition.
This tutorial, written by expert Vectorworks ...

Grass Valley Wins Highly Commended Manufacturer of the Year at Digital Studio Awards at CABSAT 2014

Grass Valley is the recipient of the Highly Commended Manufacturer of the Year Digital Studio Award at CABSAT 2014. Said Bacho, senior vice president EMEA, Grass Valley, collected the award at the ceremony. ...

Long Reach Long Riders Announce Ride Sponsors for 11th Annual Charity Motorcycle Ride

The Long Reach Long Riders have announced sponsors for their 11th annual charity motorcycle ride. Reprising their roles in the 2013 ride, Dana Taylor and the Short Reach Short Riders are sponsoring the LRLR T-shirts, and Limelight ...

Drunk Unkles Storm Manhattan with a Big Wave

The Drunk Unkles, a blues band made up of audio visual industry members, will help kick start a new chapter for the Women in AV (WAVE) on Wednesday, April 9 from 6:00 - 9:30pm at The Rodeo Bar, 375 Third Avenue in New York. The band will ...

Electrosonic - 50 Years on the Audio-Visual Front Line Published to Mark Company's 50th Anniversary

Electrosonic celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and to mark the milestone the company is publishing Electrosonic - 50 Years on the Audio-Visual Front Line, which celebrates five decades of achievements in the AV ...

Korn Drummer and Keyboard Player Take Aviom Personal Mixers on World Tour

Drummer Ray Luzier from Korn has been using an Aviom personal mixer on tour for the past couple of years. In 2013, when the band set out on tour after the release of their new album, The Paradigm Shift, keyboardist Zac ...

Theatre in Review: Rocky (Winter Garden Theatre)

If Rocky turns out to be Broadway's next blockbuster, it will be because of Alex Timbers, the next great theatre showman. The same director who presided over the conversion of the Bernard B. Jacobs into a bizarre ...

Harman's Martin Professional Launches Range of Hardware and Software Solutions at Prolight + Sound 2014

Yesterday at Prolight + Sound 2014, Harman's Martin Professional introduced a range of new lighting solutions that include the MAC Quantum Profile, Martin ShowDesigner 6, as well as additions to its VC-Grids and VC-Strips ...

Yamaha CL V2.0 Available in May

Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. announces Version 2.0 of the Yamaha CL Series of digital audio consoles was introduced yesterday at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt. This major update includes enhancements for sound ...

J. R. Clancy Introduces the VARION Versatility Hoist

In response to customer demand for a lightweight hoist that fits in a wide variety of spaces, J. R. Clancy plans to introduce its new VARION Versatility hoist in booth 1301 at the USITT Stage Expo, March 26 - 29 in Fort Worth, Texas ...

Mackie Thump Series Gets Huge Power Increase, More Thump

Mackie yesterday launched the all-new Thump Series powered loudspeakers. The new Thump Series delivers over twice the power of the originals, boasting 1,000W of power per speaker. The full-range Thump12 and Thump15 improve upon the ...

Solid State Logic Announces V2 Software with New Features for SSL Live Console

Solid State Logic, the world's leading manufacturer of tools for creative audio professionals, announces the release of new V2 software for the SSL Live console at Prolight + Sound 2014. The company is exhibiting in Hall 8, ...

DiGiCo Squares Up for Prolight + Sound 2014 with New D2-Rack

Hall 8.0, stand 8.0 at Prolight + Sound 2014 sees digital solutions manufacturer DiGiCo exhibiting with new German distributor united-b, launching its new D2-Rack, and announcing a number of new software features and ...

AKG Offers License-Free Operation and 128-Bit Encryption with DMSTetrad Digital Wireless Microphone System

At Prolight + Sound 2014, Harman's AKG is introducing the DMSTetrad digital wireless microphone system. Ideal for a variety of applications ranging from concerts and clubs, to conferences, this license-free wireless system ...

SM Pro Audio Announces uMiX, a Series of Wi-Fi Remote Controllable Digital Mixers

SM Pro Audio, a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of solution-oriented audio products, announces its uMiX family of Wi-Fi remote controllable digital mixers at Prolight + Sound in Hall 5.1, stand B86. The uMiX family ...

Redesigned Ampeg BA Series Bass Combos Deliver Classic Tone in a Performance-Driven Package

Ampeg announces the release of the redesigned Ampeg BA Series Bass Combo Amp series with five new models -- the BA-108, BA-110, BA-112, BA-115, and BA-210. Delivering true Ampeg tone, the new bass combo series is re-envisioned with ...

Cerwin-Vega! Announces the P-Series P1000X Powered Loudspeaker at Musikmesse / Prolight + Sound

Cerwin-Vega!, part of Gibson Brands Inc., unveils its new P1000X 10" powered loudspeaker, the latest ¬ addition to its P-Series Line, at Musikmesse / Prolight + Sound 2014 in Hall 5.1, stand A82. A more compact version ...

Antelope Audio Announces Zen Studio, a Professional, Portable Audio Interface

Professional audio gear manufacturer Antelope Audio introduces Zen Studio, a professional, portable audio interface with the most competitive analog and digital connectivity. The 12 mic pres, Antelope's signature clocking, the on ...

Cadac Appoints UK Sales Manager and Takes UK Distribution In-House

Cadac announced the appointment of Rob Hughes as UK sales manager at Prolight + Sound, with immediate effect. At the same time the company revealed it was establishing its own UK distribution with a select dealer ...

Harman's JBL Professional to Host Manufacturer's Forum Seminar on VTX Line Arrays at Prolight + Sound

At Prolight + Sound 2014, Harman's JBL Professional is hosting a Manufacturer's Forum seminar on its VTX line array system. The seminar will be hosted by Paul Bauman, associate director, tour sound, JBL Professional, ...

Sennheiser Announces Spring Rebate on Select Headphones, Microphones, and Wireless Systems

Just in time for spring, audio specialist Sennheiser announces a new rebate promotion in which consumers get up to $100 cash back on select wireless systems and $50 cash back on select microphones and headphones purchased at an ...

Sapsis Rigging Flies Phoenix in St. John's Cathedral

Sapsis Rigging provided rigging design and installation services as well as all of the equipment to fly two sculptures in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. The sculptures, designed and crafted by Chinese artist ...

Chauvet Professional Nexus 4x4 Fires Up Pacha Anniversary

Chauvet Professional's Parnelli Award Winner for Indispensable Technology, Nexus 4x4, impresses once again in Buenos Aires, firing up Pacha club's 20th anniversary. For a night of exquisite music and high-profile guests, Gerardo ...

Theatre in Review: 50 Shades! The Musical (Elektra Theatre)

All right, I confess: I've been to see 50 Shades! The Musical, a spoof of E L James' 50 Shades of Grey, the first in a trilogy of bondage porn novels that have been steaming up the reading glasses of American ...

ETC Adds New Desk to the Cobalt Family

The short commands and on-the-fly lighting controls of ETC's Cobalt family are now packaged to take on tour. The new Cobalt 10 lighting desk features the same capacity and functions of the larger Cobalt 20 desk, but is compact ...

PRG's Lighting Division Launches the Best Boy Wash at Prolight + Sound

Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) will introduce the new PRG Best Boy Wash luminaire at the Prolight + Sound trade fair in Frankfurt March 12 - 15, 2014 and will be available for demonstration in Hall 11, Stand E28. The ...

DiGiCo Announces 2014 Masters Series Tour Dates

DiGiCo is certainly no stranger to life on the road. Now, the manufacturer is once again poised to take the spotlight on a trek of its very own -- the Digico Masters Series Training Tour.
Presented in conjunction with Group ...

W-DMX Debuts Triple Band Technology

Wireless Solution Sweden AB announces the debut of new W-DMX triple band technology, making its first appearance during Prolight + Sound, March 12 - 15, at Messe Frankfurt, Germany, Hall 11, stand D80. ...

Midas Announces the World's Most Powerful Live Mixing Console

Building on the legacy of their award-winning PRO3, PRO6, and PRO9 digital consoles, Midas announces the new PRO X -- the touring engineer's console. The Neutron engine, capable of up to 800 audio channels, which can be routed on a ...

Mackie SRM450/350 Goes Modern with 1,000W Power and Professional Digital Features

Mackie announces an all-new, modern refresh of its industry mainstay portable loudspeakers -- the new SRM450 and SRM350 High-Definition portable powered loudspeakers. Featuring a powerful new 1,000W amp platform, upgraded sound ...

Yamaha Digital Console Legacy Continues with QL Series

The Yamaha CL Series of digital consoles raised the bar in live digital mixing with evolved sound quality, operability, and functionality, while maintaining the traditional values that have made Yamaha digital mixers industry ...

Powersoft Launches New X Series Power Amplifiers

With the launch of the new X Series today at Prolight + Sound 2014, Powersoft says it plans to change the landscape of the professional amplifier market once more.
Much more than a simple amplifier, the new series provides ...

d&b Introduces ArrayCalc Simulation Software V7.6.11

The d&b audiotechnik ArrayCalc simulation software is the planning tool for d&b systems; a comprehensive toolbox for all tasks associated with electroacoustic design, performance prediction, alignment, safety parameters, and rigging ...

Analog Way Announces the Secure Power Unit, a New External Accessory for Select LiveCore Switchers

Analog Way introduces the Secure Power Unit, an innovative external power accessory compatible with three models of the LiveCore series of premium switchers.
The Secure Power Unit (Ref.SPU001) is a new power protection module ...

Sennheiser Launches New Training Offensive -- More RF Experts to Support Customer Projects in Future

The Sennheiser Sound Academy has begun a new RF Expert course. From February to September 2014, 23 wireless professionals from the worldwide Sennheiser organisation will be further trained to become RF experts, supporting their ...

Aviom's D800-Dante A-Net Distributor Now Shipping

Audinate and Aviom announce that the D800-Dante A-Net Distributor is now shipping. This unit and the new D800 A-Net Distributor, which is also shipping, distribute audio and power to up to eight Aviom personal mixers and make ...

American Seating, Shalleck Collaborative Aid USITT Architecture & Theatre Student Design Competition

The finalists in the USITT 2014 Architecture & Theatre Student Design Competition sponsored by American Seating will present their designs for a college theatre at USITT's 2014 Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Fort Worth, ...

Elite Multimedia Productions Hires Jason Jenkins as New Head of Lighting to Assist in Expansion

Elite Multimedia Productions (EMP) recently hired industry veteran Jason "Cannonball" Jenkins as the new head of lighting in order to continue the growth of the Nashville, Tennessee-based audio, video, and lighting production ...

LMG Adds Live Console to Audio Lineup

LMG, a national provider of video, audio, and lighting support, recently added the Solid State Logic (SSL) Live console to the firm's extensive audio inventory.
The SSL Live console, the first live sound console produced ...

Harman's Soundcraft to Host "Mixing with Professionals" Sessions at Prolight + Sound 2014

Harman's Soundcraft is hosting its popular "Mixing with Professionals" (MwP) training sessions at Prolight + Sound 2014 in Frankfurt. The sessions will offer formal training and demonstrations on Soundcraft's Si Expression ...

DPA Microphones Shimmers at Prolight + Sound 2014

DPA Microphones will focus attention on its range of high-quality microphones for the live stage at Prolight + Sound 2014 in Frankfurt March 12 - 15, exhibiting in Hall 8, stand C71. Among the product updates on display are ...

LSC at Prolight + Sound Frankfurt

The Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt has grown to be one of the most important events on the trade show calendar. This year LSC will release no less that three new products and preview the next release of Clarity software ...

LumenRadio Launches Tiny Wireless Revolution at Prolight + Sound

LumenRadio is exhibiting at Frankfurt's Prolight + Sound show March 12 - 15 in Hall 11.0 stand B44, and will debut the smallest wireless DMX solution ever seen, CRMXchip.
Available exclusively from LumenRadio, the ...

City Theatrical at Prolight + Sound Frankfurt

City Theatrical will be demonstrating some innovative technology at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, Germany March 12 - 15, 2014 in Hall 9.0, stand C54, including QolorFLEX Professional LED light tape, D Series LED dimmers, ...

Radial Introduces the Twinline Guitar Effects Router

Radial Engineering Ltd. announces the Twinline guitar effects router, a device that enables a guitarist to share his pedalboard and effects between two amp heads when using the amplifier's rear-panel effects-loops. ...

Focusrite Names Damian Hawley Director of Global Marketing and Sales

Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd. has named Damian Hawley director of global marketing and sales. Hawley will manage the merged marketing and sales departments for the Focusrite, Novation, and RedNet brands worldwide ...

Freeman Audio Visual Toronto Wins 2014 Consumer Choice Award for AV Services for Second Consecutive Year

Freeman Audio Visual, formerly known as AVW-TELAV, announces that it has been selected by Greater Toronto Area consumers and business community as the 2014 Consumer Choice Award (CCA) winner in the category of Audio Visual Services ...