News Archive - April 2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

DiGiCo Enhances SD Series with New Software Suite

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

Mackie Now Shipping Dante Expansion Card for DL32R Mixer

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

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

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

FiberPlex Introduces New Ethernet-to-Fiber Switch

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

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

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

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

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

Adamson Names TID Distributor for South Africa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tony Award Nominations Announced

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

2015 Michael Merritt Awards and Design Exposition

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

Matrox to Showcase New Products at InfoComm 2015

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

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

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

Barco Introduces Barco Capital to Provide Equipment Financing

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

MDG Releases New Fog Generators at Prolight + Sound 2015

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

Ayrton Continues to Inspire and Innovate at Prolight + Sound 2015

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

Robert Juliat Serves It Right at Prolight + Sound 2015

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

Artistic Licence to Exhibit at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2015

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

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

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

Broadmoor Baptist Church Solves Problems With Martin Audio MLA

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

Nomad Sound NEXO Strong at SXSW

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

High Noon Entertainment Goes to Extremes with Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless

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

Academy of Country Music Awards Shines Bright with Syncrolite

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

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

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

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

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

DiGiCo Delivers SD10 RE-Assurance

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

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

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

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

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

Alcons Celebrates Successful Prolight+Sound

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

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

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

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

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

Lighting Designer Rachel Miller Brings Sparkle to Lucid Candy with Chauvet

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

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

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

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

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

Theatre in Review: Grounded (The Public Theater)

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

Theatre in Review: Living on Love (Longacre Theatre)

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

Clay Paky Shines at Prolight + Sound 2015

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

Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced

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

CORE Lighting Points Out Big Success at Prolight + Sound

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

LightConverse and High End Systems Lighting Challenge Winners

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

CAD Audio Names Ludwig Marketing As Midwest Sales Reps

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

Matatena Producciones Invests in Robe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jesus Culture Uses Yamaha Consoles at Conference and in Church

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PR Lighting's Prolight + Sound Commitment Reaps Rich Rewards

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robe BMFL Spots Catch the Ultimate X Buzz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Newest Gilbert Hemsley Intern Announced

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

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

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

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

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

Focusrite Expands RedNet Range

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

ETC to Debut New Products at Lightfair International

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

Times Square Lighting Introduces the CYP Series LED Pendant

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

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

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

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

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

Robe Rocks One Night at Wembley with All Time Low

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Something Rotten Gets Fresh Start at Outer Critics Circle Awards

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

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

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

Mountain Productions Now North American Distributor for Limpet Height Safety Systems

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

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

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

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

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

AKG by Harman Announces New D5 C Dynamic Directional Microphone

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

Bandit Lites Sales and Installation Team Grows

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

Wagner Media Adds Lipsie as Regional Sales Manager

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

Neutrik USA Announces Expansion to opticalCON Lite Product Line

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

Elation Lighting Innovation Coming to Sound:check Xpo 2015

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

Renkus-Heinz Appoints Audio Link as New Italian Distributor

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

A Warehouse Full of GLP X4 for HELi Showequipment

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

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

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

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

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

Theatre in Review: Doctor Zhivago (Broadway Theatre)

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

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

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

SGM Again Takes Home the Prize for Best Lighting Product

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

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

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

Mega-Lite Launches the Indi Par RW300

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

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

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

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

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

Robe Rocks Frankfurt 2015

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

AKG by Harman Unveils K181 DJ UE Reference Class Headphones

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

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

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

Thinkwell Group Promotes Dave Cobb to Vice President, Creative Development

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

Freeman Audio Visual Canada Wins 2015 Canadian Event Industry Star Award

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

Listen Technologies Supports Women in AV (WAVE) Mentor Awards

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

Nemetschek Vectorworks Launches Second Annual Vectorworks Design Scholarship

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Philips Vari-Lite Announces VL4000 BeamWash Product Showcase Dates

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

Times Square Lighting Launches AXT13

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

Get a Career Boost at ETC's CUE Conference

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

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

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

Waves SoundGrid Technology Adopted by Avid into New Console

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

L-Acoustics Launches X Series at Prolight + Sound 2015

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

XL Video Supports Olivier Awards with MasterCard for Fifth Consecutive Year

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

ILC Hosts Fourth Annual Golf Outing

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

Analog Way to Introduce Ascender 48

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

Auralex Now Shipping New Deep6 Low-Frequency Absorber

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

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

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

Harman's dbx Introduces goRack Performance Processor

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

Mackie Redesigns and Expands ProFX Series

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

Pivitec Introduces CMx64io-AVB Network Card

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

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

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

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

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

Theatre in Review: Hamlet (Classic Stage Company)

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

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

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

EAW Introduces Redline Powered Loudspeaker Series

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Olivier Awards Announced

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

PreSonus Ships AVB Networking for StudioLive Active Integration Mixers

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

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

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

XL Video UK Expands with New LED Distribution Center

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

Listen Technologies Appoints Andrew Glasmacher as Product Training Manager

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ampco Flashlight Group Acquires Audiopro Netherlands

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

Chauvet Opens Second European Operation

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

Digital Audio Denmark Names plus24 North American Distributor at NAB

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

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

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

Fineline Celebrates 25 Years

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

Meyer Sound Releases Compass Go

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

Outline Names Luca Giaroli Business Development Manager

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

SynAudCon Presents in Shenzhen China

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

Vice President Paul Redding Relocates to Thinkwell Asia

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

Theatre in Review: Iowa (Playwrights Horizons)

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

Theatre in Review: Skylight (Golden Theatre)

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

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

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

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

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

Outline to Launch New Products at Prolight + Sound

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Elation EPT6IP High-Def LED Video Display for Professional Touring

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

Meyer Sound Introduces MAPP XT

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

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

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

Avid Introduces Venue | S6L System for Live Sound Production

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

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

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

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

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

Penn Elcom Inc. Appoints Max Wasinger

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

Adamson Appoints Justin Stone US Account Manager

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

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

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

Theatre in Review: Hand to God (Booth Theatre)

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

Philips Launches Plethora of New Products at Prolight + Sound 2015

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

USITT and Friends Celebrate Rigging Safety Day April 24

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

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

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

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

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

coolux Presents New Pandoras Box 3D Lens Calibration Mode

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

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

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

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

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

CORE Lighting at Prolight + Sound 2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Listen Technologies Announces New Manufacturer's Representatives

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

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

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