News Archive - May 2014

USA Exhibit to PQ 2015 Seeks Climatic Performance Art

Designers working on USITT's US National exhibit to the 2015 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) describe the structure they're creating as "a Vortex designed to hold the hurricane of human emotions." ...

Broadway Contributed Nearly $12 Billion to New York City During 2012 - 2013 Season

The Broadway League released the 2012-2013 Broadway's Economic Contribution to New York City report, the ninth biennial report in this series. The report measures the full economic impact of spending by Broadway production companies ...

Product Debuts for Elation Professional at InfoComm 2014

Elation Professional invites visitors to booth C5446 at InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas for the debut of several new products including the world premiere of the new EMAG 4 Pro, a 4.8mm pixel pitch LED video panel optimized for ...

Innovations to the Avid S3L System Enable New Live Sound and Studio Workflows

Avid announces key performance enhancements to the Avid S3L live sound system, with flexible, efficient workflows in live sound and studio applications, and delivering significant cost savings. The company says the latest updates ...

Harman's Martin Professional Introduces Soft Lens Accessory for the MAC Quantum Wash

Harman's Martin Professional introduced the Soft Lens accessory for the MAC Quantum Wash light. This optional accessory is designed to enhance the capabilities of the MAC Quantum Wash and optimize the fixture for theatrical ...

Alcorn McBride's Touch for iOS with iBeacons Make InfoComm Debut

Now iOS devices can react automatically to locations throughout a facility using Alcorn McBride's Touch for iOS and Apple's new iBeacons. Maintenance and operations personnel equipped with an iPad or other iOS device will be ...

HRS Control's HRS-eTouch Touch Screen Controllers Makes InfoComm 2014 Debut

HRS Control's HRS-eTouch touchscreen controllers, available in wall-mounted and desktop configurations for pro AV control, will make its InfoComm 2014 debut at the HRS Control booth C4834 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, ...

Harman's Studer Vista 1 Gets Lexicon Effects with Version 5.1 Upgrade

Harman's Studer has released the version 5.1 upgrade to its Vista 1 console, adding sister company Lexicon effects processing to the Vista 1 digital broadcast console. Product manager Roger Heiniger said, "The new ...

QSC Expands its Sales Team in the US with New Appointments

QSC announces the company has strengthened its systems sales team with the appointment of Mike DeFreece and Frank West. DeFreece has been named director of sales for the eastern region while West has been named ...

Bartha Invests in Meyer Sound LYON, Citing its Linear Response, Imaging, and New Rigging System

Bartha of Columbus, Ohio has become one of the newest rental companies to purchase a Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement system. The company says Bartha sees LYON as a powerful tool that will allow the company to ...

Williams Sound Appoints New International Sales Representatives

Williams Sound, designer and manufacturer of wireless communication technology, has appointed International Sales as its representative for Latin America and Asia. "We are proud and excited to partner with Joe Manning, ...

Lighting Designer Jason Liggett Goes Interactive with grandMA2 light on Mike Gordon Tour

It's certainly not your grandma's jamband tour. Nevertheless a grandMA2 light, manned by lighting designer Jason Liggett, is critical to band-audience interaction on Phish bassist Mike Gordon's solo tour in support of his ...

Lycian Stage Lighting Followspots installed at Historic Theatres, Minneapolis

The State and Orpheum Theatres in Minneapolis, part of the Historic Theatre Group/Broadway Across America, have installed Lycian 1295 ELT followspots. A total of seven were sold by Monkey Wrench Productions, serving the Twin ...

Focal Press to Sponsor LiNK

LiNK, the new interview weekend connecting theatre programs and potential students, received a boost from Focal Press as a platinum sponsor. LiNK 2014 will be held November 14 - 16 at the Hilton Atlanta Airport hotel. ...

Audinate Announces Dante HC

Audinate introduces the Dante HC, the industry's highest-capacity networked audio solution for professional AV systems. Dante HC supports up to 512 x 512 redundant bi-directional uncompressed audio channels on a single Xilinx ...

Chandler Limited to Ship TG2-500 Pre Amp for 500 Series Racks

Chandler Limited, manufacturer of signal processing and related music and audio products that deliver the classic analog warmth recording and performing professional musicians seek, is pleased to announce the release of its new TG2 ...

Lightware Bolsters Support of HDBaseT: Will Demonstrate at InfoComm 2014

Lightware Visual Engineering has furthered its support of HDBaseT with its HDBaseT-enabled 65x65 and 80x80 modular matrix switchers and the new UMX-TPS product family, featuring HDBaseT extenders. Live working demos of the entire ...

ESS Audio Announces First Sales of Harman's Soundcraft Vi3000 Console in Poland

Harman Soundcraft's Polish distributor ESS Audio has fulfilled the first of its first batch of orders for the new Soundcraft Vi3000.The first two companies to take delivery are W Sound from Szczecin, run by Mariusz ...

Brighter, Better Coachella 2014 with Elation Professional

Elation gear has become a staple of the Coachella Festival as it has grown to become one of the largest and most successful music festivals in the US. This year, Coachella hosted more than 500,000 people over the festival's two ...

DiGiCo Consoles Play Major Role in Olympics Audio

Scott Willsallen, director of Auditoria Pty Ltd in Australia, was audio director and designer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic games at Sochi's 40,000-seat Fisht Olympic Stadium, at which

SSL Live Delivers the Sound for Country Artist Jason Aldean's Burn It Down Tour

The engineering team for Jason Aldean's Burn It Down tour is bringing the artist's popular brand of country rock to the next sonic level with an SSL Live console for both front-of-house and monitoring. A triple platinum ...

Grammy Block Party Throws Down with Bandit

Music City held its annual Grammy Block Party with lighting provided by Bandit Lites. The private event for members of The Recording Academy was held at Owen Bradley Park May 13 and included performances by Chris Young, Kacey ...

Robe for South African Samsung S5 Launch

Lighting designer Renaldo van den Berg and production manager Victor Vermaak from Johannesburg-based design and technical production specialist AV Unlimited created a spectacular lighting scheme utilizing Robe ...

XL Video Reflekts Arcade Fire on Tour

XL Video is again providing full video production -- including projection, LED screens, media server control, and full camera / PPU package -- to the critically acclaimed Arcade Fire Reflektor world tour, for which set and ...

Vista Systems' Spyder Forms the Core of Technical Component at New Preston Trail Community Church

There's a Spyder inside Preston Trail Community Church's new facility in Frisco, Texas, and it's definitely meant to be there. The Vista Systems' Spyder 344, which will migrate from the church's existing space, is at the heart of a ...

Devoted Fans Celebrate 311 Day with Five Hours of Music and Lighting from Harman's Martin Professional

Devoted 311 fans swarmed to New Orleans this year for the ultimate celebratory concert experience on March 11, better known as 311 Day. Showcasing a culmination of 11 albums, including their most recent studio album released earlier this ...

GLP impression X4 Goes "Retro Futuristic" with Broken Bells

Montreal-based lighting collective Lüz Studio turned to GLP's impression X4 LED fixtures to boost their production design for the recent US club and theatre tour by indie rock band Broken Bells. ...

Theatre in Review: Sawbones and The Diamond Eater (HERE)

The distinguished costume designer Carrie Robbins has recently turned her hand to writing plays, and for this evening of one-acts she has selected quite a pair of yarns. (They are billed as true stories, taken from the writings of ...

Theatre in Review: Deepest Man (3LD Art & Technology Center)

Deepest Man is a dream play that unfolds in the last few moments of its protagonist's life. Dr. Hazzardville Sommers has been institutionalized following his wife's death, apparently by drowning. Brought into his room by a ...

A.C.T Lighting Joins the Con Edison Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Market Partner Program

A.C.T Lighting, Inc. has been named a member of the Con Edison Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency Market Partner Program. The program, piloted by the utility's Green Team brand, benefits A.C.T Lighting and its ...

Prolyte Group and Dark Arches Holdings Refocus Their Activities

The board members and directors of Prolyte Group announce that Dark Arches Holdings, owner of LS-Live, Perry Scenic Creative, and founding investor in Backstage Academy, has acquired Brilliant Stages and < ...

End-of-Season Statistics Shared for 2013 - 2014 Broadway Theatre Season

The Broadway League has released end-of-season statistics for the 2013 - 2014 season, which began May 27, 2013 and ended May 25, 2014. For the 2013 - 2014 season, Broadway shows yielded $1.27 billion in grosses, and total ...

Major OEMs Announce AV Networking World 2014

Twenty of the leading manufacturers in the A/V industry announced the speaker lineup for the AV Networking World (AVNW) educational seminar and training workshop to be held on June 17, 2014 in Las Vegas. This year's event is co ...

IALD Pledges 100K USD to the IALD Education Trust in Support of Lighting Education

The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) further demonstrated its dedication to lighting education by pledging $100,000 USD to the IALD Education Trust Get "Rid" of Ron campaign. The IALD Education Trust is ...

Meteor Introduces High Lumen REVolutionary Recessed Downlight Series in 8" Round Aperture

Meteor expands its premier sustainable lighting solutions with the launch of REV Series -- Recessed Downlight in 145W and 95W. The highly efficient luminaries deliver high lumen (12,500lm) and a variety of dimming options: 0-10V, ...

DPA Microphones Appoints Direct Imports as New Zealand Distributor

DPA Microphones announces the appointment of Direct Imports as its distributor in New Zealand. This appointment signals DPA's continued commitment toward growth and customer service throughout New Zealand. From its ...

Robe Is Bright and Beautiful for Miss Slovakia 2014

Lighting designer Martin Kubanka knows how to make many things look beautiful with his stunning lighting and visual designs, and this coupled with the Miss Slovakia beauty pageant as the subject matter and 150 Robe ...

Elation in Abundance at Ultra Music Festival

Elation Professional has become "go to" lighting at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida where again this March a massive production setup included hundreds of Elation lighting products used to set the mood and back ...

Miami's Club E11even Relies on Harman's Martin Professional Lighting Fixtures 24/7

Miami, Florida's Club E11even is a unique 24-hour hybrid club, operating as an intimate lounge space by day and a gentleman's club by night with an expanded space, Cirque Du Soleil acts, aerialists, contortionists, and interactive ...

Chauvet Professional Helps Create "Stress-Free Stage" at AURA Festival

Set in the pastoral "Spirit of Suwannee Music Park" and featuring 15 different yoga and meditation sessions on topics ranging from breath work and mantras to the flow arts of hoop and poi, the AURA Music & Arts Festival is one of the most ...

Shure BLX Wireless System Selected for Lake Local High School Performing Arts Center

Lake Local High School, home of the Blue Streaks in Uniontown, Ohio, started the year with 12 channels of wireless audio gear comprised of incompatible equipment from a variety of manufacturers with zero frequency coordination capability. ...

PixelFLEX's FLEXCurtain Sets Production Vision Free in Gary Allan's Single Trailer Tour

Multi-Platinum country artist Gary Allan, PixelFLEX's custom LED panels, and a single trailer were essential to making the 2014 Set You Free tour a unique and personal experience for Allan fans. ...

Moogfest Gets Switched-On to Thunder Audio

Moogfest, the annual electronic technology, art, science, and music festival celebrating the creative vision of analog synth pioneer Bob Moog, expanded its festivities in downtown Asheville, North Carolina this year to five days in late ...

Studio Tenn Chooses Hitachi for Tennessee Performing Arts Center Production

Hitachi's CP-WX8265 projector was instrumental in Studio Tenn's critically-acclaimed debut of Charles Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Polk Theater. ...

Free Registration for PLASA London 2014 Now Open

Visitor registration for PLASA London 2014 is now open and for a limited time attendees can register for free.
PLASA London is offering free four-day passes for attendees who register before Tuesday, July 1. The show, which has ...

PLASA to Host Pre-LDI Party to Benefit Behind the Scenes

PLASA has announced that they will host the Behind the Scenes Happy Hour, a pre-LDI party with music, food, and drinks from 6:00 - 8:00pm on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at The Las Vegas Hotel.
The goal of Behind the Scenes Happy ...

Remembering PreSonus CTO Bob Tudor

PreSonus sadly announced the passing of Bob Tudor, the company's widely admired, respected, and beloved chief technology officer.
In the pro audio/MI industry, Tudor followed a long and winding road to PreSonus. A child ...

CAST Releases Beta Version of WYSIWYG R33

Ahead of its general product release, expected before the end of June, CAST Software announces the distribution of the beta version of WYSIWYG R33 design and previsualization software suite -- the second installment in the graphics ...

L-Acoustics Grows North American Team with Three Hires

Bolstering its commitment to both the permanent installation and touring markets, L-Acoustics announces the strategic appointment of three new employees to its US team: David Brooks, André Pichette, and Chris "Sully" ...

ArKaos PRO Releases MediaMaster 4.0

ArKaos PRO announces the release of the fourth generation of its MediaMaster software.
MediaMaster 4.0 brings more flexible protection via an optional dongle and many additional features, yet retains the simplicity of operation ...

AFMG Establishes North American Office

AFMG, known for its acoustic simulation and measurement programs EASE, EASERA, and SysTune, announces the formation of the company's first official office in the United States. Headed by Bruce C. Olson, AFMG Services North ...

Bandit Lites Adds Clay Paky B-EYE K20 to Inventory

Bandit Lites has purchased a large number of Clay Paky's new A.leda B-EYE K20, a high performance fixture that has already claimed numerous acclamations as LDI's Best Debuting Lighting Fixture and PLASA's Award for Innovation ...

Elation Co-Sponsoring 2014 Worship Arts Technology Summit (WATS)

Elation Professional will again be a co-sponsor of this year's Worship Arts Technology Summit (WATS) together with Yamaha, Shure, and Elite Core. The first WATS seminar of 2014 will take place in Traverse City, ...

Renkus-Heinz to Exhibit at InfoComm 2014

When attendees get off the plane in Las Vegas for the upcoming InfoComm 2014 convention June 14 - 20 and head downstairs to pick up their bags, one of the first things they will notice is how easy it was to hear every announcement. ...

MerleFest 2014: The Tradition Continues with DiGiCo

Country music superstars Alan Jackson and Merle Haggard, as well as bluegrass icons Dr. Ralph Stanley and Ricky Skaggs, were among the 130 acts over four days in late April whose tunes wafted pristinely from MerleFest 2014. As has been the ...

Robe for Clash of the Choirs 2014

For the second year running Pretoria, South Africa-based Blond Productions is supplying full technical production -- lighting, video, and sound -- including Robe moving lights -- and design for the South African TV talent ...

Seattle's Grieves Do It All with Mackie DL1608

As any live sound engineer will say, touring mid-sized clubs is not for the faint of heart. Confronting the daily surprises of a new room, with a new sound system and a new console, can make or break the band's show -- and their audience.

One Direction World Tour Kicks Off With Adamson Systems in Colombia

English-Irish pop boy band One Direction, along with 60,000 of their fans, recently kicked off their Where We Are world tour at the Estadio el Campin in Bogota, Colombia.
C. Vilar LTDA, a sound company in Colombia, was ...

Meyer Sound MINA Goes Gold at Pennsylvania's F.M. Kirby Center

The F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania has installed a new system based around Meyer Sound MINA line array loudspeakers. As part of the restoration for the art deco auditorium, the custom-painted ...

A New Draft PLASA Standard Posted for Public Review

BSR E1.46, Recommended Practice for the Prevention of Falls from Theatrical Stages and Raised Performance Platforms, has been added to PLASA's public review website at

Processing Fees as Low as 2.6% from American Express

PLASA Membership is pleased to offer a new program with American Express that will offer members a processing fee as low as 2.6%, effective immediately. With over 107.2 million cards-in-force, PLASA members that accept American ...

Avolites Restructures Board of Directors

Avolites announces a restructuring of the board of directors, with managing director Richard Salzedo stepping back into the role of director, and Steve Warren ascending to the role of Avolites Group MD. ...

ADJ Offers Futuristic Multi-FX Alternative to a Dance Hall Classic

While ADJ's latest addition to its Jelly Series is akin in some ways to the classic mirror ball, the transparent slow-rotating Jelly Globe is equipped with exciting modern technology and features exhilarating two-in-one effects, ...

Robin Hood and Flick Share Design Honors at Elliot Norton Awards

The 32nd Annual Elliot Norton Awards paid tribute to the best of Greater Boston Theatre on May 19 at the Wheelock Family Theatre in Boston. The awards for Outstanding Design (divided into two categories, "Large Theatre" or "Midsize, Small ...

Harman Professional Opens New Technology Center In Salt Lake City, Utah

Harman Professional announces the opening of its Technology Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 50,000 sq. ft. facility employs 165 and houses the company's Signal Processing Business Unit Professional Systems Development and ...

Anolis Lighting Appoints Darin Fowler as National Business Development Manager in the US

Czech Republic-based LED lighting manufacturer Anolis, the architectural division of Robe Lighting, appointsDarin Fowler as national business development manager in the US.
Fowler, most recently with Kreon ...

Organizational Genius: New Media Storage Cabinets Offer Flexibility, Security, and Durability

Wenger Corporation's new Media Storage Cabinets -- both Fixed and Mobile models -- are designed to organize and protect audiovisual equipment and media. All cabinets can be customized to suit a customer's unique storage needs and ...

Tracy Named To New Post in Middle Atlantic Growth Strategy

Mark Tracy has been appointed to the newly created role of vice president strategic business and market development for Middle Atlantic Products and the Commercial AV division of Legrand North America. Led by the ...

Pangolin Announces Cooperation with Capture Sweden

Pangolin Laser Systems, Inc. announces their official cooperation with Capture Sweden, creators of the Capture Polar visualization software.
With more and more lighting designers integrating lasers into their shows, the ...

Musicians Institute Teams Up with Avid to Prepare the Next Generation of Audio Professionals for Success

Avid announces that Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music, in Hollywood, CA, has expanded its partnership with Avid to give the next generation of creative talent access to the industry's audio technology. With the ...

Audio DAWg to Host Yamaha NUAGE Open House

Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems and Audio DAWg is pleased to host a product showcase of the Yamaha NUAGE--Advanced Production System on Tuesday, June 3 at Audio DAWg, 400 E. Royal Lane, Ste. #300, Irving, Texas. ...

Chauvet and Trusst Illuminate Two "Icons" At Eclipse-Pink Floyd Tribute Show

As if designing lighting for a Pink Floyd tribute concert--with its requisite mind-blowing visuals--wasn't challenge enough, imagine the show taking place on a huge "stage" that encompasses a 100' diameter replica of one of the world' ...

Eurovision 2013 with CAST BlackTrax Wins Excellence in Live Design Award

BlackTrax announces the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 has won an Excellence in Live Design Award in the category of Live for Broadcast, based on CAST's nomination. Eurovision used the BlackTrax Solution to achieve stunning special ...

Theatre in Review: Why Bother? (Planet Connections Theatre Festival)

Why Bother? is a showcase for young writing talent, but the acting is the thing in this quartet of one-act comedies. Given material that ranges from delightful to hackneyed, a game cast of young talents keeps things watchable under ...

Chauvet Professional to Feature Wider Array of LED Video Panels at InfoComm 2014

Three innovative LED panels with features targeted toward specific applications will be among the highlights of Chauvet Professional's display at InfoComm 2014, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, June 18 - 20. One of ...

New Yamaha Amplifiers Added to CIS Product Line

Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. will launch two new amplifiers at InfoComm 2014 that will add to the growing number of Commercial Installations Solutions (CIS) products. The company says the user-friendly UI of the ...

Adamson to Debut E219 Subwoofer at Infocomm in Las Vegas

Adamson will debut the new E219 subwoofer at InfoComm, booth C11101 in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 14 - 20. The new addition to the Energia family -- which consists of the E15, E12, and E218 -- will bolster low-end and complete ...

The World is Round's Design Team Receives Special Citations at Obie Awards

The 59th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards paid tribute to the Off-Broadway and off-off Broadway theatre community on May 19, at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village. Special citations were bestowed on The World is Round's Jiyo ...

Applied Electronics Names Max Wilson as Sales Manager

Applied Electronics, a manufacturer of entertainment structural solutions since1984, announces that Max Wilson has joined the team as sales manager responsible for developing sales and enhancing customer relations. Wilson was ...

Lightfair International 2014 Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation and Connects Global Industry Professionals

Lightfair International (LFI) 2014 celebrates 25 years of innovation as lighting and design professionals from around the world gather at LFI 2014 from June 1 - 5. Attendees will experience an expanded show floor, the largest LFI ...

Waves Audio Introduces the Waves Abbey Road Collection

Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing software and hardware solutions, introduces the Waves Abbey Road Collection. Developed in association with Abbey Road Studios, the Waves Abbey Road Collection features a lineup of ...

Alford Media Invests in the Future with Martin Audio MLA

Originally founded in 1984 by Steve and Tom Alford, Alford Media is a Dallas-Fort Worth area-based company that specializes in staging high-end corporate events throughout the US and around the world. ...

Ashly Audio Celebrates 40 Years of Building Great-Sounding, Cost-Effective, and Reliable Pro Audio Solutions

Founded by Billy Thompson in 1974 on the wings of a successful live sound company, Ashly Audio has been pioneering innovative products for the pro audio industry for 40 years. Although much has changed, such as Ashly's steady ...

Cadac US Participates in Broadway Sound Master Classes

Cadac is once again participating in the Broadway Sound Master Classes but for the first time in the guise of its new US and Canada division, headed up by general manager Paul Morini. Cadac's presence is in association with ...

Vari-Lite Helps Commemorate the night that Changed America

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures, and CBS presented The Beatles: The Night That Changed America - A Grammy ...

California Theater Goes All-LED with ETC

Not every theater can go all LED, but Sunnyvale Theatre in Sunnyvale, California, made the bold choice to switch to an all-LED rig. Thanks to a lot of careful research, the right conditions, and the advanced features of ETC's ...

Multi Image Group Upgrades to Harman's JBL VTX Line Arrays and Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers

Multi Image Group (MIG) is a full-service corporate communications company with resources to produce events worldwide. MIG supplies complete sound, lighting, video projection, digital signage, set design, and technology for events ...

Clay Paky Announces Partnership with ASIMETRIK in Turkey

Clay Paky has announced a partnership with ASIMETRIK SES, ISIK ve GÖRÜNTÜ SISTEMLERI A.S (Asimetrik Sound, Light and Display Systems). The Turkish company, which specializes in the marketing and installation of technology and ...

Theatre in Review: A Fable (Cherry Lane Theatre)

The signs in the lobby of the Cherry Lane Theatre warn attendees that A Fable contains "several acts of extreme violence," including "rape, stabbing, gunshot, and poisoning." Furthermore, we are advised, "several souls hang in the ...

Harman to Acquire AMX -- Video Switching and Enterprise Control and Automation Solutions Provider

Harman International Industries, Inc., the infotainment and audio group, today announced it has signed an agreement with The Duchossois Group, Inc. and its affiliates to acquire AMX LLC for US$365 million. AMX is a ...

USITT Awards 2014 Grants to Intelligent Scenery, Dynamic Braking, Virtual Textile Project

As part of its mission to support theatrical research and development, USITT awarded almost $30,000 in 2014 grants to three promising projects -- one to digitally preserve antique textiles, and two that will increase automation ...

Philips Entertainment Exhibits its Flagship Creative Stage Luminaires at ABTT 2014

The latest creative stage luminaires from Philips Entertainment's four brands -- Selecon, Showline, Strand Lighting, and Vari-Lite -- will be on stand 55 at this year's ABTT, June 11 - 12, at London's The Old ...

Eventide's New H9 EQ Algorithm Free for a Limited Time

Eventide announces the release of a new version its H9 Control app for Windows, Mac, and iOS which includes a number of UI enhancements suggested by users and delivers a new algorithm to the H9: EQ Compressor for H9. ...

Jonathan Smeeton Imparts Lighting Design Knowledge at Elation E3 Seminar

When opportunities come along, it's best to grab them while you can. Lighting designer Jonathan Smeeton's recent E3 Seminar at Elation's headquarters building in Los Angeles was one such opportunity. A host of young lighting ...

ETC Set to Make a Splash with New Unison Echo Control System at Lightfair 2014

This summer, ETC2014 Lightfair trade show in Las Vegas, June 3 - 5, in ETC's booth 4849. Other ...

On the Eve of Its 40th Anniversary, Aphex Is Making Bold Moves for the Future

Pro audio brand Aphex is currently in its 40th year of business and plans to celebrate its 40th anniversary in grand style next year. On the way to this exciting milestone, Aphex continues to grow and expand its focus on developing ...

Harman's Crown Introduces Its DCi Network Display Amplifiers with Front Panel Display and AVB Connectivity

Harman's Crown Audio announces it is expanding its DriveCore Install (DCi) Series amplifier range with the introduction of its DCi Network Display 8|600ND and 4|1250ND power amplifiers, featuring front-panel status displays and AVB ( ...

Controllux to Represent LumenRadio in Belgium

LumenRadio and Controllux confirm the partnership where Controllux will now distribute LumenRadio's wireless lighting controls products in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Commenting on the partnership, LumenRadio's sales and ...

Kehoe Designs Lights Up Glamorous Chicago Corporate Parties with Clay Paky B-EYE and Sharpy Fixtures

Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights and Clay Paky Sharpys featured prominently in two glamorous corporate parties staged by Chicago event design company, Kehoe Designs. The company says the new-to-market B-EYEs ...

Robe Helps Provide Classic Rock Show for ELO in Johannesburg

The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), featuring Phil Bates, brought four decades of their unique blend of orchestral rock to South Africa recently, playing concerts in Johannesburg and Cape Town -- with Robe moving lights featuring on ...

Chicago Area Church Purchases PixelFLEX LED Curtains After Successful Easter Weekend Test Run

Harvest Bible Chapel already knew of several advantages to PixelFLEX's FLEXCurtain. After a rewarding weekend celebrating Good Friday and Easter, and using PixelFLEX as a tool to accomplish their goals, Harvest knew it was a product ...

Loud Appoints Raymond Tee as Mackie APAC Product Specialist

Loud Technologies' music gear group announces the appointment of Raymond Tee to the position of Mackie APAC region product specialist. Based in Malaysia, Tee joins Loud with 11 years' experience in the live sound ...

Ron StageMaster Load Cells Provide Safety Confidence at Hong Kong Cultural Center

Since opening in 1989, the Hong Kong Cultural Center has served as Hong Kong's premier cultural venue and in order to cater to a variety of performing arts, the Center, located on the waterfront of Victoria Harbor in Tsim Sha Tsui, houses ...

Line 6 Amplifies NAMM Booth Lighting with 4Wall LA

Line 6, a manufacturer of digital modeling guitars and amplifiers, recently turned to designer Dan Weingarten and 4Wall Los Angeles to light their trade show exhibit at NAMM.
Held annually, the NAMM is the ...

Le Maitre Appoint Bruce Baum Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Le Maitre Ltd, for over 35 years a company in the manufacture, design, and development of pyrotechnics, smoke, and haze machines and other special effects, announced that it has hired Bruce Baum as chief operating officer and ...

Mid-America Sound Holds Yamaha QL Demo

Mid-America Sound Corp. will host a demo on the new Yamaha QL Series digital audio console, Tuesday, June 3, between 12 noon and 4:00pm at their 6643 West 400 North location, in Greenfield, Indiana. Yamaha Commercial Audio ...

LightParts Buys Shapeshifter for Rental

LightParts has expanded into the sub rental business with the purchase of 18 High End Systems Shapeshifter C1 RGB fixtures and eight Shapeshifter W1 white LED fixtures. Shapeshifter features 126 Cree XPE II LED's, arrayed ...

Avolites and Avolites Media's Consoles and Servers on Show at ABTT

Avolites and Avolites Media's range of control consoles and media servers will be available for hands-on demos on stand 69 at this year's ABTT Theatre Show in London, June 11 - 12, 2014. ...

Triple E Celebrates 30th Birthday at ABTT with New Products and Competition

Entertainment equipment engineering specialist Triple E is celebrating its 30th birthday at ABTT by exhibiting a raft of new products, sponsoring the ABTT Awards, and hosting a competition to rig a motorized Unitrack system ...

Epsilon's EPS Subwoofers Bring Unprecedented Performance Down to Size

The Epsilon EPS Series are powerful 1,000W Class-D active subwoofers with extraordinary power in a sleek easy to carry design offering low end support and versatility.
The EPS Series Subwoofers offer outstanding low-frequency and ...

Jiou-Pahn Lee Named Director of R&D at Riedel Communications

Riedel Communications, provider of real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, announces that Jiou-Pahn Lee has been appointed to serve as director of R&D for Riedel Communications. In this role, Lee will be ...

Abu Dhabi Production House Fonoon Brings "Best in the World" Showline on Board

For 14 years, event production and management house, Fonoon, has been delivering exceptional services to the Middle East's top companies and clients. Keen to continue with the tradition the company added Showline's high ...

Hippotizer GrassHoppers Find New Home at Phlippo in Belgium

With a 50 year history in the industry, Phlippo has become one of the biggest competitors in the Benelux area for equipment hire and full production support. Phlippo provides both dry rental of all their equipment as well as full ...

An Expo and Education for Ansata, d&b audiotechnik Distributor for India

Since Ansata CS Pvt Ltd was appointed sole distributorship for the whole Indian subcontinent at ProLight + Sound in Frankfurt in March, the company has engaged with the d&b audiotechnik product range with considerable vigor. " ...

Calzone / Anvil Cases to Appear on National Geographic's Showdown of the Unbeatables

On Friday, May 23rd, the Calzone / Anvil Case Company, manufacturers of ATA style road cases, will be featured as a contestant on Showdown of the Unbeatables, a new National Geographic Channel television program that ...

Renkus-Heinz Names Benum Nordic as Swedish Distributor

Renkus-Heinz announces the appointment of Benum Nordic AS as the company's distributor in Sweden.
One of the largest pro audio and MI distributors in Scandinavia, the Benum Group was founded in Oslo in 1971. Benum Nordic ...

Elation Lighting Keeps High-Tech H&M Flagship Store in Party Mode

Lighting designer and head of New York City-based Levy Lighting, Ira Levy, has a reputation for experimental, cutting-edge designs and has amassed an impressive list of prominent clients over the last 20 years. Elation ...

4Wall Teams with Lighting Designer Daniel Connell to Light the Way at Seeds Conference

Church on the Move (COTM) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and lighting designer Daniel Connell recently turned to 4Wall Nashville to provide lighting equipment for the 2014 Seeds Conference.
A three day conference held on the main COTM ...

Free Vendor Showcase Returns to 4Wall New York on May 29th

4Wall New York will open its doors to the public again this May for the annual 4Wall Vendor Showcase and BBQ event. The company says this year's incarnation promises to be the biggest ever, with more than 20 manufacturers ...

ADJ Launches the Crazy 8 for Explosive Light Shows

ADJ's unique new Crazy 8 moving head is an LED fixture capable of producing eight tight 4.5-degree beams of light from 8W white LED sources over two individually-controlled moving bars of four LEDs, allowing users to create ...

Elation SixPar Series -- Expanding Color Options for PAR Color Changers

Elation Professional's new SixPar Series of indoor and outdoor PAR color changers features a revolutionary six-color LED multi-chip that provides an expanded palette of colors, including ambers, true whites, and even ultraviolet. ...

d&b Kicks Off the Summer Season with PLASA Focus: Baltimore 2014

The school year may be over, but the Loyola University Maryland's Reitz Arena was buzzing May 8 - 9. Instead of students or sports stars, however, the gymnasium was flooded with the entertainment industry's leading professionals for PLAS ...

Green Hippo Distributor TMB Successfully Introduces AViary magpi at NAB

Following on the sneak preview of the Aviary Parakeet on TMB's booth at InfoComm last year, the Aviary magpi was displayed for the first time in America on TMB's NAB booth in Las Vegas, Nevada last month. AViary Video ...

Brian Macauto Joins Alcorn McBride as Senior Sales Engineer

Alcorn McBride, a manufacturer of show control, audio, and video equipment for the themed entertainment industry, announces that Brian Macauto has joined the company as senior sales engineer. He was most recently regional ...

Murdoch Retires from Nuckolls Fund Board and Shrum Joins

Professor emeritus Joseph B. Murdoch has retired from the board of directors of The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education after 20 years of dedicated service. Formerly chairman of the University of New Hampshire's electrical ...

Robe Gets Smart for Co Ja Viem?!

The new RTVS (Radio & Television Slovakia) quiz show series Co Ja Viem?! (What do I know?!) was recorded at Mlynska Dolina film studios in Bratislava and featured a lighting design by Martin Kubanka, with Robe ...

Megadeth Conquers the World with DiGiCo

Sound engineer Bradley Johnson of Newport, Washington-based KRF Audio, spent a lot of time listening to Megadeth in his early years mixing, so he was well prepared to man the controls for the legendary metal band's live show, ...

Pure Groove Systems Bring Space Age Audio Technology to Lightning in a Bottle's Woogie Stage

Fresh off their successful debut in Miami for MMW, Pure Groove is proud to announce that the company will be providing the sound for Lightning in a Bottle's (LIB) beloved Woogie Stage. Over the course of the festival Woogie will ...

Chauvet Professional Fixtures Act Fast at Brown University EDM Concert

Normally, lighting designer Cody James likes to have some time to prepare for a new show, but as the Rolling Stones so aptly put it years ago, "you can't always get what you want." Recently James was called upon at the eleventh hour ...

Theatre in Review: Sea Marks (Irish Repertory Theatre)

Sea Marks is a love story in which the words matter more than the people. Gardner McKay's two-hander, which had a brief Off Broadway run in 1981, starts out as an epistolary drama, a literary romance rather than a ...

Christie Lites to Open Chicago Office in Fall 2014

Christie Lites (CL) is opening a Chicago office in fall 2014. Hard on the heels of a very successful first season for Christie Lites New York, the CL management team has committed to this new full-service warehouse location in the ...

Schools Secure Safe Stage Rigging with USITT

USITT approved free stage rigging inspections and safety training for a dozen more schools this spring through its Rigging Safety Initiative.
With this round of funding, USITT brings stage safety to schools in New York State, ...

Harman's Soundcraft Releases Si Expression/Performer/Compact Software Updates

Harman's Soundcraft announces that its new Si Expression/Si Performer V1.6 software and Si Compact V3.1 software is available for download. These new software updates offer several new features and improvements to Soundcraft Si ...

Focusrite Introduces Saffire PRO 26

Focusrite announces Saffire PRO 26 the latest addition to their award-winning Saffire PRO range of FireWire/Thunderbolt compatible audio interfaces. Building on four decades of audio excellence, Focusrite's Saffire PRO 26 boasts the ...

Cincinnati Playhouse Will Sell Furniture, Props, Dresses, and More in Popular Scenery Shop Sale June 7

It's garage sale season, and the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will offer its unique take on the tradition with a sale of props, furniture, dresses, and more from 8am to noon on Saturday, June 7, at the Playhouse's Scenery Shop, ...

NSCA Education Foundation Announces Rock-Star Sponsor Lineup for Drunk Unkles' June 18 Event

The NSCA Education Foundation announces a rock-star sponsor lineup for the annual Drunk Unkles party and performance on the opening day of InfoComm14 exhibits: Wednesday, June 18, 2014. ...

EAW Names Ken Dewar EMEA Sales Director

EAW has named industry veteran Ken Dewar their new Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) sales director. The announcement was made by EAW vice president of sales Rusty Waite.
"Ken's professionalism and passion for ...

Life in Color "Unleashes" New Lighting Rig with Added Chauvet Professional Fixtures

Staying on the cutting edge isn't easy, especially when you've had the level of success that Life in Color has enjoyed for almost a decade. Yet, the organizers of this iconic EDM touring event have refused to let complacency rear its ...

SGM XC-5 at the 2014 IIFA Awards

The SGM XC-5 Colour Strobe played a leading role at the recent International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, held in Tampa Bay, Florida at Raymond James Stadium. The IIFA Awards, also known as the "Bollywood Oscars," has ...

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Croon With Ear Trumpet Labs' Edwina and Chantelle

The beloved "first couple" of county music, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, once again graced the 2014 American Country Awards with a soulful duet this past April, this time featured on a distinctive pair of Ear Trumpet Labs (ETL) ...

Salina's Bicentennial Center Salutes L-Acoustics

For the past 35 years, the 7,500-seat multi-purpose Bicentennial Center Arena in Salina, Kansas has hosted everything from concerts, theatre, circuses, and civic events to rodeos, basketball, roller derby, and home games for the local ...

Clay Paky Provides Geometric Lighting for Bastille

Multi-award winning lighting and show designers Jamie Thompson and Bryan Leitch are utilizing the brightness of the Clay Paky Sharpy to illuminate Brit rockers Bastille on their worldwide tour. ...

PLASA Focus Proves a Success in Baltimore

The latest addition to the PLASA Focus regional event series is hailed a success, providing over 600 attendees with access to the latest entertainment technology and an impressive line-up of seminars delivered by industry experts. PLASA ...

Steve Birket of Birket Engineering will be next TEA International Board President

The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) announces that its next international board president will be Steve Birket, PE, of Birket Engineering. Birket officially became TEA president-elect by a unanimous vote of the ...

d3 Technologies and Mediatec Solutions Sweden Partner on Eurovision Song Contest 2014

The 4U v2.5 media server from d3 Technologies made its Eurovision Song Contest debut at the 2014 competition just concluded in Copenhagen. Approximately 180 million viewers in 45 countries tuned in to the show, which ...

Matrox MuraControl 3.0 for Windows Video Wall Management Software Now Available

Matrox Graphics Inc. announces the immediate availability of Matrox MuraControl 3.0 for Windows video wall management software for Mura MPX-based video walls. Top new features include the ability to render HTML5 feeds such as social ...

PESA Recognized for International Sales with NAITA's 2014 Global Trade Award

PESA, a designer and manufacturer of professional audio and video distribution solutions, announces it has received the prestigious 2014 Global Trade Award from the North Alabama International Trade Association (NAITA). The award ...

South Main Baptist Church Transitions to Digital with Soundcraft Si Performer 3 Consoles

South Main Baptist Church (SMBC) in Houston recently upgraded with two Harman's Soundcraft Si Performer 3 consoles, sold through Hairel Sound Enterprises. "Our old analog broadcast and sanctuary mixers started to show their ...

SSL Live Gives Clarity to Santana's Monitors

Mixing multiple wedges and in-ear mixes for a large band with a dynamic musical set requires a flexible console that can quickly be operated manually. For this reason, an SSL Live console is on the road with iconic Latin rocker ...

Christian Life Center's New Worship Space Shines With ElektraLite

In the beginning, which in this case was 1974, a small group of believers established a church plant in "The Little White Church," home of the First United Pentecostal Church of Rockville, Maryland. In the decades since, the congregation ...

Sara Evans Performs for Red Cross Under Bandit Lights

Bandit Lites continued its charitable giving with Red, White & Rock: an Evening of Music benefitting the American Red Cross. The event, which featured a performance by country music super star Sara Evans, was held April 24 at ...

Skillet Front-of-House Engineer on Meyer Sound LEO: "The Bass Guitar Has Never Sounded Better"

A cornerstone of White House, Tennessee-based Blackhawk Audio's inventory, the Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system is staying busy this spring season. Now supporting Christian hard-rock band Skillet's ...

Robe for the 2014 Ghoema Afrikaans Music Awards

Robe continues to be a popular choice of moving light for leading South African lighting designers and events, and the latest in a long string of high profile Awards shows to feature Robe in the rig ... were the 2014 Ghoema ...

27 Years of MerleFest Support: SE Systems Relies on Yamaha and NEXO

Held the last weekend of April in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, this year's MerleFest included over 125 artists with area roots such as Alan Jackson and Merle Haggard. The Festival is named for famed guitarist the late Doc Watson's, after ...

PRG and PRG Nocturne on Tour with Steel Panther

Michael Starr, Satchel, Lexxi Foxx and Stix Zadinia, collectively known as Steel Panther, launched their new album with a bang as they kicked it off with a sold out European tour, March 2014. The success of the spandex-clad 80's rockers ...

Harman's Martin Professional Announces the Immediate Availability of the ShowDesigner 6

Harman's Martin Professional and Lighthouse Holland announce the launch of the Martin ShowDesigner 6 (MSD), a real-time 3D visualizer with a newly designed 3-D engine to provide photorealistic rendering in real-time using ...

Yamaha to Hold Open House for QL Series Consoles in Milwaukee

Yamaha will hold an open house to demonstrate its QL Series consoles at Clearwing Productions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The details are:
Yamaha QL Open House - Thursday, May 15
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM ...

Further CDC Eight Operational Enhancements Revealed at PLASA Focus with V2.1 Software

At the recent PLASA Focus event at The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds in the UK, Cadac showed the latest V2.1 software update for its flagship CDC eight digital live production console.
Updating further the many V2.0 features ...

SGM SixPacks Score Maximum Points at Eurovision

When Austrian drag act Conchita Wurst was crowned the winner of the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, it brought to the end a spectacular show, helped along by SGM's LED ...

Resident Audio T4 Provides Four Channels of Near-Zero Latency Audio

Resident Audio, a new company dedicated to designing and creating audio tools, has introduced the T4, the first multichannel Thunderbolt audio interface which requires no external power.
The portable T4 adds four channels of ...

Barbizon Appoints New Sales Manager for Barbizon Capitol

The Barbizon Lighting Company announces that Jeremiah Brophy will be the new sales manager to lead the company's Mid-Atlantic products and expendables sales operations.
Brophy has worked professionally in the ...

OCA Alliance to Demonstrate Standards-Based Open Control Architecture at InfoComm June 18-20 in Las Vegas

The OCA Alliance, a global consortium of companies developing the Open Control Architecture (OCA) as a media networking system, will demonstrate its standards-based open control of devices for the first time at this year's ...

Matching a Range of Needs, d&b Goes to Joe's Pub

The Public Theater in New York City has been a symbol of culture and community since its opening in the 1950s. The theater has facilitated a variety of performances throughout the years, and is committed to nurturing both artists and ...

Robe USA Strengthens Technical Support Team

Czech Republic-based lighting manufacturer Robe Lighting announces the addition of industry professional Ambrose Gumbs, who has joined the company as technical service department manager. ...

Pro Audio Stash Launches New Rack Shelf & Base Plate Range with Magnets

UK based 19" rack specialist designer, manufacturer, and supplier Pro Audio Stash (PAS) launches a new range of custom rack faceplates and shelves with magnets.
The magnets are fitted to the inside of the vented rack shelves ...

New York Headquarters Welcomes Visitors with Stunning Video Wall

Visitors to Brookfield Office Properties' new corporate headquarters on the 15th floor of 250 Vesey Street in Lower Manhattan, New York, will be met with a massive and high-resolution video wall. Composed of 36 ultra narrow bezel ...

Rick Camp Brings Earthworks WL40V Capsule on the Road with Jennifer Lopez

With a career spanning 30 years and a roster that includes Stevie Wonder, Natalie Cole, Gladys Knight, The Temptations, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Burt Bacharach, The Isley Brothers ...

Deltona High School Updates Theatre with Allen & Heath GLD Mixer

Deltona High School in Deltona, Florida, has installed an Allen & Heath GLD digital mixing system in its live theatre. The public high school has four specialist academies designed to help prepare students for vocational careers or ...

Clay Paky Supports Rodeo Concert Series

When LD Systems' lighting designers John Dickson and Nate Brittain lit the entertainers at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo at Reliant Park this year they took 28 Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights along ...

Masque Sound Raises the Roof and Brings the Power to the Party in Here Lies Love

Sound designers Cody Spencer and M.L. Dogg were charged with taking audiences back to the late 70s and early 80s for a fully immersive show about Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos, while incorporating the popular ...

GLP's Scenex Lighting Launches iPad-based Wireless DMX System

GLP US's Scenex Lighting brand announces the launch of AirDMX, a new wireless DMX application that runs from a standard Apple iPad device.
Running a single DMX universe, the AirDMX uses a standard Wi-Fi connection for data ...

ADJ Launches Versatile New Inno Color Beams

Both broad washes of light and tight punchy beams can be created using the new versatile Inno Color Beam Z7 and Inno Color Beam Z19 fixtures from ADJ. By combining the latest quad-color Osram Ostar LEDs with motorized zoom (producing ...

Nominate a Project for a Thea Award -- Submissions Deadline: July 11, 2014

Readers who know of an outstanding attraction, technology, or guest experience that deserves industry recognition are encouraged to nominate it for a Thea Award, hosted by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA). ...

Maestro Sound & Light Joins Adamson Systems Energia Network

Maestro Sound & Light, located in Bahrain, has invested in a new Adamson Energia loudspeaker system. The new PA made its debut at the concert hosted by the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir during the Formula One ...

Initial Sponsors Announced for Inaugural Pensado Awards

The first round of sponsors has been announced for the inaugural Pensado Awards, an upcoming award show acknowledging today's emerging brand of music professional and "recognizing the faces behind the sound." Created by the ...

CM Man Guard Electric Chain Hoist from Columbus McKinnon is Now CSA Approved

Columbus McKinnon Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of material handling products, is now offering the CM Man Guard electric chain hoist with CSA approval for the Canadian market. Well established in the ...

Q-99 Makes A Pointe

Slovakia's rental and technical production company Q-99 has added Robe's new multi-functional Robin Pointes to its hire stock -- bringing their full inventory of Robe moving lights to nearly 500 fixtures. ...

RedNet Powers AV Operations at 2014 FIFA World Cup Final Draw

Focusrite's RedNet range of network audio interfaces are playing a key role in the live broadcast and recording of some of Brazil's biggest entertainment events. Recently, Brazilian outside broadcast (OB) company Mix2Go ...

Avenged Sevenfold Lights Up Shepherd of Fire Tour With L-Acoustics

Once again stomping across North American arenas in support of last year's mega-hit record, "Hail to the King," Avenged Sevenfold is giving hard rock and metal aficionados all the intensity and volume they crave on its current spring trek, ...

Professional Wireless Systems Provides Frequency Coordination at the 2014 Billboard Latin Music Awards

When the 2014 Billboard Latin Music Awards kicked off on April 24th at the Bank United Center at the University of Miami, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) was on-site to support Telemundo's live broadcast of the star ...

The University of Houston Renovates with PL Series LED Luminaires

University theatre programs and neighboring theatrical companies all too often have a unique relationship with the sharing of valuable resources. Such is the case with the University of Houston Theatre Program and the world-renowned ...

Chris Stephens Uses MultiRack SoundGrid to Run Waves Plugins on Jason Aldean's Burn It Down Tour

Live front-of-house engineer Chris Stephens (Jason Aldean, Wynonna, Michael McDonald) is part of a growing trend of live audio professionals turning to tools from Waves Audio when working with some of the biggest names in ...

Theatre in Review: A Loss of Roses (Peccadillo Theater Company)

Companies like Peccadillo do us a favor when reviving rarely seen works from the not-so-distant theatrical past. Almost always, these are of interest and, in many cases, plays of real quality are brought back to life, proving that ...

A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder Dominates Outer Critics Circle Awards

The Outer Critics Circle announces its winners from the best of New York Theatre for the 2013-14 season in 24 categories. A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder led with four wins, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, ...

Harman's Martin Professional Prepares for a Spectacular Show at InfoComm 2014

Harman's Martin Professional US team will be at the Las Vegas Convention Center, June 18 - 20 for InfoComm 2014 with a spectacular display of their most recent products at booth C10122.
InfoComm is the largest professional ...

RCF's ART 745-A 15" Active Two-Way Powered Speaker Boasts 4" Compression Driver

RCF's latest addition to its classic, best-selling ART series -- the ART 745-A two-way powered speaker -- is unique in its category, since it boasts a 4" compression driver, generally only seen in flagship products. The company says ...

Syncrolite Celebrates 30 Years with Fantastic First Quarter 2014

Syncrolite marks its 30th anniversary as an entertainment/architectural lighting manufacturer with postings of a jam-packed first quarter and more expansion news for 2014.
Dave Keighley, chief operating officer/executive ...

Mackie Thump Series Now Shipping

Mackie is now shipping the all-new Thump Series Powered Loudspeakers. The new supercharged Thump Series delivers over 1000W of power -- more than twice the power of the popular originals.
The full-range Thump12 and Thump15 ...

Robe Appoints VGL as New Chilean Distributor

Robe lighting announces VGL Integración de Sistemas based in Santiago, as its new distributor for Chile.
VGL was founded 21 years ago and already represents several premium brands including Grass Valley, Telestream, Rohde & ...

DPA Microphones Fly the Flag for Denmark at Eurovision

DPA Microphones played a key part in the Eurovision Song Contest musical extravaganza by providing the company's d:screet Supercardioid miniature podium microphones in the official press room. The venue for this year's ...

Harbinger Introduces New VâRi Series Powered Loudspeakers

Harbinger Pro Audio, a provider of sound reinforcement solutions, announces the debut of the new VâRi Series of portable powered loudspeakers. The company says the new generation of Harbinger speakers is designed to deliver the ...