News Archive - July 2013

ADJ Launches the Pixel Pulse Bar LED Color Strobe/Wash with Five-Zone Pixel Chase Effects

ADJ introduces the new Pixel Pulse Bar -- a linear strobe/wash LED fixture that produces brilliant washes and uplighting effects with 15 3W three-in-one RGB TRI LEDs.
In addition, the Pixel Pulse Bar comes equipped with the added ...

RCF USA Adds Ken Voss as Manager Installed Sound Products

RCF USA announces the addition of Ken Voss to their staff as manager of installed sound products.
As his main responsibilities, Voss will be playing a dual role for RCF, both as manager of installed sound products plus he ...

Mega-Lite Launches the Baby Color Q70

Mega-Lite launches the Baby Color Q70, a quad-chip color changing fixture that's ultra compact in size. Equipped with seven 10W LEDs and less than a 5" square body, the output of the Baby Color Q70 contends with the output of larger ...

The Knight of Illumination Awards: Nominations Closed, Ceremony Build Up Begins

After a phenomenal start to this year's Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI), which saw record nominations for outstanding lighting design, submissions are now closed, and the build up to the much anticipated glittering London ...

HRS Control Adds Schedule Management and Mass Updater Features to Popular Raptor Server

HRS Control announces a new schedule management feature for UDC Pro ECS-Raptor, a UDC Pro Embedded Control Server for permanent AV installs. Schedule management enables users to schedule control and macros using the familiar Google ...

Bittner Audio Adopts Audinate's Dante Networking Solution

Audinate and Bittner Audio have entered into an agreement to license Dante, Audinate's award-winning digital media networking solution. Bittner Audio is a manufacturer of high-performance power amplifiers. Under the agreement ...

Lowell Manufacturing Offers New Wall-Mount and Rackmount Shelves

Lowell Manufacturing Company, a US manufacturer of professional A/V products, has introduced a light-duty, wall-mount shelf (WSL-1814), and two new rackmount shelves (SLS and KS Series).
The WSL-1814 steel wall-mount shelf is an ...

PR Lighting Announces First LED Studio Series Releases

PR Lighting has formally announced the launch of its new LED Studio series -- which is aimed at the television studio and photography markets.
The first items set for release are the LED Studio 3700 -- available in two models (whi ...

d&b audiotechnik Silences Sound Issues at Whitesburg Baptist Church

"We've never really had a sound system that worked for our church. Since 1982, when the worship space was built, it has always been a challenge to provide full, consistent audio," admits Charles Malmede, media services director for ...

Clay Paky and grandMA2 Celebrate the Rolling Stones' 50th Anniversary

The Rolling Stones have wrapped the US leg of their 50 and Counting world tour with Clay Paky lighting fixtures and grandMA2 consoles along for the still-wild ride. Upstaging supplied the lighting for the tour. A.C ...

Lighthouse LED Display Brilliant at Birmingham Barons New Ballpark

Lighthouse and TS Sports have installed two LED displays at Regions Field, spectacular new home of the Birmingham Barons of the AA Southern League.
The main LED display, positioned over the left field wall with downtown ...

D.A.S. Audio is the Source of Pristine Sound Quality at Las Vegas' Saxe Theater

Located inside the Miracle Mile Shops of the Planet Hollywood Resort on the world famous Las Vegas Strip, the Saxe Theater is home to several of this town's most popular shows. In addition to hosting BeatleShow! - the award winning ...

Martin Audio MLA Delivers Power and Control for 3G Productions At EDC Festivals

3G Productions, Inc. recently provided audio for the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) festivals in New York, Chicago, and Las Vegas. Their PA systems included a Martin Audio Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) to provide the ...

Barco and projectiondesign Deliver Next-Generation Projection Innovation for Theme Parks at EAS 2013

Visualization providers, Barco and projectiondesign will be showcasing the breadth of their combined projection product offering at the European Attractions Expo 2013 (EAS 2013) through the demonstration of real-world ...

Zylight F8 LED Fresnel Receives Cine Gear Expo Technical Award

Zylight, a manufacturer of LED lighting solutions, announces it was awarded the 2013 Cine Gear Expo Technical Award for Lighting Technology for its new F8 LED Fresnel. Presented to new products in several categories, the awards were ...

TAIT Acquires Stage Technologies and Delstar Engineering

TAIT announces the acquisition of Stage Technologies and Delstar Engineering. This acquisition sees the merger of manufacturers in the field of automation, staging, and engineering for the live entertainment industry. ...

City Theatrical Launches a New Product Line of LED Dimmers

City Theatrical announces some great new additions to their product line of low voltage dimmers and some changes to the existing low voltage dimmers.
Low voltage dimming has always been used for incandescent lamps in scenery, ...

Chauvet Professional COLORado 1 Tri-7 Tour Now Shipping

Chauvet, a manufacturer of professional lighting, announces the compact wash luminaire COLORado 1 Tri-7 Tour, ideal for installation in tight locations without a compromise in output.
Compact and sturdy, COLORado 1 Tri-7 Tour is ...

Indian Performer Sunitha Sarathy Signs On As A Harman AKG Endorsee

Harman India announces that it has signed vocalist and performer Sunitha Sarathy as an AKG endorsee. Based in southern India, Sarathy possesses a voice of uncommon beauty and depth of feeling and is equally at home performing ...

Gefen's New High Resolution USB to Audio Decoder Outputs Analog and Digital Audio from Any Computer

Connectivity solutions provider Gefen announces a new solution that the company says promises the highest quality audio possible when using digital audio from a computer as the source.
"The new GefenTV High Resolution USB to ...

Fineline and GLS Add Robe Pointe Luminaires

Two UK-based lighting rental companies, Fineline and GLS have recently booked their orders for Robe's new Pointe fixtures, and were among the first two on the UK mainland to receive delivery of this latest, multi ...

Paul Guthrie's impression X4's Go Their Own Way with Fleetwood Mac

Designing shows for artists ranging from Sheryl Crow to Fleetwood Mac over a long period, experienced lighting designer Paul 'Arlo' Guthrie has been increasingly finding GLP's impression X4's an essential component in his touring ...

Sennheiser Brings Exclusive Listening Experience to the Newport Folk Festival with Live Recording Sessions

Audio specialist Sennheiser was a major supporter of The Newport Folk Festival for the second year in a row, partnering with Paste Magazine to host live recording sessions with today's most authentic and trailblazing music ...

Iconyx Makes a Difference in Holy Cross' Hogan Ballroom

The Boston metropolitan area is home to a number of colleges and universities rich in history and tradition. Among them, College of the Holy Cross stands out as one of the first Roman Catholic colleges in the region, if not the entire ...

Unisson Structures Creates a New Stage on the Plains of Abraham

One of the biggest covered stages ever designed in North America is up on the Plains of Abraham for the summer. At the request of the Festival d'été de Québec (FEQ), according to the company, a Quebec-based Canadian company, designed and ...

RCF Upgrades Icon Ultra Lounge In Los Angeles

Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, the Icon Ultra Lounge has been a nightlife hotspot since its doors opened in 2011. The venue features popular DJs that perform in the 8,000 square-foot lounge and also on a similarly sized ...

FiberPlex Mixing It Up for Phenom Nikki Yanofsky

Here's a new mix on things. It starts with a young phenom whose eclectic jazz sound ranges from big band and symphony to pop. And, it involves a FiberPlex fiber optic system and a front-of-house engineer who likes to travel light, ...

The Week in Review

Marc Brickman Goes Renegade: In what we think of as the most interesting new hire of the week, Marc Brickman joined Renegade Management, the artist management division of Renegade Nation, as a full partner along with ...

Last Chance to Nominate Knight of Illumination Awards

Nominations close at the end of July for the sixth annual Knight of Illumination Awards, which recognize and reward the outstanding creative achievements of lighting designers working on productions in the UK. In keeping with ...

coolux Presents Product Configurator

coolux, the creators of the Pandoras Box product family, recently added a product configurator to their website. The configurator leads customers through a series of questions in order to help them determine the perfect product for ...

Brad Zell Joins QSC as Online Marketing Manager

As the company continues to expand its team of industry professionals to meet growing market needs, QSC Audio Products, LLC announces that Brad Zell has joined the marketing team as online marketing manager. In his new role, ...

Chick-fil-A Leadercast 2013 Inspires Excellence with Renewed Vision

Over the past 13 years, Chick-fil-A Leadercast has grown into one of the premier annual leader development events for leadership growth at all levels. For the last three of those years, producer GiANT Impact has called upon Majest ...

Gerriets OPERA Projection Screens Ramp Up Street Party Event at NAB Show

With a history dating back to the earliest days of projection screen technology, Gerriets OPERA projection screens have been put to a long and varied range of uses. Now that list includes motocross ramps. ...

RCF Adds to LA Nightlife Scene at No Vacancy

In Hollywood, entrepreneurial brothers Jonnie and Mark Houston are reinventing the nightlife scene from bottle service nightclubs to cocktail-focused themed venues. They currently operate a number of nightspots including the Cuban rum bar ...

Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Washes and VL3500 Spots are "Glastonbury Workhorse Fixtures"

Philips Vari-Lite's VL3500 Washes have once more provided the backbone of Glastonbury's famous Pyramid Stage's versatile house-lighting rig. Glastonbury Festival was held at Worthy Farms, Pilton, UK, June 26-30. ...

Clay Paky Goes for Gold at Mediterranean Games

Istanbul-based event engineering company Phantom has supplied a team of Clay Paky Alpha, A.Leda, and Sharpy fixtures to light the sparkling 2013 Mediterranean Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies. ...

LumenRadio Wireless Control Smokes Vasco Rossi Stadium Tour

Italian fans enjoyed a spectacular display of lights, lasers, and effects at rock legend Vasco Rossi's sold-out stadium tour this year. For maximum visual impact, designer Giovanni Pinna specified 64 of the new Lase-Array systems ...

Alcorn McBride Supports Video Artist Bill Viola's New Show in London

Alcorn McBride's AV Binloop HD players and DVM8500 digital video machines play an artful role in internationally-renowned video artist Bill Viola's new show at the Blain|Southern Gallery in London. Associates in Media Engineering ...

Entec Supplies Portishead Tour Lighting

West London rental company Entec Sound & Light supplied a "specials" package to lighting designer Tony Austin for the latest tour by Portishead, which followed up on shows earlier in the year by the enigmatic and popular band ...

Megavision and PR Lighting Present the 38th Miss Nigeria Pageant

Although only one year old, Mark Osho's Megavision Lighting was contracted to deliver a spectacular set for this year's Miss Nigeria pageant in Lagos -- the 38th edition of this annual event. ...

Gearhouse Splitbeam Supplies Starlight Express in South Africa

Gearhouse Splitbeam was the theatre lighting supplier of choice for the South African production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express at The Mandela, Joburg Theatre in Johannesburg. Produced by the theatre's executive ...

Stampede and InfoComm International to Team Up Again at the Big Book of AV Tour Stop in Denver on August 8

North America's pro AV dealer tour will once again team up with InfoComm International to bring together the best manufacturers and pro AV dealers, when Stampede Presentation Products, Inc. brings the 2013 Big Book of AV Tour ...

Radial Introduces the Radial ProMS2 Single Channel Mic Splitter

Radial Engineering Ltd. introduces the Radial ProMS2 -- a single channel mic splitter designed for PA, recording and broadcast applications.
According to Radial production manager Steve Hopia: "Radial has been building ...

Fulcrum Acoustic Debuts Level 1 TQ Processor at InfoComm - TQP 48 Announces New Addition to FA Series - FA22ac

During the June 2013 InfoComm Fulcrum Acoustic debuted two new additions to its pro-audio family. The TQP 48 is a milestone for Fulcrum, as it is the company's first and only signal processor, while the FA22ac is a new addition to ...

Point Source Audio Mic Survives "The World's End"

Known to Norwegians as "The World's End" (Verdens Ende), the southernmost tip of the island of Tjøme, 60 miles south of Oslo, can be a forbidding place -- but not for actor Gard Eidsvold wearing Point Source Audio's CO-5W-KIT ...

PPi Lights Up New Atlanta Ferris Wheel

SkyView Atlanta chose PPi as its production partner in creating the lighting design for Atlanta's new Ferris wheel.
As production partner, PPi lent its services to the project by creating a dynamic lighting installation display ...

Power and Color with a Purpose on Smashing Pumpkins

Many times as music tours are being launched the preparation behind them gets left unnoticed. With custom design elements, these tours take months to prepare and the designers must find new and inventive ways to bring the music to life. ...

Chauvet Professional COLORado Paints the Rainbow for PrideFest

Chauvet Professional COLORado fixtures colored a dramatic rainbow on the Civil Courts Building for a PrideFest initiative in downtown Saint Louis, Missouri. Ironman Sound Industries production company of Brentwood, Missouri, ...

Line 6 Speakers Fuel Mike West and The Beatles Down To Earth

Mike West is a California-based acoustic guitarist and vocalist who plays well over 200 shows per year. His current solo show, The Beatles Down To Earth - A Magical History Tour, is drawing rave reviews and ever-growing ...

Bandit Lites Joins the Circus with Cirque Musica and Seth Jackson

Bandit Lites is on the road bringing the elaborate performances of the circus to stages across the country with Cirque Musica. The stage and arena production blends all the wonders under the big top, including acrobats, violinists ...

Adlib Supplies Turnkey Audio Solution to R&B Group

Liverpool-based Adlib's specialist sales and installations division has designed, specified, and supplied an L-Acoustics KIVA system complete with Soundcraft console and line system to Newcastle-based live event ...

Jands Vista Grooves the Moo

Indie pop duo/couple Matt & Kim who hail from Brooklyn, New York, have just toured Australia as part of the Groovin' The Moo festival. Lighting designer Ian Lyles uses a Jands Vista L5 console for the arena, club, and theatre ...

Theatre in Review: Dancing on Nails (Theatre 80)

A pair of improbable, and interlocking, dreams lies at the heart of Dancing on Nails. One: Sam Heisler, the 50-ish proprietor of a Greenwich Village hardware store, falls in love, for the first time in his life, with his ...

Marc Brickman Joins Steven Van Zandt in Renegade Nation

Renegade Nation, a diverse content creation, management, and distribution company, announces the appointment of Emmy-nominated director, producer, designer, and artist, Marc Brickman, as a full partner in Renegade ...

CARBON 4K Video Player Debuts from Alcorn McBride

Alcorn McBride introduced the CARBON 4K at InfoComm13.
The new high frame rate (60fps) UltraHD 4K player delivers the ultimate viewer experience to large video and LED walls, museum exhibits, theme park attractions, corporate ...

Bose Introduces RoomMatch Utility RMU208 Small-Format Loudspeaker

Bose Professional Systems Division has expanded its RoomMatch range of array module loudspeakers with the RoomMatch Utility RMU208 small-format sound-reinforcement loudspeaker. The RMU208 is designed for use in high-quality ...

Meyer Sound Presents Three Technical Papers on Active Acoustics at Montreal ICA

At the 21st International Congress on Acoustics (ICA) in Montreal, Meyer Sound led three technical paper presentations focusing on the latest advances and applications of active acoustics, a field that has garnered widespread ...

Theatre in Review: The Capables (The Gym at Judson)

The Capables makes a startling impression the instant one enters the theatre. The playing area is covered with mountains of things: flags, stuffed animals, trophies, clocks, artificial flowers, dolls, videotapes, colorfully ...

Theatre in Review: Storyville (York Theatre Company)

You'd think a musical called Storyville might have a better grasp of, well, story. There is enormous potential buried inside this material, but in its current incarnation, it is too scattered, too focused on nonessentials to ...

Masque Sound Returns for an Encore at Renowned Summer Theatre Festivals

When the Williamstown Theatre Festival kicked off its 2013 summer season on June 26, Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, celebrated its tenth season of providing audio equipment and ...

Special Event Services Relies on Massive Outline Speaker System for Justin Moore Tour

Special Event Services (SES) deployed an Outline GTO-based sound system for the 2013 Justin Moore Outlaws Like Me concert tour, presented at major arenas and concert venues across the country. With Outline's exclusive ...

OCESA PRG Mexico Backs Soundgarden with Harman's Martin Lighting Solutions

Playing to a crowd of more than 20,000, Seattle, Washington-based grunge band Soundgarden recently performed at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City during its international tour, running through summer 2013. The band's 26-song set ...

Soundcraft Vi1 Digital Console Uses a Fiber-Based A/V System to Mix Anywhere in LA County's New Grand Park

Opened in 2012, Grand Park is a 12-acre oasis of lawns, courtyards, fountains, and plazas located in the heart of Los Angeles County. The new park is host to music, performances, and entertainment year-round, under the auspices of The ...

ADJ WiFLY Series Wireless DMX Transceiver and LED Fixtures at Wedding in Historic Richard Nixon Library

When the Glam Event Stylist group of Lomita, California was asked to design a wedding look inside the White House room of the Richard Nixon Library, the company immediately hit some hurdles. The clients, who had attended many past ...

Onstage Systems Leads Projection Mapping Event at Dallas' Perot Museum

Onstage Systems led a projection mapping project recently at the nationally-recognized $185 million Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas for a social event. The June 8 celebration marked a founding member's birthday - ...

Stage Technologies Automates Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Stage Technologies has supplied a massive 75-axis automation system for the world premier West End Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Stage Technologies supplied the full automation ...

TAIT Creates One-of-a-Kind, Kinetic Video Flippers for Michael Buble's To Be Loved World Tour

TAIT worked alongside designer, Ric Lipson of Stufish; production manager, Dean Roney; and lighting designer, Kurt Wagner to create a multi-faceted staging concept for Michael Buble's To Be Loved ...

USITT Presents ... LED Training with Chauvet in Orlando

Following last month's successful LED training in Miami, Florida, USITT and Chauvet are again teaming up to offer LED lighting training for theatre environments via one-day workshops August 29 and 30 at Walt Disney World in ...

4Wall New York Expands to Larger Facility

Just five years after its last move, 4Wall New York is leaving its current 75,000-sq.-ft. facility for an even larger locale. This summer will see 4Wall's largest location upgrade to a new facility with over 121,000-sq.-ft. of usable space ...

Yamaha Training Sessions Head to New York

Yamaha Commercial Audio Training Seminars (YCATS) will hold training sessions in New York on August 13 and 14, 2013. Sessions include M7CL for Beginners, M7CL for Advanced Users, and Yamaha Technology Partners Sessions. ...

ADJ's Portable Mega TRI38 Sys with Wireless Foot Control is an All-In-One LED Color Wash System

DJs and mobile entertainers can "pedal" bright LED color washes at their gigs with the new Mega TRI38 Sys from ADJ. An all-in-one portable RGB LED wash system, the Mega TRI38 Sys features a wireless battery-powered foot controller ...

Allen & Heath Launches OneMix Personal Monitoring iPad App for GLD

Allen & Heath has launched GLD OneMix, an iPad app that gives musicians wireless control of their personal monitor mix. GLD OneMix locks control to a single aux mix, providing instant access to a customized easy-to-use monitor mix ...

Sensaphonics Adds Three Audiologists to Gold Circle

Sensaphonics, a manufacturer of personal monitoring technology, announces the addition of three audiologists to its exclusive Gold Circle network, including the group's first Brazilian member. The two-day Gold Circle seminar ...

Riedel Supplies 3G Productions with Versatile Intercom Systems for Live Events

Riedel Communications, provider of real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, announces that audio company 3G Productions has invested in Riedel gear to support its growing business in live-entertainment and ...

Calibre UK Adds absolut technologies as Distributor in Brazil

The latest company to join Calibre UK's distribution partner program in collaboration, virtual reality, and visualization system providers is absolut technologies with offices in Lauro de Freitas, Rio de Janeiro, and São ...

Theatre in Review: Nobody Loves You (Second Stage)

Suddenly, the hot theatrical topic is reality television, what with Rod McLachlan' Good Television recently concluding a well-received run at Atlantic Theatre and Jay Stull's The Capables about to open Off Off Broadway. Both ...

Stage Technologies Supplies Big Automation for Oz Sensation King Kong

Five years in the making, the King Kong musical, produced by Australia's Global Creatures, has opened to thrilled and awed audiences Melbourne, Australia's Regent Theatre. The star of the show is undoubtedly the six metre, one ton ...

Mousetrappe Creates an Engaging New Architectural Projection Show for Space Shuttle Atlantis

Mousetrappe, a Burbank, California-based design and production studio, has worked with Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, operators of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for NASA, as well as PGAV Destinations ...

Acentech Consults on Harvard Square's Newest Live Music Venue

Acentech Inc., a multi-disciplinary acoustics, audiovisual systems design, and vibration consulting firm, announces that it has completed consulting work for The Sinclair, the newest live music venue in Cambridge's Harvard Square. ...

IATSE Local One Certified 30 Additional ETCP Theatre Riggers

More than 30 International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local One members passed the Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) Rigger - Theatre examination in June, which brings the total number ...

City Theatrical Launches New Version of SHoW Baby

City Theatrical is launching a new version of the SHoW DMX SHoW Baby wireless DMX system called SHoW DMX SHoW Baby 5.
SHoW Baby 5 now has five SHoW IDs, allowing systems to be scaled up to multi universe broadcasts by using more ...

Shure Selected as One of Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For

Receiving the accolade for the sixth time, Shure Incorporated has been named one of "Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For" by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). A competition that honors ...

displayLED Takes Record-Breaking Number of Orders at 10th InfoComm

"The fact that we were taking orders on the spot on the stand shows how much the LED screen market is maturing," says displayLED CEO, Graham Burgess. "In my 25 years in this business it's rare to take orders on the exhibition ...

Expanded HRS Control Website Makes Its Debut

High Resolution Systems has launched a new website for HRS Control at www.HRScontrol.com with increased features and improved functionality.
"It was time to upgrade. HRS Control's old website didn't even list all of our ...

Theatre in Review: The Designated Mourner (Public Theater/Theatre for a New Audience)

The Designated Mourner reminded me of the old Monty Python sketch in which Neil Innes, playing a Bob Dylan-style folk balladeer, tells the audience, "I've suffered for my art. Now it's your turn." ...

"Neon Boneyard" Shines Light on Classic Las Vegas with 4Wall Systems

The neon signs of Vegas' past rest in one unique spot in downtown Las Vegas. The Neon Museum, founded in 1996, displays neon sign relics of the city's past in an outdoor exhibition space known as the "Neon Boneyard." ...

Robe Stampedes Summer with Mumford & Sons

Grammy and Brit award-winning UK folk rock phenomena, Mumford & Sons, continue their action packed touring schedule, having just finished a string of Canadian and US shows -- where Robe LEDWash moving lights were once again a ...

Iconyx Brings High-Tech Sound to a Classic Church

Parker Memorial Baptist in Anniston, Alabama, is one of the area's most storied churches, with a history dating back to shortly after the Civil War. The landmark 19th century building and its 300-seat sanctuary have been lovingly preserved ...

Delicate and MLA Take Control of Audio at BottleRock Festival

Far from your typical summer rock gathering, the BottleRock Napa Valley festival combined the best in music with exceptional food, wine, beer, and comedy to provide a whole new multi-sensory experience for sophisticated concertgoers. ...

Philips Museum Beautifully Lit with Philips Selecon and Showline

A selection of Philips Selecon and Philips Showline luminaires are lighting the new Philips Museum in Eindhoven, The Netherlands -- on the historic site where Philips produced the first incandescent lamp in 1891. ...

Avolites and Avolites Media Supply New Consoles and Media Servers to Multiple Glastonbury Stages

The Glastonbury Festival, a major summer festival event in the UK, was not only blessed with the sunniest festival in years but the event also blossomed with Avolites and Avolites Media consoles around the site. ...

The Week in Review

KÀ to Resume Performances: Cirque du Soleil's KÀ is open once again following the death of Sarah (Sassoon) Guyard-Guillot, a performer who fell to her death during the show's celebrated battle sequence. As of ...

AES Holds 50th International Conference with Focus on Audio Education

The Audio Engineering Society (AES) is holding its 50th International Conference, dedicated specifically to audio education, July 25-27, 2013, at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The three-day ...

coolux Pandoras Box Integrates Oculus Rift HMD

coolux GmbH, creators of the Pandoras Box product family, have successfully completed a series of tests revolving around the revolutionary new Oculus Rift HMD (Head-Mounted-Display).
The Oculus Rift HMD can be easily ...

Vincent Lighting Systems' New Clay Paky Luminaires Meet Needs of a Variety of Projects

Vincent Lighting Systems has invested in a large inventory of Clay Paky fixtures and has begun deploying them on an array of projects, including a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gala benefit concert. A.C.T Lighting is the ...

Shure Axient Wireless Provides Key Coverage for Monster Jam 2013 Truck Event

For New Jersey-based sound engineer Michael Ward, variety is the spice of life. Between his work for Masque Sound and his gig as A1 (lead audio engineer) for MetLife Stadium, Ward provides audio expertise for everything from ...

Elation Helps Transform Nevada Desert into Fantasy Land of Music, Magic, and Mirth at EDC Las Vegas 2013

The most recent Electric Daisy Carnival, held in Las Vegas June 21-23, demonstrated once again why this iconic gathering is much more than North America's largest music festival (of any genre). Featuring some 200 EDM artists on seven ...

Bose Professional Systems Helps the Boiling Springs First Baptist Church Upgrade Performance

The First Baptist Church of Boiling Springs, South Carolina, recently undertook a large scale project to upgrade technology in the church's sanctuary. The church's worship style incorporates elements of both traditional and contemporary ...

Christie and Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Guests into the Cosmos at California Space Center Discovery Ball

Christie technology and the Space Shuttle Endeavour journeyed to the cosmos in an extraordinary visual display created by BARTKRESA Design at the California Science Center's annual Discovery Ball charity event. In line with ...

Emperor's Palace Invests in New DLX Spots

Twelve new Robe Robin DLX LED Spots have been purchased and installed in the Theatre of Marcellus, the main entertainment venue at Emperor's Palace Hotel Casino Convention and Entertainment resort in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, ...

Texas Tenors Sing for grandMA2 During the Making of Their PBS Special

After taking America's Got Talent by storm four years ago, the operatic cowboys known as the Texas Tenors have taped a PBS special on which a grandMA2 light controlled all the lighting fixtures. A.C.T Lighting is the ...

Expanded Renkus-Heinz Iconyx System for Stockholm's Ornate Katarina Church

One of the major churches in south Stockholm, Katarina Church, was originally built by royal decree in the 17th century. It has been destroyed by fire twice and was reopened after the second rebuilding in 1995, restored to its former glory ...

Robbie Williams Entertains XL Video

XL Video continues its long association with singer Robbie Williams, supplying over 46,000 Barco FLX-24 pixels, HD camera system, D3 control, IMAG screens, and crew to the phenomenal Take The Crown stadium tour, which ...

Last.fm and Local Radio Station Hold Festival at Tinley Park

The First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre is located in Tinley Park, Illinois, forty minutes south of Chicago. Owned by Live Nation, the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre is Chicago's largest outdoor amphitheater with a capacity of ...

Chauvet Professional Sponsors Chester Mystery Plays

Dating from the 13th century, the "Chester Mystery Plays" production involves hundreds of amateur actors, volumes of volunteer work, and a great audience from different corners of the UK and from all over the world. Organized every five ...

GLP Launches iPad App for impression X4 Pattern Effects

GLP German Light Products has launched a new iPad app for their impression X4 fixture.
One of the versatile features of the impression X4 is that users can create their own pixel designs on the fly and store them directly into ...

Showline SL NITRO 510 LED Strobe Luminaires Now Shipping Worldwide

Philips Entertainment announces that Showline SL NITRO 510 LED Strobe luminaires are now shipping worldwide. Following their successful debut at Prolight + Sound 2013, the SL NITRO 510 is an LED-based strobe that provides ...

coolux Releases New Pandoras Box Version 5.5 and Widget Designer Version 4.5

coolux, the creators of the award-winning Pandoras Box product family, released their new Pandoras Box Version 5.5 and the Widget Designer Version 4.5 on July 17.
coolux CEO Jan Huewel is keen to highlight the fact that ...

Christie Introduces New Matrix WU7K-J Three-Chip DLP Projector

Christie introduces its new Christie Matrix WU7K-J three-chip DLP projector delivering real world simulation to handle challenging display requirements. Featuring 6,300 ANSI lumens, the projector offers exceptional image quality and ...

Doughty Offers New Personalized Laser Engraving Service

Companies that use Doughty Engineering USA's range of aluminum clamps now have the added bonus of being able to personalize their products with their company logo. Doughty has invested in professional laser etching machinery, thus ...

Visual Terrain Promotes Michael Mahlum to Principal Designer

International lighting design firm Visual Terrain, Inc. has promoted Michael Mahlum to principal designer.
Mahlum, who has been with the firm since 2006, joins the firm's other principals, Lisa Passamonte Green (CEO ...

NSCA's New Report Tracks Construction for Industry Forecasting and Benchmarking

NSCA released a new tool, available free to members, that provides indicators of new business opportunities by tracking new construction starts and renovations in the commercial buildings sector.
The NSCA Electronic Systems ...

Analog Way Hires Audio Associates for Mid-Atlantic Representation

Analog Way, a designer and manufacturer of presentation switchers and image converters, announces the recent addition of Audio Associates as their Mid-Atlantic representation.
Audio Associates brings 30+ years of industry ...

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

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

Gefen Expands Asian Team for Increased Local Coverage and Enhanced Customer Service

Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen announces that it has added two industry veterans to its sales and support team in Asia overseeing and operating throughout the region. Philip Hay will cover Southeast Asia while < ...

Jands Appointed as Movecat Distributor in Australia

Jands Pty Ltd, Australia's audio, lighting, and staging supplier, announces they have been recently appointed as the exclusive distributor of Movecat in Australia.
Movecat develops and manufactures chain hoists and ...

Robe Lights Brazilian Skol Sensation Party

Robe moving lights were at the hub of the show lighting for the recent Skol Sensation Party staged at Anhembi Parque in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
The popular event, attended by over 50,000 dance music fans, enjoyed a stellar line up of ...

P!NK Takes Off with Sennheiser

International superstar P!NK's The Truth About Love arena tour is wowing audiences around the world with its incredible mixture of chart-topping tunes, aerial acrobatics, and sheer no-holds-barred entertainment -- all powered by ...

Fall Out Boy Hits the Road with RapcoHorizon Roadhog Cables

The RapcoHorizon Company's RoadHog Cables (Summer NAMM, Booth 1112) will be live on stage when alternative rock group Fall Out Boy heads out on its US Save Rock and Roll arena tour this fall. Fresh off a series of stops in ...

Music City Celebrates the Fourth of July with Bandit Lites

Bandit Lites recently wrapped another successful event with Music City's Fourth of July Celebration. Striking Matches kicked off the concert, followed by Grammy award-winning blues musician Keb'Mo'. Country super group, The Band ...

Community CEO Timothy Dorwart Passes

Timothy Dorwart, CEO of Community Professional Loudspeakers, passed away on July 15 due to illness.
Dorwart became Community's CEO in March of this year and led the company through its introduction of several important new ...

PLASA London 2013 Attracts New Exhibitors Including Pioneer, Samsung, Sony

PLASA London 2013 will feature more than 30 companies that did not exhibit in 2012, including Pioneer, Samsung, and Sony, while many existing exhibitors have taken bigger stand space than last year. PLASA London takes ...

AES Draws World R&D Community for Sound Field Control Conference

Registration is now open for the first Audio Engineering Society (AES) international conference on sound field control, slated to take place at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, September 2-4, 2013. Held within a short ...

Over 200 Businesses and Organizations are ETCP Recognized

The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) announces that the recognized contractor / employer / labor provider program now has over 200 participants. These companies and organizations demonstrate best practices by ...

Staging Concepts Now Offers Premium Portable Seating

Staging Concepts, industry provider of portable staging equipment, is now offering a new line of luxury portable seating. Designed for style and comfort, the Clarin by Hussey Seating Premium Series is made to give all ...

Kent Peterson Joins Williams Sound as Technical Sales Specialist

Williams Sound, a designer and manufacturer of wireless communication technology, announces the appointment of Kent Peterson to the position of technical sales specialist.
Peterson brings more than 20 years of experience ...

BC Electronic Sales Awarded Middle Atlantic Products' Commercial AV Rep of the Year

Middle Atlantic Products awarded BC Electronic Sales as Commercial AV Rep of the Year at a sales meeting held prior to InfoComm 2013.
BC Electronic Sales represents Middle Atlantic for the commercial AV market in Iowa, ...

Stampede's Big Book of AV Tour to Partner with InfoComm's Dealer Roundtable Event in Vancouver on July 18

Stampede Presentation Products, Inc. is partnering with InfoComm International for its upcoming Big Book of AV Tour stop on Thursday, July 18th at the River Rock Casino Resort, located at 8811 River Road in Richmond, BC. The ...

DiGiCo SD10 Tames Mega Monitor Mixes On Frampton's Guitar Circus Tour

Peter Frampton reclaims his guitar throne on the blockbuster Frampton's Guitar Circus tour, which kicked off at the end of May in Nashville, Tennessee at the Ryman Auditorium. The guitarist-turned-frontman/singer is sharing the ...

POOLgroup's SGM P-5s Highlight Barack Obama in Berlin

Barack Obama recently visited Berlin for the first time since his election as US president. The highlight of his 25-hour stay in Berlin was his speech before an invited audience of 5,000 people at the Pariser Platz in front of the ...

Vari-Lite Brings Excitement Back to Hard Rock Live Orlando

Inside performance venues around the world, production teams must be able to not only adapt to a wide array of performance genres and private events, they must also be able to provide their clients with the latest in production technology ...

Coast Hills Community Church Achieves Clear, Crisp Recordings with DPA Microphones

As production technology grows more sophisticated, the audio crew members at Coast Hills Community Church in Aliso Viejo, California are finding themselves increasingly responsible for streaming productions live to the Internet or ...

New Gear from Strictly FX is Part of The Package

The Package, the current New Kids on the Block tour, includes more than just the members of the band. It also includes two new pieces of gear that merge lighting and special effects from Strictly FX. ...

Andy Collier, Consultant and Journalist, Dies

Andy Collier died on Friday, July 12, following a heart attack while travelling to an Association of Lighting Designers meeting in central London. Below is the text from a release by the ALD on Collier. ...

More Free Education Added for PLASA Focus: Austin 2013

Three new sessions have been added to the PLASA Focus: Austin 2013 Professional Development Program, a two-day program of free educational seminars and workshops running alongside PLASA Focus: Austin, at the Palmer Events Center, on ...

ETC Introduces the Source Four LED CYC

When ETC began developing a lighting product for cycloramas, the company says it didn't want to put just any cyc light on the market -- it had to meet several requirements to be deserving of the ETC brand: the light would be bright, easy ...

Chris Patton Joins A.C.T Lighting Sales Team

A.C.T Lighting, an importer and distributor of lighting products, has announced that Chris Patton has joined the company's sales team, and will concentrate in permanent installations and system sales. ...

Creative Stage Lighting Now Major Hog Controls Reseller

Creative Stage Lighting (CSL) has entered into an agreement with High End Systems (HES) to be the major Hog Controls reseller in the United States. The entire range of Hog4 consoles is now available to Creative Stage ...

Sennheiser Makes it Easy to Upgrade Wireless Systems with "Trade In, Trade Up" Promotion

Audio specialist Sennheiser announces its new "Trade In, Trade Up" promotion in which consumers can trade in their old wireless equipment from any manufacturer and receive a credit of up to $200 toward the purchase of a new ...

Community Welcomes Erikson Commercial as Canadian Distributor

Community Professional Loudspeakers announces the appointment of Erikson Commercial as its authorized distributor for Canada.
Erikson Commercial distributes products covering audio and video solutions as well as system ...

Calibre UK Introduces New Firmware for the LEDView530 Scaler/Switcher

Calibre UK has strengthened its LEDView530 scaler/switcher with the addition of new firmware for user selectable and variable picture-in-picture (PIP) flexibility.
"The new PIP function of the LEDView530 scaler/switcher adds the ...

Auralex Offers ELiTE Custom Fabric System (ELiTE-CFS)

Auralex Acoustics, Inc., a manufacturer of acoustical treatments and currently celebrating its 35th anniversary, offers its ELiTE Custom Fabric System (ELiTE-CFS). ELiTE-CFS (ELiTE stands for Engineered Listening & Theater ...

Analog Way's LiveCore Series Now Shipping

Analog Way announces the immediate availability of the entire LiveCore series, its latest innovative range of premium multi-screen seamless switchers.
Following the release of the NeXtage 16 and the SmartMatriX Ultra, now the ...

Pro Audio Stash New Slim-line R2020 Skeleton Rack Available in the US

A new slim-line skeleton rack -- the R2020 -- designed and manufactured by UK professional audio, AV, and 19" racking specialists Pro Audio Stash (PAS) is now available through PAS's US office in Austin, Texas. ...

Clay Paky Sharpys Light Up the CMT Music Awards with Support from grandMA2

Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures and grandMA2 consoles proved to be country strong when they turned out in force for the 2013 CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Lighting designer Tom Kenny used a large ...

Eastside Christian Church Finesses Acoustics with Meyer Sound Constellation

Constructed inside the shell of a vacated Boeing Defense Systems plant, Eastside Christian Church in Anaheim, California is centered on a 1,765-seat worship auditorium. A Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system and a MICA line ...

Nashville's Riverfront Park Stage Stocked with NEXO STM, Yamaha CLs for the 42nd Annual CMA Music Festival

This year's CMA Music Festival took place June 6-9 in Nashville's Riverfront Park, with Morris Light & Sound (Nashville) handling audio production for the event's largest outdoor free stage with one of the biggest opening day crowds ...

ETC Introduces New Desire Luminaire

ETC's Selador Desire line of luminaires is changing the way designers think of LED lighting. Unlike the digitized, artificial look that LEDs were known for, Desire luminaires produce beautiful light that according to the company, ...

LightFactory Version 2.12 Now Available

Dream Solutions announces the latest release of its successful LightFactory controls software. Version 2.12 expands LightFactory into the mobile space with the addition of an all new iPad remote. This latest version also ...

Performance Designers from Across the World Battle to be in Cardiff Showcase

Performance designers from across the world are so keen to showcase their work at this September's first UK-hosted edition of World Stage Design that the event's Cardiff-based director says each exhibition slot could have been ...

Yamaha Expands the MGP Series Lineup of Premium Analog Mixers

Yamaha announces that the MGP32X and MGP24X analog mixing consoles, the latest addition to the MGP series, are now shipping. The MGP line, which created a new paradigm for compact mixers by combining analog authenticity with ...

Ashley Audio Products Now Allow User Control from Apple iOS Products Via Key Digital's Compass Control

Ashly Audio announces that all of its processors and amplifiers with Ethernet or RS-232 control capability are now compatible with Key Digital's Compass Control Technology, which allows end-user control from Apple's iPad, ...

Green Hippo Appoints Electrosonic SA cc as New Distributor in South Africa

UK pioneer in real-time video manipulation, Green Hippo announces Electrosonic SA cc as their new distributor in South Africa.
Events worldwide rely daily on Hippotizer's power, flexibility, and ease of integration the ...

Theatre in Review: The Explorers Club (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage I)

"Science! Science! Hail to Science!" So sing the assemblage of great Victorian minds convened by playwright Nell Benjamin at the beginning of The Explorers Club. However, Benjamin wastes no time in making clear that ...

Clay Paky Shines at Robin Hood Foundation Gala

The top names in finance and entertainment weren't the only ones shining at the annual Robin Hood Foundation gala in New York City. Clay Paky Sharpy, Sharpy Washes, and Alpha Spot QWO 800 fixtures were also out in force. ...

Firefly Festival Grows with Bandit Lites

Bandit Lites continues its summer of festivals with The Firefly Music Festival, where over 60,000 people came out to the 87-acre field known as "The Woodlands," part of the Dover Nascar Speedway complex. The three day event began on ...

Dan Rooney's Irish Pub Rocks to the Sound of D.A.S. Audio

The original Dan Rooney's Cafe & Bar was established in Pittsburgh in the early 1900's by the Rooney family -- the same family that owns Empire City Casino today. This lively Pittsburgh watering hole has been recreated at Empire City ...

Eastern High School Gymnasium Goes Multipurpose With Community

Eastern High School, in Voorhees, New Jersey, is a regional district school with 2,100 students. Eastern has a competition-sized gymnasium used for multiple indoor sports and other events.
Last year, Eastern decided to replace the sound ...

NanoLumens' First "Convertible" LED Display Goes Live on Brazil's TV Globo Network

To captivate their viewers during coverage of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo turned to NanoLumens to design a one-of-a-kind LED display for their on-air set. The result was the world's first "convert ...

Show Sage Helps Martha Graham Dance Company with Rite of Spring Revival

In late April, the Martha Graham Dance Company debuted its reconstructed Rite of Spring at Carolina Performing Arts, as part of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's "The Rite of Spring At One Hundred" celebration ...

The Week in Review

Andy Collier, R. I. P.: We were deeply distressed to learn over the weekend that Andy Collier, the director of UK-based Technical Marketing, Ltd. and editor of Focus, the publication of Association of Lighting ...

LED Source to Host Free Franchise Opportunity Webinar

LED Source, a North American LED lighting solutions provider, will be hosting a free webinar to present their franchise opportunity on Wednesday, July 24 at 11am EDT.
President and CEO Marcel Fairbairn will discuss this ...

Social Media Decides Winners for Global Rockstar Competition, Winners Receive Harman AKG Prize Package

With a vision to bring international musicians together in a peaceful and fair contest, the Global Rockstar competition will once again rely on social media to find the best new musicians around the world. Bands, singers, and musicians ...

Gator Cases Teams Up with Heil Sound and Red Fang for Online Giveaway

Portland, Oregon-based rock group, Red Fang has teamed up with two of it's sponsors, Heil Sound and Gator Cases to put together a prize package containing Heil Microphones housed in a Gator water-proof injection molded hard ...

Solotech Invests in Company's Third Meyer Sound LEO System

Montreal-based Solotech has recently purchased the company's third Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system. The system adds to Solotech's growing rental inventory of more than 2,000 Meyer Sound ...

SMASH Invests in First Martin M6 Console in UK

Bristol UK creative visual design practice SMASH Productions has taken delivery of the first Martin Professional M6 control console in the UK and Europe, which will be available for rental and also in action for assorted ...

d&b audiotechnik V-Series Wins Live Design Sound Product of the Year Award

"Light, little, and loud" was the d&b audiotechnik reputation around the 2013 Broadway Sound Master Classes. Every year, BSMC hosts students and professionals for a weekend of audio education and networking at NYU Tisch School of ...

Alicia Keys Is Girl on Fire with DiGiCo and Clair Global

With over 50 international dates on the horizon in support of her latest outing Girl on Fire, Grammy award-winning artist Alicia Keys has surrounded herself with an adept team of engineers with support from Clair Global ...

Lawo Group Expands Marketing Team

Andreas Hilmer, 40, has joined German audio console specialist Lawo AG as director of marketing and communications. In his new role, he will direct all marketing and communications strategies for the Lawo group of companies. ...

Radial Artist Ryan Cavanaugh Takes his PZ-Pre on the International Festival Circuit

The banjo is said to be one cool instrument. It's taken a long road from its origins in Africa to the modern instrument we see today -- an instrument that you will find flanked increasingly by musicians like Taylor Swift, The Band Perry, ...

DPA Microphones Helps LazyTown Make Entertainment that Inspires

LazyTown Entertainment in Iceland is using 12 DPA 4061 miniature microphones to capture the audio for the multi-award winning LazyTown pre-school television show, which is now shooting its fourth series in Iceland. ...

Turbosound is the Focus of Attention at Café Del Mar in Dubai

A Turbosound Aspect loudspeaker system has been installed at the Café Del Mar in Meydan Beach, Dubai by audio designer Joe Chidiac of Pulse Middle East, creating a focused, high energy dance floor sound field. ...

XL Events Supplies Video Projection Package for Huawei Ascend P6 Launch

For the European launch of the Huawei Ascend P6 in London, XL Events supplied a multi-screen blended projection, HD camera system, media servers, and control.
Chinese electronics giant, Huawei, recently introduced their ...

SGM Fulfills NorthSide's Summer Vision by Delivering the "Wow Factor"

NorthSide in Denmark recently held its fourth successful festival -- this year bigger than ever before. With nearly 27,500 visitors each day, the three-day event, which has a high focus on sustainability, really achieves the "wow factor."

USITT Presents "System Design Principles" at Meyer Sound Labs

USITT's next USITT Presents one-day training will be on Friday, August 16, at Meyer Sound Laboratories in Berkeley, California.
Meyer Sound instructor Mauricio Ramirez will lead the daylong session on "System Design ...

Clear-Com Introduces ICON Connectivity Solutions for Extending Intercom systems Locally and Globally

Clear-Com introduces the ICON Connectivity Solutions, a collection of communications products that link local or geographically distributed intercom systems over Ethernet/IP networks and/or optical fiber. ICON Solutions, which ...

Milestone Earns 2013 Sustainable AV Award

Milestone AV Technologies was named a winner of the 2013 Sustainable AV Award by InfoComm International at a VIP reception held June 13 at the InfoComm trade show in Orlando, Florida.
"Milestone AV Technologies has ...

Drape Kings' Wins Big at the ISES New Jersey North Fourth Annual Gala

The event drape specialists at Drape Kings New York Metro won multiple trophies at the fourth Annual International Special Events Society (ISES) New Jersey North Gala Awards at the Cedar Hill Country Club in Livingston, New ...

VUE Audiotechnik Introduces al-8 Compact Line Array System

Following a successful public beta program, as well as a preview at the InfoComm show last month, VUE Audiotechnik unveils their new al-8 Compact Line Array System.
Available this fall, the al-8 is the second member of ...

ScannerMAX Releases the All New VRAD-506 Actuator

ScannerMAX, a manufacturer of rotary actuators and galvanometer-based optical scanners, announces the release of the VRAD-506 model rotary actuator. This actuator is a compact, low-torque motor, with a magnetic spring return. It is ...

IES to Distribute LumenRadio in India

LumenRadio continues the expansion of its global distribution network with the announcement of Integrated Entertainment Solutions (IES) as CRMX distributor in India. Based in Mumbai, Integrated Entertainment Solutions is a ...

Middle Atlantic Products' Modular Power Raceway Offers More Options with Addition of New Modules

Middle Atlantic Products is expanding its MPR Series Modular Power Raceway System to include additional unique options to meet the evolving power distribution requirements of AV systems. The industry's only off-the-shelf NRTL-listed ...

Lowell Offers LBR Series Rack Enclosures

Lowell Manufacturing Company, a US manufacturer of professional A/V products, is offering its LBR line of versatile, cost-effective, 19" EIA, fixed-rail floor rack enclosures, which offer flexible installation options for A/V, ...

Atlona Announces 10-Year Anniversary Celebration with Launch of 10-Year Product Warranty

Atlona, a digital connectivity solutions provider, announces the company is marking its 10-year anniversary by introducing its new Atlona Advantage 10-year limited warranty for all electronics and hardware products. Designed to ...

Robe Sets Sail Again with Caravan Stage Company

Robe continues its support of innovative performance as a major technical sponsor of the Caravan Stage Society Inc., which presents unique theatre shows aboard its 30m tall ship theatre, the "Amara Zee." ...

CADAC's CDC8 Public Debut Hits the High Notes

CADAC's UK distributor has supplied a Cadac CDC8-16 to Glyndwr University AVL technical services for evaluation and first time ever use on a public performance. The company's latest digital console was deployed by senior AVL ...

Rosco's Executive VP, Stan Schwartz, to Retire October 1

Rosco Laboratories announces the pending retirement for Stan Schwartz, executive vice president. The following message from Schwartz was posted to the company's website in the Spectrum (blog) site. ...

Laseronics and Pangolin Light-Up Tahrir Square Demonstrations

The recent demonstrations in Cairo, Egypt's Tahrir Square have the entire world talking, with all eyes watching Egypt to see how this political situation will unfold. The demonstrations in the area hit home with laser light show company ...

PLASA Photometric Standard Now in Public Review

A draft standard that would change how we measure the output of LED luminaires is now posted for public review at http://tsp.plasa.org/tsp/documents/public_review_docs.php. The proposed new standard, BSR E1.48 - 201x, A Recommended ...

Steen Matthiesen Named Europe, Middle East, and Africa Sales Director for Harman's Martin

In a move to drive growth and provide customers and channel partners with the best possible sales and support infrastructure in the EMEA region, Harman Professional announces the appointment of Steen Matthiesen to sales ...

Elation Introduces the Powerful 800W Platinum Spot 35 PRO

Elation Professional takes advanced Philips MSR Platinum lamp technology to the next level of brawn and brightness with the Platinum Spot 35 PRO, an 800W, feature-packed moving head spot fixture that's ideal for large stages, ...

Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Student Wins Sound Scholarship

Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama student, Maggie Burke, received the 2013 John and Helen Meyer Sound Scholarship.
Burke, a Seattle, Washington native and 2011 graduate of Roosevelt High School, is a rising junior ...