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  Avid VENUE | S6L Delivers Show-stopping Performances for the Biggest World Tours
Avid, a media technology provider for the creation, distribution, and monetization of media assets for global media organizations, enterprise users, and individual creative professionals, announces that its flagship live sound ...
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Niller Bjerregaard "Gets Dramatic" for Volbeat on Metallica Tour with ChamSys
Fans don't settle comfortably into their seats waiting for Metallica to appear on the group's current WorldWired tour. Long before the metal icons tear up the stage with their sizzling performance, opening act Volbeat kicks off each ...
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Native Media Joins Growing Roster of Luminex Sales Reps
Belgium-based Luminex Network Intelligence has further strengthened its American sales force with the addition of Native Media, LLC representing Luminex in Texas.
Native Media was founded six years ago in San Antonio, ...
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LD Craig Rutherford and 4Wall Light Halsey's Private Concert for Spotify Listeners
4Wall is no stranger to the electropop phenom that is Halsey. 4Wall locations around the US have provided the lighting for her many events throughout the country, from her last Badlands tour to a promotional radio event in ...
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Mavericks in Step with Derek and Julianne Hough on Move Beyond Tour
In a newspaper interview, Derek Hough described the recently concluded Move Beyond - Live On Tour as a "rock concert for dance." Hough, who with sister Julianne, danced their way into the hearts of Americans on the mega TV hit Dan ...
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Bandit Lites Brings the Light to Halestorm
Halestorm has been a stalwart of the rock touring scene since their self-titled debut album rocketed up the charts in 2009. The Grammy-Award winning band, featuring the striking vocals of Lzzy Hale, with three studio albums and multiple ...
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Penn Elcom -- Keeping Quietly Cool
Multi-national loudspeaker component, flightcase hardware, and premium 19" racking manufacturer Penn Elcom continues to innovate with the launch of the new CoolRac FT-80-Q-FC -- a near-silent exhaust fan, specially designed for ...
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Avolites Takes All Time Low to a Higher Performance Level
Baltimore, Maryland-based rock band All Time Low is currently out on a US tour in support of it newest album, Last Young Renegade, which just dropped on June 2. For lighting control on the road, lighting designer Jeff Maker ...
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Key West Songwriters Festival Employs Bose Professional L1 and F1 Portable Loudspeaker Systems
The 22nd annual Key West Songwriters Festival, presented by BMI, recently took place in Key West, Florida, across several different venues spanning 50+ shows and 200+ performers over five days. As in previous years, an important element of ...
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Harman Professional Solutions Delivers a Superior Audiovisual Experience at Vietnam's Capella Gallery Hall
Opened in November 2016, the Capella Gallery Hall is an upscale convention center in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Featuring striking modern architecture and gorgeous interior design, the multifunctional space hosts a wide variety of events, ...
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St David's Hall Gets More FLX-able Lighting Control Solution
A Zero 88 FLX lighting console has been chosen by Cardiff's popular St David's Hall venue in Wales, primarily to control lighting for their Foyer Stage (also known as the L3 Lounge).
The venue hosts a wide variety of shows and ...
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Personalized Shopping Experience: BASSBOSS Launches New Website with Custom System Builders
BASSBOSS announces it has officially launched the latest version of its website, bassboss.com. The new site boasts a slew of intuitive tools designed to help users build their own custom setups specific to their audio needs, develop ...
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Adamson S-Series Offers Significant Flexibility for Forge Audio in New Zealand
As one of New Zealand's top providers of full, turnkey production solutions for all types of events, Forge Audio has taken total advantage of the flexibility offered by Adamson Systems Engineering's compact S-Series ...
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Team Promotions and Additions at Available Light
Available Light announces the promotion of Jessica Krometis and John Delfino to associates of the firm, along with the hiring of two new designers: Alex Fabozzi and Hess Smith. Krometis and Smith work out ...
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Analog Way Announces HDBaseT Support on Four Midra Series Models
Analog Way announces HDBaseT enhancements to four systems based on its popular Midra product family. QuickMatriX - H, Pulse2 - H, SmartMatriX2 - H, and Saphyr - H now offer improved connectivity and HDBaseT (HDBT) support for ...
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American Audio Is Ready to Make a Big Impact at DJ Expo
In August, DJs from across the USA will descend on Atlantic City, New Jersey for the 2017 DJ Expo convention. Well-established as a gathering place for DJs looking to learn, network, party, and check out the latest gear, American ...
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Community's Southeast Rep Company Goes Mavric
The award-winning US southeast rep company Millar Electronics has changed its name to Mavric Incorporated, following the retirement of Herman Civils. Led by Pete Petty, who takes over as principal, Mavric ...
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FOR-A's New Cost-Efficient HVS-490 Video Switcher Now Shipping
FOR-A's latest solution in its popular line of HANABI video switchers, the HVS-490 HD/4K-UHD unit, is now shipping. Offering an extensive feature set in a compact unit, the new HVS-490 production switcher offers 4K-UHD and 3G ...
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Claypaky Mythos2 Gives "Stunning" Performance on alt-J Arena Show
Jeremy Lechterman and Jackson Gallagher of production design and creative direction partnership FragmentNine selected the dense light beams of the Claypaky Mythos2 to add texture to their lighting design for ...
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LD Mike Berger Chooses 4Wall New York to Light Iconic Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
The Boston Pops Spectacular is a cherished tradition in Massachusetts that spans over 40 years. Thousands gather to watch the stunning fireworks display while the orchestra plays the "1812 Overture" at the historic DCR Hatch Shell. ...
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Christie, Platinum Sponsor of SIGGRAPH 2017, to Deliver High Quality Visual Experiences to Attendees
Christie continues its partnership with the ACM SIGGRAPH annual conference, supplying projectors and displays for sessions at the SIGGRAPH 2017 event, July 30 to August 3 in Los Angeles, California. Specifically, ...
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Genuine Wybron Scroller Parts Available
In 2015, industry veteran Keny Whitright announced the formation of an online business, Wybron Scroller Parts. Whitright founded and ran Wybron, inventors of the scrolling color changers, from 1980 through 2013. ...
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MVSU's Delta Devils Sound Sinfully Good on L-Acoustics
Home to the NCAA Division I Delta Devils basketball and volleyball teams, Mississippi Valley State University's R.W. Harrison HPER Complex had, in recent years, been starting to show its age following nearly four decades of service. To ...
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Ian Laughton Takes an Easier Route to Festivals with Britannia Row
Two Door Cinema Club is currently embarked on one of those arduous festival circuits that sees them perform on three continents in as many weeks. As the band's sound engineer for several years, Ian Laughton is not just adding to his ...
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Russia's Best Videogamers Battle It Out in Cyberspace as "eSports" Gain Popularity
This month, some of Russia's best eSports gamers descended upon Cyberspace, a new event venue located at Moscow Riviera shopping center to play League of Legends RT CyberCup. There are lots more tournaments, competitions, and events ...
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Theatre in Review: Dear Jane (Theatre Row)
Dear Jane is a concept in search of a play, a bewildering collection of dramatic bits that pretend to lay bare the soul of playwright Joan Beber while revealing nothing at all. In a program note, Beber says the play is ...
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Shure Receives Top Honors from Global Presence Alliance
Shure has again been recognized by the Global Presence Alliance (GPA) as a recipient of the 2017 Vendor Excellence Award. This year Shure scored among the very highest within categories that are stringently reviewed and voted ...
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Integrated Systems Events Embraces a New Reality in Amsterdam
Integrated Systems Events, the producers of the Integrated Systems Europe exhibition, has announced the start of an official cooperation with the VR Days Europe festival which takes place in Amsterdam October 25 - 27, ...
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PreSonus Ships StudioLive 24 Series III Digital Console/Recorder
PreSonus' new StudioLive 24 digital console/recorders are now shipping, adding to the company's third-generation StudioLive Series III line, which launched earlier this year with the StudioLive 16 and StudioLive 32. Like all Series ...
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Mega-Lite Introduces the XL LED Strobe RGB, a Three Segment Control SMD LED Luminaire
Equipped with 1260 .80W RGB LEDs, the XL LED Strobe RGB from Mega-Lite is an intense strobe unit that can strobe in mixed and primary colors. It is assembled with segment control, allowing a variety of random strobe and chase ...
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Epson Showcases the Future of Display Technology at 2017 Rental & Staging Road Show
Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, will be demonstrating two of its line of high-lumen, large-venue laser projectors designed to meet the needs of rental and staging professionals at the Rental & Staging ...
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Solaris T-Lights on Stone Roses Tour
The Manchester band, Stone Roses, completed their European tour last month, highlighted by a sold-out performance at London's Wembley Stadium. After a hiatus beginning in the nineties, the group's successful comeback in 2012 made them the " ...
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Extreme DiGiCo: SD11 Handles Sound for ESPN's First-ever VR Live Stream of X Games
X Games Minneapolis 2017, held over four days in mid-July, brought a few "firsts" for ESPN's extreme-sports flagship event, including the first X Games held in the midwest as well as the first to offer live streaming of a virtual-reality ...
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Lightswitch Selects Claypaky Mythos 2 and grandMA2 Consoles for Cisco Live! in Las Vegas
This year Cisco Live! broke the convention mold and held its first in-the-round event in an arena-style venue. Lightswitch joined with the creative team at Go! Experience Design to create the visual design and architecture of ...
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VUE Brings Big Venue Sound to St. Louis Delmar Hall
When Pageant Theater co-owners Pat Hagin and Joe Edwards set out to add a mid sized venue to their St. Louis, Missouri, live music venue portfolio, they knew it had to deliver a world class sonic experience in order to cement a place in ...
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CPL Enjoys a Successful Glastonbury 2017
CPL (Central Presentations Ltd.) enjoyed another glorious Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, supplying projection to Arcadia's giant recycled metal spider, which hosted their phenomenal "Metamorphosis" show. ...
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AMETEK Electronic Systems Protection Appoints Kent Dunn Business Development Manager for ESP and SurgeX Brands
AMETEK Electronic Systems Protection, a provider of advanced power protection, intelligent diagnostics, and remote monitoring, announces the appointment of Kent Dunn as business development manager, effective immediately. ...
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Canadian Broadcaster's Biggest Staged Event Features a 525-Tile 2.9mm HyperPixel LED Videowall by APG Rentals
This past June, one of Canada's most prominent broadcasting companies chose to make an enormous impact at its biggest staged event of the year. To do so, the company worked again with its trusted vendor -- APG Rentals -- to install ...
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Harman Professional Solutions Helps Good Sound KTV Deliver an Exceptional Karaoke Experience
Amid a period of intense economic development in the newly established Xiong'an District of Hebei, China, Good Sound KTV, one the province's most popular karaoke clubs, is experiencing a boom in business. Described as elegant and luxurious ...
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Colour Sound Enjoys the Best of The Kooks
West London, UK-based lighting and visuals rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment supplied a custom built touring lighting "specials" package to alt rockers The Kooks for their recent The Best of ... so Far tour. ...
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Columbus McKinnon Expands CM Tornado 360-Degree Hoist Offering to Include Three- and Six-Ton Units
Columbus McKinnon Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of material handling products, systems, and services, has expanded its CM Tornado 360-degree ratchet lever hoist product line to include new three-ton and six-ton ...
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Robe Pointes to Carl Cox at the HRBR Project
It's always exciting to be involved in a new event and the positive buzz, energy, and hashtags spread as infectiously as the groove and fantastic vibes of the very first HRBR Project shows, a new music venue presented by RPM on Governor's ...
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JR Chai Joins Altman Lighting as Its New Asia-Pacific Sales Director
Altman Lighting announces the continued expansion of their international sales division with the appointment of industry-veteran Jimmy "JR" Chai as their new APAC sales director. With a vast amount of experience in both the ...
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NEXO GEO M10 Experience Tour Announced
NEXO has been designing sound reinforcement loudspeaker solutions since 1979. The company says its "pioneering technology, innovative designs and sonic excellence have enhanced live events across the globe for decades gaining the ...
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Audio-Technica Announces New Shock Mounts for Select 40 Series Microphones
Audio-Technica, a provider of transducer technology for over 50 years, has introduced a new shock mount, available in black (AT8449a) and silver (AT8449a/SV), for inclusion with select 40 Series side-address microphones, effective ...
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Million Dollar Quartet Musical Engages with Chauvet Professional
The value of one million dollars in 1956 is equivalent to over 899 million today. However, even that lofty figure doesn't come close to doing justice to the success of the four superstars who are the subject of Million Dollar Quartet ...
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Masque Sound Secures Golden Ticket for Sweet New Musical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
When Roald Dahl's most beloved tale, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, made its arrival at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, those in attendance were in for a sweet treat. Sound designer Andrew Keister worked with Masque ...
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New Ayrton Luminaires for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary Tour
Classic American blues rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers celebrates its 40th anniversary and 13 studio albums with their current five month (53-date) tour of the US and Canada, with an additional date in London in July. ...
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Tiziano Ferro Tour Heats Up Summer in Italy with Video and Real Time VFX Support from d3
Italian singer/songwriter Tiziano Ferro's Il Mestiere Della Vita stadium tour is attracting sell-out crowds this summer, following the release of his eponymous sixth studio album late last year. Known as the modern face of Italian ...
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The Rebirth of the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre
A beloved Los Angeles landmark, a treasured venue for community arts groups, and a quintessentially Californian institution, the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre will reopen this month following an extensive renovation by Theatre Projects, ...
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AC Lighting Services and Green Hippo Ensure Major Malaysian Awards Take SHAPE
The Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios was the scenic setting for the TM Group Awards 2017, and AC Lighting Services Malaysia (ACLS) took charge of the prestigious event's video design and programming. ...
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K-array Audio Solutions Made in Tuscany for Concept Store in Milan
Tuscany recently expanded its boundaries with the Milan opening of Toscanino, a concept store developed with the intent to spread Tuscan culture, values, and traditions outside of its region. Created to meet the growing demand for quality, ...
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Basecamp Fitness Rocks with IC Live Gen5
Known for efficient, focused, high-intensity workouts, Basecamp Fitness maintains three popular locations in Southern California and two in Northern California. High-energy music helps fuel workouts at these centers; at the same time, ...
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Nate Hall, In Memoriam
Nathaniel (Nate) Hall, passed away unexpectedly Monday, July 17, 2017. He was 36.
Hall, manager of design for Nautilus Entertainment Design, came to the company after spending 15 years in the contracting and live ...
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GearSource.com Launches GearSource Asia
Gearsource.com launches GearSourceAsia.com, as the company's Asian licensee, Don Chan and his team, opened their doors for business.
GearSourceAsia.com is a fully integrated e-commerce system, with all the bells and whistles ...
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Preset Productions' Mark Butts Discusses "Production Branding" for OneRepublic Honda Civic 2017 Tour
OneRepublic's headlining 2017 Honda Civic Tour production design had a goal in mind: "create a brand for the band."
VER is carrying out the design by providing a turnkey production to the tour with lighting, video, audio, ...
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ADJ Release Explosive 4-in-1 Startec "Boom Box" Lighting Effects
ADJ releases the latest additions to its Startec Series of effect lighting fixtures, the Boom Box FX 1 and Boom Box FX2. Each offering four separate effects from one compact housing, these innovative fixtures have been designed to ...
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Enjoying the Garden Beats
Lighting for the second Garden Beats Festival organized by Sunshine Nation and staged in the pastoral green environs of Fort Canning Park in Singapore ... was designed by Craig Burridge.
He included an interesting mix of Robe
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Rogues Reflect Many Moods of Bruce Hornsby Concert for John Berret
After three Grammy Awards, over 100 shows with the Grateful Dead, and 11 million record sales, Bruce Hornsby hasn't lost his taste for touring. The legendary singer-songwriter is crisscrossing the US with his band The Noisemakers ...
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MDG ATMe Haze Generators Tap into 42nd Street at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
MDG announces that two of its ATMe haze generators have been chosen for the current musical production of 42nd Street at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
With a theatre on the site for over 350 years, the Theatre Royal ...
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DiGiCo/Optocore Combination Manages Audio for Nashville's "Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th" Celebration
Nashville's July 4th events have been growing like the city itself, and this year's edition of its "Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th" celebration actually took on New York's famous Macy's fireworks display, with Music City firing off ...
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RCF HDF 50-A Boosts Alan Parsons Live Project
Alan Parsons and his band were back in Germany for 13 dates throughout the country in May. Playing a mixture of indoor and outdoor shows with his nine-piece band, Alan Parsons Live Project was mixed by Emmy-nominated FoH engineer ...
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D.A.S. Audio Keeps the Tempo Upbeat at the 2017 MLB Allstar Pre-Game Celebration
On July 9th at Marlins way, adjacent to Marlins Park (home of the Miami Marlins baseball team), the 2017 MLB Allstar Pre-game Celebration took place. The event was a pre-party for the MLB All Star Game and featured Grammy Award winning ...
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The Pelham Civic Complex Now Has "Quick Change" Capability Thanks to Bose
The Pelham Civic Complex, a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Pelham, Alabama, wears many hats. Home to the University of Alabama's club hockey team, the Pelham Youth Hockey League, and the Birmingham area youth travel hockey program, ...
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Lawo Chosen Again for Sounding 14 July Celebrations
In the third successive year, Lawo once again in 2017 provided IP-networked audio consoles for the 14th July celebrations in Paris. More than 500,000 spectators celebrated at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris "Bastille Day," the ...
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Theatre in Review: Money Talks (Davenport Theatre)
The title of this new musical is not a metaphor. In the opening number, "I'm Money," George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin -- familiar faces on one-, five-, ten-, and hundred-dollar bills -- appear ...
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GLP Inc. Expansion Drives Move to New Premises
GLP's subsidiary for The Americas, GLP Inc., has been experiencing continued growth since starting its operation eight years ago. As a result, the company has recently moved to new, and larger premises in the Los Angeles ...
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64 Audio Wins Important Victory at the US Patent Office
64 Audio (formerly 1964 Ears) announces that on July 19, 2017, the US Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) ruled in favor of 64 Audio, finding all claims of US Patent No. 8,897,463, held by Jerry Harvey Audio Holdings (JH Audio), ...
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Schertler Releases ROY and TEDDY -- Flagship Combo Amp and Compact Stage Monitor
Schertler Group announces the release of ROY, its new flagship combo amp, and TEDDY, a compact professional stage monitor. The company says these latest additions to the Swiss manufacturer's portfolio demonstrate a growing ...
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Morris, MooTV, and PixMob Collaborate with Interactive Excitement for the Nashville Predators during Playoffs
As the Nashville Predators advanced their way through the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the production team at Bridgestone Arena knew they had to rely on partners with specific skill sets to help them quickly create an exciting and engaging ...
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WorldStage Provides Video Support for Broadway Musical Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Having delighted generations of young readers and moviegoers, Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with a new take on the classic children's tale for theatre audiences of all ...
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"Helping You Build Great Things" Is More than Just a Slogan to Prolyte
"Helping you build great things" means more to Prolyte Group than just mere words or a marketing slogan. When Prolyte received a request for help from a theatre in Scotland, with some doubts as to how to build their new truss ...
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Adamson E-Series Next Stage of Evolution for Israel's Kolot Ramim
Israel's Kolot Ramim Sound & Light has made a significant investment in a new E-Series loudspeaker system from Adamson Systems Engineering, continuing a long and successful partnership between the two companies. ...
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L-Acoustics' Kiva II Is Perfect for Sinnissippi Music Shell's Music in the Park Series
The Sinnissippi Music Shell at Sinnissippi Park in Rockford, Illinois is visually striking: a flaring overhead clamshell roof above a modernistic trapezoidal frame around the stage. These kinds of architectural statements, however, often ...
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Unique Montana Arts Center Blends Art and Nature with Alcons
Located deep in the rugged countryside of Montana, close to the Beartooth Mountains, Tippet Rise Art Center celebrates the concept that art, music, architecture, and nature are inextricably linked in the human experience. Opened in 2016, ...
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JD Sound & Video Provides Community Loudspeaker Solutions for Calvary Church
Started 60 years ago by a small group of ordinary people coming together, Calvary Church has thrived and grown into a much-valued part of the multi-cultural community in Dover, Kent County, Delaware. As its congregation has grown, so has ...
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Avolites Tiger Touch II Lets Ziggy Marley Tour Be "Wild and Free"
Grammy Award-winning reggae royalty Ziggy Marley and his band, The Melody Makers, have been touring across North America again this summer in support of the artist's latest record, Ziggy Marley: Live at KCRW. Helping to properly ...
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DNJ Pro Establishes West Coast Office
With just under a month of setup, DNJ Pro's west coast office is now complete. DNJ Pro is a customer-service driven entertainment lighting distributor of Novalight (moving concert-style lights and searchlights), Radial ...
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Management Changes at d&b audiotechnik in the Americas Ensure Strategic Development
Colin Beveridge, CEO of d&b Corporation since its inception in the mid 1990s has transferred his responsibilities for d&b audiotechnik in the Americas to the next generation as part of a planned retirement. Following the ...
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David Stewart Joins GLP
GLP has continued to strengthen its UK operation, with the announcement that David Stewart has been recruited as sales manager.
An industry veteran with nearly 30 years' service, he spent the previous decade with Martin ...
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Meyer Sound Welcomes Michael Bogden as New Sales Manager for Midwest
Meyer Sound announces the appointment of Michael Bogden to the position of sales manager, midwest. Effective immediately, Bogden assumes responsibility for sales and client relations in ten states of the upper Midwest and ...
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Audinate Releases Major 4.0 Firmware Update for Brooklyn II Dante Modules
Audinate announces the release of Dante firmware v4.0 for the popular Brooklyn II audio networking module. Dante firmware 4.0 delivers critical support for Dante Domain Manager (DDM), alongside performance improvements and bug fixes ...
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BroadWeigh Receives the LEEA Seal of Approval
Wireless load monitoring brand BroadWeigh is now an associate member of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), the leading representative body for all those involved in the lifting industry worldwide. The ...
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Riedel and PIDSO Forge Partnership
Riedel Communications has brought on board a powerful new center of expertise through a partnership with PIDSO, a manufacturer of innovative and lightweight antennas and antenna systems based in Vienna. With the deal, Riedel ...
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Point of Rental's Rental Essentials Takes First Mobile Payments for Rentals
Point of Rental Essentials has blazed another trail for the rental industry, partnering with Cayan and their Genius Mini product to provide rental stores with the ability to take payments anywhere. Genius Mini is a semi ...
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Lightfair International 2018 Call for Speakers: Global Invitation to Experts in Diverse Disciplines
The Lightfair International (LFI) Conference, which offers hundreds of hours of education in a highly diverse curriculum, begins its run to opening day 2018 with the call for speakers launched on July 11, 2017. This global ...
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AES New York Convention Releases Preliminary Details of Tech Program
The Audio Engineering Society has unveiled a preliminary calendar of events for the upcoming 143rd AES International Convention, taking place October 18 - 21, 2017, at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. With a full ...
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Paragon 360 Blends Timeless Looks and Technology with Chauvet Professional
A building can often be more than a mere amalgamation of bricks and mortar. Beyond providing shelter, it can also call forth a strong sense of shared experiences and values. This is especially true when that building is a house of worship ...
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Sensaphonics Names Hearing Health Leader PC Werth as UK Distributor
Sensaphonics, the music industry provider of hearing wellness and in-ear monitor technology, announces an agreement with Britain's PC Werth, making it the exclusive source for Sensaphonics IEMs in the UK. As one of the ...
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Country Music's Most Famous Show Installs Yamaha PM10
What began as a simple radio broadcast in 1925 today has become a live entertainment phenomenon. Dedicated to honoring country music's rich history and dynamic presence, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville showcases a mix of country legends ...
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Sommer Builds Dave Rat's New SuperCAT Sound Tour Cables
Live sound engineer and audio system designer Dave Rat has collaborated with Sommer Cable, the German manufacturer of innovative high-quality cable and connector products. "After in-depth research of numerous cable ...
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New Contributors Announced for 2017 PLASA Rigging Conference
Preparations for the 2017 PLASA Rigging Conference, which takes place on Monday, September 18, during the PLASA Show, are well under way. This year's conference is in a new mold, targeting a broader audience through the ...
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Robe Announces New Australian Distributor
ROBE lighting s.r.o. announces the appointment of Jands as the Australian and New Zealand distributor for Robe and Anolis lighting brands.
Jands is an Australian owned company founded in 1970 that manufactures ...
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Robert Young Rejoins Theatre Projects
Theatre Projects announces that industry veteran Robert Young is rejoining the company after eight years away. Young has over 25 years of experience as a designer and theatre consultant, and he'll be returning to help Theatre ...
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Blizzard Lighting Launches the G-MIX 200 Smooth CMY Color Mixing Plus Extra Punchy Sharp Beams
Blizzard Lighting announces the new G-Mix. The "G" series of powerful moving heads from Blizzard Lighting just got a little bigger and better with the addition of this feature-packed spot moving head. ...
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New Touch Sensitive React Panel Available from Acclaim Lighting
Acclaim Lighting, a provider of advanced solid-state lighting technology, introduces React Panel, a unique, touch-sensitive LED panel for interactive surface lighting applications. Its onboard control mode provides control settings ...
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RCF DPS 604X -- Four-Channel Amplifier Is Now Shipping
RCF's DPS 604X is a four-channel class-D power amplifier with crossover designed for installed sound systems. It has four inputs and four outputs that could be combined in different configurations: a DIP switch on the rear panel ...
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PreSonus Introduces AudioBox USB 96 and AudioBox 96 Studio Recording Kit
PreSonus is shipping its compact new AudioBox USB 96 audio/MIDI recording interface, which makes recording at up to 24-bit, 96kHz a breeze. Bus-powered and built to travel, the AudioBox USB 96 offers two front-panel combo ...
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PR Lighting's Phantom Is Now a Reality
PR Lighting announces the release of Phantom, a new hybrid moving head first previewed at this year's Frankfurt Prolight + Sound show. An upgraded version of the XR 440 BWS, it contains a full designer's toolkit in a single ...
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USITT Presents: OSHA 10 Training and Theatrical Rigging in Honolulu, Hawaii
USITT suggests the industry "takes a working vacation!"
Train with industry leaders Joe Aldridge, coordinator for EED at UNLV, and Eddie Raymond, ETCP recognized trainer, on September 11 - 14 for OSHA 10 and Rigging ...
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Korn's The Serenity of Summer Tour Rocks America with Morpheus Lights and Ayrton's DreamPanel-Twin
Morpheus Lights returns as the lighting vendor for Grammy-award winning nü-metal band Korn in support of the 2017 Serenity of Summer tour. The US leg kicked off on June 16th in Salt Lake City, Utah, and wraps up on August 2nd ...
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High End Systems Debuts New Website
High End Systems enters the next phase of its growth with a new website. The upgraded www.highend.com has been completely redesigned to offer a more engaging user experience with improved navigation and functionality. ...
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A New Lease on Lighting for an Iconic Piece: Tim Mitchell on Lighting King Kong at the Fugard Theatre
Gearhouse Splitbeam specializes in long-term equipment rental for theatrical productions in South Africa. The company will be providing lighting fixtures for the much-anticipated restaging of one South Africa's most significant, ...
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Visional Productions Adds BlackTrax to Its Rental Inventory
Visional Productions, the high-end visual engineering firm specializing in event design, announces the addition of BlackTrax, the advanced real time tracking system, to its rental inventory. Based out of Atlanta and Denver ...
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Fulcrum Acoustic Unveils New CCX Subcardioid Coaxial Loudspeaker
Fulcrum Acoustic, creators of high-performance professional loudspeaker technologies, announces their latest innovative product, the CCX1295 12" Subcardioid Coaxial Loudspeaker. Unlike conventional loudspeakers that trade off low ...
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Radial Announces the Di-NET DAN-TX and DiNET DAN-RX, Dante Enabled Direct Boxes, Are Now Shipping
Radial Engineering announces that the DiNET DAN-TX and DAN-RX, stereo Dante audio converters, are now shipping.
Developed by Audinate, Dante is a low-latency audio-over-Ethernet protocol utilized in professional and ...
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Audio-Technica, Recording Connection, and Clyne Media Establish Csaba Petocz Master Class Scholarship
Audio-Technica, a provider of innovative transducer technology for over 50 years, the Recording, Radio and Film Connection (RRFC), a network of unique educational, instructional, and mentorship programs developed for aspiring ...
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Sennheiser Microphones Capture Unforgettable Performances at Chelsea Music Festival in AMBEO 3D
The Chelsea Music Festival has prided itself on the diversity of its programming as well as the spaces in which those performances take place. In its first eight seasons, it has presented events at more than 50 locations throughout Chelsea ...
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Replica of Paxton's Great Conservatory at RHS Chatsworth Defies Mother Nature Thanks to Unusual Rigging
The Chatsworth Estate opened its doors and its grounds to the Royal Horticultural Society in June for a new show with a style and content unlike any of its existing events. Running from June 7 - 11, the estate, which is home to the Duke ...
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Robe Is Very Much Alive with Phil Collins!
Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, hit-maker and one of the world's best-selling recording artists -- Phil Collins -- was on the road last month (June 2017) for his Not Dead Yet mini tour, named as per his autobiography published ...
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Millar Electronics Scoops Community's Rep of the Year Award
Community Professional Loudspeakers announces that Millar Electronics is the recipient of its Rep of the Year Award for 2016. Founded in 1924, Millar Electronics focused heavily on building quality relationships through ...
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Jeff Ravitz and Bandit Light Electric Forest Sherwood Court
Due to high demand (with tickets selling out before the lineup was even announced), the Electric Forest Music Festival doubled its days and held its iconic woodland adventure over two consecutive weekends, with thousands making their way ...
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Tom Petty and EAW ADAPTive Reunite for 40th Anniversary Tour
For the second major tour in a row and the band's 40th anniversary, front-of-house engineer Robert Scovill has specified an Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) ADAPTive sound reinforcement system to support Tom Petty and the ...
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Martin Audio MLA Celebrates Five Years at Hyde Park
In its quest to establish Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park Festival (BST) as the best festival in the world, AEG Live event director, Jim King, is celebrating the fifth consecutive year at the site by announcing a ...
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Sought After Sound Designer Turns to FBT to Meet High Standards
Nick Moon is as passionate about sound quality as he is good music. As the owner of three companies -- a studio (Tone Proper Mastering), an AV company (Tone Proper AV), and an acoustics business (Tone Proper Acoustics) -- he's spent ...
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tube Invests in New Sennheiser D6000 System
Audio specialist tube uk has invested in a new Sennheiser D6000 radio mic system ... which debuted on the world premiere of Israeli artist Yael Bartana's compelling live performance experiment What if Women Ruled the World ...
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Theatre in Review: Amerike: The Golden Land (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene)
This brisk, funny, and touching musical revue, which just extended its run at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, takes audiences through the whirlwind of the American Jewish immigrant experience, from the turn of the last century to the end of ...
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ESTA and USITT Launch the New World Rigging Symposium
ESTA and USITT announce the New World Rigging Symposium, taking place March 13 - 14, 2018 in conjunction with the USITT Conference and Stage Expo 2018 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Symposium will provide a ...
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Bryan Hinckley Promoted to President of Electrosonic USA
Electrosonic announces that Bryan Hinckley has become president of Electrosonic USA. He was most recently the company's vice president of sales.
Hinckley assumes the helm as Jim Bowie steps down from his post ...
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Jerad Garza Joins Ayrton's Growing Sales Team
Ayrton announces the appointment of Jerad Garza as the latest member of its growing international sales team.
Originating from Texas, Garza entered the industry as show technician with Gemini LSV in Dallas where he spent ...
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Get More DiGiCo S-Series for the Money
DiGiCo announces the release of its latest V2.0 software upgrade for its S-Series consoles, adding key features including increased channel count for both the S21 and S31 from 40 to 48 input channels. ...
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Chauvet Professional F4IP Video Panel Stands Out Rain or Shine
The F4IP LED video panel from Chauvet Professional is a fair and foul weather friend. With brilliant SMD 1921 LEDs, a pixel pitch of 4.8mm and 5,000 Nits illuminance, the new panel has the brightness and clarity to make a vivid ...
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PR Lighting Upgrades Popular Hybrid to Create New XR 440B BWS
PR Lighting's new XR 440B BWS expands on the existing XR 440 BWS, which integrates three features (spot, wash, and beam) in a single unit. Combining the same advanced 440W Osram Sirius lamp technology with superb optical ...
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VUE h-208 Offers High-Profile Performance in an Exceptionally Low-Profile Package
VUE Audiotechnik revealed the next addition to its highly acclaimed h-Class family of ultra-high-definition, full-range loudspeaker systems. The h-208 combines a full complement of Vue's most advanced transducer technologies, with ...
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Spikies and BMFL Blades Help Keep it Clean for Soprano Tour
Multi award-winning French rapper Soprano -- known for his hard-hitting but expletive-free lyrics as much as his massive popularity -- recently toured with a new show and lighting design created by Victorien Cayzeele from All ...
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Shure to Offer Custom Color Microphones from ColorWare
Shure Incorporated, a microphone manufacturer, announces that it will offer custom color microphone options through its partner, ColorWare. Performers, churches, schools, and other users can create custom color designs for ...
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New Flare Q+ on Linkin Park Tour
It is said "You can take the band out of Southern California but you can't take So Cal out of the band." Completing the European leg of their world tour in Birmingham last week, Linkin Park's One More Light is a departure from the ...
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Freeman Audio Visual Canada Wins Leadership in Greener Purchasing Award
Freeman Audio Visual Canada announces that Grand & Toy (G&T), an affiliate of global office products provider Office Depot, Inc., has awarded Freeman its Leadership in Greener Purchasing Award in the Technology and Telecom ...
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ArKaos Announce the Release of LEDMaster 1.2 with the Support for the New Interface Kling-Force LED
ArKaos announces the great simplicity of LEDMaster 1.2. The release of the new LEDMaster 1.2 brings significant support updates for the Kling-Net protocol and also introduces support for the new interface Kling-Force LED, an ...
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Theatre in Review: Say Something Bunny! (UNDO Project Space)
One of the oddest and most captivating entertainments of the new season is located far off the beaten path in a rather anonymous building on the 500 block of West 20th Street. You make your way to the third floor -- you need to follow the ...
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Sennheiser Applauds FCC Ruling
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today ratified an Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the use of the frequency spectrum that will impact all wireless microphone users. The Order on ...
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ETC's Classic Source Four PAR and PARNel fixtures, Now in LED
Go LED without sacrifice -- Source 4WRD PAR and Source 4WRD PARNel Fixture Bodies are now shipping! These two new fixture bodies keep everything users love about incandescent Source Four PAR and PARNel fixtures, the company says, and add ...
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18P Hex: ADJ's Most Powerful Par Features 6-in-1 LEDs and All-Metal Construction
The new 18P Hex is ADJ's most potent LED-powered Par fixture to date, the company says, a professional-grade unit designed for use in fixed installations as well as for one-off events and touring productions. Utilizing eighteen 12W ...
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Rich Rowley Appointed as CODA Audio UK Managing Director
CODA Audio announces the appointment of Rich Rowley to the position of managing director of the newly created CODA Audio UK Ltd. A vastly experienced industry professional, Rowley brings a wealth of technical and commercial ...
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Pro Sound Effects Releases "Industrial Sounds with Soul" Library
Pro Sound Effects, the next level sound effects library company, today released Industrial Sounds with Soul. Featuring unique recordings of roaring factory ambience, hypnotic oscillating rhythmic machinery, metallic clanks, clicks, ...
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AES New York Convention to Debut New Exhibition Floor Stages and Sessions
The Audio Engineering Society has begun to announce details for the upcoming AES New York Convention in October, Including some of the initial offerings granted for both free Exhibits-Plus and premium All Access badge-holding ...
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d3 at the Center of Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience
Game of Thrones fans were given another outlet for their favorite show when the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience played a 24-date arena tour across North America. The tour featured the show's composer, Ramin ...
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Depeche Mode's Global Spirit Tour Gets Industrial Edge from Philips Lighting's New VL6000 Beams
Philips Lighting announces that its new Philips Vari-Lite VL6000 Beam luminaires are playing a central role in the lighting design for Depeche Mode's Global Spirit Tour.
Lighting design for the tour is by Sooner ...
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Martin by Harman's Creative VDO Range Flying High in Norway
Increasingly more lighting designers use VDO creative video products to boost drama and amplify the visual expression of performing artists. Pixels, battens, and LED panels are embraced for their versatility and ability to engage with ...
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The 1975 Tours with Adamson
British pop-rock outfit The 1975 have been touring virtually non-stop since 2015, having just wrapped up the seventh -- yes, seventh -- leg of their ongoing run with shows across North America.
As their audiences continue to grow, so ...
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Omnison Supports Formula 1 Grand Prix
The Canadian Formula One Grand Prix 2017 at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal is one of the best-attended motor sports events in the world. Few places embrace their Grand Prix weekend as enthusiastically as the Canadian city of ...
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Taking Repertory on Tour: Soulpepper Begins New York Residency
In what is surely the most ambitious initiative of the new season, the Toronto-based theatre company Soulpepper has established a New York beachhead during the month of July. The company has commandeered all the spaces at the Pershing ...
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ESTA's Happy Hour for Behind the Scenes Returns to Vegas for Fourth Year
ESTA's Happy Hour to benefit Behind the Scenes returns for its fourth year as one of the industry's biggest parties of the year and will take place on Thursday, November 16, from 6:00 - 8:00pm at the Havana Room located in the ...
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Peavey Introduces PVXp DSP Powered Enclosures
Whether the user is a musician longing for a reliable PA, a DJ ready to rock the house, or a contractor needing a flexible, flyable speaker for a variety of installations, the new PVXp DSP powered enclosures from Peavey Electronics ...
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PreSonus StudioLive 16.0.2 USB Delivers Big Performance in a Compact Frame
Following up on the success of its popular, award-winning StudioLive 16.0.2 digital recording and performance mixer, PreSonus announces the new StudioLive 16.0.2 USB. Compact, portable, and rack-mountable (optional), the 16-channel ...
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PR Lighting Launches the XLED 4022RZ Moving Head Luminaire
PR Lighting introduces the XLED 4022RZ, a 22 LED high-performance wash, beam and effect moving-head luminaire.
Equipped with 22 40W Osram RGBW LEDs that are strategically placed in symmetrical distances makes the fixture ...
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ArKaos' Kling-Net Tile Is Now Available on the App and Android Stores
ArKaos announces the company's brand new Android and IOS App: meet Kling-Net Tile, the app, converting the user's smartphone or tablet into a LED tile and available to play with, for free. Kling-Net protocol, in combination with ...
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Powersoft Approaches Magic Milestone by Announcing "One Million Channels" Campaign
Powersoft, a provider of lightweight, energy-efficient amplifier technology, is approaching an unheard of industry landmark. The Italian manufacturer reports that it now has almost 1 million channels of audio power spread across the ...
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Audio-Technica Honors Online CRM with Its President's Award
Audio-Technica, a manufacturer of wired and wireless microphones, headphones, and accessory products for over 50 years, announces that Wadsworth, Ohio-based firm Online CRM has been presented with Audio-Technica's prestigious ...
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Chris Lisle Design for Jason Aldean's They Don't Know Tour Includes Elation Lighting
Chris Lisle has designed the production and lighting for Jason Aldean's current They Don't Know tour and is using Elation Professional gear as part of a large lighting package. The country music singer has been on the ...
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Fineline Provides Diverse Looks at Glastonbury with Chauvet Professional
From its humble beginnings in 1970, the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts has championed performance diversity in all its shapes and forms. The Circus Big Top and the Wow! stages are two examples that perhaps best ...
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Neil Austin Uses GLP X4 Bars and XL to Light Woyzeck
Creating a concept to sculpt the air with light, Tony and Olivier award-winning lighting designer Neil Austin has drawn on the work of early visionaries Adolphe Appia, Gordon Craig, and the more recent Josef Svoboda to deliver his ...
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LOUD Adds Sales Veterans Lewis and Bradley
LOUD Technologies, Inc. (LOUD) announces the addition of two well-known industry veterans, CJ Lewis and Parker Bradley, to its sales team. Lewis is LOUD retail group's new western regional sales manager, while Bradley ...
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Projected Image Helps Light Up Durham
This year Projected Image is lending its skills for an exclusive sponsor event in the lead up to Lumiere Durham -- the largest light festival in the UK. Held every two years, the festival attracts 200,000 people to the historic city ...
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Theatre in Review: Hamlet (The Public Theater)
Before it collapses in a heap of mannerisms and conflicting acting styles, Sam Gold's contemporary take on Hamlet manages some remarkable effects. This is a minimalist vision of the play, at times as intimate as a whisper. ...
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Clearwing Productions Acquires Denver Production Company
Clearwing Productions, a multi-generational family business, announces that it has acquired DSI Event Group in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1979 as Dowlen Sound, the DSI location joins already existing Clearwing offices in ...
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PR Lighting's Butterfly Dazzles Even More Spectacularly
PR Lighting recently previewed the new Butterfly among a suite of new products at the Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt.
Although it was well received, the company decided to supercharge it by adding five small plates on ...
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Clear-Com, DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, Sound Devices, and K-Tek to Host The Sound Summit Seattle
On Thursday, August 17, 2017, Clear-Com, DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics, Sound Devices, and K-Tek, will host The Sound Summit Seattle at the Columbia City Theater in Seattle. This event is part of The Sound Summit series of ...
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Point Source Audio Unveils its Redesigned Website
Point Source Audio has launched a redesign of their website, www.point-sourceaudio.com -- showcasing its microphone and headset inventions to service the pro audio and broadcast industries. The website now features an upgraded ...
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ChamSys Supports Array of Artists at Glastonbury
Like the free-flowing blend of eclectic music that floated through the summer air at Worthy Farm, ChamSys consoles were impossible to miss at the 2017 edition of the Glastonbury Festival. From the Other Stage, where superstars ...
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PixelFLEX Raises the Roof for Goalen Group
As a full-service, live event design and production provider, Goalen Group has produced projects all over the world for a broad spectrum of Fortune 500 clients. At a recent supplier awards ceremony held by one of the world's largest ...
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Powersoft's Third Party Control Capabilities Lead Les Champs Libres' Spatial Sound
Situated in Rennes, Les Champs Libres is not only the main city library (Rennes Métropole) and Museum of Brittany, but it also incorporates a science museum with planetarium, a conference room, and exhibition hall. ...
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Claypaky, Robert Juliat Fixtures, MA Control, and MDG Hazers Light Up Telemiracle Telethon from Saskatoon
Telemiracle, the annual telethon in Saskatchewan, Canada that benefits the Kinsmen Foundation, marked its 41st year with a 21-hour, commercial-free live broadcast from TCU Place, Saskatoon's Arts and Convention Center. The show's lighting ...
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VUE al-12 Continues Momentum at BottleRock Napa Valley
Celebrating its fifth year last month, BottleRock Napa Valley once again marked the unofficial launch of Northern California's festival and arts season with a three-day, no-holds-barred music, food, and wine festival held over the Memorial ...
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Community Delivers Power and Quality for Manhattan's Soho Grand Hotel
Essential Communications of East Hanover, New Jersey has recently completed a major upgrade to the audio systems at Manhattan's Soho Grand Hotel. Opened in August 1996, the Soho Grand Hotel was Manhattan's first luxury downtown ...
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John Rotellini's Magic Performances Excel with Countryman's B6 Omnidirectional Lavalier Microphone
From video games to television and film, modern culture is filled with escapes from reality -- though we don't normally witness this in a live environment. Meet John Rotellini, who merges sleight of hand magic and illusions with ...
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Symetrix Prism Provides Flexibility for Major Thai Venue
Already one of the hottest tickets in town, the 8 on eleven club in Bangkok has rapidly become one of the must-visit highlights of the Thai capital's famously lively nightlife scene. Featuring bar, cafe/restaurant and club areas, the venue ...
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Theatre in Review: Me the People (Triad Theater)
Subtitled "The Trump America Musical," Me the People wants to do for the current cockeyed state of American politics what Forbidden Broadway has long done for the follies of the Great White Way. Basically, Nancy ...
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Riverview Systems Group, Inc., Announces 30th Anniversary
Riverview Systems Group, Inc., is honored to celebrate 30 years of providing the world's leading brands with the technical and production design expertise to successfully produce engaging and innovative live events. ...
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Mega Systems Is Now the Exclusive Distributor of Fenix Stage Lifting Towers
Mega Systems Inc. introduces exclusive distribution of Fenix Stage, a manufacturer of lifting towers. Fenix is based in Valencia, Spain, and is distributed world wide.
"We are pleased to become a part of the Mega Systems ...
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Inaugural Chengdu InfoComm China Launches in September 2018
Backed by a 12-year track record of successful shows in Beijing, InfoCommAsia Pte Ltd, China's leading organizer of trade shows for the professional audiovisual (pro-AV) and experiential communications technologies industries, is ...
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Vasco Rocks Modena with 550 Robes in the Rig
A crazy gig of epic proportions saw a quarter of a million Vasco Rossi fans pack into Modena Park for the one and only 2017 live appearance by Italian superstar and local hero in an epic homecoming concert. ...
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Video Design Creates ELO Fantasy
Visually there has always been a sense of fantasy and science fiction to Jeff Lynne's ELO while musically his massively successful song catalog inhabits a clear fusion of pop, rock, and classical. It's proved a happy combination on record ...
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City Panorama Takes Wings Above Kazan
The City Panorama exhibition and entertainment complex in Kazan opened to the public in early 2017. Breaking new ground in the deployment of high-resolution video in museums and visitor attractions, AV expert Polymedia together with ...
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Luminex Expands its US Sales Force with Cardone Solomon & Associates
Belgium-based Luminex Network Intelligence continues to strengthen its American sales force with the addition of Cardone Solomon & Associates (CSA) representing Luminex in the northeastern United States. Right after the ...
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Nine LITEC Stages at Live You Play Event
Nine LITEC roof systems ranging from 10m x 8m to 27m x 13m were chosen by Live You Play for their event during the MIR (Music Inside Rimini) exhibition in Fiera Di Rimini, Italy. Seven roofs were provided by AMG International ...
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Elation Lighting Excitement at King of Kings World Grand Prix 46
King of Kings (KOK) events are some of the most popular kickboxing events in the world and Elation Professional dealer Eventica Grup SRL of Moldova has been a staging and technical contractor of KOK tournaments for years. For ...
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Record Number of Robert Juliat Dalis Color the Sky for Snégourotchka at the Bolshoi Theatre
Robert Juliat's award-winning Dalis 860 LED cyclorama lighting fixtures are currently playing a key role in Snégourotchka (The Snow Maiden) by Rimski-Korsakov at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. The opera premiered June ...
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Mackie Launches Redesigned MR Series Studio Monitors
Mackie today announces a complete refresh of its popular, affordable powered studio monitors -- MR Series Powered Studio Monitors. Designed for home studios, content creators, and multimedia, the MR Series is available in the 5" ...
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Good Times for Chic at Glastonbury with Allen & Heath's dLive
Legendary disco act, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, performed an acclaimed set on Glastonbury's Pyramid stage using Allen & Heath dLive S Class mixing systems.
Supported by F1 Sound, John Ryan, tech production manager and ...
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Theatre in Review: 1984 (Hudson Theatre)
"If you leave your seat for any reason during the performance, you will not be permitted to return." So says the insert in Playbills currently being handed out at the Hudson Theatre; at the performance I attended, the usher offered a ...
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Martin Audio's New Product Lineup Starts Shipping
Back in April, Martin Audio chose Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt as the platform to announce and preview its ambitious line-up of 10 new products across multiple categories including line arrays, stage monitors, and amplifiers ...
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CAST Software Announces WYSIWYG R39
CAST introduces WYSIWYG lighting design software Release 39 which packs improved security to protect user investment as well as a rich new feature set for every WYSIWYG mode: CAD, data, plots, reports, and previsualization and more.< ...
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Lighting Designer Caleb McKenzie Becomes IESNYC President
Effective July 1, 2017, lighting designer Caleb McKenzie, LC, IALDA, MIES, and a principal at US Lighting Consultants, becomes the 92nd president of the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section (IESNYC). ...
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New Recruit Strengthens Green Hippo Global Training Team
Green Hippo announces a key addition to its training team, further bolstering its ability to provide invaluable guidance to Green Hippo users across the globe. Annalisa Terranova joins the company as senior training manager ...
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Dynaudio's Newly Appointed CEO for the Americas, Andrew Werdean, Implements Major Management Changes
Dynaudio, Danish high-end loudspeaker specialist, announces that its newly appointed CEO for North and South America, Andrew Werdean, is fueling the company's ambitious growth across the Americas through key promotions, a new ...
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Live Legends Acquire First d3 gx 2 Media Servers in EMEA
d3 Technologies studio partner, Amsterdam-based, Live Legends, has expanded its fleet with the first European debut prerelease d3 gx 2 media servers.
The new gx range comes with a Notch Playback license, allowing ...
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Martin by Harman Brings a Club Show to the Arena for Eric Church's Holdin' My Own Tour
Award-winning lighting designer Butch Allen recently deployed Martin by Harman Axiom Hybrid luminaires to create a bold and innovative lighting design for Eric Church's Holdin' My Own tour. ...
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Popping It Up for Polish Idol with Robe
The recent edition of Polish Idol featured a distinctive filmic styling emanating from the visual influence of lighting designer Artur Szyman, one of the country's leading lighting and scenic designers, who was assisted by 96 ...
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Maranatha Church in Forest Lake, Minnesota, Chooses Bose Professional RoomMatch System
No one can ever accuse the Maranatha Church of Forest Lake, Minnesota, of being shy or timid in its worship style. Pastor Bob Headley will be the first to acknowledge that the sound inside the 1,000-plus-seat sanctuary can get both ...
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Mavericks and Rogues Brew Lighting Mix at BruFest
Beer isn't the first thing most people associate with Arizona, but The Grand Canyon State has become a hot bed of micro brewing. A local survey by a Phoenix news outlet found that the city alone is home to 29 different establishments that ...
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Angels in America is Under Control with ETC's Eos and LightStrike
Tony Kushner's multi-award-winning play, Angels in America has made a triumphant return to the National Theatre, marking 25 years since its UK debut. This technology-laden production of the two-part epic features innovative ways of ...
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PR Lighting's Versatile XR 440 BWS Dances on German TV
When Let's Dance, the German version of Dancing with the Stars / Strictly Come Dancing, celebrated its 10th anniversary series recently, lighting designer David Kreilemann decided to place special emphasis on the ...
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iHeartCountry Festival Brings Down the House with Radio Active Designs
The 2017 iHeartCountry Festival drew more than 15,000 country music fans to the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. They were lined up to hear an impressive lineup of country music stars including Jason Aldean, Little Big Town, Dierks ...
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Theatre in Review: Marvin's Room (Roundabout Theatre Company/American Airlines Theatre)
Well into the second act of Marvin's Room, the heroine, Bessie -- who has spent the bulk of her adult life caring for others -- admits to her long-estranged sister, Lee, that she once enjoyed a romantic relationship with a ...
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New Fuze Wash 575 from Elation Optimized for Exhibit/Auto Show Market
When companies present their newest products at exhibitions, aesthetics are crucial and lighting plays a key role in their presentation. Auto shows place especially high demands on lighting. That was the impetus behind development of Ela ...
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Claire DeLiso Named Inaugural Burry Fredrik Design Fellow
The Burry Fredrik Foundation has announced a new commitment to launching the careers of graduates from the Yale School of Drama Burry Fredrik Design Fellowship. Set ...
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Morris Takes CMA Fest to the Next Level with Yamaha PM10s and NEXO STMs
Amidst capacity crowds and sold out shows, Morris Light & Sound (Nashville) supplied the 2017 CMA Festival's 46-year event with a NEXO STM Line Array, Yamaha consoles, monitors, and top-notch engineers for four ...
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Ayrton Brings Glamour to Germany's Next Top Model
Ayrton MagicPanel-FX, AlienPix-RS, and MagicBlade-R luminaires starred alongside the catwalk models during the grand finale of Germany's Next Top Model on May 25, 2017. The spectacular, full-scale production -- now an eagerly ...
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Chauvet Professional Lights Tempe's Fourth of July Fireworks Festivities
On the eve of the "first" Fourth of July in 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife that he hoped the day would "be commemorated with illuminations forever more." Fast forward 241 years, and the good citizens of Tempe, Arizona, (along with the ...
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Green Hippo Lights Up the Ice
Dinamo Riga, the Latvian professional hockey team, teamed with Stage Crew, Latvian technical production service, to mark Dinamo's final home game of the KHL 2016/17 season. And, center to the stunning pre-game visuals was a Green ...
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Robe Sparks PopRock Festival Slovenia
Teamwork is a great thing, and this was clearly evident for Slovenia's 2017 PopRock Festival, a high-profile national TV live event broadcast from Ljubljana, where lighting designer Crt Birsa and set designer Greta Godnic
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Spotlight on New Products from MILOS
From 1 July - 30 September, MILOS will be focusing on a range of new products launched in 2017! During this spotlight period, MILOS will be producing two technical videos about the new MILOS MT-PA5030 PA Tower and MILOS MT1 Ballast ...
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Legendary Artists Meet LEWITT Microphones at Atlantic Records
With studio locations across America, Atlantic Records is home to legendary artists including Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Led Zeppelin, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, Genesis, Cher, Cream, Rush, Stevie Nicks, Phil Collins, and ...
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Backstreet Boys Are Back, Backed By DiGiCo
When '90s boy-band icons Backstreet Boys found themselves all grown up and doing a new Las Vegas residency gig billed as Larger Than Life, stepping it up meant all-new arrangements and a new sound system centered on the DiGiCo ...
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Everything Old is New Again at Hudson Hall with FBT
When Hudson Hall at the Hudson Opera House decided to renovate their historic building, they were faced with a challenge common to any historic space: retrofitting it with modern amenities and equipment while maintaining its authenticity. ...
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Slightly Stoopid Tours with Bandit Lites
Slightly Stoopid may have two decades of touring under their belts, but the genre-busting band still keeps shows fresh and energetic for audiences around the country, pulling from their 12 albums including their recent release Meanwhile ...
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The Long Reach Long Riders Complete Their 14th Annual Charity Ride
The Long Reach Long Riders announce the success of their 14th annual charity motorcycle ride. The ride, which was dubbed The Avocado Adventure, by ride marshal Drew Wending, raised over $57,000 for Broadway Cares/Equity ...
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And the Tony Goes to . . . The Dallas Theatre Center
Congratulations to the Dallas Theatre Center on winning the 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award! The prestigious honor is awarded each year to a regional theatre company in recognition of a group's innovative, exceptional ...
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Waves Announces Headphone EQ Calibration for Nx Virtual Mix Room
Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing solutions and digital music production tools, announces an update to the Waves Nx Virtual Mix Room plugin -- a new headphone EQ calibration feature. Added in response to popular ...
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Genelec Hosting Nashville Listening Event on July 11 at Addiction Sound Studios
Genelec, a provider of active monitoring technology for nearly 40 years, is holding a listening showcase of the ultimate point-source monitoring, its new "The Ones" series of Compact Coaxial Active Monitors. The event will be held ...
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First Prolyte Campus Event in the US Held During Infocomm
Prolyte Group hosted its first North American Campus event on truss training in Orlando, Florida, last month, just one day prior to the opening of InfoComm.
Organized in cooperation with its North American distributor A ...
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ALD Launches Michael Northen Awards 2017
The Association of Lighting Designers, announces the launch of the 2017 Michael Northen Awards. This year, following extensive research by the ALD's student working group, a total of four awards will be presented under the "Mi ...
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ON LX Branches Out to Deliver Technical Innovation in Greenpeace Field at Glastonbury Alongside Bailes & Light
This year saw the Greenpeace field take a leap into the future. With the theme of "forests," the creative team ran wild designing structures visible from across the site.
The most noticeable element of the field consisted of a huge 18m ...
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Film and Video Game Composer R. Kim Shultz Adds ADAM Audio's New S Series Monitors
Film and video game music composer R. Kim Shultz was just about to place an order for a new pair of reference monitors when he received an invitation from ADAM Audio to attend the Chicago event showcasing the company's new S Series ...
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Painting with Light Keeps It Light for Don Pasquale
Painting with Light renewed its long-term working collaboration with the Summer Opera at Alden Biesen, a beautiful 16th century castle in the village of Rijkhoven, Limburg, eastern Belgium ... just a 20 minute drive from the ...
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Tour Sound Edits "Playback Control" with an Allen & Heath Qu-16
Renowned pro touring provider, Tour Supply, has selected Allen & Heath's Qu-16 rackmount digital mixer as the mixer of choice for its Playback Control System, supplied to well-known acts like Aerosmith, Kenny Chesney, Fifth ...
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Winkler Multi Media Events Expands the Potential of GLP X4 Atoms
Since investing in more than 300 GLP X4 atoms at the end of last year, Swiss company Winkler Multi Media Events, has found that this small lamp from Karlsbad has developed into a serious and versatile contender. The wide ...
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Bakersfield High School Graduates to Avolites Sapphire Touch
For 75 years, theatre students at Bakersfield High School have learned technical skills to prepare them for a life in the entertainment world. This year, Kern High School District invested heavily in its students' professional education by ...
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Middlesex University's Quadrangle Gets ICONYX
With roots dating back more than 130 years, Middlesex University has built a reputation as a world-class institution, with branches in Dubai, Malta, and Mauritius. The school's main campus in Hendon, North London, has been undergoing an ...
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Bringing Nashville to the UK
Adlib was chosen by the production team from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, to supply lighting, audio, and crew to the recent UK arena tour by the stars of the CMT hit musical drama TV show, Nashville. ...
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Theatre in Review: Bastard Jones (The Cell)
When it comes to Henry Fielding's seminal comic novel, theatre people are moths to the flame; unfortunately, they usually end up seared. The website Ovrtur.com, which keeps track of such things, lists seven different musical theatre ...
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PLASA Show 2017 Seminar Program Steps Up a Gear
The PLASA Show seminar program is one of its most important and popular features, each year hosting industry experts from around the world who share their knowledge, skills, and experience. This year, the new, enhanced program is ...
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German EDM Festival "Tante Mia tanzt" Shines with Elation
As Ascension Day is a traditional day off for Germans, what better way to spend it then at "Tanta Mia tanzt," a one-day electro dance music festival with international and regional DJs. Held in the town of Vechta in northwest Germany, ...
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Audio Engineering Society's President Case Shares Event Vision into 70th Anniversary Year
"As we approach our 70th anniversary year, the Audio Engineering Society is involved in more events, in more locations, than ever," says AES president Alex Case. "From our international conventions in the USA and Europe, our ...
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Holstebro Musikteatret Scores a Plus with Robe
Holstebro Musikteatret in Denmark has invested in 24 new Robe LEDWash 600+s which will be used throughout their facility, making the production lighting options more dynamic and flexible and saving valuable time during changeovers ...
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NSCA Announces 2017-2018 Board of Directors
NSCA announces the election of new officers to its board of directors for 2017-2018. The following professionals joined the NSCA board of directors and began their three-year terms on July 1, 2017:
* Dale Bottcher, senior ...
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Elite Productions Lights Superstars at Soul Beach with Chauvet Professional
Too often, events that receive a lot of accolades don't seem to live up to their press clippings. This was most definitely not the case at the 2017 Soul Beach Music Festival in Aruba's capital of Oranjestad. Routinely included in the Top ...
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L-Acoustics Syva and Kiva II Embark on a Worship Road Show
L-Acoustics, whose flagship line array systems are among the first choice for many of the world's top Christian touring artists -- including Hillsong United and Chris Tomlin -- is taking its latest technologies on a tour of houses ...
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Summerfest's 50th Festival Goes 100 Percent DiGiCo
With nearly 900,000 expected music fans flocking to Milwaukee's Henry W. Maier Festival Park on 75 acres of Lake Michigan shoreline from June 28 to July 9, Summerfest has unquestionably earned its nickname as the "Big Gig." Showcasing more ...
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Fineline Feels the Love for Martin by Harman Face 5
Bristol, UK-based Fineline Lighting proves the wisdom of its investment in Martin by Harman's VDO Face 5 HB LED panels by deploying impressive media displays on the two main stages at the recent Love Saves The Day Festival, ...
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Prolyte Group Expands Production to Support Its Growth
Following continued growth, Prolyte Group has solved its need for additional production capacity by expanding its new production site in Piatra Olt, Romania, which was opened in 2016. With this expansion Prolyte has completed an ...
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Clegg Sound Deploys NEXO M6 for Dance Academy Recital
Since 1957, the New Hampshire Academy of Performing Arts (NHAPA) has provided quality training to over 20,000 dance students. Headed by founder/director, Marie Patent, the professional faculty brings a wealth of knowledge, training, and ...
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Sound Image Bay Area Takes the Stage with VUE
Escondido, California-based Sound Image has expanded operations and set sight on a new location focused on Northern California. From audio, lighting, and video, to virtually everything in between, Sound Image Productions opened its ...
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Theatre in Review: Napoli, Brooklyn (Roundabout at Laura Pels Theatre)
Napoli, Brooklyn is, for much of its running time, a remarkably sluggish drama built around a first-act curtain so shocking that I'm a little surprised it doesn't nightly inspire an audience panic attack. It's a force majeure ...
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Theatre in Review: Fulfillment Center (Manhattan Theatre Club City Center Stage II)
The title of Abe Koogler's new play couldn't be more ironic; it refers to one of those big warehouses from which goods purchased on the Internet are shipped. Fulfillment Center, the play, is a snapshot of American ...
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