COVID-19 Update, September 29, 2020: The One Million Mark
Today's title points to the latest and grimmest milestone of the pandemic, one made even harder to accept by plentiful evidence of a bungled national response, which has done nothing but erode the faith of the public in crucial ...
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Live Aid Too
Take Action and Write Congress Now As negotiations resume, once again, between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House about a pandemic relief bill, your voice is needed more than ever. Michael Strickland, CEO of ...
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PLASA to Run Online Program Covering Business, Industry, and New Technology
PLASA, the lead association for the events and entertainment technology industry, is hosting PLASA Online 2020, a program of free online content from Monday 12 to Friday 16 October designed to provide industry professionals with the ...
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Claypaky Mini-B PARLED Aqua: A Weather-resistant, Mini Par Fixture with 40W RGBW LEDs
With the increasing demand for weather-resistant fixtures for entertainment and architecture applications, Claypaky's Mini-B PARLED Aqua is billed as fitting the needs for size, output, and features. With its seven Osram 40W RGBW ...
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Follow-Me TWO and SIX Now Available Through A.C. Lighting Inc.
A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of lighting and rigging technologies, including Follow-Me Remote Follow Spot Control Systems, announces the release of Follow-Me TWO and SIX. Follow-Me believes that one of the key points that ...
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Symetrix Composer 8.0 Adds Lua Scripting, Radius NX AEC Enhancement, Audio Playback, and Media Manager
Symetrix announces the release of the latest version of its free Composer programming software for Edge, Radius NX, Prism, and Solus NX DSPs. Composer 8.0 for Windows expands the power of the Symetrix ecosystem with multiple new ...
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Robe is Unmasked in Belgium
Masked Singer -- TV singing competition with celebrities concealed in fantastic elaborate costumes and full face masks, in this case depicting the Wolf, the Dragonfly, the Queen and several others to keep their identities secret ...
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St. Mary Royal Oak Bestowed with L-Acoustics Sound Fit for a Queen
For over six decades, St. Mary Catholic Church in Detroit's Royal Oak suburb has faithfully served the community through its food and clothing pantry, holding regular mass, and teaching students at its parochial school. With the joyous ...
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Vectorworks, Inc. Announces GDTF Website Migration to VPLT Association
Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. along with founders MA Lighting and Robe lighting have transitioned the General Device Type Format (GDTF) website to VPLT -- the German Entertainment Technology Association. ...
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TSDCA Announces First Inter-collegiate Student Sound Design Challenge
To correspond with the return to school for Fall Semester, the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA) announces the Fall 2020 Student Sound Design Challenge -- an opportunity for students from many different ...
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Chase Oaks Church Receives a Double Portion of DiGiCo Quantum Power
Chase Oaks Church, a multi-campus church in the Dallas area, has installed two DiGiCo Quantum338 consoles as part of a larger renovation of its AV infrastructure that also included a reamplification and retuning of its PA system. ...
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Diversified Selects Analog Way's Picturall Pro Media Server to Drive Lobby Video Exhibit
The Philadelphia branch of global systems integrator Diversified completed the design and integration of "The Powers of Ten" video exhibit in the lobby of the W.L. Gore Capabilities Center using Analog Way's Picturall Pro media ...
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Brompton Technology Helps Studio45 Hit the Right Note Every Time
From esports to awards nights and live music, Studio45 provides a state-of-the-art setting for event professionals to continue producing and hosting live events which are streamed worldwide. Created by Australian audiovisual supplier ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 28, 2020: The Long March
To put it mildly, the nation's attention was otherwise engaged this weekend, given the nomination to the Supreme Court of Amy Coney Barrett and the revelations about the president's tax returns. Less noticed were new developments that ...
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D-Day Countdown -- WeMakeEvents Global Day of Action Planned for September 30th
The #WeMakeEvents campaign has been ramping up activity in order to highlight how the global live events industry urgently needs to get back to work. Over 30 million people in 25 countries would usually work in the events ...
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Christie Releases Pandoras Box Version 6.5 with Completely New Render Engine for Greater Performance
Christie, a provider of visual display technologies, announces the release of software version 6.5 for its award-winning Christie Pandoras Box media server. Version 6.5 comes with many added benefits for integrators and ...
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Elation Upgrade for German Water Tower a Beacon of Opportunity
The nearly 40m high water tower in Alsdorf, Germany, is a well-known local landmark that serves as an unmistakable beacon to anyone in the area. Visible for kilometers in every direction, its prominence has great benefits for the ...
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Robe Lights Pula Arena Red for #WeMakeEvents Campaign
Robe moving lights were at the core of a truly spectacular lighting scheme designed to illuminate the magnificent Pula Arena in Croatia in red for the evening of September 1st. This was in solidarity with the #RedAlertRESTAR ...
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Austrian Audio OC818 and Hi-X55 Nominated for NAMM TEC Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement
Austrian Audio has been announced as a nominee for the 36th Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards in the category of Outstanding Technical Achievement. Presented by The NAMM Foundation, The NAMM ...
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DCA's Kevin Gross to Host IP Oktoberfest Program
Fresh from being awarded a Technical & Engineering Emmy for his work on audio over IP, David Carroll Associates media network architect Kevin Gross will be hosting a Main Stage presentation at the upcoming AIMS IP ...
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Granada Theatre Renovation Centers Around Allen & Heath SQ-7
Built in 1937 as Shirley Temple, Clark Gable, and Bing Crosby ruled Hollywood, the "Crown Jewel of Southern Illinois" quickly became the center of Mount Vernon entertainment. Complete with the original neon marquee shining bright, the ...
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Solaris Flares Cut Through the Ice at the Stanley Cup
TMB's Solaris Flare Q+ and Flare Q+ Linear lighting fixtures are playing a leading role in the National Hockey League's 2020 Stanley Cup. The clashes on ice began August 1, with a champion to be crowned this week. ...
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KP Acoustics: The Soul of Sport is in the Sound?
Sports arenas the world over are contending with a whole new paradigm of acoustics. Empty stadiums mean no verbal sound from crowds, but also increased reverberation. It turns out people played a very important role in the satisfying ...
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Brown Note Hits Play on Virtual Concert Series with Clear-Com's FreeSpeak II Digital Wireless Intercom
In early September, Brown Note Productions (BNP) teamed up with its client to deliver an incredible virtual music festival in Colorado. A staggering 7,500,000 fans tuned into the concert, hit play, and plunged into the first-of ...
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XD15s Boost Olivia Dean's Unique Truck Tour
A unique Luton van conversion for singer-songwriter, Olivia Dean, featuring a Martin Audio sound system, has enabled the East London-based recording artiste to tour her local area during the COVID-19 lockdown. ...
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DEMOA Partners with Renkus-Heinz to Ensure Premium Loudspeaker Solutions Are Available Across France
DEMOA Partners with Renkus-Heinz to Ensure Premium Loudspeaker Solutions are Available Across France Renkus-Heinz, manufacturer of professional loudspeakers, is partnering with DEMOA to bring premium sound offerings to ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 25, 2020: When Life Gives You Lemons
Having past the point of seven million COVID-19 infections, and despite stirrings of another pass at a pandemic relief bill, the US remains mired in confusion and inaction. At the same time, something is happening. People and ...
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Franck Fabry Appointed Vice President of Sales for A.C. ProMedia
A.C. ProMedia, distributor of products and technologies aimed at the Fixed Installation & Architainment Markets announces the appointment of Franck-Olivier Fabry as vice president of sales. ...
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Lectrosonics Introduces the DCHR Miniature Stereo Digital Receiver
Lectrosonics announces the introduction of the DCHR miniature stereo digital receiver. The DCHR is a miniature, portable digital receiver capable of stereo or mono operation from a single RF carrier with Lectrosonics digital ...
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The URTA Auditions & Interviews Move Online
URTA announces that the annual URTA Auditions & Interviews will be going online in 2021 for a "live-virtual" URTAs. The event will take place from January 9 - 31, including 14 days of acting auditions, four days of design and ...
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Kotobuki Seating Co., Ltd. Incorporates K+ Seating
Kotobuki Seating Co. announces the incorporation of a new subsidiary company, Kotobuki Seating España (operating as K+ Seating) headquartered near Barcelona, Spain. K+ Seating is "The one stop shop" that will introduce ...
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MTN SHOP Gains Distribution Rights for Xenon Fever Defense
With restaurants, hotels, businesses, and public amenities beginning to reopen across the US, temperature testing has become a mandatory requirement to protect against COVID-19. In an effort to support the protection of our customers and ...
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Verge Aero Soars with the Philadelphia Eagles
Verge Aero recently took to the skies together with partner Strictly FX for a celebratory light show marking the launch of the 2020 NFL season for the Philadelphia Eagles. The company, which is based in Philadelphia, deployed a ...
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Historic Conmy Hall Transformed with Massive Christie LED wall
Conmy Hall, the historic events space used by the United States Government, recently underwent a significant transformation with the installation a massive 144' by 14' Christie CorePlus LED wall. Spearheaded by The Bridge Group and ...
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Astera for "Fiach" Drive in Drama in Ireland
Presenting theatre and performance in the pandemic is a truly challenging space, but it's also no surprise that our hugely talented and resourceful entertainment industry worldwide is responding with some truly imaginative and ingenious ...
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Big Picture Creates Premium Live Event Studio with Brompton Technology
When Big Picture announced its partnership with South West Solutions and Ikonix to offer the most technologically advanced and connected virtual event space in Australia, the industry was anticipating something truly spectacular. They were ...
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ProPlex Ethernet Cables Adopted by New Markets
If you have seen recent Olympics Ceremonies, Super Bowl Half Time shows, The Academy or Brit Awards broadcasts, concerts by artists from Beyonce to the Rolling Stones, or limitless other technically driven live performances and ...
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EAW Delivers Unrivaled Audio Results for Hughie's Event Production Services
Hughie's Event Production Services, a premiere source of quality event production service and professional industry equipment in the Ohio and Western Pennsylvania region, recently replaced some of its older AV rental equipment with new ...
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Harman Professional India Launches Harman TechKnow Chat Series
Creating a new platform where customers can learn from the AV industry's most knowledgeable and accomplished professionals, Harman TechKnow Chat by Harman Professional India is a series of virtual, fireside chats that celebrate key ...
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Chauvet Professional Introduces Ovation H-55FC
Chauvet Professional has made an addition to its line of Ovation house lights. The new, compact Ovation H-55FC offers theatres, recital halls, houses of worship, and other venues greater versatility by fitting seamlessly into ...
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The Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association Announce the TSDCA Audio Drama/Podcast Summit
The Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA) announces the TSDCA Audio Drama/Podcast Summit, a multi-week event designed to give sound designers and composers the tools and methods that they need in order to ...
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Vectorworks, Inc. to Host its First Virtual Vectorworks Design Day on October 6
Following last week's Vectorworks 2021 release, global design and BIM software provider, Vectorworks, Inc. invites all users and press to its global Vectorworks Design Day on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. This virtual event is geared ...
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Nearly 700 Venues Support Day of Visibility for the Live Event Community
On the evening of September 22, nearly 700 venues and landmarks across Canada were lit red as part of a Day of Visibility for the country's thousands of live event workers who've lost their livelihoods due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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Audio-Technica's Phil Cajka To Retire, Manabu Aoki Becomes CEO
Phil Cajka, president and CEO of Audio-Technica US, will retire March 31, 2021, after being with the organization since 1981. Cajka, who has led the US division of the company since his appointment as president and CEO in ...
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The AES Elects Brecht De Man Director of the AES
The Audio Engineering Society's Board of Governors (BoG) has elected Brecht De Man to assume the role of AES director beginning January 1, 2021. Currently serving as a governor of the AES, De Man has held various roles within ...
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AVDG Welcomes Jay Jones as National Procurement Manager
AVDG announces the appointment of industry veteran Jay Jones, CTS, to the position of national procurement manager. Jones enters his new role at AVDG with significant experience spanning more than 26 years in systems ...
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Telefunken Introduces New TF11 at Virtual 149th AES
Telefunken Elektroakustik introduces the TF11, the newest member of the Alchemy Series and the company's first large diaphragm phantom-powered condenser microphone:
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Future is bright! Virtual Production Studios feature Robe
Thomas Giegerich is someone who likes to keep ahead of the game! He and his team at bright! studios, based in Frankfurt, Germany, were already planning to add a new "extended reality" division to their visual design and services ...
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A.C. Lighting Participates in #WeMakeEvents #RedAlert #LightUpLive
A.C. Lighting Inc., and sister company A.C. ProMedia, participated in #WeMakeEvents #RedAlert #LightUpLive to show support and solidarity for the live event industry. On September 1 (in the US) and September 22 (in Canada) ...
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Evolve Technology Launches BStockGear.com With a New Standard for High-End Used Equipment Sales
BStockGear.com, a division of Evolve Technology, has launched as a web platform (www.bstockgear.com), billed as offering excellence in high-end ...
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OBA Give CDD Speakers a Thorough Workout At New Natural Fit Gym
AV integrators, Old Barn Audio (OBA), have been specifying Martin Audio's CDD series on a regular basis, ever since it was first released in 2015. And they have just added a new fitness center to that roster. ...
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Theatre in Review: Belfast Blues (Irish Repertory Online)
Geraldine Hughes had the kind of childhood of which solo theatre pieces are made, though perhaps that could be true of anyone who spent their formative years in Northern Ireland during the '70s and '80s. Not everyone has her eye, ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 23: Take My Vaccine, Please
US health officials have woken up to the realization that the president's attempts at selling a faster-than-fast vaccine to the American public have backfired, making anti-vaxxers out of people who normally hate that term. As you can ...
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival Staff Displaced by Wildfires; Help Needed
Lighting&Sound America has learned that the wildfires devastating the Pacific Northwest have affected staffers at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Michael Maag, resident lighting designer at OSF, writes: ...
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Announcing the Live Events Lift Up Festival
The following message is from the organizers of the Live Events Life Up Festival: "Live Events Lift Up Festival is intended to show gratitude for every person who works to make events "go live" and honor the industry that ...
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Christie Expands RGB Pure Laser Projection Line-up with 4K 50,000-lumen Powerhouse
Christie announces the launch of the Christie Mirage SST RGB pure laser projector with a 50,000-lumen light source. With the same small and flexible form factor of the original 35,000 lumen Mirage SST, the new 50,000 lumen model ...
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New Sales Manager for the South-Central Area of North America at Adam Hall Group
The Adam Hall Group announces the incorporation of Parker Bradley, as sales manager for the South-Central area of North America (TX, OK, LA, AR). Parker has extensive experience in the MI Market, both at the sales, product ...
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Environmental Lights' REVI Downlighting Receives CE Pro BEST Award
Environmental Lights, announces their REVI Remote-Voltage Illumination System was named a winner in the 2020 CE Pro BEST (Best Electronics Systems Technologies) Awards at CEDIA Expo Virtual this week. ...
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Sensational Sebastian Yatra Shows Delight with Large Elation Rig
A full complement of Elation luminaires gave a spectacular closing to Colombian singer Sebastian Yatra's tour earlier this year in Mexico City, where he shared the stage with several artists, including Mexican singer Carlo ...
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Restart-19 : Experiment Targets Safe Resumption of Live Concerts
Restart-19 is an evidence-based scientific study conducted by the University Medical Center, Halle, in conjunction with regional government, aimed at investigating the coronavirus risks associated with staging major cultural or sporting ...
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Scene Ethique Praises Light Up Live Canada
The following is a message from Ron Morissette of Scene Ethique: "In March 2020, the curtain suddenly fell on the live entertainment industry. Many of us are still affected by this unexpected and brutal shutdown: the ...
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LightParts Glows Red for #RedAlertRESTART
LightParts joined our colleagues across the US at 9:00pm on September 1, lighting the mighty LightParts world headquarters located in Austin, Texas in red as part of the #WeMakeEvents RedAlertRESTART event. This event ...
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Live At JEM Commemorates Fundraising Livestreams Lit with Chauvet Professional
"How will I remember the early weeks and months of this pandemic?" Like many people, Joe Ellis has been asking himself this question quite often lately. The answer is complicated. There was stress, pain, and anxiety to be sure. How ...
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LEA Professional Supports Essential Operations at Crocs Distribution Center During COVID-19
At the end of 2019, footwear giant Crocs made the decision to move its warehouse to a brand-new distribution center in Dayton, Ohio. At the time, the company had no idea just how its operations would be challenged in the months ahead, or ...
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MBS Equipment Company is First to Take Delivery of SIDECAR-DMX from AC Power Distribution
AC Power Distribution announces the sale of a large complement of its new SIDECAR-DMX data distribution systems to MBS Equipment Company. MSB, which offers one of the largest overall equipment inventories worldwide for creative ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 22: Sixty-Seven 9/11s
The US now has 200,000 dead from COVID-19, which is odd, since the president thinks the nation's infection rate is miniscule. (See the story below for the meaning of today's grim title.) Meanwhile, Dr. Fauci exposes the president's ...
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ETC Launches Source 4WRD Color
ETC introduces Source 4WRD Color as the latest addition to the ...
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Claypaky MIDI-B: A "Mid-range" Fixture that Stands Out From the Crowd
Fixtures in this class are in high demand because they meet many needs, from the smallest venue to the largest show. With so many choices available, this category of fixture lends to highly competitive prices but also lowest-common ...
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New D-MAX and SailFlow Technologies From Ashly Go Global
Two product lines introducing new Ashly technologies are now shipping worldwide: the CA Series and FA Series Power Amplifier lines. "Both product lines are designed specifically to meet integrators' major needs," says Noel ...
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Registration Open: 2020 "Virtual" Event Safety Summit
As a result of the "New Abnormal" we've been living through since March, health and safety is more in the spotlight than ever before. Issues we thought we understood have been complicated by the need for social distancing, face coverings, ...
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Synthax Unites Audio Community with Virtual "Extravaganza Pro Audio Days" Event
Synthax -- distributor of RME audio solutions, Ferrofish audio converters, Digigram broadcast and streaming solutions, Appsys digital audio tools, and myMix personal monitor and mixer -- announces its Extravaganza Pro Audio Days, a free, ...
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Mini Uplights for Rental Parks - Cameo DROP B1 Now Available from NicLen
The NicLen GmbH rental park has been filling up with lighting technology solutions from Cameo for around two years. Now, Germany's leading dry hire provider has expanded its Cameo portfolio to include the DROP B1 battery-powered outdoor ...
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Iwan Hutapea Powers Indonesia's FLAVS Livestream Hip Hop Festival With ChamSys
Organizers had big plans for FLAVS when they sat around a table planning the event last year. Billing itself as "the largest hip-hop festival in Indonesia," FLAVS was more than ready to live up to this claim. Glastonbury headliner Stormz ...
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d&b Soundscape Provides High-End Sound for Live Performances in New Multi-Purpose Movie Theatre
After months of closures and restrictions, movie fans are finally able to once again experience the sights, sounds, smells, and buzz of shared experience, as cinemas and theatres around Japan get the go-ahead to reopen. ...
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RYU Bar Brings the Best of Asian Culture to India Nightclub with Harman Professional Solutions
AM Integrated Solutions and GRS AV Solutions recently outfitted RYU Bar with a complete Harman Professional sound reinforcement solution. Opened in January, RYU Bar is one of the latest additions to the popular nightlife scene ...
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Global Lockdown Can't Stop Outline MANTAS 28 System Delivering Into Central Europe
Located on the westernmost edge of Lithuania near the Baltic coast, right in the heart of Europe, UAB "ProDJ" are a full-service technical provider working in many areas of production, from television through to festivals, opera, sporting ...
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Royer Labs Helps 12Stone Church Deliver Engaging Services
12Stone Church ("12Stone") is a multi-site church with eight locations spread across the counties of Gwinnett, Hall, and Barrow, GA. 12Stone was founded by Senior Pastor Kevin Myers and has been serving the community for the past ...
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Creative Technology Launches a New Website
Creative Technology (CT) provider of technology services to the global events industry, has recently launched a new and dynamic, mobile responsive website. Since joining the NEP group three years ago the CT business world-wide has ...
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COVID-19 Update: September 21, 2020: Two Hundred Thousand and Counting
By the time you read this, we may have passed the milestone of 200,000 Americans dead from COVID-19; if not, it will happen soon enough. Meanwhile, the president has no regrets, his health experts are executing verbal tap dances for fear ...
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WeMakeEvents North America Supports Global Efforts Calling for Political Action
On September 1, 2020 WeMakeEvents North America produced #RedAlertRESTART, a coast-to-coast initiative in which over 2,000 performance venues, iconic structures, and residences were lit in red to urge Congress to vote for ...
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The Broadway League Joins Senator Charles Schumer in Support of Save Our Stages Act
The Broadway League joined Senate Minority Leader, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) in Times Square in support of the Save Our Stages Act. The Broadway industry is urging Congress to pass this bill to provide vital support ...
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Help Crews Stay Safer with New Job Site Sanitizer Station from Reliable Design Services
Seeing a need for hand sanitizer stations that work in the event production world, Reliable Design Services introduces its Job Site Sanitizer Station (JS3). Designed to work with various mounting hardware already in most company's ...
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Robe for Skoda ENYAQ iV Launch in Prague
Iconic Czech brand Škoda world premiered its new ENYAQ iV all-electric SUV in the main hall of the O2 Universum event and conference complex in Prague. This ground-breaking event generated a huge buzz of excitement, not just because ...
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Point Source Audio Opens MIKE'S Academy to Support Safe Miking Amid School and Business Reopenings
Point Source Audio has opened the doors to MIKE's Academy, a new resource to help Point Source Audio customers get the most out of their microphones when reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The new area of the company's ...
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Matrox Merges Two Divisions, Introduces New Matrox Video
Matrox announces that it has merged its video division, a leader in broadcast technology, and its graphics division, a pioneer in AV/IT technology, under the Matrox Video brand. The merger creates a premium provider of ...
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Audio Engineering Society Debuts New "AES Live: Videos" Streaming Media Portal
The Audio Engineering Society has announced an exciting update to its AES Live: Videos portal. Extending the content and functionality of the extensive library of video and streaming media presentations gathered from years of ...
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ADJ's New Contest Offers Prizes For Creative Halloween Displays
Halloween is a great opportunity to be creative and this year ADJ wants to see all of the ways the company's products are put to use in spooky settings. ADJ is offering lighting pros the chance to win one of three fantastic prizes ...
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AVE Chooses Brompton Processing for State-of-the-Art ON AIR Studio
With over 15 years serving the events industry and providing a complete range of AV production services, Australian company Audio Visual Events (AVE) continued with its precise level of technological achievement and client ...
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Allen & Heath SQ-6 Duo Powers Red Rocks
Opting to go big with the release of their latest politically-charged Southern Rock and soul album, the Billboard Top 10 Spotify charting band Gasoline Lollipops took it live to the famed Morrison, Colorado Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Live ...
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Pytch Perfect: Martin Audio Helps Rebrand Cope with Impact of COVID-19
Responding dynamically to the effects of COVID-19 on its business, Johnny Palmer, managing director of SXS Events, promptly rebranded his Bristol based company to Pytch, and constructed "The Virtual Venue" in one ...
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Clear-Com Sponsors Mix Sound for TV and Film with Special Focus on Safe Media Production
Clear-Com is a sponsor for MIX Magazine's seventh annual MIX Sound for Film & TV, a two-day exhibition and conference highlighting the technologies involved in sound for picture. On September 25 - 26, viewers can tune into ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 18: Under Pressure
If it wasn't clear before, it is now obvious that the White House is engaged in a power struggle with the scientific establishment, as the president tries to produce a COVID-19 vaccine before the election, when not trying to wish the ...
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#WeMakeEvents Campaign Continues to Build Momentum
The #WeMakeEvents campaign aims to raise awareness around the current plight of the live entertainments sector and its urgent need for financial support if it is to support the COVID-19 crisis. Last month, it was announced that it ...
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Chauvet Professional October Roadshows Light Visions, Unleash Imagination
Challenging times call for innovative responses. The live events industry has demonstrated this in convincing fashion in recent months with successful livestream shows and drive-in concerts. Drawing inspiration from this experience, Chau ...
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Altman Lighting Rejuvenates the Visual Experience at Westfield High School
Located in Westfield, Indiana, the mission of Westfield High School is to provide rigorous and engaging experiences for all students with a Performing Arts program dedicated to creating a lifelong appreciation for the arts. With a busy ...
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Edmonton School of the Arts Installs d&b T-Series
Victoria School of the Arts is a public school in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada operated by the Edmonton Public Schools system offering students from Kindergarten through Grade 12 an International Baccalaureate aligned, arts-focused education. ...
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Peachy Playhouse Summer Season is Huge Success
Peachy Playhouse, a new socially distanced entertainment concept developed to deliver safe live performances -- comedy, music, children's shows, etc. -- during the coronavirus pandemic, closed its summer season at Loseley Park, Guildford, ...
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While Willow Creek Continues to Stream Services, Beautiful Sound Flows Outdoors with L-Acoustics X Series
For decades, Willow Creek has been one of the most well-known and influential non-denominational megachurches in the US. However, like many houses of worship during the 2020 pandemic, its 7,200-seat Worship Center has switched over to ...
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Fuse Technical Group Chooses Brompton HDR for Rock-solid Visuals at Third Encore Studios
When the entertainment industry's lights were switched off by the global pandemic, Fuse Technical Group, like many others, had to come up with new and innovative ways to continue serving its customers. The solution became evident when the ...
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Outdoor Adventure in Armenia: Sennheiser Reaches New Heights
The mountains are calling: If you are one of the growing tribe of passionate climbers that embraces the intense highs of the great outdoors, you'll know the feeling. Even though the international climbing community is incredibly well ...
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Riedel's Bolero and Artist Intercom Ecosystem Providing Safe Team Communications Inside NBA Bubble
Riedel's Bolero wireless intercom and Artist digital matrix intercom solutions are providing an extensive communications backbone for the 2020 NBA Bubble in Orlando, Florida. Located within Walt Disney World, the NBA Bubble is a ...
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Small Number of Danley Sound Labs Gear Gives College Better Audience Performance Than Its Previous Products
Pensacola Christian College teaches over 4,500 students at its beautiful Pensacola, Florida campus. Its students gather in the nearly 6,000-seat Crowne Centre frequently for community-building, events, chapel, for concerts, and church ...
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Take1 Strikes Strategic Underwriting Partnership with OneBeacon Entertainment
Underscoring its commitment to provide insurance agents and their customers with the most comprehensive range of rental and staging coverages for every kind of live event, Take1 Insurance announces a new strategic underwriting ...
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DiGiGrid Offers Connectivity and Stability as Pioneering Live Streamed Gig Service Proves a Hit in Chile
Carlos Hormazabal is an experienced audio engineer from Santiago, Chile. In a career spanning ten years, he has worked with a wide variety of leading artists, including Franco el Gorila, Frank's White Canvas, Max Zegers
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COVID-19 Update, September 17: Mixed Messages
The conflict between science and wishful thinking is particularly intense at the moment. The president dismisses the CDC director's assertion -- based on the evidence -- that a vaccine isn't imminent in the next few weeks. The president ...
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Live Event Community Plans Day of Visibility on September 22
Live Event Community, an organization formed to support Canadian live event workers who've lost their livelihoods due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, has organized a Day of Visibility on Tuesday, September 22, 2020. ...
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Vectorworks, Inc. Launches 2021 Version of BIM and Design Software
Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. has launched Vectorworks 2021 with a continued emphasis on improving product quality, performance, and the user experience. This latest release includes Vectorworks Architect ...
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GearSource Launch New Marketplace Platform to Benefit Global Industry
GearSource.com announces the result of more than a year developing a new platform, internally called "G3" for the third generation of its software since first founding the business in 2002. ...
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ISE 2021 to Be Held on June 1 - 4
A message from Mark Blackman, managing director, Integrated Systems Events: "Following on from yesterday's statement that Integrated Systems Europe was being postponed we are pleased to confirm that the show will take ...
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Astera for #RedAlertRESTART Lighting Action in the US
Astera products played their part for the recent #RedAlertRESTART campaign in the US on September 1, a collective lighting action that saw over 2000 buildings, places, structures, landmarks, and spaces lit in red to highlight the ...
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Mega Systems Lit Up Building for RED ALERT Event
Mega Systems Inc. was one of the many companies that lit up in red for the RED ALERT event. This event consisted of several companies coming together to show their support for the industry. By illuminating their buildings red, the ...
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Nominees for the 36th Annual TEC Awards Announced
The TEC Awards committee and the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) announces and celebrates the nominees across the 22 Technical Achievement and seven Creative Achievement TEC Award categories. The annual TEC ...
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Julien Reux Evokes Legendary Moods For Wallows with Chauvet Professional STRIKE 1
History resonates throughout the Roxy Theatre, the legendary Sunset Strip club opened in 1973 by recording industry icon Lou Adler and a group of celebrity partners. It was here that The Rocky Horror Picture Show made its US ...
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Koch Sound Conquers "The Last Frontier" with Allen & Heath
For nearly two decades, audio engineer and production company owner Alex Koch has steadily built up a reputation as the go-to live audio expert in the subarctic South-central Alaska area. From his initial experience mixing audio at ...
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Sky High Creates World-Class Clubbing Environment with Harman Professional's Audio and Lighting Solutions
To enhance its venue and provide guests an unforgettable clubbing experience, Sky High - The Club hired integrators Smart Homes to design and install Harman Professional audio and lighting solutions. Known as the best rooftop venue in ...
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Christie Mirage Projectors Power 8K Visual Experiences at Materia, Mexico's Newest Science Museum
Eight Christie Mirage 304K projectors have been installed in Materia, the new museum at Mexico's Sinaloa Science Centre, to power Cubo Negro 8K. This immersive and interactive space is unique in Latin America and offers 8K visual ...
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Genelec Leaves Visitors Spellbound at HEX! Museum of Witch Hunt in Ribe, Denmark
HEX! Museum of Witch Hunt has recently opened in Ribe, Denmark, complete with a Smart IP loudspeaker solution from Genelec designed and installed by the Moesgaard Museum Exhibition Design Studio. As Denmark's oldest town and home to ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 16, 2020: Restart to RESTART
The president attends a televised town hall and makes a host of nonsensical statements. Infighting continues between Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control. There's a sweeping plan to implement a vaccine, but no ...
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UPDATE - ACTION ALERT: Ask the House to Vote NOW on the RESTART Act for Live Entertainment Industry Relief
NAMM is issuing an urgent call-to-action to all industry professionals to urge House leadership to bring H.R. 7481, the bipartisan RESTART Act, to the floor of the House for a vote. The bill would provide provisions for the ...
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New Generation of UV Lighting on September 17 Elation Coffee Break
One of the growing trends in entertainment lighting the past few years has been the increased use of UV light in productions of all kinds. Join Elation Professional Thursday, September 17 at 11:00am CEST for their next Elation ...
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DirectOut's PRODIGY Series Available with Ember+
With the latest update for its PRODIGY Series just being released, DirectOut does not stop spoiling its customers with new features. From the beginning the series was designed to add support of third party control protocols, easing ...
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Standard Transmission Helps Macy's Herald Square "Believe in Wonder" with City Theatrical's QolorFLEX NuNeon
As their seventh time creating the holiday windows for Macy's Herald Square, the creative team from Standard Transmission worked closely with Macy's Visual Merchandising department to develop a design concept that tied in with Macy's ...
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GLP Waves the Flag at German Red Alert Demo
On Wednesday, September 9, the Aktionsbündnis AlarmstufeRot - Initiativen & Verbände der Veranstaltungswirtschaft (Red Alert Action Alliance - Initiatives & Associations of the Event Industry) assembled at a large demonstration in ...
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Meyer Sound Meets Billy Strings at the Drive-In with LEOPARD System Provided by DBS Audio Systems
As drive-in concerts continue to provide an interim solution in the live sound market, bluegrass sensation Billy Strings put on his first shows with a live audience since March 2020. The Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes ...
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Adamson Anchors the Stage & FOH for Brett Kissel Drive-In Shows
When Canadian country star Brett Kissel announced the first of what would become eight sold-out Live at the Drive-In shows in Edmonton, AB on June 13 and 14, 2020, drive-in concerts were basically the wild west of what live ...
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ACS Sound and Light Creates Women's Equality Day Tribute With Chauvet Professional
The works of Georgia O'Keefe hang on its walls. So does Evelyn De Morgan's 1895 tribute to feminine power, "Eos." On August 26, the voice of women shined not just on the inside, but also on the exterior of the Columbia Museum ...
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UK-based Pytch Launches The Virtual Venue with Analog Way Ascender 48
Bristol, England-based Pytch (formerly known as SXS Events) has launched The Virtual Venue to serve clients' communications needs as the industry moves from staging live events to live streaming during the coronavirus pandemic and into the ...
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Creative Conversations: Jon9 of Holonyne Corporation Uses Green Hippo
As a leading specialist in visual content delivery, Jon9 thinks big. Not necessarily in terms of screens, pixels and layers, but in the bigger-picture possibilities of experiential entertainment and visual storytelling. With ...
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Sabino Cannone Dives Deep Into Immersive with Spat Revolution
To say that Sabino Connone is a busy man is like calling the Nile River a small stream. Cannone likely has more entries in his calendar in a typical week than most of us have in several months. He moves seamlessly from ...
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Krug Collaborates with the IRCAM Institute and Amadeus to Create an Immersive "Audio Tasting Space"
The House of Krug has taken another step in creating new and immersive tasting experiences for its guests by collaborating with France's IRCAM Institute, Amadeus, and the renowned international architecture and interior design ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 15, 2020: The Compromise Bill
Just when appears that Congress is incapable of passing a stimulus bill, a compromise plan emerges. Does it have a chance? Stay tuned. Meanwhile, the strange case of Michael Caputo, whose job description appears to be based on ...
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ISE Postponed to June 2021
After a period of consultation with the industry and the impact of the ongoing pandemic, Integrated Systems Events announce that ISE, scheduled for February 2-5, has been postponed and will now take place in June, dates tbc, ...
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d&b audiotechnik Announces New Flush Mountable, High-performance, Flexible 44S Loudspeaker
d&b audiotechnik announces the introduction of an innovative new addition to the company's extensive product repertoire, the 44S loudspeaker. The 44S is d&b's first ever flush mountable cabinet, delivering compact, high performance ...
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Allen Lee Hughes to Receive Ming Cho Lee Lifetime Achievement Award
Legendary lighting designer and teacher Allen Lee Hughes will be honored with the Ming Cho Lee Lifetime Achievement Award, bestowed by the Henry Hewes Design Awards at the 56th annual event on October 14 in a livestream ...
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Broadway Green Alliance Presents Non-partisan Voter Mobilization Event
The Broadway Green Alliance is hosting a Virtual Town Hall -- "Lights Up on Voter Mobilization" on Monday, September 21 from 8pm - 9pm ET. The Town Hall is presented by Playbill.com. ...
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3by3 Space Opens at Volt Lites, Burbank with Claypaky Mini-B LED Moving Lights
Volt Lites co-founders Matthew Shimamoto and Harrison Lippman and Lulu creative director Michael Zinman of Zinman Company have launched the 3by3 Space on the premises of entertainment production services company Volt ...
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Avignon's Palais des Papes Lights Up with Robe ESPRITES
The famous Palais des Papes in Avignon, France came alive bathed in a vibrant collage of colors, shapes, and textures -- thanks to 12 x Robe ESPRITE moving lights -- which were part of a design by LD Fabien Chamakoff for the ...
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NAMM Foundation Announces September Webinars Leading Up to Believe in Music
The NAMM Foundation extends an invitation to any or all of their September webinars that seek to connect, motivate, and support all music teachers and learners and music makers every month as a lead up to NAMM's Believe in Music, taking ...
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DSpatial Dials Up Reality to 2.0
Hyper-realistic immersive sound specialist DSpatial announces availability of the all-new Reality 2.0 -- available as four varied versions (VR, ONE, Studio, and Builder) respectively priced according to their 'upwardly mobile' ...
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New Studio Design for BBC World News America
World-leading public service broadcaster BBC World News America recently underwent renovations to their high-profile studio in Washington, DC. BBC is an iconic news brand known around the world. With a new set design, comes the need for ...
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The Sound of Victory at Mamayev Kurgan with DiGiCo and Stage Audio
On June 24, a spectacular concert was hosted at Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd in honor of the 75th anniversary of VE Day. One of the only concerts allowed during Russia's COVID-19 lockdown, it featured famous artists from Russia's vibrant ...
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Trex Commercial Products Celebrates 30 Years of Engineering Innovation
It's been three decades since the company that started as Staging Concepts entered the market with a portfolio of platforms, risers and stairs, and a vision for growth. Today that company is Trex Commercial Products, a ...
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Event Hire Assets to Go Under the Hammer
The North-East based event hire business, Nitelites Limited, which was established in 1983, closed in March. The Assets will be brought to market by national auctioneers, Walker Singleton. The company provided audio, lighting, ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 14, 2020: The Rewrite
The president continues to insist that the pandemic is rapidly fading away, even if he has to make the CDC rewrite its reports to suit him. At the same time, a mountain of evidence indicates that this is not so. But in the battle between ...
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Outline's New Stadia 28 Now Shipping
Outline announces the immediate availability of the new Stadia 28 constant curvature array designed for outdoor applications, launched during the 2020 edition of ISE. Featuring an excellent performance to price ratio, Stadia 28 ...
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ASI Audio Forms Partnership with Gregg Stein's, Triple G Ventures
As part of its growth strategy for the innovative new in-ear monitor solution, the 3DME, ASI Audio has formed a partnership with pro audio/MI/consumer technology industry veteran Gregg Stein and his new company, Triple G ...
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Robe Supports USA's #RedAlertRESTART Campaign
Around 2000 venues, places, landmarks, and monuments all over the USA were lit in red for the #RedAlertRESTART campaign on September 1st to highlight the critical situation facing the live events and entertainment industry and the ...
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Carlos Katsurayama and LIT Live! Reflect Authority Zero in Livestream with Chauvet Professional
Skateboarding "opens your eyes to see the world differently," said renowned photographer and skateborader Jon Humphries. Authority Zero offers convincing proof of that. Growing out of the fertile punk skate scene of the mid-90s, ...
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Etienne Daho Revisits Eden with MDG Atmosphere
To mark the re-release of his classic album Eden at the end of 2019, French singer-songwriter and pop star, Etienne Daho, embarked upon a 17-date concert tour of France's most beautiful venues, including jewels like Philharmonie, ...
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Lakeshore Drive-In Live Music Venue Opens in Chicago with Ayrton Perseos and grandMA3 Gear from LEC
The long, hot summer of COVID-19 saw live music safely come back to Chicago's lakefront with the new Lakeshore Drive-In venue. Artist management company AudisBliss spearheaded the project working with LEC Event Technology, Inc. ...
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Avantis Upgrades for Rabenhof Theatre
As Vienna's Rabenhof Theatre prepares to reopen its doors, audiences will soon be enjoying an audio upgrade, including a new 64-channel Allen & Heath Avantis mixer. Built as a workers' assembly hall in the 1920s, the Rabenhof ...
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The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces Relies on RCF
RCF provides perfect coverage of more than 10,000sqm with more than 500 speakers in the latest religious complex built in Russia. The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces (Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ) is a ...
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Sound Technologies Appointed as EAW Rep for Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) announces Sound Technologies as its manufacturer's representative for Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. "Sound Technologies' principal Jim Bobel not only spent four years ...
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VUE Audio Welcomes Cowser Marketing
VUE Audio announces the addition of Cowser Marketing as a North America sales rep. Established in 2001 and comprised of the industry's top technical sales professionals, Cowser Marketing is one of the largest and most ...
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White Light Helps Pay the Nation's Tribute to VJ Day on BBC One
Saturday, August 15, 2020 marked 75 years since the official end of the Second World War, following the victory of Japan. To commemorate this anniversary and remember those who served in the Far East, the BBC commissioned a series of ...
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Theatre in Review: Incidental Moments of the Day (Apple Family Productions)
For the finale of his trilogy, The Apple Family: Life on Zoom, Richard Nelson shakes things up -- the right response, one supposes, to this summer of turmoil and fury. The playwright is moving on and, in many cases, so are his ...
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COVID-19 Update: September 11, 2020: Then and Now
A day to remember, to never forget. Today's crisis casts a shadow on remembrances of tragedy two decades ago, as the government's response to the pandemic continues to be one of denial and inaction. Twenty years ago, we faced a terrible ...
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Claypaky Announces HY B-EYE K25 Teatro for Venues that Require Quiet
Claypaky adds to its HY B-EYE 25 series with the introduction of the HY B-EYE K25 TEATRO; a special version of the HY B-EYE K25 that is designed for venues that need silent operation without sacrificing bright colors. This fixture ...
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QSC Announces New Q-SYS Core Processors
QSC announces two new audio, video, and control processors native to the Q-SYS Ecosystem -- the smaller Q-SYS Core 8 Flex and Q-SYS Core Nano. Driven by the proliferation of networked endpoints and the expanding processing needs of ...
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Optoma Sets New Standard with World's First Compact, Fixed Lens, 7,500 Lumens Laser WUXGA Projector
Optoma, manufacturer of large display products, announces its ProScene ZU720T, the world's first compact, fixed lens, 7,500 lumens laser WUXGA projector. Delivering high brightness, color precision, unrivaled flexibility, and quiet ...
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Pathway Connectivity Announces Sales Team Expansion: Kerstin O'Leary and Rusty McBride
As Pathway Connectivity Solutions continues to grow its operation, it announces that Rusty McBride and Kerstin O'Leary have both joined the sales team. O'Leary will focus on dealer sales and training while McBride will ...
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Tiffani Gavin Welcomed as the ONeill's New Executive Director
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center welcomes Tiffani Gavin as its next executive director. Gavin helms the nationally-recognized, award-winning institution and leads its professional development programs for puppetry, plays, ...
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L-Acoustics Helps SoundGirls Educate and Empower Women in Audio
Continuing to deepen its commitment to education, L-Acoustics announces a partnership with SoundGirls, kicking off an annual training grant program to support the organization's mission to empower women in audio. Following a ...
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Ayrton Ghibli and Diablo Take Up Residence at London's Southbank Centre
London's iconic Southbank Centre has stood proudly on the south bank of the river Thames for nearly 70 years. A celebration of progress and modernity, Europe's largest arts venue was built in 1951 for the Festival of Britain and, under ...
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Grosvenor Theatre Installs First d&b R90 Touchscreen Remote Control Unit in Canada
Home to great arts experiences, community gatherings in an inspiring and inclusive environment, the 488-seat Grosvenor Theatre located in the Kay Meek Centre, in West Vancouver, British Columbia, is a traditional theatre featuring touring ...
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Featured Events Take Shape for AES Show Fall 2020 Convention Technical Program
With the AES Show Fall 2020 Convention coming up in October, newly announced Technical Program details showcase a variety of sessions covering both audio science and research, as well as topical discussions of key issues in the ...
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Fanny & Stella Performance for Zero 88
London fringe theatre returned to the capital with a bang, as the first socially distanced and fully COVID-compliant live musical production of post-pandemic England 2020 was staged in a specially renovated garden space at The Eagle pub ...
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Amsterdam's West Side Studio Enjoys Dutch Directness with Alcons
West Side Studio is a creative partnership between four Dutch production professionals, specialising in post-production sound and offline editing for motion picture and television. Its most recent addition is a cinema screening room, ...
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Dillon's Garage Shifts Gears with API Legacy AXS Console
Following formal training at the Blackbird Academy in Nashville, Dillon Taylor is opening a new high end audio recording and production space in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The multi-studio facility, being built in support of the ...
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COVID-19 Update: September 10, 2020: "I Always Wanted to Play It Down"
The American West is on fire. Congress can't agree on relief for unemployed Americans. And the number of deaths from COVID-19 continues to march upward. But today the nation's attention is riveted on unimpeachable evidence that, for ...
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Community Partners Feed Minnesota Music Industry Over Labor Day
Musically Fed came together with Loaves & Fishes, Just a Bunch of Roadies, Local 13, Rhino Staging, MVP Companies, and First Avenue to feed 300 Minnesota music industry workers and their families on Monday, September 7. ...
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MEGA-LITE Announces Latest Version of Enlighten Stage Lighting Control Software v.6.0
MEGA-LITE has released their latest version of the Enlighten stage lighting control software version 6.0 after a 8 month BETA cycle. Evolving from over a decade of a unique approach to stage lighting control, Enlighten version 6.0 is ...
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Clear-Com Launches Lightweight Wrap-Around Dual-Ear Headset
Clear-Com has launched the CC-70 Headset, a premium lightweight wrap-around dual ear headset that can be worn under a helmet, hard-hat, or personal protective equipment. This new headset offering is billed as an ideal option for ...
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Staging Concepts' Optimized Uplift Platform Lets the Stage Do the Work
Staging Concepts, a provider of portable staging solutions, has updated the design of its Uplift Stage to make it more convenient. The new and improved Uplift is raised and lowered with an electric drill, allowing facility personnel ...
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Madlife Stage & Studio in Georgia Hosts Live Events with Elation
With live events at a slow trickle, those venues that have been able to open up, albeit with restrictions, are elated and generally selling out. Madlife Stage & Studio, a 284-capacity live music venue and recording studio in Woodstock, ...
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Victor Ortiz Creates Full Experience on 360-degree Drive-In Stage With Help From Chauvet Professional
Most people call the beautiful 65-acre site just off the Ojai Freeway the "Ventura County Fairgrounds." Officially, though, its name is "Seaside Park," a reference to its location on the Pacific Ocean. It's a setting that makes for ...
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Essay Video Takes Immersive Storytelling to a New Dimension with Brompton Technology
Driven by a passion for delivering engaging storytelling and producing compelling videos for its clients, Essay Video has recently announced the opening of its brand-new virtual studio located in Norwalk, Connecticut. The premium virtual ...
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Claypaky HY B-EYE K25s Light Up Electronic Music Set from LEC Event Technology's New xR Stage in Chicago
Electronic music artists Alex Kislov and Arvi Mala prerecorded a dynamic set to live stream at multiple festivals from the new xR Stage at LEC Event Technology, Inc. Their immersive one-hour performance featured HY B-EYE K25 ...
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Meyer Sound Constellation Plays a Starring Acoustical Role at New Jakarta Theatre
Opened late last year, the resplendent JIExpo Theatre is the new crown jewel of the Indonesian capital city's Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo) centre for meetings, events, and arts performances. Among first events was a concert by ...
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Loyola Blakefield Delivers Professional Audio to Unique Spaces on Campus with Renkus-Heinz Solutions
Loyola Blakefield is a Jesuit preparatory school for boys in grades 6-12 that has operated since 1852. Its 60-acre campus in Towson, Maryland boasts several academic buildings and an array of student-centered facilities, such as a spacious ...
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Hippotizer Perfectly Blends "Healthcare" Images onto Intricate Parliament Façade
London's famous Palace of Westminster became a vast projection surface in May to coincide with International Nurses Day, as a series of images thanking NHS key workers were beamed onto the iconic building from 260m away across the Thames. ...
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NEEDTOBREATHE Films Music Videos at Bandit Lites Venue One Space
American Christian rock band NEEDTOBREATHE recently utilized Bandit Lites rehearsal space, Venue One, to film a series of five music videos. Their seventh studio album, Out of Body, was released August 28 and features 11 new ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 9, 2020: School in Session
Operation Warp Speed hits a speed bump -- but don't panic yet. Progress on a relief bill continues to go nowhere -- but you knew that. Today's news is all about our beleaguered school system, which is struggling to get started in a ...
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Jeff Hughes Named COO for NEP Group's Global Businesses
NEP Group, the worldwide technical production partner supporting premier producers of live sports and entertainment, announces that Jeff Hughes has joined the company as chief operating officer. Effective immediately, Hughes ...
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McLane Heads Symetrix Customer Experience Team
Denny McLane has joined Symetrix as the new manager of the customer experience team. McLane began his career as the president and owner of Sound Techniques in North Hollywood, CA, where he designed and installed sound and ...
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AES Educational Foundation Announces Scholarships for 2020; Jim Anderson Becomes New Foundation President
The Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation announces the recipients of the AES Educational Grants for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Audio Engineering for 2020. The announcement was made by the new AES Educational ...
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Christie Expands Line-up of Full-featured LCD Displays
Christie announces the next generation of the Access Series, Access II Series discrete LCD displays, and new Extreme Series tiled LCD displays, adding to the line-up of Christie's display solutions. ...
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Martin Audio Announces First iOS App - For BlacklineX Powered
Martin Audio announces the availability of its first ever iOS app, XP Connect, for control and streaming for its self-powered portable series, BlacklineX Powered. When BlacklineX Powered launched, users were able to access the ...
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Harrington Hoists, Inc. Introduces Model HATSB Adjustable Telescopic Spreader Beam
Harrington Hoists, Inc. introduces their HATSB model Adjustable Telescopic Spreader Beam. Designed for outdoor construction or for places where headroom is not limited, this beam will accommodate various size loads and uses an upper ...
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Absen Among Best Managed Companies in 2020
Absen's Shenzhen headquarters (China) has once again been recognized as one of the best managed companies in Deloitte's Best Managed Companies (BMC) program. The BMC program is a global initiative that identifies and recognizes ...
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disguise Among Fastest-growing Tech Companies in UK and EMEA according to Sunday Times and Deloitte
disguise's response to the COVID-19 impact on the live events industry has earned the company a spot in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, marking the third consecutive year it has made it in the publication's Fast Track ...
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Fielmann AG Hosts Virtual AGM Online with Help from GLP
Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Fielmann AG is the European market leader for ophthalmic optics, with 780 branches spread throughout Germany and Europe. In July this year, the company invited its shareholders to attend its annual ...
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USITT and EdTA Launch Technical Theatre Pilot Exam in High Schools Across the Country
The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) have selected 171 schools from 39 states and Taiwan to participate in the BACKstage Technical Theatre Pilot Exam, a ...
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Sound Recordist Reid Mangan Captures PBS Series Now Hear This with Lectrosonics
Hosted by virtuoso violinist and conductor Scott Yoo, the globe-trotting PBS Great Performances series, Now Hear This could be an Anthony Bourdain travelogue, only with a focus on classical music instead of ...
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Adam Hall Group Welcomes Speaker Electronic as Exclusive Distribution Partner for China
At a press conference in China with more than 200 invited guests from renowned audio associations, large event companies, and the media, a strategic partnership between the global event technology company Adam Hall Group and Speaker ...
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COVID-19 Update: September 8, 2020: The Way We Live Now
Although the media's attention was focused on the controversy surrounding the president's reported remarks about the military, he continues to be obsessed with delivering a vaccine ASAP. Whether this is realistic is another matter. ...
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It's National Suicide Prevention Week - #BeThe1To Help Save a Life
The Behind the Scenes Foundation shares the following message: "As our industry continues to be largely shut down, entertainment industry workers are dealing with increased levels of depression and anxiety and many are ...
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Skip Welch Appointed New Danley Director of Sales and Marketing
Danley Sound Labs announces that Skip Welch, currently director of sales, will leverage his experience and perspective in that role to take on additional responsibilities as head of marketing. Welch's new combined title will ...
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Jo Mayer Joins ISE as Senior Director of Marketing, Strengthens Senior Leadership Team
Integrated Systems Events announces the appointment of Jo Mayer as its senior director of marketing. Mayer joins from EasyFairs, a leading pan-European multi-format event organizer, and has over 20 years' experience in trade ...
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GIS Expands Entertainment Hoist Range, Launches Trolley
Swiss electric chain hoist manufacturer GIS AG has expanded its LP electric chain motor series for the entertainment industry with the addition of two new models, the LP1600 and LP2500. The latter takes the capacity range to 6 ...
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New Look MiXXMaker from ARX Systems Makes the Right Connections
ARX Systems, the Australian based designer and manufacturer of Professional Digital and Analogue Audio interface and signal processing products, has recently upgraded their MiXXMaker wireless audio, USB Mic/Line Master Mixer. ...
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CAST Offers Students and Teachers Free WYSIWYG
As part of their commitment to education, CAST Group of Companies Inc. announces a FREE version of WYSIWYG Design is now available to all students and teachers, enrolled on a full or part-time lighting design course at a ...
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Robe Installed at Terminal 5 New York
Three key live music venues in New York City managed by The Bowery Presents -- Brooklyn Steel, Webster Hall, and most recently the Mondo Award-nominated, 2800 capacity Terminal 5 in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan -- all feature Robe ...
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ALD Lumiere 20:20 Scheme Exceeds All Expectations
The ALD -- for people in performance lighting -- has announced the participants of a hugely expanded Lumiere 20:20 mentorship scheme, which has tripled in size after an unexpected turn of events. In total, the ALD will now help 68 emerging ...
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Brompton Technology Makes Sunday Times Sage Tech Track 100
For the third year running, Brompton Technology has been ranked in the Sunday Times Sage Tech Track 100. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 league table ranks Britain's 100 private ...
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ETC and High End Systems Showcase at Broadcast Asia Virtual Tradeshow 2020
ETC and High End Systems announce their participation in Broadcast Asia 2020 Virtual Trade Show from September 29 to October 1, 2020. The companies will exhibit the latest innovations in lighting technology with a 100% virtual ...
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Kenrick Fischer Updates Seattle Revival Center With Chauvet Professional
The feeling never gets old for Kenrick Fischer. It's the one that happens at the end of every project, when all the work is done, and he gets to watch clients react to his finished lighting design for the first time. In the world of ...
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Culture Comeback - dts Veranstaltungstechnik Deploys CODA Audio ViRAY at Kultursommer 2020
The City of Oberndorf am Neckar in the German state of Baden-Württemberg this summer played host to a five-week program of outdoor live entertainment labelled Kultursommer 2020. Created by events specialists dts Veranstaltungstechnik GbR, ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 4, 2020: The Labor Day Challenge
As the nation's attention is focused on another inexplicable death (this one in Rochester), the president's illegal advice about voting twice, and reports of his crudely dismissive comments about fallen soldiers, new revelations emerge ...
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Anne Valentino Announces Retirement; Nick Gonsman Steps into Role
Anne Valentino, senior product manager for Entertainment Controls at ETC announced her plans for retirement effective mid-October of this year. Valentino has been associated with ETC for nearly 30 years and in her current ...
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IAAPA Cancels IAAPA Expo 2020 Due to COVID-19
IAAPA, the global association for the attractions industry, announces the cancellation of IAAPA Expo 2020 in Orlando, Florida. In addition, the association is launching a new virtual conference for global attractions industry ...
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Elation Professional: #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART
For the millions of professionals working on the technical side of the entertainment industry in the US, September 1's #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART #ExtendPUA night of illumination was a collective shout for help, imploring the ...
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Audix Announces Steve Young, CTS as Director of US Sales
Audix, a US manufacturer of microphones for the professional audio markets and installed sound industry, announces that Steve Young, CTS has joined the Audix team as director of US sales. Young has served over 20 years ...
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Robe Wants to Be A Millionaire!
Quiz show Who Wants to Be A Millionaire has been a TV favorite -- and sometimes talking point -- for years. For the 2020 Israeli edition, broadcast on Channel 12, lighting designer Ofer Jacobi was asked by producers July ...
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XR Studios Selects disguise as Central Technology Hub for 2020 MTV VMAs
The first major awards show in the US to be broadcast since the pandemic was held Sunday, August 30, when the socially distant MTV Video Music Awards were telecast from New York City. XR Studios selected the disguise xR workflow, ...
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DiGiCo Pair Loaded with KLANG Immersive System Give Sixth Sense Creative House an Extrasensory Experience
COVID-19 has changed everything. "This pandemic has forced creative people to have to get creative about everything, even things we usually take for granted," says Tom Worley, operations manager at 3G Productions, Inc. ("3G"), a ...
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Ayrton MiniPanel-FX Deliver Major Wow Factor at Vela, One of China's Newest Nightclubs
Suzhou in China is one of the fastest growing major cities in the world, situated just 100km west of Shanghai on the lower Yangtze River. It boasts many interesting historic and modern attractions, not least its latest nightclub, the 800 ...
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Pliant Technologies Highlights Microcom XR Wireless Intercom for IBC Connected
In lieu of an onsite event, Pliant Technologies will take advantage of this year's virtualized IBC Connected by putting a digital spotlight on its MicroCom XR intercom system. Pliant Technologies' MicroCom XR provides full-duplex, ...
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Alcons Systems Make A Big Impression In Japan
Alcons Audio pro-ribbon systems made a great impression on the Japanese professional audio market in July, as the company's new Japanese distributor E'Spec Inc. held a demonstration event at the Abeno Ward Citizen Center in Osaka. < ...
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Ulsan Complex Stadium Elevates Fan Experience with Cutting-Edge Systems from Harman Professional Solutions
To enhance the fan experience, the Ulsan Sports Complex hired audio integrators TechDataPS Co., Ltd., and Daeseong Media to upgrade the sound system in its Ulsan Complex Stadium with a Harman Professional audio solution. ...
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Seongnam Arts Center Completes State-of-the-Art Upgrade with Clear-Com
Seongnam Arts Center is a cultural hub in South Korea that prides itself on being a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose performance facility. Ease of use, durability, and reliability of equipment are what make one venue the preferred choice ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 3, 2020: Rush to Judgment
The government moves into high gear, preparing to distribute a vaccine in time, even though none have yet been found to work. Optimism or something else? If the rush to judge one of the vaccines a winner makes you nervous, consider how ...
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VER Meets Evolving Client Needs Under New Name, PRG Gear
Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) announces that its equipment rental brand, VER, will go forward as PRG Gear. With this move, all the company's business units will operate under the PRG brand name. ...
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Austrian Audio Appoints Group One as their Exclusive US Distributor
Austrian Audio announces having entered a distribution agreement with Group One Ltd to serve as their exclusive US distributor. Austrian Audio's microphone and headphone lines and all future products are available to Group One's ...
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2020 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees Announced
The 2020 Henry Hewes Design Award Honors for the 2019-2020 theatre season are announced and will be presented at a virtual awards ceremony on October 14. "During this extremely challenging moment in history, when longstanding ...
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ETC Products Recognized for Excellence by IES Progress Report, LFI Awards
Each year, ETC products are recognized by a number of organizations for their advanced technology -- and 2020 is no exception. The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has recently announced that three of ETC's products have been ...
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Elation Meets Broadcast Standards on Redesigned France Television Set
"Elation luminaires meet more and more the lighting criteria demanded by top directors of photography," was the assessment of Alain Lheriteau of Elation's French distributor Best Audio & Lighting after working with director of ...
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Bobby Grey Delivers for Rock Band 311's Concert Marathon in Las Vegas with Claypaky
At the last big event in Las Vegas before the lockdown, Bobby Grey of Notan Creative used 60 Claypaky Mythos 2 fixtures to deliver a variety of looks for the 102 songs that rock band 311 performed in three marathon shows at ...
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Christ Church Steps Up To Allen & Heath dLive
Christ Church struggled with a limited track count, underwhelming processing power and a lack of overall sound and build quality in their previous front of house console. After an extensive search, the Arizona-based multi-congregational ...
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Chauvet Lights Red for RedAlertRESTART
Chauvet Professional team members have never been more proud of a lighting display than they were at 9:00pm on September 1, when about 100 of their fixtures were turned on, instantly bathing their world headquarters in brilliant ...
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Middle Atlantic Releases New Rack Certified to Meet California's OSHPD OPM Seismic Safety Standards
Middle Atlantic Products, a brand of Legrand | AV, announces the AXS-IR, the latest addition to its family of Slide Out Racks in Steel Enclosures. The AXS-IR is specifically designed, rigorously tested, and certified to meet ...
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LEA Professional Partners with LVX Marketing to Bolster Growing Sales in California and Nevada
LEA Professional, manufacturer of pro-audio amplifiers with cloud- and IoT-based technologies, has appointed LVX Marketing as the company's sales representative for Southern California and Nevada. ...
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COVID-19 Update: September 2, 2020: The 6% Delusion
Yesterday's Red Alert RESTART sent a charge of hope and enthusiasms through the industry. Both are needed, as today's headlines reveal a national government swamped in fake cures and conspiracy theories, while hopes for relief ...
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Red Alert RESTART Lights Up America
Red Alert RESTART Lights Up America In an effort ranging from coast to coast -- and also taking in the Pacific and Caribbean Oceans -- the Red Alert RESTART event, organized by members of the live industry, cast a red glow last ...
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Eos Gets Augment3d with the Release of Eos v3.0
ETC officially released the Eos v3.0 software, bringing powerful three-dimensional programming and augmented-reality control to the Eos platform. This update marks the official integration of the Augment3d toolkit into Eos. With ...
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PRODIGY Series Enjoys Prodigious Evolution
DirectOut has greatly expanded the capabilities of its PRODIGY Series with the release of new firmware for both PRODIGY.MC (Modular Audio Converter) and PRODIGY.MP (Multifunction Audio Processor). ...
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Shure Goes Red to Support Live Events Industry
The pandemic has impacted a number of industries, but the live events industry has particularly been hit hard. Shure is showing support for the industry as part of a nationwide initiative called "Red Alert: We Make Events." ...
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Atlona Adds AV Industry Experts to EMEA Sales and Engineering Team
Atlona, a Panduit company, has added two technical experts to its EMEA sales and engineering teams to help bring customers' AV system visions to life. Mustafa Bostanci and Timo Schonmeier join Atlona as technical ...
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Altman Brings a Colorful Wash to the Ko Shan Theatre with Pacific Lighting (HK) Limited
Located in Hong Kong, the 1,031-seat Ko Shan Theatre is ideally suited for traditional opera, dance, music, school functions, or community gatherings. Already equipped with an advanced sound and staging system, the theatre also wanted to ...
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Audio Visual Dynamics Innovates with Analog Way Aquilon RS1 Processor in New Streaming Studios
Audio Visual Dynamics (AVD) has put its new Analog Way Aquilon RS1 video processor to innovative use as the company and its corporate clients transition to virtual environments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based in Hackettstown, ...
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Blue Moon's Rig Fills Multi Roles at Zoo Antwerpen with Help From Chauvet Professional
Lighting is often asked to perform a variety of functions, such as when it is called upon to illuminate a speaker, but also furnish a colorful background for the camera. Or, when it is relied on to accent the architectural features of a ...
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Fulcrum Acoustic Appoints Allied ProTech West as Sales Representative for CA, NV, and AZ
Fulcrum Acoustic has appointed Allied ProTech West as their exclusive sales representative for California, Nevada, and Arizona. Allied ProTech West, based in Orange County, California, will be responsible for Fulcrum product sales ...
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Allen & Heath's SQ Mixes Greenland's Qooqqut Festival
A compact Allen & Heath SQ-6 console was on mixing duty for one of the world's most remote festivals. The annual Qooqqut festival brings music and culture to an insolated shore in the Nuuk fjord complex, cradled by the dramatic ...
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Riedel's Trans-Atlantic Remote Mastering Workflow Brings Exceptional Sound to Wacken World Wide
Riedel Communications partnered with Remote Recording Network (RRN) and Live Nation to establish a first-of-its-kind trans-Atlantic remote mastering workflow for the Wacken World Wide 2020 music festival. Streamed live to 11 million ...
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COVID-19 Update, September 1, 2020: Herd Immunity
Today's the day: Here's how to watch all the events of the industry's Red Alert: tinyurl.com/y28gal6h. But before you watch, write to Congress: ...
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Well Over 1,500 Buildings to Light Up in Red Across The Country for #WeMakeEvents #RedAlert RESTART
#WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART #ExtendPUA "Two weeks ago, we set a crazy goal," admits We Make Events North America chair Marcel Fairbairn. "To light 1,500 locations in red to bring awareness to our industry's cause, and to ...
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Claypaky Axcor Profile 600 Teatro Now Available in Two New Silent Versions
Claypaky's Axcor Profile 600 TEATRO is a special version of the Axcor Profile 600 ST that features an updated cooling system and mechanisms to significantly reduce the unit's acoustical footprint (from 38dB to approximately 34dB ...
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Samantha Potter To Drive Allen & Heath USA Commercial Audio Field Support
Allen & Heath USA has made a key appointment as part of its increased expansion into the commercial and install market. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Samantha Potter has been tapped to fill the field support - commercial ...
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Robe Supports WeMakeEvents RED ALERT Day of Action
Robe UK partnered with Clearsound Productions, Venue Lab, and Broadwick Live to support #LightItInRed and PLASA's #WeMakeEvents national call to action on August 11 -- to draw attention to the live entertainment ...
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Second TDS Award for Calibre LEDFusion A160 163" AiO LED Display
For the second year in a row, Calibre UK was recognized for its unrivalled excellence winning the Product Excellence category of the Taiwan Digital Signage Awards (TDS) for the LEDFusion A160, a 163" AiO (All-in-One) LED display. In ...
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Christie RGB Pure Laser Projectors Give United Launch Alliance Rocket Spectacular 3D Projection Mapping
Christie pure RGB laser projectors helped to mark the impending launch of United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral with the first ever 3D projection mapping on an operational rocket by PaintScaping. ...
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Martin Audio ADORNs Expirat's Outdoor Terraces in Bucharest
The Expirat music venue brand was established in 2002, making it the oldest and most popular open-format music club / live music venue in Bucharest. Owned by Andrei Sosa and his wife Raluca, they opened their first location ...
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Pioneer DJ Creates Livestream Studio with Chauvet DJ
Pioneer DJ Germany and Chauvet DJ have taken a major step to meet the burgeoning demand for livestream productions by collaborating on a multi-functional broadcast studio. Located in Chauvet DJ's German headquarters, the new ...
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Playmaker Café Enhances Guest Experience Using World-Class Systems from Harman Professional Solutions
Wanting to upgrade its acoustic system and provide an enhanced guest experience, the Playmaker Café hired IMS Indonesia, Harman Professional Solutions' partner, to design and install a cutting edge Harman Professional audio ...
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Tulsa's Redeemer Church Finds More Space with Visionary Solutions
The sprawling campus of Tulsa's Redeemer Church, just a short drive from the banks of the Arkansas River, has long been a gathering spot for this south Tulsa neighborhood. From pre-school and teen activities to homeless ministry and ...
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The Voice Keeps Singing with Chameleon
In May 2020, The Voice Australia returned for Season 9 with coaches Delta Goodrem, Kelly Rowland, Guy Sebastian, and Boy George going head to head to find Australia's best-unsigned singing talent. ...
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Institute of Noise Control Engineering Announces $6,000 Student Scholarship
The Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE-USA) announces the availability of a new annual $6,000 scholarship for college students studying noise control or architectural acoustics. For more information click
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