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The entire lighting system for this event was provided by Europroduzione

Details: 18 October 2023

Italy - The semifinals and final of the 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship, held at the PalaEur in Rome, shone brightly thanks to the innovative use of Prolights' Sunblast 3000FC
The entire lighting system for this event was provided by Europroduzione s.r.l. and conceived by lighting designer Dario Risolo. The lighting project involved the strategic installation of 110 units of Prolights' Sunblast 3000FC inside the arena, showcasing their extraordinary versatility.
Risolo remarked on the crucial importance of the Sunblast 3000FC in creating the desired lighting effects. "I chose them for both special effects like strobe and colours and as reinforcement for the game's white light," Risolo stated.
Prolights' strobo blinders were strategically positioned on

Void Acoustics enhances Bali beach club

Details: 18 October 2023

Indonesia - Perched on a hilltop on the southernmost tip of Bali island in Badung, White Rock Beach Club is a 3,000 capacity venue boasting breathtaking views over the Indian Ocean. It also features a Void Acoustics sound system throughout.
The brief was to provide a new system offering exceptional sonics whilst complementing the clean modern design of the beach-club’s architecture. “Void’s unique speaker design and fibreglass outers were the perfect solution, addressing the desire for a distinctive look,” explains Suwandi Anggono, director of audio and AV integrator Indoteknik. The company, who are Void’s exclusive distributor in Indonesia, completed the design, specification, and integration of the system in its entirety.
White Rock Beach Club is located on Melasti Beach and features an impressive DJ booth and lawn dance floor; cabanas; private suites; a r

The priority was preserving the venue's aesthetic in the primary dining space (photo: Johnny Stephens)

L-Acoustics brings audio dynamics to Bacchanalia

Details: 18 October 2023

UK - Tucked away in the bustling heart of Mayfair, Bacchanalia offers a distinctive dining experience that caters to all the senses. The gourmet restaurant, the vision of Richard Caring and his Caprice Holdings group, is inspired by the festive spirit of ancient Rome and serves a menu of Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. Its richly decorated interior hosts artwork from artists such as Damien Hirst.
The restaurant has also built a reputation for entertainment, offering a mix of background music, live performances, and international DJ sets. To deliver this experience, Bacchanalia required a sound system that would seamlessly integrate dynamic sound with the space’s Greco-Roman-inspired environment.
The priority was preserving the venue's aesthetic in the primary dining space and the adjoining Apollo's Muse members' club. To achieve this, Bacchanalia’s management te

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The Week in Light & Sound

Details: 17 October 2023

Definitely Maybe - Liam Gallagher has said the chance to tour "the most important album of the '90s" in its entirety has left him "bouncing around the house". The ex-Oasis singer has announced a series of shows in 2024 which will see him perform the whole of his former band's debut Definitely Maybe. Released in August 1994, the album shot the Manchester band to superstardom and sold millions of copies worldwide.
Gallagher said he "wouldn't be anywhere without it". The announcement of the tour, which will open in Sheffield before visiting Cardiff, London, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin, ends fan speculation that the much-loved band would reform to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary.
Concrete Concerns - A Cardiff concert venue has announced it will remain closed until the new year over concrete concerns. St David's Hall was closed in September after re

Audient strengthens marketing team

Details: 17 October 2023

UK - Audient has announced the appointment of Adam Steel as the new visual content manager, with the responsibility of continuing to drive Audient’s visual communications strategy forward. Adam joins Audient from his previous role as a studio owner and successful audio YouTuber, bringing with him a wealth of professional audio and video experience.
“I have had the fortune to work with many companies and brands, but Audient has always stood out to me above all the rest,” says Adam. “I am thrilled to be given this opportunity to help enhance the Audient and EVO customer experience and look forward to being part of something much bigger than myself.”
Product & marketing director Andrew Allen adds, “Audient continues to invest in brand experience and our visual communications strategy plays a vital role. Ensuring our customers can access the support and kno

WebApp unlocks the technology and capability behind Optimal Audio’s Zone series

Optimal releases powerful WebApp update

Details: 17 October 2023

UK - As part of its quest to simplify the world of commercial audio for integrators and end-users alike, Optimal Audio continues to evolve its ecosystem, and the latest developments see updates to its WebApp and SmartAmp firmware.
WebApp unlocks the technology and capability behind Optimal Audio’s Zone series, providing the foundation to deliver efficient, high-quality multi-zoned commercial sound systems. Compatible with any device, WebApp makes system set-up straightforward and once completed, the venue staff can then be presented with a simple user interface which allows them to easily operate the system.
WebApp 1.2 sees a number of additions designed to make system configuration more powerful, including the ability to add system settings or preferences to a timed routine, allowing end-users in busy settings to remain focused on their work, rather than making adju

The Neumann MT 48 audio interface and NDH series headphones will be featured

Sennheiser Group gets immersive at AES NY

Details: 17 October 2023

USA - Sennheiser Group (Demo Room 3D03) will be hosting an exclusive series of immersive presentations from Grammy-award winning audio engineers and producers during the 155th AES NY Convention, taking place from 25-27 October at the Javits Centre in New York City.
The demo room will also feature a comprehensive line-up of end-to-end immersive recording and mixing solutions, with hands-on microphone testing available to visitors.
Highlights on display from Neumann.Berlin will include the KH line of monitors, including the recently released KH 120 II, the NDH 30 open-back headphones, and the company’s groundbreaking MT 48 Interface. With this, Merging Technologies will exhibit the Hapi and Anubis interfaces and Dear Reality its suite of spatial audio production plugins including dearVR PRO, dearVR MONITOR and dearVR SPATIAL CONNECT to enable monitoring, mixing and a

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The opera took place within a conch-shaped video set

Modulo Pi meets challenge of Mefistofele

Details: 17 October 2023

France - From 23 June to 7 July 2023, the Capitole de Toulouse National Opera hosted Mefistofele, an opera adapted from Goethe's famous tragedy. Directed by Jean-Louis Grinda, the opera took place within a conch-shaped video set on which Arnaud Pottier's video creation was projected.
With a base width of 15.75m, a top width of 8.70m and a height of over 9m, the imposing quarter sphere occupied the entire stage space of the Théâtre du Capitole, serving as an immersive backdrop for the artists on stage. While such a set offered perfect immersion in the heart of the work throughout the three-hour opera, the AV production team faced several challenges with its installation and calibration.
Pierre-Emmanuel Triffault, head of audiovisual at the Capitole de Toulouse Opera, explains: "The main challenge came from the shape of this projection surface. How can we get

‘High-quality, hassle-free audio equipment was paramount’

Yamaha solution brings Teams Room to life

Details: 17 October 2023

UK - Technology provider Pinnacle, in partnership with audio solutions distributor Audiologic, has successfully implemented a cutting-edge, flexible remotely managed Teams Room at Lubbock Fine, a prominent London accountancy and business advisory services firm.
In response to the evolving demands of a hybrid workforce, and the need for seamless remote client interactions, Lubbock Fine sought to modernise its meeting room facilities. Their primary objective was to establish a Microsoft Teams Room that offered both flexibility in room layout and the ability to make changes remotely without requiring on-site technical support.
The project began with the selection of Logitech Rally as the camera solution, primarily due to its compatibility with the existing room booking display portal. Consequently, the focus shifted to identifying the ideal audio solution for Lubbock Fine

More Ayrton Diablo S fixtures arrive at the FP Rentals HQ

FP Rentals extends Ayrton Diablo S inventory

Details: 17 October 2023

USA - Anaheim, California-based FP Rentals continues to expand its lighting inventory adding 24 more Ayrton Diablo S fixtures. The company acquired 48 Diablo S last year in its first Ayrton purchase. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.
FP Rentals offers an extensive inventory largely to AV service providers. Its sister company is BYFP, a distribution firm.
“We had seen many new brands come onto the market in the last few years, but they were not building quality, innovative products,” says Steven Lu, president of FP Rentals. “I was pleasantly surprised when ACT’s Eric Abad [western regional sales] first put Ayrton Diablo in front of me, and I fell in love with the fixture. It’s lightweight, the balance was right and it’s a beautiful light. It was the whole package.”
Lu sees the Diablos replacing mid-si

Vioso reaches for the Cosmos in Antalya

Details: 17 October 2023

Turkey - A mix of Vioso technology, including the company’s newly launched Vioso 6 projection software, is at the heart of an innovative, high-end new ‘dinner theatre’ in Mediterranean Turkey.
Part of the Nirvana Cosmopolitan resort in Antalya’s district of Muratpaşa on Turkey’s south coast, Cosmos Performance & City Hall combines fine dining and immersive entertainment to offer patrons what it describes as a “unique synthesis of art, gastronomy, entertainment and technology”.
After enjoying a four-course meal as well as cocktails from the on-site Cosmopolitan Bar, guests experience a one-and-a-half-hour immersive show incorporating choreography, a futuristic stage set, and striking 3D visuals courtesy of a 30-projector, multi-camera AV set-up integrated by major local player Atempo Group.
Key to the installation are four Vioso Anystation Media

Geoff Crow (centre) and the GC Live team

GC Live launches with seasonal series

Details: 17 October 2023

UK - GC Live, a new event organiser has launched into the UK event sector with a nationwide portfolio of seasonal lighting trails and firework festivals.
Powered by leading event service suppliers, 21CC Group, the new event organiser will spearhead the design and delivery of events, large-scale creative illumination trails and seasonal festival celebrations across the UK.
Geoff Crow, director of GC Live said: “In close partnership with our dedicated supply chain, we are perfectly placed as a team of experienced event professionals and seasoned creative producers to innovate, design and fully event manage a suite of events and experiences nationwide.”
Confirming an ambitious line-up of eight major events this year, GC Live will deliver a series of illuminated trails at historic venues including Wondrous Woods at Gosford House and Starry Nights Dean Castle in

Starlite Occident is a three-month-long extravaganza set in a transformed quarry

Holoplot covers Starlite Occident 2023 Festival

Details: 17 October 2023

Spain - Holoplot’s authorised distributor in Spain and Portugal, Sound Architecture, collaborated with Ilusovi Servicios to deploy the X1 Matrix Array at Marbella's boutique Starlite Occident 2023 Festival.
Already gracing some of the world’s most renowned venues, including the largest sound system install on the planet at Sphere Las Vegas, as well as installations at The Beacon Theatre in New York and at Lightroom in London, Starlite Occident marked the first outdoor live show deployment of X1.
Starlite Occident is a three-month-long extravaganza set in a transformed quarry. It hosts an impressive line-up of both UK and Spanish artists, which this year included Tom Jones, Pablo López, Iggy Pop, the Black Eyed Peas, Marta Sánchez, and Luis Fonsi.
The Holoplot X1 Matrix Array had caught the attention of the festival's production team, with Aaron Guerrero, l

SWG moves into Cardiff Castle with WPL

Details: 17 October 2023

UK - After their memorable double header weekend - when they supplied Martin Audio PA rigs to stages at Glastonbury and in support of Queens of the Stone Age at Cardiff Castle - rental partner SWG Events were back in the Castle grounds for shows with Sir Tom Jones.
The second of three shows saw support by another native son, Stereophonics front man Kelly Jones, this time leading his own spin-off band, Far From Saints.
Cardiff Castle has become a new venue for SWG Events, and so a meticulous design was undertaken for Sir Tom Jones where the optimisation of the system was of paramount importance, as SWG head of audio, Simon Purse explained. “The PA had to avoid the walls surrounding the Castle green to avoid any slapback. This was crucial and having DISPLAY [D3 software] really helped. Also, since the castle is in the middle of the City Centre, keeping noise pollution

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Olympic Committee celebrates with Showtec

Details: 17 October 2023

Estonia - To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Estonian Olympic Committee, president Urmas Sõõrumaa hosted a reception for hundreds of guests that took place at the Adila Retreat Centre near Tallinn. The event was organised by Global Productions with equipment supplied by funTIME Showservice.
Guests were greeted with drinks and had the chance to mingle with each other before listening to presentations from speakers who stood on a stage that was put together using Showgear’s Mammoth Dex. Surrounding the stage, televisions mounted on Milos Pro-30 Step G trusses showed great Estonian sporting moments. To enhance the atmosphere, eight Showtec Studio Beams and twelve Showtec LED Light Bar 8s were used.
After the presentations, guests were treated to an extensive tour of Adila’s 10-hectare grounds with information directly broadcast to individuals through DAP’

Liam Gallagher sings into a Shure Beta 57a at Knebworth (photo: Finlay Watt)

Skan PA Hire tours with Liam Gallagher

Details: 17 October 2023

UK - Twenty-six years after Oasis’ legendary Knebworth gig, Liam Gallagher drew in audiences as a solo performer in front of 80,000 fans at the same outdoor British venue, a monumental return to form which gave us Gallagher’s third live album, Knebworth 22 (Live).
Gallagher then embarked on an intimate, eight-show UK tour which included London haunt, KOKO, a venue production manager Davey Murphy knows well. “I worked in-house between 2008 and 2014, so I have a lot of experience with the venue. I’ve seen a whole array of artists come through, so I really looked forward to this show,” he begins.
Murphy has worked with Skan since joining the Gallagher camp five years ago, citing the company's dedication and quality service as just two of the reasons their relationship continues to grow.
“The support directors Chris Fitch and Abby Llewellyn offe

Europalco took on the key role of providing image and sound distribution

Europalco takes centre stage for Pope’s Lisbon visit

Details: 17 October 2023

Portugal - Europalco played a pivotal role in managing audio-visual signal distribution across all PA systems and LED wall towers for World Youth Day 2023, hosted in Lisbon.
Since its inception in 1985, World Youth Day (WYD), a gathering for young people organised by the Catholic Church, has seen the convergence of up to 1.5m attendees during the Pope's visit. For the Colina do Encontro, one of the main meeting points of the event, Europalco took on the key role of providing image and sound distribution. The 40m-wide and 24m-high main stage designed by architect João Matos, spanning an area of 430m², was prominently positioned within the Parque Eduardo VII. Everything featured on the stage was seamlessly broadcast throughout the sprawling 30-hectare venue in Lisbon's centre.
Europalco engineered a bespoke distribution system for this purpose, designed to seamlessly t

Elation launches versatile KL Spot IP

Details: 16 October 2023

USA - The all-in-one KL Spot IP is a radiant and rugged static luminaire that can also function as an LED Profile by adding the optional motorised framing module, creating a lighting fixture that's both handily adaptable and primed to set your creative spirit on fire. Additionally, its IP65 rating means it is suited to both indoor and outdoor spaces.
Elation has embarked on a journey toward simplifying automated static lighting with the KL Spot IP, a venture that began with its companion, the KL Profile FC. The days of being boxed in by limited options are over, says the company. Need to relocate fixtures on the fly? With an integrated zoom lens spanning from 7° to 50°, you can place the KL Spot IP anywhere and still capture the perfect beam size - no extra lens tubes required. This translates to reduced costs, streamlined setups, and unprecedented flexibility for every pe

Neumann initiates ‘Fritz’ campaign

Details: 16 October 2023

Germany - Neumann.Berlin has initiated a social media campaign called Spend Time With Fritz, inviting producers, sound engineers, and musicians to participate and showcase their creativity. Neumann is offering its renowned KU 100 reference microphone, also known as ‘Fritz’ to support various binaural audio and music projects.
Fritz is an artificial head microphone and one of Neumann's most valuable microphones. Recordings made with the KU 100 are realistic and precise, with a three-dimensional spatial imaging effect that can enhance music and radio productions. With Fritz, anyone can create immersive recordings without any prior technical knowledge, says Neumann.
To be part of the Spend Time With Fritz competition, all you need is a creative idea and a project description. Send your entry to social@neumann.com with the subject line ‘Spend Time With Fritz’ befor

The latest acquisition and investment for this significant venue was the new Zonda 9 FX by Ayrton (photo: Stonex)

Ayrton Zonda 9 FX lights Mallorca's Megapark

Details: 16 October 2023

Spain - The Megapark in Mallorca, the largest open-air beer garden in Europe, has incorporated the new Ayrton Zonda 9 FX among its lighting fixtures.
The Megapark space has a capacity of 5,000 people, blending elements of an open area with the influence of a coastal zone. It features a small stage that required powerful lighting capable of working in daytime and nighttime settings. In its design, several features have been taken into account to create an appealing ambiance in which the Zonda 9 FX lights have played a crucial role in delivering a unique experience.
The latest acquisition and investment for this significant venue was the new Zonda 9 FX by Ayrton, a lighting fixture that has stood out for its advanced technology and creative possibilities, thanks to the versatility of its features and optical effects. Megapark has chosen to place them at the rear of the s

‘Beavers can thrive in an urban context’

Brompton backs West London wildlife project

Details: 16 October 2023

UK - An extraordinary initiative near Brompton Technology's West London headquarters has heralded the return of beavers to the area for the first time in four centuries.
The Ealing Beaver Project aims to demonstrate how beavers can thrive in an urban context while also revitalising the landscape and cost-effectively mitigating flood risk. It is a joint project between Ealing Wildlife Group (EWG), Citizen Zoo, Friends of Horsenden Hill and Ealing Council, supported by the Beaver Trust and the Mayor of London.
Three years of planning came to fruition when a family of five beavers was released at Paradise Fields in Greenford. EWG has been fund-raising in the lead-up to this pivotal ecological milestone, and Brompton Technology has joined forces to amplify the awareness around the beaver project's crowdfunding campaign, vowing to match the funds raised up to their £10k t

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