UK - Christie HS Series projectors powered a sparkling seasonal projection mapping experience at Waddesdon Manor, a 19th century Grade 1 listed National Trust site in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Yes Events deployed 11 Christie DWU23-HS 1DLP laser projectors – supplied by Christie partner A.C. Entertainment Technologies – to map the 10-minute content designed by mapping expert Jamie Shiels. The content, inspired by the festive season and popular children’s books, was projected onto the façade of the French Renaissance-style Loire chateau for festive revellers to enjoy as part of a ‘Christmas at Waddesdon’ experience.
“Yes Events has been working with the National Trust at Waddesdon Manor for several years, and they previously explored the idea of projecting

Spain - Powersoft will introduce Verso, a gateway device designed to connect current Powersoft products to its MyUniverso cloud platform, at ISE 2024.
ISE attendees have the opportunity to find out how the Verso gateway helps system integrators and IT managers take full advantage of MyUniverso cloud platform. Formerly known as Universo, MyUniverso has now merged into MyPowersoft, ensuring that all users with MyPowersoft accounts can access the cloud platform.
Verso is a half-RU device designed to enable access to the MyUniverso cloud platform and all its related functionalities for the entire current Powersoft amplifier portfolio, allowing monitoring and centralised remote firmware updates for all connected amplifiers, as well as supporting Powersoft’s popular Dynamic Music Distribution (DMD) solution.
Verso also incorporates the Easy Swap procedure, introduce

UK - Optimal Audio is expanding its footprint in the commercial audio sector with the launch of the Amp series, featuring three high-power class A/B amplifiers.
The Amp series comprises three two-channel amplifiers: Amp 100 (2 x 350W @ 4Ω), Amp 200 (2 x 700W @ 4Ω), and Amp 300 (2 x 1350W @ 4Ω), and they are available in both 120v 60Hz and 230v 50/60Hz models to accommodate various international power standards. They are designed to power the complete suite of Optimal Audio’s Cuboid point source loudspeaker series and their subwoofer partners effortlessly and reliably from the Sub series.
When used with Zone controllers, the complete system reaches its full potential by providing a full suite of Optimal Audio loudspeaker pre-sets, limiters, and time of day routines, all easily and quickly configurable via Zone’s onboard WebApp.
The compact 2U amplifiers fe
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Spain - Martin Audio is promising ‘an even larger-than-usual presence’ at this year’s ISE 2024 in Barcelona.
Aside from showcasing the strongest line of products in its own right, it will also be accompanied by other brands within Focusrite Group’s Audio Reproduction division. The company will occupy a prime position at the front of Hall 7 (booth A300) along with Optimal Audio, Linea Research and Focusrite. In the demo room, TiMax, the latest brand acquisition by Focusrite, will feature.
James King, marketing director, commented, “We see the founders of TiMax, Dave Haydon and Robin Whittaker, as the forefathers of immersive pro-audio and wholeheartedly believe that their SoundHub spatial audio processor is the definitive on the market and a complete show-in-a-box solution. Combining forces means that we can deepen our own brand ethos of uniting the audience t
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UK - Sound Technology has announced the addition of Dante AVIO adapters by Audinate to its professional audio distribution portfolio in the UK.
Dante AVIO adapters bring the modern AoIP connectivity to audio devices without on-board Dante. Available in 8 versions – Bluetooth, USB (USB A and USB C versions), Analogue Input (1 and 2 channel versions), Analogue Output (1 and 2 channel versions) and AES3 - Dante AVIO adapters are all fully-functional Dante interfaces.
Alison Charters, business manager, Sound Technology comments, “We're very pleased to be working with Audinate to help bring these brilliant tools and problem-solvers to market. Particularly through our pro audio Application Team’s project design work, the Dante AVIO devices will provide incredible flexibility to match the needs of our customers and their clients.”
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UK - Audio solutions company 2B Heard is stepping into the world of high-end microphones following its recent acquisition of microphone brand Sontronics.
2B Heard director, Sam Nankivell, comments, “We feel very privileged to take on the reins of this highly respected microphone brand, which is known for its superb quality products, award-winning customer service, international reach and unique lifetime warranty. Sontronics will fit perfectly into the 2B Heard portfolio and we are excited to be working with the skilled and knowledgeable Sontronics team to build the brand even further and put a wealth of new ideas into practice. The future is looking very bright for Sontronics.”
Sontronics was established in 2004 by engineer, musician and microphone designer Trevor Coley, who, together with wife Lisa, built it into the brand it is today. Sontronics is supported by

USA - Lighting industry professional Koy Neminathan, who joined Elation as director of business development in May of 2023, has now transitioned to a business development position with Obsidian Control Systems, the company’s lighting control brand.
Neminathan is now wholly focusing on the Obsidian range of lighting control and data distribution products. “As the company continues to invest in Obsidian, I find myself naturally gravitating towards control and I see huge potential for Onyx and Netron,” he commented. “I want to use my experience and knowledge to expand the global presence for the brand, ensuring that Obsidian is represented by the best distributors around the world and becomes synonymous within all segments of our market.”
Before joining Elation, the industry veteran served as sales director at lighting console manufacturer Avolites, where he wo

USA - Christie’s principal product developer Mike Perkins, has been awarded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award in Scientific and Engineering, along with three other recipients, for his work on the design and development of the Christie E3LH projection system, developed in partnership with Dolby Laboratories. The Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards honour individuals and companies whose discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant and lasting ways to motion pictures.
The Christie E3LH Dolby Vision Cinema Projection System is the first projector to bring both high dynamic range (HDR) and wide colour gamut (WCG) technologies to the viewing audience. The system can be used as a single projector head or dual projector head configuration with a patented relay lens that enables 3D stereoscopic presentations with full brightness and simult

UK - The Academy of Live Technology confers Honorary Fellowships upon individuals in recognition of their significant commitment and contribution to the live entertainment and creative industries. The 2023 Graduation Ceremony, hosted on Saturday 2 December in Production Park’s Studio 005, saw the Honorary Fellowship awarded to Sarah Rushton-Read.
Her career spans over 30 years. Having initially stepped into the creative industries as an actress, she moved into stage management in 1985 and then successfully into lighting design and management for theatre, opera and ballet, working at leading venues including The Royal Opera House and Glyndebourne Opera.
After a brief stint as a production manager at PRG, Sarah swerved into garden and architectural lighting design, whilst also co-running an events lighting company.
In 2002, Sarah became assistant editor at LSi a

Europe/USA - Meyer Sound is gearing up to present technology showcases at The NAMM Show and Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) conventions.
“2024 promises to be another significant year for Meyer Sound,” says senior vice-president John McMahon. “We’re building on unprecedented momentum that began with the success of the Panther large-format linear line array and the 2100‑LFC low-frequency control element. This success continues with further development of our award-winning Nebra software and the newly announced NADIA DSP platform, which is already redefining the world of active acoustics. NAMM and ISE are perfect opportunities to highlight our latest advancements and forge meaningful connections in key markets as we move ahead.”
The NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA will showcase the power pairing of the Panther large-format linear line array loudspeaker with the new 2

USA - World Changers Church International (WCCI) was founded in 1981 by the author, conference speaker and bible teacher Creflo Dollar. It is a thriving Christian worship centre which in 1995 moved to its present location, the 8,500-seat World Dome in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia.
In 2021, during the global Covid-19 pandemic which forced the closure of many churches, Jason Farah of Outline US was approached by WCCI who expressed a need to upgrade their existing sound system.
Although it was a flagship product from a major brand, the sound team felt that the audio throughout the large sanctuary could be improved - their initial inclination was to remain with that brand but they were also aware of Outline and asked Jason to undertake some room modelling with 3D modelling software from both companies.
Jason comments: “I have served as WCCI’s audio consultant

USA - Big Nite DC, which bills itself as the largest NYE convention hall party draws around 10,000 party goers, spread out over two ballrooms and 12 additional spaces. The main ballroom, which serves as the hub of the evening’s festivities, measures 45,000sq.ft and has 270-degrees of floor-to-ceiling glass windows affording stunning views of the Potomac River.
Animating the big event this year, as it has in the past, was an upbeat and colourful lighting and video design from Evan Kirkendall and the team at Harford Sound LLC.
“Every year we challenge ourselves to create a fresh, new design in the primary ballroom,” said Kirkendall. “We get to design this large rig from the ground up, so we really like to push ourselves each year.”
Although lighting Big Nite DC is “loads of fun”, it is not without its challenges. “The overall stage size is quite sma

France - Naostage has released its Kratos software to the public as a free download. KRATOS serves as the central hub for Naostage’s K System, the automatic beaconless 3D tracking solution, and allows users to manage automations and output tracking data in real time to AV systems (sound, light, video and any third-party system). Its multiple functionalities help users create fully automated and interactive live events and visitor attraction shows, as well as immersive spaces for the public.
In the software, users can design their own stage, set up zones to automate AV effects in sync with tracked targets, set up modules to send and receive target's position, send any other useful information and commands to third-party systems and script actions to automate the show.
“We want to place our solution directly into the hands of all AV enthusiasts, allowing them to exp

Spain - IP audio specialist Barix adds a new flavour to its encoding family with MultiCoder M400 new low-latency, multi-format solution that can send audio streams to receive points in four different formats. To be introduced at ISE 2024 in Barcelona later this month, the new hardware device also adopts Barix’s next-generation FLEXA platform to enhance buffering performance, application development, and device prototyping among other benefits.
For the MultiCoder M400, the enhanced buffering performance of the FLEXA platform eliminates all stream buffering within the device - an important benefit given the presence of multiple encoding engines under the hood. This means that customers can encode audio into four formats, including Opus, AAC+, PCM and 320KB mp3, and send multiple audio RTP/BRTP streams to receiving devices without delay while retaining exceptional quality.

Spain - Humly kicks off the new year with fresh accessories and features for its twice-award-winning Humly Booking Device, a hardware booking solution introduced last February at ISE 2023. Humly will unveil its latest Booking Device innovations at ISE 2024 later this month, including a new network-enabled accessory that improves powering and control functionalities for desk integrations.
Now shipping and available worldwide, Humly’s Booking Device is a slim, small, and flexible device for mounting on and underneath a variety of surfaces where people work, gather, and collaborate. Humly will also introduce new data collection and analysis features for the control panel at ISE.
New for ISE this year, Humly’s PoE and desk control features for the Booking Device are enabled through a separate, ultra-compact accessory. The accessory includes an Ethernet port for PoE po

USA - UK loudspeaker manufacturer PMC is showcasing its full range of professional monitors on booth 15908 at this year’s NAMM exhibition in California.
In collaboration with SSL, Avid, Dolby and Izotope, PMC will highlight the growing importance of Dolby Atmos for Music and its own role as an industry leader is this field. A 9.1.4 Dolby Atmos demo room will feature on the PMC booth, and this will be equipped with large, active three-way PMC8-2 XBD monitors (left, right and centre channels), six ci65 monitors, and a total of four ci45 compact slimline monitors for the surround, rear and height channels.
The system will also feature PMC’s new power 750-8 eight-channel amplifier, which will also be on show on the main booth. Designed to power any passive PMC speaker, this 2U rack mounted amp is particularly well suited for use with PMC’s Ci series of slimline moni

Spain - At Integrated Systems Europe 2024, the Adam Hall Group will be presenting several new installation solutions with its Adam Hall Integrated Systems business vertical. The lighting brand Cameo will also be represented with its own stand for the first time.
The Adam Hall Integrated Systems booth focuses on a complete range of products designed specifically for the installation market. The new TICA Series (TICA stands for Tools for Integrating Commercial Audio) includes everything from media streaming and mixing preamplifiers to a range of amps with different channel and power outputs. There are also Dante networked audio interfaces, transformers, headphone amplifiers and control interfaces. Designed for hospitality, retail, corporate and education applications, installers can build entire systems with TICA Series products, or they can be integrated into existing install

USA - The Warren Haynes Presents Christmas Jam returned for its 32nd year, partnering with the Asheville area Habitat for Humanity and BeLoved Asheville. Bandit Lites provided the lighting system for the 9 December showcase which featured a line-up including Slash and Myles Kennedy, Billy F Gibbons, Gov’t Mule, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, Clutch and Karina Rykman.
The winter spectacular began in 1988 and has raised more than $2.8m over the years, helping those in the area who have been unable to be homeowners due to financial setbacks.
"To take something as simple as playing music, which we all love to do, and turn it into building houses, it's an opportunity that I can't be more thankful for," Haynes told area news.
Bandit Lites provided over 100ft of Tyler Truss and more than 165 fixtures for the epic jam night including Ayrton Khamsin S, Chauve

South Africa - Hendrick Nemalili of Murangi Productions collected 12 new Claypaky Axcor Beam 300s and four Robe LedBeam 150s from DWR Distribution which went straight onto the 16th Crown Gospel Music Awards held on 26 November at the 10 000-seater Dome marquee based at the FNB Stadium in Nasrec, Johannesburg.
The Crown Gospel Awards celebrates excellence in the South African gospel music industry. Traditionally taking place at the Durban ICC, it was hosted in Johannesburg for the first time. Having worked on the production on two different occasions, Hendrick was appointed to design the set and to provide the full technical comprising lighting, audio (including backline) and screens.
With three months to plan and prepare, he came up with the concept. “As the Crown Gospel Awards were making a debut in the City of Gold the idea was to integrate a suspended crown centre

USA - Lighting for the recent legs - including the USA and Canada - of popular and prolific Indian singer Shreya Ghoshal’s All Hearts world tour was programmed by Manu Jacob using an all grandMA3 control system solution for this section of the tour, and the first time on a touring project.
Brought onboard as programmer by Mumbai based show producers BToS Productions, he worked closely with the lighting design team from LAGFL Designs on ensuring that the show they had crafted was programmed in the most efficient, logical, and flexible way, enabling the showfile to be swiftly updated to deal with different sized venues.
“It was to facilitate this and also for the networking capabilities that I decided to make the switch to all grandMA3 for this project,” he stated, adding that he has been working on the grandMA platform for the last 10 years, and appreciates its

USA - AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, has significantly upgraded the capabilities of its main audio control room with the installation of a Solid State Logic System T S500m console. The new system, which was supplied and integrated by Clair Global Integration’s Pro Media Audio Video division, is primarily used to mix and route audio throughout the 80,000-seat stadium during the venue’s very busy calendar of sports, entertainment and corporate events.
AT&T Stadium is in use 365 days a year, not just during football season, and the control room is the hub through which all audio signals pass for almost every event. “This room routes audio for the whole venue, to the bowl PA system, the X clubs, back-of-house, concessions and bathrooms, as well as broadcast feeds - you name it, we route it through here,” says Gary French, head of audio for the

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