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04 February 2025

Spain - DirectOut has announced the latest in its range of compact IO modules, a series of Dual Network Audio Modules for Prodigy and Maven. These new additions to the modules range enhance the flexibility and interoperability of the host device, offering expanded audio network and sample rate conversion options, fitting into the audio network slot (Slot A) of all Prodigy and Maven devices.

The new modules feature bi-directional sample rate conversion (HD SRC) as a standard, allowing them to link to different audio networks independently of different clock masters.

The Dual Network Modules will be showcased at ISE, booth 7E240, where members of the DirectOut team will be on hand to explain more about the whole DirectOut range of audio solutions.
    

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04 February 2025

Spain - At ISE 2025, KLANG (booth 7F300) is introducing the KLANG:quelle XDM, a versatile 1RU XLR breakout box that delivers seamless 32-bit digital-to-analogue audio conversions from Dante or MADI inputs for professional setups. Designed to expand and enhance audio systems ‘with unparalleled flexibility’, the :quelle XDM delivers 16 channels of output with user-configurable options for analogue XLR or digital AES3 formats - all in a compact, rack-mountable unit.

At its core, the :quelle XDM bridges digital and analogue worlds with exceptional precision.

The :quelle XDM integrates effortlessly with existing KLANG systems, adding robust analogue or AES3 mix output capabilities for in-ear transmitters to immersive audio processors. For non-KLANG users, it serves as a powerful, brand-agnostic breakout box, enabling full control over inputs and outpu

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04 February 2025

Europe - Funktion-One has announced the full release of Projection v1.0 system design software, featuring an advanced wave-based low frequency model. Projection delivers fast, direct sound prediction and rigging calculations, enabling users to design and optimise Funktion-One systems ‘with unparalleled accuracy’.

Projection allows users to quickly build complex venues in 2D, streamlining the design process with an intuitive interface. Users can seamlessly add arrays, individual loudspeakers and microphones, optimising both mechanical and electronic array settings. The software’s advanced 3D view enables SPL calculations, providing a comprehensive visualisation of the design and allowing for precise adjustments.

Projection features two powerful 3D SPL calculation algorithms, including a new fast wave-based low-frequency model. This breakthrough

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04 February 2025

Sweden - Launched in 2004 and part of a global franchise, Swedish Idol is one of the most popular shows on Swedish television. Broadcast live on channel TV4, it provides a platform on which hopeful Swedish singing stars can showcase their talents and compete to gain widespread recognition.

The latest series of live performances ran from 12 October to 7 December at the Filadelfia Convention Centre in central Stockholm, and was lit by lighting designer, Linus Pansell, who included Ayrton Kyalami, Rivale Profile and MagicBlade FX fixtures in his rig.

“The Kyalamis and MagicBlades were crucial for me to build the show,” says Pansell. “I’m usually quite negotiable to changing fixtures to fit the suppliers’ inventories, but this time I really wanted these specific fixtures. I could easily swap out other lights in the rig, but I was very

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04 February 2025

USA - A two-storey Levantine themed bar restaurant has been set up in Washington DC’s Union Market District by Michelin-starred restaurateur, Michael Rafidi.

On the ground floor is Yellow Café, the second location in an already successful bakery concept, and this has now been joined by the vibrant La’ Shukran restaurant. Both areas have been equipped from top to bottom, along with the outside rooftop patio and back stairs alley, linking the two venues, by the recently formed Beltway Audio Group. This is a merger between two young audio entrepreneurs, Doug Cyr of Precision Event Rentals, and his friend Brady Rall - both known in the region as engineers for large local sound systems, largely at raves and warehouse parties.

Rall was first introduced to Martin Audio over a decade ago at Washington DC’s once-beloved underground music venue, U Stree

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04 February 2025

UK - London -based event production company Halo has added 24 x Robe Painte moving lights to its rental inventory, which were delivered in September following the PLASA professional lighting and sound expo by the team at Robe UK.

These are added to Halo’s existing lighting rental inventory, which already includes several other Robe moving lights – Pointes, MegaPointes, Spikies, Spikie+s, Spiiders, and LEDBeam 150s – all of which have been purchased in the last six years.

Halo’s CEO Yann Guenancia and his team including hire manager Andrew Luck made the decision after considering various options and receiving a demo of the Painte fixtures at Halo.

Yann stated, “We needed a premium ‘LED spot’ and a compact hard-edged luminaire to add to our inventory and, having enjoyed so much success with Robe’s Pointe and Spiider fixtures, we

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04 February 2025

UK - An Audient ORIA Immersive Audio Interface and Monitor Controller has been installed as the ‘go-to’ monitor controller and sound card in Challow Park Studios. One of the first facilities to take advantage of Oria’s ability to integrate with Dante technology, the Oxfordshire facility has used Oria for all its most recent projects across a range of genres.

“I find the sound quality astonishing on the analogue outputs,” confirms Will Biggs, the on-site producer and engineer, who has been overseeing their transition to immersive audio.

“We recently moved Oria into my main recording room so I can monitor in Dolby Atmos. We run a hybrid system, but all of our converters connect to Pro Tools via Dante,” he explains. Although they had been running Dolby Atmos in the studio for nearly two years, finding a suitable controller to run the speak

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04 February 2025

Spain - Prolights is preparing for a dynamic showcase at Integrated Systems Europe. The company's stand - located in Hall 6, booth 6S200 - will feature an expanded exhibition space, highlighting key products from its portfolio for live events, TV, and theatres. Visitors will also get an exclusive look at five new products making their official market debut.

The HaluPix DUO is a dual layer LED matrix that seamlessly integrates lighting and video capabilities into a modular design. This twin-source unit offers high-power, long-throw white beams alongside high-brightness video and strobe features, with full pixel-level control.

The Astra Profile900 is a flagship, high-power profile moving head designed for large-scale live productions, studios, and theatres. Powered by a 900W LED source, it delivers an impressive 43,000-lumen output (as measured by phot

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04 February 2025

Spain - German fibre network specialists Optocore continues to break new barriers in their technological evolution, and full evidence of this can be seen at ISE 2025.

In particular, this applies to the new 12G-SDI standard. With the increasing demand for higher bandwidth, in both the broadcast and live event spaces, 12G-SDI is the logical option to support higher speed UHD formats (4K, 8K etc), with higher bitrates and a greater number of colours.

Explaining the move, Optocore technical support engineer, Marci Sós, states, “The advantages are obvious. As market leaders in fibre distribution, our pledge is always to keep ahead of the technological curve, supporting new standards in the evolving world of broadcast signal transmission to ensure the best outcome for our customers, and meet their demands.”

As early subscribers, Optocore and s

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04 February 2025

Fire Aid - Sir Rod Stewart was one of many big names who took to the stage as part of a star-studded benefit concert featuring over 25 major artists across two Los Angeles venues to raise funds for victims of devastating wildfires. The fires, which began in early January, claimed 29 lives and destroyed more than 16,000 buildings across Los Angeles. The concerts were held at the Kia Forum and Intuit Dome in Inglewood, two large arenas approximately a mile apart.

Billie Eilish and Green Day opened the show with a poignant duet of Last Night On Earth, singing: ‘If I lose everything in the fire’. Performing at the Intuit Dome, Sir Rod Stewart flew from the UK specially for the event, saying, "LA is very special to me, I've lived here for 50 odd years."

Elsewhere, Joni Mitchell delivered a stunning rendition of Both Sides Now

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03 February 2025

Kuwait - For the opening ceremony of the Arabian Gulf Cup in Kuwait in December, lighting and production designer Roland Greil deployed 173 Proteus Maximus LED wash/beam fixtures along with 49 Proteus Excalibur beam lights, both IP65-rated moving heads.

“When lighting a magnificent, 360-degree, theatrically produced stadium ceremony, where you’re dealing with throws of 50-100 meters or more, besides lighting the stage or field of play you also want to achieve some magic and theatrical spice, and what you need there is firepower,” says Greil.

Using 222 moving heads to light a major event stadium ceremony may sound like a substantial number, but compared to many similar opening ceremonies, the fixture counts for the Arabian Gulf Cup was more modest. For the Asian Cup opening ceremony in Qatar a year earlier for example, Greil had over three times

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03 February 2025

Spain - L-Acoustics will host special Masters of Sound Experience interview and discussion sessions in Hall 8.0, demo room B4 on 4,5 and 6 February 5. These sessions will give guests the opportunity to delve into the creative process of today’s most forward-thinking sound designers: Tony Award-winning Cody Spencer (sound designer for Here Lies Love, The Outsiders, Romeo + Juliet 2024, JOB), Xandy Whitesell (sound engineer for Bon Iver, Nathaniel Rateliff, Gregory Alan Isakov) and Stephen Hughes (sound design and sound engineer for BBC Proms).

L-Acoustics will maintain a significant presence at ISE 2025, with displays in the Professional Audio hall (Hall 7, booth 7G150), and Residential hall (Hall 2, booth #2F150), where it will present its comprehensive range of professional and architectural audio solutions.

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03 February 2025

Mexico - Café Tacvba from Naucalpan de Juárez, have blended Mexican musical influences with mainstream rock sounds in their 35-year career. Inspired by the likes of The Smiths, The Cure, and Violent Femmes, they've added alt rock and psychedelic elements to their inimitable style. Later, the Grammy and Latin Grammy winners also invited hip-hop to their party.

"Their music is super eclectic, going from the simplest Mexican folk songs to the blistering electric punk & rock sounds they are accustomed to belting out night after night," observed Felix Peralta.  "They are one of the most amazing live bands I have ever seen - and I feel fortunate to have seen a lot of live bands throughout my 30-plus years in the industry. Most importantly, they’re some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet."

Peralta has been lighting Café Tacvba for about eight

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03 February 2025

Spain - Amadeus Acoustics has announced the launch of its Amadeus ART platform. Designed for multi-channel and multi-room applications, the platform will be showcased at ISE 2025, with a special introductory offer available at booth 7H840.

The Amadeus ART platform is a versatile, software-based audio system that ‘empowers venues of all sizes to achieve superior sound control’. Its modular and scalable design enables seamless management of sound across individual spaces or multiple zones, providing precision and adaptability for any event or application.

"ART was created to push the boundaries of what’s possible in audio and acoustic control," says Fabio Kaiser, CEO of Amadeus Acoustics. "We’ve combined cutting-edge technology with user-friendly features to deliver a solution that adapts effortlessly to the needs of any venue. From small theat

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03 February 2025

Spain – Outline will be exhibiting on two separate, distinct booths (7C150 and 1D570, debuting 11 new products, their biggest launch action to date.

Hercules, is a new series of column-shaped cardioid loudspeaker systems, meant to deliver utmost accuracy of vocal range in challenging acoustic spaces

The P-Series is a new range of point-source loudspeakers for mobile applications, composed of six different systems, with LF units ranging from 4" to 2x15".

The A-series comprises ultra-compact, aluminium loudspeakers for business, retail- and exhibition spaces, ‘at which unobtrusive format renders unprecedented sonic dynamics – in premium lifestyle design’.
    

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03 February 2025

Australia - Following the news that LSC Control Systems will distribute the products of UK-based Avolites in Australia and New Zealand, LSC has announced the appointment of a dedicated Avolites specialist. Clare Springett, as business development manager Avolites Australia and New Zealand, will head up sales and support for the famous lighting control brand in the region, beginning with immediate effect.

A well-known presence in Australia’s professional show production world, Clare is an experienced lighting designer, production manager, arts practitioner, venue manager and theatre technician. 
Most recently she worked as sales and hire manager at Concert Lighting Systems Australia and was the touring LD and operator for Tim Minchin’s 2024 tour Unfunny – An Evening with Tim Minchin and his Piano. Also on her resumé, she is a Green Room Award nom

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03 February 2025

UK - DiGiCo has announced the appointment of Sam North as technical sales support engineer.

North joins DiGiCo following an extensive career in the audio industry. He trained at the University of Salford, gaining a BA in Popular Music and Recording with first class honours, and graduated with distinction from the MA in Digital Production for TV & Film. After his education, he worked for other high-profile manufacturers, building their operations both domestically and internationally. 
“DiGiCo is a brand that I have always been fascinated by,” North explains. “My new role feels like a natural progression for my career, and I am very excited to talk to all the amazing engineers who use DiGiCo products. It’s going to be fantastic.”

Sam’s addition to the team will expand these sessions, reinstating regular training opportunities at

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31 January 2025

Europe - Denmark-based entertainment automation specialist Motor Stage Automation (MSA) is supplying a full rigging, control and automation package for the current Les Misérables: The Arena Spectacular world tour, co-produced by Cameron Mackintosh Ltd (CML) and Nick Grace Management and performing in over 15 countries and regions worldwide.

Cameron Mackintosh’s production team led by technical director Chris Boone directly approached MSA wanting an ingenious touring solution and global technical support for the tour.

Nick Grace Management, who is responsible for contracting the touring personnel, asked Roger Smissen onboard as head of rigging and automation, with his company, Van Der Smissen Production, providing a touring crew team to work with the production’s rigging and automation requirements.

Smissen worked in conjunction

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31 January 2025

UK - The Royal Shakespeare Company, a major British theatre company in the UK, has selected ETC control and fixtures to upgrade its flagship Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST), including Apex 10 and Apex 5 consoles, Eos Apex Processor, Eos Programming Wings and more.

The theatre is a leader in creative technologies and digital development. The RSC recognised the urgent need to upgrade the lighting equipment to increase the theatre’s environmental sustainability and efficiency for the future. ETC dealer Stage Electrics supplied the new equipment to the venue. This upgrade has been made possible with the support of Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme.

Together, the teams at both the RSC and Stage Electrics identified the technical requirements and, following several conversations and hands-on time with Eos Apex, determined that it was

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31 January 2025

Italy - Located in the heart of Reggio Emilia, Ruote da Sogno is famed for its exquisite collection of classic cars and motorcycles. When the showroom decided to begin hosting events, Marco Gianferrari, technical manager for the venue, chose two S31 consoles, complete with a DQ-Rack each, all supplied by Audio Link, to ensure audio quality and flexibility.

Ruote da Sogno’s new events space is 10,000sq.m, arranged with flexible divisions, to offer the greatest range of possibilities for clients. A Dante network links all areas of the space, so the DQ-Racks are a suitable addition to ensure complete connectivity and reliability. Each rack is a 6U unit, with dual redundant power supplies and DMI-Dante, providing all the power of a larger rack in a more compact package. Each rack delivers 48 mic inputs and 24 line outputs, with the final four being switchable