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TeamSport on right track with Electro-Voice

TeamSport recognises the importance of high-quality audio provision

Details: 26 October 2023

UK - TeamSport is the largest indoor karting company in the UK. Currently operating 35 racing circuits, the company has plans for continued growth across the UK and Europe with the intention of making the fun of indoor karting accessible to as many people as possible. Its first track opened in Guildford more than 30 years ago with a desire to create the best possible karting experience and set new standards in the industry.
With an eye and ear on every detail, TeamSport recognises the importance of high-quality audio provision across its reception areas, briefing rooms, hospitality facilities and spectator areas. Audio upgrades to TeamSport’s sites are carried out by Pro Audio Systems (PAS) of Bradford, who have been the company’s chosen supplier and installer since 2016.

The tour celebrates 50 years since Pink Floyd’s original Dark Side Of The Moon tour

Martin Audio turns the clock back with TAPFS

Details: 26 October 2023

UK - Following a successful stint in North America, the Australian Pink Floyd Show (TAPFS) tribute band has returned to the UK for its #DarkSide50 Tour 2023. This celebrates 50 years since Pink Floyd’s original Dark Side Of The Moon tour.
Significantly, the tour will also marry Martin Audio’s latest Wavefront Precision line array technology, as fielded by 22live - who handle all audio production for TAPFS -and the original rig conceived by Martin Audio founder, Dave Martin and Bill Kelsey for that 1973 tour.
The idea of recreating this for the cover band came from Chris Hewitt (of CH Vintage) who floated the idea back in April.
Hewitt is known for having salvaged and curated much of the equipment that toured concert halls and festivals in the 1960s and 70s, and selected items from his emporium can frequently be seen on show, lovingly restored, a

The Yuengling Centre is known for hosting everything from sports events to music concerts

Elation and Thunder City transform Tampa centre

Details: 26 October 2023

USA - In the heart of Tampa, Florida, stands the Yuengling Centre, a versatile arena known for hosting everything from sports events to music concerts. However, despite its rich history and impressive infrastructure, the management felt that the venue lacked a certain spark that could elevate its events to a new level. In response, production and integration company Thunder City Production Solutions teamed with Elation lighting to bring a transformative lighting experience to the arena.
When Thunder City Pro took on the challenge of revamping the centre’s lighting, they strategically selected Elation Fuze SFX LED Spot FX luminaires and Rayzor 760 wash effect moving heads to take centre stage.
Justin Stancil, president of Thunder City, highlighted the upgrade: “Previously, two spotlight operators would come in and do some ballyhoos for team intros and that was abou

The newly-arrived Ayrton Perseo fixtures at Eagle AV

Eagle AV Rental expands Ayrton inventory

Details: 26 October 2023

USA - Eagle AV Rental, a one-stop resource for AV equipment rentals on America’s East Coast, has invested in Ayrton Perseo S Profile and versatile IntelliPix XT fixtures for its inventory. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.
Eagle AV Rental offers a full range of audio, video and lighting equipment, pre-rigged truss, motors, power and signage. Rental customers are supported with an in-house visualisation studio, 25,000sq.ft of prep space for shows and a fleet of delivery vehicles covering the entire East Coast. Its parent company is Eagle Production Company, providing turnkey solutions for the corporate event industry and trade shows.
In an effort to continually improve the customer experience, Eagle AV Rental has added a large inventory of Ayrton fixtures, the first Ayrton purchases by the company. “We have been want

Participants explored the manufacturing facility to gain insights into the company's strategy

Rycote celebrates successful press event

Details: 26 October 2023

UK - Rycote Windshields reports the ‘resounding success’ of its recent press day. The event, held at Rycote’s brand new manufacturing facility in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, offered industry editors a hands-on experience that showcased the company’s commitment to British manufacturing excellence and innovation.
The event, which took place on 19 October 2023, brought together a team of industry journalists for an opportunity to meet with Rycote's diverse and international audio team, some of whom are based at the new facility, and some company representatives from both the US and Italy. Participants were invited to explore the manufacturing facility and gain insights into the company's strategy and future roadmap.
The highlight of the event was a behind the scenes factory tour that allowed attendees to meet the production team and to witness first-hand the craftsmanship

Heiwajima Stage - a multifunctional shooting facility

Brompton powers Nikon Creates' stage

Details: 26 October 2023

Japan - Nikon Creates Studio, a new subsidiary of Nikon Corporation, has recently unveiled its new Heiwajima Stage, a multifunctional shooting facility created with the support of Global Vision Multimedia (GVM). Located at Nikon Creates’ imaging complex in Tokyo, Japan, the stage features the latest technology, including volumetric video recording systems and a large LED volume for virtual production (VP) setups, driven by Brompton Technology LED processing.
The studio's close proximity to Haneda Airport makes it easily accessible for domestic and international clients. It also allows for easy transportation of equipment, such as lighting and special machinery, enabling efficient shooting for productions of various sizes, including music videos, commercial films, movies, TV dramas, corporate video packages, and video distribution services.
Its impressive LED setup co

Glasgows agency rebrands as OneTwo

Details: 26 October 2023

UK - Event management, production, and creative agency Glasgows has revealed its rebrand as OneTwo. The move follows its most successful years in the agency’s 37-year history.
OneTwo - a name inspired by its heritage in events and the traditional sound check - has expanded its services in recent years to include digital, film, and creative, as well as events. The agency has also seen continuous growth in both its team and its client roster, which includes the Post Office, Crown Commercial Service, and The Environment Agency.
The new brand identity, created in partnership with brand consultancy and design studio Two Stories, centres on collaboration; the combining of the agency’s service offering to create exceptional brand experiences, and the partnerships it creates with its clients, which are at the core of the brand.
OneTwo finance director Bernie Gorrell

Outernet has an immersive experience in the heart of London

Solotech and Outernet partner worldwide

Details: 26 October 2023

UK - Solotech has announced its partnership with Outernet, the immersive experience in the heart of London. This strategic collaboration solidifies Solotech's position as Outernet’s global 360 AV partner as it now looks to expand to future sites internationally.
"Our partnership with Outernet epitomises the standards by which we measure ourselves," says Bryce Jewell, managing director of Solotech UK. "The audio solution that we provided in London was a massive success, one that was ultimately recognised by many industry bodies. However, as Outernet looks to realise their ambitions in other markets, Solotech’s global reach and track record of delivering full 360 solutions will unquestionably add even greater value to our partnership. Together, I know that our combined strengths and expertise will continue to provide consumers with the most advanced immersive audiovisual e

The move adds Wavemark’s software products to Shure’s professional audio portfolio

Shure completes acquisition of AB Wavemark

Details: 26 October 2023

Europe - Shure has announced the completion of its acquisition of Ab Wavemark Oy. The move adds Wavemark’s software products to Shure’s professional audio portfolio, equipping audio technicians in theatre, film, TV, broadcast, and content streaming applications with innovative tools. These tools ‘aim to inspire confidence and minimise guesswork in real-time applications’. Both Wavetool and WTautomixer V2 are available now for download. Wavetool will be showcased at the Shure booth #502 at AES-NY this week.
Wavetool is an audio and listening application that provides critical, comprehensive monitoring for audio professionals. Wavetool’s early detection of potential audio problems, streamlined communication capabilities with the sound team, and its centralisation of monitoring functionalities, helps professionals monitor high-stakes productions with confidence, says

LEA has extended the warranty on products purchased after 1 October 2023

LEA Professional extends international warranty

Details: 25 October 2023

USA - Reaffirming its commitment to the success of its integration partners and end-users in international markets, LEA Professional today announced the extension of its international warranty from three to five years on products purchased after October 1, 2023. The move underscores LEA Professional’s confidence in the design and build quality of its amplifiers and provides international customers with strong assurance of LEA Professional’s customer-centric intentions.
Commenting on the extension, Jeremy Bules, LEA Professional vice-president of engineering, notes: “As others cost-engineer, strip out features, and roll back warranties, we believe in our amplifiers and are confident that a five-year warranty is what our customers seek and deserve. As such we’re extending the warranty and we’ll continue working with our international partners to evolve our products a

Ariane Coldiron - senior vice president, corporate events

PRG appoints head of corporate events

Details: 25 October 2023

USA - PRG (Production Resource Group) has appointed Ariane Coldiron as senior vice president, corporate events. Coldiron will head the corporate events division, reporting directly to PRG CEO Stephan Paridaen.
Coldiron was most recently SVP, brand experience at Freeman where she worked for nearly a decade. As SVP, she drove the company’s highly successful agency business, developing and implementing go-to-market and long-term strategies while managing a large and complex portfolio of accounts including industry giants like Google, SalesForce, Sage, and HP. She also held tenures at experiential agencies Jack Morton, InVision Communications, and TBA Global Events.
“Ariane’s extensive industry experience has uniquely equipped her for success in this key role,” said Paridaen. “She is a well-known and much-respected figure in the corporate events space, with lon

Across Monash’s Melbourne and international campuses, over 1,000 EAW speakers are utilised

EAW powers Monash University classrooms

Details: 25 October 2023

Australia - When it comes to education, Monash University is focused on addressing today’s challenges for a better tomorrow - for students, local communities and global populations. Named one of the top 50 universities worldwide, Monash is continually striving to offer the most comprehensive learning regimen possible, one that puts student and professor connectivity above all else. So, when the world started shifting from analogue VGA video to HDMI digital, and their students required higher quality output from its AV systems, Monash called on audio visual design manager and lead architect Peter MacLean to overhaul the university’s sound setup.
Over the past decade, MacLean has worked with Monash University to define what a new AV system needed to do to improve the learning experience. Some of these requirements included natural, smooth and rich sound with high speech i

A group of 36 Ovation P-56WW PARs and four Ovation P-56 FC PARs create accent lighting for the altar

Chauvet fixtures enrich Basilica of St. Pius X

Details: 25 October 2023

France - Pélerinage Militaire International was born of peace and hope. In 1945, with the horrors of the just-ended Second World War still scarring the landscape, Mgr Jules Saliège, the Archbishop of Toulouse, created the idea of having a gathering of wounded military personnel in Lourdes, one of the most sacred pilgrimage sites in the Roman Catholic faith. The concept quickly blossomed and within three years, soldiers from many nations, often former enemies, were coming together at the annual event to worship and heal wounds.
Today PMI, as it is called in France, attracts some 14,000 military pilgrims from 40 different nations. This year, their services at the Basilica of St. Pius X were enriched by a new lighting system that features 79 Chauvet Professional projectors supplied by Videlio.
Working with Vincent Fernandez, audiovisual department manager at the Sanctu

“The facility to change the HF dispersion of the cabinets made it easier to achieve consistent coverage in some quite unusual spaces”

ID Series flies high in Warsaw

Details: 25 October 2023

Poland - At 195m, the recently completed Skyliner office building in the new heart of the Warsaw Business District is one of the seven tallest buildings in Poland. A flagship investment for the Karimpol Group, it offers 49,000sq.m of office and retail space on 42 floors, with the prestigious Look Up event and conference space occupying the top two and providing spectacular 360-degree views of the city.
Already almost fully booked with events leading up to Christmas, Look Up comprises a dividable modern conference and banquet space for up to 100 people on the 41st floor, and a stunning 270sq.m loft-style space with a 14.5m ceiling height on the 42nd floor, ready to accommodate up to 200 people.
With elegant interior design helping to attract events ranging from dinners and product launches to conferences and parties, it was clear from the outset that the sound system at

18 UBX4 loudspeakers were installed at lookouts along the trail

Renkus-Heinz reinforces Minnesota Zoo’s Treetop Trail

Details: 25 October 2023

USA - The Treetop Trail is reimagining what it means to visit the Minnesota Zoo. As the longest elevated pedestrian loop in the world, the 1.25-mile Treetop Trail brings guests up to 32ft into the canopy, offering a breathtaking birds-eye view of the zoo and animals below. In addition to creating a sense of awe and wonder, it connects guests with nature and inspires action to save wildlife in Minnesota and around the world. The zoo has already named the new ambassador to the trail's habitat: a North American porcupine named Quillber.
There are several ‘lookouts’ along the trail, which serve as areas of interest in which zoo docents inform visitors about the area they're in or animals they can see. These lookouts will also be used for small-scale musical performances through the zoo’s planned Music in the Trees program. Featuring a rotation of different musicians and st

The festival welcomed around 4,000 visitors daily

K-array brings the sound of Nuanu to life

Details: 25 October 2023

Indonesia - Suara’s independent art, music, culture and educational festival is set on the pristine Tabanan coast on the Indonesian island of Bali. Founded for the good of its community, the unique two-day event has a clear mission to bring together locals and visitors to connect and celebrate the beauty of Balinese heritage and nature.
Now in its second year, the location for Suara is Nuanu City, ‘a home for visionaries and creators’. The festival itself welcomed around 4,000 visitors daily who could enjoy a packed schedule of workshops, cultural activities and performances across nine unique stages.
An outdoor festival requires high-performance, flexible and discreet loudspeakers and when it came to choosing the supplier for Suara, K-array was the ‘first choice’ for general producer Vladimir Belyakov and sound engineer Semen Chumanikhin: “Having experienc

HD Pro Audio has installed a complete Pioneer Pro Audio system in the Arcade Food Hall at London’s Battersea Power Station (Photo: Benedict Priddy)

Pioneer Pro Audio slots into Battersea’s Arcade

Details: 25 October 2023

UK - Taking its inspiration from street market culture, the recently opened Arcade Food Hall at the restored Battersea Power Station has seating for 500 customers and boasts 13 different cuisines on its menu. As well as the Food Hall, the 24,000sq.ft space also features two bars, three restaurants, and a private dining room and has been an instant hit with diners. Along with winning food and drink offerings, the space also hosts a wide variety of events, from product and PR launches to summer socials and music after parties.
Given its multi-functional nature, premium audio was essential for the venue, with integrators HD Pro Audio (part of Marquee Group) engaged to design and install a suitable system.
HD Pro Audio had previously carried out interim work and programming updates on Arcade’s existing Tottenham Court Road venue, having been introduced by a longstanding

Iron Maiden’s bassist Steve Harris is an Electro-Voice fan (Photo: John McMurtrie)

Iron Maiden’s Harris trusts Electro-Voice EVM-12L speakers

Details: 25 October 2023

Germany - Electro-Voice has received a glowing endorsement from Steve Harris, the bassist, founder and band leader of Iron Maiden - one of the most influential and enduringly popular bands in heavy metal, with sales over 70 million albums worldwide. Renowned for their stunning live shows, the band’s The Future Past Tour 2023 recently wrapped on 6th October, and saw stadiums packed with a new generation of fans alongside seasoned metalheads.
Harris’s signature sound and fast-fingerstyle technique have made him one of the most instantly recognisable bassist in heavy metal - as noted by Loudwire magazine, which named him the best hard rock and metal bassist of all time.
The relationship with Electro-Voice cements the long-standing trust that Harris has placed in his EV-equipped rig, solidifying a shared commitment to uncompromising audio quality that st

Prolights’ EclDisplay range was selected to light The Window Gallery, which is viewable from the street 24 hours a day

Prolights helps transform Belconnen Arts Centre gallery

Details: 25 October 2023

Australia - Canberra’s Belconnen Art Centre has chosen Prolights' EclDisplay range as the main lighting system for its innovative Window Gallery, an exhibition gallery overlooking the street. The space operates in 24-hour mode and is visible from the outside, attracting the attention of passers-by at all times of the day, meaning a suitable lighting system was required.
For this, Linda Buck - technical manager at Belconnen Art Centre - relied on Show Technology, Prolights' distributor in Australia, to select the new system. She explains: “The Window Gallery is a tricky space to deal with as you have light in the day coming through and then night time too. I decided to look at different options for profile-type lights in the gallery space that also had Casambi control.”
Prolights’ EclDisplay range was ultimately selected, with the installation of spotlights in

Villa Heftye opts for an atmospheric soundscape with the aid of Genelec’s 4000 series

Michelin Guide bistro offers a slice of Genelec

Details: 25 October 2023

Norway - When dining at a Michelin Guide restaurant, the focus isn’t usually on the audio - more often everyone’s eyes are focused on the plates of well-crafted food. However, Villa Heftye - a laid-back bistro in the heart of Oslo - recently took the focus away from revamping its ever-changing seasonal menu to renovate its listed restaurant with a custom Genelec sound system.
Villa Heftye began life as a bank back in 1864. Commissioned by Jorgen Haslev Heftye and designed by Norwegian architect Georg Andreas Bull, it was bought in 2018 by local investor Runar Vatne for NOK 80 million. In 2021 the villa became restaurant Villa Heftye, an elegant yet casual bistro with an emphasis on French-inspired cuisine that uses seasonal Nordic ingredients.
"The brief was to build an audio system with the best possible sound," begins Henning Dyngvold, founder of Appletify who in

Provision AVL’s Kevin Boujikian and GLP’s Stefan Wagner shake on the new distribution deal (Photo: Provision AVL)

GLP expands sales network in the Middle East

Details: 25 October 2023

Germany - German Light Products (GLP), a leading German manufacturer of professional lighting technology, has appointed Dubai-based Provision AVL as its distributor for the entire Middle East region.
As a leading provider of pro audio, lighting, video, rigging and staging solutions in the Middle East, Provision AVL is now able to offer customers in the region access to GLP’s entire portfolio of innovative solutions, coupled with “outstanding local service and support”.
Kevin Boujikian, general manager of Provision AVL, comments: “We are pleased to add GLP’s world-class product range to our portfolio and offer it to our customers. As one of the leading brands in the industry, GLP’s products are recognised by professionals for their technology and quality. We are confident that this partnership will be a great success. Our customers look forward to having ac

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