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ETC appoints LTB as new Norwegian distributor

Tim Stokholm (ETC) and Børre Linberg (LTB)

Details: 27 April 2023

Norway - ETC has appointed Lillehammer Tekniske Byrå AS (LTB) as its new Norwegian distributor. LTB has been established with the goal of becoming the market leading supplier of sound, light, AV and stage machinery to hotels, concert halls, TV studios, museums, and cultural centres in Norway.
Following the closure of Atendi AS, the core team has transferred to LTB, bringing with them decades of experience and industry expertise. Over the past 25 years, the team has developed, installed, and put into operation a vast number of sound, lighting, and stage solutions throughout the Nordic region – from simple stages to some of the most modern and complex installations.
“ETC is proud to enter into a collaboration with LTB, which, in addition to being a leading systems int

For the tour, monitors were mixed on a second Quantum338 by Meredith Empie

Chris Tomlin tours with DiGiCo Quantum desks

Details: 26 April 2023

USA - Chris Tomlin, ‘America’s Worship Leader’, as worship-music website The Christian Beat called him, recently returned to Nashville’s 20,000-seat Bridgestone Arena for his seventh annual Good Friday Nashville concert benefiting foster care and adoption crises through For Others, a non-profit foundation created by Tomlin and his wife, Lauren.
Since its inception in 2017, the event has become a record-setting evening, smashing attendance records as the largest ticketed Christian concert in the history of the venue. This year, on 7 April, the Grammy Award and multiple Dove Award winning artist and his band were joined onstage by a number of special guests, including CeCe Winans, Blessing Offor, and Bethel Music’s Jenn Johnson, plus New York Times best-selling author/pastor Max Lucado, who shared a poignant message for the evening.
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The new LED projectors have blended seamlessly with the lighting system already in place

Ovation and Rogue projectors light La Cité du Vin

Details: 26 April 2023

France - Bordeaux is the site of the world’s largest wine museum, La Cité du Vin. Covering over 65,000sq.m and featuring four zones of virtual-interactive exhibition space, the museum is a celebration of wine, not just varieties of the Bordeaux region, but wines from all over the world, and every era of history. For example, in one exhibit, visitors can take an aerial journey over vineyards across the globe.
Enhancing the experience of visitors to La Cité du Vin is a recently upgraded lighting system of the auditorium designed and installed by Audio Pro from Mérignac (a city in the Bordeaux suburbs) that features a collection of Chauvet Professional Ovation and Rogue projectors.
“Our creative brief for this project was to replace the existing halogen projectors with more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly LED products,” said Philippe Chassereau, sal

‘Flexibility in the audio system was a priority to maximize studio usage’

Dante networks MNK Studios in Dubai

Details: 26 April 2023

UAE - MNK Studios supports artists and musicians looking to hone their talents in a professional studio environment. Initially, plans called for building multiple recording studios, but the focus shifted to constructing multiple live rooms for rehearsals and other activities in addition to two recording studios, all catering to artists as well as production companies and corporate clients. Flexibility in the audio system was a priority to maximize studio usage, which is why MNK built its system using Dante-enabled products.
“I went with Dante because I wanted to route audio signals for our various requirements seamlessly,” said Miltiadis Kyvernitis, founder and engineer-in-chief of MNK Studios. “Quite frankly, it was the best decision I made for the facility.”
The facility's primary goals were to have acoustically isolated rooms designed for superior live instr

The Minnesota Orchestra’s Digital Concert Hall

Minnesota Orchestra goes immersive with KLANG

Details: 26 April 2023

USA - When audiences tune into the Minnesota Orchestra’s Digital Concert Hall or social media channels to hear the Orchestra’s livestreams and digital concerts, they’re treated to a sonic spectacular - an immersive rendering of the performance’s mix that puts every listener using earbuds or headphones virtually at the conductor’s podium.
Utilising KLANG:technologies’ immersive software solution developed to allow musicians on stage to very naturally hear themselves through their in-ear monitors in a realistic three-dimensional soundstage, the Orchestra’s audio team has now essentially extended that experience to anyone, anywhere, with earbuds or headphones.
“We did this the first time in September of 2020 as a proof of concept of spatial audio for the digital audiences, and we could see that it was something special,” says Minnesota Orchestra head aud

Neutrik’s new speakON NLFXX series audio connectors

PL+S: Neutrik Group shows expanding portfolio

Details: 26 April 2023

Germany - A raft of new products are being shown by the Neutrik Group’s Neutrik, Rean and Contrik brands at Prolight+Sound this year. These include new and extended product ranges from the group’s latest brands, as well as continuing expansion of some of its most recognizable product lines, incorporating a breadth of applications for power, audio, video, lighting and data.
Among advanced power solutions being featured on the booth are the new grey / blue colour coded Neutrik powerCON XXA / XXB lockable, rugged power connectors. With discrete power-in and power-out keying, and a new ergonomic design, featuring an easy to assemble slip-proof two-compound moulded housing (with the strain relief mechanically locking with the insert to align with the housing), they are certified as complying with the latest relevant worldwide device safety regulations for mains supply connect

Ray Tantzen - director of product management

Ray Tantzen joins QSC pro audio team

Details: 26 April 2023

USA - QSC has announced that Ray Tantzen has joined the organisation as director of product management. Tantzen has over 20 years of experience in pro audio product management with top brands including PreSonus Audio Electronics, Avid and Loud Technologies.
“It’s very exciting to have Ray join our QSC team,” says David Fuller, vice president product development, QSC Pro Audio. “Ray brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and expertise in developing and advancing digital mixer technology and he will be a valuable asset as we continue to innovate across our most coveted portfolio.”
“QSC is a strong and successful brand with a long heritage of developing solutions that deliver complex technologies to customers in a simple way,” says Tantzen. “I am thrilled to be part of this customer-first organization and look forward to guiding product strategy alongside

Claus Spreyer, Steve Fay and Ludwig Lepage

Robert Juliat appoints Sound Technology UK distributor

Details: 26 April 2023

UK - Robert Juliat has announced the appointment of Sound Technology as its new exclusive distributor for the UK (England, Scotland and Wales), with effect from 25 April 2023.
Expanding its dedicated lighting division, Sound Technology, a Midwich Group company, will exclusively distribute and promote the full range of Robert Juliat lighting equipment.
François Juliat, managing director of Robert Juliat, comments, “We are very proud to welcome Sound Technology in the RJ family circle. We are confident they will provide our UK customers with a high level of expertise, as well as comprehensive technical training and after-sales support.”
“The Sound Technology team is proud to welcome Robert Juliat aboard. Robert Juliat is the perfect addition to our current portfolio, allowing us to provide a full package in all areas of the industry from live, touring and in

PL+S: Ayrton debuts IP65 rated fixtures

Details: 25 April 2023

Germany - Ayrton is revealing a number of new products at Prolight+Sound 2023 in Frankfurt (Hall 12.0 Stand D74).
The lighter the machine, the more versatile it can be. Weighing only 28.5kg, Rivale Profile has been designed to push limits and is Ayrton’s most versatile luminaire to date.
Equipped with a 160mm frontal lens and a brand new 450W high-efficiency LED module, calibrated at 6500K with a luminous flux of 27,000 lumens, Rivale Profile can produce an ultra-intensive beam of 4° - close to that of Ayrton’s famous "LT" versions – with a 13:1 zoom ratio and a zoom range of 4° to 52°.
A new high-definition progressive CMY colour mixing system allows a perfect reproduction of pastel colours. A variable Deep RED channel optimizes the colour rendering index at low levels and offers a progressive red with a high level of saturation for specific needs. A

The Week in Light & Sound

Details: 25 April 2023

Royal Visit - King Charles III will officially turn the lights on to reveal what the Eurovision Song Contest stage will look like, Buckingham Palace has announced. The King - along with Camilla, the Queen Consort - will tour Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena on Wednesday ahead of it hosting the event next month. As well as revealing the stage set-up they will meet show presenters and Mae Muller, who is representing the UK.
The stage design is intended to give the impression of the contest "opening its arms to Ukraine", organisers have previously said. The Royal couple will meet the creatives behind the event, along with the show's Ukrainian host Julia Sanina, UK host - and Ted Lasso star - Hannah Waddingham and BBC Radio 2's Eurovision presenters Scott Mills and Rylan Clark.
As part of their visit to the city the King and Queen Consort will also visit Liverpool Central

BTS schedules virtual training programme

Details: 25 April 2023

USA - Bystander Intervention in the Entertainment Workplace is a virtual training module offered by Behind The Scenes.
Have you ever witnessed a co-worker being bullied or intimated? Would you like to know how to safely intervene? In just 90 minutes you will learn five easily accessible tools for use in any workplace to safely intervene without the worry of retaliation. Entertainment industry scenarios will help you understand how to choose tools to match your comfort level. The next free webinar is on Sunday, 30 April from 4-5:30pm Eastern.
The webinar is free but advance registration at btshelp.org/bystander is required in order to receive the zoom login. If you can’t make the April date, you can also register for the webinar on 17 July.
Bullying, harassment and intimidation is a common workplace stressor throughout all sectors of the entertainment in

‘Lighting this massive and diverse affair was a tall order’ (photo: Ryan Paulin)

Chauvet covers all bases at RodeoHouston

Details: 25 April 2023

USA - A total of 2.48m guests turned out at NRG Stadium for The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, over half of them (1.36m) paid to attend the live concerts it offered by stars ranging from Jason Aldean and Brad Paisley, to The Chainsmokers and New Kids on the Block. Then there were also the 2.8m carnival riders, and some 215,000 Barbeque contest guests.
Lighting this massive and diverse affair was a tall order; and it was one that the LD Systems production services team met with help from a versatile and powerful rig that featured hundreds of Chauvet Professional fixtures, from the COLORado 3 Solo units that highlighted the iconic rodeo announcer’s booth, to the 66 STRIKE 1 blinders that filled the massive stadium concert venue with crowd-engaging audience lighting.
“Our goal was to have a lot of flexibility from day to day without sacrificing output,” said LD S

The team will be presented with the award by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the County

7thSense wins King’s Award for Enterprise

Details: 25 April 2023

UK - International AV creative technology company 7thSense – specialists in creating products that meet media-based needs of theme park, attractions, and entertainment industries - has been awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.
The team will be presented with the award by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the County, in addition to an official ceremony at Buckingham Palace in June.
7thSense is a privately-owned creative software and technology company based in Upper Beeding, Sussex, with further offices in London, Orlando and Burbank.
The company invented, developed, and manufactures products including Delta Media Server, R-Series 10, Actor media server, Conjurer generative media server solution, Compere media presentation workflow software, Juggler pixel processor, and Medialon show control range of hardware and software for attra

Equitana is staged every two years at Melbourne Showground (photo: Katelyn Nash)

Robe ramps up the horsepower for Equitana

Details: 25 April 2023

Australia - Equitana is a four-day equine extravaganza staged every two years at Melbourne Showground, celebrating the spirit and passion of Australian equestrians and the integral place that horses play in Australian hearts, minds, history, culture, and society.
The last such event was in 2018 as the 2020 one was canned due to Covid, so this year, organisers GTR Events brought it back bigger, better, and more brilliant than before!
Lighting designer and technical producer for the event Marcus Pugh specified Robe Esprites and MegaPointes as primary moving lights on his lighting scheme for the 2022 Mane Event, an entertainment spectacle staged on the Mane Stage of the Grand Pavilion venue.
This all-action night for all horse lovers showcased multiple horse-based and related skills and featured numerous breeds and equine performers!
The Mane Event was prese

Szigliget Theatre is located in the central Hungarian city of Szolnok (photo: Dániel Nagy)

TiMax enhances vocal clarity at Szigliget Theatre

Details: 25 April 2023

Hungary - Szigliget Theatre, located in the central city of Szolnok, has recently opted for TiMax SoundHub spatialisation with TiMax TrackerD4 precision stagetracking to dynamically enhance the audio experience for the audience at every seat in the house. Hungarian TiMax specialists Votec recommended the solution to achieve vocal clarity across the entire auditorium where previously up to a third of the audience had struggled to hear clearly.
As well as providing full saturation audio immersion through a small number of unobtrusive loudspeaker positions, the versatile TiMax SoundHub spatialisation platform also provides playback and adds 3D sound effects capabilities.
TiMax TrackerD4 actor tracking enables the individual voices on stage to be not only heard clearly but perceived from exact positioning on the stage, which confers a deeper level of context to the audienc

‘A great deal of kit is required for a production of this size’

d&b performs in the rain with Bethel Music

Details: 25 April 2023

South Africa - Bethel Music, one of the foremost names in the contemporary worship movement in the US, recently headed to South Africa for a two-night concert series. Alongside a much-anticipated appearance in Pretoria, Bethel Music led an evening of song and praise with the Henry Pike Worship Band at Meerendal Wine Estate, Cape Town.
The event, organised by Tygerberg Radio, required a powerful sound system, capable of achieving sufficient coverage across a crowd of up to 17,000 fans in an open-air setting. A full d&b system provided by Cape Town-based Golden Circle Events was chosen to meet the technical requirements of the bands.
“A great deal of kit is required for a production of this size, including audio, backline, lighting, video and power supply,” explains Golden Circle general manager Lindsay Barton. “We worked closely with several other technical co

The Momento Mori tourkicked off on 23 March in Sacramento (photo: Steve Jennings)

Jason Baeri lights Depeche Mode with Elation

Details: 25 April 2023

World - Depeche Mode are back touring in a big way with their Momento Mori world tour with lighting design by Jason Baeri and lighting supply by 4Wall. Elation lighting features in Baeri’s design, including three fixtures from the award-winning Artiste series of LED movers - Monet, Mondrian and Rembrandt - along with Elation’s new Proteus Rayzor Blade.
The Momento Mori tour, which is out in support of their newly released album of the same name, kicked off on 23 March in Sacramento, California, marking their first tour in five years. The European leg begins 16 May in Amsterdam with a North American fall leg set to launch in September. Baeri has support from Joe Bay, who serves as associate lighting designer and lighting programmer, while Sarah Parker is out operating the show as lighting director.
His first outing with Depeche Mode, the designer says talks with t

This was the first of a planned series of showcases

Ampco Flashlight hosts Martin Audio showcase

Details: 25 April 2023

The Netherlands - Ampco Flashlight Sales, Martin Audio’s long-serving Dutch distributor, chose a classic venue for the hosting of their own showcase event.
They invited a range of audio professionals, ranging from system integrators to freelance engineers and music venues to the Gebr. De Nobel, a multi-room industrial concert venue in Leiden, originally owned by the Nobel brothers.
Ampco has a long history with the venue, and Martin Audio is woven into its DNA. Starting back in 2014 with a W8LCI compact line array, this has recently been upgraded to a scalable and optimisable Wavefront Precision (WPS) in the main room.
The 14 March event was divided into afternoon and evening sessions, and was hosted by Martijn de Jong, Ampco Flashlight Sales audio product manager and his colleagues, with full support from Martin Audio in the shape of Bradley Watson, Dan Orton,

GPA will help Absen strengthen its supply chain

Absen joins GPA’s global partner programme

Details: 25 April 2023

China - AV systems integrator GPA has announced that Absen has joined the GPA global partner programme.
GPA will help Absen strengthen its supply chain and provides local contact points for its global customers across 50 countries, ensuring seamless communication throughout the entire customer journey. The GPA partnership will help support Absen’s global coverage and ensure a strong and prolific offering of its LED displays to new and existing customers.
“As one of the world's leading display brands, Absen brings over 20 years' experience powering 50,000 installations to the GPA partner programme,” commented Mike Stead, GPA’s director, global partnerships. “Through this united partnership, customers have access to understand, influence and benefit from the combined power of China's leading LED manufacturer with the expertise of the world's largest AV Integrat

In Germany, SGM Light now has a direct to market setup

SGM takes direct route to market in Germany

Details: 25 April 2023

Europe - Founded in 1975 and reinvented in 2009, SGM Light has pushed the limits of the professional LED lighting industry towards a more powerful, flexible, and efficient product design approach. The company is now re-organising its operations in Germany and Austria.
“Germany and Austria have always been core markets for SGM Light products and SGM Deutschland as our exclusive distributor has done an extraordinary job over the years,” says SGM. “But as our product line evolves to meet the needs of entertainment and fixed installations, so must our route to market. Therefore, to further strengthen and streamline our efforts to support customers in Germany, SGM Light now has a direct to market setup.
“This makes Germany even more of a priority by handling the market with direct to factory support while increasing flexibility of sale to all customers.”
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For the first time since 2019, Prolight+Sound will take place without global travel restrictions

Prolight+Sound faces industry challenges

Details: 25 April 2023

Germany - The global entertainment technology industry is back in Frankfurt. From 25 to 28 April, 457 companies from 34 countries will present solutions for events, productions and visitor experiences.
For the first time since 2019, Prolight+Sound will take place without global travel restrictions. As a result, the show has seen a significant increase in internationality: 56 percent of exhibitors come from outside Germany. In close cooperation with associations, companies and other partners, Prolight+Sound offers a programme that is geared to the current challenges facing the industry. Professionals will receive valuable inspiration on energy- and resource-saving events, personnel development in times of high demand for skilled workers and more gender equality in the event industry.
“The event industry is recovering and the confident underlying mood is being transfer

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