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ISE 2023: Martin Audio plans hybrid launch

Martin Audio plans to run both an online and offline product launch event

Details: 10 January 2023

Spain - In recognition of the changing post-pandemic exhibition landscape, Martin Audio has announced that it plans to run both an online and offline product launch event at ISE 2023, in order to maximise engagement for those that can and cannot attend the trade show.
Marketing director, James King, explains, “The pandemic re-wrote the rule book on launch events. While most industry product launches were previously geared around the trade show calendar, once the pandemic hit, and trade shows were off the agenda, we all moved online.
“Now, that trade shows are back, we are entering an interesting period where attendance to trade shows is still lower than it was pre-pandemic - plus there are always potential visitors who, for whatever reason, are unable to attend. For

The certification process comprehensively evaluates a business’s sustainability practices

White Light achieves B Corporation status

Details: 10 January 2023

UK - Following a rigorous assessment, technical solutions specialist White Light (WL) is now a certified B Corporation (B Corp), joining a socially and environmentally conscious movement of 1000 UK-based and over 6000 companies worldwide. This news comes just a few months after WL gained ISO14001 accreditation - the international standard for environmental management systems (EMS).
B Corp was conceived in 2006 by B Lab - the non-profit network transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities and the planet. As such, the certification process comprehensively evaluates a business’s sustainability practices. Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. WL’s commitment to operating its business as a force for good was rewarded with an Ov

Louis Lukusa, Bert Schmeits and Jan De Brucker

XLR appointed Elation distributor for Belgium

Details: 10 January 2023

Europe - Elation Professional has announced that AV equipment supplier XLR has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Elation Professional lighting products in Belgium and Luxembourg. The distribution partnership went into effect on 1 January 2023.
Located in Brussels, XLR delivers innovative pro-AV equipment to theatres, recording studios, broadcasters, system integrators, rental companies & commercial and residential buildings across the region. Company owners Louis Lukusa and Jan De Brucker have been in the business for more than 30 years and have operated XLR for the past 10 years, providing full-service solutions from consultation to installation and after-service support.
Elation’s broad line of lighting products will have application across all of XLR’s markets and will complement well the company’s portfolio of top brand audio products.

The ICLive X Series, C Series and S Series will be featured

Renkus-Heinz brings sound solutions to Orlando

Details: 09 January 2023

USA - Renkus-Heinz will exhibit at WAVE Orlando from 24-26 January 2023 at the Avanti Palms Resort & Conference Centre.
WAVE Orlando attendees will have the opportunity to experience the Renkus-Heinz sound solution first-hand at Booth #305. R-H will be exhibiting the award-winning UBX Series as well as the ICLive X Series, C Series and S Series.
“We look forward to bringing our sound solutions to WAVE Orlando. The house of worship market requires robust audio solutions for the wide variety of intricate venues found around the world,” said Joe Fustolo, eastern regional sales manager at Renkus-Heinz. “Renkus-Heinz offers the products and solutions needed for each specific house of worship, and we are ready to show that off in Orlando.”
The UBX Series brings Renkus-Heinz’s sound quality and coverage into the realm of passive arrays, creating more oppor

Highlights of Absen’s Hall 3 booth include the new flagship Virtual Production solution, PR 2.5

ISE 2023: Absen highlights LED innovation

Details: 09 January 2023

Spain - Absen will be showcasing solutions from its wide range of innovative LED solutions at ISE 2023, Hall 3, booth N300. This comprehensive booth will be supplemented by an additional feature in the new Content Production & Distribution Zone in Hall 6, booth 6E150.
Highlights of Absen’s Hall 3 booth include the new flagship Virtual Production solution, the PR 2.5. This offers a wide colour gamut, fast heat dissipation and delivers a 16% reduction in power consumption compared with older products. With the customized lock system, users can quickly complete installations including hanging, stacking and other rental and staging layouts. The booth will feature a typical VP set up, showcasing partner technologies from ARRI and Brompton.
The AW1.9 is a new addition to Absen’s DOOH portfolio and will be exhibited for the first time at ISE. Absen is partnering with

Dave Matthews Band wrapped their recent US tour with two sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden

Meyer Panther anchors Dave Matthews Band

Details: 09 January 2023

USA - Dave Matthews Band wrapped their November US tour with two sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, deploying a system anchored by Meyer Sound’s Panther large-format linear line array loudspeakers for the first time.
DMB has carried Meyer Sound for their 25+ years of touring, and FOH engineer Tom Lyon was excited for the chance to deploy UltraSound, LLC’s Panther system on this recent run. “I had a lot of fun mixing on Panther. I noticed a certain sparkle to the top end of Dave’s guitar that I hadn’t noticed before. Everything sounded nicer through the system. When we walked around, we could tell the improvement of the coverage consistency: it sounds great off axis as it does down the middle of the coverage. I hardly had to touch the EQ on the system at all.”
The system comprised 18 Panther-L loudspeakers for left and right mains with two Panther-W pe

BTS offers virtual mental health training

Details: 09 January 2023

USA - Behind the Scenes is offering virtual training for mental health First Aid and Bystander intervention.
Says BTS, “Become a certified mental health First Aider in 2023 and make a real difference. Take an active role in helping to care for those you work with. Expand your skill sets by learning how to identify, understand and respond to signs of distress in your colleagues and help make our workplaces healthier and safer spaces for all. You will be able to use the information you learn every day in interactions with your co-workers as well as friends and family.”
Mental health First Aid virtual classes are posted for January and February at btshelp.org/mhfa. The course is delivered in two parts. The first is a two-hour self-paced online course that must be completed prior to a six-hour virtual live instructor led session.<

The multi-year tour began at the Marina Bay Sands Theatre in Singapore

Point Source specified for The Sound of Music

Details: 09 January 2023

Singapore - Point Source Audio’s Confidence Collection CO2-8WLp have been specified by theatrical sound designer Shannon Slaton for The Sound of Music’s international tour. The multi-year tour began at the Marina Bay Sands Theatre in Singapore before moving on to Kuala Lumpur and Taiwan.
With more than 25 years of experience as a theatrical sound designer and Broadway audio mixer working on some of the biggest musicals in the world, Slaton has a deep understanding of what is needed to make a tour sound great. “Designing for a tour, I have to think about how much time people have to load the show in and out and the equipment has to sit in a certain amount of truck space,” he explains. “If you’re doing a Broadway show, you have three weeks and you install the equipment where you want it. But with a tour you have eight to 12 hours, so the equipment and ease o

‘The Allen & Heath SQ mixing systems ticked all the boxes’

A&H SQ mixers on track for Guangdong games

Details: 09 January 2023

China - November saw the opening of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games and the 9th Guangdong Provincial Games for Persons with Disabilities in Qingyuan and, with more than 20,000 athletes, coaches and related staff taking part, it was the largest Guangdong provincial games to date.
The visually stunning main venue for the games, the Qingyuan Olympic Sports Centre, is designed in the shape of a soaring phoenix and consists of a 30,000-seater stadium, a gymnasium with 9,000 seats, a natatorium with 2,000 seats and an Olympic sports park capable of hosting large-scale competitions, concerts, and exhibitions.
AV solutions provider EZPro was handed the responsibility to supply the sound reinforcement system for the centre with two criteria in mind: “First, reliability is absolutely critical for the sound reinforcement system when hosting large-scale competitions,” expl

The arcade houses a selection of luxury boutiques much favoured by London’s well-heeled patrons

K-array enhances Burlington Arcade experience

Details: 09 January 2023

UK - Project Audio has installed a K-array background music system of Vyper compact line arrays at London’s historic Burlington Arcade.
Established in 1818, the 196-yard-long covered shopping Arcade runs from Piccadilly through to Burlington Gardens and houses a selection of luxury boutiques much favoured by London’s well-heeled patrons.
When the Reuben Brothers bought the Arcade, the new owners decided that they wanted to create considerably more atmosphere in the naturally lit, galleried Georgian space to provide a more welcoming ambience for shoppers. A discreet, high quality music playback sound system was what was needed, and the brothers approached Crystal Palace-based Project Audio, specialists in custom-designed and high-end bespoke audio installations.
Claire Munnelly, Project Audio’s director and project manager, comments: “The challenge for us

CEG’s MD Gavin Thorrold with one of the RoboSpot systems

CEG boosts Robe stock with RoboSpots

Details: 09 January 2023

UK - Cambridge-based CEG specialises in the trade rental of lighting, power, rigging, and effects equipment used for a wide range of entertainment shows and live events embracing multiple sectors.
Founded by Ben Bowles and Gavin Thorrold in 2008, the company has weathered the challenges of the pandemic with some smart thinking and fiscal agility and continues to be constantly busy.
CEG has been investing steadily in Robe moving lights and LED products since 2012 – when LEDBeam 100s first joined the inventory which has seen a steady flow of purchases since 2015, with the addition of Pointes, Cyc FX8s, LEDWash 600s, and BMFLs to stock.
The most recent Robe purchases have been Spiiders, Esprites, LEDBeam 150s and RoboSpot systems. The 13 x RoboSpot systems mean CEG holds one of the largest rental-only stocks in the UK, and these make up over 500 Robe luminaires

The recently completed Snapdragon Stadium

San Diego Snapdragon Stadium scores with EAW

Details: 06 January 2023

USA - San Diego State University recently completed its new $310m 35,000-seat college football venue, Snapdragon Stadium, and crystal-clear sound was of the utmost importance throughout the project.
To achieve a new level of stadium design, complete with the latest technology, audio and video design firm WJHW called on Clair Global Integration to install a wide range of future-proofed products. Most notably, Snapdragon Stadium now features over 100 AC6 ADAPTive Column Loudspeakers from Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW).
“EAW supported the design team during the various phases of the project including early demonstrations, proof of concept and modeling for the AC6 loudspeakers, and exporting data for consultants’ integration into the full system design,” says Mark Graham, associate principal, WJHW. “The brand also remained involved throughout the construction process

Martin MAC Ultras installed at the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships (photo: Steve Sroka, Adlib)

Martin MAC Ultras light Gymnastics Championships

Details: 06 January 2023

UK - The 2022 World Gymnastics Championships were held at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena over nine days in October and November, with 500 gymnasts from 75 countries competing at the 7,500-capacity venue.
The lighting supplier for the tournament was Adlib, who specified Martin’s latest MAC Ultra, amongst other fixtures. In total, 146 x MAC Ultra Performance and 24 Wash fixtures were deployed.
Elliot Tutt, Adlib’s account manager, said, “The client originally proposed the event to feature MAC Viper fixtures, so a large part of our proposal was the switch to the efficiency of LED and the performance of the MAC Ultra.”
Lighting designer for the event, Dominic Main, commented, “The MAC Ultra range is simply incredible. The light output is beyond anything I have used before in this size of moving head. The MAC Ultras allowed me to deliver a field-of-play lu

The programme features games, demos, interviews, outdoor shoots and musical performances.

DCLighting lights Kelly Clarkson Show with Elation

Details: 06 January 2023

USA - Los Angeles-based DCLighting has been successfully lighting The Kelly Clarkson Show since its debut in 2019 and was recognised for Outstanding Lighting Direction with a Daytime Emmy Award in 2020 and in 2022. DCLighting founder and lighting designer Darren Langer is understandably proud of his team, who have lit over 600 musical performances on the show to date.
For the show’s fourth season, which first aired on12 September, 2022, Darren and his team are keeping the lighting looks fresh using a rig of Elation DARTZ 360 narrow-beam LED moving heads, SixBar 1000 linear LED bars and Cuepix 16 IP LED matrix panels.
Produced by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios and taped at Universal City in Los Angeles, The Kelly Clarkson Show is an American daytime television variety talk show hosted by American singer Kelly Clarkson. More than a simple sit-down tal

Roomful of Teeth is all smiles with DPA

Details: 06 January 2023

USA - As the amplified vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth head audio engineer, Randall L. Squires is no stranger to the band’s haunting, hypnotic vocals. After starting with the group in 2015 alongside boss and mentor Damon Lange, Squires eventually took over full audio operations, including recording, mastering and FOH engineering.
Most recently, the group entrusted Squires with recording its latest album, requesting that he create a completely new audio canvas from which they could work. To complement the unique sound and get consistent, reliable audio, Squires turned to DPA Microphones’ d:facto 4018VL Vocal, 5100 Mobile 5.1 Surround and 4011 Cardioid Condenser Microphones.
“The d:factos were perfect for us,” Squires says. “Roomful of Teeth is primarily a live act, so they’re used to amplification and having a handheld vocal mic on a stand directly in front

Dante Domain Manager can be tailored to meet user needs and budgets

Audinate broadens access to Domain Manager

Details: 06 January 2023

USA - Audinate Group has announced it is now offering a subscription model for Dante Domain Manager, its network management solution that brings enterprise-grade system administration to the AV world.
“Dante Domain Manager has become a critical solution in the AV industry, allowing for user authentication, role-based security and audit capabilities for Dante networks,” said Joshua Rush, chief marketing officer at Audinate. “In addition to lowering the up-front costs of acquisition, the subscription model allows buyers to treat Dante Domain Manager as an operating expense rather than a capital expense ensuring it is even more accessible.” 
Available in three editions, Silver, Gold and Platinum, Dante Domain Manager can be tailored to meet user needs and budgets while maintaining the agility, scalability and security necessary to create a trusted audio network.

LEDJ Libretto 50W Mini Profiles come in two versions

LEDJ Libretto 50W Mini Profiles available in UK

Details: 06 January 2023

UK - Prolight Concepts Group is now stocking LEDJ Libretto 50W Mini Profiles. Designed for gallery, museum and theatre applications the feature-rich Librettos operate with a manually adjustable zoom range of 14-31 degrees and project precise, focused hard-edge beams. They come in two versions, one is a 50W warm white COB LED (3200K), the second is a Bi-CCT version with 50W cool white (5800K) and warm white (2800K) COB LED (CW/WW).
Both are controllable via DMX, have a manual dimming mode and 4 dimming curves. They also have beam shaping shutters, zoom and focus adjust, and have a filter frame and gobo slot (five metal gobos supplied) included.

Around 120 first-time exhibitors will take up 3,630sqm of floorspace at the Fira

First-time exhibitors head to ISE 2023

Details: 06 January 2023

Spain - ISE 2023 show is set to welcome more than 900 exhibitors, including around 120 first-time exhibitors who will take up 3,630sqm of floorspace at the Fira.
Those making their debuts in Barcelona will bring innovative products and solutions from across the pro AV and systems integration landscape, from smart home automation and communication and collaboration tools to transparent displays, e-paper signage and audio innovations.
One new exhibitor is Naostage, an engineering-led start-up that has created an automatic beaconless 3D tracking solution to help create immersive, interactive live experiences.
Paul Cales, CEO and co-founder of Naostage, said: “We are very excited to be exhibiting for the first time at ISE 2023, where we will launch our K System tracking solution, the industry’s first real-time 3D beaconless system of its kind. ISE is a fantastic

The new kit will go straight into FC's rental fleet

FC Production invests heavily in Prolights

Details: 06 January 2023

Sweden - Events supplier FC Production has invested in a mixture of new Prolights fixtures, including 36x Jet Wash7, 16x Astra Hybrid420, 24x Smart BatPlusG2 and eight EclFresnel fixtures.
The new kit will go straight into FC's rental fleet and is already booked out. “We decided to go with Prolights because of their vibrant and beautiful colour rendering, with high CRI values across all fixtures,” said Christoffer Carpvik, founder of FC Production. “Prolights has a sturdy and well-thought hardware design and the user interface between fixtures is very similar, making it an efficient workflow.”
When asked about the feature that impressed the most, Christoffer commented: “For me, it's the great design and the building quality. It's a well-made product made by professionals for professionals.”
Even though it's not the first time FC Production has used eq

Michel Amtz - key account manager for Europe (photo: Louise Stickland)

Michel Arntz joins Robe international team

Details: 06 January 2023

Europe - Michel Arntz has joined Robe’s international sales team as key account manager for Europe.
He will be co-ordinating Robe’s activities in 18 countries across Europe including Ukraine, and his area will also include all of Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltic states, Austria, Switzerland and most of the Balkan countries. Netherlands-based Michel is already a well-known and respected industry figure in Europe.
In addition to sales, the scope of his work will cover product communication and marketing, plus relationship building with the distributors and end users.
Michel commented that he is “super excited” to be joining Robe’s international sales manager Ingo Dombrowski and his team of regional sales managers, noting that their “drive, passion and enthusiasm for their work and the industry that we all love so much” was a major reason for him accep

AES to receive technical Grammy Award

Details: 06 January 2023

USA - The Audio Engineering Society (AES) will be presented with a prestigious Technical Grammy Award during the Grammy Week celebration in February 2023. The news was made public as part of the Recording Academy announcing its Special Merit Awards recipients. A special invitation-only ceremony will be held on Saturday, 4 February 2023, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.
With the presentation of this award, AES joins an list of previous recipients which includes such well-known names as Apple Computer, Inc., AMS Neve plc, JBL Professional, Royer Labs, Shure Incorporated, Sony/Philips, Solid State Logic, Universal Audio, WAVES Audio and Yamaha Corporation.
This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Producers & Engineers Wing Advisory Council and Chapter Committees.
The Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards recipients press release sta

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