The expansion has earned PCC a ranking as one of the 10 largest convention properties in the country. It now spans a massive 2.3m sq.ft - 20 acres in the heart of downtown Philadelphia - and features two large ballrooms and seven exhibit halls, ample space to hold two major conventions and several smaller events simultaneously.
"One of the important elements of the expansion project was the installation of a profes
In Roth, on 8 July, around 5,000 athletes lined up at the start, while over 200,000 spectators, taking advantage of the ideal wea
Danny Boyle said: "Every Olympic ceremony aims for a major technical breakthrough. Our remarkable audience pixels have opened up amazing new images, effects and spectacle, but most of all they have enabled our live stadium audience to be part of the ceremony in a way that's never been possible before."
Directed by Kim Gavin, the Closing Ceremony assembled stars of the British music scene from 1967 to 2012 performing their biggest hits. Working closely with Gavin's creative team, Crystal created 27 animated sequences, totalling the length of a feature length film to accompany the songs that brought Britain's musical heritage to life.
Over 10,000 pixels wide, the animations requ
Lighting designer Terry Lewsey specified a total of 12 LEDHead 324W moving head wash luminaries and 30x LEDHead SBar battens to be included in the lighting systems across eight stages.
The 324s have 108x 3W RGBW leds and were used for general stage washes and movement.
All of the lighting production and effects for the festival were supplied by Light Design Ltd, based in Rainham, Essex. They have had both of the units featured above in their rental stock for over a year and have recently increased their stock levels due to high demand in the festival and corporate markets.
Terry Lewsey commente
"ClearCom's Tempest system is the most sought after wireless intercom solution for high profile concerts, events and production applications where remote monitoring and control as well as clear two way communication is necessary," commented Chicco Hiranandani, business development manager at NMK.
(Jim Evans)
Critical monitor mixes for the 18-piece band are split in two between engineers Monty Carlo and Troy Milner and for the first time ever they're employing a pair of DiGiCo SD7s outfitted with the Waves SoundGrid bundle.
At stage left is Carlo, who's been with Springsteen since '92, handling a mix of wedges and in-ears for Bruce, guitarists Steven Van Zandt and Patti Scialfa, keyboardist Roy Bittan, background vocalists, and a five-piece horn section.
Milner, onboard since 2001, is at stage right taking care of drummer Max Weinberg, guitarist Nils Lofgren, bassist Garry Talent, keyboardist C
BSR E1.37-2 - 201x, Additional Message Sets for ANSI E1.20 (RDM) - Part 2, IPv4 & DNS Configuration Messages, and BSR E1.45 - 201x, Transport of IEEE 802 data frames over ANSI E1.11 (DMX512-A), are available for review through October 1. BSR E1.37-2 provides additional get/set parameter messages (PIDs) for use with the ANSI E1.20 Remote Device Management protocol. Messages in this document are intended for configuring network interfaces and Domain Name System settings on devices with an IPv4 address. BSR E1.45 defines a minimal method to transport IEEE 802 data frames over ANSI E1.11 physical links using an Alternate START Code. The primary motivation is to allow communication of 802 data to luminair
The project has included Fohhn loudspeaker system installations in the university's Neue Aula and in two lecture theatres. The last of these installations was completed in recent months. In each case, systems have been chosen for their ability to deliver balanced coverage and excellent levels of speech intelligibility, as well as for their ability to integrate into the architectural surroundings of the historic building.
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The open days are scheduled for Tuesday 21 August (11am - 8pm) and Wednesday 22 August (11am - 4pm), in preparation to receive university applicants who don't receive an offer for their desired degree courses on A-Level results day on 16 August.
Backstage Academy will still be accepting applications for its FdA course, which begins in November this year, with an induction weekend in late September.
Visitors to the open days can book a slot to take an access all areas tour around the LS-Live rehearsal facility, and speak to staff about the course and life at the Academy. Staff will also be on hand to discuss its wide range of short courses in backstage skills, bespoke training packages and partnersh
The Czech house took over the entire Business Design Centre building in Islington.
Czech National TV's Olympic broadcast studio is located there, and the Pavilion features massive screens so the public can enjoy all the best of the Olympic action, together with food, beer, wine and digestives, chess, streetball, art, Czech Team merchandising and a host of other cultural offerings including a stage for live bands, DJs and other entertainment, with sociability high on the agenda.
AV Media's Project Manager Filip Klein explains that when they won the contract to co-ordinate all the technicals for the Cze
Hodgson, who has recorded and mixed Sting for over a decade said, "I have been using Pro Tools in the studio, live on and off stage, but just recently broke free of my comfort zone and decided to try JoeCo's BBR64-MADI Recorder. Sting has been using a Studer Vista 5 for FOH so I was very confident that the A to D would be good and utilising the BlackBox meant I wouldn't need to hire a van to carry my usual rig to the show, or upset production by taking up valuable seating space with a couple of big racks.
"Actually I was surprised how small my recording rig turned out to be. All I needed was a 2U rack - 1U for the BBR and 1U for the Glyph GT062E HD. The BBR64-MADI is surprisingly small considering it records 64 tracks. And, as it has an
One of the venues, The Forum, featured a stage filled with 48 Chauvet Professional MVP 18 modular video panels, 14 Chauvet Professional Q-Spot 260-LED and six Chauvet Professional Q-Wash 260-LED moving heads, and eight Chauvet DJ Intimidator Scan LED 300 scanners.
Found throughout the other four (of the eight) stages were a selection of Chauvet fixtures, specified by Stage Electrics and JPS Sound and Light.
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Local event management company, BeamOn, is using the popular XS1200 Spot on the celebrity TV show, Tharinge Rey 2012, broadcast by Maldives TV station, DhiTV.
Recorded in a local theatre, the series runs once a week (over four weeks), with all shows pre-recorded two days in advance.
Working in conjunction with the TV station, BeamOn designed the lighting rig, specifying six of the high power XS1200s among the lighting effects, chosen for their colour temperature filters and colour saturation; the lighting is controlled from an Avolites Pearl Tiger console.
Everyone has been delighted with the lighting dynamics, reports BeamOn's Abdulla Shareef (Allo), and he expects these will feature again on future DhiTV shows in t
Durban based rental company, Hirezone Audio Visual, provided the full technical at The Wavehouse including lighting, sound, av, staging and screens. The Robins came out to play, and while most of the fixtures were rigged on the Prolyte Ground Support and on two Prolyte bars above the stage, some were also placed on the stage for beam work. Philips Selecon Profiles were utilised for flood lighting and LED parcans added colour.
"The Parlotones were excellent," commented Richard Gild from Hirezone. "I have a new found respect for them and on stage they rock." Gild adds the entire show r
tn.jpg "Lighting complemented the striking looking set and the action happening onstage")
This year the event was lit by Nicholas Michaletos from l technical solutions provider, Sound Stylists, who supplied lighting equipment and crew for the show.
Robe moving lights were at the core of the rig for the event, which was broadcast live on SABC channels 1, 2 and 3 as well as SuperSport.
Michaletos worked closely with set and production designer Wayne Sproule from Pendragon Dezign, with whom he's worked very successfully on previous projects including the Sports Awards of Gauteng at the end of 2011 for the same client - producers Warren Bowles Corporate Communications (WBCC).
They were very keen to keep this visual continuity with the PSL Awards, and so asked both back in the same roles.
The Robes
Described as "one of the great treats of the summer" by the Sunday Times, the show opened at London's Hampstead Theatre before transferring to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End. It is adapted from Colin Welland's original screenplay by writer Mike Bartlett, features Vangelis' original music from the film, is directed by Edward Hall with designs by Miriam Buether and has lighting by Olivier- and Tony Award-winning lighting designer Rick Fisher.
To supply the lighting for the show, Rick Fisher turned to his regular collaborator White Light, which supplies his award-winning design for Billy Elliot in London and has regularly supplied the touring rigs for his designs for both
"This all-star mix of live and pre-recorded music was a major crowd-pleaser," declared David Rooney of the Hollywood Reporter, saying the event would be "regarded as a wonderfully chaotic treasure trove by some and a hot mess by others". The New Zealand Herald described the event at the Olympic Stadium in east London as "a pop culture smorgasbord that had touches of brilliance, beauty and bewilderment".
Olympic Effect - West End box of
presented by: Panellists: Jason Baird (Martin Audio) | Werner 'Vier' Bayer (d&b audiotechnik) | Miguel Lourtie (Meyer Sound)
Tuesday 11 September, 3.30pm - 4.30pm
To book this session and check out other session in the programme, please click here
Since its inception in 2005, Speakers Group has established itself as one of the most important companies in its market in Ecuador. Company owner David Vicedo says: "It's our company mission to acquire market leading equipment for our clients. Midas consoles have been high on our wish list for some time. For Speakers Group, it's crucial to offer to our customers the best and without a doubt Midas offers unsurpassed sound quality. We have established our name as a leader in the
In 2007, Kaiser Chiefs were about to embark on their most ambitious arena tour to date in order to support their second album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob, when their previous engineer decided to give up his position. Leckie came on board and adjusted to the task, but was always jealous of the Soundcraft Vi6 console that was on tour with them to handle the opening acts. "As the tour progressed I found myself experiencing console envy!" said Leckie.
Leckie noticed how easily visiting engineers, from youngsters to experienced professionals
The 2011 edition saw over 270,000 revellers over the four-day duration, and 2012 was set to break all records with headline acts including Bob Dylan, Sting, The Cure, Portishead, LMFAO, Kasabian as well as many huge French artists such as Thomas Dutronc, Zebda, Orelsan, Amadou et Mariam and many others.
Console brand Innovason also had a strong presence at the festival in conjunction with Sombrero & Co who are specialists in live audio and video recording of major artists and events. Sombrero & Co were in action at Les Vieilles Charrues with no less than three consoles
LCI was invited to tender for the technical design, installation and commissioning of a comprehensive house production system, incorporating industry standard sound, lighting and video. This would be available to any incoming production companies along with smaller event clients who don't have a production partner associated with them.
Speed of rigging/derigging was an essential part of the criteria, as was a small
As a technical person himself, Andy C wanted to provide a live audio visual experience showcasing what is possible when you "merge the leading technologies from sound and video into one system and hand the controls over to the number one drum and bass DJ in the world".
The Alive tour produced by Made Up Ltd brought in Picture Works who specified Green Hippo's Hippotizers.
"The Hippotizer was the only media sever capable of creating the complete multimedia, fully interactive, audio visual performance that Andy C required," says Jon McMullan, project manager, Made Up Lld.
The DJ booth took inspiration from the Alive logo which was one of the main features. This 8 x 4m structure made up the face with one GrassHopper containing 10GB of HD Media and 20,000 l
Lewis, who is a director of Urban Audio Productions, comments, "When you're dealing with a band that has a big guitar sound you need a console that is sympathetic to that sound and not too analytical. All the Midas PRO series have what many engineers call this 'warmth' to them and it is this sound that I feel helps to tame really raw sounding instruments whilst preserving what you are really after in a mix."
A long time Midas user and fan, Lewis has already purchased a PRO2 and a PRO2C console for his company Urban Audio Productions and has previously used a PRO6 for Beady Eye live shows. But for this performance, as Gallagher's Beady Eye supported The S
