This was the first time Nestle hosted a single event for the entire company. It was aptly attended by a thousand employees who lodged at Champagne Sports Resort and nearby surrounds for the three day conference.
"It was a massively long project," said Christopher Bolton from Keystone Productions, who was appointed the position by client Dithatha Productions. Keystone designed the show and took care of FOH and co
The video and lighting design was by Paul Normandale. He was approached by management and asked to come up with an inventive concept specifically for the sold-out Hammersmith Apollo show on the band's latest UK tour. Once again, he teamed up with XL Video to help make this happen, working closely with XL's Project Manager, Gareth Jeanne.
The video design was based on a poster of the band. Normandale wanted everyone in the room to be able to see a bigger picture rather than those at the front being bombarded just by a load of fragmented pixels ... and this informed his choice of LED surface.
He collaborated with Cincinnati based design studio Lightbourne who produced the video playback
One local leisure group that has regularly relied on the company's services to equip its multi-purpose venues has been Trof, which has developed its estate towards city centre operations - such as Gorilla.
This has been the most recent hybrid bar/restaurant/live venue to be installed by Masons. Their system designer Jack Jennings created an all-purpose environment that would satisfy live music aficionados and serious clubbers in the 600-capacity main space, and at the same time those who just want to enjoy the background ambience in the intimacy of the bar or function room areas.
Situated on a ground floor area between two railway arches, respectively assigned to function room and live venue, with a small mezzanine area provi
Therefore, when the company embarked, at the beginning of the new financial year with the opening ceremonies for Indian Premier League, the world-leading Twenty20 cricket championship, they were confident they could put on an audio spectacle to match similar ceremonies, starting with the Commonwealth Games 2010, The National Games in Ranchi and the Oman Tattoo in Muscat.
The multi-purpose Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata was chosen to host the opening ceremony of the cricketing franchise this year with the inauguration promising to be one of the most spectacular events ever witnessed. Built in 1984, the stadium is the largest in India and the second largest in the world with a capacity of 120,000. With its astroturf surface the facility primarily caters to foo
For years the Dante Ethernet-based system has been used to provide a low latency, high-channel count audio transportation system for live sound reinforcement. Now Focusrite's RedNet system brings this rock-solid technology to the recording world, with high-quality digital conversion and state-of-the-art remote-controlled microphone preamplifiers. Long analogue multicore cables become a thing of the past, vastly reducing the cost and weight, whilst increasing the audio quality and flexibility of a location recording setup. This workshop covers the possible workflows and benefits of working with a RedNet digital audio s
Harvest lighting designer and programmer Christopher Eguizabal was tasked with lighting the event, as well as a special dinner for Harvest guests and staff to be aired on television. The lighting rig therefore needed to look good for both the live audience and on camera.
Eguizabal decided to go with Martin's MAC Aura wash light, which he used to key light the audience as well as wash the audience in an array of colors throughout the evening.
"I have always loved the products that Martin has put out
The Fundación Juan March dedicates its resources and activities to the fields of science and the humanities, with concerts, lecture series and seminars in its main auditorium in Madrid. A series of free concerts, for example, introduces audiences to Monteverdi and the 'invention'of melody, while lectures discuss everything from philosophy and poetry to the transition to talking in movies.
Lighting designer José García explains, "The technical managers for the auditorium needed to balance a number of d
Here are 10 reasons to join us today:
* Audio legend Tony Andrews delivers his Keynote Speech What is Good Audio?
* Martin Audio debuts the MLA Mini
* Ambersphere presents Clay Paky and the Laws of Physics
* Award winning sound designer Gareth Fry gives his seminar Creative Manipulation of Sound
* d&b audiotechnik tell you Why Size Matters
* The ABTT discuss qualifications and competence in the technical theatre sector
* Jon Burton presents How to Soundcheck
* Focusrite deliver their workshop for recording engineers
* Lunch is on us!
* Registration is free on arrival
With all of this on offer and more, PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013 is a show you simply cannot afford to mis
This partnership with RS is part of a recent initiative by Philips Lumileds to restructure its distribution channels, steered by the LED vendor's strategic objective to grow its customer base globally through expansion into new markets.
In its 17 distribution centres located around the world RS has the capacity to stock the full breadth of the Philips Lumileds range, and is thus equipped to provide luminaire designers with immediate access to a comprehensive portfolio of application-specific LED solutions. Products can be sourced and purchased quickly online via the RS website and despatched on the same day.
"This agreement with RS means that we are able to serve the needs of our growing cust
The figures involved in the 'final' of the international European contest are awesome, as always: 24 km of signal cable, 1283 lighting fixtures, 600 rigging points, 3500m of truss, 14 hippotizers, 40 km of power cable, four graphic designers, two lig
The Spots were specified by Tanglin Trust School's theatre manager Vincent Teo for the school's 400 capacity Berrick Performance Hall; they were supplied by Robe SEA's office, in a sale co-ordinated by Louis Teo.
The Berrick Performance Hall is a multi-purpose space used for a wide range of shows and events including in-house drama and musical productions, graduation and other academic ceremonies, conferences and exhibitions, music concerts, dance shows and other live performances.
Tanglin Trust School has over 2,700 students of which approximately 60% are British. Every student - across the Infant, Junior and Senior Schools with ages ranging from three to 18 years old - uses the space at some stage, with at least two events or productions taking place a w
The Digital 9000 is the result of the largest R&D project in the company's history and this event marked the first time that the revolutionary system was used for a live concert in the Middle East. In addition, a number of Sennheiser's wireless systems, microphones and in-ear monitors were used at the concert, as per the technical rider outlined by the production teams of both the performers.
Mig Cardamone, sales and marketing manager at Sennheiser Middle East commented, "Bruno Mars' appearance in Dubai has been a widely anticipated event given the singer's immense popularity. Delta Sound, who provided the equipment rental for the show, were commissioned to ensuring the very
Andrew Pygott the company's managing director and himself a respected lighting and systems designer commented on some of the additions.
"Clay Paky Sharpy's were selected as an addition to our rental stock because of there unrivalled performance over size and weight & although copies of this product have been attempted, the true original Clay Paky version is still the most outstanding small beamlight . We have had a lot
"This was the 12th of the sound:check Xpo Awards. It's the only event in México where engineers from the show business industry are awarded for their professional achievements in different segments such as audio, video, lighting, staging," said Jorge Urbano, CEO of sound:check Magazine. "Jonathan Smeeton was chosen because of his long professional career inside the lighting industry and because he still been in force designing for today top artists... Jonathan is a nice example for everyone in the show busine
Mike Edwards, Director at Lumonic says, "Our expansion as a business over the last year has allowed us to search for and find premises that are now much more suited to our needs. Our new premises are more than four times the size and afford all the requirements that we wanted to best serve the needs of our business and customers. We are excited about the move."
The new address is: Lumonic Ltd, ilumo House, Broadoak Business Park C5, Ashburton Road West, Trafford Park, Manchester M17 1RW. Telephone numbers and email addresses remain the same.
(Jim Evans)
The heritage listed Arts Centre Melbourne is the largest and busiest performing arts complex in the southern hemisphere; Hamer Hall is the concert hall within the centre. Home to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Hamer Hall also hosts a wide variety of performance events throughout the year, from theatre to rock and roll.
Jands supplied much of the venue's lighting including 20 Vari-Lite VLX's, 28 ETC Desire D40 Vivid LED Pars, and over 50 ETC Source Fours.
Adrian Sterritt, head of lighting at the Melbourne venue, says his team chose the VLX Wash luminaires followin
According to Central Wesleyan facilities manager Dwayne Dreyer, the church knew what system it liked almost from the very start. "Our technical director, Paul VanDyke, audio engineers Justin Dreyer and Michael Nieboer, and I went down to Dallas to visit with Ryan Knox and Steve Reed at Acoustic Dimensions, and they took us to half a dozen sites that they had engine
Located at the head of New Orleans' famed 'Jazz Alley' on the 400 block of South Rampart Street, the Little Gem Saloon has been resurrected on the site of its original 1903 location. Jazz historians unanimously agree that no other single location is more significant to the founding and evolution of jazz than the Little Gem Saloon.
"When I was approached to provide a sound design for the Little Ge
The event posed several challenges as there was a need for three PA systems with local inputs at each system mixed and distributed to all three systems simultaneously.
The solution was to locate an iLive-R72 surface at the start line, a MixRack half way up the hill and a second rack at the finish line. Local inputs at the surface included audio feed from the video playback, the start-line MC's microphone and audio inputs for the start signal. The surface also handled outputs to the OB truck and outputs to the start line PA system.
Half way up the hill, connected via 120m of Cat5 the first MixRack had local inputs from the Red Bull DJ truck, together with outputs for the second PA system adjacent to the DJ truck, a
Be sure to check the label on the bottle - we are sure you will recognise some familiar faces! You may even recognise the buildings even though they are in disguise as a beehive!" says the company.
(Jim Evans)
The 25th edition of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 'Funny For Money' TV broadcast has so far raised a record amount of £75m for charities in the UK and Africa and was watched by millions of people across the UK.
Brought in by content creators, Framestore Labs, and working in the main studio at London's BBC Television Centre, QED fielded their front line armoury of Christie high-brightness 3-chip DLP projectors, including eight Roadster WU20K-J WUXGA DLP projectors, six Roadster HD20K-J HD projectors and five WU12K-M WUXGA projectors.
Said QED director, Paul Wigfield, "From our previous work for BBC there were no doubts about our ability to deliver such a complex technical project, but the big guarantee that we nee
The agreement was reached between Thomas Mostert CEO of Penn Elcom GmbH, the distribution arm of the Penn Elcom Group in Continental Europe, and Marcel Vlot, MD of Flightware, who is now planning to leave the industry to pursue other interests.
Roger Willems, chairman of the Penn Elcom Group comments, "Marcel is delighted that his business has been delivered into good hands, and that the innovation and standing that he's built up over the last 30 years of dedication to the industry will be continued."
He adds that Flightware's history of producing high quality hardware and accessories for flightcase constru
According to the AV systems integrator for the project, the current primary use of the venue is for musical theatre. However, Song Dae-young, general director of the Sohyang Arts Centre, insisted in planning that the hall acoustics and sound system be able to handle a wide variety of events. In light of that requirement, Constellation was a logical solution for the space.
The Constellation system at Sohyang is designed to create ambient acoustic environments ranging from an intimate chamber music hall to
Playing theatres and small arenas around Canada, the production needed a show pack that could adjust to a range of audience sizes, while still remaining manageable for a relatively small crew. With the help of Apex Sound & Light, in Toronto, Blue Rodeo was able to keep the entire show to only one truck. Apex account manager Chris James was especially impressed, commenting, "It's almost unheard of to have an arena show with audio, video, lighting and 15 ft of backline all in one 53 ft trailer. Especially as an easy pack, and not a total nightmare."
With smooth load-ins, usually running less than three hours, and even faster load-outs, Blue R
