This means that CUE2014 is no longer only of interest to the theatre sector, but also to all technicians, producers and board members of locations with a stage.
Enrico Daamen, chairman of the CUE Board comments, "It's been a long time since theatres were the only places to see performing arts and where stage technology plays
Cut to November of 2013 and the track crashed into the UK charts at No. 3, seeing off One Direction in the process, and a triumphant return to the charts for Mr. Cook.
Norman has always been renowned for his groundbreaking videos and became one of the forerunners of dance producers to embrace the format, so there would need to be something special for this one.
And so the i
The Ai Media Server is being used to feed multiple surface projections and LED screens around the club, providing an integral part of the BOOOM!'s 'world class clubbing experience'. Production Manager for the BOOOM! project was Dave Singleton from The Shop Ibiza.
"I specifically asked Steve Warren from Avolites Media to get involved as I'd worked with him and the Ai Media Server before," explains Singleton. "I knew it was the only piece of kit that could provide us with the flexibility and sheer power to meet our demanding visual needs. Our single Ai is running an incredible amount of information from under its
The show was staged in the 2500 capacity Super Theatre auditorium at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London and presented by three of the regular Channel 5 TV show anchors Jon Bentley, Jason Bradbury and Pollyanna Woodward, who were joined on screen by the fourth member of their team, Rachael Riley.
Three pacey 75 minute shows were staged each day, based around the 12 days of Christmas theme and showcasing some of the best, most interesting, inventive and fun currently available consumer technology.
Right at the top of the show Robe received a b
Since launching the first BlackBox Recorder in 2009, JoeCo has established an award-winning series of computer-free 24- and 64-channel 1U recording and playback systems that are compatible with virtually all analogue and digital consoles and other equipment. Various I/O options are available including MADI, DANTE, AES, Lightpipe and analogue. Audio is recorded directly to an external USB2 drive in Broadcast WAV format and can be instantly re-purposed for archiving, re-mixing or post production applications.
"We are very
Laurence Dyer, previously UK sales representative, is now sales and customer services manager, having inherited the title from Julian Chiverton. Julian remains sales director at Doughty but the change enables him to take a back seat in the main office and focus on growing the business, as well as building and maintaining customer relations both in the UK and overseas.
Dan Phillips continues in his role as project sales co-ordinator while Mike Guglielmi, previously UK sales, now heads up the export department, where Vickie Thake, Jenny Ambrose and Julie Eady have recently taken up new positions. Finally Samantha Hawkins has joined the sales team to look after UK sales and administration, following the retirement of long-standing staff member Christine Drinna
Founded in 1984, in Guangzhou, China, PR Lighting Ltd. has been dedicated to the development and manufacture of professional fixed and moving luminaires, architectural lighting and performance LED products. With 29 years of successful operation behind it PR has not only been a pioneer in the Chinese lighting industry but has earned a solid reputation for quality, performance and innovation throughout the industry worldwide.
"We are very excited to have PR Lighting on board as part of the Jands professional lighting range," said Tim Kennard, lighting sales manager of Jands. "PR has been around for over 29 years as a manufacturer of professional lighting products and I think it's fair to say that so far they have exceeded our expec
The goal of the meeting was to present Milos Structural Systems, as well as its factory, products, and manufacturing processes. Educational sections of the workshop also served to inform Milos customers about using and working safely with Milos products.
Although the workshop was held for only two days, many subjects were presented. On the first day, a detailed overview of the company, brand strategy and growth in 2013 was given, which was followed by a presentation of rigging and rigging hardware.
An interesting and fact-filled tour of the extensive Guanghou factory came next. While touring the factory, Milos sales and technical representatives showed participants Milos weldin
"I really like DiGiCo consoles and was using an SD8 with Judas Priest," he says. "The first time I was involved with the SD7 was when I sat with Lars Brogaard on the first Rod Stewart residency at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. I moved up to one with Judas Priest two years ago and I haven't looked back."
Maiden generate about 40 inputs, plus another dozen from various outboard units and playback at FoH. Outputs comprise main left and right, with subs on an aux and vocal fills. Martin also does a multi-track recording of most
"This year, we announced the Livemix personal monitoring system with features like studio quality audio, signal processing on each of the 24 channels, custom channel naming, stereo ambient microphones, and MirrorMix remote mixing," remarks Andy Swanson, Digital Audio Lab's marketing director. "Livemix is a personal monitoring system that helps musicians give their very best to every performance." Swanson finishes by saying, "When looking at the available digital options, Audinate's Dante media networking was the clear stand out. Adding Dante will enable the Livemix personal monitoring system to easily
The sound reinforcement systems in the Institute's main auditorium and four associated smaller lecture halls were all recently refurbished, receiving new loudspeakers, microphones, and sound mixers. Dynamic AV Technologies suggested QSC KLA and K series loudspeakers for the PA systems. The main auditorium was the recipient of four QSC KLA12 line array units (two per channel) with a p
Shure Distribution will continue to supply SKB products until the New Year, and customers can be assured that they will continue to receive the same high levels of service and support until then. From the 1st January 2014 SKB Europe, based in the Netherlands, will take over distribution.
"SKB make cases for a plethora of applications, many of them outside our core focus of music, pro audio and broadcast. With the continued expansion of their range we have decided that the interests of both of our companies are best served by alternative distribution arrangements," commented Peter James, SDUK managing director. "This decision allows us to concentrate our efforts solely on professional audio electronics from our portfolio o
"It has provided a centralised input rig and return buss matrix, which has made my mostly single-handed recording and production work here much easier in terms of flow," he says.
"I have set up my most-used inputs (my drum kit mics, four mic'ed guitar amps in booths, an M/S mic pair for acoustic guitars, a direct-patched bass, etc) on a semi-permanent basis, and I have built a rolling mobile remote control rig for the DAW, and a set of satellite headphone 'pods', so most of the time, I can just move into position, arm some tracks and let 'er rip, when inspiration strikes, without any serious
No stranger to the show, Creative Technology's (CT) seven-year relationship with Wicked's successful West End tenure at the Apollo Victoria Theatre is continuing with the Show's touring side in providing video projection and a full replay system for the supporting imagery.
Supplying Wicked UK Tour Productions two Panasonic PTDZ133 projectors, both of which are positioned at the front of the Circle and aimed at the stage, CT is also providing main and back up Catalyst Media Servers to output the video to the projectors. CT's project engineer Chris Higgins assisted projection designer Elaine J McCarthy and her productio
Richard Owen, head of lighting at the Royal Exchange, was one of the major decision makers for the purchase. He says, "We were looking for something that had a lot of future proofing, so it would still be working well in 20 years' time, and could handle a lot of intelligent fixtures. We asked the opinions of many of the incoming lighting directors who come to work here, with the overwhelming strength of opinion that ETC - and in particular the Eos line - is becoming the industry standard."
The Royal Exchange has four permanent board operators, plus freelancers who come in every so often to assist when necessary. All of them will need to operate the main desk and the
Both clubs are radically different in vibe and demographic. Amika attracts a trend setting and sometimes celebrity crowd who like to hang out on one of central London's most opulent and fashionable streets; while the charismatic raw industrial chic of Egg attracts a young crowd who love the music, mixology and magic created by of some the best DJs and performers on the EDM scene.
Both venues approached EMTO's Wes Matthews because they wanted high quality LED technology installed with some flourish, design and purpose rather than just for the sake of it!
When the installation at Amika received the green light, they wanted it in immediately, so Matth
CFaN is led by the high profile internationally known Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, renowned for his gospel missions throughout Africa. According to his website, Bonnke has personally preached to over 120m people and led 72m in the prayer to salvation.
XL Video UK's project manager Paul 'Macca' McCauley was approached by CFaN's UK/US based technical production manager Paul 'Boyo' Manuel to provide something different and innovative in terms of video reinforcement for the shows and a system design - developed in conjunction with TAIT - that would not only WOW the crowds, bu
Gianni Morandi enthralled the audience with his simplicity, his contact and direct relationship with them, and his desire to talk and be talked about without any self-praise. His music still moves children, parents and grandparents.
Even the Clay Paky lighting rig involved record numbers: Massimo Pascucci, lighting director for Mediaset, installed
.Low Key - The French government presented singer Bob Dylan with the country's highest award, the Legion of Honour, in a brief ceremony in Paris. Presenting him with the award, Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti said he was a hero for young people hungry for justice and independence. After the speech,
Philips Lighting along with their value added partner LITE, specified a large system of Philips iColorGraze, Philips iColorBurst and Philips iColorBlast luminaries to wash the full expanse of the buildings and surrounded environment with intense, bright blasts of color. LITE also chose to specify a system of LumenRadio CRMX Nova transmitter and receivers to reliable control the lighting on the buildings facade, balcony railways and the Godiva Statue.
Using the CRMX technology in this installation provided a large number of advantages to both the installer and the buildings/statue themselves; notably ease of installation
This feature is a first for the Australian industry and will be a programmed audio segment dedicated to the demonstration of loudspeakers and will provide visitors the chance to listen to products in a real-world environment.
"A live audio demonstration zone is something that has been missing from industry trade events. We want attendees to not only have the opportunity to view products, but also to experience their sound capabilities first hand," commented Stephen Dallimore, Entech Connect event manager.
Visitors will be able to experience
The scholarship is presented to students based on their academic performance in the first year and is part of an education partnership agreement between the University in High Wycombe and Sennheiser.
It was presented following interviews between five shortlisted students and Phil Cummings, Sennheiser's marketing projects manager.
The award included a cheque for £1,500, along with a Neumann TLM 103 microphone, and a pair of 25th anniversary Sennheiser HD25 headphones.
Bradley said, "The money will be really useful as I have plans to set up my own music production and mixing business and develop a website for it.
"The professional kit from Sennheiser and Neumann will be great for both my degree work and fo
Carlos marked several positions on the stage where Lali had to stand 'on her marks' during her performance to create some great theatrical scenes and effects. He also consulted both the choreographer and the costume designer whilst programming the lighting to ensure all elements of the show were in sync. Although there were other fixed and moving lights on the rig, the Robin LEDBeam 100s and CityFlex 48s were right at the core of the action.
Four of the Robin LEDBeam 100s were hung on a central truss and the other six were positioned vertically - three each side of an LED screen.
The CityFlex 48s were used downstage as footlights with
"SSL has been established for a long time in both France and Italy," says Philippe Guerinet, director of international sales for SSL. "We have been working closely for many years with Giovanni Blasi in Italy and JB Lierre in France for our music products, so the SSL Live was a natural addition to their portfolios. The conclusion of some of the first commercial sales in these territories is clear evidence that we are on the right track."
"Continuing the very successful cooperation between our two companies over the past 10 years, we are delighted to embark on a new adventu
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