ETC's CEO Fred Foster says: "It is truly gratifying to receive this PLASA award, as well as the other recognitions that the Eos system has received. And it particularly validates the creative efforts of the Eos development team, lead by Dennis Varian, Anne Valentino and Dan Duffy."
(Jim Evans)
"We are completely committed to providing a service for our clients that is second to none and winning this award is a reflection of the sheer hard work and professionalism that the entire Stage One team brings to bear on each and every project with which we are involved," said Simon Wood, sales director, stage and marketing.
Stage One won this award for their work on three high profile projects: the Asian Games, Eurovision Song Contest and Mercedes-Benz World.
(Jim Evans)
The Festival is now in its tenth year, and for the past seven of those, Suffolk-based Pyramid Audio has been nominated main contractor for the sound stages. For the first time this year they committed themselves to using a single loudspeaker brand - and filled all six stages with DragonSpirit systems.
Fleece, the owner of Pyramid Audio, starting using DragonSpirit speakers almost two years ago and has subsequently featured them at various events around the
Ralph Heinz, senior vice president of Renkus-Heinz, will moderate the discussion. Panelists include Dave Shadoan of Sound Image, Steve McCale of Digidesign, Mike Reeves of Dolby/Lake and Bill Evans, editor of FOH magazine. Rik Kirby, vice president of operations for Renkus-Heinz, and Joe Barnes of Whirlwind will also be on hand.
"We're proud to present the insights and experience of this diverse group of panelists to AES attendees," said Ralph Heinz. "From power users like Dave Shadoan to product experts like Mike Reeves and our own Rik Kirby, the panel offers a broad spectrum of viewpoints. We expect this seminar to be as informative and educational as the event we held at InfoComm earlier this year."
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"We have been in operation for 20 years and have always used Soundcraft desks - we haven't looked at anything else," he states.
AGC Ehitiki specialises in providing concert support - scaling up from small gigs to major arenas - and committed to the purchase once they knew what was on offer. "We liked the simple, user-friendliness of the desk, with its intuitive interface, and of course the sound," said Demetriades. "Add to that the optical MADI card and the Lexicon FX card and it's a great package."
The system was supplied by Soundcraft's territorial distributor, ALA Equipment Company, whose manag
This year the recipients, who were honoured with a presentation on the Martin Audio stand, were as follows: International Distributor of the Year: Audiosales, Italy; European Distributor of the Year: Algam, France; Far East Distributor of the Year: Dah Chong Hong, Hong Kong; Record Sales of Tour Sound: Ampco Belgium, Belgium; Record Sales of Installed Sound: Audiotonas, Lithuania; Record Sales of Cinema Sound: Arttech Cinema, Poland; UK Dealer of the Year: LMC Audio; Best New UK Dealer of the Year: Willow SV; Most Improved Territory: SSBC International Co., Taiwan; 25 Year Lifetime Achievement: Rea Sound, Northern Ireland.
(JIm Evans)
This conference attracted more than 26,000 Christians from 68 nations representing 19 denominations who call the Acer Arena home for five days as part of the annual Hillsong Conference. Considered Australia's largest annual conference, each year it attracts pastors, worship leaders, musicians, community workers and individual believers representing hundreds of churches.
During the conference, the rig has to light everything ranging from the contemporary worship music that Hillsong is famous for, through to ballads from Guy Sebastian and Pau
Sound system supplier IJS was contracted to fulfil all audio requirements. The brief was clear, as IJS engineer for the event, Rob Bird explained: "The show requirements were specified by Hillsong Church; they submitted a generic rider that you would expect to see for any large touring act. They asked for Yamaha PM5D consoles and the rest was pretty much a list of the usual along with detailed stage plots and line lists. They tour all their own engineers."
Bird, in collaboration with fellow IJS engineer Nathan Davis, determined a d&b J-Series system best suited the mixed d
The first is titled 'Iconyx Digitally Steerable Arrays: Technology, Applications, Innovations', from 2:45 PM to 4:15 PM on Sunday 7 October.
Secondly, Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG) will conduct two seminars on 'Tools & Techniques for Measuring & Optimising Loudspeaker Systems', and will discuss actual applications of EASERA and the new EASERA SysTune software. The seminars will be held in Room 1E04 at the Javits Convention Center on Friday 5 October.
(Jim Evans)
Raffle tickets will be available throughout the LDI 2007 show at the Behind the Scenes booth #1245 and in the evenings at the ESTA Annual Dinner, the Rose Brand Party, and LDI's Texas Hold 'Em Tournament to benefit Behind the Scenes
Several associations, such as VPLT (Germany), ESTA (USA), PLASA, Secartys (SPAIN) and JASST (Japan), confirmed their support for the show and ensured their presence and that of their members at Show Way.
Show Way is organised by APIAS in association with Promoberg at the Bergamo trade fair, a modern trade fair complex strategically positioned on the Milan airport system. Milan-Orio al Serio airport is only 2km from the exhibition pavilions, wh
Although - unusually for 2007 - the weather managed to stay fine for the entire duration of the build, festival and load out, the site of this chilled-out event provided Star Events Group with a number of challenges.
Bestival takes place at Robin Hill Country Park, a well-known local tourist venue that nestles in a scenic valley, featuring woodland, lakes and winding paths. This year the event expanded to take in part of an adjacent farm, but a major concern for Star Events Group team of 12, led by Andrew 'Bomber' Phillips, was the undulating nature of the terrain.
"All the structures we built were on sloping sites. There wasn't one that was on flat ground," says project manager Phil Addyma
Industry suppliers Allen & Heath, Avolites, ETC, Le Maitre, Lee, MA Lighting, Martin, Pulsar, RCF, Roland, Rosco, Selecon, Sennheiser, Strand, Yamaha and Zero 88 will be exhibiting their latest products, offering demos and providing expert advice.
The show is a free event, open to everyone and no tickets are required. Stage Electrics staff will also be presenting products at the show including the Apollo Right Arm and products from Prolyte, Prolyft, Stage Dex, Teclumen, San-Ei & Swisson.
Visitors can take the opportunity if they wish to pre-register via the Stage Electrics website to be entered in the prize draw and to receive a goody bag on the day.
Blitz project manager, Stephen Rickard comments: "The QinetiQ stand was particularly noteworthy as it involved the use of the highest resolution widescreen, soft edge projection system yet supplied by Blitz, creating a 15.5m wide display by using four Panasonic DW10000 projectors plus the Watchout GFX system to create an image of 6666 x 1080 pixels."
Blitz also provided 18 LCD screens, 13 plasmas screens and a quantity of laptops displaying various QinetiQ products throughout the stand.
Andy Bowen from 2LK comments: "The DSEi Global Defence Conference was established to provide delegates with insight into the latest approaches to acquiring and supporting capability,
VERSYS VL3, the latest generation, high output, fully featured digital line array system is the world's first line array system to come with the fully integrated RHAON package.
It features in-cabinet Class D amplification, new neodymium and carbon fibre-based drivers, full digital dynamics, networked audio over CobraNet as well as loudspeaker monitoring and remote control, all delivered over Cat 5 cable. And despite extremely high output (1200W/600W/250W per band) the all-up cabinet weight is around 200 pounds, and boasts a truck pack-frie
"We aim to grow this market in the way d&b has done around the world; it will take time for users to learn the value of the products. Engaging known audio specialists regionally gives us the foundation to build the knowledge and training required," says director Andrew Paul.
"We will be talking to audio engineers, as we did in July, when we invited over three hundred rental and installation specialists to a demonstration of the Q-Series systems at the Oberoi Hotel Ballroom in Delhi. We let them hear the systems and decide fo
The newly inaugurated campus will host the third annual SAE Alumni Convention on 18 and 19 October. The two-day event, organised by the SAE Alumni Association, brings together representatives from the local media and arts community, industry, and society at large.
An extensive event schedule features workshops, panel discussions and lectures. Leading companies such as Apple, Sennheiser and Roland will present their newest products at the convention trade show and in their demo suites.
(Jim Evans)
Finalists this year will be decided by a judging panel of editors from the leading international and regional industry media resources, whilst the winners of the technology categories will once more be decided by the region's industry professionals, via online voting on the dedicated awards website. The 2007 event generated 7,639 individual technology votes from over 60 countries.
This year's awards programme sees the introduction of French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish portals whilst the prestigious gala awards dinner will be held in the grand ballrooms at The Hotel Okura, Amsterdam on Monday 28 January, prior to the first day of the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) exhibition.
(Lee Baldock)
Imagination will be responsible for ensuring brand consistency, design and content management and the implementation of all Shell exhibitions and trade shows worldwide.
The appointment is a significant win for Imagination, which operates a network of 10 offices worldwide. It has delivered the global autoshow programme for Ford Motor Company since 1999.
Founder and CEO of Imagination Gary Withers said: "This is a very important client for us to secure. We look forward to supporting Shell worldwide, drawing on the resources of our network to deliver a wide range of communication."
Danny Van Otterdyk, Shell's manager for Visual Media, added: "
Dealers submitted entries to D-Tools' development team and Certified Partners who then reviewed the projects and selected winners. The entries will be judged on a number of criteria, including originality, most thorough use of D-Tools' software functionality, overall visual quality of designs, plans, and schematics. Judges will also look at which projects best communicate the system designer's vision.
Says Leslie Stevens, president of Eclipse Marketing: "It's an honour to sponsor D-Tools' 2007 Design Awards. We know that D-Tools wants to provide
Companies taking part were Robe Show Lighting, Martin Professional, ETC and Clay Paky. Clay Paky's area manager, Emilio Cornelli commented: "This is a great opportunity for us to get our products in front of the users themselves and Hawthorns are always great hosts."
The next Hawthorn@ Home will be held on Friday 26 October. 'Pyro and Effects' is an opportunity to see a pyrotechnic demonstration by Le Maitre, as well as lighting effects from other companies such as Rosco/DHA and Martin Professional.
(Jim Evans)
The Canadian dates saw Warped 2007 partner with Union Label Group, a Montreal-based punk record label, who sponsored their own Union Label stage in order to showcase Canadian punk and ska bands. Union Label turned to Sennheiser Canada, long-time distributors of InnovaSON consoles in Canada, for technical support and advice in setting up the stage. Sennheiser Canada's Vaino Gennaro, after discussions with well-known Montreal sound engineer Kevin Holland and repr
The Museum was open to the public until 6pm and BOA guests were scheduled to arrive at 7pm. The team installed a sophisticated production design including lighting, set, A/V and furniture in four separate areas of the venue as well as external architectural lighting. Event Concept's installation and rehearsal schedule had to also take into account the needs of the caterer, florist, a
Set on the banks of the River Clyde, the BBC's new high definition television studio complex was opened by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, on 20 September and is a bold departure from traditional TV studio premises.
Showlight 2009 will take place from 16-19 May and will be of interest not only to TV lighting directors, but anyone involved with entertainment and architectural lighting design. The BBC's high definition equipment will be utilised to illustrate papers from all genres of lighting, including theatre, film, event, education, architecture and, of course, television.
Organising committee chairman, Ian Dow, said: &q
