Providing sound reinforcement for the four largest stages was the responsibility of the Straubing-based sound company StereoMike, whose engineers, directed by MD Mike Wittenzellner, relied exclusively on systems from EVI Audio. He says: "I even received a thank-you letter from the organizers in which they noted that 'the professional stage equipment was 100 per cent convincing' - a compliment we found highly gratifying
The Belgian based company operates extensively throughout India, the Middle East, Russia, and South East Asia through its branch offices located in those regions, and boasts production credits for major international events such the Vietnam South East Asian Games, Moscow 850 Years, Dubai Shopping Festival, Moscow Youth Olympic Games, and St Petersburg 300 Years.
In India the company is represented by Stagegear, an organisation for designing and executing light, laser and 3D video. The company's credits includes high quality events like KBC-2, Nach Ballye, Film Fare, Femina, Time for Heroes, and
Achern, the smallest of the three towns with a population of 25,000, had its screen in the Stadtpark where up to 5,000 people congregated for the matches; Offenburg, with a population of 60,000, saw an average of 7,000 people joined the public viewing at the central marketplace; and Freiburg, a university city with a population of 155,000 which includes young and international students, had more than 10,000 fans watching each game on its screen in one of the city's parks.
"The games were transmitted in 16:9 format, so we had 20 panels of Lighthouse R19 at each site in a five-column by four-row configuration and we used a Lighthouse X-Drive P
It's the fifth year for Entec Lighting and the second year that Entec Sound have been involved at Guilfest. The departments provided sound and Lighting production services to the Radio 2 Main Stage and the Rock Sound Stage. The Lighting Department also installed a system into the Theatre Tent for the Howard Cragg's festival team to service.
Having taken delivery of their new d&b audiotechnik J-Series line array, Entec naturally used this for the main stage, where headliners included Embrace, A-Ha and Billy Idol. The system was designed by Stef Serpagli, and featured eight J8's and two J12 elements per side for the main arrays, neatly tucked in behind some elegant tri
Blitz has risen to meet the challenges posed by designing and implementing a distinctive AV display for the General Motors stand that works within the constraints of the Excel Exhibition Centre environment. Other challenges included the constraints posed by the stand itself and sound level restrictions in the vicinity of the stand.
Blitz has worked with General Motors for over seven years and was selected in February as the preferred supplier of audio-visual equipment and display at this year's Motor Show which returns to London for the first time in thirty years. In order to maximise impact while working within the limitations of the stand environment, Blitz specified and provi
Pro-audio, specialist lighting and entertainment suppliers from around the world can find a strong and growing market in mainland China. Companies from China, Germany, France, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, the UK and the USA have already signed up to be a part of Prolight + Sound Shanghai.
Prolight + Sound Shanghai will feature a Taiwanese Pavilion fo
VME managed all of the festival's technical requirements, supplying Kling & Freitag speakers, Lab Gruppen amplifiers, Mac lighting, and a selection of Allen & Heath's live sound consoles and DJ mixers.
Over the two day festival, the new open air arena - Glastonbury's "Other Stage" - hosted Feeder, The Automatic, and Carl Cox, whilst the Main Tent included live performances from The Zutons, the Delays, the Cuban Brothers, the Freestylers (live), and Adam Freeland. The Beach Arena hosted DJ sets throughout the weekend from popular artists including Lisa Pin-Up, High Contra
The expansion comes as PLASA Show organisers Clarion Events report the highest ever number of pre-registered visitors - up by 13% on 2005, with technical and creative teams from major venues and high-profile projects among the first to register.
The show's track record of hosting major international product launches, and wide interest in this year's new features, have helped drive the pre-registration increases. The new features are led by the new Integrated Systems Area; a greatly expanded PLASA Seminar Programme with a dedicated Technologies for Worship programme; the first PLASA appearance of NEET (National Exhibition of Entertainment Technology); and new features for DJs.
Theatrical projects have included West End shows, installations for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and the servicing of ongoing existing touring theatrical shows. Kinesys equipment is increasingly finding its way onto high profile events like the Chanel fashion show at Paris Fashion Week, and work at both the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Opera House.
International shows as diverse as Showboat and War of the Worlds have benefited from the huge flexibility of Kinesys' motor control, and the equipment is regularly working in the USA, France, Belgium and Spain.
Concert touring continues to be a d
The resulting BBC TV special include highlights of events across the country, the winners of the Ballroom Blitz talent search and the Big Dance Class record attempt. Hosted by well known UK TV personalities Bruce Forsyth and Zoe Ball, the event finished with The Big Dance in London's Trafalgar Square, featuring around 800 dancers and over 45 different dance styles - all broadcast live.
Those who assembled in and around Trafalgar Square were able to hear the action from a Martin W8LC Compact line array fielded by System Sound. The PA company were contracted to BBC Documentaries and Specialist Features, and their sound designer, Simon Biddulph's line array of choice is the Martin W8LC.
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A site wide lighting design and spec for the nine main arenas was put together by the event's production manager Simon Barrington of Production Eye, who has long been an Avo user. Equipment was supplied by a variety of lighting rental companies including Leeds-based Zig Zag Lighting who supplied five arenas, Colour Sound Experiment who supplied the Beach Outdoor Stage and the Carl Cox/Silent disco tent, and Audile, who supplied the elegant multi-poled Essential/Bedrock tent.
The D4 was selected by Matt Holden-Jones, operator for Essential/Godskitchen, who had used a D4 Vision in th
The inaugural Middle East Lighting Design Awards (MELDA) represents a unique opportunity for the region to recognise and celebrate the professional achievements and excellence of the world's leading lighting designers in enhancing the region's built environment through the power of light. MELDA, is being held in association with Mondo arc, an international publication for architectural, retail, and corporate lighting design.
Announcing the awards, group exhibitions director, IIR Exhibitions Entertainment and Installation Technology Group, Darren Brechin says: "
Although ATC (Aviation Television & Communication) has provided services to FIA for 18 years, this was the first time it was able to call upon the massive resources of its new parent group PSL. According to ATC director Tony Wall, working together to ensure the success of the world's largest airshow has "cemented the relationship" between ATC, the aerospace event service specialists, and PSL, which acquired the company a year ago.
Such is the scale of ATC / PSL's service at Farnborough International Airshow that the
Also on K64 are Colorbeam from Taiwan, who produce LED products. Also showing is Miltec's own range of MT lighting products which includes scans, colour changers, gobo projectors and water effects.
On stand no J66 they will be showing the complete range of PR Lighting products which includes moving heads, outdoor IP rated colour changers and a new laser.
On stand L64 we will be showing the complete range of effects from Universal Effects, these include CO2 machines, foam, bubble, snow machines and confetti machines.
On stand L67 Cornored Audio will be show a new range of speakers aimed at t
Founded in 2004 in the Netherlands, the project has been highly successful in South Africa, the Netherlands and Indonesia, uniting thousands of young people around the world. The aim is for over 1 million young people from 24 countries to be united within their countries and internationally via live satellite links on World AIDS Day 2012. Through this they will be able to see their power as a united force for change.
The event aims to unite student representatives from 30 schools around the UK at one dance
From the 5 to the 8 of October D.A.S. will be at the 121st AES Convention at the Moscone Convention Center in the city of San Francisco. D.A.S. will be presenting some of it's newest products at this show including the bi-amplified Variant 25A linear array module specifically designed to be used in small and medium-sized installations, the new low-profile stage monitor systems: the
Designed for use in a wide variety of applications, including touring monitor racks, the E4-75 is a 4-channel amplifier capable of producing 750W/channel into 4 or 8 ohms; it has automatic impedance sensing and changes the power accordingly. Inputs are via four XLR sockets, which can be linked to the next channel via a rear panel switch providing greater flexibility to supply more speakers with the same input signal. In addition, the E4-75 has five-segment LED metering for each channel and an indicator to signal 4 or 8 ohm load.
The
In a year that has seen the company launch the PALA India exhibition and consolidate its position in the South East Asia market, IIR will announce a further expansion of its international activities at a corporate presentation at PLASA on Monday 11 September.
The presentation in Room 208 at 12 noon, will see Peter Rigby, CEO of Informa Group, IIR's parent company, and IIR Exhibitions Entertainment and Technology Group, Group Exhibitions director Darren Brechin address exhibitors and press, along with a newly expanded international management team. Guest speakers will include PLASA Managing Director Matthew Griffiths.
Announcements will include new international industr
New at PLASA'06 is the Alpha Profile 1200 - a professional beam-shaper which combines the technology of the Alpha projectors with Clay Paky's patented framing system. The Alpha Profile 1200 has a wide-range zoom of 10° - 30°, a "total colour system", 14 gobos, animation effect and a prism. All the effects can be combined with endless varieties of beam shapes and sizes.
Also new at PLASA'06, the Alpha Wash 1200 is the most powerful washlight in the Alpha family. The optical system uses uniform CMY colour mixing which, together with a fixed colour wheel with linear CTO and a C
The Arena Rigging course covers the basics of fall protection, hardware, hoists, trusses and the math involved, and effective methods to communicate the standard to be met to the crew, the work to be done, and their roles in getting it done. The course is designed for riggers with 1-3 years of practical rigging experience. The instructors are rigging experts Bill Sapsis of Sapsis Rigging and Eddie Raymond of IATSE Local
Visitors can expect a warm welcome from the LTM team who will have a special cake on the stand to help celebrate the occasion, as well as a selection of their wide range of Lodestar hoists, motor control systems and other rigging equipment and accessories.
The LTM team will also be on hand to discuss their latest training initiatives, an element that key individuals in the company have pioneered in the industry for the last 12 years.
LTM offers a range of lifting and rigging equipment including the Lodestar and Prostar electric chain hoists, which are being highlighted at the show. High integrity hoisting systems are also available including equipment to BGV C1 German safety standard. Special features include double brakes, load sensing and multiple limit switches. Variable sp
Based on his experience of more than 20 years working with Avolites and some of the largest companies in the lighting industry, Lodge believes that his new GSL Power Distribution company will bring something unique to the event marketplace. "We have developed (and are currently working on) a selection of new products and services that we know the leading rental operations are demanding," he comments. "They want easily customised products that are robust and reliable and GSL Power Distribution will provide practical solutions and developm
Recognising this, new San Francisco Opera general manager David Gockley is championing free performances by the opera in the city's parks, and recently created "Opera Vision," a programme to simulcast live performances from the War Memorial Opera House. The performance is transmitted to an outdo
The 4-Bay Space Roof was supplied complete with 12m x 6m goal post PA and video wings, ramp, handrails and disabled platform. It also featured Serious's new improved anti-slip steps and a new solid handrail design. The roof offers 14m of headroom - plenty of height for lighting - and a distributed SWL of 11 tonnes per arch, with a centre load of 6 tonnes.
Serious also took care of the decking, using a combination of their standard Black Deck as well as their new Super Deck. The Super Deck ran at a 6m depth across the front of the stage. This is specially d
