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In the wake of the PLASA announcement of the merger between Dutch trussing and structural specialists, Prolyte and UK-based Litestructures, the newly-formed Prolyte Group has announced the first steps towards integration of the two companies – a restructured and revitalised Customer Service department and the implementation of brand management teams. The move coincides with the launch of a new corporate identity. Designed to reflect the recent changes within the organisation, the new look is a combination of existing brands and logos that have been updated for a fresher, more modern feel.
London’s Southbank Centre has a new outdoor logo projection and LED lighting systems supplied by A.C. Special Projects Ltd. Situated on the south bank of the River Thames next to the London Eye, Southbank Centre is one of the largest single-run arts centres in the world. Featuring the Royal Festival Hall, Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall (containing the Purcell Room) and the Saison Poetry Library, the Centre’s wide-ranging programme of music, literature and the visual arts attracts a diverse audience. The ideal installation scenario involves plenty of advance input from the sound system designer to ensure smooth integration of the system into the space.
But often that’s not possible, due to a room’s power, lighting, HVAC, or other systems being placed before the sound system is considered. That’s the situation Donovan Mote of Phoenix, Arizona’s Pro Production Services faced when he got the opportunity to provide a sound system for The Showroom, a 750-seat cabaret-style/ concert venue at Talking Stick Resort and Casino in Scottsdale, AZ. Luckily, the casino pointed to an Electro-Voice-equipped room in Las Vegas as an example of how good they wanted the new room to sound. And because the Electro-Voice line features a huge variety of highly compatible components, Mote had the flexibility to find just the right elements to work within The Showroom’s existing constraints. After more than 20 years of providing sound reinforcement systems for both regional and national productions, North Hollywood-based US Audio and Lighting reports that it has expanded with the addition of a new Northern California satellite office and shop under the direction of Patrick Coughlin. In tandem with the news, the company also announces that it has grown its equipment inventory with the recent acquisition of four L-Acoustics LA-RAK touring racks each loaded with three LA8 amplified controllers.
CAST Software Ltd. Of Toronto, Canada has announced the release of wysiwyg R26, for Members only, the latest and greatest in plotting and previsualization software. The release will be officially available for download today 15 December 2010. While CAST continues to push the leading edge of technology – for which it is renowned – it has also taken stock to make sure that your foundation is solid and delivers what you need. So what is R26: an overhauled and much stronger foundation plus some impressive innovation. The Control Protocols Plug Fest celebrates its second Anniversary with another Fest being held in January 2011 in conjunction with the Technical Standards Program meetings at the Marriott Solana in Westlake, Texas.
As a result of the continuing popularity and growth of the program, the Plug Fest will fill a larger space at the Marriott, and the event will be lengthened by half a day, running Friday, January 21 from 16:00 to 22:00; Saturday, January 22 from 09:00 to 23:00; and Sunday, July 25 from 09:00 to 22:00. The event, originally created to support ANSI E1.20 RDM (Remote Device Management) two years ago has since expanded to cover all CPWG protocols, including the popular ANSI E1.31 DMX over Ethernet protocol. The Outline GTO large format line array made the loudest 'quiet' debut of any product in the company’s 37-year history at the Mile High Music Festival, August 14 and 15, 2010 in Denver, Colorado and with the recent Peter Gabriel 'New Blood' tour. Veteran PA provider, Dowlen Sound Inc. Of Arvada, Colorado chose the GTO as their new large format line array as did the English sound company Britannia Row Productions. Although the formal introduction was not planned till early 2011, the powerful speaker system was used for the first time at Colorado’s largest music festival, to kick off the Outline GTO early adopter’s pilot program.
The 8th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held on 20th November at the Minsk Arena in the Belarus capital. Billed as one of the most modern arenas in Europe, the venue played host to young performers aged between ten and 15 from 14 different countries, who performed in front of an enthusiastic audience of 15,000 people. The show was also broadcast live to more than 40 million people in 15 countries around Europe. In audio terms, the production is every bit complex as its big brother and saw no less than four Innovason digital mixing systems deployed to handle FOH and monitor mixing as well as audio distribution to the OB trucks. Broadcast mixing was handled by a Lawo MC66 console. Home to approximately 800 Inuit and a handful of southerners, the municipality of Kugaaruk brushes up against the Arctic Ocean, in the far northern Nunavut Territory of Canada. It is the location of Canada's coldest recorded wind chill (-78 degrees Celsius) and a place where the day is seldom punctuated by a rising or setting sun.
It is also the location of very favorable seal hunting and a place where polar bear sightings are commonplace. In their meetings every two weeks, Kugaaruk council members rely on a conference system so that Christopher Amautinuar can translate between English and Inuktitut. Kugaaruk recently replaced an aged and problematic conference system with a new Sennheiser conference system that delivers spoken word with perfect clarity and intelligibility. Nearly 90 Clay Paky motorised spotlights were used in the Italian television variety show “I Migliori Anni” (The Best Years).
The programme is directed by Maurizio Pagnussat and hosted by Carlo Conti, and consists of a tele-voting competition between pieces of music from different decades. The contest between the decades (1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s) takes place with the participation of several guest musicians, and is an opportunity to commemorate historical events and famous celebrities who appeared on the television of the era. As 2010 heads toward a conclusion, Bandit Lites continues to move toward a 100% LED solution, as is its focus. The very fact that the business and indeed the world must find suitable, energy efficient, sustainable illumination solutions has been driving the staff at Bandit for almost two years now. There have been a great many developments and paradigm shifts within Bandit and within the lighting industry. Everywhere you look you see more and more LED solutions coming into the market, and no one is dong more in that area to lead by example than Bandit Lites.
The development of a new product range in conjunction with Oak Ridge National Labs (ORNL) and GRNLite has proved to be beneficial to Bandit. Bandit has also worked with Phillips – Vari-Lite, Tyler Truss, GLP, Coemar, Color Kinetics, Pixel Range, Element Labs, Chroma Q, I-Pix and others to bring a wide array of LED offerings to the market. 2011 will see a big commitment from Bandit Lites to I-Pix and their high quality range of products, helping move with them into the new decade. When production meetings began for the Bob Dylan Fall Tour, a few challenges for the lighting design would become evident. First, the tour would be playing venues that varied greatly in size and location; and second, at a Bob Dylan show one thing is clear; it’s all about the music.
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While many tours may rely heavily on colour changes, strobe effects, columns of light or intense video, this tour would rely on the opposite, simplicity. To overcome these challenges, the production team turned to their long time tour provider TMS who brought in 35 Vari.Lite luminaires. The current Kings of Leon world tour features another innovative design by LD Paul Normandale with all lighting controlled by a grandMA full-size console. Normandale specified the grandMA - as he does on many of his shows - for its stability and reliability. The lighting is being operated and looked after on the road by director Ali Bale - using a grandMA for the first time. Another grandMA light is being supplied by XL Video to run the Catalyst media server playing back video content. ESTA has started work on a new project to write an American National Standard: BSR E1.42 – 201x, Entertainment Technology – Installed Stage Lift Safety Standard.
Stage lifts, such as orchestra pit or theatre forestage lifts, are not the subject of any current national standard. As result, safety requirements and inspections of them are inconsistent. This project is to develop a standard for stage lifts that can be referenced by the International Code Council and the National Fire Protection Association. The scope is limited to safety and to lifts that are installed as a part of the building and that are not for a single theatrical production.
Any person involved in the design, manufacture, use, or inspection of stage lifts and who is willing to actively work on the project is invited to join the new working group. A working group application form is available on the ESTA website at. QSC Audio Products, LLC has introduced the GX7 as the newest model in its popular GX Series of power amplifiers. Engineered and assembled in the company’s Costa Mesa, California facility, the GX7 maintains all of the key form and functional elements of the existing GX Series while delivering more power in a lighter weight package.
Designed to deliver real-world power for the most popular portable applications, the GX7 features 725W per channel at 8-ohms and 1000W per channel at 4-ohms, while weighing a mere 15.5 lbs for the 120V version. On Thursday, November 25, 2010, the 8th Annual Produccion Profesional & Produccion Audio Awards took place at the IFEMA Trade Fair in Madrid, Spain. Nearly 500 professionals from the lighting, sound, production, TV and video industries were in attendance and eager to honour the award winners from 23 distinguished categories. At the event, the VLX Wash luminaire was honoured with the “Best Product for Lighting and/or Scenery' Award, and Vari.Lite authorised sales dealer EES was on-hand to graciously accept the award on behalf of Philips Vari-Lite.
Canadian based loudspeaker manufacturer, Adamson Systems Engineering, is expanding its presence in Europe with the addition of two new employees to its Hamburg based European headquarters. A key influence over the expansion is the desire to move towards direct business in Germany. As Adamson GmbH expand their operations in Germany, it has become obvious to both Adamson, and former distribution partner Trius Vertrieb GmbH, that direct sales and support would best serve Adamson in both, Germany and Austria. ETCP is passionate about helping you, as an entertainment technician, create a safer workplace! As an ETCP Certified Technician, you can enrich your professional development, and enhances your identity as a competent and knowledgeable leader in the entertainment industry.All three ETCP examinations will be given at USITT’s Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Charlotte, NC.
The entertainment electrician exam is scheduled for Friday, March 11; the arena rigging exam is to be given the morning of Saturday, March 12 and the theatre rigging exam is scheduled for that afternoon. Candidates who wish to take multiple exams will receive a discount for the second exam.
Interested applicants must submit their application, along with supporting materials and fee, to the ETCP office no later than February 10, 2011. Space is limited, so submit your application today!Candidate information, including eligibility requirements and applications, is available on the ETCP website (or if you would like the information mailed to you, please contact Meredith Moseley-Bennett, ETCP Certification Manager, at 212-244-1505. One of the highlights of Pope Benedict XVI’s recent visit to the UK was an open air Mass and the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, held at Birmingham’s Cofton Park.
The event, which was attended by 52,000 pilgrims, had a requirement for an extensive sound reinforcement system, together with induction loop systems to accommodate the hard of hearing, thus ensuring that the Pontiffs message was clearly heard by the entire congregation. The client’s brief dictated the requirement for the installation of a custom designed induction loop system, the largest temporary system ever designed by manufacturer Ampetronic.
2010 has certainly the year of Lady Antebellum, as they assaulted every chart imaginable with their monster hit “Need You Now”. Lady A, as they are known, has won numerous ACM, CMT, Teen Choice Awards, and CMA Awards including Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year, Video of the Year, and New Artist of the Year. They have also won two Grammys for their song “I Run to You”. They are currently nominated for seven American Country Awards, five American Music Awards and one People's Choice Award. This phenomenal group is in the absolute stratosphere of the music industry now. The Rory Peck Trust supports freelance news gatherers and their families worldwide in times of need and promotes their welfare and safety. It was founded in 1995, two years after Rory was killed filming in Moscow.
His wife and close friends wanted to provide help and support for the family of cameraman and woman who no one else would. This totally independent trust relies on income from grants, sponsorship, and charitable donations, so when Richard Martin Lighting was asked to provide lights for the annual awards again the company happily obliged. With its 60,000–square-foot imprint, the Encore Beach Club - and adjacent Surrender Nightclub - is one of the largest indoor/outdoor premier destinations in the desert entertainment Mecca of Las Vegas. Created by Steve Wynn and managing partner Sean Christie, the pair set out to make the venue one of the best not only in Vegas but also worldwide.The lush oasis features 40-foot palm trees surrounding three tiered pools, oversized lily pad loungers, dance pavilion shower poles, a gaming pavilion, and 26 private cabanas and eight bungalows outfitted with refrigerators and flat screen televisions.
As day turns to night, revellers can transition into the chic 5,000-square-foot Surrender Nightclub and dance the night away to world-renowned electronic music artists and DJs. Broadcasters, sound engineers and RF engineers can now download a new version of the Wireless Systems Manager (WSM) from the Sennheiser website. The new, upgraded version of the control software for Sennheiser radio microphone and monitoring systems includes a 'professional set-up' function.
Its most important features: the Manager automatically calculates the interference-free frequency set for the required number of radio channels, while a ‘lifebelt’ icon keeps a number of back-up frequencies in reserve in case there are any RF problems on the day. As part of a week-long visit to China to provide training for their distributor BVCAM, and visit a number of important clients, loudspeaker manufacturer APG took over the iconic Haidian Christian Church in west Beijing for a full day of demos of their new-generation products. The ultra-modern HCC, now the largest Christian church in China, provided an imposing backdrop for the event which was attended by around 50 sound engineers and consultants from a variety of professional audio backgrounds. Tait Towers and Fisher Technical Services, Inc. Have announced that they have entered into an agreement that allows the two companies to coordinate and share the resources and technologies developed by both firms.
Together, Tait Towers and FTSI are able to provide a competitive and formidable combination of tightly integrated staging and automation technologies for clients in all sectors of the entertainment industry. In Europe, Tait Technologies, a part of the Tait family of companies, will offer the services of Fisher Technical Services in all markets, except those where the company has existing agreements (e.g.
Moving industry in the UK). Sennheiser Canada has announced its partnership with TELUS, one of Canada's leading mobile telecommunications providers, to sell Sennheiser EZX 60 Bluetooth headsets and MM 50iP stereo headsets in its 1,200 stores across the nation. Launched on November 1, 2010, this breakthrough partnership, spearheaded by Michael Wyman of Sennheiser Canada's Communications Division, is to give TELUS customers ready access to Sennheiser's superior headset fidelity and state-of-the-art noise and echo cancellation technologies. Clay Paky and Netherlands-based AVL Concept recently joined forces to provide one of the more exciting celebrations held in the Netherlands for Queen’s Day 2010.
Queen's Day, or Koninginnedag, is an official holiday throughout the country to commemorate national pride and the royal house. Most cities and towns hold street parties and erect stages in the town square for live music and other performances.
During the last few years AVL Concept has been responsible for the technical side of the Koninginnedag event in the city of Groningen. Since 1967, Alice Cooper has been the personal favourite of the top echelon at Bandit Lites. Founder and chair Michael T. Strickland, vice president Michael Golden and San Francisco general manager Dizzy Gosnell all grew up with much in common, not the least of which was an appreciation for all things Alice Cooper. Manager Shep Gordon and tour manger Toby Mamis have worked with Bandit for the last two decades and look forward to many more.
Production manager Cesare Sabatini and lighting designer Chad 'Chopper' Lewis round out the structure on the road that Bandit deal with globally on a daily basis. Lighting designer Mark Cunniffe called on Bandit Lites and UK C.E. Lester Cobrin for the new road show version of the BBC smash Dr. The stage version of this television favourite is part of the global move toward Green technology as Cunniffe has chosen a fair amount of new LED fixtures. Among the offerings in the eco friendly green vein are Thomas Pixel PAR 90, GLP Impression, and Chroma Q Color Block DB 4. Nearly 100 different green LED fixtures are utilised, meaning less electricity is needed as well as lower levels of heat on the stage. Since its inception, the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta has grown into the most dynamic center for the visual and performing arts in the South and is among the top such centers in the nation.
Today the Woodruff Arts Center includes the Alliance Theatre, High Museum of Art, Young Audiences, 14th Street Playhouse and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The Alliance Theatre, now in its 42nd season, is nationally acclaimed and the recipient of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
With its two stages the Alliance creates powerful experiences for youth and adult audiences, while maintaining its status as the premier regional theater in the Southeast. Elstree Light & Power Ltd has announced the appointment of Dave Keighley (pictured) as its acting managing director. 'I've known Dave for 25 years as a friend and competitor. He has held senior executive positions within the foremost concert touring lighting companies and as such is a key figure in the industry,' said CEO Ronan Willson.
'I have asked Dave to join ELP to assist in the further development of the company, enabling me to concentrate on the new Millennium Studios project I am undertaking. His extensive knowledge and experience will be a great benefit to ELP as we expand and move the company forward.' From the Eurovision Song Contest to international projects for theatre renovation and construction through to crowd management – next year, Showtech 2011 will present new themes and formats in Berlin from 7 to 9 June. For the first time, the accompanying conference will be complemented by a new, open forum.
The technical tours, the excursions to stages in the capital, will be expanded, and more space will be devoted to the topic of event safety – both on the programme and in the exhibition area. One of the seminal figures in automated lighting has returned to the industry after an absence of more than a decade — to lead SGM Lighting’s product development programme. Peter Johansen, who originally piloted Martin Professional to become the world’s most influential lighting manufacturer, takes on the role of director of SGM R&D. Based in Aarhus, Denmark, with eight of his former R&D team, Johansen will oversee parallel development of a series of conventional discharge moving lights and LED fixtures. Over 35 years ago Randy and Carol Pope founded Perimeter Church in the Atlanta metro area. Hotel magnate Cecil B. Day, originator of the Day’s Inn chain of “budget-luxury” hotels, rented space to the fledgling church for a mere $50 month and helped propel Perimeter Church to its current success.
Now standing on ninety-five acres, Perimeter Church operates a complex of utilitarian buildings for all manner of functions and ministries, including nine auditoriums. But until recently, the campus was missing a beautiful chapel to host special services, events and weddings. That changed this year, with the christening of the Cecil B. Day Chapel, a 475-seat sanctuary of gorgeous wood, stone, and stained glass below a vaulted wooden ceiling. To complement the visual aesthetic, Steve Simmons, director of technical ministries at Perimeter Church, built the sound system around Danley Sound Labs full-range loudspeakers, subwoofers, and stage monitors.
Recently opened Ferrari World, the world’s largest theme park and the first and only Ferrari theme park in the world, is located in Abu Dhabi and featured a multiplex of driving-related attractions, thrill rides, and, of course, a racetrack. The structure is massive, covering fifty acres with a unique red dome roof adorned by a massive Ferrari logo. In a distinctive break from the well-trodden theme park music motif, celebrated composer Julian Scott was commissioned to write and record themes for the “factory” section of the new park. His cues are replayed in surround sound and synchronised to both the ride dynamics and the high-definition video replays. Scott recorded the pieces at famed Abbey Road studios, relying on Metric Halo ULN-8 and 2882+DSP converters to capture the enormously expensive session in stunning quality, without hiccup.
After 26 years, the Night of the Proms European Tour, kicking off at the Antwerp Sportpaleis has perfected the formula for pleasing all ages and musical tastes. Classical music, contemporary pop classics, and a healthy element of surprise keep the crowds coming back year after year. Lighting design by Geert Vanhout is set off by ShowTex stage curtains, tracks, and motion systems have been key ingredients since NOTP's beginnings and this year's edition is no exception.
15,000 fans on the opening night of NOTP 2010 can attest to that. If you look in the dictionary under Timeless and Legendry, you will find the same definition, ZZ Top! That Little Ole Band from Texas shows no sign of letting up after more than 40 years together. The original power trio continues to crank out the patented ZZ Top sound and delight audiences worldwide. In 2010 they continued the long tradition of Bandit Lites, also 40 plus years old, as their illumination supplier. Tour manager Pablo Gamboa, production manager Rob Kern and long time lighting designer Chris Stuba all worked with Bandit VP Michael Golden through the year to deliver Texas to the world.
The Welsh weather may have thrown its worst at proceedings, but spirits at The Ryder Cup 2010 were certainly not dampened, with Colin Montgomerie’s Team Europe swinging their way to victory on the greens and fairways of The Celtic Manor’s course. Providing vital support to the tournament, leading audiovisual services company Creative Technology (CT) deployed an array cutting-edge technology for its match play relay requirements, including a number of Lighthouse Technologies’ Rn7-ER LED screens. Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, the world’s largest indoor theme park, opened its doors to the public on November 4, unveiling a host of exciting and unique attractions.With more than 20 rides and attractions lying beneath the iconic 200,000 m² red roof, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi offers guests the time of their lives, with a host of attractions that indulge the senses in ways never experienced before.
With the thrill of some of the world’s most inventive rides, eye-catching surroundings, authentic aromas and distinctive sounds of Italy, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi will have something for everyone.Unusual Rigging & Engineering were involved in two particular projects at Ferrari World, one outside Galleria Ferrari, where three different red Ferraris have pride of place, hung on platforms on the walls as priceless works of art. Placement was critical, requiring not just detailed measurements, but also a system that would enable careful manoeuvring for the final placement of the platforms.Unusual’s project manager, Leon Ingram, devised a hoist system which comprised a run of square truss and a runner beam carrying two hoists for each platform, thus enabling fine adjustments to be made both laterally and vertically.The bare platforms were first offered to the wall and positioned to enable the bolt holes to be pre-drilled. They were then lowered back to the ground, where the cars were fitted by the Ferrari team. Strong Entertainment Lighting was awarded Best Green Product for the Neeva at the recent 2010 LDI Show in Las Vegas. Neeva is a LED luminaire that produces a hard edged beam that can be focused, framed and have gobos introduced into the optical path. Neeva produces a flat even field of light generated by a custom engineered LED array and optics system.
Dimming and control is completely onboard and can be controlled via DMX. Neeva is designed to visually integrate with existing lighting systems the Neeva offers designers a range of possibilities not previously possible with any other LED luminaire. ANSI E1.15-2006, Entertainment Technology-Recommended Practices and Guidelines for the Assembly and Use of Theatrical Boom & Base Assemblies, is being considered for reaffirmation.
The public is invited to comment on the existing standard from now through 3 January 2011. The review is over when the 'Review End Date' of 4 January starts. The public review forms are available at The existing standard is available for purchase from The ESTA Foundation at List price is $15. Discounts are available. With more than 100 of the nation’s top DJ artists pumping out tunes for 11 hours straight, Nocturnal Festival has become one of the premier electronic music events in the U.S. Produced by Los Angeles-based Insomniac Events, the one-day music marathon keeps getting bigger and better.
This year’s festival, held at the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, drew a record 42,000 electronic/trance/house music fans who braved the sweltering 100°-plus heat to listen and dance to Ferry Corsten, Steve Angello, Simon Patterson and Pretty Lights, to name a few. Cliff Richard, the perennial performer, celebrated his 70th birthday with a series of well publicised, sell-out concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. If proof were required of Cliff’s showmanship, he chose to feature an LED Video Floor as a focal point on the stage, adding a contemporary twist to his Bold As Brass swing / jazz theme. The video floor was supplied by UK equipment hire specialist Themes Incorporated, who were on hand throughout rehearsals and during the concerts to ensure the smooth delivery of custom graphics supplied by Cliff’s production team.
Production North principle Iain Whitehead and lighting designer Dan Hardiman worked with Bandit UK CE Lester Cobrin for the latest McFly UK tour, and took the show in a very Green direction. The world famous I-Pix BB7’s were called into play as the heart of the system by Hardiman and they were supplemented by Pixel Range PixelLines. The revolutionary I-Pix BB7s’ provide a look, a punch and a texture not found in any other light, Bandit has acquired a large number of these and is buying more I-Pix products with regularity making it a part of the move to green. For three weekends every autumn, smooth jazz drifts from the Avalon Ballroom overlooking the Pacific Ocean, when this legendary venue hosts the Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival. Constructed in 1929, the Casino in Avalon Harbor was an iconic entertainment spot during the golden era of jazz, when some of the most famous big bands were broadcast nationally from the ballroom. Hollywood celebrities and tourists from around the world visited the Casino during its heyday in the 1930s and ’40s to dance to the sounds of Jan Gerber, Kay Kyser, Bob Crosby, Dick Jurgens and Jimmy Grier, to name a few.
It’s no wonder that JazzTrax producer Art Good has chosen to hold his festival at this historic Catalina Island landmark for the past 24 years. With its rich music tradition and breathtaking scenery, there could be no more magical venue for jazz. Community Professional Loudspeakers is launching its new Distributed Design Series of ceiling loudspeakers.
The line will be officially unveiled at the Audio Engineering Society Convention in San Francisco, November 5-7. Designed for exceptionally high quality sound with very wide, uniform coverage, the series debuts Community’s innovative Drop-Stop and Twist-Assist features, to make the installation process easier, faster and safer.
Each model is available as a complete unit with everything needed for standard installations. The drive unit and face plate assembly and the back-can can also be purchased separately. The SFH 7770 from Osram Opto Semiconductors combines the functions of a digital ambient light sensor with those of a digital proximity sensor. It determines the ambient brightness, detects the presence of an object nearby and can even tell whether the object is moving closer or moving further away. It means that applications in cell phones and smartphones for example can be controlled without touching the phone. Apps open like magic, and the brightness and volume are adjusted at precisely the right moment. Since the beginning of May, American heavy metallers Manowar, Guinness World Record holders for being the loudest band in the world, have been performing their Death to Infidels World Tour 2010 around the globe.
The team from management company Magic Circle Music, with Jeff Hair from Aggressive Sound at front of house, have been with the band throughout. However, monitor engineer Achim Lanzendorf and his DiGiCo SD9, provided by production company B&R Medientechnik, joined them for part of the European leg. Rahman is one of the most talented composers and musicians working in the film and music industries today. While his film scores and soundtracks for blockbuster Indian and international titles have sold over 350 million CDs and cassettes around the world, he is perhaps best known for scoring Slumdog Millionaire, the darling of the 2009 Academy Awards. The Slumdog Millionaire score and soundtrack earned Rahman a Golden Globe, two Oscars, and two Grammys, among many other awards.
The soundtrack peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and hooked millions of fans on its runaway hit, “Jai Ho!”. Achieving high-quality event sound is always an accomplishment, but it becomes more of a challenge as the complexities of the overall production increase. The recent Canadian Country Music Association awards show, for example, involved not simply a talent-packed roster of more than a dozen artists, but also the complication of a nationwide broadcast on CBC, making lighting a big priority for the show’s producers.
And while audio was by no means marginalized, it was imperative that setup be fast and sightlines be unimpaired. An Electro-Voice sound reinforcement system, designed and provided by the Winnipeg office of leading Canadian event and installation company Sound Art, fit the bill on both counts.' We’ve been an EV house for a long time,' says Sound Art technical projects manager Iain Graham. 'Their gear is very reliable, and EV is consistently evolving their processing, so their speaker systems keep sounding better and better.' Graham designed the system in Electro-Voice’s Line Array Prediction Software (LAPS) and directed on-site setup. FOH mixing was handled by Toronto-based freelancer Peter Stoynich, while the mix on the EV Xw12 stage monitors was handled by Gerald Sawchuk, also of Sound Art Winnipeg, with Chase Tower and Dave Coe from Sound Art Calgary on RF and patch, respectively.
Mike Noga, an independent technician from Edmonton was the fifth member of the Sound Art crew.The CCMA awards show was held for an audience of about 8000 at the Rexall Place hockey arena in Edmonton, Alberta. The CBC simulcast, Graham says, meant that lighting had a bigger-than-usual impact on the placement and setup of the system. 'Between the stage and the audience, there was a lot of lighting, which meant a lot of hanging truss ending right about where the PA needed to go. So there were issues of where I could fly the line arrays, and how big a rig I could fly. There were issues of trim height as well, because you can’t block the lighting rig.' To keep the PA as small as possible without compromising on sound, Graham used left/right main arrays that were each made up of 12 XLC127DVX three-way, high-output loudspeakers.
'The XLCs give us good sound in a small package, and that was a big help,' he says. 'And the array was quite forgiving when we flew it high to clear the lights. The XLCs are so consistent and intelligible that you don’t lose much by having the array a little farther away. So we were able to get them up out of the way and they still performed very effectively.' Graham also credits EV’s rigging system with helping to work around the placement issues.
'The rigging design makes it easy to angle the box and also allows you to get more down-angle than you can get from a lot of other boxes,' he says. 'Once we had points and our looms laid out on the cable truss, arraying the boxes was simple and fast. Over 90 points total were being flown that day, so being able to fly the arrays quickly kept our client very happy.' For side fill, each XLC array was flanked with a 12-box array of XLD281 loudspeakers.
'The XLDs integrate really well with the XLCs despite being smaller,' Graham says. 'That makes them perfect for a side hang in situations like this one, where sight lines and lighting truss cannot be blocked.' An additional four XLDs were positioned as single boxes across the downstage edge, and two stacked pairs were used for offstage ground fill.
'They're small and they sound great even as single boxes,' Graham says, 'so they're perfect for fill in situations where it's impossible to use the optimum positioning. The boxes were below the downstage lip, but I was able to get the coverage I needed without overpowering the first row of seating.' For low end, Graham used 20 Xsub dual 18-inch subwoofers.
Two per side were used for ground fill, with the remaining 16 flown in a center cluster. 'I did the subs in the center because real estate in the downstage corners was in short supply,' he says. 'The Xsubs are solid and smooth.
I’ve never had a situation where I’ve had any trouble making them sound good, even in a reverberant arena like the Rexall Center. They sounded great, and because of the rigging system they were quick and easy to hang.' The system was controlled and monitored via Electro-Voice’s NetMax N8000-1500 digital matrix controller, and powered by a combination of Precision Series and Tour Grade amplifiers. 'I used NetMax to send the basic feed from the console to the various zones of the PA,' Graham says, 'and also as the crossover for the main arrays.
That allowed me to use FIR filtering with the Precision Series amplifiers. Being able to process the PA as a whole system before the signal moves on to the remote DSP for zone control is a valuable feature. I can quickly and easily adapt the system to the room and then fine-tune each zone of the PA as I go, all within the same processing environment.' The Precision Series amps, used for the main arrays and subs, included 10 standard P3000s and 28 P3000RLs with on-board DSP. The P3000RLs provided zone trim, EQ, and monitoring. Pairing each standard P3000 with a P3000RL, Graham was able to ensure consistent sound by feeding the input of the P3000 with processed audio from the DSP out of the P3000RL.The XLD zones, meanwhile, were powered by TG-5 amplifiers featuring RCM-26 IRIS-Net compatible DSP and control modules. 'The DSP power in the RCM 26 cards is amazing,' Graham says.
'Having the horsepower required for FIR filtering in each amp channel makes the system extremely flexible and easy to manage. Plus you also have zone EQ, time, level, et cetera, and you are able to see the load and temperature of every amp channel. It's unbeatable.' Graham’s enthusiasm is shared by Stoynich, who’s now mixed a number of comparable events on similarly configured Electro-Voice PAs supplied by Sound Art. 'I really like the clarity of this system,' he says.
'It sounds very natural without overemphasizing anything. We’ve had a great response from the audience and performers alike at several awards shows like this. Sound Art and EV have always come through with fantastic results.'
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Bandit Lites had the distinct honor of being a part of an historical event when the Grand Ole Opry House needed to be restored following last spring’s devastating Nashville flood. The day the rains stopped, and before the water started to recede, Opry lighting director Tyler Bryan and other Opry staff were inside the Opry House in canoes.
The entire stage and seating area was under several feet of water. The devastation the floodwaters left behind was unimaginable. One of the first calls Tyler made was to national director of sales & installations Chris Barbee to begin the task of restoring the storied building. The world-famous Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, national theatre of Russia and home to the Bolshoi Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and the Bolshoi Opera, is presently closed to its millions of annual visitors while undergoing extensive renovations. The doors were shut to the main building in 2005 and it is scheduled to reopen in a year’s time. The theatre has undergone many renovations in its time, but nothing anywhere near as major as this undertaking which is estimated at US$730 million and is being entirely funded by the federal government.
Touring in nine arenas across the UK, Dr Who Live is in full swing. With 23 dates currently confirmed and multiple shows per day in main venues the tour needed a stage floor that could resist extermination. Le Marks Consor floor was ideal, with its inner mineral fibre insert, designed for touring shows, rolling out flat, quickly and easily, time and time again.
The low profile Consor Stage Floor (only 1.7mm thick) resists indentations allowing heavy items such as camera dollies, flightcases and the odd Dalek to roll over the floor with minimal drag. Most scuffs and marks are also easily removed with Le Mark’s specialist cleaners keeping the floor looking fresh and presentable. “We’re now well into the tour and so far the floor has been brilliant, it works really well with the shows lighting and was a doddle to install” says Lianne Bruce, BBC deputy production manager for Dr Who Live Tour. Six weeks isn’t much time to go from an initial customer inquiry to having PA systems on-site and ready to rig. But when Pyxis Industries in Riverside, California was asked by North Coast Church to bid on the design and installation of sound systems at two different locations, owner Chad Costanzo didn’t hesitate. “These installations had to come together extremely quickly,” Costanzo says. “But our past experience with Electro-Voice gave us total confidence that everything would work out fine.
And it did.”. In 2007 the Health and Safety Laboratory on behalf of HSE conducted tests on two types of 13mm, Grade 8 Long Link Chains, one manufactured by the Columbus McKinnon Corporation (with the trade name 'Special Theatrical Alloy Chain' (STAC)), and the other thought to have been manufactured by The Crosby Group. As of October 2010, HSE and the Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton have been made aware that Crosby Group USA, and Crosby Europe did not manufacture 13 mm Long Link G8 Chain in 2007, or prior to that. Presented during LDI 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, October 22-24. 2010Wally Russell Lifetime Achievement AwardDavid CunninghamBooth AwardsBest Small Booth: Chromaleck, with an entire booth constructed from their own working product; a simple and brilliant idea.Most Creative Use of Light: Coemar, for a combination of a broad range of products with elegant soft goods to create strong visual impact.Best Product Presentation: Pyrotek. White Light has recently helped the Regent’s College Conference Centre in central London upgrade its lighting system with some of the very latest lighting and control technology.They have supplied the centre with ten Coemar Parlite LED fixtures in silver.
A great replacement for the traditional PAR can, the ParLite LED offers three-colour mixing and interchangeable lenses offering beam angles ranging from the standard 12 degrees up to a 110 degree flood, all in a compact fixture that weighs just 3.5kg. The fixture requires dramatically less power than traditional lighting fixtures, and unlike some competing fixtures has no fan, meaning that it is silent in operation and maintenance-free.
The Regent’s College ParLites were supplied with the optional IP65 rear panel kit, which converts the fixture for use outdoors. Just past its tenth birthday and The Lowry at Salford Quays in Salford has something to celebrate by having the first installation anywhere in the UK of d&b audiotechnik's latest E6 loudspeaker. At first glance it’s not the most monumental reason to celebrate, but there is some significant history here.
The E6 replaces the E3, d&b audiotechnik's most popular loudspeaker ever, and by universal acclaim its most utilitarian model. It is a fact that you will find E3s in many thousands of theatres and concert halls all over the world and many of them have been there for two decades. It was a direct lightening strike that brought the original building for Albright United Methodist Church in Mishawaka, Indiana to the ground, and it was three years after the fire before the congregation had a new permanent sanctuary. Like any complete re-visioning, Albright seized the opportunity to build a church that would meet its unique needs perfectly. The lovely new 450-seat sanctuary provides a well-functioning home to a range of ministries, activities, and classes nearly every day and night of the week, including both traditional and contemporary services on the weekend. To minimize the logistically complicated need for technical staff at all of the various functions, Albright turned to northern Indiana/southern Michigan A/V designers and installers Last Pew Sound Engineering to design an A/V system that would largely take care of itself via intuitive user-interfaces that even technology-challenged church members could easily command.
Last Pew turned to a Symetrix Automix Matrix 780 signal processor with Symetrix ARC wall panel controllers to deliver sophisticated functionality with simple controls at a very affordable price. After reading this story, every FOH mixer will be begging for his or her own personal Doug Lemke/SpectraFoo combo for the holidays. In a nutshell, Lemke’s recent outing with enduring 80s pop-rock legend Tears For Fears epitomised the challenge that FOH engineers are forced to confront over and over again – as if in a bad dream!
– different venues and different PAs from night to night conspired to threaten the repeatability of veteran engineer JB Blot’s otherwise studio-worthy mix. But Lemke provided a robust solution to this timeless trial. He used the power and nuance of Metric Halo’s SpectraFoo audio analysis software to tune each disparate system to match the sonic fingerprint of Blot’s reference Genelec nearfield monitors. Clay Paky fixtures shone brightly on Malaysia’s top entertainers in Malaysia as they gathered to celebrate the prestigious 24th Anugerah Juara Lagu (AJL). Often dubbed as the most reputable and respected local music award, this annual affair is attended by the who’s who in the local music scene. Held in Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur and organised and produced by local television station, TV3, the show is fortunate enough to be graced by the presence of celebrities such as Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, Misha Omar, Aleya, Bunkface, Black, Hujan, Aizat Amdan, and Stacy. Needless to say, this year’s event was another high-profiled star-studded affair.
The 2010 Mark Knopfler Get Lucky World Tour continued a long relationship between Bandit Lites and the award-winning superstar. Designer Simon Tutchener once again called on Bandit UK CE Lester Cobrin to handle the global needs for Knopfler and his entourage. On this jaunt around the globe, the show was as brilliant as ever, with Knopfler pulling hit after hit from a lengthy career of rock classics.
Tour manager Tim Hook and production manager Kevin Hopgood ran the well-oiled machine as it jetted around the world. Manager Paul Crockford again assembled a professional team to guide the show each day. Orbital Sound supplied the sound systems for The Railway Children production, being staged in the spectacular setting of London’s Waterloo Station. The station’s former Eurostar platforms have been transformed into a 1000-seat theatre, with the audience sitting traverse style along a 40m length of platform, either side of the track. Given the audience size and layout, and the constraints of the working-station environment, delivering quality audio required an innovative approach – resulting in four distinct systems, all using d&b audiotechnik loudspeakers, and employing complex routing and delays. The show is also among the first UK theatre productions to utilise the moisture-resistant properties of Da-Cappo Micro Microphones, distributed by Orbital in the UK.