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Adlib lights Ellie Goulding in style

The Adlib crew - Jeff Bond, Rob Lister, Ian Tomlinson and Neil Holloway

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Liverpool- based Adlib is supplying its new Pixled F30 LED screen, a Catalyst media server, full production lighting, FOH and monitor sound consoles and a stage monitor system, plus crew for the BRIT Award winner Ellie Goulding's UK tour. For selected shows, including the London showcase at Hammersmith Apollo, they also supplied the full PA, as required by Jamie Butterworth - Goulding's production manager.

Adlib's Ian Tomlinson designed the lightshow for Goulding, which was developed in close collaboration with Goulding's drummer and musical director Joe Clegg, who produced all of the show's video content through his design agency Artclub.

Taking these visuals as an overall creative starting point, he and Tomlinson looked at the options on screens, which resulted in Adlib's

The showroom in the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas boasts a 12-unit Martin MaxModules control system

World's largest MaxModules control system

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - The historic showroom in the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas boasts a 12-unit Martin MaxModules lighting control system, the largest MaxModules console ever assembled in the world and the latest in a string of Martin controller installations in the city.

The system consists of two MaxModule Cerebrums, two MaxModule Playbacks, two MaxModule Buttons, one MaxModule Programmer, and five MaxModule Submasters, all mounted in a completely customised frame.

The man responsible for integration of the extensive setup is Matthew Paupst, system design engineer at FBP Systems of Las Vegas. Paupst brought in Hilton lighting director Mark Broedling to programme the system.

"The showroom underwent a facelift and needed a new lighting control solution," Paupst stated. "I've used the Maxxyz system for a long time and am familiar with its many benefits, but the modular concept o

Pantomime comes to Rotherham Civic Theatre - with PixelRange

Rotherham Civic Theatre invests in PixelPars

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Rotherham Civic Theatre and Arts Centre has addressed a number of ongoing issues: Health and Safety, turnaround times, carbon footprint as well as energy and labour costs, in one fell swoop with the purchase of 16 PixelRange RGBA PixelPars, featuring high intensity CREE LEDs.

Working at height to change the lamps and gels for static lights is common practice in UK theatres, but the PixelPars have brought a dramatic change of circumstance to the theatre. For the first time, operators have instant control over the lighting colour via DMX control. The PixelPars are fitted with 40 degree diffusers to give good coverage and are zoned to spread colour evenly across the stage.

Technical manager Steve Smith comments: "We looked closely at the marketplace to see what was available and the PixelPar won the vote of th

Flyleaf tour with Soundcraft Vi6 and Si3 digital mixing consoles

Flyleaf Unite and Fight with Soundcraft

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Platinum-selling rock band Flyleaf have been touring constantly in 2010, building upon the success of their Memento Mori and Flyleaf albums. Now on the second leg of the band's Unite and Fight tour, Rich Caldwell (front of house engineer) and Sean Patrick (monitor engineer) rely on Soundcraft Vi6 and Si3 digital mixing consoles, respectively.

"Earlier this year we were able to secure a production budget to carry consoles, so we started shopping for a desk to rent," says Rich Caldwell, Flyleaf's front of house engineer. "We wanted to go analogue at the time, but it's just not practical for a multi-band bill and limited trailer space. After several lengthy conversations with Vince Kapchinski, the owner of Backstage Sound and Lighting [of Bryan, Texas], we decided to take out the Vi6. He kept raving about how 'analog' the Vi6 digital sounde

DPA stereo mics give jazz pianist versatility

Details: 14 March 2016

Poland - Jazz pianist Leszek Mo?d?er has been using two DPA stereo miking kits - a 3511 and a 3506 - for his live performances and studio recordings.

The 3511 kit consists of a pair of matched DPA 4011-TL cardioid microphones with stereo booms and mounting accessories. These mics are linear in their frequency response, on and off axis, and provide high SPLs to allow close as well as distant placement. The 3506 kit contains two 4006-TL compact omni mics which have a detailed and natural reproduction with high sensitivity and low noise-floor.

"DPA microphones transfer the sound very faithfully," says Mo?d?er, explaining why he's chosen the DPAs. "They reproduce everything: the hammers working inside the piano, the touch of the fingers on the keyboard, the mechanism of piano's pedal. The microphones record and reproduce everything that is going on while playing; th

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