The Seaboard is designed to allow its players to apply dynamics, slurs, portamento, pitch bend, vibrato and other forms of expression with the fingers in a new and natural-feeling way. Or, as its inventor Roland Lamb says, it's a way of finding the space between the blac
The plaza is usually teeming with people, especially during evenings and weekends. It is a prime people-watching spot and a very popular meeting place. Most people, locals and tourists alike, gravitate toward the bronzed Akita Inu statue
The most recent Turkish-German Cultural Olympics took place in Munich's Olympiahalle. Show lighting designer and ope
"I haven't been this excited about a new approach to PA technology in a couple of decades now," said Scovill. "The approach that EAW has taken with Anya is a leap forward in the quality and the way in which audio ca
The company placed an initial order for 36 MLA and 12 MLX enclosures with Richard Maunder's company, VTi - Martin Audio's territorial distributor.
"It was an easy decision to opt for the MLA after we had heard the system, its capabilities and the technology that adapts to the ever changing environment," stated Almoe general manager, Glen Dougherty.
Along with Almoe
As Lighting Systems Manager at the Royal Opera House for the past 14 years, Paul Hornsby looks after the infrastructure of the building for performance lighting, including the maintenance, testing, and upgrading of the venue's lighting systems. "We run a continual refit program - a lot of the moving lights we have are 13 or 14 years old now, so we're gradually replacing
To ensure that they were well prepared for everything - acoustic sets, electric sets, large theatres, small arenas, the U.S., Europe, and Australia - SES specified L-Acoustics' brand new K2 system for its first official tour as a main PA.
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Taking place in some of Belgium's biggest arenas, the show was a fresh and contemporary take on the 50s classic high school romance story, injecting it with energetic dance routines and huge visual effects. Peumans therefore nee
The tour's spectacular scenic aspects and lighting have been designed by show directors Lee Lodge and Willie Williams and LD Mark Cunniffe.
Lighting includes three eye-catching chandeliers above the stage, each constructed from three concentric semi-circular trusses and flown on a total of nin
The bands were pop rockers Mandrage from Pilzen (LD Tomas Karban); Divokej Bill a well-established folk-rock band from Uvaly near Prague (LD Matej Mantlik) and loud-and-proud thrash metal outfit SKWOR (LD Martin Samecky).
Three very distinct bands embracing three different genres of music, all enthusiastically received around the country at average 1000 capacity venues
The installation encompassed the main reception area, café, stairwell and underfloor of the attraction. A more welco
The 2014 Capital Radio Summertime Ball took place at Wembley Stadium on 21st June and featured line-up which read like a 'Who's Who' of contemporary pop and DJing talent with 22 high profile names gracing the Wembley stage throughout the day.
As in previous years, Sennheiser UK provided support and technical backup to the Ball's audio provider Adlib. Sennheiser in-ear monitoring wa
Lighting for the two areas has been designed and specified by Chris Moylan of Berlin-based Optikalusion, who designs touring shows and assorted live and special events as well as currently designing lighting, video and automation for TUI Cruises' new shows and consulting on equipping the key entertainment locations on their new vessels.
The project this year involved over 130 moving heads and over 350 conventional lighting fixtures from Fineline - utilising moving light produc
Fast becoming one of the most talked about touring shows around, Bangerz features everything from giant tongue slides to flying hot dogs. Lighting designer Rob Sinclair, who has worked with Peter Gabriel, Queen, Pet Shop Boys and may others, collaborated with award winning show designer Ez Devlin to create the show's unique look.
"The creative brief for the show was that it should be fun," explains
Opened three years ago, Lørenskog Hus is a multi-purpose municipal venue located 20 minutes from Oslo. Covering 15,000sq.m over eight floors, it features five auditoriums, four cinema screens, seven meeting rooms, a restaurant and a library. Providing a focal point for the regional community, it stages a wide variety of live productions and hosts conferences, corporate and cultural events, as well as showing films and other acti
The European Parliament itself commissions all of its broadcast facilities, these are then used to relay feeds to broadcasters; in this case the many who were covering the elections.
"The Parliament's sound engineer, Oliver Martin, wanted the same team for the audio systems who worked on the
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Freedom Day, marking the end of communist rule in Poland in 1989, this remarkable global gathering saw US President Barack Obama plus 50 European heads of state, the Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and various royalty attend a special concert in the capital's Castle Square.
Gigant Sound Letus specified a compact nine-per-side GTO main system supplemented by eight GTO-SUB modules, all powered by Powersoft T11
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"We use the Soundcraft Si Performer 2 at the ANU bar as a foldback console," remarked Garry Peadon of Greenroom.
"Chris Neal at Canberra's Eclipse Lighting and Sound owns a Soundcraft Si Performer 2 and he told me how good it was and that was good enough for me. They know their stuff and if they sa
Although there are six venues at the Hellfest, the big names appear on the famous twin stages, Main Stage 1 and Main Stage 2
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Featuring award-winning innovation and ground-breaking technology, LumenRadio's products have been developed to guarantee reliability even in the most technically challenging scenarios. Products are manufactured and tested in Sweden to ensure they mee
Alfred Burgess, pastor of worship and creative arts, reports that the MICA loudspeakers' power and clarity was immediately noticeable. "After the first
With a 30m thrust stage into the centre of the stadium and the most video screen yet to be toured with an artist, the choice of
