In addition, a second Sapphire Touch was used a backup. All front-end Avolites control equipment was supplied by global lighting and show design company Mirrad.
"The brief for this show was: 'make this look like the biggest show we've done, with loads of light, visuals and energy'," says Thompson. "This was, of
The University of Derby is a modern education provider with more than 28,000 students attending a diverse range of courses. The main campus located in Derby ci
The group's latest large-scale digital art installation will transform the sandstone façade of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia into a series of sound and colour 'machines' to create "a truly stunning, continuously morphing listening and viewing experience".
This work, a close collaboration b
New Orleans-based Solomon Group produced and designed AT&T Playoff Playlist Live! providing a full array of live event services for the first-of-its kind concert series.
"For organizers at CFP and ESPN, it was crucial that the events taking pla
Although Steve has a long-standing relationship with the operators of the venue, this is his
"We're thrilled to have the VL4000 Spot in our rental inventory" said David Rosen, president Kineti
The Australian born bass player, who is also a part of the rock band We Are The Riot, knew he needed to upgrade his mixing equipment for his solo tour in order to travel internationally to promote his new album Linchpin. It is something he wasn't able to do when he was a band member of Static-X.
"With Static-X we just didn't have the budget to send a big monitoring rig to other countries. The weight and size of the equipment made
Among the first to order its Mythos was Lightwave Productions, a small London-based company that provides a full technical production service across a broad range of events. Its hire stock needs to be able to service the needs of everything from a corporate aw
At the event, The Warehouse showcased a range of quality audio products from d&b audiotechnik. The Warehouse is d&b audiotechnik's onlysales partner in Scotland and the North of England, so PLASA Leeds provided
California-based Sound Image served as the sound reinforcement provider for the trek and supplied an L-Acoustics K2 system at the request of Chris Aman, who did double-duty as both the group's FOH engineer and production manager.
Aman had his first opportunity to mix o
A major challenge in designing lighting for The Who in recent years is that no smoke or haze can be used, which immediately rules out certain types of lights.
Tom has been using LED sources increasingly in his designs, and decided to continue that
The team at the Playhouse Theatre, which opened in 1998, recently took a decision to replace its existing dimmers. Phil Viney from Design Stage was engaged to prepare a specification that would directly replace new for old dimmers in the 850-seat venue.
Due to space limitations and the existing dimmers' footprint, any replacement
"With the Cooper, we decided to go beyond what anybody else was doing in our region," states Randy Pryde, president of Movie Palace, Inc., operator of Studio City Mesa. "When it came to audio, we didn't want to com
The day's main music performances and speeches were held at the main square in front of the entrance.
"These are the projects where the Dreamlines prove to be unbeatable," says Peter Ellegeest (engineer ASL). "Events like this are about many things but not about sound reinforcement. Intelligibility and HI fidelity music shoul
With no available barge capable of providing the required 'foundations' for a two-bedroom house, replete with kitchen, living room, bathroom and garden, Star Events built a bespoke floating structure, which was licensed by the Port of London Authority.
Star came to the event via a wave of other waterborne showcases, Jaguar and Cortana among them, and
Lighting designer Gabe Hodge built on the previous year's design which consisted of 18 lamp bars with six GRN LED pars per bar, six Color Kinetics Colorblaze 72 LED strip lights, and eight Elation CUEPIX WW2 Blinders which replaced the four GRN 8-lite moles.
"I knew that I wasn't going to use the
The format of the show in the Caernarfon Suite at Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, south Wales, was a conference and presentation during the day, with the room transformed in a rapid 60 minute turnaround between 6 and 7pm to a gala dinner and party.
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Floyd Central's new Elation lighting rig, purchased from Phoenix Lighting of Louisville, Kentucky, was part of a recent school lighting renovation and Mary Poppins was the first show to have the new gear available.
Floyd Central High School's director of theatre arts, Robbie Steiner, produced and directed the production and also designed the scenery. Concerned a couple of years
Only recently announced at Prolight + Sound, the Leopard line array loudspeaker and its accompanying 900-LFC low-frequency control element are the smallest and most versatile members of Meyer Sound's flagship Leo family.
"After listening to the Leopard system, I was not only surprised but shocked," recalls Martin tefanek, managing director of Hurricane. "I couldn't believe
The Quantum Profiles are the latest addition to Blue Parrot's large moving light inventory which includes 30 MAC Aura washes, 24 MAC 101 units and a mixture of the flagship MAC Viper series of products: Profile, Performance and Wash DX models.
"We've had a great experience with our Martin MAC Aura and MAC 101 fixtures over the last few years," says Dave Morri
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One of the College's key aims is to expose their students to a wide range of ideas and concepts relating to the various courses offered.
KV2 Audio's involvement in the week-long symposium began with a
Rob Nevalainen, who said this only last month, has many good reasons to celebrate Perpick's sense of adventure. "A little over a year ago my company Gearforce needed to invest in a good medium size PA system. What were the choices? There weren't too many large US audio companies close
