Jands UK dealer, A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. (PLASA stand P41) will showcase models from the Vista hardware range, including the new Vista D1 playback processor. When connected to any host console from the Vista family, each D1 allows control of an additional 8192 DMX channels to help cope with the increasing channel counts being used in today's designs.
Jands will also showcase new features for their award-winning Stage CL conso
The company's PLASA stand (P60) will feature models from the Color Force, Studio Force and Inspire ranges illuminating various surfaces, to demonstrate the LED products' colour accuracy and consistency, and precise theatrical grade dimming - features which together are designed to deliver the highest performance levels from a lighting instrument, says the company.
Making its PLASA London debut is the award-winning Inspire LED house light, a powerful multi-purpose creative lighting tool that can transform the look and feel of both large performance spaces and smaller commercial,
Stock of this essential book - the first new edition in five years and now including material previously contained in the Model National Standard Conditions for Places of Entertainment - can be found on the ABTT's Stand, A53, at ExCeL London, from this Sunday 6 October, at a reduced rate, held for all four days of the show.
Edited by David Adams and published by the Association of British Theatre Technicians, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the District Surveyors Association and the Institute of Licensing, the book sets out the physical standards for buildings, their equipment and the good management of th
Plus ETC introduces the ETC PLASA Lounge and Power and data requirements PLASA seminar.
Fixtures:
Key to this year's ETC stand is company's newest and most innovative LED lighting fixtures - the Source Four LED CYC and the Desire D22.
Above the stand is a large 7m x 3m cyclorama, lit with ETC Source Four LED CYC, using the Lustr+ LED engine. One side of the cyclorama is a painted theatrical cloth to show the versatility and efficacy of the Lustr+ seven colour mixing system, highlighting colours as
The AudioLab Arena is a new purpose built pro audio demonstration facility where the latest products for club sound, mobile and large format systems will be showcased. The Roland V-800HD Multi Format Video Switcher will feature at the core of the set-up in the Arena which will host shoot outs from exhibitors such as Adam Hall, Dynacord and FBT.
Peter Heath, Sales and Marketing Director for RSG UK will present a business seminar in Seminar Theatre 1 on Monday 7th at 5.00pm entitled 'Maximising Sales Efforts'. This is a session aimed at sales people/managers about the benefits of pro-active calling and selling. It will also look at building and managing sales pipelin
The product range can also been seen in action providing sole illumination of the stand (Q50) for industry-sponsored racing driver, Jack Goff - currently competing in the 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC).
"Each Vision product is manufactured using quality components, processes and materials, then tested to the very highest standards to deliver reliability and satisfaction time and time again," the company adds.
The Vision LED family features a 16° PAR, a 1 metre batten, and a zoomable moving wash, each using 10
The PLASA Awards for Innovation
RC4's new RC4Magic DMX4Flkr with RC4 Flicker Effects Engine has been nominated for the PLASA Awards for Innovation. "The DMX2flkr and DMX4flkr produce beautiful flicker and flame effects," says RC4. "Use the RC4 Flicker Effects Engine to define unique, personalised looks, not pre-packaged or canned effects. You determine - in real time with DMX channels - how oscillators and random-number generators modulate
PLASA 2013 attendees will get an opportunity to try out the compact V276 on Mac control interface and Mbox® Studio, a software-only version of the popular Mbox Extreme® media server, both of which are available for sale. Both products are designed for use with a user-supplied Apple Mac computer. Individually these solutions are feature-ri
PLASA 2013 attendees will get an opportunity to try out the compact V276 on Mac control interface and Mbox Studio, a software-only version of the popular Mbox Extreme media server, both of which are available for sale. Both products are designed for use with a user-supplied Apple Mac computer. Individually these solutions are feature-rich but when combined, these two products prov
The West London based company - which delivers cutting-edge visuals technology to some of the UK's biggest shows including X Factor, Million Pound Drop, Britain's Got Talent, and many events, conferences and award shows - is working closely with Avolites Media to offer the industry powerful solutions to push the boundaries of on-screen displays.
"Having looked at the marketplace we wanted to select a media server that would be user friendly and at the same time has plenty of future capabilities," says Anna Valley's director of corporate and events, Nick Hart. "The extended features combined with a familiar user i
"We are excited to return to Berlin for the 136th Convention," stated Bob Moses, Audio Engineering Society executive director. "Berlin is a hub of technology and industry, with a vital and rich history in audio innovation. In addition, Germany is an extremely important marketplace for our business partners and sponsors to engage with pro audio customers. It is a more-than-fitting site for our next European convention."
(Jim Evans)
The ever-popular awards - organised by The Society of Television & Lighting Design (STLD), The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), Clay Paky and Ambersphere Solutions and generously sponsored by Chroma-Q, Hawthorn, MA Lighting, Osram, Robert Juliat and XL Video - provide public recognition for outstanding achievements in touring, television and theatre lighting and video design.
Hosted by Andy Collins, the sparkling ceremony saw over 300 lighting and video professionals from the worlds of TV, Theatre, Concert Touring and Events come together to celebrate the diverse range of creative talent in production design today.<
The cheque was presented by ETC's Anders Ekvall to Light Relief trustee John Simpson and freelance lighting designer Stuart Porter, who was recently helped by the charity.
(Jim Evans)
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This September, resident group Word and Life Worship - described as "a high-energy praise and passionate worship band spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ" - were again under the spotlight. Local sound and lighting specialists Prosound, PR Lighting's new South African distributors, provided a fully dynamic lightshow consisting of fixtures from the Chinese manufacturer to really make the performance come alive in the Boksburg-based church.
These included 10 XLED 1037, 10 XLED 336 and 10 XR 200 Beam - as well as other PR Lighting heads.
To maximize the event and swell the congregation, record companies and other churches from all over the region were invited with heavy pro
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The PLASA Awards for Innovation recognise products that advance the industry by demonstrating a new style of thinking, improving technical practice or taking a key step forward in terms of safety. During the show's opening two days, 45 new products were judged 'live' by an independent panel of expert judges who toured the show floor to view each product presentation.
Eight awards of equal standing were presented, as well as the PLASA Award for Sustainability, to the following winners:
Clay Paky for the A.Leda B-EYE K20
The judges said, "The B-EYE had a &q
"There were no delays, but the sound was clear and very loud even 100m back from the stage," recalls Jay Neil, technical director of EHQ Projects. "Afterwards, I had people telling me it sounded like a CD on a great stereo."
In order to cover an audience of 30,000 in Kuala Lumpur's Stadium Merdeka, the two companies configured a system of 72 Milo loudspeakers, including 40 for main hangs, 30 for side hangs, and two for out-fills. Front-fill was provided by 12 M'elodie line array loudspeakers, and 40 7
Prices for the 2014 event had been increased by £10 to £210, plus a booking fee, but festival-goers could pay a deposit of £50 before sett
The show was world premiered at the Mayfield Depot in Manchester as part of the 2013 Manchester International Festival (MIF), then played at Kraftzentrale at Duisburg's Landschaftspark at the 2013 Ruhrtriennale International Festival of the Arts culminating in a run at The Park Avenue Armouries in New York last week, making a serious impact.
The powerful and thought-provoking presentation was a collaboration between Massive Attack's Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adam Curtis and technical visionaries, United Visual Artists (UVA).
Lighting designer Tim Oliver has worked on various art and performance projects wi
Jamie Hickey, Tindersticks monitor engineer since 2008, says he used DPA d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones over the summer when the band performed seven shows as a taster for the 21st anniversary tour. One of these performances involved a special set at the Blue Balls Festival in Lucern, Switzerland, where the six-piece band was joined by a 17-piece string section.
"The venue had a stock of DPA 4061 Miniature Microphones that it was happy for us to use on the string section, but due to their omni polar pattern I didn't think they were the best option for a string section that wa
Right from its first edition, in 1997, Fuji Rock was a truly star-studded event: artists included Weezer, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Massive Attack, Prodigy, Rage Against the Machine and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Nowadays, Fuji Rock is a phenomenon able to attract over 100,000 fans. Born from an idea by Hidaka Masa, the festival aimed at changing the way Japanese fans "listened to music", offering them the possibility of hearing sounds for the very first time, in an atmosphere of "freedom", while camping surrounded by nature.
The event's 2013 edition featured performances by top names on the Japanese and international alternative rock and electronic scenes: Bjork, The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, Vampire
Real Music Acoustics & Lighting Technology Co. Ltd., Adamson System Engineering's distributor in China and Hong Kong, supplied an Energia E15 line array system for the two-day festival.
"The record labels artists represent many different genres of music," explains Richie Wang, GM for Real Music Acoustics & Lighting. "We provided a substantial Adamson E15 PA in order to accommodate their heavy metals bands as well as pop and folk music acts."
The E15 line arrays - 12 enclosures per array - were hung from scaffolding erected to the right and left of the stage. Under each array were a stack of six
Artists including Rita Ora, Beverley Knight and Jessie J were joined by Emeli Sande, Ellie Goulding and Ed Sheeran for the concert, which was held to mark the 20th anniversary of Stephen's death in southeast London.
Red TX was commissioned to handle the broadcast audio by Paul Dugdale, who was directing the project on behalf of ACME TV. Dugdale previously worked with Red TX during the summer when the company recorded The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park.
For the Unity concert, which was broadcast on BBC 2, Red TX used its main Red 1 outside broadcast vehicle, with engineers Tim Summerhayes and Ollie Nesham at the controls.
"We knew the event was going to be challenging due to a tight schedule and the shear amount of ar
Fifteen awards were announced on the Theatres Trust stand in the midst of the PLASA hubbub.
Sponsored by AVW Controls, dbs Solutions, Load Cell Rental, Mayflower, Philips Entertainment, PLASA, Production Resource Group (PRG), StageBitz, Stage Jobs Pro, The Fifth Estate Ltd and Triple E, the TTAs are also very kindly supported by Lighting&Sound International and The Theatres Trust.
Host for the evening was prolific multi award-winning lighting designer Rick Fisher, perhaps best known for his work on Billy Elliot the Musical and An Inspector Calls. Recent credits include Great Expectations at Bristol's Old Vic, The Herd at The Bush Theatre, and Inside Wagner's Head at the Linbury Stud
Robe's CEO Josef Valchar comments, "We are really happy. There was a constant stream of people to the booth, interest in all the latest products and of course, we are delighted to win another Innovation Award, which is a great recognition of all the hard work and foresight of our product design and R 'n' D teams."
The Robe stand was the largest of the exhibition in surface area and occupied a prominent position at the back of the hall. It was designed by Nathan Wan and also featured an eye-catching light-show - also designed and programmed by Wan, utilising all the new and latest products to a special soundtrack.
This ran every half an hour, and attracted even more people to the booth t
