Just off a tour with Polish vocalist Daria Zawialow and her four-member band, and currently out with Five Finger Death Punch, Szczepan Buzun is a live sound engineer with over 12 years of experience specialising in mixing monitors. Over his career, Buzun says he’s relied on RF Venue gear including CP Beam and Diversity Fin antennas, COMBINE4 and COMBINE8 IEM transmitter combiners, and the 4 ZONE multizone antenna combiner for wireless mics. He owns RF Venue RF Spotlight antennas and the RF Explorer PRO RF Spectrum Analyzer and is looking to pick up a couple of RF Band-pass Filters, all…
Author: Daisy Thorogood
The annual legendary Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye returned from 23rd May – 2nd June to the picturesque town in Powys, Wales attracting over 250K visitors. Featuring some of the world’s greatest writers, thinkers, and performers with a full-packed programme of culture, and creativity covering the 10-day event. Founded in 1987, Hay Festival Global has grown into one of the most celebrated literary charities in the world and delivers events with exciting line-ups of acclaimed authors, thought leaders and artists from around the globe. This spring’s edition in Hay-on-Wye featured 800 conversations and performances with diverse voices and genres including best-selling novelists,…
AtlasIED announced the launch of Atmosphere Cloud, a much-anticipated addition to its award-winning Atmosphere audio processing and control platform. The company will showcase Atmosphere Cloud at InfoComm 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, from June 12 to 14. AtlasIED’s Atmosphere platform is a state-of-the-art audio control system designed to enhance communication and improve the ambience in public spaces. Simple to deploy and use but powerful in capabilities, Atmosphere combines digital audio processors, amplifiers, graphical user interfaces, programming software, and controls to set a new operational and performance standard for digital audio systems. The addition of Atmosphere Cloud expands upon the established…
Amino announced the launch of its H200W, an advanced addition to the H200 series. This new model builds on the success of the H200 by incorporating Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth (BLE 5.2), offering unprecedented deployment flexibility and enhanced performance for digital signage and enterprise video applications. Amino’s H200 series, featuring the H200 and the newly introduced H200W, is designed to meet the diverse needs of any signage or enterprise video application. The functionality of the successful H200 is now enhanced through the wireless connectivity of the H200W, providing an expanded range of use cases and simplifying deployment in challenging environments.…
INFiLED has unveiled its groundbreaking ColdLED technology, a result of years of dedicated research and development. This innovative technology is designed to address the heat-related challenges commonly associated with LED screens. ColdLED technology incorporates several key techniques: utilizing the flip-chip method, incorporating common cathode technology, applying high-quality ICs, and employing a well-designed PCB layout design. In traditional face-up LED assembly (Left image), chips are connected to contact points via copper or gold wires. However, these wires can hinder the brightness of LEDs, leading to reduced luminous efficiency. Additionally, the small contact area between the chip and circuit board results in…
The fanless LIVA Z5F PLUS mini PC comes with 4 COM ports (RS232/422/485) to easily connect to a card reader, receipt printer, or barcode reader for retail applications. Designed to prevent dust, noise, and overheating issues, the LIVA Z5F PLUS is perfect for a self-service kiosk, POS, or eye-catching multi-display digital advertising. The LIVA Z5F PLUS features support for 15W TDP Intel 13th & 14th Gen Core Processors with Intel Graphics, 2 x DDR4 3200MHz So-DIMMS up to 64GB, 1 x M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe Gen 4×4 SSD, dual HDMI (including 1 with CEC),1 DP and 1 Type C Alt.…
At Bootshaus, you’ll find flame throwers, fog machines and lasers. But don’t let the pyrotechnics fool you; here in the world’s number five-ranked club, it’s the sound that’s number one. “Upgrading to L-Acoustics helps us keep our coveted position as one of the best clubs in the world. Bootshaus has always been recognised for prizing sound over visuals. Sound is super important to us,” boasts Tom Thomas, Managing Director at Bootshaus. For 20 years, Bootshaus has curated a mix of electro-house, dubstep, and drum’n’bass for clubgoers. One of the country’s first techno-culture hubs, Bootshaus built a reputation inside Germany, where…
Naostage announced the addition of four new distributors in Europe. These strategic partnerships in the UK, Italy, Poland, and the Czech Republic, cater for the growing demand for its award-winning tracking solution, K SYSTEM, the world’s first automatic, beaconless live 3D tracking solution. In the UK, Naostage will be represented by 2B Heard, a company founded in 2015 with extensive experience in professional audio brands for pro-AV integrators and rental companies in the UK and Ireland. “Naostage represents an exciting concept of merging innovation into the creative process, allowing us to work with visual and audio concepts simultaneously,” says Sam…
Event production company, Sussex Events, kicked off the festival season in style with their new MILOS MR2K 12 x 10 Roof System and Layher Event Deck System, which debuted at the Land Beyond Festival, Brighton. The event delivered a jam-packed weekend of unchartered adventure and music to mark the first UK Bank Holiday of the year in the popular south coast seaside town. With Area Four Direct UK now working closely with Layher as a Technical Partner, it was the perfect opportunity to supply, design and configure a complete roof system with the Layher Event Deck base to maximise the…
Neg Earth Lights has considerably expanded its extensive EXE TECHNOLOGY fleet of hoists making a substantial investment in an additional x56 EXE Rise 2000KG D8+ LVC (double fall) motors. The decision to strengthen its collaboration with EXE TECHNOLOGY underscores Neg’s dedication to fostering continuous investment and innovation in its Motors and Rigging department. This strategic investment comes at a pivotal time as the industry enters a busy touring and festival season, which has seen increased demand generally and additional requirements for the EXE Rise 2000KG D8+ LVC units especially. The EXE Rise 2000KG D8+ LVC hoist has a reputation of being…
