Audinate has announced full availability of the Dante Application Library software development kit (SDK). Previously available to a select few, Dante Application Library is an SDK for PC and Mac that provides software developers with an easy to use conduit to the greatest installed base of audio devices on earth: products and solutions connected via Audinate’s Dante, including microphones, speakers, signal processors, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and more. “Dante is the native language of professional audio,” said Nick Mariette, Senior Product Manager at Audinate. “The success of any audio software application hinges upon customers being able to easily connect to audio devices…
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Online home fitness startup GRNDHOUSE recently equipped its studio with a custom LED lighting rig designed by Hayden Borgars, featuring Martin Professional VDO Sceptron 10 LED video fixtures supplied by Colour Sound Experiment. Conceived and launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, GRNDHOUSE provides daily workout videos with professional instructors via a subscription service. Members can follow along at their own pace with a flexible schedule, on-demand access and a range of intensity levels. When launching the service, GRNDHOUSE’s founders knew their broadcast studio needed excellent lighting and a distinctive visual design to establish the company’s brand. To achieve this goal, GRNDHOUSE…
HARMAN Professional Solutions have introduced the JBL-LCT 81C/TM metric lay-in ceiling tile speaker and the JBL-MTC-CSTeth1 retrofit safety tether for JBL Control 10, 20 and 40 Series ceiling speakers with press-in grilles. The LCT 81C/TM delivers high output and exceptional intelligibility for classrooms, offices, paging systems, airports, retail stores and any place where speech and music clarity are critical. This discreet, low-profile speaker features a highly efficient 200 mm (8-inch) dual-cone driver with 1-inch voice coil and high-performance transformer. Its wide 100-degree conical dispersion pattern translates to broader coverage with fewer speakers, and its high 96 dB sensitivity means loud…
ArKaos has released the most significant features update in recent years for its MediaMaster real-time video control software platform, MediaMaster 6. This MediaMaster feature update not only provides a brand new, streamlined user interface, it also unlocks multiple dynamic new features and offers 50% more performance, power, and speed* compared to previous versions – taking creativity and imagination to new levels, enabling users to produce the most spectacular high impact shows. The brand-new Remote Player is one stand out feature – a cue-based programming tool especially designed for those working on long term and permanent installations and other fixed environment…
fChristie HS Series 1DLP laser projectors have brought an iconic clock tower in Hebi to life with spectacular visuals that aim to boost cultural development and elevate its image as a city that exudes elegance and exquisite charm. Affectionately known as China’s “Big Ben”, the 66-metre-high (217 feet) clock tower was built more than 20 years ago and is one of the most recognizable landmarks of Hebi, a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province known for its rich coal reserves. In a move to soften the city’s industrialized image and inject more vibrancy to Hebi’s administrative, cultural and leisure precinct…
Datapath opens its Online Experience Center – allowing users to get ‘hands on’ with the company’s latest control room solutions including Aetria, while experiencing the power and flexibility of Datapath’s fully integrated hardware and software. Presented from Datapath’s head office in Derby, UK, users can now experience their AVIXA-accredited training sessions and sales demonstrations as if they were in the room. Datapath’s global training manager Iñaki Viloria López, explained: “We have used the very latest technology to be able to showcase our Aetria solution to you, wherever you are in the world. With multiple camera feeds, displays and countless permutations…
As restrictions started to ease and the industry begins to open up, LiteNordic, Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for Norway, Sweden and Denmark, came up with an ingenious way to reconnect with their customers and lighting designers in a safe, fun way after a near 2-year hiatus. They hired a camper van, threw in a bunch of IP65 rated lighting fixtures, including Ayrton’s Perseo Profile and Perseo Beam, and took them out on a camping road trip. They set up camp in forests outside Norway’s three main cities: Stavanger, Oslo and Bergen where they invited lighting designers, rental companies, sales companies and…
Middlesex Sound & Light (MSL) recently completed the ninth installation in the high intensity 1Rebel gym infrastructure, with the completion of 1Rebel Oxford Circus. Their eighth premium site in London, the self-styled ‘King of Gyms’ has a portfolio that extends to the Middle East (which was completed late last year). Described as a fitness-fashion hybrid, boasting nightclub quality production values, each site features high-octane sound reinforcement from the Martin Audio catalogue. Originally introduced to owners Giles Dean and James Balfour around four years ago as a replacement for their previous sound supplier, MSL provided a sophisticated AV upgrade of the…
North Montgomery High School Auditorium is benefiting from a new technical upgrade, including advanced C21 dimming technology and Vision.net touchscreen control interfaces from Strand, a Signify entertainment lighting brand. Looking for new power-saving LED house lights and stage lighting control infrastructure to replace their increasingly unreliable systems, North Montgomery High School turned to Associated Controls & Design (ACD) for help. “The existing wall controls had started to fail, while the dimmer racks were also failing and had started randomly flickering various circuits when the system was in use,” said Sean Cole of ACD. Cole opted for Strand’s versatile C21 dimming…
Offering a solution to enhance the flexibility of its MicroCom XR wireless intercom system, Pliant Technologies announces the new 4-Wire I/O Interface and Two-Way Radio Headset Adapter (PAC-MC4W-IO). Designed with MicroCom XR wireless intercom customers’ workflows in mind, this small-but-mighty solution adds additional users by connecting a MicroCom XR system to a variety of wired and wireless intercom systems that use an industry-standard 4-wire connection. In addition, it also offers a direct intercom interface from the MicroCom XR to many two-way radio devices. “We have been receiving very positive feedback from our MicroCom XR wireless intercom customers since its launch…
