Roma Musical Theatre in Warsaw has long been at the forefront of Poland’s musical theatre scene. The venue regularly invests in the latest equipment to maintain its competitive edge as a technical leader, the latest example being a new audio system – including intercom solutions from RTS, supplied by Polish RTS partner Audio Plus. The theatre stages one play per season, which is performed every day, often to a packed house. As the most famous musical theatre in the country, the staging of these performances breaks boundaries and sets the direction for professional theatre in Poland. “In order to efficiently…
Author: James Robertson
Absen has hired Adam Berditch as a new Business Development Manager for the UK. The new recruit will work to build upon the manufacturer’s connections throughout the UK’s LED market. With 12 years of experience across the AV industry, Berditch has worked at building businesses from the ground up in many sectors, such as retail, corporate and education. Berditch started his career at Sahara Distribution, as an account manager, and most recently was at Anixter, as global account manager before joining Absen as the UK Business Development Manager. The roles through-out Adam’s career so far has allowed him to work across…
HARMAN Professional Solutions recently partnered with MIX Media and TechDataPS to upgrade Seongnam Arts Center’s AV system with AMX networked video solutions. Seongnam Arts Center is the largest venue for cultural arts in the city of Seongnam. The facility features a 1,804-seat opera house, a concert hall that boasts the greatest acoustics in South Korea, an ensemble theater for smaller performances, two visual art galleries and an outdoor amphitheater with seating for 11,000 people. In order to ensure high-quality video playback and streaming in all areas of the facility, including the lobby, venue owners needed a state-of-the-art AV network. Seongnam…
The Weizmann Institute of Science is a renowned public research university in Rehovot, Israel which offers graduate and postgraduate degrees in the natural and exact sciences and hosts an annual event honoring the work of Israeli scientists and their contributions to an assortment of projects. This year for the first time, the format went fully digital in delivery – due to you know what – it was still staged at the Weizmann Institute campus’s Sela Auditorium, without a live audience but with as much ‘live’ presentational content as was possible which included lectures, seminars, presentations, Q&A sessions and the bestowing…
Dynacord’s MXE5 was introduced to the market last summer as the first member of the new MXE matrix mix engine series. The performance audio matrix with 24 by 24 crosspoints provides comprehensive routing and mixing capabilities, while also serving as a communications hub for IP-based peripherals with extensive control and monitoring functions. The entire network infrastructure – including Dante audio transport and AES70-compliant control – is already onboard. MXE5 is ideally suited for fixed installations in stadiums and sports venues, convention, conference and event centres, modern churches and larger educational facilities. As of now, the MXE5 matrix mix engine can…
ClearOne has added Voice Lift technology to its BMA 360 microphone, the world’s most technologically advanced ceiling tile beamforming mic array that delivers unrivaled audio performance and deployment ease. According to ClearOne Chair and CEO Zee Hakimoglu, the upgraded BMA 360 is now shipping to customers worldwide. “Voice Lift provides a powerful and simple way to drive multiple mix-minus speaker zones allowing everyone in the room to hear every word. ClearOne’s breakthrough technologies, FiBeam and DsBeam, allow greater Voice Lift gains to be realized than have been previously possible.” The combination of ClearOne’s beamforming plus feedback cancellation technologies provide up…
As a direct response to the new pressures faced by businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, South African AV technology solutions provider, Stage Audio Works, has announced StreamWorks, South Africa’s first end-to-end live streaming service. StreamWorks, a Stage Audio Works initiative, delivers a combination of high quality hardware, software and infrastructure that enables secure, reliable and predictable internet video delivery across the world. “COVID-19 has changed the way we work forever,” said SAW’s group CTO, Nathan Ihlenfeldt. “Participation in virtual events and remote meetings via the internet has become the norm for most of us, and even when…
Optocore has appointed RMS Proaudio as its new Spanish distributor. Expressing his delight, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, CEO of the Seville-based RMS Pro Audio said: “We have known Optocore particularly from the relationship with DiGiCo, which we have distributed for more than 15 years, and we consider their technology to be excellent. “For that reason we approached them, and it is an honour to now be able to provide solutions based around their advanced technology in our Spanish market. We know their products to be extremely reliable and offer flexible audio communication solutions.” Optocore Sales Distribution Manager, Dawid Somló, was equally…
Outline’s FPGA-based Newton processor has been awarded an Italian Patent, N° 102018000004143. The company has also filed the appropriate application for an international patent. Newton was introduced to the global pro-audio industry at Frankfurt MusikMesse in 2017 to immediate acclaim. It has subsequently been adopted by a number of the world’s leading audio hire operations and system engineers, delivering a unique feature set in a robust and user-friendly package. Innovation is woven into Outline’s DNA, with many of its products already protected under international patents. The company is justly proud of this latest acknowledgement and commented: “It’s well-known that our…
Audinate’s Dante, the de facto standard for digital audio networking, recently reached an impressive milestone with more than 3,000 different products now incorporating Dante for audio-over-IP connectivity. According to research from RH Consulting, 3,034 Dante-enabled devices are available from 361 different manufacturers as of January 2021. The data from RH Consulting indicates Dante is the protocol of choice in more than 91 percent of the networked audio products currently on the market. Audinate announced in January that the total number of OEM brands now working with Dante has reached 518, with 133 OEMs currently developing their first Dante-enabled product. “It’s…
