Based in London’s Fitzrovia, Epic Games’ London Innovation Lab is a hub for the creative community, offering creators across industries a platform to produce real-time content and immersive virtual experiences, using Epic’s Unreal Engine (UE) software. The new curved LED Volume, recently installed at the Lab and running on Brompton Technology processing, is a testament to the company’s continuous commitment to empower new ways of content creation using the latest technology advances. Whilst UE has been at the forefront of Virtual Production (VP) since the first workflows began to emerge, it is the first time that the company has introduced…
Author: James Robertson
LynTec, a leading manufacturer of innovative electrical power control solutions for professional audio, video, and lighting systems, announced its RPC panels were successfully installed at the Palacio de la Musica in Mérida, Yucatán. Principal consultant and lighting designer Aleksandar Lalicki relied on the award-winning RPC panels to properly power the extensive AVL systems throughout the facility. Packed with the world’s most innovative audio, video, and lighting systems that allow visitors to experience live music as well as learn about Mexico’s music history and its role in theater, radio, TV, and movies. “Before the pandemic, in any given week, the Palacio…
Seizing a chance to generate some beautiful light art, positive energy and creativity during the pandemic, Johannes Spieß, project manager from technical specialist MKM Event Show Technik based in Darmstadt, Germany, launched a new initiative of his own – ‘Bergstraße leuchtet’ (Bergstraße Lights) – to highlight some of the famous Bergstraße “mountain route’s” stunning monuments, historical buildings and public spaces. With events halted, normally busy rental company MKM had an abundance of lighting products including an extensive Astera inventory of AX3 LightDrops, AX5 TriplePARs and AX7 SpotLites sitting in the warehouse, so these were used to support all 12 of…
The AVIXA Women’s Council, a global community for supporting and empowering women in the AV industry, has announced the addition of a new local group in Hong Kong. The AVIXA Women’s Council was formed in 2015 and today has 47 local groups around the world with more than 860 members. With the addition of Hong Kong, the council now has seven local groups outside of the United States. The formation of the Hong Kong group is led by Joy Balboa, Regional Marketing Manager for Vega Global, and Heather Li, Director of Digital Workplace Solutions for Vega Global. The new group…
Eventide announces the November 2, 2020 availability of the Pro Tools | HD Expansion Card for its flagship multichannel effects platform, the H9000. The user-installable expansion card allows Pro Tools | HDX or HD Native users to connect the H9000 directly for up to 32 channels of direct I/O with Pro Tools|HD via its Primary DigiLink port. It can alternatively be daisy-chained with other Pro Tools interfaces via the Secondary DigiLink port with the included 12-foot mini-DigiLink cable. Either the H9000 can be slaved to an external master clock via loop sync/word clock, or the H9000 can provide the master…
Nobu Hotels blend modern, cool luxury and minimal Japanese tradition into the concept of a lifestyle hotel — which is exactly what Robert De Niro, Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, and Meir Teper wanted when they decided to open a property in Chicago. No detail would be overlooked. The development team sourced the industry’s leading architects, designers, GCs, suppliers, and hospitality experts for the stunning 115-room hotel, restaurant and rooftop scene, complete with an indoor lounge and outdoor terrace. Technology had to contribute to the guest experience, and sound was no exception. Nobu wanted a team of experts to come in and…
Best known for its creativity and music scene, Bristol is famous for its sound systems from the streets of St Paul’s carnival to world class venues, Motion and Lakota. The teams behind CRACK Magazine and various well-known venues across the city have joined forces to open an all new venue designed to cater pub food, drinks and music on an equal footing. The Red Church has been fitted with a vintage sound system direct from Pinewood Studios with some state-of-the-art modifications. The team behind the installation is Alex Lindsay who has worked as a sound engineer in the South West…
Formerly known as the Tribeca Grand Hotel, the Roxy Hotel is a four-pearl, 201-room property in the heart of Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. It’s hip and cool – amenities include an in-room pet goldfish (on request) and free loaner bicycles – and multiple bars offer regular live music, including a jazz club and cocktail lounge. The newest amenity is a cozy cocktail and dining area under the hotel’s marquee, designed for a bite and sip in a pandemic-safe environment. But the hotel didn’t skimp on sound: a pair of Genelec 4430A Smart IP Installation Speakers were installed there over the summer…
Out of concern for the safety of its employees and global community, ETC has announced that it will not participate in traditional trade show exhibitions until July of 2021. With the pandemic affecting many people’s ability and desire to travel, the company has instead decided to focus its resources on remote demos and online events. A major part of the trade show experience is the chance to see the latest gear and get one-on-one face time with product experts. With this in mind, ETC has been hard at work converting in-house demo spaces throughout the company’s offices into studios for…
Meyer Sound has revealed the promotion of Katrin Rawks to Director of Loudspeaker Engineering and the hiring of Ianina Canalis as Application Architect, Spatial Audio Specialist. Starting at Meyer Sound as a student intern in 2003, Katrin has steadily taken on increasing responsibilities over the years, culminating in her recent appointment as Director of Loudspeaker Engineering. In her new role, she reports directly to Vice President of R&D Marc Chutczer. In prior positions in mechanical engineering and transducer engineering, Katrin worked directly with company President & CEO John Meyer and Vice President and Chief Loudspeaker Designer Pablo Espinosa on the…
