Ashly Audio has launched the first major update to its new AquaControl software suite. Among the new changes are templates, additional filter types, and link groups – and they are all provided free of charge. The new features are the result of sustained partner feedback and focus on adding capabilities that allow for more efficient and effective integrations. “Part of the promise when we introduced AquaControl and the mXa-1502 processors has been that we are developing a platform for our solutions that will continue to make integrators’ lives easier, system set-up faster, and overall sound quality better,” said Noel Larson,…
Author: James Robertson
Home to the Kansas City Ballet, Lyric Opera of Kansas City and Kansas City Symphony, The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is a cultural cornerstone delivering extraordinary and diverse performing arts experiences. Heralded as one of the World’s 15 Most Beautiful Concert Halls, the Kauffman Center first opened in 2011 and was designed by Moshe Safdie. Now wanting to update their exterior lighting design to better illuminate and accentuate the classic architecture, the Kauffman Center worked with Lankford Fendler + Associates who created a new lighting design using Anolis Lighting LED luminaires supplied by Premier Lighting and Controls. “The…
Situated in the Melbourne’s east, the community at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church was being crowded out by a suburb fast-tracked for urban growth. Needing to relocate to a quieter location with room to expand, they became aware that a short distance down the road the St. James Uniting Church, with its striking mid-century early modern architecture, was looking to sell. It looked a perfect fit. A deal was done which duly led to a full-blown renovation of the church, including a sensitive, high-quality audio visual fitout in the heritage-listed building. This included a Martin Audio O-Line as the sound reinforcement…
The PROLIGHTS LED lighting range provides the ideal solution for multi-purpose venue, New Cuts Art Centre (The Cut), Suffolk. Since opening its doors 17 years ago, creative entertainment, education and enterprise hub, The Cut, has gone from strength to strength, becoming a centre for arts in the community, and now offers a full programme of activities, including; a weekly cinema, theatre, music, regular art exhibitions and an educational programme. Looking to the future, the venue decided it was time to upgrade their existing lighting rig in the theatre to LED. As the space is used for a variety of performances…
Architectural lighting firm Magic Monkey and system integrator NetherLED recently collaborated to illuminate Deutsche Bank’s Belgian headquarters in uptown Brussels with a dazzling animated display powered by Martin Exterior Wash outdoor LED lighting fixtures. Located at the corner of a high-traffic intersection in Brussels’ uptown district, the nine-story building designed by architect Maurice de Maet features three street-facing façades lined with 59 columns. To make the building stand out during the holiday season as well as the rest of the year, Deutsche Bank hired Magic Monkey and NetherLED to design and install a state-of-the-art architectural lighting solution. To provide dazzling…
The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro, North Carolina is now the home to the largest Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system in the United States. The center’s events will be supported by world-class audience amenities and advanced technologies, including variable acoustical environments tailored for each performance. The project was both boldly ambitious and fiscally conservative. It was ambitious in that the $90 million facility would incorporate the latest technologies for acoustical and staging flexibility, allowing the venue to serve as a concert hall for symphony performances and opera as well as an auditorium for spoken word events…
ACT Lighting has launched a new ACT Academy promotion offering all of its online courses – including newly updated grandMA3 courses – at a 25% discount. The promotion runs from 19 to 25 October by entering the promo code alwayslearning here. All registrations are valid for six months. The special promotion is offered during the week when LDI – Las Vegas traditionally takes place. ACT Lighting always provides grandMA consoles and trainers for courses sponsored by the conference. “LDI has been a great learning experience every year, and ACT won’t let that change even in 2020,” said Ryan Hindinger, Director of Sales…
Scene Change, Australia’s leading AV company, has set up a National network of virtual event studios, providing their clients a perfect platform for reaching their audience during the times when running events is challenging. Set up in central locations in each state – Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane & Hobart – the virtual event studios allow corporates, associations, schools, fundraisers and many other clients to produce high-end content, run a live broadcast, performance or event. Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne are all equipped with VuePix Infiled LED wall backdrops and are perfectly set up to allow for social distancing for both the…
Bluesound Professional, the premium distributed audio ecosystem for commercial spaces, announced the immediate availability of the BSP1000 and BSP500 network active loudspeakers. Both models incorporate integrated streaming capability designed specifically for use in either indoor or outdoor commercial installations. The BSP1000 and BSP500 speakers are offered in choice of White or Black matte finish and come supplied with an integral wall mounting bracket for easy installation. The units are powered by Power over Ethernet (PoE) allowing a one-wire connection to the speaker for both power and audio. The player in the BSP speaker is based on the established BluOS platform…
Atlona, a Panduit company, has promoted David Shamir to VP of Product Management. Reporting to Atlona co-founder and CEO Ilya Khayn, Shamir will continue to lead the company’s product strategy while expanding his responsibilities to oversee engineering and product development. David takes on his new role as the AV industry navigates many disruptive changes, from technology transitions to pandemic-driven shifts in how people work and learn. Combining product management and engineering leadership into a single role streamlines Atlona’s internal processes, increasing the company’s agility and responsiveness to rapidly evolving market needs. “Our industry was already very dynamic and constantly changing,…
