For over six decades, St. Mary Catholic Church in Detroit’s Royal Oak suburb has faithfully served the community through its food and clothing pantry, holding regular mass, and teaching students at its parochial school. With the joyous challenge of finding space for a growing congregation, this summer the parish relocated its music ministry to the rear balcony of its nave, thereby creating more main floor seating. It also brought in Detroit-based Sound Planning Communications, Inc. (SPC) to equip the space with a new sound reinforcement solution primarily composed of L-Acoustics A Series and Syva enclosures. According to SPC’s design engineer,…
Author: James Robertson
Amongst the beauty of regal parks and palaces, swathes of green and museums, Hanover, the capital city of Lower Saxony, is home to Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen (State Broadcast Station), one of the region’s most recognised landmarks and part of regional public radio and television broadcaster, Northern German Broadcasting (NDR). Its iconic building is home to Kleiner Sendesaal, a 350-seat hall that plays host to an array of corporate and music events along with the 1,250-capacity Großer Sendesaal, which has been primarily used for the NDR Radiophilharmonie which produces over a hundred concerts each year. This summer, both halls received a major…
Renkus-Heinz, manufacturer of professional loudspeakers, is partnering with DEMOA to bring premium sound offerings to France. The move puts Renkus-Heinz solutions in the hands of more integrators and end users – allowing for quality sound to be placed precisely where you want it most: on the audience. “We’re extremely excited to be working with DEMOA to help AV consultants, integrators and architects in France” said Michal Poplawski, European Technical Sales Manager at Renkus-Heinz. “DEMOA is a rapidly growing team of well-known and respected talents in the country, and will offer a specialist approach to supporting audio professionals and end users…
The #WeMakeEvents campaign has been ramping up activity in order to highlight how the global live events industry urgently needs to get back to work. Over 30 million people in 25 countries would usually work in the events industry, but with social distancing measures in place, there is no possibility of a financially viable return for the foreseeable future. Over the past weeks, events have happened around the world, including in the U.S., Canada, Sweden, France, Germany, Spain and UK, to raise awareness of those impacted in the event supply chain, from manufacturers, production companies, catering, transport, security and others,…
Christie laser projection and content management solutions play a significant role in illuminating the interiors of a karst cave to deliver a spectacular multimedia show that accentuates the beauty of this natural cavern, located within the Taiji Cave scenic area in Xuancheng City, Anhui province. The “Hutian Fantasyland” multimedia show is powered by 14 Christie DWU1075-GS laser projectors, Christie Pandoras Box Software Players and Widget Designer (Photos courtesy of Shanghai Hehao Technology) Titled “Hutian Fantasyland”, it is China’s first multimedia show in a natural cave featuring intelligently executed projection and audio technology that offers visitors a highly immersive and entertaining…
MA Lighting has introduced new products for its grandMA3 onPC range: the grandMA3 onPC fader wing and the grandMA3 onPC xPort Nodes DIN-Rail. The grandMA3 onPC fader wing is designed as the perfect hardware playback expansion to the grandMA3 onPC software. In combination with this free of charge software, the grandMA3 onPC fader wing offers the full playback capabilities and adds 2 048 Parameters to the grandMA3 onPC parameter count. The range of grandMA3 onPC xPort Nodes DIN-Rail are specifically designed for the ever-increasing demands in fixed installation applications to build a reliable and stable backbone of synchronised data transportation.…
Asia-Pacific (APAC) pro AV revenues will decline from $94 billion in 2019 to $88 billion in 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19, but will outperform other major regions around the globe, according to the new 2020 AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA) Asia-Pacific Summary produced by AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association. APAC is expected to return to strong growth in 2021, with revenue rising by 9.1%. Looking further into the future, APAC pro AV revenue is forecast to reach $126 billion in 2025. “Decisive approaches to the COVID-19 crisis by many countries in the APAC region…
The Bremerhaven City Hall used the COVID-19 break to bring its in-house PA system up to date. In order to be able to fill different events flexibly, the choice fell on the scalable M-Line from SE AUDIOTECHNIK. Consisting of a total of ten M-F3A PRO tops, four S 15 PRO subwoofers and plenty of accessories, the new system can be set up in a wide variety of ways. The conversion is very quick and easy, especially because of the very compact, lightweight M-F3A PRO line arrays – each one has an A4 front surface and weighs only 8.3 kg. Whether…
PLASA has unveiled PLASA Online 2020, a programme of free online content from Monday 12 to Friday 16 October designed to provide industry professionals with the knowledge and confidence needed to navigate the COVID-19 crisis and prepare for what’s next in live events and entertainment. Across all five days, there will be a curated selection of keynote talks, discussion panels, product presentations and technical sessions. Thought-leaders and business experts will address the most pertinent issues such as the Covid crisis, Brexit, technological innovations, and safety regulations. Additionally, audio, lighting and AV will present their latest products and solutions including Adam…
Robe moving lights were at the core of a truly spectacular lighting scheme designed to illuminate the magnificent Pula Arena in Croatia in red for the evening of 1 September. This was in solidarity with the #RedAlertRESTART action in the USA which saw over 2,000 buildings lit in red all over North America on the same date, to highlight the critical stage of the live events and entertainment industry globally during the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for support and roadmap to re-starting. Pula’s world-famous arena is the only remaining Roman amphitheatre in the world to have four side towers…
