Ulster Hall, a concert and entertainment venue that is part of the ICC complex in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, has recently received a new lighting installation featuring nearly 60 Robe moving lights, including nine ESPRITE Profiles, 25 PAINTE Profiles and 25 LEDBeam 350s. This is part of a general upgrade for the venue, which is also a Grade A listed building dating to 1862, complete with a rich musical and cultural history that has seen greats like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and many more shake its hallowed walls with excitement and great vibes. It is also home to the Ulster Orchestra,…
Author: James Robertson
Tallinn City Theatre recently upgraded its sound system to provide all public spaces with ambient soundscapes and even coverage, without disrupting the theatre’s bold visual appeal. For this, the theatre selected a Genelec Smart IP solution to deliver the necessary combination of sound quality at low levels and sleek aesthetic design. Tallinn’s Old Town – Vanalinn – is a UNESCO World Heritage site, recognised for its well-preserved medieval landscape and cultural relevance, therefore making the Lai Street restoration project one of the rarest and most historically significant theatre upgrades in all of Europe. “While this is excellent for the theatre,…
Rabat Ice Hockey Arena in Morocco has added a new Olympic-sized ice hockey rink that doubles as a multipurpose event space, integrating lighting, structural elements, LED walls and a high-performance audio system. At its heart is a K-array sound system specified to fill the entire arena with immersive, intelligible audio for any event. The project was delivered by Cegelec, a subsidiary of VINCI Energies that specializes in consulting, design, engineering, construction and the maintenance of commercial and industrial buildings and infrastructure projects at large. Cegelec’s audiovisual division managed the installation of professional equipment across the venue. K-array equipment for the…
HIVE has announced its new Q-SYS Verified Plugin for HIVE Beeblade media players. As a contributor to the Q-SYS Ecosystem, HIVE collaborated with Q-SYS to create a market-ready control solution that integrates HIVE media playback, monitoring and control directly within the Q-SYS Full Stack AV Platform, giving system integrators seamless access to player functionality within their existing AV control environments. The plugin enables HIVE media players to be fully controlled and monitored within Q-SYS Designer, the software used by integrators to configure and deploy Q-SYS control systems. Through the integration, users can access real-time status data, manage playback and monitor…
In response to requests by its users, Outline has updated Newton’s firmware. The update implements a most significant workflow addendum that allows users to seamlessly save and recall whole-platform snapshots of all its functional parameters and settings right on its board. The possibility of saving and recalling a complete Newton operational status as snapshot turns in handy for addressing different usage scenarios in multipurpose rooms and venues, whereby different portions of sound system need to be activated (and/or optimised) at specific configurations of walls’ and floor partitioning, for example – or when specific event types in the same venue rely…
Renkus-Heinz, a global leader in loudspeaker technology, has inaugurated a new Experience Centre in Bangkok, serving as a strategic regional hub to foster innovation, demonstration and collaboration. The modern facility offers partners, consultants and end-users an immersive, hands-on environment to experience its audio solutions. The Experience Centre showcases Renkus-Heinz’s loudspeakers, subwoofers, and cutting-edge technology via dedicated demo rooms, allowing visitors to discover these innovative solutions and explore how they can be used to enhance audio across a range of environments, from theatres and transportation hubs to houses of worship. To celebrate the site’s opening, Renkus-Heinz welcomed RH Partners from APAC…
VIOSO has announced the launch of VIOSO Experience Designer, a cloud-based platform that allows AV professionals to design and simulate complex projection systems entirely in a browser. The platform introduces the concept of a virtual site survey for projection installations, enabling designers to evaluate projector placement, brightness, lens behaviour and potential occlusions before arriving on site. Experience Designer forms the first stage of a complete projection workflow: Design → Simulate → Calibrate → Playback While seamlessly integrating with VIOSO’s calibration and playback solutions, the platform is deliberately open and vendor-neutral and can be flexibly integrated into existing workflows of AV…
L-Acoustics and d&b audiotechnik have teamed up with SoundPLAN to develop the SDE standard. A step towards reliable noise prediction, SDE provides a neutral standard for noise prediction across multiple sound systems. As outdoor events continue to grow in urban areas, effective noise management has become critical. Until now, predicting noise emissions from festivals and events with systems from different manufacturers has been challenging, as each system relied on its proprietary tools. The lack of interoperability often resulted in inconsistent noise predictions, making it difficult to meet environmental requirements. The SDE standard directly addresses this challenge by providing a unified…
The Aronoff Center for the Arts in downtown Cincinnati has upgraded its main performance space with a new Meyer Sound LEOPARD system in its 2,700-seat Procter & Gamble Hall. Designed and integrated by Ovation Audiovisual, the installation builds on the venue’s 30-year relationship with Meyer Sound, delivering uniform coverage and the flexibility demanded by today’s Broadway tours and high-impact productions. Opened in 1995 and designed by architect César Pelli, the Aronoff Center serves as Cincinnati’s primary Broadway stop while also hosting concerts, symphony performances, ballet, and special events. As the home of First Financial Bank Broadway in Cincinnati, presented by…
Thomas Riedel, founder and owner of Riedel Communications and the Riedel Group, has acquired ARRI, the Munich-based premium manufacturer of camera and lighting technology for motion picture and live entertainment. The entrepreneur from Wuppertal was chosen in a competitive international process with his concept for a new home for ARRI, marking the largest acquisition of his career to date. Through the acquisition of ARRI, Thomas Riedel establishes a close strategic alignment between ARRI and the Riedel Group, expanding its expertise across the entire production chain — from camera optics to distribution. ARRI’s ecosystem of camera, lighting, and systems technology perfectly…
