Auckland, New Zealand-based Lighting Designer Rachel Marlow of Filament Eleven 11 created an exciting ambience with ‘Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle’, an immersive lighting and audio installation work staged over four days in Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber. This was part of the ‘Auckland Live Fringe Town’ aspect of the city’s annual Fringe Festival event, a proudly independent and hugely popular open-access arts festival which took place earlier in the year, just before the Coronavirus pandemic shut down the industry for an indefinite period. Rachel used the venue’s lighting equipment which includes Robe MMX Spots, WashBeams and T1 Profiles…
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Genelec’s new G LearningLab educational program is to kick off this August with a series of tutorials focusing exclusively on the company’s GLM loudspeaker manager software. Titled “6 steps to creating your Sonic Reference,” the training sessions will also be used to unveil GLM 4 – the newest version of the software – which is currently in a public beta test phase prior to its official global launch. G LearningLab itself is an educational tool designed to help the audio community better understand how to create high quality audio, and provide a more enjoyable listener experience. Easily accessible via the…
disguise xR technology (Extended Reality) has helped deliver the virtual edition of the ‘Sapphire Now’ conference, hosted by worldwide enterprise application software company SAP, who offer tools to enable easier virtual working for users. The 2020 global conference aimed to deliver the important message that a resilient response can drive a sustainable and profitable future to its workforce, customers and partners who, for this year, were a remote audience of over thousands. Creative innovators, Purple have been involved with SAP’s annual live conference for many years, and innovation was certainly required for the 2020 virtual event. Purple designed a video…
Just Add Power is now offering webinars on demand via registration through its website. For dealers with questions on Just Add Power and its products, the personalised webinars allow them to conveniently get answers, on their schedule. “We’re known for providing outstanding support to our dealers, but with COVID-19 restrictions still in place, we had to get a little creative in finding a way to make product and service introductions readily available,” said Eric Martin, Training Director at Just Add Power. “Our on-demand webinars are the perfect answer. They allow us to cover any topic that dealers want when it’s…
Live music is back on the Channel Island of Guernsey. With lockdown restrictions on the island completely lifted on 20th June due to the eradication of all Coronavirus cases, the St James concert venue in Saint Peter Port is in the fortunate and enviable position of being one of the only live music venues to have re-opened its doors. And when it did so, the 350-capacity venue had completed its first phase installation of a brand new JBL VTX A8 PA system, a key component in an ongoing series of upgrades to the historic venue. The search for a new…
Wharfedale Pro has expanded their DP series of Class D digital amps with the announcement of new DP-D models. DP-4100D and DP-4150D. These advanced 4-channel power amplifiers deliver enormous output power, up to 14.2kW, and are stable all the way down to 2Ω. This makes them perfect for multi-loudspeaker systems such as Wharfedale Pro’s own WLA-series line array. DP-D series amplifiers feature powerful internal DSP which is accessible through either the front panel or through the supplied control software. The DSP control interface gives granular editing of EQ, Limiting, Delay, Phase and Filtering to the signal path, allowing a DP-D…
With a focus on strategic planning and continued growth, AV collaboration and control leader Atlona has hired Christina Cruzeiro as Regional Sales Manager for Canada. Based in Toronto and reporting to Jamey Swigert, Director of AV Sales and Business Development, Cruzeiro is responsible for working with Atlona’s Canadian distributors and integrators, and expanding Atlona’s business across the country. Cruzeiro’s AV industry experience took shape 10 years ago as a Sales Manager for New Toronto Group, where she led the company’s Adobe Connect Software product division for five years. She later introduced Microsoft Surface Hub version one to resellers throughout Canada…
Situated in the Dundela district of Belfast, St Mark’s Church has a remarkable heritage. Historically, it has strong links with the author CS Lewis, whose grandfather was the first rector of the Parish. Designed by celebrated Gothic architect, William Butterfield, in 1876, it recently underwent a complete overhaul of its sound system, with Martin Audio partners, Rea Sound (under the project management of Roger McMullan), installing the manufacturer’s sleek and discreet O-Line software-optimised micro line array, which is purpose designed for houses of worship. Rea Sound had introduced O-Line to the Irish church market as soon as it was introduced…
In response to high demand for additional training offerings, Ashly Audio is introducing next-level coursework through its Ashly University portal – including a new, private course option where students can request their own, custom topics. “We said from the start of Ashly University that if we got a strong response to our webinars we would add more,” said Noel Larson, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Ashly Audio. “With our courses consistently hitting capacity, we’ve made the decision to open up summer school! We want to make sure we’re providing the right content for the customer’s needs, so…
“Our goal is to prep our inventory and staff so as soon as things are ready to start up again, we can hit the ground running,” stated Premier Entertainment Group President and Owner, Dave Guiler about a recent acquisition of Elation Fuze SFX LED moving head luminaires. “That was the goal behind the purchase, to get things together easily and quickly so when this is over we don’t have to worry about any missing pieces.” Located in Dothan, Alabama, in the southeast corner of the state, Premier Entertainment Group recently acquired 20 Fuze SFX Spot FX fixtures along with other…
