Dave Bookhout, Director of Creative Arts & Worship of Newhope Church in Durham, North Carolina, uses the Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer and Waves plugins to stream the church’s services. Streaming has grown increasingly important during the current health crisis, Dave said: “We’ve been broadcasting our services from our six campuses (Durham, Garner, Hillsborough, Wake Forest, Sanford, Kenya, and iCampus) for a while now; but since COVID, it’s become the most important thing we do on a weekly basis. Sometimes we broadcast live using the eMotion LV1, and at other times we pre-record and then mix and master the broadcast…
Author: James Robertson
A year on from taking delivery of the world’s first Wavefront Precision Longbow (WPL) system, Richmond, VA’s Soundworks has now switched its entire inventory to Martin Audio, purchasing both 8-inch WPS and 10-inch WPC systems. Founded in 1976 by Steve Payne, Soundworks has long benefited from a working relationship with Southard Audio, led by Mike Southard in neighbouring Harrisonburg, VA. In 2019, the two companies jointly chose Martin Audio for the first time, becoming the first WPL users in the world with each company purchasing 24 WPL cabinets, 12 SXH218 hybrid subs and 12 iKON iK42 amps. “We used WPL…
Beyma continues growing and improving with new hires and internal promotions. The new addition to the Beyma family is Diego Ivars, who joins Acustica Beyma’s R&D department as a Transducer Engineer. Apart from his great character, Diego brings vast knowledge in transducer design and manufacturing after almost a decade of experience in Scandinavia. He will brings a lot of passion, knowledge and human quality. After his two and a half years as Product Manager in the sales office in Beyma China and more than 5 years as Transducer Engineer in Beyma’s R&D department, Nacho has taken up this newly created…
Sri Lanka is well known as jewel kingdom. Ada derana is TD Derana’s news flagship brand and currently is the No.1 news provider in Sri Lanka. YES TECH has provided an LED display for the project, using SMD Pine Pixel Pitch series/P1.9 that adopts 1010 black LED to provide HD display effect. The project consists of a large backdrop and a small screen with a total size is 24 sqm. The decoration of the entire studio lasted less than a week. Two engineers from YES TECH installed the LED display, they spliced LED cabinets seamlessly and built rectangular curved screen.…
L-Acoustics has confirmed the appointment of accomplished audio industry expert Alan Macpherson to head the newly formed Americas division, encompassing sales, application, support, fulfilment and finance activities for all countries in North, Central and South America. Alan will report to Laurent Vaissié, CEO L-Acoustics, and Hervé Guillaume, CEO L-Acoustics Group. The company further reinforces the new division with the promotion of BJ Shaver to Business Development Director for the installation market and the appointment of William Cornell as Business Development Director for the rental market, both reporting to Macpherson. “L-Acoustics is committed to supporting and growing our presence on the…
Riedel Communications have announced that Simon Roehrs has been appointed director of the company’s Asia-Pacific operations. Based in Singapore, Roehrs brings a rich background in sales executive management from prominent media technology companies to his new role. Roehrs began his career as a software developer and application support specialist at DVS GmbH, where he became lead programmer for the company’s flagship products with a focus on the postproduction and broadcast studio industries. After the acquisition of DVS by Rohde & Schwarz, Roehrs later moved into a role as a solutions architect and service engineer based in Singapore and covering the…
When the coronavirus pandemic first hit earlier this year, ADJ began to broadcast regular Facebook Live videos to stay connected with customers through educational content and in-depth product overviews. These proved popular, so – even as the world slowly begins to open back up and cautiously return to normal – the ADJ team has planned a series of further ‘Stay Connected’ videos to run over the summer. Hosted from ADJ’s Los Angeles HQ by members of the company’s in-house team of technical experts, each of the new Stay Connected video broadcasts will focus on a different lighting technology or application.…
To deliver excellent sound and provide fans with an unforgettable experience, Universal Sound Productions equipped the BNS Drive-in Concerts with a HARMAN Professional audio solution that included an array of JBL Professional VerTec Series loudspeakers. Treating fans to their first live music experiences since the COVID-19 outbreak, the BNS Drive-in Concerts were the first ever drive-in concerts in Sri Lanka and the first in South Asia since the lockdown. The large-scale events, which were put together by the Sri Lankan entertainment television station, TV Derana, in addition to Bathiya and Santhush, were recently held at the Colombo International Airport. Affiliated…
QSC has announced that on August 4, 2020, it will reopen its Weybridge Training Centre, which delivers specialist AV courses to more than 1,000 industry professionals every year. In advance of the reopening, QSC performed a detailed risk assessment, outlining comprehensive measures to ensure the safety of both visitors and staff. As a result, all students will be provided with visitors’ guidance and procedures prior to their visit. In addition, QSC has transitioned even more in-person trainings to be offered as live webinars providing more flexibility in these challenging times. Classrooms, meeting rooms, and other visitor-facing spaces have been reconfigured…
The Fort Garry Mennonite Brethren Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba is, according to its head pastor Carl Heppner, “a vibrant faith community where people of all ages and backgrounds can find a place to belong.” It is also a contemporary church known in the area for incorporating a full band into its services. And that is why, when it came time to upgrade its audio capabilities, the church went with a system backed by Renkus-Heinz. “The church wanted a cutting-edge system, from audio to video,” said Myron Dyck of Golden West Sound Design, the integrator who installed the new AV system.…
