Solid State Logic (SSL) announced that its new ORIGIN analogue mixing console is now shipping to approved global partners and dealers. The latest in a long line of SSL studio mixing consoles, ORIGIN brings an unprecedented degree of sonic performance and flexibility to the modern production studio; all for under $50,000. As the first large large-format analogue studio mixing console from SSL in over a decade, ORIGIN has enormous appeal to both world-class recording and mixing facilities, educational institutes, as well as top-shelf project studios around the world. SSL has already announced the first U.S. based installation of ORIGIN at…
Author: James Robertson
CHAUVET Professional’s Maverick Silens 2 Profile will never be noticed because of its sound. The convection cooled LED PCB fixture is virtually silent, attracting no attention to itself in studios for live stream broadcasts, recital halls, theatres or other applications where absolute quietness is essential. However, this 560W profile unit will be a standout performer as a lighting source, thanks to features like CMY+CTO color mixing with CRI, R9, CQS, and TLCI all between 91 and 97 (depending on the color temperature mixed). Other features that speak volumes about this silent powerhouse of a fixture include a four-blade framing shutter…
The National Bunraku Theatre in Osaka, Japan, has chosen Riedel Communications’ MediorNet real-time network to drive signal transport for the theatre’s upgrade to all-digital video operations. The National Bunraku Theatre is one of six national theatres in Japan and is the country’s headquarters for bunraku, a traditional form of the “Ningyō Jōruri Bunraku” puppet theatre that emerged in Osaka at the end of the 16th century. In addition to bunraku, the theatre also stages performances of buyō and other traditional arts, as well as Japanese music concerts and stage plays across two performance halls. For its new, all-digital industrial television…
Christie is making it easier for customers to install and maintain seamlessly blended images and monitor and control their projection systems with the launch of two new free software solutions – Christie Mystique Lite and Christie Conductor. Multi-projector arrays, projection mapping, and complex screen shapes and surfaces require expert image configuration, alignment, warping and blending – processes that can take hours of painstaking work. Christie Mystique is a camera-based alignment and recalibration solution for supported Christie projectors that can quickly install, align, calibrate, and maintain multi-projection systems. Like the other software editions in the Mystique family, Christie Mystique Lite removes the…
As part of Audio Technica’s efforts to position itself to work more effectively and efficiently in global product development activities Audio-Technica U.S. announces two appointments to its Product Management team. Kurt Van Scoy has been appointed to the position of Executive Director of Product Management for ATUS. In this position, Van Scoy will be responsible for directing the product development/management efforts at ATUS. In addition, Kurt will oversee the ATUS quality control department. Van Scoy is returning to the ATUS team, after four years serving A-T as Global Product Manager, based in Japan. In addition, Gary Dixon has been promoted…
Audinate has announced a new ‘Authorised Implementer Program’ for manufacturers seeking to fast-track the development of new Dante AV products. The Authorized Implementer Program is ideal for manufacturers seeking to quickly add Dante AV-based products in the shortest possible time. The program gives manufacturers access to turnkey ODM products such as full-featured PTZ cameras and receive/transmit AV-over-IP video endpoints that can be “white-labelled” with the manufacturer’s brand. They also get immediate expertise in developing new video products, such as hardware design, software development, supply chain management and regulatory compliance. Working with a Dante AV Authorized Implementer, manufacturers get a head…
Named Elfingrove, the show took place over the Christmas period last year and featured a number of festive projection displays, including a three minute video projected onto the Supermarine Spitfire LA198 fighter aircraft, which is hanging in the main atrium of the museum. The video, created by Scottish events management company ‘itison’, and Edinburgh based projection mapping specialists ‘Double Take Projections’, took visitors from a futuristic Sci-Fi space battle to the history and use of Spitfires in World War II. “We used eight Panasonic RZ12 projectors to project the content,” explained Craig Harrower, owner of Visulize. “Six were rigged straight…
The spread of Covid-19 put the world on its knees, and Italy has been the first European Country to deal with the consequences of the global pandemic. But even in the moment of the greatest struggling for our Nation, many initiatives have been put in place in order to give light to these very dark times. PROLIGHTS products lit up the facade of the Enelpower plant in Cassano d’Adda and the Financial Police Academy, in Bergamo, providing two suggestive installations which reproduced the Italian flag colours. The installation has been set up by Airone Service. Sergio Dellavite, Production Director for…
ETC has announced the promotion of Konstantinos Vonofakidis to Regional Sales Manager. In his new role, Konstantinos will oversee the sales activities in Greece, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus and Egypt. He will manage sales arrangements for key accounts in these regions and work in cooperation with the company’s distributors and dealers. ETC Sales Manager, Darren Beckley, commented: “Konstantinos is a valuable member of the sales team who has built a great rapport with the dealers and customers in his territories. With his strong market knowledge and expertise, I am confident he will continue delivering high levels of service and be successful…
DWR Distribution, the South African distributor of Prolyte, are now able to offer and maintain LITEC, TOMCAT & JAMES THOMAS ENGINEERING trussing products, thanks to new partnerships between Area Four Industries and Prolyte. When Area Four Industries acquired Prolyte in 2019, they become one of the largest professional truss manufacturers in the world. The company was established in 1994, when Milos Structural Systems was founded in the Czech Republic, and has since grown to include LITEC, TOMCAT & JAMES THOMAS ENGINEERING and now PROLYTE, catering for various market segments across the globe. “For South African Prolyte distributor, DWR Distribution, it…
