Old Barn Audio (OBA) turned to Martin Audio CDD series to overcome a challenging situation at the refurbished St. Joseph’s College Chapel in Ipswich. The majestic Ipswich chapel, forced to close for three years when it fell into disrepair, has finally been brought back to life after a major revamp costing £750,000. Written into the upgrade programme was the provision for a new sound system. OBA project manager Phil Clark’s first site visit revealed a pyramid shaped building, with no internal walls, and thus no fixing points, and a 60-metre high pitch. His solution was to install three clusters of…
Author: James Robertson
Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida, upgraded both their stage and house lighting systems with Elation Professional, which was a huge undertaking that meant replacing over 600 lighting fixtures. “We decided to replace every tungsten light that illuminated in the room with an LED fixture,” said Bobby Taylor, Tech Director and Director of Communications at Olive Baptist Church, “and for the stage lighting project chose a full complement of Elation LED fixtures.” Bobby, who has a long-standing relationship with Elation manufacturer rep firm Freed Sales and company head Dustin Pesnell, travelled to Elation’s South Florida showroom in Opa-Locka to explore…
SKALAR – the large scale immersive kinetic lighting and electronic music art installation created by light artist / designer Christopher Bauder and composer / music producer Kangding Ray – has been reimagined for Amsterdam’s The Gashouder, a stunning circular space where the work is being presented by Audio Obscura. Christopher utilised Robe Pointes as lightsources – 93 in total – in this invigorating new space. The installation which he calls SKALAR 360, also features 61 double-sided mirrors with perimeter rings of 180 addressable pixels which are suspended on 183 custom KINETIC LIGHTS motorised winches. Five circular trusses were installed in the…
White Light has supplied the lighting for You Stupid Darkness! which recently opened at the Southwark Playhouse in London. While show itself is dealing with large issues, the production itself was all about the smaller details. Peter explains: “The set is the same location throughout and also very naturalistic. Therefore a lot of my lighting had to showcase a passage in time, as this was often the only indication in between scenes. I did this by varying the background from return to return; sometimes the computer was on, sometimes the lamps were on and off, sometimes someone left the main…
The brand name OnDisplay has been added to the Selectronic family to sit alongside its already well established OnLED custom made LED printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) and LED strips. “This bespoke service to fit companies’ exact needs as we enter a new decade emphasises Selectronic’s increasing capability to be able to offer a customer their specific design solutions from our opto-electronic range,” said Managing Director Kevin Dry. “The emphasis is on what works best for the customer and they can be assured that we offer the very highest standard of quality assurance,” added Dry. Selectronic use the bare custom…
Hamburg VFX house, Freiraum FX, was commissioned by Sterntaucher to create a series of ocean panoramas aboard AIDAnova, working with DaVinci Resolve and Fusion Studio to complete the 11 month project. “AIDA’s cruise liners take guests to stunning ocean settings all over the world,” said creative director, Oliver Neis of Hamburg-based agency Sterntaucher. “The team wanted to bring this sense of global travel to the interior design of its latest ships.” “AIDA wanted four different panoramic vistas in its Yachthafen restaurant to reflect the variety of cruises: the Caribbean, Indian Summer, Scandinavia Northland and the Mediterranean,” said Freiraum’s Julius Worm.…
2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the Australasian Lighting Industry Association, now known as simply ALIA. A few events to celebrate were being planned but these have been abandoned in favour of raising money for the Australian people and wildlife affected by the recent tragic bushfires fires. Production companies around Australia are helping out by supplying crew and gear for planned charity concerts but ALIA decided to reach out to the actual manufacturers to help and hence, the ALIA FIRE AID Auction is about to go live. Manufacturers from around the world have responded to ALIA’s plea for assistance by…
OneAV, a trade-only Audio Video (AV) technology distributor specializing in connectivity and signal management products for commercial and residential channels, returns to ISE 2020 with a new CEO and a new franchise model for distributors. The innovative “business-in-a-box” model features a plug-and-play, complete business platform enabling smaller AV distributors to become full-fledged OneAV Country Affiliates. Ronni Guggenheim joins OneAV as CEO, effective immediately. With more than 20 years of executive-level expertise Guggenheim brings extensive AV and channel business leadership experience to OneAV. Guggenheim’s previous role was as General Manager at Atlona, where he spent nearly five years building their global…
Singapore-based Generation AV – which represents Martin Audio in the APAC countries – has recruited Tony Sawyer as Senior APAC Applications Manager. A significant addition to the team, he had previously worked with Vue, managing their technical support for Asia Pacific. Audio veteran David McKinney, who set up Generation AV in June last year, has known Sawyer for 20 years, and sees the appointment as a major boost to the company’s growth. “We started talks a few months ago and decided now was the right time to get him onboard,” said David. Sawyer’s role is to work closely with all…
UK distributor of video and audio solutions, Tukans Limited, has been acquired by CUK Audio, a specialist solutions distributor serving the AV, installation, live and MI markets, with operations in both the UK and Ireland. “A few years ago, as CUK Audio started its transition into supplying video products, I realised that Tukans would be a great fit with us, and I’m are delighted that Yvonne and Andrew shared my vision and could see how this acquisition would benefit both companies.” said Stuart Thomson, Managing Director, CUK Audio. The acquisition substantially enhances the group’s expertise and expands the solutions both…
