Martin P3 System Controller Software Version 5.3.0 is now available as a free update for the entire family of Martin P3 System Controllers. The update introduces a range of features and improvements that benefit newer products such as the MAC Aura PXL, MAC Ultra and VDO Atomic Bold, as well as classic Martin products including VDO Sceptron, Exterior PixLine and VDO Fatron. Highlights include: Video input: The P3-PC System Controller now supports the industry-standard NDI protocol, allowing P3-PC to receive video-over-IP from various sources such as media servers, webcams and media players. DMX/Art-Net/sACN input: sACN is added as input protocol…
Author: James Robertson
Kentucky based AVL consulting and installation experts JCA Media continue to push the audio, video and lighting technology envelope with their latest upgrade project for the Finley Stadium / Citizens Bank Field press box and connected facilities at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Kentucky. At the heart of the more than nine miles of combined AV cabling across the venue, JCA Media selected an Allen & Heath dLive CDM32 MixRack, a compact dLive C1500 surface and a plethora of remote control options to provide the audio mixing heavy lifting. “While it is a large building, it is primarily a football system…
SOS Club in Hangzhou, China, originally opened their doors to the public in 2005. Throughout their 17 years in business, the venue has frequently been included in DJ Mag’s list of the top 100 clubs in the world, understandably making it a prime performance location for the world’s biggest DJs. They’ve hosted a plethora of popular acts, like Don Diablo, Steve Aoki, Tony Junior, and A-Trak, to name a few. In 2020, the nightclub underwent serious renovations. Thanks to Real Music Acoustics & Lighting Technology, SOS Club reopened in the fall of 2021, with an entirely new Adamson sound system.…
Meyer Sound has hired Dan Wilson as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As a member of Meyer Sound’s top-level executive team, Wilson will focus on managing the company’s financial activities, developing strategies to support continued growth, and working with key customers on implementing major transactions. Wilson brings to Meyer Sound a wealth of experience as a financial analyst and strategist from his more than 25-year career in banking, insurance, and consulting. Wilson was a Managing Director and financial advisor for Deloitte, a major international professional services company, and while in that position, he served as an independent consultant to…
Cameo debuts the new OTOS H5 at Prolight + Sound 2022. Developed in Germany, the IP65 Beam Spot Wash Hybrid features a wide range of application options and has the potential to position itself as the standard for outdoor-capable hybrid moving heads in the professional segment. The OTOS H5 Beam Spot Wash Hybrid Moving Head IP65 targets the requirements of professional lighting designers, as well as rental and installation companies. The multifunctional spotlight has an impressively high light output and is used in clubs and large-capacity locations, and its IP65 certification makes it particularly suitable for outdoor areas, such as…
Robe T1 Profile LED luminaires have been installed at the 1700 capacity Capitole Theatre in Ghent, Belgium, where they are deployed on the front lighting bridge for key lighting and specials, replacing the previous tungsten fixtures. The T1 Profile investment was part of a drive to update the remaining elements of the house lighting system to LED, making it better, more contemporary and more sustainable. The T1 Profile purchase was overseen by the venue’s technical manager Rui Pinto who takes a distinctly no-nonsense approach to technical production. After discussions with Bart Weyts from rental specialist L&L Stage Services, the venue’s…
After a recent move to La Joliette district, the Jesuit community of Marseille required a brand new audio system for their newly built chapel and adjoining conference room which is housed on the ground floor of their five-storey building, which also hosts private habitations. The Jesuits were so impressed by Ecclesia Sound’s recent sound upgrade in their Saint-Ferréol church in Marseille – which also boasts Active Audio column speakers – that they trusted again the system integrator with their chapel. For this project, Ecclesia Sound had the luxury of fitting the cabling prior to construction, ensuring the chapel’s aesthetic would…
Riverlinks Theatre, the largest civic theatre in Shepparton in northern Victoria, Australia, hosts various weekly events: from touring bands and musicians to exhibitions and banquets. The flexible venue possesses a balcony above a retractable seating system that holds 825 theatre-goers or 450 banquet guests. The venue located two hours north of Melbourne recently installed a brand-new PA system to accommodate its versatile range of events. Around the mid-2010s, Matt Schroeders, Technical Manager of Riverlinks Theatre, knew that the old system was starting to become a liability to the theatre’s regular event production objectives and its users. Schroeders developed a replacement…
Designed by the firm A+ Architecture and opened to the public in September 2010, the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier is a large venue whose roof is supported by four beams with a span of 110 meters, pastel colours on the side’s façades and mauve purple on the underside of the impressive, cantilevered entrance. The Sud de France Arena called on S-Group Equipment to redo the original lighting of the building’s entrance. The protean structure of the surfaces and volumes to be illuminated required a compact but powerful projector, with different optical dispersion options, to cover the entire structure,…
The newly built Terra Emmen school offers a varied and practical curriculum – including cooking, ‘green subjects’, and sports, alongside more traditional subjects – and, as such, required an audio system that could be as versatile as it was discrete. After assessing the options available to them, the school’s administrators decided that MM Concept Audio Solutions was the perfect company to assist them in creating an audio infrastructure that could fit into Terra Emmen’s sustainable, forward-thinking ethos. “The initial brief from Terra Emmen was rather a simple one,” said Mark Molema, CEO of MM Concept Audio Solutions. “At that point,…
