Robert Juliat has continued its collaboration with Japan’s Zepp Hall network of prestigious concert venues via its exclusive Japanese distributor, Sogo Butai. The latest project, supplied and installed by Sogo Butai, was for the 2900+ capacity Zepp Haneda in Tokyo and consists of a full complement of LED fixtures across the whole range of Robert Juliat’s LED portfolio: profile, single lens, followspots and cyclorama lights. Sogo Butai lighting designer, Yukiteru Hayashi, carefully chose the comprehensive selection of LED fixtures to include 24 Dalis 860 cyclorama lights, 6 Tibo 533CW 115W Cool White and 4 ZEP 664SX2 300W profiles, 28 Warm…
Author: James Robertson
Legacy Production Group creates dynamic lighting environments under Onyx control to highlight unique works of art This past holiday season, Legacy Production Group of Minneapolis worked with Street Factory Media to present “Nature Illuminated” at the Minnesota Zoo, a magical driving or walking experience that featured brilliant displays of larger-than-life inflatable animals. Their second year working on the project, Legacy used a lighting package of Elation IP-rated luminaires to compose picturesque environments and controlled the lighting scenes using a large Obsidian lighting control network. The oversized animals – more than 30 specially crafted works of art illuminated from the inside…
PK Sound has revealed Trinity Black Robotic, its latest robotically controlled line source element. Distinguished by a new all-black aesthetic, Trinity Black is loaded with PK Sound’s revamped v4 presets to offer significant acoustic enhancements over previous iterations. As the flagship of PK Sound’s core system offering, Trinity Black systems work in tandem with the new PK Cell touring rack and upcoming .dynamics software platform for optimal performance. They are exclusively available in North America and Europe to members of the PK Alliance network. “Over the past year-and-a-half, we’ve developed a modular, scalable, and globally standardised core system offering spearheaded by…
Unilumin provided 4500m2 in LED floor screens for the opening ceremony in Beijing 2022. Joined by BOE and other industry partners, Unilumin successfully completed the world-class task of building the world’s largest LED floor stage, which has amazed the world. The LED floor screen at the opening ceremony was the largest LED floor display stage in the world, with a total area of 11,626m2. It combined naked-eye 3D technology and interactive motion capture, enhanced by finely designed 3D visual effects to create a magical world of ice and snow. This immersive audio-visual feast was based on traditional Chinese culture while…
Powersoft has supported Leeds-based audio integrator, Audioserv, in creating a vast audio system for Roxy Ball Room, Roxy Leisure’s bowling alley and bar experience in Birmingham, UK. The American style venue harbours a ten-lane bowling alley, which also includes a bar, creating a vibrant experience with the help of a modern audio system. Audioserv, who has also provided audio systems for over 15 of Roxy Ball Room’s locations, took on the task of providing and installing audio equipment for the venue, with support from Powersoft audio distributor CUK. “We’ve been working with Roxy Ball Room since the beginning of the…
K-array promotes Daniele Mochi to Customer Support Director. Mochi joined K-array in 2013 after an Engineer’s Degree in Physics with a great passion for music; he plays drums as a hobby and has gone on to be the spokesperson of K-array for almost 9 years having developed the successful K-academy to where it is today. Mochi leads the training program online and offline at the company Headquarters in Mugello and around the world with K-array’s partners. Mochi has also designed some of the most challenging projects by assisting clients with their unique system designs for many applications from the USA…
Woodlite Sweden AB, a lighting and stage equipment rental company with offices in Karlstad and Stockholm, was one of the first companies to invest in the Claypaky Xtylos. Last year took delivery of 200 Claypaky Xtylos fixtures, the Claypaky moving head light with a laser light source. Woodlite’s rental stock, which includes numerous other Claypaky fixtures, supports customers in putting on unique and great shows with the best results for their clients. The compact Xtylos beam light is the most dynamic fixture on the market, and its custom RGB laser source, which lasts for 20,000 hours, is the powerful engine…
Adamson Systems Engineering has released Adamson Load Library 5.3 for Lake Processor. Default settings for E, S, and IS-Series cabinets use linear phase crossovers with subwoofer presets using corresponding latency compensation, and are time-aligned when placed equidistantly to the reference position. Additional settings for S and IS-Series point source cabinets offer 5 ms less latency by using conventional crossovers. For full flexibility, additional subwoofer presets time-aligned to conventional crossover presets are included in the subs folder. These can also be deployed when subwoofers are positioned further back from the reference position to avoid applying additional delay to line arrays or point…
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted virtually every aspect of life, from education to business to sports, all sectors whose plights received substantial coverage in the media. But equally disordered was the country’s system of justice, particularly its longtime hub: the courthouse, the site of adjudications ranging from speeding tickets to homicides. The sudden shift of court proceedings from in-person to online was perhaps the American legal system’s greatest single disruption in its nearly 250-year history. And as a significant facilitator of this historical transformation, systems from Key Digital, a leading innovator in AV over IP solutions, offer courthouse AV designers…
Situated among the modest brick buildings of downtown Fredericia, AHA Livestage has given this small Danish city a lively gathering spot for members of “Generation X”— along with any others who delight in the unique music and culture created by this generation. The lighting and interior décor reflect the trends of the 80s and 90s, and the bar offers a selection of drinks apropos of the time. But certainly, on weekends, the main draw for packed crowds is the music of the era, both live and in DJ sets, as reproduced by a discreet yet powerful audio system. From the…
