The College of Music at the University of North Texas (UNT), in the Dallas-area suburb of Denton, implemented a large installation of Focusrite’s RedNet range of Dante-networked audio converters and interfaces in 2015. At the time, a total of 44 RedNet units were connected to create an efficient and cost-effective digital audio network that links a total of nine performance spaces, including the school’s two main performance halls and a portable jazz workshop, as well as two audio mix/control rooms. Nearly three years later, the entire network remains solidly in place, providing enormous technical efficiencies and measurable economic benefits, even…
Author: Jacob Waite
The Neon Museum has created Brilliant!—an audiovisual immersion experience that uses technological advances to reanimate 40 monumental examples of the museum’s iconic vintage signs. Presented after dark in the Neon Museum’s North Gallery, Brilliant! was created by digital artist and designer Craig Winslow using projection mapping to arrive at a shared augmented reality experience. Earth Water Sky served as the system designer and integrator with audio and video servers supplied by Show Sage. To guests immersed in the 30-minute experience, the unrestored, non-working and in some cases broken signs will appear to be suddenly re-electrified, as though by magic, before…
Alternatively known as Blairstown Theater or Roy’s Theater, Roy’s Hall occupies a prominent place on quaint Main Street of Blairstown, in the Skylands Region of New Jersey. It opened in 1913 as an early movie house, enjoyed robust attendance until mid-century, fell into disrepair, and was restored to its former glory in the early 2000s. These days, Roy’s Hall can accommodate up to two hundred people and has made a name for itself as an intimate venue for local to national musicians, great regional theatre, and boutique cinema. Its intimacy and unique layout lend itself to fantastic audience interaction, which…
Las Vegas is a city of innumerable venues, yet the 2,050-seat Reynolds Hall in Las Vegas’ Smith Center for the Performing Arts stands out as a consummate showcase for entertainment and culture. In addition to hosting the Las Vegas Symphony, the Nevada Ballet Theatre and other regional fine arts ensembles, Reynolds Hall is also the city’s leading roadhouse for touring Broadway productions and a preferred site for prestigious pop, rock and jazz concerts. To serve up this varied fare with impeccable sonic quality, the hall’s main reinforcement system was recently upgraded with new Meyer Sound LEO Family components, including LEOPARD…
QSC has announced the appointment of Aravind Yarlagadda as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Product Development. In this newly created role, Aravind will oversee all aspects of product development for QSC. Aravind Yarlagadda brings a rich career of multi-functional leadership in the high tech industry, with over 25 years of product development experience. Aravind joins QSC from Schneider Electric, where he held senior executive roles in product management, research and development, marketing, strategic partnerships and new business initiatives. Prior to his role at Schneider Electric, he held senior leadership roles at Invensys, Tyco and Quest Software. Aravind holds…
ADJ Products has announced it will now take over the development, support and sales for the Compu Show lighting control software previously offered by Elation Professional for the past 10 years. ADJ USA’s National Sales Manager, Alfred Gonzales, explained: “As ADJ’s fixtures have evolved, we felt it was important to grow our DMX software line as well. Our existing myDMX control software has been a very successful product worldwide for ten years, but we felt we needed to offer something with more power and possibilities. Compu Show is a proven system that offers lighting designers powerful features and flexible control…
DPA Microphones has appointed Acoustic & Lighting Systems to handle the distribution of its entire product range in Singapore and Thailand. And, in a move that will allow it to get even closer to its customer base in the live, PA and MI markets, DPA has also appointed Arcadia Tech as a direct dealer in Singapore. Ken Kimura, Managing Director of DPA’s APAC Office, said: “We are excited to have both companies looking after DPA and are confident this move will benefit more professional users in the regional audio community as our upgraded mics with the CORE by DPA Technology…
Visiting lighting designers have always been eager to come to Pomona College’s Seaver Theatre. It’s easy to see why, too. Tucked away near the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains outside Los Angeles, the school’s leafy campus is reminiscent of a New England Ivy League institution, and it has academic standards to match, being ranked among the Top Ten Colleges by Forbes and US News & World Report. The Pomona Theatre and Dance Department, which serves five schools in the prestigious Claremont College consortium, is also elite, a number of its students have gone on to win Academy Awards. Now…
Further expanding its Middle Eastern reach, Clair Brothers has scored another victory by adding Boujikian Bros to its growing list of distributors with pro audio expertise and far-reaching contacts in important emerging markets. Established in 1984 as a supplier of a wide range of electronics accessories, Boujikian Bros refocused its attention towards audio, lighting, rigging, staging, and more when they saw strong potential with the fast-growing Lebanese market, as well as other expanding markets in their greater region. Gary Boujikian, President and General Manager of the company, commented: “Our goal is to provide the smartest solutions using the highest level…
Founded in the San Diego area in 1926, Latin American Bible Institute is one of the oldest Hispanic educational institutions in the United States. Known as LABI College, the Biblically-based Pentecostal school settled in its current Los Angeles Metro location in 1950. The school’s annual two-day College Days event provides prospective students with a preview of college life and includes an overnight campus stay, testimonies, motivating workshops, and worship services that feature a loud, high-energy praise band. In 2018, independent engineer Brian Celestino mixed front-of-house for the College Days services using a sound system based on TW AUDiO T24N loudspeakers.…
