Canada’s Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has deployed Riedel Communications’ MediorNet real-time media network to interconnect the Centre’s theatres, recital halls, recording studios, and production facilities. Supplied and installed by Canadian distributer BSE, the integrated and decentralized signal transport network consists of five MediorNet Compact PRO 50G media distribution frames. As Canada’s largest arts training institution, Banff Centre is situated on a stunning 42-acre campus in the Canadian Rockies near Banff, Alberta. Prior to acquiring the MediorNet system, the Banff Centre staff was spending an inordinate amount of time every day transporting and setting up equipment at different venues…
Author: Jacob Waite
Located in the heart of downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, RA Bistro features seasonally-inspired American cuisine inside of a slice of urban Americana: a 75-year-old commercial dry cleaning building with rustic open-truss ceilings, painted brick, cityscape art, front and back patios, and a live-edge Eucalyptus bar top. Owner and Chef Alex Richardson wanted everything to be perfect, and the food and the ambience certainly were, but the restaurant’s sound wasn’t up to par. The venue’s surface-mounted speakers were unevenly distributing music and creating hot spots. Richardson turned to leading regional AV system integrators focus4media for help, and they in turn looked to…
Centered around a live-stage area, The Dubliner Folk Pub hosts a wide array of local and international acts and boasts three separate themed bars, as well as an outdoor patio — a configuration that traditionally posed a variety of challenges for both coverage and sightlines. In early December 2017 based on pressure from house drummer and booking manager Luis Landa-Schreitt, pub manager Peter Nicolacopoulos called upon VUE’s Scandinavian distributor, and system installer, avon lyd, to specify a new system. Nicolacopoulos’s requirements for the new system were three-fold: exceed the sonic requirements of the pub’s demanding bands and guests, eliminate the…
At LDI 2017, X-Laser USA used Avolites lighting consoles to demonstrate, and unveil the X Laser Mercury laser control system. Following the setup at LDI and experience of working with the Avolites team, X-Laser has chosen to become an official dealer of Avolites lighting control hardware in the United States. “The team at Avolites were extremely helpful both on site at LDI and especially in the run up to the show while we were finalizing the necessary fixture profiles as we prepared the= launch of our Mercury laser control system,” Adam Raugh, President of X-Laser USA, said. “Now that we’re on…
Bristol-based LED lighting manufacturer, Global Design Solutions, has announced Glantre Engineering as an installation partner. Glantre has a long history of designing and installing comprehensive entertainment solutions at performance venues all over the world. Glantre’s clients range across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, throughout live performance, education, hotels and leisure, conferencing, cruise ships and broadcast – all areas where GDS products are perfect for a host of applications. GDS Managing Director Matt Lloyd commented: “We’re very much looking forward to working with this internationally renowned and respected company. As the scope of GDS’s technologies continues to widen across a whole variety of…
Community Professional Loudspeakers has announced the appointment of Paul Peace as Senior Director of Engineering. Paul has three decades of experience in the pro audio industry, including the design and development of loudspeaker systems and real-world hands-on experience as a systems installer. Including former roles at Harman/JBL Professional where he was Senior Manager in Systems Engineering; also holding technical leadership roles at Renkus-Heinz and IMAX. The latest Community Professional addition will oversee product development, production engineering, product management and vendor research, while directing research in advanced directivity control, equalisation techniques and loudspeaker specifications. Community Professional’s CEO, Steve Johnson, commented: “We’re…
Innovators from three countries, with over 100 years of entertainment industry leadership between them, have come together to form Sixty82, a brand-new company which engineers and manufactures next generation trussing and staging systems. Headquarted in Drachten, Netherlands, Sixty82 is a British, Dutch and French alliance – designed specifically to bring a fresh view onto the market. Sixty82 has a clear vision to change the way that lightweight structural systems are used, and introduces unique technology that guarantees every individual component is traceable, safe and properly engineered. Sixty82’s CEO, Fokko Smeding, founder and former managing director of Prolyte, which he began in…
Glenn Ottenbacher doesn’t believe in resting on his laurels. A few years ago, the house LD at the Saloon on Calhoun helped his club distinguish itself in Milwaukee’s live music market by adding six Rogue R1 Spot and four Rogue R1 Wash fixtures from Chauvet Professional to his rig. The lights’ quick movements and intense output added sizzle to the regional band performances at the club, but Glenn and club owner Dave Dayler weren’t finished. Looking to stay a step ahead of the competition, they recently replaced their six older spot units with an equal number of the new high-output…
When Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas presented its annual The Gift of Christmas show in December 2017 design collaborators UVLD took control to a new level employing Claypaky Scenius Profiles and Mythos2 fixtures for the spectacular, 90-minute multimedia production. The production featured Santa and his workshop in Act One, a choral interlude in Act Two and a living nativity in Act Three. This season new music and a new script opened the show; two-thirds of the lighting cues occurred in Act One and five days were devoted to programming them. “In the past we’ve had 10 or 12…
Martin Audio has appointed Al Isteklal T.C-IACQatar as its new distributor in the State of Qatar. IAC Qatar was set up in Doha in 2004, and developed by the founder Akram Hamada and co-founder Ayman Hamada. The company had been seeking well-established pro-audio brands to complete its portfolio and meet the rapidly expanding growth and desire for professionalism in the region. “During this search we came across Martin Audio, and we felt they would be the perfect partner to take advantage of this opportunity,” said Projects & Sales Manager, Elie Salameh. “We were aware of the versatility of their products, and…
