Supporting the wide variety of productions at the school’s 200-seat theatre auditorium is a carefully planned LED lighting rig that features a large collection of Chauvet Professional fixtures installed by MDR Sound and Lighting, including 12 Ovation F-915FC Fresnel, 12 Ovation F-165WW, 10 Ovation E-910FC LED and 10 Maverick MK2 Spot fixtures. “The Ovation F-915FC is a remarkable LED Fresnel,” commented James Kearney, Technical Manager of Te Auaha. “One of the most impressive features is its ability to reproduce true theatre colours with near perfect CRI – astonishing, considering the fact that the LED source has none of the drawbacks…
Author: Jacob Waite
Penn State University notched up the technical capabilities for its performing arts programs with the recent installation of a Meyer Sound LEO Family reinforcement system in Eisenhower Auditorium, the flagship facility of the Center for the Performing Arts on the main campus in State College, Pennsylvania. At a school renowned for its Nittany Lions athletic teams, the new state-of-the-art reinforcement system is appropriately anchored by 24 LYON line array loudspeakers. “It’s really a game changer with this system hanging in here,” remarked Tom Hesketh, the venue’s events manager and de facto technical director. ”Now we can offer touring acts a…
British loudspeaker manufacturer, EM Acoustics, has significantly expanded its manufacturing facility in Surrey, UK. Part of the expansion includes the investment in new hi-tech machinery to enable much more of the manufacturing process to be performed in-house. “We first moved into our current building in 2014,” explained operations director, Mike Wheeler. “We’ve gradually expanded as space has become available, and we now occupy just over 15,000 sq ft, which is three times our original surface. We’ve also tripled staffing levels since 2014 as our operations have expanded. The building now houses just about every part of the production process –…
GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist and performer Barry Manilow began an extended residency at the International Theater at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino on May 24, featuring favourites from his deep songbook of hits. The International Theater is one of Las Vegas’ classic venues — the 1,600-seat theatre is where Elvis Presley performed 837 consecutive sold-out shows — and it now has state-of-the-art sound in the form of a RoomMatch system from Bose Professional. Manilow’s return to the International Theater — he had a five-year residency there a decade ago when the property was known as the Las Vegas…
POLAR Integrated Solutions answered the call from the Royal Society of Medicine and Electrosonic to overhaul and streamline multiple Biamp installations to work efficiently as a single entity. Given that the Society’s purpose is the further education of medical professionals, much of its work revolves around conferences and meetings. High-quality AV provision is an essential part of delivering not only the Society’s own activities but also those of other corporate bodies who hire its facilities. External hire accounts for around 40% of activity at the Society’s conferencing rooms, delivering essential revenues that help support its own academic work. Last year the RSM’s…
Leaving no detail to chance, Ben Carson, Rock Community’s technical director along with other key church decision makers choose the best available partners to help construct as close to a perfect house of worship as possible, from the physical design of the building all the way to the sound system that delivers their powerfully contemporary sermons and live music performances. So, it makes sense that Clair Brothers speakers were the unanimous sound system choice for Rock Community church. To make a greater impact through the additional land, flexible building design and dynamic performance systems the church hired Kurt Butler, visionary…
FFBC hired Gainesville, Georgia-based dB Integrations – the same company that had designed and installed First Baptist Church’s older system – to update its 500-seat sanctuary with a new Danley-based sound system that could simultaneously deliver excellent spoken-word intelligibility and exciting musicality. “We did Fayetteville First Baptist Church’s previous sound reinforcement system when I first started at dB Integrations fifteen years ago,” said Neil Philpott, sales consultant at dB Integrations. “We designed that system for a multi-purpose room because, like many churches, they hoped to build a dedicated sanctuary. But that never ended up happening and so the ‘multi-purpose room’…
Despite its close proximity to Caen, Mondeville enjoys its own mayor, town hall and local services, including the municipally owned La Renaissance theatre, now the proud owner of a new d&b audiotechnik sound system solution. While d&b systems can be found among the world’s most prestigious venues, it is the teams behind lesser-known local applications that are making quality listening truly accessible to all. To that end, regional projects like La Renaissance receive every bit as much attention, time and effort as the globally renowned stadiums and concert halls. Laurent Coulombier is the theatre’s technical manager. “We needed to replace…
Antycip Simulation, a virtual reality and 3D immersive solutions integrator and the European leader for simulation software, has appointed 2 key figures to support its burgeoning business. Amir Khosh joins as Business Developer based at its Adderbury office in Oxfordshire (UK), while Quentin Blancheri has taken up the position of Key Account Manager out of the company’s Paris headquarters. In his new role as business developer, Khosh will focus on Antycip’s key suppliers including Lumiscaphe, TechViz and CM Labs, opening up emergent opportunities for immersive visualisation, construction simulation and collaborative design applications for the company, whilst also focussing on VR…
Built of stone and ready to last the ages, Valley Valley United Methodist Church glows with the light of classic stained-glass windows. Although age and history work to the church’s advantage in most cases, its old sound system was not so charming. Wichita-based A/V integration firm McClelland Sound remedied that with the design and installation of a new sound reinforcement system including a pair of Ashly Audio nX-Series multi-mode amplifiers. “Valley United Methodist Church has a traditional service style, but they’ve started adding in more instrumentation and other contemporary elements,” explained Paul Colella, Vice President at McClelland Sound. “The sanctuary…
