Mid-market private equity investor LDC has backed the management buyout (MBO) of Martin Audio, the designer and manufacturer of premium high-performance loudspeaker systems, from global audio specialist Loud Audio. As part of the deal, LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has invested £12m for a significant stake in the company, alongside its current management team led by Managing Director Dom Harter. The investment will enable the business to further develop its product range, improve its sales and marketing capabilities through the extension of its global distribution network and enhance its digital infrastructure through software development. The global…
Author: Jacob Waite
After a series of successful training events held at ROE Visual USA, ROE Visual brings the ROE Academy to Europe. The ROE Academy is initiated to support customers and users with the best and most authoritative and up-to-date knowledge on LED solutions and applications available; offering a thorough training on best practices related to building a LED screen solution. Transferring knowledge to users and customers on how to use its products in the best and most effective way, is part of the total support package ROE Visual offers. The ROE Academy facilitates access to the broad knowledge base that is…
New York’s The Paramount, becoming one of the touring market’s leading live-sound consoles—a DiGiCo SD10, paired with an SD-Rack— which was installed at the theatre’s FOH position during a December renovation of the club’s entire sound system. According to Production Manager Sean Earley, the choice of the DiGiCo SD10 seemed almost inevitable, as the number of SD consoles being brought by touring artists with them into the venue had been steadily increasing in recent years. “We’ve just been seeing more and more SD10s and fewer and fewer of the other leading brands of consoles coming through here,” he said. “It’s…
Kensington Community Church recently upgraded its three fixed campuses in Michigan to Allen & Heath digital mixing systems. Each campus seats between 1,200 and 1,500 people and hosts two or three contemporary worship services every weekend featuring a praise band with several vocalists, drums, keyboards, guitars and bass. KCC campuses in Troy and Orion, MI had ageing digital mixers in need of replacement. A third campus, in Clinton, MI was in transition from a portable campus to a fixed location. The church wanted new mixers that were volunteer-friendly while being flexible and scalable enough to meet the variety of needs…
In December 2017, France’s most revered educational institution, The Sorbonne, prepared to ring in the new year and a new era of highly intelligible audio with the installation of an L-Acoustics Syva system in the university’s Grand Amphitheatre. The configuration was designed to address the challenges of a reverberant space while complementing the stunning architecture of the room, originally inaugurated in 1889 and classified as a national Historical Monument since 1975. “The events we hold in the Grand Amphitheatre of the Sorbonne range from conferences, speeches, and awards ceremonies to concerts, and are all highly prestigious,” said the venue’s AV…
Billboard Live TOKYO recently upgraded their sound system with a full JBL by HARMAN Professional VTX Series solution provided by Hibino for an unrivalled concert experience. Billboard Live is a world-class club and restaurant that hosts more than 200 performances each year. Celebrating their 10-year anniversary in 2017, Billboard Live decided to upgrade their sound system with a state-of-the-art audio solution that would earn them global acclaim for another 10 years to come. Billboard Live hired sound and visual specialists Hibino to supply a top-tier sound system that could deliver stellar sound for any type of music—from the subtle nuances of…
2B Heard will provide UK-based sales and support for Astro Spatial Audio, having reached an agreement to become the UK Solutions Partner for the leading supplier of brand-independent object-based immersive audio solutions. With its deep network of contacts within the touring, theatre and installation markets, 2B Heard is uniquely positioned to advance UK adoption of Astro Spatial Audio – the world’s premier independent object-based immersive audio solution. The announcement also arrives as 2B Heard is named as a dealer for the newly announced, compact SSL L100 console, furthering the company’s transition towards becoming a provider of robust professional audio solutions.…
2B Heard is delighted to have reached an agreement with Solid State Logic to become a dealer for the new compact L100 live console, which launches today at InfoComm in Las Vegas. The addition of the SSL L100 console to its growing portfolio furthers 2B Heard’s strategy of offering fully realised audio solutions backed by the highest level of technical support plus extensive real-world experience of the UK entertainment technology industry. The most accessible SSL console launched to date, The L100 has been designed to deliver outstanding audio performance allied to a fast, accessible workflow, all wrapped up with the…
Flightcase Warehouse, designer and manufacturer of protective solutions to global brands in live entertainment, AV, lighting, rigging and staging has announced that it has acquired Production Park-based heavy-duty case business Box Clever Cases. The acquisition is effective from the 4 June 2018 and will see Flightcase Warehouse expand with a second site off of Production Park, Wakefield, and all manufacturing being transferred to their Head Office site in Tamworth, Staffs. Box Clever Cases is a resident company at Production Park, which is a unique community of studios and businesses that unites technology, creative spaces and education. The location is hailed…
L-Acoustics has appointed Jeff Rocha, formerly Head of Market Development for North America, to the newly created position of Director of Product Management. As a member of the L-Acoustics Board of Directors, Jeff accompanies the product development lifecycle end to end, liaising with key stakeholders across geographies and functions to recommend and implement processes and systems that allow L-Acoustics to identify and address new business opportunities effectively and deftly. His role encompasses market intelligence and identification of key opportunities; crafting product portfolio and technology roadmaps cross-functionally in collaboration with R&D, applications, sales and marketing teams; development of marketing and sales…
