Named one of the top 50 universities in the world, Monash University in Melbourne is upgrading its AV systems, with AV Design Manager and Lead Architect Peter MacLean overhauling the university’s sound setup with solutions from Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW). Over the past decade, MacLean has worked with Monash University to define what a new AV system needed to do to improve the learning experience. Some of these requirements included natural, smooth and rich sound with high speech intelligibility, as well as reliable, consistent and easy-to install solutions. From there, MacLean designed a new set of standards for the audio-visual…
Author: Todd Staszko
KV2 Audio has appointed Leo Tanzil to the role of Technical Support Director & Product Specialist for the APAC region, to provide valuable support to KV2’s APAC Sales Director, Robert Adrian Tan. With over 20 years of experience in pro audio, both as Head of Engineering for Kairos Multi Jaya, one of Indonesia’s largest audio distributors and integrators, and most recently as an independent audio consultant, Tanzil is seen as an important addition to the team. “We’re thrilled to welcome Leo to the KV2 family,’ said CEO, George Krampera Jr. “His technical expertise coupled with his passion for high fidelity…
ADJ will showcase its newly evolved range of professional lighting products at LDI with some new products exclusively launched at the show in addition to a light show designed by experience LD Steve Kosiba. The show will showcase select fixtures from the brand’s existing range of fixtures, each specially curated to offer ROI to lighting designers, rental houses, production companies and integrators. A partner at Squeek Lights, the concert lighting specialist based in New Jersey, Steve Kosiba has extensive experience in the lighting industry. He joined Squeek Lights after six years at Starlite Productions, where he was head of the…
HARMAN Professional Solutions has entered into an agreement to acquire FLUX SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (“FLUX::”). The acquisition will broaden HARMAN Professional’s offerings across multiple applications with world-class immersive technology, in addition to establishing a foundation for future innovation by bringing together FLUX::’s team with the hardware and software engineers of HARMAN Professional. When closed, the purchase will include FLUX::’s immersive, processing, and analysis solutions across live production, installation sound, content creation, and post-production. “The FLUX:: acquisition is part of a technology investment HARMAN Professional is making to bring outstanding immersive experiences for live and recorded productions,” said Brian Divine, President, HARMAN…
VIOSO’s auto-calibration technology has been used to create a seamlessly curved 3D visualisation theatre in the cylindrical headquarters of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) in Daejeon. The new space – a challenging, corner-free take on a classic virtual-reality CAVE (cave automatic virtual environment) – is powered by a freely hanging projector rig mounted on the 5.6m high ceiling, from which 13 Barco UDM-4K15, running dual inputs, are able to project immersive stereoscopic images on the curved walls and floor of the 9m diameter room. Located on the campus of KISTI’s National Supercomputing Center, the VR/AR visualisation…
One of London’s most talked about new openings, Outernet Venues, put its trust in Clair Global Integration (CGI) for audio and networking solutions throughout three of its spaces. CGI worked on three state-of-the-art music venues; HERE at Outernet, a 2,000-capacity space frequented by touring artists, The Lower Third, a 250 capacity live music venue for smaller acts and DJs, and Forge, a 50 person capacity cocktail bar that caters for intimate singer-songwriter acoustic performances. Together, these contrasting spaces form part of an arts and entertainment hub built beneath the streets in the beating heart of Central London. Each venue required…
After spending his teenage years creating custom AV solutions for his own local rental business, which itself grew out of a fledgling career as a magician, Thomas Riedel found his calling in the communications business. Now, as Riedel enters its 36th year of operation, the company is enjoying is most successful period, with two record years in succession coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a third set to follow in 2023. With a series of acquisitions and new partnerships and projects announced on a regular basis, the growth in the company is evident, but it might have all been…
Miao Wang has joined Powersoft China as a solutions engineer in its new Beijing office. Wang, who will host the highly anticipated Chinese launch of the UNICA platform at InfoComm China (19–21 July), is the latest hire for Powersoft’s local operation, which recently relocated to the national capital from its previous office in Shenzhen. He will report directly to Abbu Hu, Powersoft’s chief representative officer in China. Wang joins Powersoft from a local pro-audio equipment manufacturer, where he worked with clients to deliver professional sound solutions, introduce new products, and provide manufacturer support for important projects and installations. Previously, after…
With the skilful design of a striking customised structure featuring embedded multimedia technologies, the Paris-based creative studio of international show producers ECA2 Group has created a spectacular outdoor theatre complex on a stunning stretch of coastline in southern Vietnam. Real estate company Sun Group enlisted ECA2 to produce something special at their Sunset Town resort on the shores of Phu Quoc, and it was achieved with a complex setup, which includes the discreet integration of more than 30 Barco projectors, Modulo Pi media servers, an army of Robe moving lights, water and fire effects tailor-made by ECA2’s sister company Crystal,…
Sitting proudly as a registered historic site in the Fifth Avenue Historic District of Nashville for its role in the Civil Rights movement, the former Woolworth building has recently been repurposed as an event venue and theatre, with a capacity of 750. Back in 2021, country music artist Chuck Wicks and partners 615 Ventures and investor and entrepreneur Rob Bellenfant acquired the building, with a view to turning into a Las Vegas-inspired space which could host music, acrobatics performances and comedy acts for the people of Nashville. Enlisting locally based AV company S&L Integrated to design the venue’s audio system,…
