ADJ has expanded the AV Series of LED video panels with a new model that offers the highest resolution in the range so far. Each of the flexible AV2 panels features a configuration of 3-in-1 RGB SMD2121 LEDs with a dense pixel pitch of 2.97mm (0.17”) allowing for vivid video display and a low minimum viewing distance. With a brightness of 1000NITS and black face LEDs for outstanding contrast, the AV2 features a pixel density of 168 x 168, which is equivalent to 112,896 per square meter. It offers a wide viewing angle of 160-degrees (horizontal) and 60-degrees (vertical –…
Author: James Robertson
Grand Performances turns to Allen & Heath digital mixers as a key part of their highly successful mix. With the mission to “inspire the community, celebrate diversity, and unite Los Angeles through free access to global performing arts,” Grand Performances has grown to become one of Southern California’s largest presenters of free performing arts programs and an important summer destination in the Grand Avenue Arts District of downtown Los Angeles. Most recently utilized as part of GRAND AVE ARTS: ALL ACCESS, the Allen & Heath Qu-16 covered front-of-house, monitors and recording duties for the all-day community cultural event. “I really…
Packing arenas at every stop on their Bandito Tour, Twenty One Pilots (TOP) frontman Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun underscored the show’s physical acrobatics and visual pyrotechnics with potent audio delivered by a 138-loudspeaker Meyer Sound LEO Family system supplied by VER Tour Sound in partnership with Concert Investor. The duo’s show is full of dynamic staging that includes soaring risers, the magical teleporting of Joseph to the rear of the arena, platform crowd-surfing by Dun with his drum set, and performing on an audience bridge and B stage far in front of the arrays. Riding herd on the myriad…
SXS Events, using Current RMS to manage their rental and production business, have recently used Current RMS’ Open API to create a number of exciting and useful integrations to streamline their workflow. The Open API is available for any of their software users to access and build with, for them to develop exciting and useful integrations that utilise their data within Current RMS. Established in 1998, UK-based SXS Events specialise in event production and dry hire and have grown to be a multi-million-pound event production company. Using the Current RMS Open API, they created X Hire, a platform for their clients to view…
Lighting designer Theis Wemuth of design company Create This was asked to produce a production design – lighting, video and set – for Danish alt-rockers Nephew’s 2018 reunion shows which will be followed by an extensive arena tour in 2019. For this, he specified 149 Robe MegaPointes as the main moving light fixtures. They were chosen multiple reasons, including their multifunctionality and brightness which Wemuth knew would be a perfect complement and contrast to the epic 420 square metre widescreen video backdrop that was central to the look and aesthetics of the stage. 8 Robe BMFL Spots were on the front…
Lights Control Rigging (LCR) have provided 20 Chroma-Q Color Force II fixtures for Bloc Party’s Silent Alarm Tour, to create a spectacular back wall wash. As the climax to the European leg of the current tour, Bloc Party played a sell-out show at London’s Alexandra Palace. The tour revisit’s Bloc Party’s debut album Silent Alarm, which is being performed in full, as well as fan favourites including ‘Two More Years’ and ‘Flux’ completing the encore. The set design for the show features five individual cyc panels spaced apart, which together display the iconic Silent Alarm album artwork. Ryan Hopkins, LD…
11th Hour enjoyed the summer sunshine at a range of UK festivals, providing a host of services across a diverse programme of events. Here are some of the highlights… The festival scene in the UK is in great health, with more people attending music and wider cultural events than ever before. Last year it was reported that overall attendance had increased by around 12% in 2016 to over 30 million, contributing £4 billion to the economy. The figures continue to rise, meaning that demand for support services is high, something that brings a smile to the face of (and a…
To address growing demand, Pearce Hire’s latest addition to its extensive hire stock has been a Prolyte Arc Roof staging system, supplied by Stage Electrics. Pearce Hire provides full technical production services for outdoor events around the UK, regularly supplying over 2,000 events per year on Greenfield sites, at festivals, for tours, exhibitions, architectural installations, sporting and entertainment productions. And so the demand for easy-to-construct, versatile staging structures are something Pearce Hire are frequently asked to specify. Stage Electrics are the premier UK stockist of Prolyte products, distributing Prolyte for over 15 years. With an in-depth understanding of the product,…
Formed at the turn of the millennium, with the aim of providing lighting and production services to the theatre and events industry, Edinburgh-based Blue Parrot has enjoyed a long association with Martin lighting over the years. This has taken them from MAC 500’s and 600’s right through to today’s Auras and Vipers. As their own theatre work increased, with MD Jonnie Clough himself a theatre lighting designer in his own right, the love affair continued, and just over a year ago the company invested in 12 Martin MAC Encore Performance WRM moving heads specifically for a Christmas show at the local Royal Lyceum…
