Christie has announced the 4K22-HS, the newest addition to its HS Series of laser projectors. With 22,500 lumens, the new Christie 4K22-HS sets a new industry standard for brightness in 4K UHD 1DLP projection. The Christie 4K22-HS narrows the gap between 1DLP and 3DLP projection, making it ideal for live events and venues that require high brightness, incredible colour performance, and professional features, including museums, auditoriums, and attractions, in a budget-friendly projector. With Christie BoldColor+ technology, the 4K22-HS delivers natural and realistic colours, deeper blacks, and enhanced colour uniformity. For applications that require multiple projectors, the new model features onboard…
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Corona, California-based ETS Pro Lighting, which specializes in concert touring, professional lighting, and equipment rentals, has invested in 24 ROXX Cluster B2 FC LED audience blinder/strobe/wash fixtures. The purchase marks the first acquisition of ROXX lighting by ETS. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of ROXX products in North America. “We’re always looking to buy innovative products, and the Cluster B2 FC caught our attention at LDI 2022,” says ETS Owner and President, Juan Alegria. “The first thing we noticed was their very clever interlocking system, which means the lighting designers we supply and support can be really creative with…
The UK’s Festive holidays ignited the zany and uniquely British performance phenomena of pantomime which came to theatre stages up and down the UK. This year lighting designer Andy Webb was delighted to be asked to design two high-profile panto shows – Aladdin at the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury and Beauty and The Beast at the Festival Theatre in Malvern, both for UK Productions (UKP). Webb chose a selection of Robe moving and LED luminaires to help bring the vibrant, trippy craziness of the genre to life. “Rule number one in panto lighting is keeping up with the fast-and-furious pace…
DirectOut introduces HCONTROL.8, an eight-channel remote controller for their PRODIGY Series. Combined with PRODIGY.MP and globcon, the device turns DirectOut’s multifunction processor into a (mobile) mixing console. This solution enables a free and flexible mapping of audio channels and functions, such as FlexChannels, Matrix Mixers, and Snapshots distributed over 12 layers. With its 100mm faders, HCONTROL.8 is not only capable to control, but it also receives data from PRODIGY.MP displaying fader status and level meter information in a tailored and fully integrated way. Applications vary between fixed installations, where one PRODIGY.MP is controlled by several HCONTROL.8 throughout a conference set-up…
The Royal Swedish Orchestra celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Swedish video game studio, DICE at the Royal Swedish Opera. The dynamic meeting of cultural opposites showcased the musical accompaniments of games such as Battlefield 1, 3, 4 and V, Battlefield 2042, Battlefield: Bad Company 1 and 2, Star Wars: Battlefront I and II, Mirror’s Edge and Mirror’s Edge Catalyst. The musical background of a video game, similar to the function of a film soundtrack, guides and supports the gamer through the narrative of the game. For LD Ishai Mika of Green Wall Designs AB, Sweden, this presented a unique…
Clear-Com has appointed Ben Turnwell as Regional Sales Manager for UK, Ireland and Israel. He previously worked at Solotech, Autograph Sound and Amber Sound, all of which are Clear-Com partners. Turnwell’s background lies primarily in technical theatre, where he has worked in project management of systems integration for shows in regional theatres in Europe, as well as large West End productions like Aladdin, Mary Poppins, and, most proudly for him, Hamilton. As a long-time fan of Clear-Com technology, he was also responsible for integrating an extensive FreeSpeak Digital Wireless system into the 2018 Ed Sheeran “÷” World Tour during his…
Mathias Roelandt and his brother, along with their team at IIIMAGINE, including lighting operator and LED: Michiel Goedertier, celebrate flight by turning the Musée royal de l’Armée’s (Royal Military Museum) Aviation Hall into an electronic music space for three captivating performances. Setting up a stage amidst the aircraft they wove the entire hall into their shows with the help from over 60 CHAUVET Professional fixtures supplied by AB Sound. This was not the first time that the IIIMAGINE team has transformed an out-of-the-ordinary location with music and light. Prior to their show at the Aviation Hall, the brothers and their…
The International Theater at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino is one of Las Vegas’s most celebrated historic performance theaters. Renowned for its superstar residencies, it has played host to a variety of major acts for decades including Elvis Presley, Liberace, Wayne Newton, and The Righteous Brothers. Since 2018, the 1,600 seat room has hosted an ongoing residency from Barry Manilow in addition to regular visits from other major touring acts throughout the year.Seeking to be equally as hospitable to the sound production teams of visiting engineers as well as its own staff, The Westgate acquired a pair of…
With a deep commitment to supporting sound engineers, system planners and consultants during each phase of their audio journey, d&b audiotechnik has introduced HeadroomCalc. Available in ArrayCalc V11, the patent-pending HeadroomCalc technology now predicts the reaction of a d&b system to a specific audio signal, providing a more precise sound pressure level (SPL) and headroom calculation than any other solution currently available. “It is d&b’s mission to provide superior and more comprehensive predictability of system performance. HeadroomCalc represents significant progress in predicting accurate system performance that will impact the planning and execution of future audio projects”, commented Florian Hahn, Product…
Void Acoustics is celebrating its 20th anniversary throughout 2023. As part of this milestone, it will be adding six significant new products to it’s extensive pro-audio catalogue and showcasing these, complete with an experience true to Void, at the ISE Show in Barcelona; including a stand (Stand 7E300) and demo room (8B5). The brand new Arclite is a high-powered, arrayable point source loudspeaker specifically designed to meet the demands of the touring industry. It is designed for pairing with the Arcline 218 and Arcline 118 subwoofers and offers scalability with maximum output and coherence, thereby delivering a true point source…
Andrea Bocelli’s audio team has relied on DiGiCo’s professional touring consoles during the star’s career, starting in 2006 with the original D5 Live. After a brief move to an analogue solution, the production migrated back to digital with the SD7, but recently upgraded to DiGiCo’s flagship premium Quantum 7 console and its advanced processing suite to cater for the high I/O count typical of the classical genre and the grand venues in which it is hosted. With an average of 45 concerts a year, the renowned tenor maintains a busy touring schedule. Reportedly the biggest selling solo classical artist of…
New professional training which provides the very latest guidance on the In-service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment (ISITEE) – including why the term ‘PAT Testing’ should now be considered a thing of the past – has been announced. Presented by James Eade, the UK’s leading expert on electrical power safety for entertainment environments, the hugely popular JET 2377 courses will be available in Bristol on 15-16 February and again on 17-18 May 2023. The course brings attendees up to date with the important changes introduced by the revised 5th edition of the IET Code of Practice on In-service Inspection…
The ADJ Pixie Strip series is a collection of led pixel battens which combine vibrant leds with intelligently-designed housings to create a powerful and versatile system. that system has now become even more flexible with the addition of the new pixie driver 8000. this powerful unit receives a klingnet, art-net or sacn control signal and powers up to 8,160 pixels of pixie strips. Four times more powerful than the existing Pixie Driver 2000, the new Pixie Driver 8000 model features eight independent output ports for connecting Pixie Strip fixtures using the system’s proprietary 4-pin combined power and data connections. Each…
Lighting Thomas Rhett’s Bring The Bar To You tour, LD Alec Takahashi could sense the crowd enter different emotional spaces as his client moved from one location on the set to another. “We had a B stage that Thomas Rhett walked on for a few songs,” said Takahashi. “This allowed us to create stripped down moments for him to get closer to fans. When he did this, the crowd subconsciously relaxed and became a little loose. You could literally feel the crowd relax and engage when he moved to that stage, and then you could feel the energy skyrocket with no…
Sony is expanding its lineup of pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras with the addition of two 4K models with built-in AI analytics. The SRG-A40 and SRG-A12 cameras automatically and consistently track, and naturally frame presenters, regardless of movement or posture, for seamless content creation and control – all without operating a computer. The new PTZ Auto Framing technology features automatic operation for quick object tracking and rediscovery, as well as multiple Auto Framing options. Highlights of the cameras include image quality with automation, the flexibility of IP, powerful zoom, remote control, and easy configuration and operation. They are ideal for use in…
In a few days Claypaky will present lots of lighting solutions at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Barcelona: The Aqua Series: These exciting new fixtures meet the needs for outdoor installations and also for rental companies with outdoor productions. They offer an IP66 degree of protection which is greater than the average protection offered by products currently on the market. Some fixtures even offer a Marine-grade C5-M protection, which further expands the field of application to the cruise ship sector. No more need to worry about water, humidity, dust – or even salt: put your show on without concern for…
Brompton Technology, will be returning to Barcelona for ISE 2023, the world’s largest AV systems integration show, to demonstrate key developments in its industry-leading LED processing technology. These will take in the latest Tessera software features, including two major features published as part of the Tessera v3.4 software release: Extended Bit Depth and Stacking. The biggest product announcement and a new ‘game-changer’, however, will be revealed on the first day of the show, solidifying Brompton’s name as a true innovator that is not only a current technology leader, but is a future-ready R&D expert. Located in Hall 3, Brompton’s newly…
DiGiCo has appointed James Baker as Senior International Sales Manager and promoted long-standing team members, Jaap Pronk and Tom Williams, to International Sales Managers. Having previously served as a Business Development Manager and International Sales Manager, Baker’s skill set is ideally suited to his new role. He is set to bring the considerable knowledge gained from these past positions to his new role at DiGiCo and has a keen focus on continuing the consolidation of DiGiCo’s enviable position in the console market and exploring new opportunities for further growth. “I wanted a new challenge where I could leverage everything I’ve…
