Madrid-based technical solutions provider, Glub-Glub Soluciones Tecnicas Para El Espectaculo, has become the first Spanish company to invest in GLP’s new S350 LED fixture. Glub-Glub director Juan Margallo, who invests solely in LED lighting technology, had been looking for an advanced LED profile largely to service the corporate events and theatre work in which the company specialises. The S350 ticked the boxes since it represents the next generation of LED moving head profilers. Fully featured, with an impressive optical zoom, its uniquely designed full spectrum light source makes primary colour more intense, pastel colours more natural, and coloured objects and…
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With India’s dramatic increase in music festivals, live acts, private shows, and grand weddings comes an increase in investment in audio technology, and an audio rental industry that has consequently become more dynamic in its equipment choices and its services. There are a number of pioneers in the Indian rental market that have played a significant role in this evolution. New Delhi-based Mastersound is one of them. Launched in the 1950s and known as a trendsetter in North India, it has recently purchased a DiGiCo SD10 from the British manufacturer’s authorised India distributor, Hi-Tech Audio Systems. “Gurnam Singh, founder of…
After 18 years of relentless touring, nine studio albums, and a fistful of awards, heavy metal icons WarCry remain as fiercely intense as ever. From the moment they burst on the stage at Chihuahua’s Teatro de las Ciudad, performing Luz del norte, and throughout their entire 21 song set, the band swept fans up in their hard driving sound. Contributing to the experience was a frenetic lightshow created with 28 CHAUVET Professional fixtures supplied by ProAudioSoluciones. Tapped by the show’s producer, Direct Music Company, to provide the lighting rig, ProAudioSoluciones drew on its 20 years experience in the entertainment industry…
Green Hippo’s product specialist team has strengthened on both sides of the Atlantic with the appointments of Zep Mouris as Hippotizer Product Manager at its new London HQ and Nick Spencer as Product Specialist, based in Chicago. The move comes as the company focuses on delivering enhancements to its range of real-time video manipulation products for the AV industries. It follows hot on the heels of a recent leadership change at Green Hippo, which saw the appointment of David March to Sales and Marketing Director and Ryan Brown to Operations and Product Director. “Zep has been a cornerstone of software…
Robe Lighting heeds the request of the team at Lightswitch and created a patented 6:1 Hot-Spot Lens System for the new ESPRITE LED profile luminaire. As lighting manufacturers continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in luminaire technology, the practical application of that technology falls upon the designers and technicians. With many different lighting designs and a myriad of applications worldwide, not all designs require the same characteristics from fixtures in their rigs. While a studio lighting design may require one fixture attribute, a concert touring design may require another. In these instances where specific performance capabilities must…
TPi are proud to partner with Live Sound Podcast hosting the first episode exclusively for 24 hours. Episode one kicks things off with Brad Madix – FOH Engineer for Florence + The Machine, Jack White, Rush, Van Halen, and many many others not to mention, co-founder of Diablo Digital. During this episode, Brad talks about how he got his start in his career and the blurred line between studio and live audio mixing. He also gives his take on the analogue vs digital debate. www.livesoundpodcast.co.uk
We’re proud to launch the first-ever digital version of TPi Talks. For a number of years, we have talked about taking TPi Talks into the digital sphere, but simply never had the time to do so. But during this time of isolation we’ve decided to take the plunge. Our first episode is with Steve Jones from d&b audiotechnik where we are tackling the subject of immersive audio and what audiences can hope to expect for the future of live sound. We are also reproducing the interview in its entirety on Spotify as a podcast. So if you’re looking for something…
Audio-visual and entertainment technology company, Anna Valley, is building a centre for audio excellence across the group by purchasing new audio equipment to supplement its existing stock, consolidating their inventory with that of its subsidiary, Matrix UK Solutions, and assembling a team of dedicated audio specialists. The new stock purchased by Anna Valley complements both their existing d&b, Shure and Yamaha kit as well as the equipment recently moved from Matrix to the group’s head office in Feltham to create a comprehensive hire stock of digital audio equipment that all speaks the same language. To this end, they’ve expanded their…
For the third year in a row, NEXO supported Sound of Music in its role as audio production provider to the annual TPi Awards. Hosted by Mondiale Media in one of London’s biggest corporate events venues, Battersea Evolution, the TPi Awards are attended by over 1,700 production industry insiders. Sound of Music’s Sash Pochibko took the opportunity to add GEO M12 modules to his stock, and these formed the core of the TPi Awards PA system. L/R arrays of six GEO M12s modules, plus a centre cluster of three GEO M10s, were supplemented by 10 MSUB18s, lined up on the…
In support of The Recording Academy and its affiliated charitable foundation MusiCares, Ultimate Ears Pro announced the #MusicFromHome campaign to help address the concerns of working musicians and crew members currently out of work during this difficult time. Ultimate Ears Pro plans to donate $10,000 to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund through their UE Cares initiative as the first step in uplifting our live performance community. The donation goes hand-in-hand with highlighting a variety of emerging and established artists through a series of weekly live performances and an online sweepstakes on @UltimateEarsPro social channels. The goal of #MusicFromHome is to…
German audio technology and solutions company d&b audiotechnik today announced a series of free educational sessions across Zoom and Instagram. The daily webinars along with weekly live Instagram sessions, provide free interactive and informative content hosted by DJs, front of house engineers, technicians, industry experts, as well as d&b product specialists. “At d&b, we have increased our focus on creating digital content for our customers and partners. We’re delighted to offer these free resources to help the pro audio industry connect and further their knowledge during this difficult time,” said Amnon Harman, CEO d&b audiotechnik. “Our message remains the same,…
Lectrosonics has announced the appointment of Jimmy Yap as the Company’s new Technical Representative for the Asia Pacific Region. Based in Cambodia, Jimmy will be representing Lectrosonics by supporting dealers, end-users and future customers throughout the region including China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Bangladesh. Jimmy Yap joins Lectrosonics with a very broad spectrum of education and career experience in A/V, including technical engineering, distribution and sales, and having held executive positions at his own company as well as at a variety of industry manufacturers. …
As the nation and entertainment industry navigate the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic, all Bandit offices have made power distribution systems, IT data distribution systems, portable structures and lighting available to local governments and hospitals completely free of charge. Bandit has also made available, free of charge, its Nashville rehearsal facility, Venue One, for use by any artist that needs a place to perform a live stream event during this critical time. “Tennessee has been known as The Volunteer State since The War of 1812, and it was only right that Bandit step up and offer this free support,” said Bandit Lites…
Strand has announced a new LED version of the iconic Strand Leko Profile luminaire along with an updated Cantata Fresnel. The two new fixtures are available in full-colour RGBALC as well as tunable warm and cold white versions, and are part of a full range of theatrical luminaires announced today by Strand targeting theatres, houses of worship, TV and film studios, and other performance spaces. The full-colour versions of the new Leko and Cantata luminaires feature an RGBALC (red, green, blue, amber, lime and cyan) colour mixing system as well as the SmartColor Control system first seen on the recently…
Strand has announced the Leko LED Outdoor Profile, an IP65-rated version of the popular Strand Leko. The new weather-ready profile luminaire is available in both a full-colour version featuring RGBALC colour mixing, as well as a higher output white version. The Leko LED Outdoor is part of a full range of theatrical luminaires announced by Strand. “The Leko LED Outdoor Profile is a modern successor to the iconic Strand Leko, but in a sturdy IP65 housing built to withstand the elements,” explained Martin Palmer, Senior Product Manager, Vari-Lite and Strand Luminaires at Signify. “Designed to take the performance outside no…
SXS events has shared some positivity and insight to what we it has been doing at SXS HQ: “We are delighted that we have not suffered any significant cancellations. Our clients have been decisive, courageous and sensitive in their actions by postponing their events until later in the year. We have supported them in every way possible with this and are grateful to have learnt a lot in the process. They have also been good to us. This has resulted in SXS being able to coast in this situation for 12+ months without additional investment (which is available from…
Strand has announced the new Coda LED Cyc and Aurora LED Strip luminaires featuring the RGBALC colour mixing system and SmartColor Control system first seen on the recently announced Vari-Lite VL5LED WASH. The new fixtures bring a wide range of rich, easily controllable colour options to footlight, graze, and cyclorama applications, and are part of a full range of theatrical luminaires announced today by Strand targeting theatres, houses of worship, TV and film studios, and other performance spaces. The new Strand Coda cyc fixture and Aurora strip luminaires merge modern lighting technology with the colour depth and control simplicity of…
This was a birthday party with a difference: Hamburg rapper Samy Deluxe did not choose to celebrate privately but instead filled the Hamburg Barclaycard Arena with around 12,000 fans last December. The mega show, which also marked the end of his successful SaMTV Unplugged tour, was attended by numerous guests. On top of that was the unexpected release of his new album Hochkultur, which was also given as a present to all birthday guests. LD Bertil Mark, who has been working on the artist’s tour design since 2019 (after handling various festival engagements in previous years), was given the task…
