HARMAN Announces Brian Divine as Division President News by Thomas Richard - January 15, 2020 HARMAN Professional Solutions has appointed Brian Divine to President of the Professional Solutions division, effective immediately. As president, Divine will be responsible for overseeing the division’s worldwide operations, strategy, product roadmap and performance across all eleven brands. Divine’s elevation to the role is culmination of a nearly 20-year-career working in the professional
‘Spider’ weaves his magic with Ayrton in Poland Live by Thomas Richard - January 14, 2020 When production, lighting and multimedia designer, Pawel ‘Spider’ Pajak, and PERCEPTO [LAB] – the team responsible for creative visual production – were approached by production company, East Eventz, to design and deliver creative solutions for a one-off concert, they chose Ayrton MagicPanel-FX and Khamsin-S fixtures to provide contemporary, densely-coloured and
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Opens with disguise Powering Scenic Video Projections Live by Thomas Richard - January 14, 2020 The Tony Award-winning Best Musical ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ opened in London at the Noel Coward Theatre with video projection comprising the shows entire stage scenery. Supplied by Stage Sound Services, three disguise vx 4 and four gx 1 servers powered projections for the show, highlighting the huge impact of social media
RF Venue Launches HDR Antenna Distribution System News by Thomas Richard - January 14, 2020 RF Venue, a global leader in antennas, spectrum analysis and RF signal management tools, has announced the immediate availability of its highly anticipated DISTRO9 HDR antenna distribution system. designed to provide system integrators and end users with a powerful new tool for configuring multi-channel wireless microphone systems. DISTRO9 HDR’s proprietary architecture can
Prolyte Asia Pacific becomes SIXTY82 Doughty Asia News by Thomas Richard - January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Marc Hendriks (CTO, SIXTY82) – Menze van der Sluis (Managing Director, SDA) – Fokko Smeding (CEO, SIXTY82) Maintaining its focus on supplying the urgent demand for high-quality trussing and staging products and solutions, Prolyte Asia Pacific, also known as PAP, has announced its transition into SIXTY82 Doughty Asia (SDA). “For the past
Ayrton’s Huracán-X fixtures create a club vibe for HiJinx Festival Live by Thomas Richard - January 10, 2020 The HiJinx Festival of Electronic Dance Music marked its second year with a return to Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center where production designer, Cort Lawrence, ramped up the excitement with Ayrton Huracán-X fixtures providing dynamic graphics and colourful effects. HiJinx drew crowds of approximately 25,000 on December 27 and 28, 2019 with
Point Source Microphones Capture the Sounds of Cirque du Soleil Live by Thomas Richard - January 10, 2020 Cirque de Soleil’s latest production, R.U.N, which opened November 14 at the Luxor in Las Vegas, continues to flip theatre expectations with a little help from Point Source Audio microphones. A live-action graphic novel out to thrill, R.U.N delivers “back-alley fistfights, bike jumps, car chases, high falls, and body burns,” the
Carola gets Festive with Robe Live by Thomas Richard - January 10, 2020 Swedish singer and songwriter Carola Maria Häggkvist – best known as ‘Carola’ – has been one of Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, releasing a dynamic range of albums over that time encompassing pop and disco to hymns and folk music. She’s just played 12 sold-out festive shows at
Young Thug ‘Caged’ and Zapped with GLP JDC1’s Live by Thomas Richard - January 10, 2020 When British lighting designer Stu Dingley realised, back in 2018, that most of the acts he was servicing were Los Angeles based, he made the radical step of moving to California, believing that not only was it a great place to be based, but he could avoid the increasing commute. Most
Prolight + Sound Guangzhou reveals 2020 roadmap News by Thomas Richard - January 10, 2020 As a long-standing tradition and a token of gratitude, the night of 16th December 2019 was reserved for the Prolight + Sound Guangzhou (PLSG) annual gala dinner. About 600 exhibitors, supporting associations and media were cordially invited to the Westin Pazhou Hotel in Guangzhou to connect and enjoy the evening
