Acoustic & Lighting System to Host Avolites Academy – Titan Training

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by Thomas Richard - June 11, 2019June 11, 2019

Acoustic & Lighting System will be conducting a short 2-level course in Avolites Titan usage in June and July 2019 at their headquarters in Malaysia. The structured course will cover all aspects of the console from basic patching through programming to networking. With so much to learn the course is split

The Hunna Back GLP Solutions

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by Thomas Richard - June 9, 2019

Production designer, Tom Campbell used multiples of GLP’s award-winning impression X4 Bar 20s, as well as the new FR1 compact automated light and innovative KNV Cubes in a GLP-dominated stage when guitar-dominated band The Hunna played a small UK tour of mostly O2 Academy theatres recently. After a quiet year, in

GLP Fixtures Assumes Form for James Blake

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by Thomas Richard - May 26, 2019

Electronic wizard and Mercury Prize winner James Blake has been touring the United States prior to returning to his native UK for theatre dates, and appearances at European festivals, starting with All Points East. On the road with him is Blake’s long-serving, and highly experienced LD, Chris Bushell, accompanied by an

Avolites Brings New Tech To An Old Soul

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by Thomas Richard - March 6, 2019

Even after this year’s Mardi Gras festivities have come and gone, Harrah’s Casino in the famous French Quarter will still be drawing in the droves to its latest dazzling spectacle: Fillmore New Orleans, Live Nation’s Crescent City take on the iconic San Francisco music hall. The newest Fillmore, whose old-fashioned theater

GBR: Eric Prydz HOLO Stuns with Holographic 3D FX Powered by Avolites Ai

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by Thomas Richard - December 19, 2018

Demigod DJ Eric Prydz’s mind blowing HOLO show returned from the future this summer, wowing EDM disciples with holographic technology and magical 3D FX. It was the latest development in a long line of Prydz performances which take media server processing and power to the limits of possibility – and

INTL: Placebo Rock Out at Festival Shows with Avolites Arena

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by Thomas Richard - September 11, 2018

Placebo's epic new show is touring European festivals with a revamped rock 'n' roll lighting design by Will Kinnaird, who's armed with an Avolites Arena running Titan V11. Kinnaird has pimped Placebo's lighting for festival season, with recent shows having been more video-based. "My lighting brief was 'big rock 'n' roll', so

GBR: Avolites Ai v10.1 Powers ‘Psychedelic Visuals’ For Paramore

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by Thomas Richard - February 28, 2018

US rock band Paramore's current world tour is a visual dynamo. Featuring a complex array of projection mapped video screens, the production displays high impact psychedelic visuals powered by the expert technology of Avolites' EX8 Ai Infinity Server and Ai v10.1 software. Production Designer Butch Allen devised the show's complex video

GBR: Avolites Gives The Magic Tiger Touch To Cinderella

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by Thomas Richard - February 5, 2018

Oh no they didn't! Oh yes they did! The lighting team at The Grand Theatre Blackpool recently used an Avolites Tiger Touch II console to control the magical light show for the historic theatre house's star-studded Christmas pantomime performance of fairy-tale classic, Cinderella. The show marked the 21st anniversary of production

DOM: Avolites Ai R8 Servers’ Versatility & Speed Power Epic Video Content At The Festival Presidente

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by Thomas Richard - February 5, 2018

More than 50,000 fans packed the Dominican Republic's Olympic Stadium in November to experience The Festival Presidente, the Caribbean's largest international music festival. On the festival's opening night, Latin music star Gabriel performed in front of epic LED screens displaying florid, fast-paced graphics, powered by Avolites' Ai R8 media servers. Yamil

MAR: Avolites Adds The Tiger Touch To Oasis Festival 2017

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by Thomas Richard - January 15, 2018January 15, 2018

Lighting designer Chris Binks selected an Avolites Tiger Touch II and Tiger Touch Fader Wing to facilitate his authentic live control and design approach for the third edition of Oasis Festival, an electronic dance festival held at The Source Marrakech Private Resort Music & Spa in Morocco. Chris, whose design method