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Adamson introduces IS-Series Weatherized loudspeakers

Adamson Systems Engineering officially announces the IS-Series Weatherized line, purpose-built to withstand the most extreme climates in the world and a suite of improved and updated design tools for architects, integrators, and sound designers.

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Avolites controls the timelines with Titan v15

After a first series of beta tests then an Open Beta Version, the Titan v15 Avolites is available for download in a Release version with the eagerly awaited Timeline feature set.

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480 xtylos on the eurovision stage

In the Eurovision Song Contest stage, Claypaky will be represented by 481 Laser-Source Xtylos, their super-focused beam being essential to the lighting design of Henk Jan van Beek.

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Denton Bible Church Network with Optocore AutoRouter

The Denton Bible Church in Dallas installed a new DiGiCo Quantum338 for FOH and monitor and a SD12 for broadcast on an Optocore Fiber network, at the heart of which is one of Optocore’s new AutoRouters.

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Meyer Sound Continues Excellence at Calgary Theatre

The Jack Singer Concert Hall, the largest in Calgary, has installed a new and highly flexible “hybrid” Meyer Sound reinforcement system. It replaces a venerable Meyer system based on the same concept that had contributed to his success for more than 16 year.

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Ayrton at Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Ayrton is delighted! Huracán-X, Karif, and MiniPanel-FX will form a major part of the Henk-Jan van Beek’s lighting design this year which takes place at the Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

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L-ISA Studio, Create Spatial Audio Anytime, Anywhere

L-Acoustics breaks new boundaries with a revamped, innovative approach to the workflow of spatial audio content creation with the new L-ISA Studio software suite and upgraded L-ISA engine.

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ETC Rent goes ‘Live in Leith’

Black Light, one of the organizing centers of the "ETC Rent" program, participated in "Live in Leith" in Scotland, bringing the new High End Systems Turboray devices to the event.

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Robert Juliat Arthur Followspot. The Spot of Kings

The brilliant spotlight manufacturer Robert Juliat presents Arthur, an 800 watt LED followspot, which performs neck and neck with its 2500 W HMI-lamp counterpart, Aramis. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I did say the equivalent light output of a 2500 HMI... Very few people would have believed this 10 years ago. Well, here we are...

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The Sulim Kadyrov Mosque features 70+ RCF speakers

The Sulim Kadyrov Mosque, located in Oyskhara with a capacity of up to 15,000 people opened in 2020. Master Sound with the assistance of the Moscow-based RCF distributor ARIS installed 70+ RCF speakers.

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Hearts it in Red for Livestream Event

Dan Ridd, Steven Haynes and a team from Clearsound Productions in Shipston on Stour, UK, marked the culmination of a week of #LightItInRed ‘heart’ actions featuring Robe moving lights!

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Edge Lab VP facility powered by Brompton Technology

Cutting Edge announced Edge Lab is its newest venture in Virtual Production. Brompton Technology processing is used for the main LED screen of the facility.

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The registration is open for Virtual Showlight 2021

Virtual Showlight 21 is delighted to announce that registration for its unique online event is now Open ! Tickets for the event wich will take place on 25 May 2021 between 15.00 BST and 23.00 BST can be obtained from Hubilo.

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Focusrite Group has acquired Sequential

In a joint statement, Focusrite Group and Sequential LLC today announced that Focusrite plc has acquired Sequential LLC, the respected American synthesizer manufacturer led by legendary electronic instrument designer and Grammy winner Dave Smith.

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State Kremlin Palace chooses DiGiCo Quantum7 & 338

Accommodating 6000 spectators and Russia’s principal stage, the State Kremlin Palace has been equipped by ARIS with DiGiCo Quantum7 & Quantum338 consoles creating a fully redundant system integrated with the venue’s existing Stage Tec Nexus routing system.

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High End Systems fixtures take center stage on The Prom

For the 2020 filming of Netflix musical, The Prom, Hog programmer Scott Barnes worked alongside Director of Photography Matthew Libatique with High End Systems Sola Series fixtures.

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Lite Tek and Elation light cheerleading championship

Elation lighting package of Cuepix and DTW blinders, Protron strobes, SixPars and more highlighted team routines across five different stages during the Cheersport National Cheerleading Championship in Atlanta.

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A New AX2 PixelBar launched by Astera

Wireless LED lighting manufacturer Astera launches its new AX2 PixelBar product, a linear wash fixture with wireless control, onboard battery, individually addressable LEDs, ultra-high colour rendering, fabulous digital colour calibration and a 21-degree beam.

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Europe’s first L-Acoustics K3 installed in Denmark

The Eksercerhuset in Denmark hosts the Europe’s first L-Acoustics K3 system installed by the Danish distributor Matrix Sales. Left, right and centre fill is catered for with two A10 Focus and two X8. The punch is brought by KS28 and KS21.

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JDC Line Helps Mark Indochine’s 40th Anniversary Year

Jean-Christophe Aubrée and his team lit up the Niemeyer space with great delicacy thanks to the GLP JDC Line during the 40th anniversary of the Indochine group.

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Focusrite Group Unveils New Brand: Optimal Audio

Committed to commercial audio, Optimal Audio has been in development for three years in a bid to simplify the unnecessarily complex world of commercial audio with a product offering able to deliver high quality sound easy to install and operated by anyone.

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Vincent Faure-Chappat, Director of Photography for Top Chef in France

Top Chef's 12th season is currently on air on French Tv channel M6. Recorded at studio 210 in La Plaine Saint Denis, Vincent Faure-Chappat, its DOP, had to adapt his lighting kit, with the help of Impact Événement, which provided the majority of the kit.

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Immerse Yourself in the Future with Yamaha

Yamaha Professional Audio invites you on Thursday April 22nd at 10.00 UTC+1 to join on Facebook Live for a special New Technology Showcase event including a major update on their immersive audio solutions and more.

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Robe FORTE now available at CGS DRY HIRE

Rental company CGS Dry Hire, based in Denkendorf in southern Germany – known nationwide as CGS – and headed by Christian Geyer, relies on a large number of Robe’s just launched FORTE high powered LED moving lights, which have just been delivered via Robe Germany. These are now available for dry hire at CGS.

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Martin Audio Supported INSPIRE Onmyoji Production

The theatre production of INSPIRE Onmyoji featured unprecedented special effects with the sound system. This included Martin Audio’s Wavefront Precision (WPM) and Sound Adventures immersive 3D, with all outputs controlled by the SARA II Premium Rendering Engine.

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Ayrton Diablo spotlights The Death of England at the National Theatre

The Death of England was lightened by four Ayrton Diablo 300W LED profiles specified by National Theater regular lighting designer Jackie Shemesh.

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Knebworth House in a New Anolis Light

Architectural LED lighting Anolis has been approached by Robert Parker of the Historic Houses Association to assist in the specification of an illumination of the front of Knebworth House.

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Brompton Technology helps XR Studios

XR Studios push the boundaries with two stages equipped with LED devices, a Tessera SX40 4K Brompton Technology processor and ROE panels.

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Pro Group & L-Acoustics Makes Weibo Night special

Rightway Audio Consultants and Pro Group provided massive K Series L-Acoustics sound system for Weibo Night award show ceremony celebrating China’s biggest media stars streamed and broadcasted from the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.

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LD Systems ZONE X Hybrid DSP Matrix 
Available Now

LD Systems initially unveiled its new installation ZONE X series of DSP Matrix processors in 2020. The ZONE X 1208, features analog inputs and outputs and an Ethernet control interface, while the ZONE X 1208 D also offers 64 x 64 Dante channels.

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Smooth Obsidian lighting control at Hope Fellowship Church Texas

Hope Fellowship Church in Frisco, Texas, made a recent purchase of Obsidian NX4 and NX Wing lighting controllers.

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Robe Follows the Science in Israel

This year annual event at the Weizmann Institute was lightened by Eran Klein of Cochavi&Klein who created lighting with an all-Robe moving light kit.

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ETC debuts two new theatrical fixtures

ETC launched the Source Four LED Series 3 and the Desire Fresnel, a nice pairing for theatre needs for good brightness and color mixing as well as wireless DMX/RDM features.

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Arts Commons expands inventory with Ayrton and Robert Juliat fixtures

A multi-venue arts centre in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Arts Commons has invested in a complement of Ayrton lighting fixtures and Robert Juliat followspots from Sapphire Sound.

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Matt Hallard joins Ayrton sales team

Ayrton is happy to announce the appointment of Matt Hallard as regional sales manager for the UK, Ireland, Benelux, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Malta, Greece, Slovenia and Turkey.

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DJ Teddy-O joins LD Systems as Brand Ambassador

DJ Teddy-O, an internationally successful DJ and producer is now the brand ambassador for the pro audio manufacturer LD Systems. The collaboration highlights the vision shared by DJ Teddy-O and LD Systems: a passion for exceptional sound and the unifying power of music.

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Robe for Martin Jensen Site-Specific Shows

DJ Martin Jensen mixed for a series of concerts in unexpected places and Mathias Skall Hansen his lighting designer helped make them visually captivating by using Robe spotlights.

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L-Acoustics Turns Up The Heat At Phoenix Suns Arena

A new L-Acoustics Kara II sound system was installed just in time for the 2021 NBA season, part of a larger $230 million project to update the Phoenix Suns Arena and to convert the nearly 30-year-old arena into a state-of-the-art sports entertainment venue.

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PL+S digital meeting on 13 April 2021

Prolight+Sound will launch a new streaming format BIZLounge to present scenarios for an economically viable future. Experts will discuss restart strategies, green events, Brexit and education.

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Darmah and Brompton Technology celebrate their 6th birthday

“Brompton makes reliable, easy-to-navigate LED processing that allows us to make all our video and xR work look amazing,” says Rodrigo Proal, founder of darmah.