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With the release of the latest version of Armonia Pro Audio Suite 2.7.0, Powersoft’s proprietary digital signage monitoring and processing software, the company has unleashed further major features and DSP power in its continually evolving roadmap. A higher degree of loudspeaker supervision is achievable with the new Live Impedance curve, calculated in real-time and storable/displayable against a reference curve in the new spk2 preset files.

Writing our wishes for the new year is a wonderful exercise that we cherish each year just as much as hosting the old man with his flying reindeer. But 2015 is an exception to this rule, as all our thoughts are still with the victims of barbarism and their families.

Like many audio system design projects, the biggest challenge in specifying sound for a house of worship is often overcoming the limitations of the physical space. That was the situation that Ft. Wayne, IN-based Custom Sound Designs (CSD) Group, Inc. faced in a recent project for First Assembly Church of Raleigh, NC, and a system based on L-Acoustics’ Kiva and ARCS WiFo product lines controlled by a Yamaha CL5 digital audio console was its solution.

The new ID24 super-compact loudspeaker, the smallest ever made by NEXO, has been installed for the first time in Bristol, UK. Working as under-balcony fills in the 2000-seater Hippodrome theatre, 24x ID24s are a vital element in the high-specification system brought in by London-based Orbital Sound for a specific production.

The ‘Queen of Taiwanese Music’ Jody Chiang said farewell to fans after a long and stellar 34 year singing career which has produced no less than 60 albums and seen her win eight Golden Melody Awards! Jody Chiang’s regular lighting designer since 2013, used 46 Pointe Robe as effects lights.

ArtEffect Audioproduktion is a Cologne-based audio post-production studio, specialising in cinema and television blockbusters, documentaries, series and trailers. it’s owner Peter Schröder Recently invested in a Yamaha Nuage post-production system, which he is so satisfied with that a second one is likely to follow soon.

The world famous Royal Concertgebouw Concert Hall in Amsterdam has become the latest concert hall to update its lighting system to LED, with help from ETC and their Dutch dealer Ampco Flashlight Sales. But the decision on which fixtures to specify was not taken lightly: it took around a year of testing and discussions before deciding on 84 Desire® D60XTI Studio HD fixtures, controlled by an ETC Unison Paradigm® system.

Steven Douglas, LD for the Killers frontman, Brandon Flowers, decided the MADesign Ayrton were perfect over the top of each band member and keep them isolated. He has used them as the primary wash light for the backing band and they’re used for much of the show in that way.

For Kaaboo Festival Perfect Sunset, The lighting Designer Chris specified 20 x Robe BMFL Blades as a major part of the lighting scheme for the Sunset Cliffs (main) Stage of the three day event.

Award-winning lighting designer Bruno Poet felt privileged and inspired when offered to work in Verona Arena with the spectacular live show Intimissimi On Ice. At the same, this was his first opportunity to deploy SGM’s LED luminaires in his creative design.

Audio-Technica supplied more than 150 vocal and instrument microphones for the 49th Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, presented on November 4, 2015 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Broadcast live in 5.1-channel surround sound on the ABC Television Network in the USA, the awards show featured an extensive selection of Audio-Technica wired microphones, plus Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless Systems with AEW-T6100a and AEW-T5400a handheld microphone/transmitters.

Among the first live concerts to be staged in Paris after the November 13 terror attacks were three amazing and emotionally charged shows at the AccorHotels Arena by French singer, musician, superstar – and legendary showman - Johnny Hallyday. The design features 36 x Robe BMFL Spot moving lights on the rig which are integral to the show.

Ayrton reissues the VersaPix, launched in 2012, this time in the RS version, with ultra-tight beams of 3.5° and a record on-axis intensity of 200 cd/lm. The configuration of this fixture, with five LED sources splayed out in a 90°, fan-shaped array, allows for heretofore-unseen designs, whether they are used used together or separately – spheres, saucers and other original 3D effects. Designed by Stéphane Migné with 30 fixtures programmed by Arnaud Pierrel, this demo is, once again, mesmerizing.

For the adaptation quite faithful to the film, the lighting designer Valerio Tiberi asked almost exclusively for Clay Paky moving lights which he uses along with the conventional theatre lighting: 26 Alpha Profile 1500s, 6 Alpha Wash 1500s and 14 Alpha Wash Halo 1200s.

It is with profound dismay, mingled with anger, disgust, sadness, and an almost unreal feeling of horror that we are living through the events of November the 13th.This particularly affects those of us in show business, and even a little more those who know the team at the Bataclan well.