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APG welcomes new shareholder, Bruno Garros

After spending 15 years in high-ranking positions within the Martin Professional group, Bruno Garros is taking on the role of Executive VP of global sales and business development at APG, a french manufacturer of professional sound systems. He has also significantly increased the share capital of the company and taken a 25% shareholding in the business.
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Wybron closes doors after 35 years

Sadness! Wybron, a leading stage lighting supplier has announced that the company will close its doors on 30 June 2013. The company is best known for transforming entertainment, church and architectural industries with its innovation of cutting-edge lighting products.

Ambersphere joins the Robert Juliat family

Robert Juliat and Ambersphere Solutions have announced an exclusive agreement that will enable Ambersphere Solutions to represent French manufacturer Robert Juliat throughout the UK. This agreement enables Ambersphere to extend its unique sales, service, support and training facilities to cover all Robert Juliat products.

Gaggione, shaping your light

Gaggione, optician, French plastics manufacturer, specialised in producing high quality optics associated with LEDs, is one of the world's top three companies in the sector, if not the very best, thanks to over half a century's experience in plastics manufacturing, its staff and its R&D tool resources.

Texte: Monique Cussigh. Photos : Daniel Gilet & Monique Cussigh

Our digital magazine celebrates its first birthday

In his big summer hit from 1975, Joe Dassin talks about a year, a century, an eternity. Joe was right. That first day does seem far away, yet it was only April 24, 2012 when we were finally able to catch up to the times and embark on this adventure of Soundlightup, the first pure-play online publication dedicated to sound, lighting and visual effects professionals.

Text : Ludovic Monchat, Illustration : Eric Puech

Robert-Juliat Tibo 533

Robert Juliat has come up with an ultra-modular concept based on a compact projector, available as a profile or Fresnel, with fixed or variable color temperature. In a word: everything. Here is our test of the Tibo 533 LED profile, in three versions of white light output.

Text & photos : Tristan Szylobryt

Martin Mac Viper Profile. The Return of the King

It is the new revolution of the season, a Martin moving head, a true spot with a blessed 1000 W discharge lamp, gobos, CMY color, zoom and functions like the good old days of this breed of projectors that we believed to be extinct. It has a rock star name and the stature of a workhorse; it is a deadly viper and a legion of 5000 units has already marched out of the factories. It's all here and, more than anything else, it represents a resurrection.

Text & photos : Tristan Szylobryt

Audio-Technica pays respects to founder Hideo Matsushita

Audio-Technica is sad to announce the passing of company founder and executive emeritus of Audio-Technica Corporation, Hideo Matsushita, on March 5, 2013. Hideo Matsushita passed away of natural causes at the age of 93. In accordance with his family’s wishes, a private wake and funeral service were held on March 8 and 9.

Flare Audio’s Space S1

Dedicated to studios and DJs, Flare Audio’s S1 bi-amplified speaker system has been designed using advanced technologies and measurement methods and claims a great accuracy in sound reproduction. Its cabinet is made of CNC machined solid aerospace aluminum blocks.

MES French lighting company acquired by SSE

SSE Audio Group has acquired French lighting company M.E.S through its French subsidiary Melpomen. Both MES and Melpomen have bases in Nantes and Paris and have worked together extensively on sound and lighting projects in recent years.

Robert-Juliat Tibo 533

Robert Juliat invente un concept ultra-modulaire autour d’un projecteur compact, disponibles au format découpe ou Fresnel, en température de couleur fixe ou variable, aux carrosseries multicolores. Bref que du choix. Pour faire le point voici notre test de la découpe Led Tibo 533 en 3 versions de blanc.
Texte et Photos : Tristan Szylobryt

Mackie Launches ”My Fader” an iPone application

Mackie Launches My Fader™, a powerful remote Control App for DL1608 and DL806 mixers from an iPhone or iPod touch

L-Acoustics in Belgium

XLR, Brussels-based sales and distribution team, has joined the L-ACOUSTICS Certified Provider network for Belgium as a Distributor. Jan de Brucker and Louis Lukusa head the team dealing with Dutch-speaking Belgium and with the French-speaking side of Belgium respectively, backed up by the technical expertise of Sébastien Desaever.

Mika at the Casino de Paris

Singer, song writer Mika with a string of English Funk/Pop hits to his name, gave two sold out concerts at the Casino de Paris atthe end of last year. Lighting kit was provided by Régie Lumière a Paris based and long established lighting hire company who suggested Martin’s Mac Viper and the ilumo ZOOM LED Spot from Lumonic. Lighting Designer Justin Shaw was just astonished and even entranced by the lights.

Text and pictures : Monique Cussigh

Robert Juliat Introduces Creative Concept Light

Robert Juliat will introduce at Siel Creative Concept Light by Robert Juliat, a new concept in lighting formulated to illustrate its forthcoming range of unique TIBO luminaires. The full TIBO range will be previewed at SIEL.
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