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Audinate Announces Dante Domain Manager with Full Support for Dante Video

Audinate Announces Dante Domain Manager with Full Support for Dante Video

Dante Domain Manager 1.4 now encompasses all Dante audio and video products

Audinate, developer of the professional AV-industry leading Dante® AV over IP solution, announces the immediate availability of Dante Domain Manager v1.4 with support for Dante-enabled video products such as PTZ cameras, HDMI encoders and decoders, and the Dante Studio suite of video tools.Read More »Audinate Announces Dante Domain Manager with Full Support for Dante Video

Obsidian Control Systems Announces Shipping Release of NX1™ Control System and ONYX 4.8 Software Release    

Following the successful launch of the NX1 lighting control system at the Prolight + Sound tradeshow in Frankfurt in late April, the NX1™ console along with the add-on NX P™ playback wing and NX K™ keypad are now being delivered in large quantities to customers around the world.Read More »Obsidian Control Systems Announces Shipping Release of NX1™ Control System and ONYX 4.8 Software Release    

Beckhoff USA Names Azad Jafari I/O Product Manager

Azad Jafari is the I/O Product Manager for Beckhoff USA based at the company’s Silicon Valley Technical Center

Azad Jafari joined Beckhoff Automation as I/O Product Manager, a key role that oversees the company’s I/O systems, EtherCAT, and other industrial networking solutions across the U.S. In addition to deep engineering experience with complex automation solutions, Jafari possesses considerable expertise in business development and industry management, particularly in consumer electronics. Based at Beckhoff USA’s Silicon Valley Technical Center in San Jose, he is an impressive addition to the already strong product management team.Read More »Beckhoff USA Names Azad Jafari I/O Product Manager

Robe Celebrates Liberty at Colours of Ostrava 2022 Festival

The Colours of Ostrava music festival returned to the former Vítkovice steelworks in Ostrava, Czech Republic over four days in mid-July. Prague-based SMART Production oversaw staging, rigging, lighting, video and audio for most of the stages, with the Liberty Stage getting extra visual impact with a Robe-centered rig provided by rental specialist AV Media Events.

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Bandit Lights Up Rockzilla Tour

The Rockzilla Summer Tour featuring Papa Roach, Falling In Reverse, Hollywood Undead and Bad Wolves has been crisscrossing the country with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. LD Mathias Kuhn worked to achieve distinct looks for each of the co-headlining bands all while using the same floor set by using lighting fixtures mounted on and in Tyler truss.

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Chauvet Professional Answers “What’s New at PLASA?”

“What’s new?” Unscientific research has shown those to be the most common words uttered by visitors when they first enter a trade show stand. Those who pose that question to the Chauvet Professional team at PLASA Stand C-16 will be treated to some exciting answers, as the company continues to build on its recent impressive string of IP65 rated product introductions, particularly in regard to their class leading weight.Read More »Chauvet Professional Answers “What’s New at PLASA?”

280 Proteus for Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert at Schönbrunn Castle

LD Jerry Appelt turns to power of Excalibur and Maximus on one of his favorite shows of the year

The annual Summer Night Concert (Das Sommernachtskonzert) by the Vienna Philharmonic at the illustrious Schönbrunn Palace is the second biggest show every year in Austria, only outdone by the world-class orchestra’s renowned New Year’s Concert. This year, lighting designer and director of photography Jerry Appelt used 280 Elation Proteus series luminaires to light the summer show for 80,000 spectators in the Palace Park plus a worldwide television audience of millions.Read More »280 Proteus for Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert at Schönbrunn Castle

The Society of Properties Artisan Managers (S*P*A*M) Elects New Officers

The Society of Properties Artisan Managers (S*P*A*M) recently held their 29th Annual S*P*A*M Conference, where they elected three new officers. We at Stage Directions in PLSN join them in congratulating Karin Rabe Vance, Ben Hohman, and Liz Baehr for being voted in as S*P*A*M’s new President, Vice President, and Secretary.Read More »The Society of Properties Artisan Managers (S*P*A*M) Elects New Officers