As part of its ambitious NEXTGEN initiative, encoder-maker POSITAL has introduced a major update to its portfolio of IXARC magnetic encoders. While incremental encoders based… Read More »POSITAL Introduces a New Generation of Absolute Encoders
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Ayrton is excited to choose PLASA Show 2023 for the official launch of its new IP65-rated Argo 6 fixtures on 5 September 2023. Argo 6… Read More »Ayrton launches IP65 Argo 6 at PLASA 2023
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Lighting Designer Joel Reiff has tapped 28 Ayrton Domino Profiles as his “workhorse” fixture for Counting Crows’ 56-date summer tour across the country, which he programmed on a grandMA3 console. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton fixtures and MA lighting products in North America. The band, with guests Dashboard Confessional, kicked off their “Banshee Season Tour” in June in Omaha and will wrap with a show at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado on September 25. Upstaging provided the Dominos and grandMA3 consoles for the tour.Read More »Ayrton Dominos and grandMA3 Hit the Road with Counting Crows’ Summer ‘Banshee Season Tour’
Obsidian Control Systems invites lighting control professionals to Stand D50 September 3-5 at the 2023 PLASA show at Olympia in West London. Sample a host of new innovations including the modular NX1 lighting console and latest ONYX software, as well as the world’s first IP65 data distribution range and other NETRON data distribution devices. Read More »Modular NX1™, New NETRON Devices Highlight PLASA Offerings for Obsidian Control Systems
Sometimes, less is indeed more. Tyler Veneziano has no problem with that theory. The talented designer is a huge fan of the CHAUVET Professional Rogue R1 FX-B with its five individually controlled RGBW moving heads. He particularly likes the fixture’s infinite pan and tilt. But when lighting multi-platinum rockers Breaking Benjamin on their North American tour earlier this summer, Veneziano stopped himself from using this feature at points during the band’s 90-minute, 17-song set. “I love the infinite pan and tilt, but I didn’t want to over-use it and become predictable,” he explained. “My plan was to save theses looks for key moments to maximize their impact.”Read More »Tyler Veneziano Mixes Subtlety and Color for Breaking Benjamin with CHAUVET Professional
Bandit Lites is thrilled to share the hiring of Amy Kerestessy as the Director of Human Resources. She will be responsible for implementing policy and procedures, onboarding new hires, managing employee engagement, assisting with record keeping as well as other duties.Read More »Amy Kerestessy Joins Bandit Lites as Director of Human Resources
Ha Hau, Manager & Field Production Designer for ILLENIUM’s Trilogy:Colorado concert at Denver’s Empower Field (formerly Mile High Stadium), shared some insights on how video and pyro can be used to draw everyone’s attention at stadium-sized concerts into the emotional flow of a stadium-sized show—even for those in the nosebleed section. “These venues are not meant for concerts, they’re meant for football where you watch everything on the field,” he said. “When it comes to a concert, you see everything at one end for the most part. I wanted to take advantage of having the field and make it part of the visual aspect. When you have the nosebleed seats, the seats are so high and watching everything happen at one end of the field of the stage is not as immersive. So, I wanted to create an immersive experience from the field for the people that are up high.”
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“It’s all about the people,” states Chris Norwood of Norwood Productions, explaining his people-first management style, and echoing a phrase actively embraced and promoted by Robe’s South African distributor, DWR. However, good, reliable, and flexible kit also helps a business thrive, and Johannesburg-based Norwood Productions has invested in some of Robe’s most compact fixture ranges to further the company’s growth – starting with LED Beam 100s and now also including LEDBeam 150s and LEDBeam 350s, with some Spikies on order. The Robe purchases – eight of each fixture – are perfect for the current size and scale of the events they are providing with top notch technical production.Read More »Norwood Productions Invests in Robe
Time and again, impurities make their way into the production processes. JW Winco uses special elements that can be detected with the naked eye, through image processing, or with metal detection to identify fragments of handles, knobs, or levers.Read More »JW Winco: Detect Foreign Material with Ease
Norwegian band, Postgirobygget (named after Norway’s main post office in Oslo), which began life in 1994 under the name The Pissed Off Sons, quickly gained traction with their debut album Melis, which sold nearly 200,000 copies and spent a total of 70 weeks in the VG Chart. Since then, they have embarked on an annual summer tour, performing at festivals and venues in front of audiences ranging from 2000 to 18,000 people. The band is often rightly dubbed Norway’s summer band.Read More »Petter Nilssen Chooses MDG Me2 for Postgirobygget Summer Tour 2023
The mood was high at Smukfest in Skanderborg when Denmark’s perhaps most beautiful festival took place on August 2 to August 6. 40,000 guests flooded the festival grounds every day to experience 5 days of performances by great international and Danish artists on the five different stages – and the odd rain shower.Read More »Full Color Blinder from ROXX® Lights up the Audience at this Year’s Smukfest