Video of the Week: ADJ at InfoComm 2017
Smartphone App Beats Low-Res LCD Displays for DMX Testing
City Theatrical’s DMXcat fills a technological void of sorts by leveraging smartphone technology to improve on traditionally balky and awkward DMX testing technologies. The DMXcat… Read More »Smartphone App Beats Low-Res LCD Displays for DMX Testing
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tvONE’s Latest VOIP Solutions for CORIOmaster Now Available
tvONE noted that its Video Over IP solution for CORIOmaster video processing systems is now available. The IP video encoder, Magenta Encoder-100 announced earlier this year, will begin shipping, as well as the new 128 GB Streaming Media & 4K Playback Module (pictured here). Along with the two new hardware additions, tvONE has also upgraded its system design software, CORIOgrapher, to version 2.5.
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ADJ Road Tour Announces New Summer Dates
LOS ANGELES – ADJ Lighting have announced two summertime Road Tour dates to demonstrate their latest lighting and audio technologies that will be available third quarter of 2017. The companies will highlight the latest lighting technologies that debuted at InfoComm 2017 in Orlando, Florida earlier this June. The first tour stop will be on Wednesday, July 12th at SoundCheck Nashville, 750 Cowan Street, Nashville, TN 37207. The second stop will be on Thursday, July 27th at ADJ Lighting’s global headquarters in Los Angeles located at 6122. S. Eastern Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90040.
2017 Bridge School Benefit Concert Canceled
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – After Neil Young and friends launched inaugural Bridge School Benefit Concert in Oct. 1986, the concert, which raises funds for a school for special-needs students, had a 30-year run, raising millions with top acts pitching in to support the cause. A 2017 concert, however, will not take place. Concert founders Neil and Pegi Young, who divorced in 2014, cited personal reasons for the cancellation.
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra Planning 2017 Fall/Winter Tour
NEW YORK – Trans-Siberian Orchestra announced in late June that it is planning a tour this fall despite the death of TSO producer, composer and lyricist Paul O’Neill on April 5. The theme for the 2017 tours will mirror those for the band’s successful tours in 2015 and 2016, “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve.”
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2017 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards Now Available
NEW YORK – Behind the Scenes’ 2017 Holiday Cards are now on sale. Orders will be taken until September 29, 2017 to arrive by mid-November.
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Elation Fuze PAR Z175 LED Wash
Elation’s new Fuze PAR Z175 is a full-color LED PAR light designed for use in all types of stage wash applications, from theatre, TV studio and HoW environments to touring and special events. It extends tie Fuze series that Elation launched last year. This series of LED wash fixtures aims to improve upon the pixelated lens face of ordinary LED PAR fixtures by replicating the classic look of old-school pars and moving wash fixtures.
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TAD Associates Selects Analog Way’s Ascender Switchers
NEW YORK – When TAD Associates was asked to update two conference rooms for a major New York Financial Institution the AV Consultant chose Analog Way’s Ascender 48. The multi-screen seamless switchers drive new LED displays and edge blended projection systems.
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Stormzy Tours U.K. with Claypaky Mythos2 Fixtures
LONDON – LD Steven Bewley chose Claypaky’s Mythos2 luminaire for British Grime artist Stormzy’s recent U.K. tour. Bewley, who has worked with rap artists such as Dizzee Rascal and Tinie Tempah, was head-hunted by Stormzy after the rapper saw the designer’s work for fellow artist Wretch 32.
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Green Hippo and Okulus 3D Visuals Illuminate Shawn Mendes World Tour
LONDON – For Shawn Mendes’ “Illuminate” tour leg through Europe from late April to early June, production design firm Okulus worked with creative director Paul Caslin and 24/7 Productions on a visual design that included the use of Hippotizer Boreals and Taigas to feed imagery to a 1920 x 640 curved, 9mm LED wall. The visuals were triggered via timecode, and the team also integrated the video director’s live camera feeds into the content. The tour resumes for a series of North American dates from July 6 (Portland, OR) to Aug. 23 (Boston).
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Wildlife Music Festival Lights Up with Colour Sound Experiment
LANCING, U.K. – The Wild Life Festival, staged June 9-10 at Shoreham Airport (AKA Brighton City Airport) on the U.K.’s south coast, was one of more than 50 events that lighting and video rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment will be supporting this year. Wild Life, organized by SJM and curated by dance artists Rudimental and Disclosure, is now in its third year.
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