UK -Colour Sound Experiment has invested in 100 new LightSky AquaBeam waterproof beam moving lights in readiness for the 2017 festival season which will see the west London based lighting and video rental specialist supply over 60 different events with equipment, design services and crew. MD Haydn Cruickshank (H) says they have been looking for a couple of years for a product that is water resistant and bright enough.
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LONDON – Lighting designer Nathan Alves has a penchant for invention and thinking out of the box, so he has enjoyed the challenge of developing the lighting scheme for the new John Mayer “Search for Everything” world tour which just finished its UK and European leg. The set / production design created by Sam Pattinson of Treatment Studio has a strong cinematic feel and is heavily video-orientated.
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PHOENIX – Video West continues to invest in large corporate and entertainment events with their newest addition of Tyler Truss Systems. Video West invested in Tyler Truss Systems Green Truss (GT) for large corporate and entertainment events. These revolutionary truss structures allow for lighting fixtures to be pre-rigged in house before arriving on show site. By pre-rigging the lights and eliminating their bulky cases, these help save truck weight and space while also reducing set up time and labor needed on show site.
PHOENIX – Video West continues to invest in large corporate and entertainment events with their newest addition of Tyler Truss Systems. Video West invested in Tyler Truss Systems Green Truss (GT) for large corporate and entertainment events. These new truss structures allow for lighting fixtures to be pre-rigged in house before arriving on show site.
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NASHVILLE – Tour Supply, a company dedicated to the needs of live touring musicians, noted the opening of a new Nashville headquarters for its Playback Control playback rig, in partnership with veteran audio designer, programmer, and drum/keyboard tech Viggy Vignola. Tour Supply says its new Playback Control platform is designed to allow audio, video, pyro, and lighting effects to operate automatically throughout the duration of a live show.
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ZURICH, Switzerland – Blackmagic Design noted that the managers of Samsung Hall, a new live performance venue in Zurich, Switzerland, have opted for an AV solution that includes the use of an optical fiber backbone, live production hardware and digital film cameras including the URSA Mini 4.6K from Blackmagic Design.
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LOS ANGELES, CA,— “Moogfest celebrates the innovative collision that Bob Moog discovered long, long ago when he invented the Moog synthesizer, where art, technology, science – that creative spirit in all forms – come together.” In that one sentence, KamranV, managing partner and CTO of Moogfest, encapsulates the event. “Moogfest started in 2004 in New York City,” he elaborates, “and eventually travelled to where the Moog factory is in Asheville. Now we’re in our home here in Durham, NC. It’s about 40,000 people over the weekend from 44 different states and 22 different countries. And it grows every year. It’s really fantastic.”
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ELGIN, Il. – HARTING’s Mini-Industrial-Computer MICA®, winner of the prestigious 2016 HERMES Award for industrial innovation, now is available with an EtherCAT board, allowing data to be collected directly from industrial production networks, preprocessed and forwarded to IT systems via standard protocols such as OPC UA or MQTT. Thanks to MICA®s modular hardware concept, which allows users to incorporate individual function boards, the other advantages of this mini-industrial PC are retained, like compliance with important industrial standards.
KNOXVILLE, TN – Destination Imagination, the non-profit organization that works to inspire and equip the world’s next generation of innovators, held their annual Global Finals event, where more than 17,000 attendees including 8,000 students from 21 countries gathered to compete. Bandit Lites provided a lighting assist with for the event, which centers on promoting logic skills and inspiring creativity, while encouraging enthusiasm in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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NEW YORK – The 2017 Tony Awards, broadcast live on CBS from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 11, 2017, was hosted by Kevin Spacey and once again honored backstage designers as well as those in the limelight. Top lighting honors went to Bradley King (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) and Christopher Akerlind (Indecent).
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BOSTON – Axle Video (InfoComm booth 1781) noted that its media management software was used by video director Jay Cooper for Kenny Chesney’s 2016 tour.
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