ORLANDO, FL – Alcorn McBride will showcase its new RidePlayer, the expanded V-Page product line and the AES67-compatible Binloop family in Booth 3911 at InfoComm 2017, June 14-16 at the Orange County Convention Center. RidePlayer, a complete on-board audio and control solution for themed entertainment, makes its debut at InfoComm. It is ideally suited for dark rides, parade floats, tour vehicles and roller coaster applications.
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ATLANTA – Luke Bryan’s LD, Justin Kitchenman of Align Design Group, specified more than 200 Elation Professional fixtures for the country artist’s current 2017 tour, “Huntin,’ Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day.” Along with 180 of Elation’s compact ACL 360i fixtures – which bumps up the count from Bryan’s previous tour – the new rig includes 20 Cuepix Blinder WW2 and 16 Cuepix Blinder WW4 fixtures. Nashville-based Elite Multimedia Productions is providing the gear.
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HASSELT, Belgium – The 2017 Schlagerfestival, produced by PSE Belgium and Medialaanwhich, included five sold-out shows at 21,000-capacity Ethias Arena in Hasselt, Belgium from March 24-April 1. Painting with Light’s served as production designer, Paco Mispelters was lighting director and Michael Al Far handled the playback video elements along with content designer Sina Sohn. All combined their ideas to present show director Luc Koenen with some big, bright and epic looking settings to deliver a three hour performance featuring 42 different schlager artists.
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BEMMEL, The Netherlands – Harman Professional Solutions announced that its Dutch distributor, Fairlight, would also serve as distributor of Martin products in Belgium and Luxembourg. The expanded agreement applies to the full range of Martin product categories throughout the Benelux area. Fairlight will focus on the lighting segments and Harman’s internal team will concentrate on business development of audio and video solutions for the region.
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Arista Corporation, a leading manufacturer of video wall LCD displays, AV extenders, matrix switchers, AV MultiViewers, and related products for the AV installation and industrial markets, is now offering their MVD-105 UHD Output MultiViewer, a 4K UHD MultiViewer Switcher / Scaler.
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DENVER – Metallica recently embarked on the “WorldWired” world tour to support 2016’s Hard Wired…to Self-Destruct, their first studio record in eight years. The stadium tour features a unique stage design that forgoes a traditional ceiling structure in favor of a colossal, open look with huge video screens and heavy pyrotechnics. In order to overcome major rigging limitations and compete with the over-the-top stage production, Metallica’s longtime Lighting Director Rob Koenig selected Martin Axiom Hybrid fixtures and Atomic 3000 LED strobes for their power, versatility and compact footprint.
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Entertainment Fabrication has released their line of truss dollies to the marketplace. Entertainment Fabrication’s dollies for standard 12″ and 20.5″ truss are one of the most rugged, versatile, and user-friendly methods for transporting truss. All dollies are manufactured from 1.5″ of Baltic Birch plywood, and are fully glued, screwed, and bolted together. The entire assembly has been sprayed with several layers of textured road case paint that is very durable, but also easily repairable should the finish start showing signs of wear. Handles and other features are routed out of the frame so that there is less hardware to break or come loose.
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MARTIGNY, Switzerland – Swiss rental company Sonoval has invested in three Prolyte roof systems. The recently acquired Prolyte MPT system and two ARC systems will be the core of their outdoor activities this summer.
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ORLANDO – Analog Way will be showcasing its latest solutions and innovations for professional AV applications in Booth #943 at InfoComm 2017, June 14-16 at the Orange County Convention Center. In addition, the company will be supporting five vendor partners at the show with products, setup and peripherals to demonstrate Analog Way equipment at work in large-scale displays. Pictured here is the VIO 4K converter.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Denmark-based R&B and pop singer Burhan G is on the road with a brand new set and lighting design by Theis Wemuth of Aarhus based creative visual practice, Create This, with Robe Spiiders, BMFLs and Pointes right at the core of the aesthetic. Theis started his lighting design career 12 years ago and is well known in Denmark for his imagination and thinking ‘out-of-the-box’. He was asked by the artist to produce a design for the tour which promotes his latest album Pas på pigerne (Beware of Girls) which features a big band sound and style bringing a new dimension to his diverse repertoire.
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UK – Big Box Digital Media has lent added color and sparkle to two of the UK’s most popular tourist attractions. The company has installed powerful color changing LED fixtures from Chauvet DJ at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Blackpool and at several Sea Life Centre locations.
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LONDON – U.K.-based duo Sigma recently became the first drum and bass act – complete with full band – to play London’s Royal Albert Hall. Creating visuals for this ground-breaking gig in the distinguished venue was show designer Andy Hurst. He used a combination of lighting equipment supplied by Blackburn rental company HSL and the in-house rig, and worked alongside a crew of three from HSL.
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