8 Oct, 2019 | ETC
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Ballet Philippines, the premier
ballet company of the country. ETC is happy to be part of the celebration by
providing lighting equipment to the celebratory ballet production, “Swan Lake.”
Jennifer Tipton, renowned American lighting designer completed the lighting
design for the production. Scenic design credit goes to the US-based Filipino
set designer Eduardo “Toto” Sicangco.
The ballet production ran August and September 2019, in the Main Theater of
the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). The Source Four LED Series 2
Lustr augments the lighting inventory of the Cultural Center. ETC’s x7 Color
System brightens up the theatre, further enriched the color rendering, creating
stronger audience reactions with deeper, richer dramatic scenes.
With support from the Asian Cultural Council, Jennifer Tipton hosted several
masterclasses for young and promising Asian lighting designers. Participants
interacted with Tipton and experienced live demonstrations of lighting,
focusing, and plotting a rig.
Apart from the anniversary activities of Ballet Philippines, ETC held a
two-day Eos console training session with the Cultural Center of the
Philippines, in Manila. Attendees learned basic and advanced skills on Eos
consoles, delivered by ETC trainer, Audrey Leung.
ETC was honored to be such a large part of this celebratory event.
7 Oct, 2019 | ETC
This fall, ETC is proud to once again be involved in an overwhelming
number of shows on Broadway as they begin or continue to run their
performances on the Eos platform. ETC was founded through a love and an
appreciation for the art of technical theatre, and is truly thrilled
that its Eos Family consoles are considered the premier desk in the
business.
“Our software and family of consoles have grown and expanded right
along with the advancements in entertainment technology. We truly depend
on the designers and programmers out in the field—their input and
innovation drive what we build at ETC,” says Anne Valentino, senior
product manager of entertainment controls. Built for venues of every
scale, from Broadway theatres to smaller spaces like school auditoriums
and basement theatres, the ETC Eos Family of consoles share a common
programming surface and powerful software, based around what we hear
from the industry.
Whether bringing new voices to life in groundbreaking new productions, or introducing younger generations to the classics, Broadway theatre is a pillar of culture and innovation in the United States. ETC is proud to be there, helping keep the magic alive every day.
4 Oct, 2019 | Dynacord, Electro-Voice
The latest renovation at the historic Becker Brau – HB in Bucharest
has seen the installation of a new audio system that exploits the
synergies of Electro-Voice loudspeakers and Dynacord electronics. The
venue is the site of the first German brewery in the city and is a
popular location for a variety of events, from live music and theatrical
shows to weddings and corporate events.
It was this wide range of
applications that provided the main challenge for HSA Audio, the
Romanian Electro-Voice and Dynacord partner in charge of the system
design. “We were challenged by both the architecture and meeting the
needs of multiple people, from the owners and interior designers to the
orchestra and the event planner,” recalls Adrian Colita, General Manager
at HSA Audio. “Our main architectural challenge was to choose an audio
system that could seamlessly blend into the design of the location while
also meeting the technical and acoustic requirements.”
To achieve
this, HSA Audio chose the Expandable Vertical Array (EVA) from
Electro-Voice for fixed installations, which allows users to drive up to
eight boxes (the equivalent of 16 line array elements) from a single
amp channel. The main hangs consist of three EVA-2082S 920 per side,
with low-frequency extension via two EVA-2151D subwoofer elements each
side, all sporting a white finish. To complement this, EVID-S series
commercial sound loudspeakers were also installed, providing superior
sound quality with controlled coverage for keeping background music
focused and paging intelligible. Sixteen EVID-S8.2W loudspeakers form
the venue’s background music system, while also serving as delays for
the main system and providing a seamless, linear sound that matches the
elegant design.
Power and processing for the installed solution is
via Dynacord L Series amplifiers with four L1300FD and a further pair
of L3600FD units deployed. Dynacord’s Multi Amplifier Remote Control
(MARC) software allows users to configure, operate and supervise up to
eight amplifiers. “The L Series amplifiers have helped us a lot on the
processing side for both the main audio system and the background music,
all the more so as we can easily set the delay groups,” says Colita. A
Dynacord CMS 1000-3 mixing console provides additional hands-on control.
“Our
customer and their guests are very pleased with the audio quality and
system performance, as well as the elegant design.” adds Colita.
3 Oct, 2019 | ETC
ETC
and High End Systems celebrated a successful tradeshow following three
days of busy stands, Tech Talks seminars and a win for ETC’s Augment3d
at the PLASA Awards for Innovation.
The
brand-new 3D programming environment which is part of the upcoming Eos
v3.0 software release triumphed at PLASA in a ceremony that celebrates
the year’s most pioneering product designs. Judges commented: “This
will change the way lighting design and operation works by increasing
speed in the lighting workflow and making the process from design to
conception easier to manage.”
This
was illustrated during the tradeshow at ETC’s Augment3d challenge event
where participants were invited to create five focus palettes on an Eos
family console in the quickest time possible using either encoders, a
mouse click (in the 3D model) or the Augment3d Focus Wand. The quickest
time recorded was 37 seconds on the Focus Wand, notably faster than the
best time on the encoders which was 3 minutes,
32 seconds. “By combining the power of previsualisation, live
interaction and augmented reality, Eos console users can now work
quicker and more efficiently before and during production periods,”
comments ETC Market Manager, Rory Fraser-Mackenzie.
Alongside
Augment3d were several new innovations including the latest moving
lights by High End Systems. The newly launched SolaWash 1000 and
TurboRay
fixtures were on the stand for visitors to see. SolaWash 1000 wowed
crowds with its full-curtain four-blade framing system and dual frosts
that give designers the ultimate versatility; while TurboRay caught
visitor’s eyes with its classic face look backed
up with modern technology to produce spectacular effects unseen in any
other fixture.
Visitors
to the stand were also able to explore the ArcSystem, BluesSystem and
CueSystem product lines, recently acquired by ETC and demonstrated
by product experts. The high quality architectural lighting solutions
are already installed in leading venues worldwide and include new
features such as additional color temperatures and RDM control.
Product
specialists from ETC also hosted Tech Talks seminars at PLASA this year
which hundreds of visitors attended. The topics included ‘Maximising
your LED Color System’, ‘Power Up – managing your LED power
infrastructure’, ‘The Illusion of Color’ and ‘Effects and Affects’ on
both Eos and Hog.
2 Oct, 2019 | Attero Tech
QSC has announced the acquisition of Attero Tech, a move which will
combine the growing portfolio of Q-SYS audio, video and control
(AV&C) products with Attero Tech’s range of networked AV endpoints
and I/O peripherals. Attero Tech’s engineering staff will also be
joining the QSC team.
‘This acquisition is a natural next step for
our organisations given our long relationship, highly compatible
portfolios and the exceptional shared values and company cooperation
that have developed over the last several years,’ said Jatan Shah, chief
operating and technology officer at QSC. ‘Both QSC and Attero Tech were
early adopters of network audio transport technology, including
CobraNet, Dante and AES67. In addition, when QSC expanded the control
capabilities of the Q-SYS ecosystem in 2017, it allowed Attero Tech to
become the first manufacturer partner to independently develop Q-Sys
Control integration plugins, and has since developed 20 plugins for
their portfolio of I/O devices.’
‘A primary guiding principal of
our Q-SYS product development strategy has been a protocol-agnostic,
software-based approach utilising the best hardware available, combined
with innovation at the software and application layer. This approach
allowed us to deliver a standards-based, powerful, flexible and scalable
AV&C platform unlike anything on the market,’ commented TJ Adams,
VP of systems product strategy and development at QSC. ‘Adding the
Attero Tech peripherals to the greater Q-SYS Ecosystem will expand
existing options for integration end points today, and enlist this new
engineering talent pool to accelerate the pace of future software
innovation and native end points for the platform.’
Rus Sundholm,
president of Attero Tech, added: ‘Attero Tech has grown to become the
premier provider of innovative, cost-effective audio networking I/O
endpoints and AV connectivity solutions. Our catalogue of products have a
reputation as highly robust, innovative products within the AV
industry. We are excited and confident for the future of our combined
organisation.’
Joe Pham, president and CEO of QSC, concluded:
‘This is such an exciting time for QSC and I am thrilled to welcome the
Attero Tech team to the QSC family. We look forward to executing an
integration strategy that prioritises the needs of our customers,
incorporating Attero Tech into QSC sales, support, service, marketing
and training for our channel, while always striving to ensure and
maintain a positive experience for our customers.’
1 Oct, 2019 | Symetrix
Symetrix has launched Version 7.2 of its Composer software designed to work with Edge, Radius NX, Prism and Solus NX DSPs, including a new email notification module and Amp monitoring. The email module enables sending of email notifications directly from DSP hardware, being triggered by any event in the DSP design. The module works via email to text gateways and also allows for SMS text messages to be sent.
Version 7.2 adds amplifier monitoring and control for the Powersoft Duecanali, Quattrocanali, Ottocanali, X4 and X8 amplifiers as well as Panasonic WP-DM9XX amps, enabling Powersoft amplifiers to communicate current, alarms, thermal and impedance statistics directly to the DSP for display on portable and fixed devices.
The amount of simultaneous TCP/IP connections that the control server can host has been increased from six to 1,000 with a new right click change unit type option being added to transform site file DSPs into other Symetrix DSP hardware types, with in-place copy transferring all processing, control assignments and SymVue control screens that are not connected to a physical device I/O, making every design file a viable template.
Composer 7.2 also adds an UpDown fader type, changing fader images to create touch controls for incrementing or decrementing a parameter, with text able to be edited in place for buttons, label and text objects.
A host key also allows for changing of font size when designing control screens, with a reorganised toolkit in site view listing audio, network and control tools by type.
The display of the selected input is also now visible in matrix selectors, showing the input name instead of a channel number.
