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By Richard Cadena It wasn’t that long ago that using batteries to power stage lighting, audio, and video was virtually unheard of. It was...
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By Bill Di Paolo In professional audio production, wireless microphone systems are often judged not by how they perform in ideal conditions, but by...
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By Richard Cadena In the early 2000s, many people were uncertain whether LEDs could ever light a stage well enough to satisfy lighting designers....
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A pencil condenser is an all-rounder, a surefire hit for the tool belt of an engineer. A go-to, an every-person’s mic, an ol’ reliable....
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By Mike Wood We have definitely reached a plateau in automated LED profile spots in that there is now a tacitly agreed-upon outline specification...
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By Barry Rudolph The UF8 Advanced Studio DAW Controller, Solid State Logic’s latest eight-channel DAW controller, has been selling like hotcakes since its release...
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By Simon Allen It’s the small things in life that matter. This couldn’t be more accurate when it comes to headset and lavaliere microphone...
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By Nook Schoenfeld Ayrton has released its latest luminaire, the Eurus — the newest member of their Classical 5 Series. The new fixture is...
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By Mike Levine Radial Engineering’s EXTC Stereo Reamp is the latest model in the company’s EXTC (“ex-tee-cee”) line of reamping devices. Previously introduced models...
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By Rob Halliday It’s around seven years since ETC’s Source Four LED Series 2 spotlight range appeared and, particularly in its Lustr model, really...
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By Markkus Rovito Like a sample-based composition, Ableton has built its Live workstation from the ground up as an obscure looping program to—20 years...
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Mike Wood reviews the Ayrton Eurus-S compact LED moving head in Lighting & Sound International magazine: “This is an evolutionary product that builds on...
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By Craig Rutherford Let us consider the state of the world of entertainment lighting as it pertains to arc lamps, for the change from...
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Mark Johnson reviews Meyer Sound’s compact wide-coverage loudspeaker for installed and portable applications. Sometimes smaller is better. The Ultra-X20 kind of looks like a...
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By Steve La Cerra The Touring Gear Series from beyerdynamic is a well-established line of microphones popular for use not only on stage but also in...
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By Richard Cadena In the early 1990s, automated lighting really started gaining a foothold outside of the concert touring industry. It added a dynamic...
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By George Petersen For a lot of people in the live audio industry, the words “Radial Engineering” are almost synonymous with the phrase “direct...
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By Mike Wood The standard moving light product, if there is such a thing, has become a hybrid profile spot fixture with a white...
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By Andy Lloyd-Russell A microphone that needs absolutely no introduction would shurely (pun absolutely intended) be the Shure SM58. A dynamic moving coil mic...
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The last time PLSN checked in with previz experts L8 was two years ago when they introduced their incredible lifelike beams that brought photo-realistic renderings to...
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“This console firmly sits in the mid to high level of the market and is far more than just a Pro series replacement. The...
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By Nook Schoenfeld Avolites, long a leader in lighting and video control surfaces, released their latest and greatest product to date on Jan. 13...
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By Mike Wood The standard moving light product—if there is such a thing—has become a hybrid profile spot fixture with a white light LED...
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By Salim Akram The SSL Fusion Stereo Outboard Processor has turned a lot of heads since its introduction, offering a half-dozen tools for adding...
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By Fela Davis In November, Sennheiser introduced the new dynamic MD 435 and MD 445 handheld vocal microphones for use in live sound settings....
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By Richard Cadena I’ve been in the industry long enough to have seen lighting control go from 0-10V to DMX to DMX-over-Ethernet. When I...
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By Mike Wood “I’m sure Martin Professional didn’t design the ERA 800 Performance with a post-COVID economy in mind – but serendipity has taken...
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By Richard Olson Striplights are nothing new. They have been around as cyc lights to wash large areas with colour, footlights to add front...
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The Showtec Lumina Sola is a high-performance outdoor LED blinder designed for large-scale events and demanding applications. At its core, a 500 W RGBAL...
