Yamaha Music Gulf FZE (YMGF) recently held its first regional event in the UAE in partnership with sister brand Nexo. Taking place at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, the event attracted approximately 120 guests from across the Middle East and Africa – a large amount from Nigeria, Egypt and Lebanon – and backgrounds including…
QSC has been awarded a utility patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its unique Q-Sys Web Conference Integration system. The patent (USA 9,973,638) was awarded for the system’s ability to deliver an IP camera stream from Q-Sys PTZ-IP conference cameras into soft codec applications such as Skype for Business via a…
Nestled within the capacious surroundings of Curraghmore House in County Waterford, the inaugural All Together Now (ATN) festival may, on paper, have appeared an event of two halves. A family friendly bandstand perched alongside comedy and spoken word stages, dotted the foreground of the stately home itself. Whilst a field away, separated by woodlands, the…
For the thirtieth anniversary of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Starlight Express, the production was given a major overhaul. Lloyd Webber created new songs, committed out-of-date characters to the scrapyard and put the show on twenty first century tracks. This included a technically ground-breaking new sound design by award winning sound designer Gareth Owen, together…
Pangea, “the world’s largest travel store”, has recently opened a new store in Barcelona which has been fully equipped with a AUDAC audio installation. The store has more than 1.700 m² of travel inspiration available for everyone. They exceeded all expectations when they welcomed over 17 000 visitors in the first three days alone. “The…
South Africa based Homebrew Films has completed an Ultra HD 4K facilities upgrade at Atlantic Studios in Cape Town that relies on broadcast infrastructure products from Blackmagic Design, including the URSA Broadcast and ATEM 4 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K. Blackmagic Design today announced that South Africa based Homebrew Films has completed an Ultra…
Leading German audio technology company d&b audiotechnnik has partnered with Grammy award winning recording artist Imogen Heap for her first tour in eight years. The live performances on Mycelia World Tour will be presented using its recently released d&b Soundscape system, which allows artists and designers to present more intimate and captivating acoustic spaces for…
When the Supreme Court ruled last spring that states could legalize sports gambling, Atlantic City’s Golden Nugget hotel and casino mobilized to add The Sportsbook off its Main Atrium. The new venue, which encourages guests to “wager, watch and win,” features four Absen LED walls driven by four Analog Way NeXtage 08 – 4K AV…
Yamaha Music Europe has debuted a new YouTube video channel which informally profiles the unsung heroes of sound, including mix engineers, sound designers, technicians and other audio professionals, allowing them to share their stories and professional experience. Titled In The Spotlight, the first video features the legendary Terry ‘TJ’ Jackson (Earth Wind & Fire /…
20 years ago the former central railway station in the German spa town of Baden-Baden was repurposed as the ticket office and foyer for a brand new venue, Festival Hall Baden-Baden, the country’s largest venue for opera, ballet and live classical music. Thanks to its state-of-the-art acoustics, Festival Hall Baden-Baden is renowned for its excellent…