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For The Technical And Production Professionals A Modulo Kinetic at the 2018 U G U Commonwealth Games Ceremonies S T 2 0 1 8 SPECIAL FEATURE MUSIC Tribe’s New Manufacturing Facility SPOTLIGHT : iLight Moves Forward with Robe EXHIBITION REVIEW : BroadcastAsia 2018 w w w.e -techasia.com
CONTENTS 3 AUGUST 2018 68 IN THIS ISSUE 62 VOL 19 ISSUE 8 AUGUST 2018 04 FIRST WORDS KNOWLEDGE HUB 50 Equalizer or Compressor, Which One is it? 06 NEWS 51 Device Integration (OSC) 52 Building your Audio System – Configuring the Monitor 53 EVENTS CALENDAR 54 Noise in RF Systems 28 VIDEO FILES 53 EVENTS CALENDAR 30 ENNOVATIONS LIVE 56 VIETNAM: NEX Music Festival Roars on with TW Audio EXHIBITION PREVIEW 58 TAIWAN: Golden Opportunity for RoboSpots 40 Prolight + Sound Middle East Attracts 60 AUSTRALIA: Modulo Kinetic at the 2018 International Heavyweights Commonwealth Games 62 CHINA: Robe Pointes to 2047 Apologue Part 2 EXHIBITION REVIEW 64 UAE: Emaar’s ‘Light Up 2018’ Spectacle Breaks all 42 BroadcastAsia 2018: Capture the Future Records 66 SINGAPORE: INX Ignites AIA’s The Music Run SPOTLIGHT 67 INDIA: HARMAN Professional Solutions India Celebrates “World Music Day” 46 iLight Moves Forward with Robe 68 AUSTRALIA: Mandylights Creates Spectacular Illumination with Christie SPECIAL FEATURE 70 SOUTH KOREA: Altman Lighting Illuminates “Volez, 48 MUSIC Tribe’s New Manufacturing Facility Voguez, Voyagez - Louis Vuitton” Emphasises Transparency 71 JAPAN: Billboard Live TOKYO Celebrates 10 Years of Exceptional LivePerformances ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
4 FIRST WORDS AUGUST 2018 A Celebration of Women in the Industry The 18th of July was significant for the events Ram Bhavanashi technical industry as the world celebrated the Editor, India And Middle East first ever Women Walk Together event. Five ram@spinworkz.com countries took part with the event being celebrated simultaneously in India, Guinea, Brazil, United Kingdom and South Africa. The initiative was to show support for the women Julie Tan in the events and events technical field. A global Admin & Circulation platform to honour and recognise the contributions admin@spinworkz.com by women in the industry. The event was also to encourage women who are not in the industry to consider the industry as an option to further their career. In India, J Davis Prosound and Lighting’s Santana Davis took the initiative to partner the event and take responsibility for the event. Kudos to Santana for the full effort. Natalie Chew Writer The J Davis team worked quickly and managed to get the support of a majority of natalie@spinworkz.com the events industry players in Bangalore where the event was being held. Women were of course the focus of the event and by all accounts it turned out to be a successful event. Daniel Ngiam You can read more about it in our News pages. MEDIA Rep for Spinworkz Pte Ltd Tel: +65 84410258 It is hoped that this event will spur more initiatives and dialogues and it will be for first_dm@hotmail.com the benefit of the industry to have more women involved in the industry in equal footing. Shankar Venugopal Thomas Richard Prakasam ART / LAYOUT Publisher / Editorial Director shankar@creativecult.in thomas@spinworkz.com CREATIVE CULT To subscribe to Entertainment Technology Asia click here: https://www.e-techasia.com/subscribe/ Disclaimer : Entertainment Technology Asia is published 12 times a year. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine is to be reproduced, whether mechanical or electronic without the prior written consent of the publisher. PUBLISHED BY Views expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect those of the editor or the publisher. Unsolicited contributions are welcome but the editor reserves the discretion to use them. Whilst every care is taken to ensure the accuracy and honesty in both editorial and advertising content at press time, the publisher will not be liable for any inaccuracies. Please be informed that products and company names mentioned in this publication may be protected with tradenames, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Our non inclusion of such symbols is not an indication of us not recognising the copyright but rather to have a common look across our articles. Misuse of tradenames, trademarks or registered trademarks is strictly prohibited. It is the obligation of our readers 51 Bukit Batok Crescent, #06-10 Unity Centre, to check if company names and products are protected with tradenames, trademarks or registered trademarks. Singapore 658077. Tel: (65) 6316 2716 Fax: (65) 63162715, www.spinworkz.com ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
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6 NEWS AUGUST 2018 GLOBAL MADRIX 5 Wins Awards at PALM Sound & Light Awards required to deploy new hardware in order to take advantage of the speed upgrade. The new software will also improve any compatible system that is currently in use. The user interface has been completely revamped to make it even faster and easier to use. Two themes, dark and light, graphical improvements, and new visual clues allow for even quicker operation. VJing will be more creative thanks to the new capabilities to directly play back the audio track of videos. CSV Import and Patch Editor Background Image features allow for much faster set-up times of your project. Fixture list imports that use the CSV file format can quickly generate complex patch layouts based on data of third-party software, such as visualizers, consoles, CAD software, other lighting design tools, or even manuallycreated data. The MADRIX 5 was recently awarded for “bringing exemplary innovation in lighting technology and opening up lighting technology The range of MADRIX 5 Licenses now starts at and has been doubled creativity opportunities for lighting design engineers” at the PALM to 2 DMX universes, and ranges up to 2,048 universes of DMX-based Sound & Light Awards 2017– 2018. output. Every license now also includes DVI-based output, ranging from 4,096 pixels up to Full HD with MADRIX 5 KEY maximum, which is the Smita Rai –Project Head of the PALM Sound & Light Awards– adds new high end. All in all, MADRIX excels in versatility by supporting over that the award is “Recognition of a technology which establishes new 50 industry control standards for output alone plus many more for techniques and trends and is user friendly, opens up lighting creativity input and remote control. opportunities for lighting design engineers and is appreciated by the users.” Existing users can benefit from software update packages for MADRIX 2 and MADRIX 3. MADRIX Training, the comprehensive learning courses The MADRIX 5 new 64-bit software architecture is the biggest offered by inoage, now also incorporates the new software package. performance boost the software has ever seen since the first version in 2005. Users can now control more pixels, output more universes, create www.madrix.com more effects, and use more layers. In addition, it is not necessarily SOUTH KOREA Sound Solution Makes Big Impact with Adamson E-Series in South Korea The Adamson Network has grown substantially in South Korea thanks to the efforts of Sound Solution, the country’s exclusive distributor of Adamson Systems Engineering’s loudspeaker solutions. Over the past year, Sound Solution has welcomed a host of reputable new rental partners as audio companies throughout the peninsula have added Adamson’s flagship E-Series products to their inventories. “Adamson has a global reputation as a premium professional audio brand, and the South Korean market is quickly catching on to the quality and prestige associated with it,” comments Sound Solution Owner Lee Hong. “South Korea is well known for its appreciation of technology and innovation, and our partners recognize that the engineering behind the E-Series coupled with world-class support from Team from Jun Sound in Icheon, South Korea with Adamson E-Series Adamson and Sound Solution offers a major competitive advantage.” inventory ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
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8 NEWS AUGUST 2018 The list of new E-Series partners in South Korea includes: Sound Mate; Jun Sound; Seki Sound; Sound Soul; and BL Company. They join existing Adamson Network partners Alpha Media, Tristar Audio, and Blue Noise in the region. “We were seeking a top-quality audio system that could satisfy a wide range of applications, up to and including top Korean and international touring artists and major music festivals,” begins Hyunuk Kim, CEO of Jun Sound in Incheon. “Adamson’s E-Series met all of our requirements and exceeded our expectations in terms of sound quality and performance. We can confidently stand behind this system in even the most demanding situations, especially knowing we have Adamson and Sound Solution in our corner for support.” Based in Seoul, Sound Solution is one of South Korea’s top distributors of professional and hi-fi audio products, representing a catalog Adamson E-Series system from Alpha Media onstage at 2018 Lifeplus comprised of many of the world’s best-known brands. Cherry Blossom Picnic Festival in Seoul, South Korea “South Korea always has been one of our strongest installation markets Clearly, this is a major achievement beyond what we could expect from thanks to the superior expertise of Sound Solution,” says Adamson’s a regional distributor.” David Dohrmann, Technical Director for the Asia-Pacific region. “Now, they’re setting the same standard for the rental segment, which is adamsonsystems.com reflected globally in leading K-Pop tech riders asking for our systems. AUSTRALIA Adelaide Convention Centre to Deliver Spectacular Visual Experiences with New Christie Spyder X80 Christie is pleased to announce Venue Operations Manager, Adelaide Convention Centre. “It offers that Adelaide Convention many capabilities for different events and large scale experiences that Centre has acquired its latest help make display walls easy to set up and manage, while incorporating Christie Spyder X80 multi-screen the latest standards and connectors. With an array of innovative windowing processor to boost features and benefits, I’m confident that the Spyder X80 will play an its capabilities in staging various important role in fulfilling our display needs for the foreseeable future.” events within its facilities. Stanton noted that Adelaide Convention Centre is no stranger to Featuring 80-megapixel processing power in true 4K at 60Hz Christie’s image processing systems having been a satisfied user of the performance across multiple displays, the Spyder X80 unit at the Spyder X20 since 2010. Adelaide Convention Centre will be used across the entire complex for staging multiple events such as gala dinners, conferences and trade “The Christie Spyder X20 has served us well for the last eight years with shows. With this acquisition, Adelaide Convention Centre becomes its 20-megapixel video processing, matrix switching and integrated the first organization in Australia to have the Spyder X80 fitted in source monitoring capabilities. It’s a natural progression for us to its premises. It also complements the impressive fleet of Christie upgrade to the Spyder X80, which packs more than enough horsepower projectors that the Adelaide Convention Centre has at its disposal, for us to create spectacular visual experiences.” which includes several 3DLP systems comprising Christie Boxer 4K30, Boxer 2K20, and J Series models. Stanton adds, “We made significant investment in our event technologies as part of our recent $397 million redevelopment. The “The Spyder X80 is the perfect fit for our venue given its powerful addition of the Spyder X80 to our technology infrastructure further processing capabilities and flexibility, as well as full compatibility with reinforces our market leadership and position as one of the world’s the various Christie 3DLP high-brightness projectors that are already most modern and technologically advanced convention centres.” deployed within the Centre,” said Matthew Stanton, Technology and ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
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10 NEWS AUGUST 2018 Clark Williams, Executive Vice President, Content Management & impact with a towering on-stage panorama spanning more than 450 Processing, Christie, commented, “The Spyder X80 is high performing, feet and comprising expansive projection surfaces flanked by recessed reliable, and the only processor built from the ground up to support LED walls at the Adobe Summit 2018 in Las Vegas, USA, with AV support 4K at 60Hz on every channel. We’re grateful that Adelaide Convention provided by WorldStage. Centre has placed its trust in the Spyder X80 to deliver the most amazing visuals across multiple displays in its expanded premises. This Featuring processing and connectivity capabilities that surpass anything is a clear testimony that our Spyder X80 is an instrumental piece in else in the market, the Spyder X80 is the most powerful multi-screen realizing a ‘pixels everywhere’ vision and stands alone at the forefront windowing processor and content management solution available. The as a solution for applications that require managing a massive volume system can be configured with up to 24 inputs and 16 outputs per unit of pixels from source to display with the highest level of performance, and supports user-defined colour depth of 8 bits, 10 bits or 12 bits per flexibility, and functionality available.” colour, as well as High Dynamic Range. It is also equipped with Christie’s new Spyder Studio control system and a comprehensive EDID Manager. Since its launch in 2017, the Spyder X80 has won numerous accolades from all over the world. Besides being awarded InfoComm 2017’s Best www.christiedigital.com Rental/Staging Product for Live Events, it recently made a big visual CHINA Double Dose of MILOS Training in Czech and China outs of static calculation theory. Both took questions from participants, going into deeper group and one-on-one discussions to provide answers and give practical advice on rigging procedures and working safely with various structures. MILOS Sales Coordinator, Michal Zykan, covered truss design, while Brand Manager Marek Zubor took workshop participants on tours of each factory. Key personnel from both factories provided attendees with a complete overview of products and carried out dedicated product demonstrations. MILOS was busy in April and May this year holding their annual Product On each evening, attendees were treated to a fun and exciting night of Academy at both Milos s.r.o. (Headquarters and factory) in Roudnice entertainment - in Prague for the Academy held in the Czech Republic, nad Labem, Czech Republic, and Milos (Guangzhou) Ltd. (factory) in and in Panyu (a nearby district of Guangzhou) for the Academy held in Guangzhou, China. China. The Product Academy has been designed to provide attendees with At the conclusion of each academy, attendees received a “Certificate the knowledge and skills they require for working safer and more of Completion” that now serves as confirmation of the increased professionally while carrying out rigging duties and constructing knowledge and skills they had gained during the two-day program. support structures. Men at Work’s (India) Mankaran Singh, who attended the workshop Attendees in the Czech Republic were not only from locally based in China, summed up the general feeling of all attendees when saying, companies, but also from Slovakia, Germany, England, Scotland and “Thank you for the wonderful workshop at your Guangzhou factory. It Australia. The Product Academy in China included participants from was a pleasure having met some new faces and discussed important China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, as well as from Australia, rigging concepts at length. Your technical support and hospitality New Zealand and Kenya. remains unmatched. I look forward to attending more workshops in the future and enhancing my knowledge.” The two-day academy at each location was a team effort by professionals from both inside and outside of MILOS. Eric Porter, MILOS is currently gearing up for their next MILOS Product Academies, certified rigging consultant and internationally renowned rigging to be held in the same period next year at Milos s.r.o. in the Czech professional, gave rigging presentations and provided rigging Republic and at Milos (Guangzhou) Ltd. in China. consultations. Norbert Tripp, Area Four Industries Technical Director and structural engineer, held presentations that covered the ins and www.milossystems.com ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
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12 NEWS AUGUST 2018 MIDDLE EAST Dataton Appoints Regional Sales Manager for SAARC Dataton has appointed Ashok Sharma as regional Ashok Sharma was previously the Dataton sales representative in sales manager for the SAARC* countries. Mr the region and has a proven track record in the pro-AV industry. His Sharma will be responsible for developing and earlier experience includes positions with projector manufacturers aligning markets throughout the region with Digital Projection and projection design, as well as signal processing particular focus on the highly innovative and manufacturer Gefen. active market in India. “The best way for us to continue to be successful in SAARC is to have “The market for high-end media server and a local, dedicated sales and support team. With the appointment of content management solutions in the SAARC countries is truly vast Ashok, we will move Dataton closer to the large numbers of WATCHOUT and varied,” Ashok Sharma says. “Dataton is in a very expansive phase, users in the region, and especially in the important market in India,” with new products and features in the pipeline. I will be working with says Trond Solvold, Sales Director at Dataton. “I am also glad that key local vendors, manufacturers and influencers across all verticals to our local partners, who have done a tremendous job promoting our expand the brand and provide even better support to users.” solutions through the years, also found this appointment a strategically good move. Working together with them will not only strengthen brand As an example of this strategy, Dataton Academy training took place awareness, but also secure great support for a great product.” in Mumbai in late June. The schedule included dedicated training for operators and was led by Mikael Ena from Dataton HQ in Sweden. *The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) More sessions in the region are planned. “There is a great demand for is comprised of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, training and our sessions are always fully booked within a couple of the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. days,” Ashok Sharma says. “The Academy is an excellent way to meet users and gather feedback in order to support them in their work.” www.dataton.com NEW ZEALAND ACLX Delivers Immersive Lighting Experiences with HARMAN Professional Solutions productions to the Waikato. In order to provide more versatile and affordable lighting solutions to their clients, ACLX sought to update their inventory with a variety of fixtures capable of creating dazzling lighting effects for events at concert venues, theatres and more. To achieve these goals, ACLX reached out to Show Technology, who suggested the Martin Professional RUSH MH1 Profile, MH6 Wash CT and MH7 Hybrid fixtures for their flexibility, power and dazzling effects. “We chose the RUSH MH series because each fixture is portable and easy to deploy on small stages, yet powerful enough to hold their own on the largest stages in the country,” explained Aaron Chesham, Managing Director of ACLX. “The RUSH MH series was exactly what we needed—each fixture offers an impressive output with a small footprint at an affordable price. The MH fixtures have great optics, bold colors, ACLX recently upgraded their lighting inventory with Martin by and beautiful effects—they save us time and money without sacrificing HARMAN RUSH series fixtures from Show Technology to supply for quality. The RUSH MH series can do everything our clients need and theatre shows, live music performances, conferences and more. more with fewer fixtures than the competition.” ACLX is New Zealand’s most comprehensive supplier of entertainment The RUSH MH Series provides ACLX with a variety of state-of-the-art and event services. Offering project management, installation and fixtures that are capable of producing dynamic visual effects for any full lighting design services, ACLX is known for bringing world-class event. The MH 1 Profile combines a super bright LED with moving ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
14 NEWS AUGUST 2018 head capabilities in a portable package, allowing for quick and easy fixtures provide a class-leading lighting solution that meets the high installations on stages with limited space. The RUSH MH 6 Wash CT standards required on world-class stages.” provides a fully pre-mixed white colour system for environments where colour temperature is critical. The multipurpose RUSH MH 7 Hybrid “It’s exhilarating to know that ACLX selected Martin lighting solutions to combines the capabilities of Martin’s high-quality 250W Beam, Spot achieve one-of-kind sensory experience at the events they designed,” and Wash moving heads in a single fixture, allowing lighting designers said Ramesh Jayaraman, VP & GM HARMAN Professional Solutions, to induce emotions in any environment. APAC. “We would also like to thank Show Technology for selecting the RUSH series and their continued support in redefining lighting and “ACLX wanted to update their lighting inventory with fixtures capable changing the way fans experiences light.” of creating immersive experiences for any audience,” said Nick Reeves of Show Technology. “We knew the RUSH MH Series fixtures would be www.harman.com a perfect fit. The RUSH MH1 Profile, MH6 Wash CT and MH7 Hybrid GLOBAL GIS AG Acquires UK Distributor LTM range in the important UK marketplace. I warmly welcome LTM to the GIS family and we are looking forward to working with the team.” He added: “As well as a track record of success and a wealth of experience in supplying the UK market with our products for use in both the industrial and live events sectors, the team at LTM gives us access to unparalleled wisdom and knowledge on the entertainment market generally, and we look forward to integrating this expertise into our wider organisation.” John Jones, former owner and CEO at LTM, responded: “With GIS being our main supplier of electric chain hoists and crane components, the acquisition represents the perfect succession plan, whilst giving me to the opportunity to take a step back and retire. I have no doubt that GIS will be able to fully support the further developments of LTM after my retirement. The takeover guarantees stability in the company, which was of great importance to myself, fellow shareholders and, of course, our customers.” Jones added: “On a personal note I would like to wish the new LTM team a very successful future.” David King, a former shareholder, will act as CEO during a transition GIS AG, a Swiss electric chain hoist and light crane manufacturer, has period. He said: “The LTM business is already an experienced and acquired UK distributor Lift Turn Move (LTM), a supplier of lifting and competent operation in its own right, but becoming part of the GIS rigging equipment to the industrial and entertainment event markets. organisation will add to it even further.” Located in Bromborough on the banks of the River Mersey, LTM He added: “In addition to benefits to our customers, from an internal was founded in 2004 and is a full member of the Lifting Equipment perspective, the acquisition will create opportunities for our team of Engineers Association (LEEA), the world’s leading representative body engineers and lifting industry experts. We are all tremendously excited for all those involved in the industry. Its product portfolio includes GIS about the immediate and long-term future and look forward to opening electric chain hoists, control systems, material handling equipment, a new chapter under Swiss ownership.” light crane systems, and other related components. www.gis-ag.ch Ivan Muri, CEO at GIS, said: “We are delighted to complete a strategic acquisition, mindful of our intent to continue the growth of our product ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
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16 NEWS AUGUST 2018 CHINA ‘House of Dancing Water’ Expands Riedel Comms Infrastructure with Bolero Wireless Intercom centers on an epic love story and spectacular journey through time, showcasing dazzling costumes and special effects. “A show as complex as The House of Dancing Water would simply not be possible without reliable, stable, and flexible communications between and among our cast and crew members,” said Nicolas Hammond, Head of Sound, Dragone Macau Limited. “We’re already sold on the quality and flexibility of Riedel’s Artist, so it was only natural to choose Bolero for our upgrade to wireless comms.” The Riedel-based communications infrastructure is the result of a collaborative effort between Hammond and Assistant Head of Sound David Sharrock, with the support of The House of Dancing Water sound team. Going live in June, the new Bolero system extends the existing Riedel infrastructure, including two Artist 64 frames and two Artist 32 frames, to enable clear and reliable communications for all cast members and crew throughout the Dancing Water Theatre. Motocross The House of Dancing Water, a breathtaking in-the-round water show stunt riders and acrobatic performers, coupled with the technical created by the Franco Dragone Entertainment Group for Macau’s teams, will use the intercom system for continual communication City of Dreams entertainment complex, is extending its in-house during the show, which features visuals, water, and atmospheric effects. communications capabilities with Riedel’s Bolero wireless intercoms. Even in the aquatics area, the Bolero/Artist combination will support Bolero will provide comprehensive, reliable, and integrated wireless communications with performers and underwater performer handlers capabilities that leverage the facility’s existing Riedel Artist digital in the pool via underwater speakers, in-mask communications systems, matrix intercom system, in operation since 2014. and buddy phones. Designed by Pei Partnership Architects, the state-of-the-art Dancing Programming flexibility is another extremely important requirement Water Theatre created for The House of Dancing Water includes a for the production, and Bolero will enable the team to customize the stage pool that holds a record-breaking 3.7 million gallons of water, system to meet the needs of individuals and departments. Riedel’s equivalent to five Olympic-sized swimming pools. The arena also boasts Director software enables intuitive management and configuration of a 40-meter-high steel-trussed space that provides the generous heights the system while also facilitating real-time system monitoring by the required for the show’s diving and acrobatics elements. The show itself sound department. “Remote monitoring and fewer moving parts means we can operate and maintain the system much more efficiently, giving us more time to work actively on solutions for users. And the outstanding build quality of the Bolero belt packs means our consumables and service/repair costs will go down dramatically,” Hammond added. “Also, we can’t speak highly enough about the fantastic service we’ve received from Riedel. The personal connections we’ve built with the Riedel team and their outgoing and professional manner have made working with Riedel a pleasure, and we know that support is always just a message away.” www.riedel.net ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
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18 NEWS AUGUST 2018 SINGAPORE HARMAN Professional Solutions Simplifies and Strengthens Pro Audio Distribution in Singapore solutions and verticals that we serve, we are happy to appoint E&E as our distribution partner in Singapore” said Ramesh Jayaraman, VP and GM, HARMAN Professional Solutions, APAC. “The new distribution model leverages our brand strengths and E&E’s strong distribution capabilities in providing innovative technology solutions to our Singapore customers. Delivering on this strategy also creates the opportunity for further investment and expansion by HARMAN Professional Solutions in the Singapore market, as E&E extend their capabilities and support across the entire HARMAN Professional audio range.” “HARMAN Professional Audio Brands and Solutions are well established for their technological superiority and world class quality and E&E with more than 65 years of professional audio solutions know-how HARMAN Professional Solutions, the global leader in audio, video, is known for our broad scope of services,” said Gary Goh, Deputy lighting and control systems, including networked AV, today announced Managing Director, Electronics & Engineering Pte Ltd. “We understand it has consolidated distribution of BSS, Crown, dbx, Digitech, Lexicon, our customers’ need for solutions and support, and with our hands-on JBL Professional, Soundcraft and Studer in Singapore by strengthening experience in the Singapore market, we are thrilled to bring HARMAN ties with Electronics & Engineering Pte Ltd (E&E). Professional Audio products to our customers and elevate their experiences.” Building on more than 15 years of experience patronizing various Support, warranty and repair of Harman Professional products in HARMAN brands, E&E will expand its portfolio to include HARMAN Singapore will transition to E&E with immediate effect. Warranty terms Professional’s integration, installation and retail audio product suite. All and inclusions will not be affected. For information on sales or support other HARMAN partnerships serving the Singapore market for Karaoke of HARMAN Professional Solutions products in Singapore, contact Solutions, Cinema Solutions, AKG Professional, AMX Video and Controls HARMAN at HPro.APAC@harman.com or harman@enepl.com.sg and Martin Lighting Solutions remains unchanged. https://pro.harman.com/ “In line with our overall business strategy aimed at simplifying our www.enepl.com.sg distribution and enhancing customer touchpoints across brands, INDIA MSS World Adds New JBL VTX A12 Line Array Modern Stage Services Pvt. Ltd., (MSS World) pioneers in providing complete solution for events and production upgraded its Line Array inventory with the addition of JBL VTX A12 series. Modern Stage Services has been in the business for over 50 years with an experience of nearly 1000+ cultural shows pan India. Commonwealth games, IPL Opening and Closing ceremonies, AR Rahman India Tour, Kailash Kher country tour, BRICS Goa Summit, India Japan Annual Summit are some of the names from the large base of events where MSS World has successfully provided audio and technical solutions. MSS World Davinder & Pratik Wadhwa ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
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20 NEWS AUGUST 2018 “HARMAN Professional is our go-to brand for almost all product Govindan, Sr. Director Harman Professional Solutions India & SAARC. categories. We use VTX V25 and VTX V20 for festivals and large scale “MSS world has been in the forefront of delivering unparalleled events and VRX for conferences and Banquet halls,” says Davinder sound through solid technical experience at many prestigious Wadhwa, Managing Director Modern Stage Services. “I had visited events in India,” he added. “They have been avid users of HARMAN Harman Live Arena and Harman’s Annual Dealer Event in 2017-18 professional touring products including the JBL VTX V20 and V25 where I experienced the latest VTX A12 Line Array system,” he adds. “It line array systems and the addition of VTX A12 series will give them had an extremely impressive sound which made me take a decision of the flexibility and versatility that is required, be it Bollywood or going ahead with the product.” International acts.” JBL VTX A12 is a revolutionary dual 12-inch line array speaker The latest Array inventory of Modern Stage Services include 32 x purpose-built for mid- to large-size touring applications and high-end JBL VTX A12 12” line array loudspeaker, 32 x JBL VTX G28 dual 18” fixed installations. VTX A12 has made a major breakthrough in terms subwoofer, 16 x Crown I-Tech 12000 HD power amplifier, and 16 x of how the loudspeakers are rigged and transported. Crown I-Tech 4x35000 HD power amplifiers. www.pro.harman.com “It gives me immense happiness in announcing MSS World as one of www.mssworld.com the first customers of the JBL VTX A12 line array system,” said Prashant GLOBAL George Masek Returns to the Philips Vari-Lite Fold Signify Entertainment Lighting is delighted to “I’m thrilled to be able to return to a company where I’ve had so much announce the return of Philips Vari-Lite veteran history,” says Masek. “Working with all the talented people there over George Masek. His appointment closely follows 22 years to create, sell, and support cutting edge, industry changing the arrival of Brian Friborg as the new Head of luminaires, was a great pleasure. Since the first time I saw Vari-Lites on Signify Entertainment Lighting, and of Gary W. their early tours in the 1980s, it was my dream to work for this amazing Sanders as Sales Manager for the Americas. company. I’m honored to be able to come back and see that dream Based at the company’s Dallas office, Masek will continue to the next stage.” look after Business Development for the Philips Vari-Lite, Philips Strand Lighting, Philips Selecon and Showline brands. Welcoming the appointment, Brian Friborg says, “We could not be more delighted to welcome George back to the Philips Vari-Lite fold. A well-known figure in the international show lighting business, Masek He has played an important part in the Vari-Lite story over the years, has specialized in automated lighting for almost 30 years. Beginning his and with his long experience and passion for the brand, I have no doubt career in 1990 as a Vari-Lite Road Technician, he toured the world with that he will do so again in the years to come. There are exciting times leading artists, providing on-site support for Vari-Lite products from ahead for Signify Entertainment Lighting.” the renowned VL1 onwards. He later moved into technical support and sales, becoming Vari-Lite Product Manager in 2002. Over the next Signify became the new company name of Philips Lighting as of May decade he was a key part of the Vari-Lite design and engineering team 16, 2018. The legal name of Signify will be adopted across all global which produced the highly successful VL3500 Spot and Wash fixtures, markets in the course of 2018-2019. as well as the VL500 Series and VLX luminaires. Signify Entertainment Lighting comprises the Philips Vari-Lite, Philips Strand Lighting and Philips Selecon brands, as well as the Showline In 2012, Masek left Philips Vari-Lite to take the role of VP of Automated range of LED stage luminaires. Lighting at ACT Lighting. In this position, he represented a range of leading manufacturers to the US market, gaining further invaluable www.lighting.philips.com.sg experience with a broad variety of new customers and product lines. ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
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22 NEWS AUGUST 2018 INDIA Women Walk Together Initiative Santana Davis addressing the audience In conjunction with Nelson Mandela’s 100th Anniversary, the 18th of The event saw a superb turnout by the women involved in the events July also saw the first ever global showcase for women in the event industry that was held at the Opus-Performance Venue in Bangalore, technical production industry. The Women Walk Together (WWT) India. The audience comprised of almost all event companies in initiative had five simultaneous shows in 5 countries with each event Bangalore with their nominated female staff. being led by female production teams – supporting visibility for local females involved in the events industry. The countries involved in the The event included Keynote talks, panellist discussions, short talks and initiative were India, South Africa, Guinea, UK and Brazil. of course a range of performances. Fittingly women led the production with Monisha Das from Calcutta taking on the sound engineering duties Women Walk Together is the first ever global showcase for women for the day and Karuna Sahu from Mumbai taking on Stage Tech duties in the event technical production industry. A global platform showing handling the complete change over on stage. inspirational female skills in sound, light, video, trussing, event onside productions, stage managers, back stage managers, content creators Showing support for the initiative were a number of bigwigs from the and other technical skills related to events production / event technical industry. These included: industry. Keynote Speakers: In India, J Davis Prosound and Lighting took on the honour and Sam Panchamukhi – National Creative mentor, Wizcraft opportunity to be the global partner of the Women Walk Together Professor Nandini Vaidyanathan – Founder, Carma initiative and also represent and initiate the first ever WWT event in India. Guest Speaker Rasheed Sait, Managing Director, George P Johnson India, Middle East and Africa ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
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24 NEWS AUGUST 2018 Panellist Gitanjali Borthakur – Owner and Founder, Pixxel Monk Felix Remedios – Managing Director, Reynold’s Rathish Babu - CEO AAT College Geo Thomas – Founder, ACME Experience Megha Ghosh – Experiential Producers, Show Director, CO-Founder – J Davis Prosound and Lighting’s Santana Davis must also be commended Decibel for taking on responsibility, garnering the industry and supporting Prapti Malhotra – Business Head for Special Events, Wizcraft the event with the necessary set-up and equipment. The event was Geethanjali Santhosh – Owner, Nalesa Floral Fusion a tremendous success and the objective is to hope that this will spur the women in the industry to strive to be the best they can be with full Lightning Talks support from all involved and encourage new female blood to join the Bhakti Sanghavi Talreja – Co-Founder and industry and contribute effectively to the success of events. MD, Dreamcraft Events and Entertainment Monisha Das – Sound Engineer, Artist Tour www.jdavisprosound.com Specialist INDIA Martin Audio Appoints PTC as New Indian Distributor Martin Audio has appointed Mumbai-based Preeti Trading Corporation After making the products available for major (PTC) as its new distributor in India. The family-owned company has integrators, PTC will be planning demo spaces been in operation since the start of the new millennium with a goal in dealer stores and participating in exhibitions, to become the leading AV residential and commercial installation such as the recent PALM Expo India. company in the sub-continent. Speaking of the appointment, Martin Audio’s Rationalising the decision to approach Martin Audio, managing director APAC Account Manager, Andy Duffield, stated, Kamal Dhingreja said, “All our dealers carry out installations as well, ”Martin Audio has a long-established and had been dependent on traditional brands. So we decided to make reputation in India for innovation, sonic Martin Audio available as a performance product, which sets them excellence and build-quality. apart from regular integrators.” “As Martin Audio’s product range expands PTC co-director Vijay He said that Martin Audio’s brand value to encompass a wider range of applications Dhingreja was well recognised in India. “It is highly and price points, it has become clear that we needed a distribution regarded for its sound quality,” he said. “We partner with a wide access to dealer channels across India in order to have taken the initiative in working with the maximise market penetration across all ranges, throughout the top integrators on their projects, and also country. Preeti Trading Corporation provides that capability. We are to reach the best business houses on the excited to welcome them to the Martin Audio family and are Indian map through our sales team.” confident that, with their help, Martin Audio’s successes in India will PTC will be looking to establish the CDD go from strength to strength.” installation series at an early stage, along PTC co-director Kamal with BlacklineX, while they will also address martin-audio.com rental staging requirements through their Dhingreja regional channel partnerships. ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
26 NEWS AUGUST 2018 BLACKTRAX BlackTrax Appoints New Distributor for South East Asia SEA: CAST BlackTrax has appointed Acoustic & Lighting System (A&L) as BlackTrax technology allows moving objects to be automatically its South East Asia distributor for CAST’s unique, innovative BlackTrax tracked, with positioning information transmitted to media servers, real-time motion tracking system. lighting consoles and so on, so that the objects can be highlighted with unprecedented accuracy and repeatability. It is rapidly becoming an “BlackTrax has already executed over 9,000 events around the world, industry standard for controlling projectors, cameras, robotic lights, but we continue to look for strategic opportunities to grow the media, audio and other equipment and applications that support the business, and the South East Asia market represents a considerable RTTrPM open source protocol. market potential,” said Andrew Gordon, Director, Business Development. “We are excited by this announcement, as A&L is the www.blacktrax.ca ideal team to help us establish a strong presence in the region. Their www.acousticlighting.com extensive experience, technical expertise and commitment to customer support represent what we strive for in a partnership.” Acoustic & Lighting System is a distributor and integrator headquartered in Malaysia serving not only the local market but also Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand through a network of nine offices and 200+ staff. It already represents high profile audiovisual brands including Avolites, Clay Paky, disguise and Luminex “We work extensively in creating lighting and video for major live events, and it has become clear to us that BlackTrax will be a very valuable complement to what we can offer our customers, helping us provide them with a more complete solution,” said Eugene Yeo, General Manager of Acoustic & Lighting. “BlackTrax has become famous for its ability to support the creation of truly amazing shows – such as new product launches, spectaculars, visitor attractions, grand openings and so on – and that’s what our customers are looking for.” A&L has already taken delivery of its BlackTrax demonstration equipment and is receiving training from BlackTrax’ local support team. ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
IT‘S THE PERFORMANCE THAT MATTERS. ULTRA-COMPACT SIZE LOW WEIGHT OF ONLY 8 KG BUILT-IN AMPLIFICATION & DSP M-F3A A masterpiece of sophisticated German engineering M-F3A is an ultra-compact active line array system offering crystal-clear sound reproduction with extremely low tonal coloration and studio quality highs due to its hornless design. The unique PA sound is achieved by incorporating eight high-efficiency 2.8“ neodymium mid-frequency drivers and 7 pieces of 1“ direct radiation dome tweeters into each unit. All drivers are mounted on an A4 paper- sized front surface in a cabinet weighing only 8 kg including the rigging, 400W class-D amplification and DSP. www.se-audiotechnik.com Also available in CONTACT ASIA PACIFIC WHITE Alex Schloesser alex.schloesser@se-audiotechnik.com
28 VIDEO FILES AUGUST 2018 Robe RoboSpot Multi Device Musik Manila Expo 2018 Control Launch Designed for safe, secure and space-saving followspot solutions, the Musik Manila Expo is the annual expo/ tradeshow of professional Robe RoboSpot Multi Device Control allows remote control of BMFL Audio, Video, Lighting equipment, LED video display, staging and special Follow Spot, Spot, Blade, Wash Beam, DL4S, DL7S, MegaPointe. effects, and this year’s event is to be held alongside an Outdoor Line and Pointe luminaires. The base station features a 15.6-inch HD Array speaker demo. Admission is free for the event, running from 1 to screen for the operator to observe the performance from a “first 2 September 2018. Check out their Facebook video! person” viewpoint using the dedicated pan/tilt enabled RoboSpot MotionCamera or from the RoboSpot fixture mounted camera. Introducing Yamaha CL/QL Series Cameo Steam Wizard 1000 Version 5.0 Andy Cooper from Yamaha introduces version 5.0 of the Yamaha CL/ Expanding the Steam Wizard series, the Steam Wizard 1000 is QL series. In addition to support for more Dante devices such as perfect for DJs, mobile entertainers and medium-sized venues. The Rupert Neve Designs RMP-D8, Sennheiser EM6000, Shure AD4D and high-velocity vertical fog machine produces dense, even bursts of AD4Q, and Nexo DTD Controller, version 5.0 adds Individual Fade Time water-based fog with adjustable length of up to four metres that are functionality, and a new Portico 5054 by Rupert Neve Designs for use in simultaneously illuminated by triplets of red, green and blue LEDs for the Premium Rack. dramatic scenes and rich colours. The Steam Wizard 1000 is operated via DMX in 4-channel mode or the included remote with illuminated buttons and rotary controls providing easy visibility in the dark. ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
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30 ENNOVATIONS AUGUST 2018 Elation’s All-weather Cuepix 16 IP - a Cutting-edge LED Matrix Panel As more and more projects and shows are staged outdoors, flicker-free thanks to its user-adjustable LED refresh rate and Gamma Elation Professional is again expanding on its leading line of multi- brightness settings. The Cuepix 16 IP dims smoothly all the way to zero environmental IP-rated products with the new Cuepix 16 IP. The Cuepix with adjustable dimming curves included for programming ease. The 16 IP is a powerful 4x4 matrix LED blinder and effect panel with all- fixture also includes an adjustable high-speed strobe (1-18fps) for those weather IP65 protection. An updated version of the company’s Cuepix energetic flashes of light. Panel, Elation’s popular 5 x 5 LED matrix panel that has enjoyed great success since launching 5 years ago, the Cuepix 16 IP fulfils the need for The Cuepix 16 IP is easy to use with a 4 x 4 semi-transparent blow- more IP-rated blinder/effect options. through design that not only keeps the weight down (33.0 lbs., 15 kg) but allows multiple fixtures to be easily linked together to create Lighting fixtures mounted on a downstage truss like blinder/effect horizontal and vertical arrays. Versatile rigging options include 90° lights, or general area wash fixtures, are especially exposed to the adjustable and fixed yoke brackets with 3-position mounting holes. elements. Now designers can Convenient features like add high-impact colour or iIntegrated alignment pins and white light, eye candy or pixel- interlocks make multiple panel mapped effects, to productions matrix designs easy to set up of all types, indoors or out, and disassemble. Optional without the worry of weather Omega Brackets are also and cost and inconvenience of available. protective coverings. Professional control options The sleekly-designed Cuepix include DMX (14 DMX channel 16 IP houses 16 long-life 30W modes from 3-128 channels) RGBA COB LEDs for a full and RDM (Remote Device spectrum of well-balanced, Management) while on- custom colours (saturates board Art-NET and KlingNET to pastels) with no pixelated protocols allow for more rainbow shadows. The added creative pixel-mapping amber LED compared to the designs. The fixture is RGB-based Cuepix Panel outfitted with IP-rated 5pin extends the possible range of DMX, RJ45 etherCON, and colours and gives more control Seetronic Powerkon IP65 in/ over white balance, producing out connections. A 4-button a better warm white. The COB control panel with LCD LEDs give a higher-density menu display makes for easy output and a more even light navigation through DMX and distribution for superior all- manual settings and an auto- around performance. sensing power supply allows the unit to operate anywhere Each COB module is individually in the world. controllable for a wider scope of design possibilities while The Cuepix 16 IP offers all the RGB, dynamic amber and pixel benefits of LED like greater flip modes add to its creative potential. The five included pixel flip reliability and less maintenance. It consumes little power (520W max modes make it easier for users to uniformly configure all pixels in multi- power consumption) for a lower cost of ownership and with a long LED panel configurations regardless of their installation orientation. life rating, service intervals are few and far between. The high-power LED colour matrix projects a wide 62° beam angle with www.elationlighting.com an 87° field angle for better coverage while maintaining a high level of uniformity. When used with cameras, the silent fixture works absolutely ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
31 ENNOVATIONS AUGUST 2018 Elation Introduces Obsidian Control Systems products that are both forward thinking and reliable,” Loader continues. “We asked ourselves what it would look like to remove creative and financial obstacles so that designers and programmers can go beyond where they have before, and so that the next generation can be taught Elation Professional is excited to embark on a new chapter in its and encouraged. By innovating together, we’re creating products that evolution with the launch of Obsidian Control Systems, an accessible are focused on the user. We have the user in mind and they can always line of advanced yet intuitive lighting control products. speak directly to our innovative team with feedback.” Following completion in late March of the acquisition of the M-Series Obsidian products are designed by an international team of lighting range of entertainment lighting controllers from HARMAN Professional professionals with over 25 years of industry experience. In fact, Solutions, Elation received valuable feedback from the thousands Obsidian’s core development team, located in the Elation European of M-Series users worldwide. “Based on this feedback, we sought office located in The Netherlands, goes all the way back to 1992 to create a dedicated company and brand focus for the continued with the award-winning CASE control console series, followed by the development and evolution of the product series,” states Elation MAXXYZ control console and MAXEDIA media servers, the M-Series Sales & Marketing Director Eric Loader. “The Obsidian development platform and now the dawn of a new evolution of lighting control will continue to be focused on stable and compatible software and systems. hardware for all existing M-Series products” Obsidian offers a wide range of lighting controllers, including excellent Obsidian lighting control software and hardware is designed and entry level options, which are exclusively distributed by Elation maintained by lighting professionals so that professionals can excel at Professional worldwide. the highest level. It is easy to use and accessible to every level of user, whether a novice programmer or a designer at the highest level. “Our www.elationlighting.com pillars are that we believe in innovating together to create intuitive www.obsidiancontrol.com ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com
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