For the Dream of Flight show, held late 2018 at the Inflight Dubai indoor skydiving facility, Sennheiser’s evolution wireless G4 In-Ear Monitoring systems ensured that despite the overwhelming sound of wind in the tunnel, crystal clear audio was provided. Music was central to the hour-long show which comprised of 14 routines and featured a variety of songs from A Million Dreams to popular hits by artists including Lenny Kravitz. Sennheiser provided one transmitter and four receivers of its Sennheiser EW IEM G4 system and Sennheiser IE 40 in-ear headphones for each of the performers. The skydivers who used these in-ear monitors were…
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DWR distribution has announced the very first Waves Training Course, presented by Eran Ben Zur, in Johannesburg on 18 February 2019 and in Cape Town 21 February 2019. Eran Ben Zur is a Live Product Specialist at Waves Audio and an experienced FOH Engineer. Delegates can look forward to a discussion on Waves Live, Sound Grid Network, V9 vs V10, MultiRack, Plugins, eMotion LV1, Tips and Tricks and Q&A. The Waves course will be hosted at the DWR premises in Johannesburg and Cape Town and the cost is 250 which includes lunch and refreshments. www.dwrdistribution.com
Protec ended 2018 with a big announcement and have an even bigger vision for 2019. The Protec group expanded to include Protec European Events based in the UK and has extended its global reach to even include events in Rwanda. Also, opening an office and warehouse in Saudi Arabia to offer their clients a service on their doorstep which meant a significant growth in resources. With this expansion into the UK and Saudi Arabia, there have been many highlights. One example was the ceremony for Qiddiya, the famous Saudi Arabian giga-project that was set to make all existing global entertainment…
Crowd Connected has signed a partnership agreement with Grown-Up Solutions in the Middle East. Crowd Connected’s unique Colocator platform crowd-sourced real-time location data, turning it into insight in milliseconds. This insight allowed event, hospitality and retail venues to model guest behaviour and brought it to life via an intuitive web console. On-site operations were optimised through smarter and faster decision-making, delivered distinct service and revenue advantages. The platform also included an audience engagement and segmentation engine, which delivered unparalleled geo-targeted and trigger-based messaging capability. Messages were sent to audience groups based on any combination of location and time, including where…
Based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Chicoco Studios is housed in the community gathering space, The Shed, which was built by young residents of the city’s waterfront slums. The studio was designed and installed by the Collaborative Media Advocacy Platform in conjunction with the Chicoco Collective and is home to both recording and radio broadcast spaces. Directed by ex-BBC Engineer Ana Bonaldo, with technical mentoring and support from another ex-BBC Engineer Colin Neal, Chicoco Radio is powered by a pair of Allen & Heath XB-14-2 compact broadcast mixers. That Neal said: “were chosen for their incomparable value and versatility. We found…
Welcoming hospitality leaders from across the EMEA region, a flagship international hotel brand GM Conference was hosted in October 2018 in Dubai and it called on eclipse to supply all technical elements for the event. Having brought about in-venue technical production services on a range of interactive and immersive projects, eclipse supplied audio, video, lighting, power and lasers equipment. Chad Smith, Project Manager at eclipse Venue Services commented: “We had an ultra-wide, ultra-high-resolution LED screen, distributed audio system and an incredibly versatile lighting rig. We also added in lasers with the support of our sister company, Laser FX, to assist with the…
Christmas came early in 2018 for Cape Town-based rental company, Core Productions after they took ownership of an MA lighting dot2 XL-F, MA lighting dot2 F-wing, a DMX King Pro1, and a dozen Longman Facepars. For the tight-knit group who make up Core Productions, the new equipment has brought peace of mind. “We are always motivated to come up with amazing ideas,” said the Owner of Core Productions, Bernard Gramann: “That’s why I love my job and need to rely on gear that won’t fail.” Gramann decided on the MA lighting dot2 console and DMX King Pro1 because of the great…
Staged in Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno, Main Stadium the 2018 Asian Games Opening Ceremony was a high-energy, animated, colourful spectacular illustrating Indonesia’s origins and culture, and sending a strong message of peace and tolerance. The event opened Asia’s largest sporting event and featured breathtakingly visuals created by Scott Givens and Libby Hyland who worked with Indonesian Creative Director Wishnutama Kusubandio. The live events were produced by specialists FiveCurrents while staging direction was provided by Michael Pena who worked with Indonesian Choreographers Denny Malik and Eko Supriyanto. To assist in the grand spectacle the creative team also asked Montreal-based Lighting Designer Yves Aucoin to deliver an impressive…
For the past 13 years, Incheon, South Korea has hosted the Pentaport Rock Festival, held in the city’s Pentaport Park for three days each summer. Produced by Yescom Entertainment, it is one of the country’s biggest live music events and covers a wide variety of musical genres. In 2018, it featured the industrial rock of Nine Inch Nails, the moody electronica of Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda and the shifting nuances of My Bloody Valentine to name a few. But for all of the diverse styles, the L-Acoustics K1 and K2 system, supplied by local rental company Seoul Sound, delivered consistency…
Celebrity endorsement is something most brands dream about and pay massively for, so when popular South African rock band, Prime Circle decided to invest in Robe moving lights it took the concept to a different level. Marco Gomes the band’s bass guitarist, songwriter and manager together with Lighting Designer Benjamin “Benji” Muir-Millsn purchased the Robe miniPointes, Robe LEDBeam 150s and Robe VIVAs from South African distributor DWR. Gomes and Muir-Millsn explained that touring in South Africa was a challenge due to many venues on the circuit that only offered minimal lighting, so owning their own rig meant that every show…
Marcel Bezuidenhout, the owner of Cape Town-based Audio Engineering, was flying under the radar, since forming his company in 1998, while he retained his clients and steadily built a collection of professional equipment. That changed when he was the first in South Africa to take ownership of a black Prolyte Verto truss system and four Prolyft Aetos two-ton chain hoists. “I do fly under the radar and I’ve never advertised,” Bezuidenhout said. “But, I want to change that. We do many international shows which people don’t know about, such as the two world tours with the Mandela Trilogy, which is…
DWR Distribution has become the sole distributor for Audix Microphones in South Africa. Audix is a designer and manufacturer of microphones for the professional music and installed sound industries, whose line includes; handheld vocal mics, instrument mics, wireless mics, and installed microphones for a variety of events. “Over the past two years, our company has seen tremendous growth in the audio products we offer to the industry,” said Robert Izzett from DWR. “The one thing we did not have were microphones. Audix is one of the leading brands across the globe, and what makes the company special and approachable is their passion…
