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AV Stumpfl Opens PIXERA Office in Los Angeles

PIXERA’s Conor McGill has been promoted to Director, PIXERA USA and is opening a new office in Santa Monica, CA

Following the opening of the new PIXERA UK office in London last month, AV Stumpfl announced that PIXERA, its real-time media server platform, is expanding its physical presence in North America as well. The company recently opened a new office in Los Angeles, dedicated exclusively to its PIXERA media server platform, and Conor McGill has been promoted to Director, PIXERA USARead More »AV Stumpfl Opens PIXERA Office in Los Angeles

Bandit Lites Partners with Belmont’s Student-Run Pop Showcase

The Belmont University Pop Showcase, an annual concert featuring Belmont’s best pop acts, returned to the Curb Event Center October 28th with a lighting system provided by Bandit Lites. The concert acts as a competition, with the artists who perform having underwent a rigorous evaluation including demo submissions and live auditions. The day of the event, the four finalist perform to both students and the public, and a panel of industry experts choose the winner.Read More »Bandit Lites Partners with Belmont’s Student-Run Pop Showcase

Bruce Springsteen Takes the E Street Band Back On the Road with Martin Lighting Solutions

Photo by Steve Jennings

To deliver a fresh and revamped visual aesthetic for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2023 Tour of North America and Europe, Lighting Designer Jeff Ravitz selected and deployed an array of Martin lighting fixtures to create a versatile and powerful stadium rig. Read More »Bruce Springsteen Takes the E Street Band Back On the Road with Martin Lighting Solutions

A Simple and Affordable VP Studio Solution

At Tokyo-based PANDASTUDIO.TV, Blackmagic Design products serve as the primary equipment in Studio 2 and Studio 4, with multiple Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Pro G2s installed. “When you build your system entirely with Blackmagic products, you can control all the cameras and recorders. By mounting them in a rack, you have an all-in-one system for shooting, streaming, and recording, which is very cost effective,” said PANDASTUDIO.TV’S Orio Nakamura.

District 5 Colorizes The Band Camino’s Screaming in the Dark Tour with CHAUVET Professional

Color has always been “a huge part of our design process,” Dayne deHaven says of the work that he and his collaborator at the District 5 design studio, Tyler Shapard, have been doing for The Band Camino. Fans of the red-hot rock-pop trio would readily agree; the band’s music is so evocative, that each song calls out for its own distinct color signature. Ironically, though, on the band’s recently concluded 25-date tour, the show begins in virtual darkness, as eerie electronic sounds resonate over a blacked-out stage. That’s only fitting, since the tour was called Screaming in the Dark, a nod to the group’s latest hit album The Dark.Read More »District 5 Colorizes The Band Camino’s Screaming in the Dark Tour with CHAUVET Professional

Explore the Latest in Obsidian Lighting Control Innovation at LDI 2023

Lighting designers, programmers and operators have increasingly discovered the benefits of Obsidian’s accessible and intuitive lighting control brand and are invited to explore the latest innovations December 3-5 at Booth #1342 at the 2023 LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas. Visitors to LDI will have a chance to demo both hardware and PC systems, including the NX1, Obsidian’s scalable, full-featured lighting console that has propelled the ONYX platform’s popularity to new heights. A compact, motorized fader wing, the NXP™, as well as a small USB-powered control surface for ONYX, the NXK™, both ideal companions to the NX1 console, will also be on display.Read More »Explore the Latest in Obsidian Lighting Control Innovation at LDI 2023

Showlight to Return… SOON!

Showlight is delighted to announce that it is back, and will return soon! Following the enforced postponement of Showlight 2023 and a bumpy ride during the pandemic, the committee has reassembled, been invigorated, and is forging forward to the next in the series of this unique industry-favorite networking event. Read More »Showlight to Return… SOON!