Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD) combined its expertise at lighting automobiles and corporate events when it designed luxury automaker BMW’s twin presentations in Atlanta recently. The three-day event, produced by Media Loft, was held to reveal new products and company plans to the BMW team. Tony Siekman of The WIT Company was the Technical Director. more

SHURE SM11 MICROPHONE GOES INTO ORBIT

When Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off on May 31, a Shure SM11 microphone went along for the ride, just as it has for years, but it wasn’t used in a conventional manner as most microphones are used, however.

The SM11 is part of a system that collects samples of exhaust gases from the Shuttle orbiter’s propulsion system aft fuselage area to sense any gas leaks in the plumbing. During ascent, an SM11 Microphone mounted inside a system electronics box, picks up the sound generated from the orbiter propulsion area at launch. Its output signal controls equipment that triggers a sequencing of pyro-valve devices that enable air samples to enter each of 6 vacuum bottles at various times during the ascent. The collected gas samples are later analyzed after the orbiter returns to Earth. Having this data can save maintenance and inspection hours. more

HEADROOM FOR DAYS
Seether, Flyleaf turn it up with QSC

LADSON, SC—Regardless of whether you want to call it alternative, post-grunge, or pure, unapologetic rock ‘n’ roll, the onstage results of the musical pairing of Seether and Flyleaf landed here in South Carolina in May at the Exchange Park Ladson Fairgrounds to test the mettle of Live Event Solutions, a Conyers, Georgia sound company just over five months old. more

For the R.E.M. tour launched this past May in Vancouver, lighting designer/director/programmer Susanne Sasic brought Coemar Infinity Wash XL lights into brilliant interplay as support of the band’s latest album, Accelerate, continues.

Designing a frame of lights around a set of five Mitrix video screens plus two soft LED panels, Sasic set out to create a “skyline� of video which forms the centerpiece of her basic design. Infinity Wash XL lights, 1400w with a full range of features including a CMY color mixing system and an entire spectrum of effects, seemed perfectly targeted toward this latest succession of concerts presented by the Athens, GA-based legendary alternative rock ensemble. more

Underscoring the unmatched performance and flexibility of Harman Pro Cinema Products, Panasonic Systems Integration has chosen JBL ScreenArray® loudspeakers and Crown DSi amplifiers for the Cinema system at The Mezzanine Showroom in the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. more

Providing cinema exhibition venues and post-production facilities with unprecedented audio performance and versatility, JBL Professional today introduced two new Digital Surround Series loudspeakers as the latest additions to its award-winning line of cinema loudspeaker systems. Two new surround models, the 8320 Surround and the 8350 Surround, join the popular 8340A Surround loudspeaker to provide an ideal surround sound solution for every digital application. more

─Concert Features Performance by GRAMMY® Award-Winner Herbie Hancock─

BUENA PARK, Calif.─Last month, many of United Airlines Headquarters employees were treated to a private performance by legendary GRAMMY® award-winner Herbie Hancock along with the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz band on the front lawn of their Elk Grove Village, Illinois headquarters. A lottery was held for 4,000 UA HQ employees to attend the performance with 400 lucky concertgoers winning tickets, leaving the bulk of the staff in place to run airline operations smoothly for busy air travelers. more

Extreme CCTV announces that its REG-X Close-Range License Plate Capture has helped reduce crime in Southern California residential communities. Installed at access points, REG-X captures plates of vehicles entering and exiting properties at speeds of up to 30mph, from a 15-25ft range. Built-in infrared illumination enables plate capture under any lighting condition, while Ambient Rejection technology eliminates motion blur and headlight / sunlight glare for a high-contrast image. Delivering irrefutable evidence, REG-X allows the identification and arrest of residential area offenders. “Customers have told me that since they installed REG-X, criminal activity in their area has ceased almost completely,” says Jeff Pryor, residential integrator and owner of California-based Pryor Solutions. more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Reinforcing JBL VERTEC® as the most versatile, visually discreet line array system in the industry, Staging Techniques, one of the country’s leading event and show production companies, recently added 48 VERTEC VT4888 midsize line array elements to its inventory. With offices in Atlanta, Hollywood, New York and Seattle, Staging Techniques provides a complete array of production support services for events, including audio/video production, lighting design, production management and venue coordination. more

Vistonics User Interface Eases Transition For Volunteer Technicians During Services

LAS VEGAS, Nevada- Demonstrating the ease of use and reliable performance of the Studer Vista 5 digital live console, the Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, Virginia recently purchased a 42 fader Vista 5. The console, which has been installed at front-of-house in the 1,100-seat auditorium, was selected for its input and output capacity, its simplicity of use by novice operators, and its flexibility, allowing simultaneous control of the main house system and monitors as a truly 2-man console. more