BBS Beleuchtungstechnik Bühnentechnik Schenk GmbH stands for professional lighting, stage and video technology as well as proprietary LED technology. Their customers include Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Bayreuther Festspiele. Here, we talk with Christopher Schenk. 1. Your father Ricard Schenk founded the family business, and you now have many prestigious customers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland…
German rockers Karat set great store by the stage lighting for their acoustic tour. Getting the lighting right sets the mood and amplifies the performance and the stage spectacle. To ensure the lighting sets the scene in the right way, the lighting designer responsible for the “24 Karat” stage lighting for the group chose Philips…
The new lampless 6,000 lumen projector from Optoma, the ZU650, has been developed using laser phosphor technology for the professional installation market. Optoma claim a maintenance-free operating time of 20,000 hours. With no need to change bulbs or filters, the projector also lays claim to relatively tiny operating costs. Optoma ZU650: Professional quality images With…
Portland, Oregon has built the first bridge in the region for over 40 years and suprised everyone with its innovative design including lighting installation. The ‘Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People’ bridges the River Willamette and thanks to ETC lighting equipment its a spectacular sight by day or night. The Portland skyline is now defined…
The powerful new G-1 Beam moving head from SGM is truly ground-breaking. The G-1 can be deployed outdoors with battery power and wireless DMX. With its true beam effect, crisp projection and gobo wheel, SGM are confident they’ve produced a class-leading moving head. Customers have two choices: a version with or without a base unit.…
The new Osram LED achieves something that no other light source in a mainstream projector ever has: 2,500 lumen. Following on from the P3W, the Osram OSTAR Projection Power is another LED with chip technology and a new advanced mounting procedure. The monochrome Osram LEDs are available in green, blue and red. Osram LED: The…
Raiffeisen Bank’s ‘Dialog Plus’ event was one of the biggest company get-togethers of the year according to Riedel Communications, with more than 10,000 staff participating. And the Austrian bank chose the exhibition centre in Basel along with Riedel technology and infrastructure solutions for the event. Riedel staff ensured interference-free signal transmissions during the strategy meetings,…
Available now: Avid’s new live mixing system, the Venue S6L. The S6L is a modular system designed to take on the world’s most demanding tours and events with ease thanks to powerful cutting-edge technology. With Pro Tools integration, the S6L becomes the front end for the Avid Media Central platform. The new Venue console runs…
With its NOVA Acoustic brand, CRAAFT AUDIO GmbH has achieved worldwide recognition after more than 30 years’ experience in the audio electronics and speakers branch. Their target customers are professional musicians and sound technicians. Prolight + Sound Blogteam met global sales and international marketing director Markus Falter to discuss their brand, products, and Prolight +…
With EON618S, the EON600 loudspeaker series from JBL now also has a deep bass supplement. This new bass is an active 18” subwoofer with a digital output stage and a digital signal processor (DSP). This means combinations with every typical PA loudspeaker shouldn’t be a problem. Bass with impressive sound With the JBL EON618S, a…