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For The Technical And Production Professionals in Asia MARCH 2019 Psy’s Stadium Tour Hits ‘Gangnam Style’ with d&b GSL PERSONALITY: Lighting Designer Jack Apipurich Amornwarang KNOWLEDGE HUB: What are the Most Important Tools for a Video Professional? EXHIBITION REVIEW: Prolight + Sound Guangzhou www.e-techasia.com WE LISTENED, NOW IT'S YOUR TURN Compatible Rigging System with all VTX-A Series Products New JBL Transducers for Best Sound Quality and Output Multiple Horizontal Coverage Options (90°|110°|120°) Best-in-Class Rigging System for Fast and Safe Deployment Compact, Truck-Friendly Dimensions Full-Range of Innovative Accessories Complete Solution Including Software and Amplification Small-Format Application Subwoofer Improved Linearity and Wider Dynamic Range Full Series Compatible Rigging (8” and 12” arrays) Reduced System Amplifier Requirements Learn more now at JBLpro.com. A12 A12 W A8 B18 NEW NEW For Product demos and enquiries write to us at [email protected] or contact your authorized country partner 3 CONTENTS March 2019 50 40 IN THIS ISSUE VOL 20 ISSUE 3 MARCH 2019 04 FIRST WORDS 06 NEWS LIVE 24 VIDEO FILES 46 SOUTH KOREA: Psy’s Stadium Tour Hits ‘Gangnam Style’ with d&b GSL 26 ENNOVATIONS 48 AUSTRALIA: disguise Pro Range Shines on Kylie Minogue’s “Golden Tour” EXHIBITION REVIEW 50 SINGAPORE: Martin by HARMAN at the i Light Singapore 37 Positive Vibes at Prolight + Sound Guangzhou 2019 52 UAE: CT Scores Big at AFC Asian Cup 2019 KNOWLEDGE HUB 40 What are the Most Important Tools for a Video PERSONALITY Professional? 54 Jack Apipurich Amornwarang, Lighting Designer 43 Look at this Rigging! “Is it Okay or Is It Not?” 56 EVENTS CALENDAR ALEX COLUMN 44 Teaching and Training 57 MARKET PLACE ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com FIRST WORDS 4 March 2019 Ram Bhavanashi Editor, India And Middle East [email protected] It has been a hectic two months for most with NAMM, ISE and Prolight + Sound Guangzhou. I did not go up to NAMM though, but there RamJulie BhavanashiTan was still plenty to see and do. ISE, as expected, Editor,EditorAdmin, India& Circulation And Middle East was busy busy busy and broke visitor records [email protected]@spinworkz.com again. Interestingly some of the lighting manufacturers are beginning to see why they need to be at ISE. This is similar to the audio JulieNatalie TanTan Chew brands that in the early years were small in number. Once they realised what AdminWriter && Circulation ISE brings to the table, they have grown in booth size and numbers. Audio [email protected]@spinworkz.com brands now showcase their latest installation series at Amsterdam. The lighting companies though still, a handful, are showcasing architectural and mood lighting solutions. I am sure we will start to see in the coming years more Daniel Ngiam lighting manufacturers joining ISE. Daniel Ngiam MEDIANatalie Rep Chew for Spinworkz PtePte Ltd.Ltd Tel:WriterTel: +65 8441025884410258 MILAN really took off on a big scale at ISE. d&b audiotechnik, Meyer Sound and [email protected]@spinworkz.comfi[email protected] Adamson showcased their MILAN enabled solutions. This also works for the LIVE market so do pay attention to it. View Meyer Sound’s video in our VIDEO OUR COLLABORATORS FILES page about MILAN to get a better understanding. Atmaram Rawool Shankar Venugopal ART / LAYOUT ETA Daniel Ngiam ART / LAYOUT In the meantime, I attended my first Prolight + Sound Guangzhou show. I was MEDIA Rep for Spinworkz Pte Ltd [email protected] pleasantly surprised by the show. A number of the major audio brands were Elissa Nadine Tel: +65 84410258 present, and they all seemed happy to be at the show. 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The KSL System line array loudspeakers employ a combination of techniques to accomplish seamless broadband directivity control. The low frequency geometry uses cardioid technology with a driver and port layout producing a coverage matched perfectly to the coaxial arrangement of an extremely effi cient midrange horn and waveguide mounted high frequency drivers. In total harmony with the system’s usability, an extraordinary performance delivers sound exactly where it’s wanted. Just another true adherent to the holistic d&b approach. More art. Less noise. NEWS 6 March 2019 UAE Sennheiser Audio Solutions Elevate Experience for Skydivers 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 EW IEM G4 system as well as IE 40 in-ear headphones for each of the performers. The skydivers who used these in-ear monitors were most impressed with their performance and appreciated how much they helped coordinate their routines with the music that the audience heard during the show. “It was a new experience and it helped the performers execute their routines as per the flight plan. Also, it was easy for them to put the packs under their jumpsuits and fly,” explained Nadia Adamali who organized and produced the event. She added, “There were of course some concerns given the wind pressure and noise within the tunnel. But Sennheiser’s system did the When some of the world’s best skydivers descended on Dubai for the job very well enabling the performers to hear the music without the ‘Dream of Flight’ show, held late last year at the Inflight Dubai indoor encumbrance of any bulky equipment.” skydiving facility, Sennheiser’s evolution wireless G4 In-Ear Monitoring systems ensured that despite the overwhelming sound of wind in the www.sennheiser.com tunnel, they were provided with crystal clear audio, enabling them to perfectly synchronize the ‘aerial gymnastics’ of their routines. EMEA Richard Van Nairn Takes On Middle East Sales Role for Martin Audio During his four years in the company, Martin Audio’s Richard Van Nairn some of the lesser known parts of the world remains of paramount has steadily broadened his remit, and with the recent restructure of importance.” Martin Audio’s sales force, it has opened the door further for Van Nairn to bring even more Added International Sales Director, Bradley territories under his management. Watson, “During his time at the company Richard has been responsible for opening up a number of The restructure, which has seen Bradley Watson territories and radically improving our distributor promoted to the new role of International Sales network. He is more than capable of taking on this Director, meant many of the countries under his additional responsibility at a critical time in the management has moved to Van Nairn. company’s development.” Already in charge of Cyprus, Bulgaria, Lithuania, www.martin-audio.com Slovenia, Estonia and the PALOPS block, Van Nairn now has responsibility for a further swathe of territories across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the Middle East (including Israel and Jordan). He also has responsibility for the whole of Africa (apart from South Africa), including Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. “I feel privileged to be entrusted with so much responsibility at a time when Martin Audio’s sales are at a record high,” stated Richard Van Nairn, “and the opportunity to expand the brand’s visibility in ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY ASIA | www.e-techasia.com It’s a good day to be an artist. Relevé Spot, the new automated fixture from ETC designed for the theatre. Light that moves you. 24 hour technical support. visual environment technologies | etcconnect.com NEWS 8 March 2019 AUSTRALIA Freespeak II Wireless Intercom at Australia’s Triple Eight Race Engineering In Australia, Gravity Media’s Gearhouse Broadcast Pty Limited our needs is truly next level, no other system in the past has come close (Gearhouse) and Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia Pty Ltd to the functions, features, and clarity of the system. FreeSpeak II is a (Triple Eight) have entered into a four-year service partnership for high-performance system which has allowed to communicate in high communications systems, with Clear-Com’s FreeSpeak II digital wireless pressure situations in a way we only dreamed of in the past.” intercom system providing communications between car controllers and their support staff.