News

Stay up to date with the latest happenings in the live events and technical production industry. From product launches and training sessions to behind-the-scenes stories and project highlights, our news section is where you’ll find it all.

Get the scoop on what’s new at DWR, follow our journey with industry partners, and discover the people and moments that make our community so unique. Whether you’re looking for inspiration, information, or innovation — this is the place to be.

High-Profile Video Project for Artist Post Malone

Joe Sanchez, Sound Engineer and Owner of a boutique live sound and broadcast production company, was recently approached to assist with the communications integration for a high-profile motion capture video project involving American rapper, Post Malone. With an extremely tight deadline and a need for the primary shot callers to

Read More »

Audix Ceiling Microphones

  @Audix ceiling microphone solutions range from hanging to flush-mount and can be used in various settings, from the boardroom to the classroom. To see the full range visit: https://audixusa.com/product-categories/ceiling-microphones/   Save As PDF

Read More »

Knebworth House in a New Anolis Light

Architectural LED lighting specialist Anolis – a Robe business – was approached by Robert Parker of the Historic Houses Association to assist in the specification of a replacement lighting scheme to illuminate the front of Knebworth House, a magnificent Grade II listed Tudor stately home in Hertfordshire, UK, dating to

Read More »

Robe for Martin Jensen Site-Specific Shows

    The pandemic period will surely be remembered for many things including the invention and creativity manifested by an entertainment and technical production industry determined to keep music and performance accessible and relevant during a world public health crisis and the resulting enforced isolation. Danish DJ and music producer

Read More »

Robe Launches New LEDBeam 350 Moving Light

  Robe lighting launches its latest new moving light innovation – the LEDBeam 350™.  To those familiar with the massively successful little LEDBeam 150™, this is a bigger, brighter – 6,600 lumen – variant, delivering even more punch and presence for those wanting crystal clear beams and beautifully rich colour

Read More »

Audio FireBall, ultra-small professional dynamic instrument microphone

The FireBall™ dynamic instrument microphone is designed for harmonicas (both diatonic and chromatic) and beatbox. Clear, accurate, and capable of handling SPLs in excess of 140 dB without distortion, the FireBall™ is ideally suited for both live stage and studio recording applications. The FireBall™ microphone has a smooth, uniform frequency

Read More »

DiGiCo delivers Quantum power for Gorillaz live stream

In mid-December, Gorillaz returned to the stage with ‘Song Machine Live From Kong’ for three separate fully live shows performed from the basement of Kong Studios, West London over the course of two days. Over a million viewers in more than 120 countries tuned in to the show via the

Read More »

ONErack Spider Options

  Choose from two different options to provide reliable, clean, dependable DC power for your mission-critical installations in healthcare, higher-education, broadcast, and control rooms.   ONErack Spider Vertical Strip PSU Multi-Voltage PSU Strip with 23 voltage module slots; 14 voltage modules included Category: Racking & Power Manufacturer: tvONE SKU: 1RK-SPDR-STRIP-23

Read More »

KLANG Gets into the Flow at Seven Rivers Church

  There is a difference when it comes to in-ear monitoring, this Florida church in the United States discovers, as its moves up to the top level of in-ear technology with a new DMI KLANG interface   LECANTO, Florida – March 2021 – Founded in 1983, Seven Rivers Church, a

Read More »

Astera Academy

  For anyone wanting to learn more about the Astera software and hardware, don’t forget the Astera Academy. During 2020, Astera created a wide range of tutorials which cover new products, features and ideas to use Astera. It’s all available on their website! Simply visit: https://astera-led.com/academy/ Save As PDF

Read More »

Aurora Series by Absen

    Absen is pleased to announce the Aurora Series, a lightweight panel ideal for both indoor and outdoor advertising applications.   With a brightness of 10000 Nits and built to withstand outdoor weather conditions, the Aurora Series offers a five-year warranty, low  energy consumption and a powerful cooling system

Read More »

Waves audio plugins and signal processors from DWR

Waves is the world’s leading developer of audio plugins and signal processors for the professional and consumer electronics audio markets. Heard on hit records, major motion pictures, and popular video games worldwide, Waves’ cutting-edge software and hardware processors are used in every aspect of audio production, from tracking to mixing

Read More »

A beautiful sound at South African immersive audio demo

  A powerful demonstration featuring L-Acoustic’s L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Technology and Klang:technologies, highlighted how a show could translate into a memorable experience for a live audience and those watching the broadcast from home via a live streaming platform.  Presented by Immersive Show Technology, MGG and DWR Distribution, the four-day session

Read More »

Astera AX2 PixelBar

    LED Bar with built-in battery for stage, events and film lighting   Astera’s Wireless PixelBar is a linear wash fixture with built-in battery pack. Each of its LEDs can be individually addressed and offers ultra-high color rendering, digital color calibration and a native 21° beam. Thanks to its

Read More »

B-Station2 by Visual Productions

  Wall-mount button panel  Designed to offer a user-interface to your lighting project, the B-Station2 is a wall-mount panel with 6 push-buttons. The buttons can be configured to send out a multitude of control messages via DMX, UDP, OSC, Art-Net or sACN. The B-Station2 is the ideal device for triggering

Read More »

Strand standardizes on  DIN rail for Vision.Net

Dallas, USA – Strand, the original name in theatrical lighting and a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand, today announced that they are standardizing their portfolio of industry-leading Vision.Net architectural lighting components to use 35mm DIN rail for mounting.   Strand’s new, modular family of hardware devices consists of nine new products, including

Read More »

Czech Radio freshens up for 2021 with DiGiCo Quantum338

  Nearly a century old, Czech Radio (Český rozhlas (ČRo)) is the largest public radio broadcaster in the Czech Republic and Europe’s second oldest radio broadcaster after the BBC. Established in 1923, Czech Radio offers four national services, 14 regional channels, numerous channels covering classical and jazz music, sports, children’s

Read More »

Green Hippo’s HippoNet

The heart of Hippotizer™ is HippoNet, the networking protocol which connects all Hippotizer machines together so that one ZooKeeper can control all the networked systems at once. HippoNet distributes timecode, media and playback synchronisation between systems to effortlessly control even the largest systems. Hippotizer V4 supports CITP thumbnail exchange and

Read More »

ProMotion by Robe Lighting

  Take your venue, club and retail promotions to the next level with the futuristic Robe ProMotion™ moving head effects and video projector.   Compact, stylish yet fast moving, this projector produces 1000 ANSI Lumens of creative output with its long-lasting LED source. With RGB and CMY colour mixing capability;

Read More »

The Blank Space, a new venue in Cape Town

With travel restrictions in place, the show has to go on, albeit digitally! For an international fashion show, four South African fashion designers were able to shoot their latest work at The Blank Space, a venue created by the CCPP Group in Cape Town. While everyone missed the audience, the

Read More »

Vectorworks Spotlight Training in JHB

  Join Dylan Jones as he presents Vectorworks Spotlight Training from 15 to 19 March 2021 at DWR Distribution in Johannesburg.   The course will be split up into Basic Training (15 March), Intermediate Training (16 and 17 March) and Advanced Training (18 and 19 March) and the cost is

Read More »

Anolis Specified for leading London Venues

Anolis Divine 160 LED lighting fixtures are providing mood and house lighting for two of London’s leading multifunctional venues, Magazine London on the Greenwich Peninsula and Exhibition London in White City, West London, both initiated and operated by Broadwick Live and Venue Lab. The Anolis fixtures were specified by consultant

Read More »

World Debut of Claypaky Tambora Batten Fixtures

One of the first and arguably the greatest of Russian rock bands, KINO celebrated its reunion with an online concert, which wowed the Russian rock community and teased KINO’s big stadium tour planned for thisspring.  The online performance was the first show to use @Claypaky ’s new Tambora Batten fixtures,

Read More »

Insane at Miss Soweto 2020

  For the fourth consecutive year, Vimal Rawjee of Insane Sound and Lighting was appointed to supply the full technical for the Miss Soweto beauty pageant hosted at the Soweto Theatre in Jabulani, Johannesburg. The hybrid-event, accommodating one hundred guests and recorded for television, gave Vimal the opportunity to ‘share

Read More »

Summer of the 17th Doll

Australian lighting designer Trudy Dalgleish appreciated the quietness and other features of Robe T1 Profiles and T1 Fresnels that are part of the new house rig at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Adelaide, which reopened in June 2020 after a major 2-year redevelopment. The State Opera of South Australia’s production of

Read More »

Basic Rigging Training to be hosted Cape Town

  DWR Distribution is pleased to present Basic Rigging Training in Cape Town, a two-day workshop presented by Robert Izzett which covers basic rigging hardware and calculations according to SANS 10366. The course, limited to twenty delegates, will be held at the on 15 & 16 March 2021 at the

Read More »

Rhythm & Alps Festival closes 2020 with Hippotizer Karst  

  Cardrona Valley, New Zealand – It’s a comfort to know that somewhere in the world, 2020 ended with a music festival. That’s what happened in the shadow of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, where the Rhythm & Alps Festival saw off the year with a celebratory vibe enhanced by TomTom

Read More »

DWR to close for Stock Take

    The DWR Distribution offices will be closed this Thursday and Friday, 25 and 26 February, for our annual stock take. To our valued clients, please let us know if we can be of any assistance before then. The offices will reopen on Monday. Thank you very much for your

Read More »

MDG’s magical atmosphere for Idols SA

  Haze, glorious haze! For Idols South Africa, lighting designer Joshua Cutts from Visual Frontier relied on two MDG units to enhance the lighting beams on stage and to create an emotionally charged feel. Season 16 of Idols SA, the largest talent search competition in the country, was hosted at

Read More »

KLANG makes it personal with new immersive Kontroller for musicians

  KLANG has announced the combined release of its new KLANG:kontroller, a hardware controller that is compatible with all KLANG immersive in-ear mixing processors, and its new processor, KLANG:vokal, bringing a whole new level of personal monitoring to musicians. KLANG:kontroller Serial Number 1 – along with a new DiGiCo Quantum225console

Read More »

A Tribute to Marco Bartolini

The Robe Family is heartbroken to announce the death of Marco Bartolini, a hugely popular and well-known industry face in Italy and internationally, who passed away on 10th February 2021 following a short battle with cancer. Marco started working with Robe in 2004 when at SR Consulting, and since 2007

Read More »

Astera for ‘Field of Dreams’ at Sydney New Year Celebrations

  Lighting designer Hugh Taranto lit a vibrant array of artists performing on the Sydney Stage for the 2020-21 Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)’s New Year’s Eve broadcast. The high-profile event culminated in a jaw-dropping pyro spectacular fired off the Sydney Harbour Bridge, stretching right across Sydney Harbour … watched in

Read More »

Full Drama for Idols South Africa

The challenges of producing entertainment in the pandemic has seen some incredible imagination and resourcefulness from the industry in creating Covid-safe working environments so at least some sectors have been able to keep working, one of which is television. In Pretoria, South Africa, the State Theatre’s 640-seat Drama Stage hosted

Read More »

Hippotizer Reveals Visual Superpowers on The Masked Singer Finland

  Finland – Helsinki’s Visual Monkeys design agency ramped up the visuals for Finland’s popular The Masked Singer TV show using Hippotizer™ Montane+ RTX and Karst+ Media Servers in December.   Visual Monkeys’ founder Mikko ‘Bob’ Enäkoski, who says he’s on a mission to bring stadium looks to Finnish TV,

Read More »

L-Acoustics K Series Positions Exhibition London as New Cultural Hub

    Industry-standard K2 system installed at new, multi-purpose West London venue to provide optimum flexibility and meet demands of future tours.   London, United Kingdom – February 2021. The recently launched Exhibition London event space is situated in the heart of London’s White City and Westfield London, one of

Read More »

Online funerals, weddings and events delivered by Belinda Saville

  With creativity at her core, Belinda Saville from Durban recently launched Bee Events, an online broadcasting service for conferences, weddings, performances and funerals to help both the general public and corporate clients.   It’s her personal touch that has made Belinda a respected event and projects manager over the

Read More »

Astera for Idols SA

The South African State Theatre in Pretoria’s 550 seat Drama Stage hosted both the rounds and finale of the 2020 edition of Idols SA, complete with a lighting design by Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier and technical production delivered by Dream Sets for SIC Entertainment. This, the sixteenth series of

Read More »

tvONE goes the extra mile for largest ever CORIOmaster® mini order

  When Intronics, the tvONE (tvone.com) distributor for the Benelux region, received an enquiry for a major order of tvONE’s CORIOmaster mini video wall processors, they called on the manufacturer to see what was possible. Could the units be supplied in time? The request, from a major European integrator, was for 55

Read More »

New line of closed-back studio headphones from Audix

Hear what you’ve been missing with the new line of dynamic closed-back studio headphones from Audix. With four models, there’s one for everyone. The A140 is the perfect choice for home studio and music enthusiasts alike. Featuring a professional, high-quality design, the A140 provides exceptional clarity and a tight, balanced sound

Read More »

The headphones the pros are raving about

It’s a new year, and if you’re looking for new gear to upgrade your home studio, you might want to check out the new headphones line from Audix. We think they are pretty amazing, but don’t just take our word for it. First up, they recently made an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen

Read More »

sign up for our newsletter

Call Now