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12/11/2026

London's New 3,800-Capacity British Airways ARC Opens with a Rider-Ready L-Acoustics L Series Concert Sound System

L-Acoustics Certified Provider Solotech brings touring know-how to a compressed installation schedule at AEG Presents' purpose-built Olympia venue

London has a new mid-sized music venue. British Airways ARC, a purpose-built, 3,800-capacity live music and events space operated by AEG Presents, opened in June at Olympia in West London. It is the first venue of its size to be built from the ground up in the capital in more than a decade. Self Esteem played the two opening nights, with McFly and Zac Brown Band following in the venue's first weeks.

The venue sits above the West Hall of the Olympia exhibition centre, a site with almost 140 years of event history and a musical past that includes Jimi Hendrix, Rod Stewart, The Cure and The Chemical Brothers. It forms part of Olympia's £1.3 billion transformation, which also brings a 1,575-seat theatre, two hotels, offices, bars and restaurants to the estate. With those neighbours close by and a diary expected to run to around 200 events a year, British Airways ARC needed a house system that touring productions would welcome and that keeps sound inside the room. The L-Acoustics L Series answers both.

Read more of this story here: https://dwrdistribution.co.za/londons-new-3800-capacity-british-airways-arc-opens-with-a-rider-ready-l-acoustics-l-series-concert-sound-system/

12/11/2026

Getec Eventtechnik GmbH Invests in GigaPointes & Arianne 6

It’s been another busy summer for Getec Eventtechnik GmbH, a family-owned and run rental company based in Graz, Austria, which supplies technical production and crew for concerts, live events and tours, together with corporates, brand activations and sporting events. This summer alone has seen the company service over 60 high-profile events.

Priding themselves in offering the best solutions and all the commercial advantages of a large-scale operation with a boutique personal approach and plenty of creative flair, this summer Getec invested in the latest ROBE lighting moving light technology with the purchase of 48 x GigaPointes and 48 x Arianne 6 LED wash beams.

Read more of this story here: https://dwrdistribution.co.za/getec-eventtechnik-gmbh-invests-in-gigapointes-arianne-6/

11/11/2026

Byblos 24 Runs Lunch to Late Night on L-Acoustics X Series

L-Acoustics Certified Provider Vision One designs a compact system to hold conversational comfort and late-night headroom inside the Bangkok venue's Lebanese stone interior

Byblos 24 opened on Sukhumvit Soi 24 with its reference points in plain view. Stone shipped from Lebanon lines the walls, a Lebanese head chef runs a kitchen built on mezze, grills and fresh seafood, and the venue borrows the name of the Mediterranean port that is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth. The doors open at 11.30am and close at 3.30am, and across those sixteen hours the room changes character entirely. Business lunches and unhurried dinners for up to 200 guests give way to live bands and DJ sets that run to last call. The owner wanted one system to carry all of it, at a standard that matched the room, and placed so that nobody at a table would ever look at a loudspeaker.

Read more of this story here: https://dwrdistribution.co.za/byblos-24-runs-lunch-to-late-night-on-l-acoustics-x-series/

11/11/2026

We’ve officially kicked off the last 3-day MA Lighting International grandMA3 User Training for 2026, and it was a pleasure to receive 27 attendees at our Johannesburg branch.

It’s truly inspiring to have both emerging and experienced lighting designers coming together to learn, share, and grow.

Presented by Jaques Pretorius, the training covers a strong foundation of the grandMA3 platform, including:

- 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆
- 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
- 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵
- 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝟯𝗗 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀
- 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀, 𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀
- 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 and more.

Thank you to Jaques for sharing his knowledge and experience, and to all the attendees for investing the time and energy into developing their skills. Training like this plays an important role in strengthening our industry.

If you missed this last grandMA training session of 2026, be sure to look out for announcements on our socials and website. We look forward to having you.

11/11/2026

🔝 Introducing the FENIX Stage NEMESIS PRO telescopic lifting tower! 🚀 Equipped with a 0.60m extendable bar, this tower can reach a maximum height of 3.80m, making it perfect for indoor events.
🌟 Key Features:
• New Extendable Holder: Facilitates the transport of both the tower and extendable bar together for added convenience.
• Steel Construction: Sturdy and reliable.
• Available Color: Black.
🔥 Discover the NEMESIS PRO:
• Maximum Height: 3,80m – Ideal for indoor setups and events.
• Collapsed Height: 1,38m – Compact for easy transport and storage.
• Maximum Load: 100kg – Handles moderate loads with ease.
The NEMESIS PRO combines versatility and convenience, making it a great choice for indoor events. Elevate your setups effortlessly with this reliable tower and stay tuned for more updates! ✨

11/11/2026

The HARVEY® Composer Release Version 4.6.1 is available for free download at www.harvey.audio.

This version is compatible with DSPECIALISTS GmbH HARVEY Pro firmware versions 3.4.x–4.6.x.

What's New

· Allows users to set the RC standby timeout and brightness.

Improvements

· Includes HARVEY firmware and HarveyTouch templates v4.6.1.

· Includes HARVEY RC4 and RC12 firmware 4.6.1.

· Makes selecting HARVEY Touch templates easier by providing separate HARVEY Touch blocks in the library for standard templates.

· Adds an example project for PTZ camera control via VISCA.

· Allows faster scrolling in numeric up/down fields using the mouse wheel while holding down the Ctrl key (e.g. scrolling in 1 dB steps instead of 0.1 dB).

HARVEY Pro Firmware 4.6.1

· Adds support for RC standby functionality, reducing brightness after a configurable period of inactivity.

HARVEY RC Firmware 4.6.1

· Adds standby functionality, allowing the RC module LEDs to dim when not in use.

· Improves stability when connecting to HARVEY Pro devices.

· Aligns RC firmware version numbering with the general HARVEY versioning scheme.

· Changes the brightness setting behaviour: setting the brightness to 0 now switches off all LEDs on the RC module instead of maintaining a minimum brightness level.

Important Notice: RC modules supplied with firmware 4.6.0 should be updated, as this version has reliability issues when connecting to HARVEY devices.

HarveyTouch 4.6.1

· Multizone Template: Improves drag-and-drop positioning of buttons and icon scaling.

· Multizone Template: Fixes editing of pop-up zone titles.

· Mixer Template: Fixes editing of bank-switching button titles.

· Improves performance and stability when connecting HARVEY Pro device controls.

· Fixes inconsistent styling of selectors with more than four buttons.

10/11/2026

We know this guy! Pierre Griffioen from Pure Event Gear sharing some Prolyte love.

💙 MEET OUR PROLYTE BLU-HEART-ER: PIERRE GRIFFIOEN! 💙

Meet Pierre Griffioen from Pure Event Gear, a passionate PROLYTE ambassador and part of our family since around 2015!

🔵 His favourite PROLYTE product? VERTO! 🚀
For Pierre, it's a true game changer: silent connections, sleek design, fast assembly, and fewer loose parts. What's not to love?

🔵 Beyond rigging?
Pierre loves staying active! From cycling and adventure biking to wild camping and rugby, he's always up for a challenge. 💪

🔵 What does being a Blu-Heart-er mean to him?

"It's really special being a Blu-Heart-er. I've always felt part of the family at Prolyte, maybe because I have some Dutch blood running through my veins."

Thank you, Pierre, for your passion, loyalty, and for being a true part of the PROLYTE family! 💙

10/11/2026

WAAPA chooses DiGiCo for clarity, flexibility and versatility

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), part of the Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, has just completed a huge investment programme in its performance spaces. When choosing audio equipment, the faculty wanted students to experience the best that the industry has to offer, so chose DiGiCo consoles and L-Acoustics loudspeakers alongside Fourier Audio’s transform.engine and KLANG:technologies .vokal systems. Equipment was supplied by Group Technologies, distributor for DiGiCo in Australia and New Zealand.

With a reputation for excellence and one of the most comprehensive offerings for performing arts training in Australia, the WAAPA facility includes vast mixture of performance spaces across the campus. Flexibility and power were priority features for its technical infrastructure updates. As Sound co-ordinator and lecturer Mike Vernau explains, the DiGiCo Quantum range was a perfect fit for the power behind this brand-new system.

Read more: https://dwrdistribution.co.za/waapa-chooses-digico-for-clarity-flexibility-and-versatility/

10/11/2026

König & Meyer | More Than Just a Stand!

You don't really think about a stand until you need one. But there's a lot more to it than meets the eye!

In this KORT video, Shae Webb from DWR Distribution takes a look at the König & Meyer (K&M) range, exploring the differences between Baseline, Topline and Starline, from microphone and speaker stands to lighting stands and distance rods.

It's all about finding the right solution for your setup, and understanding why the little details matter.

Want to get into the technical details? Keep an eye out for our Geek Mode Engaged video, where we'll take a closer look at what sets these ranges apart.

Or pop into DWR Distribution and let us help you find the right stand for your next project!