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Articles Mar-Apr 2023

Martin's New RGBW Light Engine Propults Compact, Brighter Wash Light Series ^New!

Mark Mercer-Buss, Martin Global Product Line Manager of Entertainment Lighting, delves deep into how the Martin ELP PAR/ELP PAR IP and Martin ERA 150 Wash Lights elevate the Martin Lighting portfolio. read more

Articles Mar-Apr 2023

Patna's Auditorium Gets New Audio System From SOUNDXPERTS ^New!

Punjab-based SOUNDXPERTS delivered a complete turnkey solution for Patna Women's College auditorium, including pro audio, video, lighting, control, acoustics, seating, and flooring. Sun Infonet supplied leading brands for prestigious project execution. read more

Articles Mar-Apr 2023

AV-ICN 2023 Show Preview: Strong Sentiment for AV-ICN to Establish ^New!

The AV-ICN Expo 2023 is a stand-alone Expo in Hall 2 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Nesco, Mumbai. The AV-ICN Show Preview offers a sneak peek at audiovisual products, technologies, and innovations on display at the show floor this year. read more

Articles Mar-Apr 2023

CAVS, Ahmedabad Elevates INDIAN AV EDUCATION Landscape To New Heights ^New!

The third edition of CAVS proved once again that when it comes to carving a niche in fields such as audiovisual and integration networking, the sky is the limit. read more

Articles Mar-Apr 2023

Are Global Integrators Reshaping the INDIAN AV INDUSTRY? ^New!

Global integrators establishing in India are sourcing highly experienced AV professionals from Indian system integrators and AV consultancy companies. Executing large projects worldwide from India, the Indian AV industry is being reshaped to compete for international projects. AV-ICN's Editorial Assistant Ritika Pandey analyses the churn impacting Indian AV industry. read more

Articles Mar-Apr 2023

State-Of-The-Art Technology Set To Be Unveiled At PALM Expo 2023 ^New!

From premium microphones to cutting-edge stage lighting fixtures, from superlative loudspeakers to ever-reliable cables and connectors - the trade show floor at PALM Expo 2023 promises to bring into spotlight the cream-of-the-crop products from the pro audio and lighting industry. PALM + AV-ICN offers a glimpse into what this edition of India's biggest stage sound, professional lighting, rigging, and trussing trade show has to offer to its visitors. read more

Articles Jan-Feb 2023

How I Prepare for My Shoot ^New!

by Cheerag Cama, Freelance Audio Engineer

Whenever I am about to start working on a new film project, there are a few things that I always do. The first is of course to read the script. This gives me an idea of what the movie is all about. And as I read through the script, my mind starts working on how I plan to approach the shoot. read more

Articles Jan-Feb 2023

Creating State-of-the-Art AUDIOVISUAL Experiences Surrounding The Statue of Unity ^New!

In PALM + AV-ICN's conference session titled 'AV Architect of the Year', Narendra Naidu, Chairman and MD, Rhino Engineers, talks about rendering jaw-dropping audiovisual technology for Gujarat's Statue of Unity and several other projects situated in its periphery... read more

Articles Jan-Feb 2023

Udaipur City Palace Comes Alive with Splat Studio & Dataton ^New!

Splat Studio makes use of Dataton's Watchout software to highlight India's culture and heritage on the palace's facade

The G20 Sherpa Meet in Udaipur, India witnessed a congregation of world leaders, who partook in key conversations on sustainable lifestyle, technological transformations, and more. The City of Lakes - the host of the G20 Sherpa Meet... read more

Articles Jan-Feb 2023

AV Innovations Galore at ISE Barcelona 2023 ^New!

ISE Barcelona 2023, held from January 31 - February 3, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, witnessed a record-breaking footfall over the four-day show. Clocking in at 58,107 unique attendees from 155 countries around the world, the ISE Barcelona 2023 not only gave the global AV industry a much-needed push in the right direction after the two-year long COVID-19 pandemic... read more

Articles Jan-Feb 2023

BRINGING SOUND TO LIFE: Ashish Saksena on his Love & Passion for Live Sound Mixing ^New!

With more than 25 years of experience as a live sound engineer for musical stalwarts such as Shankar Ehsaan Loy and KK, Ashish Saksena has forged his craftsmanship with technical acumen in monitor mixing and Front of House mixing. But his expertise in sound engineering isn't restricted to the live stage. Even in the studio, Ashish knows how to make the mix dance to his own tunes. read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

Leading with LED ^New!

PALM + AV-ICN reports on the latest popular, reliable, and cost-effective LED video walls available in the Indian pro AV industry today. From Barco's TruePix to NEC E Series, these indoor LED video walls are here to change the conferencing game in the long run. read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

An 'AV'ant-Garde Fusion of Nature & Technology ^New!

Gujarat has always been a home to the greatest minds who believe in the concept of 'simple living, high thinking'. Be it Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, and India's current Prime Minister,Narendra Modi - these individuals have been a testimony to how a human being... read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

Active LED Video Walls - Demystifying The AV Enigma by Abdul Waheed, CTS, Managing Director, EYTE Technologies Pvt. Ltd. ^New!

The ever changing video market is reaching new heights with active LED video walls. From projection to plasma displays; LCD to LED, the continuous journey for large size display wall is always challenging. The indirect light of projection system, to the thick breaking lines of Bezel in LCD and LED is always disturbing the impact of the high resolution content. The cost of Micro LED panels and the alignment issues didn't allow it to be a success. read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

On Delivering Quality Mega Scale AV Projects in India ^New!

The PALM + AV-ICN conference session witnessed a panel of AV experts, Prashanth Govindhan, Claron D'souza, Abdul Waheed, and Kapil Thirwani sit for a dialogue on the evolution of Indian AV industry, how it differs from AV industries in other countries, and how moral is the concept of jugaad in the Indian AV sphere. In this article, read the highlights of the talk. read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

Mondosonic Studios' Varun Krrishna on Preferring Analog-Over-Digital Setup^New!

Varun Krrishna is not just a mixing engineer and music producer out of profession, but also out of passion. With an ardent love for music, Varun Krrishna is also the founder and owner of Mondosonic Studios in Kerala, a space he has built for music to breathe free. So, it isnâ€™t a surprise that the man of music is always in a quest to stay abreast with the latest trends in the world of acoustics, and knows just how big the spatial audio boom is. To encapsulate the essence of spatial sound, Varun Krrishna is upgrading Mondosonic Studios with an extension for spatial audio. read more

Articles Nov-Dec 2022

Dialing it up: Ashish Saksena on how Monitor Mixing can Elevate a Performance^New!

What does it take to create a technically accurate monitor mix and put the stage performance on a pedestal? Ashish Saksena, Live Sound Engineer for Shankar Ehsaan Loy & Late KK, spills the beans on crafting a good monitor mix in PALM + AV-ICN conference session titled, 'How Good Monitor Mixing Can Boost A Performance.'read more

Entire Jury resigns from the jury panel for IRAA 2022

Published 28^th July, 2022

Pramod Chandorkar and Anil Chopra

Indian Recording Arts Academy Awards

The notable jury of IRAA that resigned en masse from IRAA were in fact jury members from 2017. For the past five years the IRAA awards committee had the same jury comprising of the most reputed sound recording engineers and music industry professionals in India. In fact, the 12 jury members namely Pramod Chandorkar - Founder & Director of Soundideaz Academy and Head Technical Engineer for Sonu Nigam Live in concert, Aditya Modi - Director Modi Digital and Chairperson, Audio Engineering Society India (AES India), Ashish Saksena - owner of Purple Haze Studios and live sound engineer for Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Bishwadeep Chatterjee - multiple award winning Sound Designer and Co-founder of Orbis Studio, Eminent Music Composer/ Arranger/ Producers - Indrajit Sharma (Tubby) and Jim Satya, well know sound engineer and Co-founder of OdBle Consultants - Mujeeb Dadarkar, Pro Audio Application Specialist, AVID and Dolby Atmos Certified Mix Engineer - Sreejesh Nair, Shantanu Hudlikar - Eminent Recording & Mix Engineer and Formerly Chief Sound Engineer at Yash Raj Film Studios, Yogesh Pradhan - well-known Violinist, Bollywood Music Arranger & Music Composer, Vijay Benegal - Recording & Mix Engineer and Co-founder, OdBle Consultants and Vijay Dayal - Chief Sound Recordist at Yash Raj Studios, were easily the most outstanding music and sound recording professionals in the country, most of whom were behind the desks in the biggest and best studios in India.

It was these jury members and the honorary vice-chairman Pramod Chandorkar who from 2017 to 2021, contributed hundreds of man hours in a pure dedicated fashion to complete the humongous task of assessment of all the nominations.

Pramod Chandorkar informed Anil Chopra, Founder and Chairman of IRAA on 29th June that the entire 12-member jury will resign and all of them will proceed to form the Audio & Music Professionals Society, in a serious attempt to achieve exactly what the IRAA had achieved since 2006.

Pramod noted that Anil Chopra had single handedly created the platform of IRAA to publicly felicitate the technical arts of sound and music production. He said, "Anil Chopra has envisioned the need of appreciation of the contribution by the community of audio and music producers, who should be recognized for their contribution to music and film business in India."

The Jury expressed that they have fulfilled their responsibilities with sincerity and integrity investing considerable time and effort into making the IRAA awards and making it unequivocally fair, impartial and credible for the entire community.

Pramod Chandorkar announced the intention of the entire jury and himself to create an association of sound and music production professionals, tentatively named Audio & Music Professionals Society (AMPS). He said, "This will provide a much-needed structure to a hitherto disorganized community, a forum for discussion and debate, a platform for the organization of seminars, conferences and the dissemination of technical information, and a collective knowledge resource for everyone in our industry. We look forward to your ongoing support and encouragement in this endeavour."

Anil Chopra responded to the motive and purpose of the Jury resignation eloquently. "There is no shadow of doubt in my mind that the community of Indian Sound Engineers is the greatest in the world. Indian Sound Engineers have created a treasure for the world in the most difficult circumstances, challenged for recording equipment and support. There is no shadow of doubt in my mind that the IRAA Jury has built IRAA to a level that an Indian Sound Engineer has so much respect for the award that he rather wins an IRAA than an Oscar. It is your collective contribution that has created this respect. The IRAA is in debt to the JURY.

That the community of Indian Sound Engineers believe such a platform of recognition must belong to the community is just and proper. IRAA wishes success to your just endeavours. IRAA indeed will continue to serve the sound engineering community with the jury blessings and will continue its campaign for royalty to sound engineers and its motto Recording is an Art."

Click here for List of new IRAA Jury 2022