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THE SIGNAL BLOG
Practical insights on AV technology, project spotlights, and industry news, straight from the Sapphire team.


Meet TIGRA: Inside TCU Place’s New Meyer Sound System
For nearly 20 years, the sound system in TCU Place’s Sid Buckwold Theatre had been doing its job. Concerts. Ballet. Theatre. Graduations. Touring productions. The room had seen a lot over those two decades, and the Meyer Sound M’elodie system had been there for it. But eventually, age catches up with everything. Parts were becoming harder to find, there were areas of the room where the team wanted better coverage, and TCU Place started looking ahead to what the theatre should

Lynden Kidd
Sep 296 min read


Building Calgary’s Virtual Production Future: Inside Bow Valley College’s Virtual Production Hub
Building a new space for the future of production When Bow Valley College set out to create a virtual production studio, the goal was bigger than installing an LED wall. The College wanted to create a space where students could learn on the technologies shaping the future of film, animation and digital media, while giving Calgary’s creative community access to a professional virtual production environment. There was a vision for what the space could become. Turning that visio

Lynden Kidd
Aug 178 min read


What Makes a Better Boardroom?
If your meetings regularly begin with someone asking, "Can everyone hear me?" or "Can you see my screen?" you're not alone. https://www.sapphire.ca/better-meetings Despite how far workplace technology has come, many organizations still lose valuable time troubleshooting cameras, microphones, displays, or laptops before the conversation even begins. It's become so common that many teams simply expect the first few minutes of every meeting to be spent fixing technology instead

Lynden Kidd
Aug 54 min read
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