>Mackie Designs announced its change of name to Loud Technologies during the Show, but whatever you call them, they had plenty of new product on stand. For studio types, Mackie Control is a control interface for software-based recording systems. A development of Emagic's former Logic Control interface, the new unit works with a range of products including ProTools, Logic Audio and Cubase. Alongside were pre-production prototypes of Spike, a two channel USB:audio interface with onboard processing, plus the 626 studio monitors and SRM350 active loudspeakers.

In the company's lower-priced Tapco range, the S5 active studio monitors were complemented by the 6306 six-channel mixer and three Juice series power amplifiers, delivering 800, 1400 and 2500W respectively into 4 ohms bridged.

EAW's Small Line Array Modules were enjoying their first UK outing, while the Avalon series of nightclub loudspeakers combined the usual black box with a fair bit of shiny metal in an interesting visual combination. Finally, from EAW, was the Digital Steerable Array, a column loudspeaker designed for installations where precise targeting of sound is required. Mackie/Loud Technologies has now brought all its 'industrial' PA products under the RCF banner, with three new monitor series - the RCF 33, 44 and 55 - plus the SP300C and SP400C high-quality ceiling loudspeakers debuted at the show.


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