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UK - Sound Technology will premiere AKG's flagship DMS 700 V2 digital wireless system at PLASA on stand no E21.

AKG has launched the DMS 700 V2 digital wireless microphone system. With 512-bit encryption, ultra-low latency and the new DPT700 bodypack, DMS700 V2 offers artists and engineers "absolute confidence in performance with a reliable, easy-to- use wireless component".

The DMS 700 V2 improves the link quality and increases the working range of the transmitters and receivers to allow for more freedom in arranging anything from lecture halls in universities to houses o

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UK - Prolyte Group brand manager Eric Laanstra frequently received enquiries for a smaller truss with a higher loading capacity and has masterminded the solution. With his team of engineers ,he has designed the H40R truss, a rectangular standard H40 truss with a programme of specifications based on the H30V, H40V and S36R truss.

The H40R has three-sided webbing. The thicker braces on the bottom side allow easy mounting of automated luminaires/moving heads and central loading, reducing the torsion effect resulting from one-sided loading in standard trusses.

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Finland - Integrators and designers looking to add a touch of flair to their audio installations will be interested in the latest offering from Genelec - a choice of over 200 RAL classic colour finishes available for their 4000 Series. All models in RAL colours are available to special order and will allow the speakers to contribute to the interior design scheme of any type of fixed installation.

"Many interior designers bemoan the fact that loudspeakers interfere with the clean look of their interiors," says Terho Savolainen, marketing manager, Genelec Oy. "Well, not a

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UK - SES has signed a sole distribution deal with PLS. PLS are one of Europe's leading manufacturer of dimmer packs and associated products and the full range will be shown at this year's Plasa on the SES stand (1J-11).

PLS which manufactures and brands for other leading manufacturers, will have an impressive range of product available which will be complemented by SES 19" rack mount distro.

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UK - As a sponsor of PLASA 2011, Martin Professional looks forward to welcoming one and all to Martin stand 1-F44 for a chat, a drink and an up-close look at Martin's range of professional luminaries, creative LED panels, atmospheric effects and sophisticated control systems. Martin will also be participating in the STLD LED Shoot Out throughout the show, highlighting its LED range in a number of working areas.

The EC-10 is a high performance, true 10 mm pixel pitch LED display panel that teams with Martin's EC-20 to form a fully compatible EC family of LED displays that can be mixed

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UK - POLARaudio is exhibiting a number of new products at this year's PLASA show. Specialists in sound systems and audio networking, POLARaudio will be showcasing its range of advanced networking technologies. The distributor will be offering AVB, Dante, CobraNet, Ethersound and A-Net products from brands including Biamp, Aviom, XTA, MC2, Atterotech and Australian Monitor.

POLARaudio's stand will feature networking solutions including Biamp's Tesira, the first scalable network using audio video bridging (AVB) and Aviom Digital Snakes.

Also at the show will be, Atterotech's Gearbox 1

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UK - Robe launches two important and unique new LED products at PLASA 2011 - the ROBIN 1200 LEDWash, and the ROBIN DLX Spot, and previews the upcoming ROBIN 'Sniper' - a mega-bright fixture with a super-tight parallel 230mm fat beam.

All are in keeping with the company's ongoing "Think of the Future - Consider Nature" commitment to producing genuinely more sustainable technology.

The mega-bright ROBIN 1200 LEDWash utilises the same multichip LEDs as the Award-winning ROBIN 600 LEDWash and smaller ROBIN 300 LEDWash, in an intensely bright package featuring 61 x LEDs in tota

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Sweden - LumenRadio has announced support for the recently published Art-Net 3 specification. Support for Art-Net 3 will be released at PLASA 2011 in London and will be available immediately for the entire line of CRMX Ethernet products.

Since the CRMX line of products was launched back in 2009 LumenRadio has supported a wide variety of Ethernet protocols including industry standard protocols like Streaming ACN (ANSI E1.31), manufacturer proprietary protocols such as ETCNet 2 & 3 and ShowNet, and protocols available in the public domain like Art-Net 1, 2, & 3.

"By being the fir

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UK / The Netherlands - At this year's autumn exhibitions - PLASA 2011 in London and IBC in Amsterdam - Riedel Communications celebrates the MediorNet Compact Euro premiere. MediorNet Compact is the first 50 G multimedia stagebox with integrated WDM. It is the cost effective and easy-to-use entry into the Riedel MediorNet world of integrated media signal distribution and processing, says the company.

It provides the flexibility of a true real-time media network, including integrated signal processing, at the cost of simple multiplexing point-to-point products. With a network bandwidth

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UK - TMB will introduce a host of new products at next month's PLASA Show (Earls Court, London, 11 - 14 September).

Products premiering at PLASA include the Cygnus Incite 375W Profile, the latest addition to the Cygnus range of LED fixtures by Wybron - exclusively distributed in the UK by TMB. Incite offers unprecedented lumens-per-Watt efficiency, with a CRI up to 92 (5x the brightness of competing fixtures). The quiet, advanced thermal management system ensures optimal output and consistent colour for many years. Proprietary in-lens colour-mixing technology provides smooth, v

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UK - LD Systems has launched the DP2400X, the newest member of the DEEP family of power amplifiers. The key specifications are 2 x 1200 W at 2 ohms, 2 x 950 W at 4 ohms and 2 x 600 W at 8 ohms RMS power. Like the other power amplifiers in the DEEP series, the DP2400X uses class H circuitry powered by a conventional power supply.

The protective circuitry is also identical with that used in the DEEP2 series. It also follows the DEEP2 design in its integration of two temperature-dependent two step cooling fans. One special feature is a switchable 12 dB low-cut and/or 12 dB low-pass filte

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UK - Avolites will present the production launch of the Sapphire Touch and the expansive Titan Range at PLASA 2011. The Sapphire Touch has undergone significant aesthetic enhancements and employs the newest technology available. It combines twin multi-touch screens with 45 motorized touch-sensitive faders and an optical trackball with Z axis ring; affording designers faster control of complex fixtures, says the company. In addition, ideal for designers on the move, the Titan Mobile lightweight console brings all the Avolites experience and quality to an affordable level and has been use

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USA - The Platinum Beam 5R from Elation uses the new, advanced MSD Platinum 5R lamp from Philips, an innovation that allows manufacturers to design fixtures that are much more compact and energy efficient. Although it looks like a traditional ACL effect, with a concentrated "searchlight" type beam that's comparable to much higher wattage fixtures in brightness, the Platinum Beam 5R's ultra-efficient lamp runs on only 189 watts.

"Back in the Seventies, ACL effects became very popular at rock concerts. They produced powerful, tight beacon-like beams that resembled the lig

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USA - Blue Microphones has announced the wide availability of Reactor, a multi-pattern, large diaphragm condenser microphone.

"Reactor takes microphone technology and design to the next level, combining Blue's high-quality sound capture with intuitive pattern switching and physical microphone design," said John Maier, CEO of Blue Microphones. "With Reactor, we are excited to offer multiple patterns and high-end audio capture to a wider audience, along with making multiple mic setups more accessible."

Drawing from the design of Blue's B6 capsule, Reactor's capsule

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UK - After Germany , United States and Italy , Outline's large-format line-source system will be on show in London , on stand G35 at the PLASA Show, from 11-14 September.

The result of a positive two-year cooperation between Outline and some of the world's best-known rental companies, the first GTO - Grand Touring systems featured on high-profile concerts and tours, initially in the USA and then Europe. Those systems were not prototypes, but already standard production models, the same as those officially presented in Frankfurt just four months ago.

At PLASA 2011 the Italian company

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UK / Belgium - ArKaos has chosen PLASA 2011 to launch its radical new network protocol, Kling-Net.

Kling-Net has been designed to allow the distribution of real-time video data to remote display devices, such as LEDs or LED panels, over Ethernet.

"Many basic and first time users are afraid of using LED lighting because of the complexity of networking and control issues," says ArKaos CEO, Marco Hinic. "Traditionally, using and networking LED lighting has required a high level of technical knowledge which has been a deterent for many. We wanted to remove all this comple

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UK - Brighton-based Traction Sound will be exhibiting its SDS loudspeaker range on AC Entertainment Technologies Stand (1-E10) at the PLASA show.

The company's SDS sound systems uses "the latest technology to deliver accurate sound reproduction at high SPL. The results are heavy duty loudspeakers that sound and look great".

The SDS Horn uses an array of soft dome tweeters producing the same energy as a compression driver from a much larger source area. Replacing compression drivers excludes the inherent air distortion (wave steepening) and diaphragm break up common to pro-

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UK - Pharos Architectural Controls has announced the new Pharos Touch Panel Controller. The TPC is an advanced, standalone, solid state lighting controller with an integrated 4.3" customisable touch screen, 512 channels of eDMX output and vast interfacing potential all over a single PoE network connection.

Programmed in Pharos Designer, the TPC has the same advanced playback and show control engine as the popular and award winning Pharos Lighting Playback Controllers. Over an Ethernet network it can interface with other Pharos controllers, button panels and remote devices. The co

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UK - JoeCo Limited is now shipping the new BBR64-MADI version of the Blackbox Recorder. Designed for audio acquisition and capturing live performance, the recorder enables multi-channel audio to be captured directly to a USB2 drive, in Broadcast WAV format, without the need for a computer.

Based on the tried and tested BlackBox Recorder design, the BBR64-MADI records / replays up to 64 channels of MADI data while still occupying just one unit of rack space. The recorder can capture the full 64 channels at standard sample rates, with double sample rate MADI recording (up to 96kHz) also

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UK - Roland Systems Group (RSG) UK will showcase their new R-1000 dedicated 48 track audio recorder/ player and the M-480 48 channel live digital mixing console at PLASA this year1 (Stand F-5).

The R-1000 is a standalone, dedicated recorder/player designed to work with the V-Mixing System in any live event or production, making it suitable for virtual rehearsal, rehearsals, playback and training. It can also be used with any digital console with a MADI output via the Roland S-MADI REAC MADI Bridge. Previewed earlier this year, this multi-purpose, rackmountable solution is now fully fe

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UK - Proel (International) has announced the UK launch of a new active 1,000 Watt, 18" Celestion loaded sub-woofer, the Proel SW118HA.

Sturdily manufactured, the new SW118HA 18" sub-woofer comes complete with its own rear-mounted castors.

Powered by an advanced technology digital amplifier, the new Proel sub can deliver up to 1,000 Watts across a frequency range of 34-140Hz and has a maximum output of 131dB at 1 metre. The crossover frequency is 80Hz or 125Hz and the sound quality from the comparatively small unit is exceptional, thanks to the use of a Celestion speaker fi

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UK - Traction Sound has entered its SDS Range of speakers for a 2011 PLASA Innovation Award. The Awards ceremony will take place at 6pm on Monday 12 September at the PLASA 2011 Show.

The range of installation and portable PA speakers features Traction Sound's SDS Horn technology. Technical specialist Andy Pardoe explains, "The SDS Horn is a high frequency device utilising multiple high-powered soft dome tweeters arrayed in a line. This eliminates the use of industry standard compression drivers, providing a higher quality alternative."

Jonny Goodwillie, sales director at T

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UK - Martin Professional will be participating in the STLD LED Shootout at PLASA 2011 armed with a selection of LED moving heads and LED display panels optimised for the television market.

The Shootout is a partnership between PLASA and the Society of Television Lighting Design and will allow visitors to directly compare LED lighting fixtures in three different areas of a large STLD stand (1F-60).

The event is based on the question Can you light a TV set entirely with LED fixtures? and will be split into cyc lighting, hands-on TV studio, and lecture theatre areas. Among the M

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UK - The LD Systems X223 is a stereo 2-way / mono 3-way crossover in standard 19"/1U rack format. Its rugged construction, high quality and robust knobs as well as the integrated power unit are rarities in this price range, says the company.

It provides a mono sub output, an adjustable crossover frequency for each channel, adjustable LF/HF and input gains, phase reverse controls, switchable 40 Hz High-Pass filters and symmetrical XLR In- and Outputs. With the LD Systems X223 you get a crossover fulfilling the professional standards and offering great quality and sound characteris

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