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14 March 2016

"Showline is a range of super-efficient, professional entertainment LED fixtures created specifically for a broad spectrum of events from concert touring to Theatre and TV to corporate shows and cruise ships," explains David March, director of European Sales for Vari-Lite. "We had an excellent response at PLASA to Showline! The products were well received by designers and rental companies alike. Showline is destined to become a leader in entertainment LED Luminaires and will receive the same world

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14 March 2016

XL Video UK, with offices near London and Birmingham, is the first UK company to take delivery of the new Barco HDF-W26 and HDQ-2K40 projectors.

The new 26K models will, over time, replace XL's existing fleet of 20K projectors, which have been used on high-profile projects such as the projections on Buckingham Palace for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert.

The Barco projectors are available for rental immediately.

(Jim Evans)

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Developed for use in loud musical environments with high levels of amplification, such as rock or jazz performances, the bridge-mounted STAT pickups are specially designed to accurately reproduce the warm sound of the instrument's strings with no harshness or distortion. As well as being easy to install with no damage to the instrument, the pickups are also highly resistant to feedback making them a popular choice

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14 March 2016

The receiver is designed to offer persons with a hearing impairment optimum support and user-friendly operation at all types of events. "Professional hearing support at cultural and business events is becoming increasingly important. Thanks to the new software version that equips the EKI 830 receiver, we can ensure that users with a hearing impairment can enjoy perfect sound quality, w

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14 March 2016

The problem of uneven LED colour is well known - LED video screens with patchy, uneven colours or 12 LED wash lights with 12 different versions of the 'same' colour. Despite advances in LED manufacturing, even LEDs in so-called 'tight' bins have noticeable differences in colour and these differences get exponentially worse when mixing colours. Martin uses colour calibration across its entire LED product line to eliminate this problem.

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

The heart of the P-Series is the P1500X, a two-way, bi-amped, full-range bass-reflex speaker. It employs a 15-inch woofer and high-frequency compression driver, powered by a custom Class-D amp. With a rating of 1500W, the P1500X is the most powerful PA product in its price class. A proprietary hemi-conical horn provides enhanced sound clarity over an even and wide coverage area.

A built-in mixer with I/O connections allows for simple and fast setup, while enhanced EQ, VEGA BASS boost and high-pass filters enable exact tuning and exceptional performance for any eve

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"An impulse response," explains Stefan Feistel, managing director of AFMG, "contains all the information that can be derived from the measurement of a linear, time-invariant system, such as loudspeaker systems, rooms and the like. Magnitude and phase transfer functions can be extracted from an impulse response just as all parameters of electro and room acoustics. In order to evaluate STI, RT, C50 or many other parameters of room acoust

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14 March 2016

Chauvet Professional showcased Ovation, a new line of theatrical fixtures, Legend 230SR Beam compact and bright moving spot, Q-Wash 436Z-LED powerful zooming LED wash, COLORdash Par Quad-18 and COLORdash nPar Quad-7 LED PAR-style fixtures, COLORdash Batten Quad-6 linear light and COLORado Deco Quad-1 Tour accent fixture, all of which are soon to be available.

The Chauvet stand featured a lighting design created by Knight of Illumination award nominee Tom Sutherland, and the Chauvet Professional team hosted a panel discussion on LED lighting with Richard Pilbrow, Rick Fisher, Fred Foster and Jeremy Hoare. Additionally, Chauvet was one of the sponsors for the fifth annual Knight of Illumination Awards, organized by STLD, ALD.

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

For the first time, AES visitors will be able to experience 'Live Aid' processing for System 6000 MKII. The Live Aid license includes the ALC6 algorithm that introduces no less than five innovative, industry-first features. Without sacrificing audio quality, even OB and Live production may now comply with the latest international standards on loudness and true-peak level.

Live Aid also contains the DMix algorithm that is able to downmix, loudness process, headphone optimize and true-peak limit any mono, stereo or 5.1 source. Precise conditioning of a program for Mobile TV, iPod or IPTV is now possible, thus creating a perfect 5.1 audio and a Mobile feed directly off the OB truck.

In conjunction with TC's

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The data is supplied in GLL (Generic Loudspeaker Library) format for use with the EASE 4.3 acoustic prediction programme and the newly released ARC2™ (Alcons Ribbon Calculator) array set-up tool, which is based on the EASE Focus 2 program.

By using GLL in EASE, the performance of an Alcons sound system in a suggested acoustic environment can now be predicted with a very high degree of accuracy. The generated simulation includes reverb times, speech intelligibility and other parameters and can be viewed both in horizontal as well as vertical planes. Also multiple arrays in one simulation is possible.

"We are very happy to be able to make GLL available for our products," say

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14 March 2016

The array of Xone units on display will include the Xone:DB2 and Xone:DB4 digital FX mixers and the impressive 6-channel Xone:92 club/DJ mixer. Aimed at creative DJ/producers, the Xone:4D 20 channel USB audio interface and Xone:K2 MIDI controller will also be in evidence at the show, alongside the XD2-53 monitoring headphones.

Allen & Heath is also supporting two BPM education seminars - an FX mixing masterclass powered by Xone:DB2 and DB4 and 'Basic MIDI mapping', powered by a Xone:K2 - both presented by DJ and producer Mark EG. In addition, members of the Xone product development team will be on hand at BPM to advise visitors on getting the most from their mixers and othe

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Says Lightfactor's Peter Coles, "It was another good show for us. Lightfactor specialises in offering a variety of different high quality products, and there is definitely a market demand right now for 'quality'. Other than that, we saw many existing and a good selection of potential new customers."

Lightfactor chose the show to launch its new exclusive distribution partnership with soundlight.de, German manufacturers of a whole range of neat and handy DMX tools. This generated a real buzz and attendees were impressed with the RDM and systems relay widgets in particular.

There was also serious interest in innovative Italian lighting manufacturer DTS, for whom Lightfactor

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14 March 2016

Triple E's managing director David Edelstein, who formed the company in 1984 to supply the entertainment industry with mechanical products to aid the assembly and construction of stage scenery, unveiled SDRIVE, a track mounted motor for moving stage curtains, on Monday 24 September.

And in a generous offer, Triple E presented the King's Theatre, which is relying on the kindness of volunteers and businesses to help restore it to famed architect Frank Matcham's original vision, with the motor. The theatre is now the first in the UK to have the system installed.

"SDRIVE is the result of demand from the industry and our distributors for a budget motor aimed at smaller

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14 March 2016

Lionel Garraud, sales director at Chromlech says, "I have never experienced such a reception for a new product in my life! The Elidy was an instant hit and many lighting designers and rental companies already want to use or buy it. Elidy has already been specified on some great tours and new television programs for 2013. We took many orders on the stand with the first production run selling out in 3 days!"

Elidy is a matrix of 5 x 5 very high power LEDs, driven by state-of-the-art electronics to provide the world's first LED wall capable of projecting light, says the company. It combines high-output, warm white LEDs with sp

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14 March 2016

The new product additions offer a compact double 15" or 12" bass enclosure consisting of two custom neodymium drivers loaded using Nanoflow technology. Constructed from birch ply and press formed for increased strength, the bass systems have been designed with tourability and a small installation footprint in mind, while a choice of different finishes make them equally suitable for the studio or live setting. All models can be used in con

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14 March 2016

RockLink is equipped with eight Neutrik etherCON ports, optimised for lighting, video or sound network applications and 2 fibre optic ports with Neutrik opticalCON QUAD connectors with rugged sealing cover. Its fibre ports support the OM4 fibre standard, which allows cable lengths of up to 1,100 meters between two switches.

Designed for the professional entertainment market, much detail has gone into securing the network signals, ensuring the show runs smoothly. It offers reli

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"The support of the international double bassist community has been extremely important in helping us develop new products that have changed the playing of this

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Xone:DB4 V2.0 firmware offers more creative flexibility with an advanced channel FX configuration, which allows the user to determine where the FX section, EQ section and FX ON switch are placed in the signal path - including much requested Post Fade FX. In addition, each FX section can be configured in Classic, Send or Hybrid Mode, to create a subtly different sound for each effect type. The new firmware also introduces a powerful new effect to the DB4's extensive FX library - Infrabass - a low frequency enhancer that generates infra bass energy from the sub-b

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14 March 2016

The media server technology, developed by the R&D team at Avolites Media, will be exhibited for the first time in the USA at the annual LDI show Las Vegas, 19-21 October 2012 at Las Vegas Convention Center.

Avolites Media will be at Creative Stage Lighting's stand, the company's US distributor, on Booth, # 1129.

Since its groundbreaking use on major events in the UK and beyond the Sapphire Media Infinity System has been the talk of the entertainment technology industry and, at the PLASA show, it won the much-coveted PLASA Award for Innovation with PLASA judges commenting: "It's the first integrated video control surface dedicated to video. It's well thought out and well designed."

Steve Warren, managing director for Avolites Media comments, "The

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14 March 2016

At the Martin US booth, the company will be showing a host of innovative products across LED, HID and creative video technology.

Visitors to Martin's booth will have the chance to win their very own MAC Aura or M2PC lighting controller in a prize giveaway. To be included in the giveaway, visitors need only register at the Martin booth.

Martin will also be holding an exclusive 25th Anniversary VIP Party on Saturday night.

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

Released amid celebrations at Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt in March, theFAN is a digital, fully DMX/RDM operated stand-alone unit. Its appearance at LDI 2012 will mark theFAN's first showing in the USA.

theFAN has a very low power consumption of only 100W so benefits from very economical running costs. Nor is it channel hungry: the velocity of its three-bladed rotor is controlled via DMX (1 channel) or RDM, or locally using a discreet 4-button controller with LSC panel on the base of the unit.

A surge-protected, universal switching power supply covers the full range of 100V - 240V, 50/60Hz ensuring theFAN can be used anywhere in the world at the flick of a switch.

Also on the LDI stand will be the latest version of MDG's revolutionary dual mode Digital Atmospheric Generator, T

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14 March 2016

Clancy has partnered with Niscon, Inc., creators of the Raynok Motion Control System, to develop the SceneControl 5000 Stage Automation Control System. SceneControl 5000 brings unprecedented capability and flexibility to Clancy's bestselling SceneControl brand.

SceneControl 5000 answers the call for a single common control platform across the multitude of stage machinery found in many venues. The SC5000 system offers multi-level cueing, sub-master control, free and locked groups, and unlimited numbers of axes in a system. There are no restrictions on the quantity of cues in a performance, o

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14 March 2016

Tibo LED is a high intensity 75W LED profile with a choice of two zoom ranges in one single unit (30°/45 and 15°/ 35°). Plastic, glass or metal M-size gobos can be projected and benefit from the easy alignment afforded by the 360° rotating lens tube. Three color temperatures are available: Warm White (3000K), Neutral White (4000K) and Cool White (6500K). Tibo LED is supplied with a separate, flicker-free power supply which makes it extremely versatile as it can be used in film, television and studio environments as well as in traditional theatre.

Tibo's compact size and cool running LED engine make it suitable for use in historically and architecturally sensitive venues, exhibitions, museums and

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14 March 2016

There will be a new compact marquee uplighter fitted with tricolour LED technology to give bright, even colours from a low profile housing. Only 150mm square and finished in white, it is also suitable for use in venues such as galleries and museums where lighting equipment needs to be tasteful and discreet.

The LEDHead range of wireless LED products allows you to add atmosphere to any function without having to worry about unsightly wiring or long set-up times. This year an area of the stand will be dedicated to wireless lighting systems. This will include a new, compact unit with an adjustable head for maximum effect for your money. Also on show will be the DLite1500 table-top unit. Ice Magic, based near Newbury, have now