UK - London based lighting specialist White Light is showcasing new products on Stand D36 at the Broadcast Video Expo later this month. Hosted at ExCel London on 25-27 February, BVE brings together creative and technical professionals along with manufacturers and distributors from across the video production industry.

At this year's expo, White Light will display products from leading manufacturers including ADB Lighting, Altman Lighting, Chromlech, CORE Lighting, Doughty Engineering, Galaxia Electronics, Lee Filters, Look Solutions, Rosco, and Wireless Solution.

For the first time at BVE, White Light will also be showcasing products from Photon Beard, which specialises in manufacturing lighting for film and television. On display will be the company's popular fluorescent soft light - the Square One, as well as more traditional tungsten fixtures: the Minibeam 300w Fresnel, Pho

The Netherlands - At ISE in Amsterdam, QSC Audio Products announced the availability of the CDN64 Dante bridge card for the Q-Sys Network Audio platform. The new CDN64 Dante bridge card provides third-party Dante enabled digital audio products the ability to connect and interface with Q-Sys while maintaining low latency.

"In the past few years we have experienced tremendous growth in the number of Q-Sys Network Audio systems installed worldwide into performance venues such as theatres, auditoriums and houses of worship, and in some cases our Q-Sys customers have requested a solution to bridge their Dante-enabled sources, such as wireless microphones and digital mixers, directly onto their Q-Sys network," says David Fuller, Sr. director of technical marketing & international sales.

"We have observed that Audinate's Dante hardware has been a popular protocol with

UK - Tannoy has announced a number of important advances and updates to QFlex, the company's digital beam-steering loudspeaker array. QFlex is designed to focus acoustical output on a specified listening area - thus delivering significant improvements to speech intelligibility and musical clarity in reverberant spaces - with the latest updates offering installers and integrators a greater level of functionality and available options during the set-up commissioning process.

More recently, the company announced the product would now ship with onboard Voiced Steering Presets, allowing users to select between two different Steering Files so that the system could be easily optimised to suit changing acoustic environment between two configurations. This is particularly useful for example where a grand ballroom may be sub-divided into smaller conference rooms, or in a large house of wo

Germany - Even if you're a fan of Lord of the Rings and enjoy nothing more than wading into a thousand pages of densely written text filled with complex words you've yet to comprehend; yes even if; you'll still be pleased to know that the trilogy about to be launched by d&b audiotechnik at ProLight+Sound on 12 March is no fairy tale. Written with ease of comprehension in mind, the tale is no less enchanting; in a nutshell, assess, ascribe and amplify.

The well heralded launch of the d&b D80 amplifier could be fashioned the focal point; products are after all, central to the company's role as a manufacturer. Yet this is no singular event. Last year's extensive redevelopment of the acoustic simulation software ArrayCalc V7, was the precursor to a workflow trilogy that lays at the heart of the thesis. The third element, the one that sits between ArrayCalc and D80 is the d&b

UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) will showcase a selection of the latest lighting, rigging and video solutions alongside their in-house Express custom cable, custom gel, & lamp services, and other popular consumables available for next day delivery - at BVE London 2014, Excel (hall/stand D20).

The stand will feature some of the many marques which AC-ET is the exclusive UK reseller for - including Chroma-Q, Mole-Richardson, Spotlight and James Thomas Engineering lighting solutions, Jands lighting and media control, Green Hippo media servers, LedGo LED video screens and floors, and Columbus McKinnon chain hoists. Other leading authorised brands showcased on the stand include Philips Selecon lighting, Manfrotto and Avenger stands and grip, Litec and Prolyte trussing, Petzl PPE equipment, and Crosby, Tractel and A.C. Rigging hardware accessories.

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Germany - At Prolight+Sound 2014, Fohhn Audio will unveil the latest addition to its Focus Series range of steerable line array systems. Focus Venue is a new high performance series, aimed at large venue installation and live sound applications. Offering unparalleled reach, dynamic range, sound pressure levels and beam steering precision, the new series is designed to complement the range of loudspeaker models currently available in the manufacturer's Linea Focus and Focus Modular series.

Focus Venue offers a robust but elegant set of high, low-mid and low frequency active loudspeakers. These can be combined for greater coverage when used in challenging acoustic venues and performance situations. Featuring high powered drivers and speaker chassis for extended coverage, the new loudspeakers will offer all the standard elements of Fohhn beam steering technology, including real-tim

UK - LCA - Lights, Camera, Action - a one stop shop offering a range of film, television and broadcast lighting equipment, accessories & consumables, will be showcasing the latest technology solutions from their extensive portfolio of exclusive and other leading brands, at BVE London 2014, Excel (hall/stand A06).

As the exclusive supplier in Europe for the Cineo Lighting product range, LCA will showcase for the first time at BVE London the new Matchstix - a series of small, versatile remote phosphor light sources developed in conjunction with Litegear. Matchstix are optimised for flawless, flicker-free control with a Litegear Litedimmer.

From K5600, an LCA UK exclusive - the stand will showcase the Alpha 1600 and Joker 1600W HMI fixtures. Both models come complete with high speed 1,000Hz, flicker free ballast.

As the exclusive UK distributor for Filmgear, LCA will demonstrat

Germany - ETC is getting ready for this year's ProLight+Sound trade show in Frankfurt.

Following the hugely successful launch of the Cobalt 20 desk at the PLASA trade show, ETC is expanding the range with the Cobalt 10 desk, which will be available for stand visitors to play with. The desk brings the power of Cobalt 20 to a compact, road-ready footprint, with ten motorised faders.

There is also an opportunity before the show to win a Cobalt Nomad dongle, which lets you experience Cobalt from your own PC. You can program your own show from a range of four different one-minute music tracks, and then have it reviewed by a panel of judges. Visit www.etcconnect.com/Prolight2014 for more information and to enter the contest. All entrants will receive free entry to ProLight+Sound.

ETC's stand will include a large cyclorama rigged with the Source Four LED CYC adapter, which can be a

UK - This year, the Audio-Technica at BVE features a Wild West film set theme and will allow visitors to try a wide variety of the company's shotgun microphones to pick up sound sources located around the set, as if on a film shoot.

Among the products on display will be the BP4071 and BP4071L shotgun, BP4027 stereo shotgun and AT897 short shotgun microphones, the new M50x monitoring headphones and Allen & Heath's Qu Series compact digital mixing desks.

Tom Harrold, Audio-Technica assistant marketing manager pro-audio said, "Following up our wildlife-themed stand from BVE2013 hasn't been easy, but we're very excited about the new 'Western' booth. Again, it will allow visitors to get a useful, hands-on experience of a selection of broadcast and production microphones and headphones and be able to hear how different models respond in terms of tone, sound rejection and so on.

Germany - Ayrton delights in the creation of products to broaden the lighting designers' palette of fixtures and expand the possibilities of Light in Action. In its continued dedication to the development of powerful and exciting new tools, Ayrton will be releasing three new products for ProLight+Sound.

The second of these products is WildBeam R which will be presented at the show on the Ayrton stand, Hall 9.0, Booth E70.

WildBeam R is a spectacular new addition to the Ayrton line. It couples seven individually controlled 15W RGBW LED emitters with brand new, 67mm collimators - a world-première combination - to create an astonishingly powerful, compact luminaire with a sharp 4.5° beam.

Using less than 130W, including pan and tilt motors, WildBeam's optical output produces a 2,500 lumen shaft of light and hits a record-breaking 90% efficiency.

WildBeam R's light engine

Germany - Exhibiting for the first time at ProLight+Sound, LightGeist brings fresh ideas to the show with the introduction of its own brand of cable-free, 'cloud lighting'. The company will present the Badger, the LightStick and the Splodger for the first time in mainland Europe.

LightGeist Badger, LightStick and Splodger are semi-flexible RGB LED products encapsulated into light sticks, worn as badges or housed in freestanding units. These can be deployed en masse to form a 'living' video wall to engage audiences in a totally immersive experience. Units can be programmed to create Mexican waves at sporting events, flash to the beat during music concerts, create brand visualisation and channel video content.

"Perhaps the most exciting and fastest developing technology is that of 'cloud lighting'," explains LightGeist CEO, Liza Sutherland. "Music and sporting eve

Germany - At ProLight+Sound 2014 (Booth 8:C71), DPA Microphones will be focusing attention on its range of high quality microphones for the live stage.

The company's award-winning d:facto vocal microphone will be sporting new grids with gold and nickel finishes - ideal accessories for vocalists who want added sparkle for their onstage performances.

"We saw a demand in the market to attain the d:facto sound with more than just the traditional black grids," says Christian Poulsen, CEO of DPA Microphones. "These grids provide the solution by bringing an exciting new visual dimension to a microphone that is already internationally acclaimed for its great sound."

The new grids are available as accessories to existing d:facto solutions and are delivered as metal grids with foam and pop screen. Additionally, the nickel option matches the finish available on the

Germany - At this year's ProLight+Sound in Frankfurt Gerriets' stand will be designated entirely to the subject of Acoustics.

Acoustically effective textiles have been an issue for Gerriets for a while now. The company now has its own acoustics department which is entrusted with developing and applying acoustically effective materials and systems for use in stationary as well as in flexible installations.

Basically, Gerriets offers three different acoustic components: Sound absorbing textiles, sound reflecting textiles and sound permeable textiles. In addition sound insolating curtains can be manufactured by means of combining different textiles in a certain way. All of these materials can be installed stationary as well as on mobile systems such as roller banners, scissor lifts or track systems.

To present all these information and materials bundled Gerriets has printed a c

Germany - ARX Systems, the Australian-based designer and manufacturer of digital and analogue interface and signal processing products has announced the release of the Blue DI Bluetooth Direct Box, a new addition to their popular AudiBox range of precision tools for audio professionals .

ARX's managing director Colin Park said; "Here at ARX we're excited about releasing the new Blue DI at the 2014 Frankfurt PLS.

"SmartPhones, tablets and other Bluetooth enabled devices have rapidly become the programme source of convenience for corporate A.V presentations, seminars, musicians, D.Js, entertainment venues, system demonstrations and testing, and many other audio playback applications.

"ARX's Engineering team developed the Blue DI to fulfill the demand for a truly professional wireless Active Direct Box interface allowing users to connect today's and tomorrow's Bl

Germany - Hall 8.0, Stand J60 at ProLight+Sound sees Coda Audio launching the Linus10 two channel DSP amplifier.

Linus10 is a stand-alone unit and also the key component of the Linus RACK20 and Linus RACK40, which provide complete system management solutions including amplification, DSP, network, comparator and power distribution for various Coda Audio systems. This combination provides a complete electronics solution with improved connecting panel, all in one rack.

Delivering 2x 4955W of clean power from a lightweight 2U rack unit, LINUS10 features a hybrid class H output stage topology for audiophile sonic accuracy with plenty of headroom and significant improvements in dynamic and transparency.

Also on show at ProLight+Sound will be Coda Audio's TiRAY, a brand new, ultra-compact line array module designed for small venues where high fidelity sound and outstanding intellig

USA - Having blown many musical minds at last month's 2014 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California following a successful beta-testing phase, American pro audio software company Plugin Alliance has announced availability of accusonus drumatom - the world's first microphone leakage suppression tool for multichannel drum recordings - as of 25 February.

As a 64-bit standalone application for Mac (OS X 10.6.0 and later) and PC (Windows XP, 7, or 8), accusonus drumatom duly represents the first non-plug-in product to be released by Plugin Alliance. Claimed to be the world's first microphone leakage suppression tool for multichannel drum recordings, it identifies the close microphone sound and reduces microphone leakage, cleverly combining progressive principals of acoustics, signal processing, psychoacoustics, and music theory using patent-pending A3 (Advanced Audio Analysis) technology by

Germany - At ProLight+Sound 2014 (Hall 8.0, Booth B50), Lawo will present solutions for live and theatre applications. Audio mixing consoles of Lawo's mc² series and the Innovason Eclipse desk will be on show.

This year, the systems will be set up in two separate areas - in a live stage zone and a theatresector. Also being demonstrated, video streaming over IP can be used as a solution for orchestra conductor camera and backstage screens for ensemble and staff following theatre scenes on stage.

Live mixing will be demonstrated on the Eclipse GT, and on the mc²56 with another, networked daughter mc²56, mirroring the settings of the master console. Also an mc²66 will be set up to demo theatre applications.

In Frankfurt, Lawo will present the Innovason Eclipse GT live mixer, featuring new soundpad functionality that allows recorded sounds to be recalled at the push of a but

Germany - Avolites and Avolites Media are powering up the latest stable of products to be unveiled at this year's Prolight + Sound.

The show promises to be Avolites' biggest presence yet. Avolites and Avolites Media will take their own dedicated stand at Frankfurt - Hall 11.0 Stand D40 - but will also be exhibiting with longstanding friend and partner, Trendco, also in Hall 11.0 B41A.

Avolites Media will showcase the new S-Series Media Servers, along with the latest generation in the Infinity line, the Ai Infinity EX series.

The Ai S2, S4 and S6 media server are the latest server systems from Avolites Media and offer two, four and six Display Port / DVI outputs respectively. They feature 3rd generation PCI Express motherboards, graphics cards and RAID SSD drives for unrivalled performance along with 4K Ultra HD capability in the S4, S6 and S8 servers. The Dual Processor, hi

Germany - As well as showing new products and its annual 'glimpse into the future' at Prolight+Sound 2014, for the first time at the show Alcons Audio is giving comprehensive demonstrations of its ground-breaking audio technology.

Exhibiting in Hall 8, Stand G60, Alcons will be launching two new compact loudspeakers, as additions to the V-series and B-series.

Featuring the all-new RBN202 2" pro-ribbon driver for the first time, the V-series is extended with a versatile micro monitor for use in a wide variety of applications, where non-compromise fidelity is required. Another series extension is shown, now being the smallest of Alcons B-series subwoofers; a long-excursion 12" custom-designed woofer in a reflex-loaded configuration, as the perfect low-frequency extension for the smaller V-series monitors.

The company will also be showing the new R-series RR12 modular

Denmark - Housed in a stylish 1U rack-mount enclosure, Neets Audio Amplifier - 120 supplies two channels of robust amplification for driving the high-quality loudspeakers typically used in larger conference rooms, lecture halls and many commercial establishments.

At the heart of Neets Audio Amplifier - 120 is the advanced ICEpower Class D module. ICEpower is an independent subsidiary of Bang & Olufsen a/s and being engineered in Denmark, ICEpower delivers robust power, full bandwidth response and extremely low distortion with 90% efficiency. In two-channel mode the amplifier can be used for stereo reproduction of video soundtracks or for driving speakers in two separate audio zones. In bridged mode, it is suitable for driving multi-way full range systems or subwoofers with 450W at 4Ω

Neets Audio Amplifier - 120 is installer-friendly in every respect. Rack installation is

USA - The new W-DIMm3 from RC4 Wireless is a miniature wireless DMX receiver and three-channel DC dimmer for use with Wireless Solution W-DMX transmitters. Its small size, just 80mm x 40mm x 20mm, is ideal for use in props, practicals, and costumes. A comprehensive RDM implementation is accessible when RDM functionality is enabled in the host W-DMX system.

Each dimmer channel handles up to 50W at 12V. The device operates from 6V to 35VDC, and each dimmer can deliver 5A. Total device power handling, limited by input connections, is 10A. Over-temperature and over-current shut-down provide protection again wiring errors and load faults.

Any DMX channel can be assigned to any dimmer, with a choice of non-dim, linear, or ISL curves optimized for smooth, flicker-free LED dimming. This makes the W-DIMm3 ideal for stage, film, or video. Use RDM to configure DMX channel, dimmer curve,

Germany - Elation Professional is set to light up the world's biggest trade show for show technology with a host of new technologies optimized for professional stage applications (Stand D68 Hall 11)

Elation is a leader in the use of energy-efficient Platinum lamp technology and will be showcasing three new luminaires in the Platinum range of professional moving heads including the Platinum Wash 16R Pro, a flexible feature-packed luminaire that has use as both a wash and beam; the Platinum Profile 35 Pro, a full-featured fixture with internal framing; and the Rayzor Beam 2R, a small and speedy fixture powerful enough to work alongside larger luminaires.

As an acknowledged innovator in LED lighting, Elation will also have on display the Satura Spot LED Pro moving head featuring a 300W LED engine that is as bright as a traditional 575W discharge fixture. Other featured products w

Germany - Stand 8.0-F60 at ProLight+Sound 2014 will see DiGiCo exhibiting with new German distributor united-b, launching its new D2-Rack and announcing a number of new software features and an expansion of a third party development project.

The British manufacturer is also adding a second 60m2 exhibition stand adjacent to the main united-b stand at 8.0-G56. This newly designed area will allow customers a hands-on, in-depth look at selected consoles.

Previewed at ISE2014, and designed to support and expand DiGiCo's SD Range's higher sample rate I/O solutions, the D2-Rack comes with either BNC or Cat 5 MADI connections, allowing it to be used with a number of DiGiCo consoles.

By using the latest convertors found in DiGiCo's SD Racks, the D2-Rack offers a more compact, more efficient, more affordable rack solution for connection at either 48kHz or 96kHz with no I/O reduction.<

USA - Litepanels, a Vitec Group brand and provider of LED lighting for the broadcast and production industries, has announced the release of its new Sola 4 Traveler KitTM. Designed specifically to accommodate the needs of shooters and productions on the go, the Sola 4 Traveler Kit includes three Sola 4 LED Fresnel fixtures in a rugged, ergonomically designed, trolley-style hard case.

Customised for safe and easy transport from location to location, the Sola 4 Traveler Kit weighs only 65 pounds (29.5 kilograms). The three fixtures included in the kit can be easily deployed for a traditional three-light set-up, and the kit's custom foam insert is expandable to allow for the addition of a classic Litepanels 1x1.

Litepanels' Sola 4TM is the smallest DMX controllable LED Fresnel on the market. The daylight-balanced LED offers the controllability and light-shaping properties inheren

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