UK - PSCo, the trade only AV distributor and rental specialist, is showcasing the latest innovations from its leading manufacturer partners at PLASA London 2015. Visitors will be able to view PSCo's must-see 3-2-1mm LED line-up of Absen products on its 70m² stand, alongside innovative LCD displays including the new Samsung High Bright and video wall displays, and the stunning new Samsung 105" display - the largest professional display available in the world.

"Following the success of last year's PLASA, we are excited to be showcasing so many new technologies from our rental and sales portfolio for system integrators and live events partners," says Stuart Holmes, managing director of PSCo. "We will have new technologies across multiple platforms, including our new LED display technology, our Ultra Large Format displays, as well as our Video Walls.

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UK - KV2 Audio returns to this weekend's PRO and BPM exhibitions with the launch of the Active VHD 4.21 ultra-low frequency subwoofer.

The VHD 4.21 is the self-powered evolution of the successful VHD 2.21 2x21" subwoofer. Housing two newly developed 21" Woofers and utilising new amplification technology, the VHD 4.21 Active can power an additional Passive VHD 4.21 and deliver 14,000 Watts of peak power whilst being plugged in to a standard 13A wall socket.

People attending the show will have the opportunity to hear the new VHD 4.21 in action as part of a complete VHD 2.0 System within the PRO Show Audio Demo Space.

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Denmark - Martin Professional reports that the JEM ZR45 is now shipping. The JEM ZR45 is a high-end fog machine designed to deliver "superior and uninterrupted performance in demanding professional applications". With its enhanced and powerful 2,000 W heat exchanger, the JEM ZR45 produces an exceptional peak output suitable for major venues and stages in both install and rental markets.

The rugged yet weight-optimized JEM ZR45 also features variable output control for more subtle effects and is fully up-to-date with digital remote DMX and RDM.

The entire JEM ZR range is compatible with a wide range of JEM Pro fog fluids. As machines designed and built to last, the JEM ZRs will continue to perform with great output and low consumption.

"We have put a lot of effort into the new JEM ZR series with the goal of being able to quickly deliver a full family of profess

UK - Elation Professional's new Emotion moving head digital luminaire will have its European debut October 4-6 at the PLASA show in London where a number of other top innovations will also be on display at Elation Stand A40, including the world premiere of the newest Satura Series luminaire, the Satura Profile.

The Emotion attracted a lot of attention at the InfoComm show in North America in June with its next generation technology and accessible price tag and now it's European lighting professionals' turn to get a closer look at the compact yet powerful moving head digital luminaire. Another highlight will be the first showing worldwide of the Satura Profile, a powerful new LED-based color-changing moving head with 440W LED engine, framing system, zoom and more.

Also showing at the ExCel exhibition centre will be Elation's powerful Platinum FLX hybrid moving head, a multi-fun

UK - After the success of their previous UK dates, Penguin Media Solutions are providing another two day UK training course in association with AFMG to introduce professional users to SysTune, this time in Blackpool.

SysTune is the real-time audio analysis software by AFMG. It was developed especially for live sound applications and has been setting the standard for professional real-time measurement and display of impulse responses, transfer functions and other data. Today, SysTune is widely accepted not only in pro audio live sound but also by installed sound professionals as well as in the industry.

The course will be headed by veteran SysTune user and AFMG Instructor Pasi Kokkonen. Pasi will cover such topics as measurement fundamentals, SysTune setup, multi-channel measurement, virtual EQ, system alignment, phase and group delay.

The course will take place on Tuesday 22

The Netherlands - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) is showcasing a selection of the latest premium performance broadcast lighting solutions available from their portfolio of over 200 leading brands - on stand A70 in hall 11 at the IBC 2015 show (11-15 September, RAI, Amsterdam).

Staff from the company's dedicated lighting sales division, which has extensive experience supplying to the broadcast, film and TV industries, will be on hand to demonstrate the latest technologies showing exclusively on the AC-ET stand from Chroma-Q, and Fiilex. Additionally they can discuss the specialist studio lighting fit-outs service that AC-ET offers.

Designed and manufactured in North America, the Chroma-Q Studio Force LED range has been specially developed for studio and location use, and features both single and award-winning remote phosphor LED fixtures which produce a beautifully sof

Austria - AKG by Harman has introduced the MicroLite series of miniature wearable reference microphones, offering "incredible sound quality and durability in a tiny, discreet form factor". Suited to broadcast, theatre and conference applications, the MicroLite series includes lavalier, ear-hook and head-worn options, all of which provide exceptional comfort and flexibility. The result of extensive research and development, MicroLite also delivers broad compatibility, excellent moisture resistance and superior EMC protection.

"AKG's new MicroLite mics are tiny, but the sound they produce is far from it," said Karam Kaul, Marketing Director for AKG. "Beyond great sound quality, we spent considerable time on every aspect of the design. From ear-hook and head-worn models that users can easily adjust on their own, to multiple layers of protection against mois

USA - Audinate has announced that over 500 Dante-enabled products are now available from licensed manufacturers worldwide. This represents more than a 60% increase in the number of available products in the last 12 months.

"The 500th Dante-enabled product represents a significant milestone for Audinate and our Dante OEM partners," stated Lee Ellison, CEO of Audinate. "Customer research tell us that the single biggest factor when selecting an audio networking solution is the number of available products on the market. With hundreds of products launched in the last 12 months, Dante has reached the tipping point and has become the industry standard for Audio over IP networking."

This milestone was reached this week with several new products being launched by partner manufacturers at the IBC show in Amsterdam, including:

Solid State Logic's System T - a fully

USA - Tascam's new DA-6400 is a 64-track recorder for live and event recording that records onto an internal SSD drive. Professional I/O options like MADI and Dante make it well suited to live recording, event capture, or as a backup for critical DAW sessions, the company says. The unit records 64 tracks at 48kHz/24-bit or 32 tracks at 96kHz/24-bit, and is available with a single or dual/redundant power supply.

Included an AK-CC25 hot-swappable caddy containing a high-performance 240GB Tascam solid-state drive. The caddy includes a USB 3 jack for stand-alone use. Included on the rear panel are SMPTE timecode, word clock, RS-422, parallel and Ethernet connections.

I/O options for the DA-6400 include the IF-MA64/EX interface card, with both coaxial and optical MADI connections. This card includes a redundant coaxial connection so that MADI is passed through even if power is lost

UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies is exhibiting for the first time at the PRO Show - NEC, Birmingham.

On display are a selection of products from their wide portfolio of leading technology brands, including the extensive ProLights lighting and LED video screen ranges; the award-winning Jands lighting control solutions; Green Hippo Hippotizer V4 media servers; Allen & Heath audio consoles; and Dynamic Audio Device, Nexo and RCF loudspeakers.

Staff from each of the company's specialist product divisions are on hand to discuss the requirements and to provide demonstrations and advice.

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The Netherlands - The compact M-5000C offers all the flexibility and power of the larger M-5000 console but in a smaller footprint. Utilising the same O.H.R.C.A (Open High Resolution Configurable Architecture) platform, the M-5000C delivers 128 freely definable audio paths, expandable protocols and multi-format I/O choices combined with a flexible user interface and workflow, all with 24-bit / 96kHz sound quality. This open audio architecture supports Dante, MADI, Waves Sound Grid, and REAC audio protocols, as well as audio delivery over video using SDI, DVI and SFP cabling.

HHB is also debuting the Roland V-1200HD 2 M/E video switcher. Featuring a new hybrid engine that combines a 4:2:2 / 2 M/E switcher with a 4:4:4/10-bit multi-format processor presentation switcher, V-1200HD offers multi-format flexibility with a choice of additional audio and video options using the Roland X

UK - SSE Audio and Wigwam Acoustics will once again be exhibiting at PLASA 2015. Directors and staff will be on hand to meet and chat with visitors to the exhibition. For the third year the show is being held at ExCel in London's Docklands on 4-6 October 2015. SSE Audio Group and Wigwam Acoustics are on Stand L10 at ExCel.

"This year, we have invited some of our key equipment suppliers to join us on the stand and I'm delighted to announce that Avid, d&b audiotechnik, DiGiCo and L-Acoustics have all agreed to display some of their latest products with us," commented SSE Sales Director, Alex Penn.

Avid will feature the VENUE S6L; d&b audiotechnik will have some of their new install and touring amplifier products; DiGiCo will be demonstrating the S21; and L-Acoustics will feature the X Series.

In addition, microphone and wireless specialist Sennheiser will be represen

UK - At Technology Exposed 2015 (Stand 64), Peerless-AV will be exhibiting a range of innovative AV mounts and solutions, packed with installer-friendly features that reduce installation time and improve serviceability. Highlights will include the latest design upgrades to Peerless-AV's best-selling line of Full-Service Video Wall Mounts and Flat Panel Wall Mounts, as well as the recently launched SMART kapp Trolley and Video Conference Trolleys.

"This year we wanted to focus on the installer experience, demonstrating new product designs that simplify and accelerate the installation process without compromising on quality or performance," said Ian Abernethy, director of sales, Peerless-AV UK.

Visitors to the Peerless-AV stand will see how they could make a difference to their business with time saving product innovations. These include SmartMount and Paramount Flat P

UK - Wireless LED lighting manufacturer CORE Lighting are at the 2015 PLASA London expo at the ExCeL Centre on Stand C24, which is also part of UK distributor White Light's 'Village' and where they will be displaying a range of their latest innovations.

CORE products are known for the high quality and excellent engineering that comes with the 'Made in the UK' marque. As an independent company, CORE can also react quickly and decisively to market demands and ensure its products stay at the forefront of the fast-moving live events industry.

Featured products at PLASA will include CORE's new StripPoint which will be prominent on the stand display together with the flagship ColourPoint, which has become an industry standard product for the live event industry. The tiny PinPoint will have a major presence with an array of PinPoints controlled by CORE's new LightDesk phone App, and

Germany - HK Audio has announced the two latest additions to its pioneering sound reinforcement product portfolio: the LINEAR 5 LTS A mid/high unit and the LINEAR SUB 4000 A subwoofer.

"The first speaker to deliver genuine long throw performance in an ultra-compact format, LINEAR 5 LTS A makes use of HK Audio's revolutionary proprietary Multicell Transformer technology to deliver 138dB maximum SPL and silky top-end frequencies all the way to the back row, whether it's 30, 40 or even 50m away," the company says.

Designed and built at HK Audio's headquarters in St. Wendel, Germany, LTS A's sophisticated features - an affordable price, a small footprint and speed of setup - help users save on people power, truck space and time. Thanks to its straightforward design - which allows it to be stacked on the ground or on its head, or to be clustered with remarkable ease and f

The Netherlands - Engineered in Switzerland and manufactured in Germany, the uTrack-X32 is an all-new expansion card from Cymatic Audio that opens up a host of additional features for the X32 and M32 series of world-class digital mixing consoles.

Built on the same technology that has made the uTrack24 a popular recorder/player for audio engineers around the globe, the uTrack-X32 is the world's first 32-channel recorder/player expansion card for the X32 and M32 family of consoles.

The card fits snugly into the X32 or M32 expansion card slot, operates completely independently and does not interfere with the console's mixing operations.

The uTrack-X32 can digitally record 32 channels direct from the console, without the need for additional hardware or computers, so there is no need to setup, wire, make new sessions, arm tracks or verify input levels.

The uTrack-X32 allows you

UK - Lighting controls expert, Artistic Licence, will be launching moody, its new programmable LED controller, at 100% Design at London's Olympia, 23-26 September. The show, which runs for four days, is the UK's largest design trade event, attracting architects, specifiers and designers from across the globe.

Artistic Licence, a well-known name in the architectural and entertainment lighting sectors, is using the show as a launch platform for moody - a product that the company anticipates will appeal to a particularly wide market.

moody is a wall controller & programmable scene-setter for LED. It has a simple rotary dial, just like a conventional dimmer, except that it is lit up by a colour LED at the centre. This is not just for show - the LED indicates the colour and intensity of zones of light that can be programmed and controlled by moody.

The USP of the product is its a

UK - This year has seen complete production solution specialist White Light further develop its wide range of services. Over the past nine months, the company has not only forged its own dedicated audio department but also acquired Shock Solutions, a forerunner in the fields of LED lighting and audio-visual equipment solutions. Similarly, the company has invested heavily in the very latest technology and provided the production support on a whole range of events from concert touring, to corporate events, to theatre shows, to venue launches. This vast array of newly acquired skills and state-of-the-art equipment will be on display at one of the biggest entertainment technology events of the year: the PLASA Show 2015.

WL will be exhibiting at stand C30 and showcasing the very latest in lighting, audio, effects and AV solutions.

The equipment on show includes the ArKaos MediaMast

UK - PLASA, London 2015 marks the UK debut of the d&b audiotechnik V-Series point source loudspeakers. Launched earlier this month V7P, V10P and V-GSUB will be on the d&b stand J50 alongside other mobile and installation products, and on d&b psales partners' SSE / Wigwam stand L10.

"PLASA London is a significant show for d&b this year," says Gianni Abruzzese, d&b GB commercial manager. "We're really pleased to be showing the V-Series point sources, which we think are pretty special. The design of the mid range horn means that the vocal performance is in a league of its own. I think the market has been waiting for a point source with this level of performance for a while now."

Adam Hockley and Steve Jones of d&b GB Education and Application Support will be contributing to the line up of pro audio seminars, as part of the PLASA Professional Development Progra

USA - PixelFLEX reports that the FLEXCurtain HD has received a 2015 Parnelli Award nomination for Indispensable Video Technology. The winners of the Parnelli Awards will be announced on 24 October 2015, at the awards ceremony taking place as part of the LDI Tradeshow and Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

"This is our second year in a row to be nominated for a Parnelli Award and we couldn't be more excited," said David Venus, PixelFLEX Director of Marketing. "Last year, our FLEXCurve LED Video Screen won the Parnelli Award, and this year we are hoping for the same outcome for the FLEXCurtain HD."

The FLEXCurtain HD is a lightweight and flexible LED video screen designed for high resolution video playback and video effects for indoor and outdoor applications. Its hi-res LED video can be driven by any DVI output, and the multi-directional, flexible design of th

UK - On Thursday 1 October at the Oval Space, East London, the d&b audiotechnik GB team will present a new breed of point source loudspeakers.

The three-way passive V7P and V10P deliver 75° x 40° and 110° x 40° (h x v) dispersion characteristics respectively. Both loudspeakers feature an advanced hornloaded mid range section, which provides remarkable MF sensitivity. This MF performance, particularly in the vocal range, is where these compact V-Series cabinets excel. This endless vocal headroom make them suitable for applications which demand high sound pressure levels with full bandwidth capabilities from a single box solution.

The rotatable horn and wide range of rigging options make mounting in either orientation simple. The demonstration will explore the new point source system in all ground stacked and flown configurations. Attendees will also have the opp

Germany - Lasergraph DSP, the professional, de-central laser show control solution, is now available at Laserworld.

Many high-profile show designing companies have relied on Laseranimation's Lasergraph DSP for many years: The Lasergraph DSP controllers provide extreme output performance, as they are small computers on their own which handle the whole output processing in a decentralized way. This means, that there is only a small programme necessary to remotely access the de-central units over LAN - the actual programming as well as the output calculation is done in the Lasergraph DSP controllers.

It is possible to connect a multitude of DSP units via LAN and run them in one huge network - this is how huge shows can be controlled. Synchronizations with other media can easily be done over SMPTE timecode and the whole setup can be remote controlled over DMX or MIDI. DMX remote c

USA / Sweden - In April 2013, when Elation Professional entered into an agreement with Capture Visualisation AB of Sweden to distribute the company's well-established Capture lighting design software, it marked the end of Elation's search for a professional design package to complement the company's growing product line and the beginning of a rewarding cooperation.

"We've been distributing Capture in Europe and the U.S. now for over two years and have built up a strong relationship with the company and a growing number of customers," states Marc Librecht, sales and marketing manager for Elation Professional in Europe. "As a well-established company with a long-standing and solid reputation, Capture has been an ideal partner for us."

Capture has found traction in both North America and Europe. Jordan Lake of event planning and services company Stage Producti

UK - ETC is getting ready to show at this year's PLASA London, which takes place from Sunday 4 to Tuesday 6 October, at ExCeL. For the first time at PLASA, the company will be using a second stand hosting their rigging products, which are new to Europe, in combination with their now famous upside down stand, where two fencers battle on the ceiling.

On stand B40, the company's award winning range of Source Four LED fixtures will be joined by the new, budget-friendly ColorSource line. Source Four LED fixtures are available in full colour, and both cool and warm whites; with their exceptional colour rendering and flicker-free output, they are quickly becoming the luminaire of choice for TV studios and theatres alike.

Meanwhile, the ColorSource range is ideal for venues which need good quality basic colour, but whose finances may already be stretched to their limit. The fixtures t

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