Events

Clay Paky

Details: 14 March 2016

Two new effects projectors from Clay Paky: Alpha Spot and Alpha Spot HPE, and an Alpha Wash to go with. All are based on a 575W discharge lamp, on full articulation moving yoke. Also from Clay Paky, GoldenScan 4 brings this moving mirror veteran up to date with the addition of a fixed gobo wheel and all-new electronics.

LDR

Details: 14 March 2016

LDR's Lisa Papi said the company was having an excellent show, meeting up with its dealers and also attracting new customers. New for 2004 is the XPress colour scroller available in three models and handling between 2-16 colours. Also new is a PC discharge luminaire.

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Duran Audio

Details: 14 March 2016

A compact steerable line array, Target U16 from Duran Audio builds on this company's extensive experience in using DSP time manipulation to affect dispersion pattern on its speaker products. U16 is a scaleable self-powered mini line array containing a pair of 6.5" and a single 1" driver per cabinet capable of delivering 123dB at 1m. Tell the DDA unit where you want to hit, and at what SPL and the unit will calculate the rest. U16 is designed to be used with Duran's existing B215 sub. Duran also showed the AXYS Intellivox-V90 - a compact, passively steered vertical column loudspeaker designed for use in 70V/100V PA and VA systems. The quirky-looking Intellidisc was also on preview. Resembling a hexagonal satellite dish, the unit, at approximately 1m diameter, houses multiple drivers and, it's claimed, has a completely reconfigurable dispersion, both horizontally and vertically.

Advanced Fiber Optics

Details: 14 March 2016

Advanced Fiber Optics from Barcelona has over 60 distributors and operates in research, architectural, entertainment and leisure sectors. A large off-the-shelf range includes the new MicroBraid side-emitting fibre and a variety of DMX-controlled light sources.

Andolite

Details: 14 March 2016

Andolite displayed its comprehensive range of products designed for the installation of audio and lighting systems. New were its white light bars, now fitted with white ABS sockets. Recent projects have included installation work on His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen.

Apollo Design

Details: 14 March 2016

Apollo Design's new Smart Color scroller is described as "everything you need in one package," and is available in three models, each with pre-installed Apollo Gel Heat Shield, increasing a normal gel string life by three times. The Smart Move gobo rotator was on show, usable without a control board due to its integrated microprocessor.

Shure Distribution UK

Details: 14 March 2016

Shure Distribution showed Shure's new SLX4 install range radio mic system. Simple and effective, the SLX has automatic channel scan for available frequencies, and subsequent microphone grab (interrogation and setting of the mic's transmitter to match) when held in front of the unit. On the same stand, but from QSC, comes the Modular Design series, two-way cabinets based on either 12" or 15" drivers with three horn variants (60°x40°, 90°x40° and 120°x40°); all in the same size box. The RMX 5050 amplifier is the latest addition to the range: 5kW per channel, it has all the limiters and filters QSC users will expect.

Also with Shure Distribution, Phonic continues to impress with its low-cost products; Road Gear 260 is a neat self-contained 130W per channel PA system. Speakers clip off to reveal an amp mixer unit, four mono, two stereo, two-band EQ, with effects send and le

Loud Technologies

Details: 14 March 2016

At the Loud Technologies camp, the AX speaker is a general-purpose speaker cabinet from EAW with wide dispersion, while the Element Series of compact weatherproof speakers was also launched. Attracting interest from Macie was the Onyx range of new analogue live sound mixers, from 12 to 48 channels. Big Knob is a control room master section, giving all the connectivity required, while TT24 is a live sound digital mixer, the main feature of which is turbo touch - the ability to access any function on the desk within two button pushes. You can assign faders mono, stereo or VCA.

Tapco is the new brand name from Mackie, offering the S5 self-powered active studio monitor, Tweek 31 a 31-band graphic, and Squeeze a comp/limiter with an 'air' feature to retain transients when using heavy compression.

Pulsar

Details: 14 March 2016

Two new 200W units in the ever-expanding Chroma range from Pulsar: the Batten 200 and the Flood 200 are what the name suggests - the batten is 1200mm, the flood approx' 200mm square. Both fixtures are rated IP65 for outdoor use, and both work on 100-240V power, with DMX control for RGB colour mixing. The new ChromaStrip2 has a reversible diffuser cover giving 20° or 90° output.

Clock Audio

Details: 14 March 2016

Clock Audio's bespoke audio systems have spawned the CS series, a conference microphone designed to minimize the number of units used, but maximize audio quality. The MR-88 automatic microphone mixer uses DSP technology to provide an expandable but easily controllable system.

Inition

Details: 14 March 2016

Inition, a company specializing in 3D imagery, used their PLASA debut to launch new large-scale autostereoscopic plasma screens which show 3D images without requiring the viewer to wear 3D glasses. Early generations of autostereoscopic screens had a very narrow viewing angle, whereas the new types can be viewed from virtually any angle. Each screen is retro-fitted with a filter which creates the illusion of a 3D image.

Swan Flight

Details: 14 March 2016

General manager of Swan Flight, Sean Dodds said the company was having a "fantastic" first show at PLASA. The company manufactures purpose-built flightcases and was showing the new Pioneer range for front-loading CD players with 'butterfly door', which was eliciting good reactions from DJs.

IC Audio

Details: 14 March 2016

Several new 100V line install speakers from IC Audio: a 6W wall-mount unit conforming to BS 5839, a new ceiling speaker with ceramic cable clamp and thermal fuse, and a new pre-amp, the O6, a 5-channel rack-mount unit. All IC amps have built-in 24V DC power supplies for coverage during mains power loss. The new MX-120E is an economy amp with quarter-inch outs. The MX-Amp 480 is a powerful amplifier for the larger install, offering two zones of control.

Infinium Technologies

Details: 14 March 2016

One of the most interesting products belonged to debut exhibitor Infinium Technologies, launching its optical, contact-free faders with adjustable torque control. Three years in development, it could have a significant impact on a wide range of control surfaces.

SET

Details: 14 March 2016

Advanced Rigging Motion Pro is the latest product from German company SET (Scenic Event Technology). Designed typically to control any motion control equipment, chain hoists, electric fly bars, wire winches, the most attractive feature of this Windows-based software is the communications system for relaying data and commands to the various devices - namely Ethernet via Cat 5 cable, which greatly affects costs. The system complies with the latest German safety regulations DIN 56921 and 56925 as well as DIN-V-19250.

Outline

Details: 14 March 2016

A low profile but inventive product lurked on the Outline stand - a spherical speaker cabinet for acousticians. The omni-directional Globesource features 12 loudspeakers to fire sound out at all angles of the sphere, allowing those measuring the acoustic properties of a space to use any kind of sound, rather than being limited to a pistol shot, etc.

Digidesign

Details: 14 March 2016

One of the talking points of the show, Digidesign revealed the 'Venue' - its completely new live sound reinforcement mixing and processing environment, a combination of hardware and software aimed at offering studio quality sound in a live setting. The Venue system features consoles, mix engines, stage racks, FOH racks and the snake system, and is fully integrated with Pro Tools for recording.

Swisson

Details: 14 March 2016

Swiss manufacturer Swisson builds the X-M-100 is a DMX measurement tool for technicians with such features as record and replay of 16 lighting scenes, easy edit and send of DMX signal, as well as various test functions. Considering the place of manufacture, this is a keenly priced tool. Swisson also produces Opto splitters, single-channel DMX dimmer packs (for that lamp you can't quite fit on your rack) and a high-speed 5:1 DMX merger.

Pure Distribution

Details: 14 March 2016

Celebrating its appointment as the UK distributor for the Audix brand, Pure Distribution had an array of the American-made microphones on show. Microphones from Sanken were also on display, along with Aphex Systems and Lexicon rack-mount signal processors.

Serapid

Details: 14 March 2016

A specialist manufacturer, Serapid produce chain-driven devices for vertical lift and horizontal motion of stages and dollies. A rigid product - inasmuch as when lined up vertically the chain links rigidise into structural support towers - the Serapid chain drive is available in five lift sizes providing motion for loads up to 10 tons, lifting 7m vertical.

Architecta

Details: 14 March 2016

Architecta's wireless audio system uses digital transmission techniques to reproduce CD quality audio up to 260m away from the transmission source. The system uses corrective algorithms and channel hopping to prevent interference and clashes in the 2.4GHz band. The system has a 20Hz - 20kHz response, sampled at 16 bits, 48 kHz (96kHz and 24 bits is possible) and can accommodate up to 40 channels at rates of 1.5Mbps or 3.0Mbps.

Lift-Turn-Move (LTM)

Details: 14 March 2016

LTM, the new company formed by John Jones and Dave King - previously of PCM - was launched with a champagne breakfast on the Sunday morning. Jones reported that he thought PLASA was the ideal environment for the launch, with the whole industry before them, and that they enjoyed a very busy show.

Griven

Details: 14 March 2016

Griven, exhibiting with UK distributor Ambient Lighting, launched its KolorGlobe 4000, a high-powered CYM moving head searchlight, and GoboStorm 575, an outdoor multi-effect gobo projector. Five Griven Colosseo 100 CYM colour-changing fixtures have just been supplied to the National Theatre as part of a permanent exterior lighting scheme, visible during the PLASA Show.

Gala Systems Inc

Details: 14 March 2016

Hubert Dubeau from Gala Systems said the company was on a fact-finding mission to discover what clients need from them. New Spiralift technology is in development, with plans for an October launch.

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