Events

Sound Leisure

Details: 14 March 2016

Sound Leisure offers complete digital audio solutions for all areas of the leisure industry and custom builds systems to suit individual applications - ranging from simple digital juke boxes to state-of-the-art DJ control systems and interactive marketing units. The company can also supply customized screen solutions.

Allen & Heath

Details: 14 March 2016

Celebrating its 35th anniversary, Allen & Heath showed the VF-1 analogue stereo filter and Xone:92 MIDI-equipped, 6-channel DJ mixer. The latest generation MixWizard console, the WZ3, was also receiving a lot of attention, while the company's Vicky Willson also hinted at "a big desk in development". Watch this space.

Robe

Details: 14 March 2016

A super-bright Digital Spot 2600 took centre stage on the Robe stand: a prototype version, Robe were reluctant to reveal what features this punchy moving head would include, but expect two digital gobo layers with a selection of up to 255 videos and images per layer. In the Club range, some fixtures from the Pro-range have been used with reduced features and the addition of a stand-alone sound-to-light function, which is also daisy chainable. In the mid-range products, the AT1200 Wash is new and the Spot version is now available with electronic ballast; also new, the 575 Wash with progressive zoom from 15-60°. You can now also purchase the head of the AT550 wash in a fixed yoke.

Cloud Electronics

Details: 14 March 2016

New from Cloud Electronics was the CX163, a two-zone stereo mixer with Mono utility output, which replaces its renowned CX133. The format is similar, with six line inputs, mic access and switching. Also new was the CX263 three-zone mixer, which offers one stereo zone and two mono zones.

DHA Lighting Services

Details: 14 March 2016

DHA Lighting Services has supplied gobos for all the new shows heading into London for the autumn, including Mary Poppins, The Woman In White, Saturday Night Fever and Bat Boy. MD Diane Grant said PLASA 2004 was the ideal place to enhance relationships with dealers. The stylish stand proved popular with international visitors on Sunday.

5 Star Cases

Details: 14 March 2016

Keith Sykes said 5 Star Cases was enjoying a buoyant show: new this year is the range of heavy-duty cases, Super Tour, aimed at professional users. Sykes said the company was led by new product releases; they then design cases to accommodate.

Eurotruss

Details: 14 March 2016

Exhibiting at PLASA for the first time in five years was Eurotruss, manufacturer of aluminium trussing. Technical director Henk Tiekstra said the company was looking for a UK distributor and had realized what an important show PLASA was for reaching established clients and potential customers.

Bespeco

Details: 14 March 2016

Italian manufacturer Bespeco makes music accessories, audio and lighting equipment, cables and electrical instruments. Highlights included the new X9 8-channel audio mixer with eight compressors per channel, in-built EQ with middle and medium parametrics, gate function and a direct out insert line. It's aimed at working bands wanting their own small, all-in-one mixer.

Strong

Details: 14 March 2016

Strong launched its new Radiance followspot, which has attracted praise for both appearance and operation. The SkyTracker: MiniTracker searchlight is also new and is an affordable option for those who want a lighter, lower power unit. Jack Schmidt said the company appreciated their close proximity to the Bandit Lites bar - which he says is a positive feature of PLASA and a great place to do business.

MDG Fog Generators

Details: 14 March 2016

MDG Fog Generators was attracting strong interest on the stand for its DMX-controlled Fogger and Hazer. The company has recently done a huge installation of them into MGM studios. The machines are auto filling and developed after the company designed some products for the US army to use on practice manoeuvres. The reliable and heavy-duty machines are also aimed at the theme park market.

Fuzion

Details: 14 March 2016

Aside from announcing the formation of new lighting distribution company Difuzion (see news this issue), Fuzion Plc featured many brands on its stand including Nexo and Camco. Brand new was the Radia Pro-Line range of architectural speakers, which offer equal sound anywhere in a room using planar technology: there are three speakers in the range - the Pro 1.0, the Pro 1.3 and the Pro 1.9. Finally from the Fuzion portfolio was the new Synergy series of amps from Australian Monitor.

Dynalite

Details: 14 March 2016

Dynalite was promoting its full integration packages for control of AV, sound, lighting, window coverings, blinds, etc. Aimed primarily at the high end residential market, featured products included the Dynalite Universe panel wall controller, with seven standard buttons, available in a variety of architectural finishes to match the interior.

Skyhigh FX Ltd

Details: 14 March 2016

Skyhigh FX Ltd launched its new compressed air 4&8 channel Air-Fetti cannons, which they see as a great alternative to pyrotechnics. They are proving popular with cruise shows that are unable to use pyros but still want great FX for their shows. The company conducted a prize draw on its stand during the show, with the prize of an 8-channel Air-Fetti system won by Mathew Jones, a freelance stage manager working at Butlins in Bognor Regis. Skyhigh's Tom Owen said: "PLASA 2004 was absolutely brilliant - we've confirmed new and serious relationships into Russia, Albania and The Canaries, along with smaller dealers around Europe."

LMC Audio

Details: 14 March 2016

The ever-cheerful Paul Hinkly of LMC Audio was looking content, saying "Business is good after a lean couple of years." No doubt his mood was improved by receiving an order for one of Soundcraft's new GB4 consoles, which debuted at PLASA. Other new product on display included the Soundcraft GB8 desk, Drawmer DSL424 2+2 compressor/gate and dbx ZonePro 640.

DiGiCo

Details: 14 March 2016

DiGiCo's new D1 digital audio mixing desk is based on its worthy forebear, the well-known D5. Being a smaller footprint desk - yet sporting 40 busses, 64 channel inputs (with expansion facilities up to 96) and all the familiar D5 high/low filters, 4-band EQ etc - this looks to be a product attractive to the theatre market and for smaller touring productions. It comes in three variants: 'DP' has 12 onboard graphics for possible dual FOH/Monitor role; 'DR' has two drive racks (onstage as a stage box and one local to the desk); and 'EX' is basically D5 specification, with optical snake etc, just physically smaller.

Alcons Audio

Details: 14 March 2016

The ribbon driver has yet to gain wide acceptance, but maybe the new QR Series from Alcons Audio is just the thing to do it. Designed for use in churches and large halls, this line source system utilizes an 18" ribbon driver and three 6.5" LF drivers, offering 120° by 19° dispersion. Available in two forms, Q36 and Q18, the former is merely a vertical doubling of the Q18. This two-way system has a frequency range from 70Hz - 20kHz with an SPL peak of 150dB (QR18: 144 dB - presumably at 1m).

Swefog Technology Group

Details: 14 March 2016

Jacelle Mattsson, marketing manager for Swefog Technology Group, said the company was showing its new Live T26 smoke machine. It features the new Swefog Merlin R.I.S.C. processor-based electronics and delivers as a minimum, a massive 1,800 cubic metres of clean, dry smoke.

Proel

Details: 14 March 2016

Proel was showing various new products, including its Next 8 and 15 speaker cabinets, the Axiom line array and the Edge series subs and stage monitors. New distributed products included the Alto AMX series mixers, powered PSH loudspeakers and digital loudspeaker management system, plus B&C loudspeakers and a wide range of JTS wired and wireless microphones.

HSL Production Services

Details: 14 March 2016

Blackburn's HSL Production Services provided the eye-catching focal point on the top deck, with a wide range of products on show to highlight its production hire, sales and design services. These included James Thomas LED products, Community loudspeakers, Martin Pro moving heads and various trussing and rigging solutions.

Canford Audio

Details: 14 March 2016

PLASA witnessed the first sight of the latest Canford Audio catalogue, now assuming telephone book proportions. The main new products on show were the Omnimount & Fastback, sturdy and adaptable mounting systems for a range of audio and video products, as well as the company's very handy new robust and flexible Cat 5 cable.

Logic System

Details: 14 March 2016

Rationalizing its range of speakers, Logic System now offers the B.5 and B1, install subs with a 12" and 15", 400W and 500W respectively, both with a frequency range between 40-150Hz, designed to complement the LS range. The existing range already offered a twin 12" and 15" which remain, but all other subs have now been discontinued, greatly simplifying end-user purchase decisions, and equipment utilization. Logic's Ethos line array is based on 120° by 10° dispersion and is lightweight (27kg per cabinet). The system requires just three boxes minimum to achieve linear characteristics, while the flyware allows up to 18 boxes in line. Sub cabinets are designed to be flown at the top of an array, or ground-stacked.

Technics

Details: 14 March 2016

Turntable wizards and style-conscious DJs will love the new Technics SLD21200 turntable, a feature-packed attractive machine, with sample button, Q-Pad position buttons, rotating platter and many more. Effectively it's creating a turntable with a CD player, using the same platters as the industry standard Technics 1200.

Sound Directions

Details: 14 March 2016

Launching its new RS range of installation speakers was Sound Directions. The RS is a flat box prototype with highly directional sound, currently installed at the Tate Modern for mixed media installation artist Bruce Nauman's fifth Unilever Series of commissions.

Color Kinetics

Details: 14 March 2016

Color Kinetics showed several new products. With colour temperature of white being one of the big issues in LED lighting today, perhaps most notable were the two prototypes of dimmable white fixtures, each with different colour temperature.

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