Events

FBT Elettronica

Details: 14 March 2016

The new Amico range of portable PAs was a feature of the FBT Elettronica stand. Available in four different versions, all are designed as pre-wired 'plug and play' systems with the top model featuring 600W+2x150W amplification, 15-channel mixer with phantom power, two mid/high cabinets and a 15" bass driver. Designed by Renkus-Heinz, the new Qube line array is built by FBT in Italy and designed for either flying or ground stacking.

Tryka LED

Details: 14 March 2016

Tryka LED launched several new products including a new 110V driver, the Module 144 Power Flood with inbuilt driver and the Modulation Driver RF18, a master/slave system controller for connecting up to 256 slave units to one master, with 18 LEDs per unit. Thus, 5,000 LEDs can be controlled via one small DMX remote.

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Mico Lighting

Details: 14 March 2016

Mico Lighting deals with all the major lamp manufacturers - Osram, Philips, Lee, Sylvania, and sees PLASA as a vital meeting point for leading practitioners from the worlds of theatre, concert touring and other areas of performance. The company was also promoting its new lamp recycling service.

Digigram

Details: 14 March 2016

Lots of news from Digigram - including the appointment of Jimmy Kawalek (see news, p.18). Digigram's EtherSound - its patented real-time Ethernet-based audio networking technology - now provides bi-directional capability over a single cable, as well as adding higher sample rate conversions at 88.2, 96 or 192kHz. EtherSound licensees, which currently include NetCira by Fostex, Nexo, Bouyer, InnovaSON and Auvitran, will announce their plans to implement the new features independently, says Digigram.

The company has added an Entry Level Agreement to its EtherSound licensing scheme - a move aimed at enabling pro audio manufacturers to bring EtherSound-compliant products quickly to market with minimal development investment. Meanwhile, Auvitran has been appointed as the first Authorised EtherSound Implementor.

New product includes the ES220 and ES220-L Ethernet Audio bridges, joining its

Computer DJ

Details: 14 March 2016

Computer DJ launched itself at the show, introducing innovative new products, starting with the IMP range of interactive media players, designed for mobile DJs using MP3. The Robus is a briefcase-style product with storage for 100,000 MP3 files, with touch-screen management, an Ultimate backlit keyboard that's ideal for use in low light and many more features. Biometric fingerprint security prevents unwanted tampering!

Maltbury

Details: 14 March 2016

Staging specialist Maltbury showed a prototype of its new Steeldeck Ultra, which it claims is a lighter product with all the strength of Steeldeck. Other Maltbury products on its expediently-sized stand included Metrodeck, Metrodeck Ultra and the industry standard Steeldeck.

Leprecon

Details: 14 March 2016

Leprecon products ranged from small two-scene 12-channel memory assist controllers to full memory consoles for conventional and moving light systems. Also shown, compact tree-mount and UL-recognized dimmer packs, custom touring and installation dimmer racks and architectural dimming and control solutions.

Lagotronics

Details: 14 March 2016

The PISA 42 DMX projector was on show on the Lagotronics stand, offering powerful light output balanced by an efficient heat management system. At PLASA for the first time was the linear lighting device based on DMX technology, which allows direct control of LED strips.

LiteStructures

Details: 14 March 2016

On the product front, LiteStructures offered a new self-climbing truss tower, the LP4 Climbing Leg. Designed for LiteStructure's LP4 trussing, the tower will climb to 8m and carries up to a ton; hand-winch or electric versions are available. XLite Deck is a lighter weight version of Lite Deck using a lower profile and giving a lesser loading. Xlite supports 5kN/sq.m as opposed to the 7.7kN/sq.m of its stronger cousin. LiteStrutures also displayed an architect's model of its new rehearsal facility, due to open this autumn.

PG Stage Electrical

Details: 14 March 2016

First time exhibitors at PLASA, PG Stage Electrical, was having a good show meeting up with serious buyers. PG introduced the Dexel Lighting range from Brazil to the UK market, aimed at low-budget applications.

XTA Electronics

Details: 14 March 2016

As ever, the unofficial 'most comfortable seating' award went to XTA Electronics for its deep blue sofas - an excellent vantage point from which to view the company's range of audio processing products. Marketing manager Guy Lewis was kept busy throughout the show with a steady stream of enquiries and pronounced himself well pleased with the interest shown.

Doughty Engineering

Details: 14 March 2016

It was good to see a company specializing in 'non-sexy' products, like Doughty Engineering, having such a busy stand throughout the show. As well as promoting its new catalogue, a range of new products including barrel trolleys, a new heavy duty pulley range, a pantograph-style light hoist, a slimline Quick Trigger clamp for those times when you need to squeeze a fixture hard up against the end of a pipe or truss, and finally, a new barrel trolley system designed to operate on top of standard rigging pipe.

Studio Due

Details: 14 March 2016

Some nice products from Studio Due; launched at SIB in Rimini earlier this year, the Photowall 1200e ('e' for electronic ballast) is a ruggedized slide projector with a 1200W HMI source and 90 images pre-loaded. Four fully editable user programmes give a total of 682 scenes for stand-alone control (without DMX). The CS line is expanded with the CS2, a pair of 250W 28V lamps in Par 64 enclosures on a moving pan and tilt yoke with onboard dimmer.

Messe Frankfurt pulls out of St. Petersburg

Details: 14 March 2016

Russia - The organizers of the Musikmesse/Prolight+Sound St. Petersburg exhibition have announced that in future the event will be organized solely by Messe Frankfurt's Russian partner, Lenexpo. The decision was taken by the organizers, Messe Frankfurt GmbH and Lenexpo Exhibition and Trade Fair Company, and communicated to the exhibitors and other interested parties at the end of September.

Last year, the second trade fair for musical instruments and accessories, lighting, sound and event technology in the Northwest Region of the Russian Federation, enabled around 300 exhibitors to make contact with some 8,000 visitors at the exhibition centre in St. Petersburg. Nevertheless, the results of this edition showed that the expectations of Messe Frankfurt in terms of event growth and profitability were unlikely to be fulfilled in the medium term. "Musikmesse/Prolight+Sound St.

PLASA@Sea launches at Seatrade 2005

Details: 14 March 2016

UK/USA - PLASA - the Professional Lighting and Sound Association - has announced a joint initiative with CMP Princeton, the organizers of the annual Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention, to launch a new pavilion at the event in 2005, focusing directly on lighting, audio, AV and staging technologies.

The new PLASA@Sea Pavilion will form a key element of this annual cruise-related trade show and conference which is the largest gathering of cruise line owners, operators and suppliers in the world. More than 9,000 people from 116 countries, including over 1,000 senior cruise line executives attended Seatrade 2004.

Whilst the Conference will offer a four-day programme of targeted seminars and meetings, the exhibition will showcase the latest innovations in marine technology, with PLASA@Sea providing a connection to recent developments in entertainment and leisure-based technology. A

Power Logistics: no Virgins to Festivals

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Ensuring uninterrupted, safe and reliable power to the stages and numerous hospitality areas of a festival the size of V is no mean feat. Power is essential to everything that happens on a festival site from stage lighting, sound and AV to the toilets flushing, showers running and car parks and campsites lighting up at night. From the first day of the fit up to the last hour of the out and of course throughout the event itself, the one thing that cannot go off is the power.

The responsibility for site power for V at the Chelmsford site this year fell to Power Logistics. And with 65,000 people coming to see over 50 acts playing on four stages in Hylands Park - plus the DJ and sponsored dance tents, catering vans and stalls, backstage hospitality areas, campsites and car parks, toilets and showers - power distribution can be a logistical nightmare.

The production team found itself

Led Screens illuminate Vasco Rossi tour

Details: 14 March 2016

Italy - Although Italian EMI recording artist Vasco Rossi is over 50, he's definitely still the country's rock "enfant terrible" and his huge popularity with young fans was once again confirmed by the crowds at his recent Clear Channel-produced tour to promote his latest album "Buoni e Cattivi" (the Good and the Bad). In fact, the tour kicked off with a sold-out gig at Rome's Olimpico soccer stadium and ran to packed stadia, before finishing with a free show in Catanzaro, to a reported audience of 400,000.

Vasco's fans expect maximum visual impact from his shows and this was no exception: Grandi Schermi (Large Screens), a business unit of Euphon Communication, was responsible for the supply, installation and technical assistance for The three Lighthouse Technologies LED screens used on the impressive set designed by Giò Forma, and Rome's Limelite supplied a

SAND hosts Connectivity Pavilion at LDI

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - SAND Network Systems will host ETC, Martin, Pathway Connectivity, and Wireless Solutions at this years LDI Connectivity Pavilion. On display is a wide variety of networking technology with emphasis on emerging standards and protocols including ACN, RDM, and W-DMX.

New hardware and software will give visitors a preview of the future of networked show and lighting control. Hands-on demonstrations will highlight the new and exciting possibilities these technologies offer specifiers, designers, and users. Important features like manufacturer interoperability and gateways to legacy equipment will be explained in detail. Staff from several manufacturers will be present to discuss the technologies and answer questions. The Connectivity Pavilion is located in Booth #3607 and get a glimpse of the future!

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

Fried Buttstedt of XLNT Advanced Technologies and Vertigo Rigging director Rebecca Loughran with the PLASA Award for Innovation

Vertigo signs for XLNT Advanced Technologies

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - The PLASA award-winning InMotion 3D / CyberHoist motion control system is set for a strong UK presence following an announcement today that Vertigo Rigging, the rigging and height access specialists, has become the UK Service Point for the InMotion 3D motion control system by XLNT Advanced Technologies. The system won a PLASA Award for Innovation at the PLASA Show last month in conjunction with the CyberHoist intelligent motor by Verlinde and the DataMotion and PowerMotion system components from XLNT.

Vertigo director Rebecca Loughran said: "Designers in all environments are embracing the vast possibilities this technology can deliver. For Technical Managers the time saving advantages, reliability and unbeatable VGB-C1 safety standard, are making this the 'must have' motion control system for the professional entertainment industry."

The UK Service Point will pr

Chauvet's new models strut LDI catwalk

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - LDI 2004 will not be business as usual as far as Chauvet is concerned, the company promises. The manufacturer will cast its newest luminaires as supermodels on a fashion show runway, under the theme 'Welcome to the Future'.

"This is sort of a coming out party," said product development manager Barry Abrams, adding that hitherto-unseen technology will be on display, reflecting its largest-ever product range.

The new autumn collection includes four moving-yoke lights: the Legend 250RT Spot, Legend 250WT Wash, Legend250 Zoom and the 18-channel Legend 575 Zoom.

Also on show will be the Trackscan 250 DSR- ILS scanner. Housed in a silvery casing, it's accompanied by an entourage of models including the Trackscan 250 DBR-ILS, curvy Colortrack 250DCR-ILS, and the powerful ILS Control Center, all endowed with technology conceived to ease and widen programming options

ETC and Cast new partnership agreement

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - ETC and Cast Software jointly announced changes to their worldwide distribution relationship today. From January 1, 2005, Cast Software will take over worldwide marketing and distribution of WYSIWYG, while ETC, in partnership with Cast, will continue the development and marketing of its own Emphasis control system. Cast will also supply ETC with WYSIWYG Perform Console Edition for distribution with several of its control products including the Avab, transtechnik Lichtsysteme and Emphasis product lines.

In a joint statement, the two companies said the decision to amend the distribution agreement was based on a number of factors. Since forming the original partnership with ETC four years ago, Cast and WYSIWYG have enjoyed strong growth, while ETC has expanded and grown its product portfolio. Now, "ETC and Cast have mutually agreed it is the right time for Cast to take o

Martin, Mach and JEM set for LDI 2004

Details: 14 March 2016

Denmark - Martin heads to LDI in Las Vegas with an array of new products including a new digital media server and a flexible wing extension for the popular Maxxyz lighting console. New Mania series lights - new flower effects, a new promotional projector and the first scanner in the Mania series - expand this range for DJs and clubs. A new powerful, portable smoke machine will also be on display, along with a number of other lighting tools and updates - and what the company calls "a few special surprises".

The new Maxedia Digital Media Composer is designed to provide a new level of digital lighting creativity. Maxedia, which includes integrated DMX control, provides full control of both lighting and video elements and promises various advantages over other digital media servers including a maximum of 20 layers simultaneously, 3D effects with unique real-time manipulati

Wybron to distribute Super Beam 1200 in US

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Wybron, Inc. has announced its appointment as Lighting Innovation's exclusive North American distributor for the new Super Beam 1200.

Lighting Innovation has successfully distributed Wybron products in Austria for several years, resulting in a strong relationship between the two companies. Lighting Innovation's founder, Hermann Sorger, known worldwide as the main engineer behind the successful Pani projectors, said he is was very happy with the new direction the alliance is taking: "I am very excited about working together with Wybron. The Super Beam is a perfect product for the North American market, and Wybron is our perfect partner."

The newly-launched Super Beam 1200 has been heralded as 'the next generation super bright beam light'. The Super Beam 1200 uses a new Philips 80V 1200W lamp, which together with sophisticated double reflector optics, gives an un

Sunlite unveils Color Manager software at LDI

Details: 14 March 2016

France - PLASA Award-winner Sunlite is introducing its new Color Manager software at the LDI show on Booth 1341. This new tool allows designers to work with RGB or CMY fixtures with the ease of use of a drawing software package, with familiar tools such as pen, colour picker, paint bucket and copy/paste - and also features powerful wizards including images and video loading, text scrolling and more. The tool is compatible with LED device matrices as well as conventional fixtures. Color Manager will be included with Sunlite 2004 and Easy Stand Alone software from November onwards.

The Easy Stand Alone, a winner of the PLASA 2004 Awards for Innovation, will be on show in its new IP version. The Stand Alone USB-DMX interface has been a great success since it was released and the new Stand Alone Ethernet DMX 512 interface (IP version) makes it possible to work either locally or via

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