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Network Lighting Design

Details: 14 March 2016

Network Lighting Design is the European distributor of Holo-Walls Holographic film products, and that was what the stand was all about, with a full range of films for walls and ceilings which are also available in floor and wall panels. New was the C-Tile, an electro-luminescent illuminated tile.

Lab Gruppen

Details: 14 March 2016

Swedish amplifier manufacturer Lab Gruppen, currently enjoying record sales, unveiled two new products at PLASA this year. The FP+ series ("the most significant product launch in the company's history") offers a real step forward in power/size and weight ratio, offering a real advantage to the touring industry, its intended market. The FP+ provides flexibility with both two- and four-channel configurations ranging from 1.5kW to 6.5kW into 2ohms. With all channels being bridgeable, the flexibility of the FP+ series provides a much greater amount of power per amp than many others on the market.

As if that wasn't enough, the company also announced the C Series, a collection of four units for the installation market. With network control, four channels, low impedance and 70/100V line level switchable outputs, the series provides output from 6.8kW with the C68:4 though to 1.6kW on

RCF

Details: 14 March 2016

As regular readers will be aware, Italian manufacturer RCF is back in some style, and this year presented the waiting PLASA massive with some of its new products, including its Forum Congress Digital Conference System. The system can be used in open discussion, automatic discussion, automatic timed discussion and managed discussion modes. The system is also interactive and can show a variety of information including voting results and the number of delegates in the booking queue. As well as the Forum Congress, the company announced that its MQ50 high efficiency Ceiling Monitor speaker is now shipping. The two-way, wide-dispersion unit is very fast to install and offers various wattage taps and voltage adjustment options.

RCF also gave the first UK showing of its TT+ high definition range. Since its launch in Frankfurt earlier in the year, RCF's R&D bods have improved the onboard

Look Solutions

Details: 14 March 2016

On the White Light stand, Look Solutions introduced the Low Fogger, a DMX-controllable vaporising fog generator that uses an adjustable CO2 cooling system for variable fog height, and offers three functions with99-step precision control.

Logic System Pro Audio

Details: 14 March 2016

Logic System Pro Audio used PLASA to present several new products to an expectant crowd. Adding to the company's existing Ethos range, the Ethos Compact Array was on show. The box, which is a fixed-angle array offering a 15° x 90° dispersion pattern, is loaded with an 8" driver and two waveguide-mounted 1" compression drivers. The box has been designed to run at 16ohms, allowing up to four boxes to be run off of one amplifier channel. The Ethos CA is also designed to be ground-stacked or flown and can be used equally well in a small theatre environment, as infills or even an AV installation. Retailing at £1195 per box and weighing in at only 13kg each, the Ethos CA could become a very cost-effective and flexible system.

Philips Optical Lamps

Details: 14 March 2016

Philips Optical Lamps presented its complete Philips FastFit range. In each of these units, the rear-load lamp base system, developed by Philips and Bender & Wirth, enables easy lamp replacement and adjustments in seconds in difficult stage conditions. The overall fixture length, including the lamp holder, can be reduced by more than 25%, say the company. Initiated by the launch of the Philips MSR Gold 1200 FastFit and Philips Hi-Brite 1200 FastFit earlier this year, the product range has been completed by Philips' MSR Gold 700 FastFit and Philips' Hi-Brite 750 FastFit. Philips FastFit lamps have made their way into fixtures by Robe, Martin, Spotlight and Futurelight.

Hall Stage

Details: 14 March 2016

Hoff Truss, available now from Hall Stage, has a full range of truss components, including a variety of load capacity self-climbing towers. Hall Stage also offers a new, lightweight plastic stage decking that is extremely strong thanks to its cellular structure.

Also available through Hall Stage is the Visual Act stage wagon control system, which has been progressed to now provide full motion control for any flying or motion system, and can interface to most systems by the application of Visual Act sensing on the drive side of any electro-mechanical system.

Also on stand was ASM lifting equipment - both chain hoists and their steel-band drive motors, the latter providing a completely stretch-free alternative to the wire winch, with the same degree of ability for precise programming of speed, acceleration/ deceleration and repeat positioning with ASM's dedicated Genesis control

Christie Digital Systems

Details: 14 March 2016

Exhibiting a range of its visual projection solutions for business, entertainment and industry, Christie Digital Systems develops purpose-built display systems whilst also offering one of the widest selections of display technologies available today.

Square One

Details: 14 March 2016

London-based scenic contractor Square One was at PLASA this year promoting the wide range of services it supplies to the live event industry including staging (design and consultancy), building and hire.

A new 3m to 6.5m wind-up stand from Mobil Tech, the Alptek 6500 conforms to TÜV, VBG C1 standards and will lift 200kg. Once the legs are slotted away for transport, a flightcase cover neatly latches to the stand's own trolley wheels and chassis, rather than the usual 'just fit the stand in a box solution' - thus eliminating at the stroke the rattle around syndrome. Neat.

Exclusive to the EU, Mobil Tech introduced LED Wall, a simple, lightweight, videowall in 672mm by 1344mm modules, which clip-together with coffin locks and weigh just 18kg each. Hanging points attach to the same coffin locks for a max load per point of 350kg. Mapping is preset by thumbwheels on the mod

LSC Lighting Systems

Details: 14 March 2016

Australian lighting control manufacturer LSC Lighting Systems unveiled its latest touring dimmer - Teko. Features include 3,000W per channel @ 230V, a full 512-channel softpatch, 80 internal memories, seven dimmer curves and remote status monitoring. LSC's Pulse Transformer Fired Dimmer (PTFD) output circuitry ensures that virtually any load can be connected - even a 5W pilot lamp - without the need for dummy loads, it also ensuresflicker-free dimming, even when running on 'dirty' power.

Also new from LSC was the UK 4RU dimmer, featuring a scrolling dot matrix LED display with bar graph indication of channel levels and simple text descriptions for all menu functions. The unit offers Normal or Advanced operating mode. Access to the DMX addressing, riggers scene, chases and dimmer curves is available with the press of a single button. Other functions, including Min and Max levels,

dB Technologies

Details: 14 March 2016

dB Technologies used this year's PLASA Show to launch the DVA (Digital Vertical Array) active, compact line array system. Designed for small- to medium-sized venues, the DVA comprises two boxes, the DVA T4 mid/high and the DVA S20 sub. Both boxes are self-powered with Class T digital amplification and provides 15° of horizontal dispersion. dB also announced the PU850 UHF wireless microphone system which provides options for handheld, lavalier, guitar and headset microphones.

Leprecon

Details: 14 March 2016

Michigan-based Leprecon featured the latest version 4 software available for their LP-X range of lighting consoles, which incorporate many user-friendly features like trackball support for pan/tilt and enhanced run time and programmer screen. Leprecon, which already has distribution in Europe and Eastern Europe, is now looking for representation in the UK . . .

ETC

Details: 14 March 2016

New from ETCis the Congo jr, which carries all the functionality of the original full-size Congo, but with a much smaller footprint. Featuring identical channel and output counts to the full-size version, Congo jr fits intoa 19" equipment rack. Operating as a fully independent main console (or as a back-up), it offers an optional Master Playback Wing, full playback capability and complete control of all masters and Direct Selects. The Master Wing can be attached either side of the console or located independently, via USB.

Wembley Loudspeakers

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14 March 2016

Wembley Loudspeakers showed their new range of HPI-8 full-range, studio quality installation speakers on their stand. The company also had an opportunity to enable potential customers to actually hear their products by providing the PA for the Gemini DJ Competition on the Sunday: "We had some great feedback from that," said Wembley's Paul MacCallum.

Protonic Software

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14 March 2016

People were cueing to get a demo of Protonic Software's Easyjob rental management system. This year, the German company was promoting what it calls "an easier way to make informed business decisions": the Easyjob Business Information Center (BIC) critically analyses data from existing Easyjob databases, allowing users to determine: profitability of projects, return on investment, cost-effectiveness of employees and freelancers, and much more. Current users include those well-known suppliers of show lighting and Guinness, Bandit Lites.

Rosco

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14 March 2016

Rosco announced a new range of gel at the show, and were keen to emphasise a new "range", not just new colours. It is called Roscolux and is new to Europe but old news to designers in Canada and America who have been using it for some 30 years. Some of the colours have roots that date back to the early gelatine range of 1910! The technology behind Roscolux is different to Rosco's E-colour range which is surface coated, Roscolux is manufactured by a process called deep-dying, where the dye penetrates the film, and as a result the gels are more resistant to fading, say the company.

Fuzion

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14 March 2016

UK pro audio distributor Fuzion showed a wide collection of gear from a wide range of manufacturers. The company, which distributes for the likes of Nexo, Littlite, Camco and Symetrix to name a few, were kept busy by a wealth of visitors to their stand.

Compulite

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14 March 2016

A new dimmer, the Compupack from Compulite on the stand of UK distributor Stagetec, is an affordable, rack-mount, 12-channel, 10A unit with its own onboard mains breaker. It has LED indicator output level, two DMX inputs plus Ethernet, RS232 for screen link and a large LCD display for patch, status etc.
Compulite's Vector Editor Wing is a control surface than can link to desk or PC through the off-line software; every part of Vector is accessible in the Wing, editor, playback fader, channel controller. Also new, the Channel Wing, especially useful in the TV market, provides access to channels and cues, and incorporates a large dimmer wheel with associated level display. Any number of these can be connected to a Vector console or the Vector PC and used as channel controllers. The wings can be set to work as a completely separate user, without interfering with the main console ope

Peavey Electronics

Details

14 March 2016

Rock monsters Peavey Electronics had two significant announcements at PLASA this year. The first, a licensing deal with EtherSound for use in the company's MediaMatrix, Architectural Acoustics and Crest Audio product ranges is something that Peavey believes will benefit its customers in a number of areas.
Secondly, the company was showing its new Versarray line array system. The mid/high box is loaded with a 12" and a 4" ribbon driver, while the subs can either be a single or double 18". The system is flexible and can be ground-stacked or flown, with its own crankable tower lift, the Vermette. This combination allows Peavey to price the system in the market substantially lower than many other manufacturers, while utilising a driver combination unseen in any other array. Rock on!

Meyer Sound

Details

14 March 2016

Meyer Sound offered the PLASA debut of the M'elodie high-power curvilinear array. Part of the MILO range of loudspeakers, it is named after the grand-daughter of company founders John and Helen Meyer. A small unit, it nevertheless offers a maximum peak output of 131dB SPL. Also shown was the new MJF-212, a self-powered stage monitor designed for use as a main vocal monitor, high-output drum or keyboard monitor, or as a side-fill monitor in small- to medium-scale systems. The company also announced the release of 1.7.0 software for the Galileo loudspeaker management system and version 1.7.0 software for the SIM 3 audio analyser. The primary focus of the updates is to provide greater integration between the Galileo system and the SIM 3 analyser, adding new interoperability capabilities.

Spectrum UK Lasers

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14 March 2016

Exclusive UK importer and wholesaler for ActorMate lasers, Spectrum UK Lasers demonstrated its extensive range of laser products and special effects. Laser products include the The Magic Box II and the Ameba II - versatile units offering a variety of effects.

ElectroVoice

Details

14 March 2016

The Phoenix range from ElectroVoice on the Telex/Shuttlesound stand sees a return to point source PA systems. Using EV's manifold technology with dual compression drivers, the Phoenix system produces the highest SPL of anything in the EV range, the company reports - 141dB peak from the Sub, 139dB from the top box.
X-Line E, the ultra-compact version of EV's line array range, contains a single 8" and 1" as used in the X-Line D, and has its own dedicated 2 x 12" sub. The sub is designed to be flown behind the mid/high line array from its own hanging frame; the two elements then connect to a master beam above which allows correct angling of the more critical mid/high line.
Also on show the new TG-7 range of remote control, network compatible, high-power switch mode amps just 2U high; And NetMax N8000, a 32-channel DSP in blocks of 8 in/8 out, CobraNet and Ir

Rat Music

Details

14 March 2016

Rat Music showed its Strada range of lightweight staging systems in amongst its other more traditional stands. The Strada range has unique features including a quick and reliable locking mechanism and solid handrails that can be placed anywhere along the side of the stage block. Manufactured in two types, either lightweight or extra strength, with an 18mm plywood top, Strada is capable of dealing with most types of staging requirements.

Whotz Hot

Details

14 March 2016

Whotz Hot were exhibiting at their third PLASA Show, demonstrating their Super Wrench, a replacement for the ubiquitous adjustable spanner, developed by farmers in New Zealand. Available in five different sizes and capable of turning over 1,000 different types of fitting, the Super Wrench can replace approximately £600 worth of tools with four wrenches.

Rubber Box

Sonoss

Elcom Srl

Shock Solutions

Acustica Beyma

Amelia NV

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