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14 March 2016

Working with Roland Hemming and the team from RH Consulting, Andy Cooper - manager of the Yamaha Commercial Audio Support Centre Europe - will be co-presenting seminars on the first two days of the show. The presentations will feature a range of Yamaha digital audio equipment, including DME64N digital mixing engines, MSP series active loudspeakers and MY series interfaces.

The Ultimate Network Shootout is presented at 16.00 on Sunday 6 and 13.30 on Monday 7 October. Cooper will assist in demonstrating a number of different audio networks including Dante - the core networking technology of Yamaha's CL series digital mixing conso

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In conjunction with its UK distributor Sound Network, DPA will highlight the breadth and depth of its live sound microphone range, which now caters for every eventuality and offers something for everyone.

"Regardless of whether you are recording or amplifying, we now have a microphone for every live miking situation," says DPA's CEO Christian Poulsen. "The launch of the d:facto II Vocal Microphone was a major step forward for DPA as it meant we could finally offer vocalists DPA's renowned audio quality in a beautifully designed, hand-held wired or wireless unit. In addition, we also have our innovative d:vote 4099 Instrument Microphones and our lightweight, easy to wear d:f

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The team invites visitors to join them for a drink and a chat at the bar on the stand, where you can find out more about their products and services that cover staging equipment rental, set design and construction, automation and production rehearsals.

Stage, set, automation and studio company LS-Live in Wakefield is an industry leader in the entertainment sector, having worked with the likes of Jay-Z, Dizzee Rascal, Kasabian, Tinie Tempah, The Stone Roses, The BBC, ITV, Monster Energy and The Olympic Torch Relay, to name a few.

(Jim Evans)

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For the first time at PLASA, LSC will be showing a Clarity LX900 console. The flagship of the family, the LX900 was first released in December 2012 and many venues across the world have already installed these units. All LX consoles operate on Clarity software which was first released in 2009 for PC and Mac and the LX900 on show will be running version 2 of this software demonstrating all its new features. Also on the booth will be the other members of the family namely the LX300 and LX600 as well as the software versions of Clarity and wings.

In acknowledgement of the changing demands of the marketplace, LSC is releasing a new intelligent power distribution unit called APS that is designed to remove the problems

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The super-fast GIS 250kg BGV-C1 39m/min hoist when integrated with Kinesys' EVO drive, including a SIL3 E-Stop system, is one of the fastest and safest currently on the market, reaching new levels of sophistication and integrity.

The integration of the

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The AudioLab Arena, AudioLab Theatre and AudioLab Interactive, unveiled earlier this year, offer free educational sessions, demonstrations and interactive experiments giving visitors a glimpse of the technology behind the world's most spectacular live shows and venues.

"The PLASA show is a great opportunity to meet so many audio and lighting professionals under one roof. The exciting new AudioLab Arena offers a new demo and product selection experience, which we expect to be second to none. It gives users the chance to compare the latest technology in an innovative and engaging environment, which we full

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Each day visitors to Stand M11 will have the chance to win a used, full size 'Skill Stop' gaming machine. Visitors will be invited to test their skill against the machine. On each of the four days of the show, the first Jackpot winner will win their very own used replica.

Marketing director Keith Dale commented, "This competition fits in perfectly with our marketing campaign of companies not gambling when buying and selling their pre-owned gear. It should also be a bit of fun."

GearSource Europe Limited, founded in 2005, markets and sells used equipment to the audio, lighting, video and staging sectors of the entertainment industry throughout the UK, Europe, Middle Eas

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PSCo will be offering PLASA visitors an exclusive preview of the new 1.9mm, 2.5mm and 3.75mm LED displays in an enclosed viewing area on the stand. PSCo is the only UK Company able to offer these products, with the 1.9mm and 3.75mm available now for live events from PSCo Rental and the 1.9mm, 2.5mm and 3.75mm exclusively available from PSCo Technical Distribution for permanent installations.

After showcasing at PLAS

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The West London based company - which delivers cutting-edge visuals technology to some of the UK's biggest shows including X Factor, Million Pound Drop, Britain's Got Talent, and many events, conferences and award shows - is working closely with Avolites Media to offer the industry powerful solutions to push the boundaries of on-screen displays.

"Having looked at the marketplace we wanted to select a media server that would be user friendly and at the same time have plenty of future capabilities," says Anna Valley's Shaun Wilton. "The extended features combined with a familiar user interface were a great fit."

The Ai Infinity features an incredible 8 Full HD outpu

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The conference's keynote speech will be given by one of the rigging industry's leading and longest-serving practitioners, Robin Elias of Unusual Rigging, whose light-hearted account of his long career will act as a vehicle to illustrate the challenges and rewards of working as a rigger. Then Cristiano Giavedoni at Kinesys Projects explores control systems and the operation of automated scenic movement, examining ways of achieving a safe environment without over-engineering systems.

Codes of Practice - The Next Steps, presented by Lori Rubinstein, Director of Skills a

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The stand will showcase the many marques which AC-ET distributes exclusively in the UK, as well as other leading brands the company is an authorised reseller for.

AC-ET's Lighting Division

From AC-ET's Lighting division, the stand will showcase their diverse portfolio of LED lighting solutions, including an exclusive unveiling of the new LED lighting family from Vision™ alongside the latest offerings from Chroma-Q®, PixelRange, Spotlight, SGM, Philips Selecon and Mole Richardson. The Vision range also provides sole stand illuminati

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PLASA London is supported by Platinum Sponsor Robe Lighting, Gold Sponsor Martin Professional and Silver Sponsor Clay Paky.

Chris Toulmin, Head of Events, PLASA London 2013, said: "Our move to ExCeL has given us and our exhibitors the scope to truly get bigger, brighter and louder. We are very proud to unveil the AudioLab feature which brings the latest a

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The new Pharos EXT is mains-powered and provides local DMX and DALI output for the TPC, as well as other hardware interfaces for triggering, creating a standalone lighting control system without the need for a separate power supply or network switch. The Pharos TPC is a powerful lighting controller with an integrated, customisable touch screen - combined with the EXT, it can now be used for DMX and DALI installations without any Ethernet infrastructure.

The EXT comes with all the usual benefits of a Pharos product - free Designer software, free technical support and a 5 year warranty.

Visit Pharos Architectural Controls at PLASA on stand K60

(Claire Beeson)

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Three products in the White Light Zone will be featured in this year's PLASA Awards for Innovation: the Altman Phoenix LED profile and UV Spectra Cyc fixtures, as well as the JB Lighting Sparx7 LED wash fixture.

The White Light Distribution family of products can be found within the White L

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CT's latest innovation is a full colour, high brightness, super lightweight 10mm LED display weighing a mere 11kg per m2. At less than half the weight of previous comparable systems the G10 offers massive advantages in terms of production opportunities and reduced freight costs, says the company. The extraordinary weight saving means a native resolution HD screen measuring 207 m2 can be built weighing only 2.3 tonnes. Alternatively typical on stage effects and Imag screens for touring applications of 5x3m (16x9') will weigh less than 225kg(500lbs). Screens can now be tracked, rotated and flipped using simpler rigging and mechanics, greatly reducing production costs and increasing impact.

The light weight and low volume design has similar advantages i

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Peter Heath, Sales and Marketing Director for RSG UK will present a business seminar in Seminar Theatre 1 on Monday 7th at 5.00pm entitled 'Maximising Sales Efforts'. This is a session aimed at sales people/managers about the benefits of pro-active calling and selling. It will also look at building and managing sales pipelines; digital contact versus telephone contac

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Stock of this essential book - the first new edition in five years and now including material previously containedin the Model National Standard Conditions for Places of Entertainment - can be found on the ABTT's Stand,A53, at ExCeL London, from this Sunday 6 October, at a reduced rate, held for all four days of the show.

Edited by David Adams and published by the Association of British Theatre Technicians, the Chartered Instituteof Environmental Health, the District Surveyors Association and the Institute of Licensing, the book sets out thephysical standards for buildings, their equipment and the good management of the premises so as t

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Products will include all those launched at Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt in April - The Pointe, MiniMe, CycFx 8, Cyclone and MMX Blade - highlighting some brand new concepts - all embracing Robe's smaller-lighter-brighter and more eco-friendly philosophies.

Newly launched at PLASA is the Parfect, a tough PAR-can styled plastic housing featuring Robe's LEDBeam 100 lightsource.

The Robe Parfect, is an LED source ACL beam at an affordable price that is made in Europe. This unit is a static version of the massively successful LedBeam 100 and retains all the key features of this, including both CMY & RGBW colour control, tungsten emulation, Zone Fx, selectable & variable colour temperatures ... and the really powerful, punchy 7° beam.

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Applying Flare Audio's theory of Waveform Integrity, Flare Audio has revolutionised bass enclosures with the release of SB21, SB18 and SB12. These compact enclosures (less than half the size of typical 21", 18" and 12" sealed design bass loudspeakers) deliver clear strong bass over the driver's full frequency range without false enhancement.

The SB21C features a 21" 1400w driver in a 600mm x 600mm x 300mm 42kg enclosure, the SB18C houses an 18" 1200w driver in a 513mm x 513mm x 261mm 23.5kg enclosure and the SB12C, a 12" 900w driver in a 374mm x 374mm x 178mm enclosure.

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The company's highly experienced Project Managers can handle all aspects of a project and have a diverse portfolio of previous client examples ranging from theatres to nightclubs and bars, restaurants, schools, houses of worship, cruise ships and live performance venues.

With access to over 200 leading brands, ACSP can cater for any size of installation from a simple six circuit lighting bar with dimming and control, to a full blown multi-media theatre system.

Staff will be happy to discuss the company's full

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Jands UK dealer, A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. (PLASA stand P41) will showcase models from the Vista hardware range, including the new Vista D1 playback processor. When connected to any host console from the Vista family, each D1 allows control of an additional 8192 DMX channels to help cope with the increasing channel counts being used in today's designs.

Jands will also showcase new features for their award-winning Stage CL conso

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The company's PLASA stand (P60) will feature models from the Color Force, Studio Force and Inspire ranges illuminating various surfaces, to demonstrate the LED products' colour accuracy and consistency, and precise theatrical grade dimming - features which together are designed to deliver the highest performance levels from a lighting instrument, says the company.

Making its PLASA London debut is the award-winning Inspire LED house light, a powerful multi-purpose creative lighting tool that can transform the look and feel of both large performance spaces and smaller commercial,

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14 March 2016

Stock of this essential book - the first new edition in five years and now including material previously contained in the Model National Standard Conditions for Places of Entertainment - can be found on the ABTT's Stand, A53, at ExCeL London, from this Sunday 6 October, at a reduced rate, held for all four days of the show.

Edited by David Adams and published by the Association of British Theatre Technicians, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the District Surveyors Association and the Institute of Licensing, the book sets out the physical standards for buildings, their equipment and the good management of th

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Plus ETC introduces the ETC PLASA Lounge and Power and data requirements PLASA seminar.

Fixtures:

Key to this year's ETC stand is company's newest and most innovative LED lighting fixtures - the Source Four LED CYC and the Desire D22.

Above the stand is a large 7m x 3m cyclorama, lit with ETC Source Four LED CYC, using the Lustr+ LED engine. One side of the cyclorama is a painted theatrical cloth to show the versatility and efficacy of the Lustr+ seven colour mixing system, highlighting colours as