Lighting

Tomcat, 4 Wall and TPUS party

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Tomcat, 4 Wall and TPUS are holding an industry party on Friday, October 20, 2006. The party begins at 7pm at 4 Wall Entertainment Las Vegas - where there will be food, drinks, swag and a DJ.

The Swinging Johnsons will take the stage from 10pm - midnight. Band members include: Bruce Jordahl of Total Production US, Tommy Hall of Vari Lite, Robert Mokry of Light Parts and Scott Church of Selecon.

Visit booth #271 at LDI for more details.

(Chris Henry)

Northern Light assists the Young Vic

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Northern Light was responsible for the complete production lighting and sound and communications at London's legendary Young Vic - which is due to reopen on 11 October following a major renovation managed by architects Haworth Tompkins.

After winning the tender to provide their expertise in ensuring that the technical aspects of the production lighting and sound were installed to the highest standards possible, Northern Light went on site in January 2006.

In addition to the efforts of Northern Light's drawing office, project management and technical staff, the company's manufacturing division had a tough challenge to face on this project. Due to the performance space and very nature of the Young Vic's artistic direction, Northern Light was called upon to custom make various aspects of the technical requirements.

Simon Cooper, head of projects at Northern Light, said: &q

Color Kinetics

Details: 14 March 2016

Color Kinetics was very much entertainment focused this year. Popular product Colorblast has been given a rubber coat, XLR connection, changeable lenses and a C-Clamp for ease of rigging, making it more robust for the touring market. CK also introduced a prototype UV LED fixture - ironic given that one of LED fixtures' USPs is they output no UV! The fixture, however, was impressively effective. Finally, CK's Flexstring, with individually addressable nodes, now comes in white.

Capture

Details: 14 March 2016

Capture showcased its real-time, low-res take on the WYSIWYG lighting visualiser. It's great for working out ideas with a designer or band on the fly, has no annual fee, and encourages on-line feedback via forums on its website.It can either be run on a computer or through a variety of lighting consoles from manufacturers including Avolites.

G-LEC

Details: 14 March 2016

G-LEC's Tube - a walk-through LED system - comprises free-hanging transparent tubes that can be of differing lengths up to 6m, and with no limit on the system's width. New control software provides the capability of graphics on up to four planes, from any DMX512, MIDI or SMPTE source as well as standard video input. Individual tubes can be curved around an object to a radius of 75cm.

Introduced at PLASA was G-LEC's new fibre-optic-based data transfer technology, 100 times faster than existing copper wire cabling. This technology, plus upgraded software, has been integrated into the company's PhantomFrame system, the new system being called G-LEC Phantom II.

Lighting Effects Distribution (LED)

Details: 14 March 2016

Lighting Effects Distribution (LED) enjoyed a successful PLASA showcasing the Ayrton DreamPanel - an innovative 50x50cm modular video-tile designed for screen-floor, wall and ceiling applications. Comprising RGB LEDs with a viewing angle of 170° they feature a pixel resolution of 16x16 with 256 pixels per tile and an image resolution of 800x600 pixels. The DreamPanel controller is compatible with all media servers with DVI Output.

Lasertec Showlaser

Details: 14 March 2016

Lasertec Showlaser from Germany is both a manufacturer and rental operation. They illustrated their DPSS 532 nm range of lasers from 1-10W, and their larger system - the Antaris - of air and water cooled units up to 20W, plus their smaller Nexus 1-3W RGB system. They also offer control and bespoke systems.

Le Maitre

Details: 14 March 2016

Le Maitre again provided an exciting distraction from the main floor with its Pyro demos up on Level Two.New products included the Multi Venue System Hazer - using Le Maitre's patented system. Features comprise variable high output haze - whisper to >80cc/hr, twin variable high-output haze projection fans and 90° electronically variable haze output direction.

Procon

Details: 14 March 2016

Though they declined to make any statement, Procon still chose to take a stand at PLASA where they took advantage of the opportunity to make direct contact with their many clients who visit the show.

Spotlight

Details: 14 March 2016

Spotlight was sporting various new products including the Spotlight SL3 ultra-compact motorised LED spot, aimed at architectural and entertainment applications. The fixture offers high-power 3W LED with flicker-free dimming. Also highlighted was the Spotlight Figura 250 CST - a professional profile spot for 250W CST ceramic long-life discharge lamps.

Infinium

Details: 14 March 2016

Infinium has produced a low-cost, long-life contact-free fader for DJ mixers, lighting consoles and other devices. It's smooth, noise-free and has a lifespan of over five million cycles, the company says. The 'feel' can be adjusted according to user tacticity requirements, without dismantling the device, via a magnetic system.

Chromlech

Details: 14 March 2016

Exhibiting for the first time, Chromlech debuted the modular JA121 Jarag - a powerful, integrated, DMX-ready lighting system featuring 25 individually controlled PAR 20 lamps in a grid layout, and the more recent JA221, featuring 25 PAR 30 lamps. Both offer a colour pallet from amber to white. Jarag interfaces directly with conventional consoles and the integrated control allows for individual manipulation of each lamp in terms of intensity and fade-time. The unit can stand-alone (with 256 pre-programmed sequences) or be DMX-controlled through a matrix. Users can also run complex visuals through the units using a media server. The company is presently looking for UK and European distributors.

ETC UK

Details: 14 March 2016

OnlyView software is just four months old, so this was its first appearance in the UK on the stand of large-format projection specialist, ETC UK. Designed for multi-screen control, OnlyView provides the ability to tracka projected image accurately through other projected images - using a positional encoder on the moving target, rather than have to time and block a cue (never a perfect science). Linked by Cat 5 or Wi-Fi, this is ideal for dancers wanting to use multi-media to enhance performance. Sounds simple, is immensely complex and powerful.

Clay Paky

Details: 14 March 2016

Gracing the Innovation Gallery as nominees for this year's Awards for Innovation, were three new products from Italian lighting specialist Clay Paky. The Alpha Wash 1200 has been with us since March '06; featuring a zoom of 11°-55°, it is also the most powerful Washlight in the Alpha family. The Alpha Profile 1200 has only just gone into production; replacing the Stage Profile Plus, it is substantially smaller and lighter but with the same feature set. The Alpha Wash Halo 1200 has all the features of the Wash 1200 with a Halogen bulb for even greater brightness, though at the expense of the zoom parameters (14° - 64°). All three lamps are significantly quieter, and come in SV - 'silent versions'.

Artistic Licence

Details: 14 March 2016

Prolific as ever, Artistic Licence launched four new products: The Pixi-Stream - a media server capable of processing eight layers over 20,000 channels with 3D effects; the Candle-Power CP3-12 - a DIN rail-mounting dimmer for high-power Lumileds and Lamina-style LEDs; 'The Mother Of All Products' (MOAP) - a modular control and distribution system comprising a wide range of plug-in modules (up to 10) which allows for bespoke configuration and finally, Hi-Res - a transparent, flexible, modular light wall with 64 pixels per square metre.

Ben-Ri Electronic

Details: 14 March 2016

Ben-Ri Electronica demo'd its new range of LT-Light Hydra Light consoles, plus its new hand-held remote control system which offers a wireless Ethernet version running on a PDA. Licensed for Capture 3D stage lighting design tool, Hydra Light comprises three main lines - Spirit, Sky and Space.

Dialight Lumidrives

Details: 14 March 2016

Exhibiting for the first time, Dialight Lumidrives launched some major new products including the Colourdriver XP. This innovative four-channel driver offers a range of benefits including a wider choice of colour combinations and a selection of 350mA to 1Amp output. Other products launched include the newly updated and improved HL11 and HL16 (high light output) modules - alternatives to the MR11 and MR16 bulbs.

Flying Pig Systems

Details: 14 March 2016

Networking is now a seamless match between all three-console models from Flying Pig Systems, Wholehog3, Hog iPC, and Hog 3PC can be mixed and matched. The prototype Expansion wing shown at last year's PLASA show is now in full production; and there is a new custom keyboard for the Hog 3PC with fully labelled and coloured buttons, making access to all the keyboard shortcuts that much easier to find.

Highlight International

Details: 14 March 2016

Highlight International's diverse range spans over 6,000 products, but at PLASA this year the stand majored on the new Dark Shade range of DJ mixers and amps and the new Xcaliber range of cables and adapters. The latter come with a lifetime warranty, which is attractive for installation work. Highlight was also buzzing with the news that they have just sealed the deal to be the exclusive UK distributor for Antari smoke machines and effects

Avolites

Details: 14 March 2016

Aside from picking up an Innovation Awards for its new m-DMX (DMX over mains) system, Avolites also unveiled its Pearl Expert, which boasts even more submasters and flash buttons. Powered by an Intel Core Duo Processor, it offers exceptionally high-speed button response, a total of 20 submasters and new Add and Swop buttons on the top row of faders, allowing easy placement of fixtures and dimmers on all 60 preset faders. The new 'Colour Picker' gives instant control of CMY and colour mix devices and a new 'Split Roller' separates the 20 sub-masters into two banks of 10 allowing for live mix and match of memories.

Steinigke Showtechnic GmbH

Details: 14 March 2016

Steinigke Showtechnic GmbH were having "a very successful show" thanks to their Futurelight PHS-265 (spot) and PHW-265 (wash) wireless DMX fixtures. These moving heads have an integral wireless receiver, and can also be operated in stand-alone master/slave modes or be sound-controlled via a built-in microphone.

Nemetschek North America

Details: 14 March 2016

Nemetschek North America - developer of VectorWorks Spotlight entertainment and lighting-design software - was demonstrating its latest version. The company say the software makes it easy to draft lighting plots, create stunning set designs, automate paperwork and visualise design concepts in 3D . . .

Batmink

Details: 14 March 2016

PLASA stalwarts Batmink revealed eight new products, heavily LED-based, including an LED PAR containing 24 x 1W LEDs and the similar PARlight fixture, a heavier-duty and more industrial version of the fixture suitable for installs. Batmink also showed the new RGB colour changing version of their Neon Flux product, which is reckoned to be among the smoothest on the market. It comes with its own DMX controller, or can run stand-alone.

LDR

Details: 14 March 2016

Italian lighting manufacturer LDR had an impressive presence at PLASA this year, alongside UK distributor Lightfactor, and showed two new products. Soffio, a pole-operated Fresnel, comes in two versions: F150 - a 150W cdm, and F1200 - a 1200W halogen source. For the top-of-the-range Canto 2000 followspot comes the addition of a remote control colour change fitting. Designed to operate up to eight of LDR's own range of Xpress colour scrollers this is a handy tool for producing snappy colour cues.

LDR's Fabiano Besio told us: "The PLASA show is recognised as the leading show in the lighting business. At the 2006 edition we've seen a great response and attention to LDR products, especially for our Fresnel theatre range."

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