Staff from the company's dedicated Lighting sales division - which supplies any aspect of your stage, theatre, or architectural lighting system - will be present to demonstrate the latest lighting solutions from brands including Chroma-Q, Jands, ProLights, Spotlight, LumenRadio, Luminex and Tourflex Cabling, amongst others.
The company's dedicated Film & TV sales division - which offers a comprehensive one-stop inventory of lighting, control and grip solutions for film, television, studio and location applications - will showcase the latest solutions from Chroma-Q, Fiilex, Mole-Richardson, Manfrotto & Avenger, and LumenRadio.
Tourflex Cabling (stand F30), AC-ET's in-house added-value service, understands just how critical cables and connections are to the entertainment industry. Last year alone they made over 100,000 cable assemblies, including more than half a million metres of exceptional quality cabling - a command performance by any standards. They carry a vast range of cables, including data, mains, audio, video, multicore, and a choice of industry standard connectors. They keep large volumes of popular cable types in stock at their warehouses in High Wycombe and Leeds - available for rapid delivery - and utilise technicians who have the expertise to make and personalise all your cables for you.
Chroma-Q (stand F20) will stage the European launch of their next generation Color Force II range. Nominated for the PLASA Awards for Innovation, and using the very latest fully homogenised optics, the Color Force II fixtures' output is a single, clean and pure beam of light, delivering a superior colour blend with no unsightly colour mixing shadows. In addition, the models deliver at least 50% more output than their predecessors. Other highlights on display include the recently launched, award-winning Space Force LED - a modern replacement for conventional space lights or soft light sources commonly used in film and TV studios around the world. The Space Force benefits from cool running, energy efficiency, lightweight design and minimum maintenance. Also showing is the award-winning Chroma-Q Inspire range, which provides a high quality white light that also allows full colour-changing - all in a single fixture.
Also featured, and providing control for all lighting fixtures showcased across the AC-ET Zone, is the Jands (stand D20) product family. Catch a demo of the award-winning Jands Vista range, which is designed to provide leading edge lighting & media control. With a system to suit almost any scale of show or budget, Vista enables all users to enjoy the same powerful yet simple control as the world's leading designers and international touring productions - to get the most from whatever mix of technology they have, whether dimmers, moving lights, LED or media. Offering the simplicity to work fast, with the power to control the finest details, Vista lets everyone focus on creating a great looking show rather than on programming a desk. Also on display will be the multi award-winning Stage CL. The operator-friendly console allows you to bring your LEDs to life and produce stunning shows, all with very little training. The intuitive manual controls are easy to learn and use, even with no previous lighting experience.
The ProLights (stand D30) ArenaCOB4 IP65 LED blinder family were a key element of Paul Normandale's stunning design for Coldplay's recent Head Full of Dreams tour (see LSi's September issue for a full production report). These fixtures, along with many others, are featured. In addition to a selection of architectural and theatrical fixtures taken from the extensive Prolights range, other products to note include the new StudioCOB PLUS - the ultimate workhorse LED PAR; Luma 1500 - the ideal replacement for a 1200W discharge moving profile; and the STARK1000CC - an innovative new LED wash light featuring 19 x 40W Osram LEDs.
The Prolights range is being developed in response to the feedback of some of the world's leading designers. The philosophy is to provide "workhorse" products with the performance that users demand and deserve at a price that means they can deliver their creative concepts on budget".
Also in the lighting area, Spotlight (stand E30) produce a wide range of LED and conventional products, and offer custom solutions to meet specific customer requirements. The GreenLine LED range includes Fresnels, PCs, profiles, followspots and cycs, ranging from 3W to 450W in warm, natural, cool or tunable white as well as RGBW. All the fixtures can be supplied either as manual focus, pole operated or DMX remote controlled versions.
Luminex (stand E30) will showcase their data distribution equipment for professional AV solutions. Their Ethernet switches, Ethernet to DMX converters and DMX splitters enable installers and integrators to setup an entire light, audio and video solution without any IT knowledge. All Luminex devices are designed and pre-configured for various AV applications, offer a true plug&play convenience and are recommended by many leading manufacturers.
Featuring award-winning innovation and ground breaking technology, the LumenRadio (stand E30) Wireless DMX and RDM products have been developed to guarantee reliability even in the most technically challenging scenarios. LumenRadio's innovative CRMX technology continuously scans the wireless frequencies, detecting activity from other networks and where gaps are available. The radio modules 'hop' into these available frequencies, making best use of the available space whilst reducing the effects on other networks.
AC-ET's dedicated Audio sales division (stand E30) will provide hands-on demonstrations of Allen & Heath's Qu series digital mixers, plus the Yamaha QL series. The RCF Evox 8 compact PA system will also be on show along with wireless mic solutions from Shure and Sennheiser. Other brands available from the division include Nexo, Midas, Audio-Technica, Luminex, Martin Audio, Soundcraft, JBL, BSS, Apart, Denon and many more. The division will also exclusively showcase the D.A.D - Dynamic Audio Device (stand F30) Touring Power and Fusion series of attractive, affordable speakers offering a professional performance. The extensive and versatile range can fit into any installation or live sound project with ease, and includes both passive and active point source loudspeakers, medium and large size modular and scaleable line-array systems, power amplifiers and accessories.
AC-ET's dedicated Rigging sales division (stand E30) will be showing the latest electric chain hoists range, including the new Lodestar IP66-rated enclosures and adjustable clutch units, from Columbus McKinnon Entertainment Technology (CM-ET) - the industry leader in providing quality lifting and positioning equipment for riggers around the globe. Lodestar is an industry standard range recognised worldwide and synonymous with quality, reliability and durability. This year's display of the BroadWeigh wireless load monitoring system will showcase the power of the Log100 software, which offers real-time load monitoring and has many additional features - including the ability to view loads on any other Wifi-enabled device. Truss and staging systems on show will include the new Prolyte Verto truss and industry standard LiteDeck systems, as well as new developments from Litec. Also on display will be Out Board Electronics' high quality, low voltage and direct voltage chain hoist controllers with a selection of digital handset remotes.
From their portfolio of leading brands, AC-ET's dedicated Video sales division (stand E30) will showcase the very latest V4 software version for the Green Hippo Hippotizer media servers range - including a demo of the innovative SHAPE 3D mapping engine feature. Utilising re-designed hardware, additional outputs and an abundance of new software functionality, V4 completely changes the media server landscape. Models from the ProLights AlphaPix range of high resolution, modular LED displays will be showcased. The lineup includes the popular aPix3 3.9mm, and the aPix2 2.97mm pixel pitch LED screens. Also available in the aPix range are the indoor 6.2mm, and the outdoor 6.6mm pixel pitch LED screens. Also featured is the award-winning Just Add Power HDMI over IP platform - a scalable, ethernet based video distribution system designed for any size of project, and the mHub range from HDanywhere, which allows users to watch and control HDMI entertainment devices, set top boxes, and media streaming services on every display in a building. Other brands showcased include the Draper FocalPoint range of modular projection surfaces, and Christie Digital, whose broad range of technologies include laser phosphor, DLP Cinema®, LCD and DLP projectors, amongst others.
AC-ET sister company, A.C. Special Projects Ltd. (stand D20) provides bespoke integrated lighting, audio and AV equipment solutions and installations to the performance and architectural sectors - including theatre, education and drama, commercial, retail and leisure, houses of worship, cruise ships, restaurants, nightclubs, bars and other live performance venues. The company has extensive knowledge and experience, as well as access to sister company, A.C. Entertainment Technologies' vast stockholding of leading brands. As a result, it can act as a single source equipment supplier, and handle all aspects of your project, from the initial design concept through to the finished installation and after-sales support. www.acspecialprojects.com
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