Germany - At ProLight+Sound 2013, Doughty introduced a set of new and stronger truss adaptors to its existing range, offering riggers a wider choice for theatre rigs and outdoor events.

The new adaptors are made from solid, high tensile aluminium and fit all major brands of triangular and square truss, enabling it to be lifted into place safely and securely. With a choice of three hanging sizes - 250, 500 and 1000kg - the new truss adaptors are fitted with slim line clamps. The 250kg size is available as either a fixed or a swivel version and comes ready fitted with a 28mm Euro spec spigot.

As with all Doughty branded products, the new truss adaptors are manufactured in the UK and available for immediate shipping.

The German entertainment industry is Doughty Engineering's biggest export market and continues to grow year on year. With seven distributors in Germany and one in

Germany - Audient challenged visitors to "discover your iDentity", as it launched its new recording interface: iD22 at this year's Musikmesse. The interface features two-in, six-out + ADAT i/o with high performance 24-bit/96kHz AD/DA converters, and professional, console-like monitor controller functionality in a compact, stylish and ergonomic desktop package. ID22's pristine mic pres and versatile feature set transforms your DAW into a world-class recording system by connecting directly to your computer, monitors and microphones with the option to expand via ADAT, says the company.

iD22 provides impressive depth and detail across all six outputs, allowing you to accurately hear a source and ensuring you make the best creative decisions when recording, mixing & mastering.

"iD22 brings together many of the things that people love about Audient into one inexpensiv

Italy / Sweden - With an over 30-year heritage of designing and manufacturing leading edge products for the worldwide entertainment market, Clay Paky has now partnered with LumenRadio to bring the CRMX technology to their product line.

After extensive testing, Clay Paky approved LumenRadio thanks to its quality and reliability. The LumenRadio Coexistence technology allows smarter use of the frequencies by continuously scanning the radio spectrum and dynamically adapting its frequency-hopping pattern to the surrounding environment. This eliminates interference and maximizes performance.

Select models of the extensive product portfolio that consists of a wide range of professional fixtures and accessories for stage and studio lighting as well as architectural applications, will now be available with integrated CRMX OEM modules.

"Partnering with LumenRadio was important fo

Germany - The introduction at ProLight+Sound 2013 of the new IPD (Intelligent Power Drive) Series from Lab.gruppen, marks a breakthrough in networked and DSP-enabled power amplifier. In an ultra-compact package, IPD Series amplifiers unite - for the first time - renowned Lab.gruppen performance and reliability with cutting-edge DSP features and surprising affordability, says the company.

Thorough inspired design, IPD Series "packs more features and greater power density into a 1U frame than found in most competitive 2U platforms". Two power configurations are available, IPD 1200 and IPD 2400, with power outputs (at 4 ohms) of two 600 W and two 1200 W, respectively. Both incorporate integrated DSP, networked monitoring and control via computer or iPad, a four-channel input matrix, fully configurable front panel controls with graphic display, analogue and AES3 inputs (wi

Germany - At Prolight+Sound Martin Professional celebrated the world premiere of no less than six new MAC Viper Family moving heads, as well as a completely new range of RUSH effect lights and the response was nothing short of fantastic, says the company.

"To have more tools to work with from the same tool set is a massive advantage," stated lighting designer and show visitor Paul Collison, who got an up close look at the newest Viper fixtures. "The Vipers are clearly a replacement workhorse and a family of fixtures that will be around for a long time." Martin product manager Peter Skytte was clearly satisfied with the response from visitors. "There was great interest from the opening bell," he said.

It was a packed house Thursday evening at Martin's Prolight + Sound party at Gibson Club where lighting industry professional's partied late into the

UK - For any installer or integrator the new ArrayCalc Version 7 offers the ability to perform acoustic simulations quickly, easily and intuitively. One can now choose from a selection of d&b point source loudspeakers, most notably the xS-Series from the White range as well as Black range Q and E-Series loudspeakers.

The sophisticated additional algorithms of Version 7 address the requirements of a d&b style simulation and planning tool for a complete installation project as well as corporate and AV rental markets. It also offers a new printout section for any of these options and simplifies the process of creating remote control workspaces via an export function into the d&b R1 Remote control software.

There will be a working display area on the d&b stand (N-A24) at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013, providing a hands-on opportunity to learn more about this latest software advance.

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Denmark - Martin Professional is targeting the installation market in a big way with the launch of an all-new, cost-effective line of effect lights - RUSH by Martin. RUSH will comprise a comprehensive range of affordable effect products with the first RUSH lights launched recently at the Prolight+Sound trade show in Frankfurt.

RUSH marks Martin's focus back onto a market they know well. Villads Thomsen, vice president of global sales at Martin, comments, "We are extremely excited about this brand new range as it again brings everything that Martin stands for to the market for installation effect lights. This is by no means new territory for us however as our roots lay in the market for effect lighting. It's a market we have great experience in.

"The response at Prolight+Sound was overwhelmingly positive. We feel the time is right to re-energize this segment and are c

Germany - Le Maitre reports a very successful Prolight+Sound, with much interest shown in the new Salamander and HazeMaster, which were launched at the exhibition.

(Jim Evans)

Germany - Optocore has expanded its series of intercom interfaces - following the development of proprietary intercom systems for various OEM partners.

The new generic X6R-FX-INTERCOM-IC444 and V3R-FX-INTERCOM-IC444 interfaces made their world debut at this month's Prolight+Sound 2013 in Frankfurt.

The nomenclature is derived from the IC444 board, which is equipped with two 37-pole connectors -one male, the other female - and provides four Line Inputs, four Line Outputs and fourGPIO. The X6R-FX can be equipped with two IC444 boards while the V3R-FX can be equipped with a single IC444 board.

These latest solutions are the result of fulfilling a custom request from Norwegian state broadcaster, NRK. On that occasion Optocore's sister company, BroaMan, populated the 4LI/4LO board with four GPIO's to enable bidirectional communication - but provided SDI enhancement, to allow came

Germany - Due to its ultra-compact footprint, light weight and some radical design inspiration, Martin Audio's new MLA Mini - which had its world premier at this month's Prolight+Sound Show in Frankfurt - will be able to share the award-winning MLA technology across a far wider range of smaller-scale portable and installed sound applications requiring the ultimate in fidelity, consistency and control, says the company.

Scalable and versatile, MLA Mini's ultra-compact size understates its output capabilities - a 12-box array will throw 35m (115ft) and deliver live music in venues of 750-1000 people.

"When we first pioneered the revolutionary MLA technology back in 2009, we always hoped that one day we would be able to make it available to mass market on a reduced footprint and without compromise," said director of sales, Simon Bull. "Due to some inspired inventio

Germany - Robe concluded its "busiest and best" Prolight+Sound exhibition to date at the Frankfurt Messe.

The action-packed four-day Robe schedule included the launch of six innovative new fixtures, a press event announcing the company's sponsorship of Czech MotoGP racing star Karel Abraham and a show-stopping lightshow on the booth that had people packing the aisles each day waiting in anticipation ... and receiving it with rounds of rapturous applause.

Says Robe's CEO Josef Valchar, "We said that last year's Frankfurt was the best ever trade show ... but this year's has surpassed, both in terms of the business completed, the interest in the new products and the general vibe - it has been incredible!"

The much-anticipated Pointe moving light was the focus of Robe's new technology launches this year - a small, very bright, multi-functional fixture which c

UK - Entertainment lighting specialist White Light returns to the Royal Armouries in Leeds this month, exhibiting at the annual PLASA Focus exhibition 30 April - 1May. Visitors will find White Light exclusive products including lighting, effects, and rigging in both show venues -on stand NA2 in New Dock Hall and on stand RA-C4 in the Royal Armouries Museum.

Stand NA2 will feature products from Arkaos, Altman, Chromlech. Interactive Technologies, James Thomas, JB Lighting, Look Solutions, and LSC Lighting. Products CITC, Coemar, Core Lighting, Galaxia Electronics, PR Lighting. Robert Juliat, and Wireless Solution will appear on stand RA-C4. White Light Sales and Hire staff will be on hand throughout the show, to answer questions and offer advice about your venue, project, or production.

Two new White Light exclusives -the CORE Lighting ColourPoint and the James Thomas Engineeri

UK - MilTec (UK) Ltd will use the PLASA Focus show to unveil their new British made speakers to the UK entertainment industry. The Blakite and Blakite TR ranges signal the beginning of a new era for the company.

David Faulkes, sales director commented, "We didn't want to spend any more money shipping boxes filled with air from China to the UK and decided to spend it on components and materials from the UK and Europe instead."

Designed at MilTec's HQ near Maidstone, Kent the new speakers will be built in the UK and will replace the highly successful TP range which has been a standard fixture in clubs, bars, schools and rental companies for the past three years.

The mid/top speakers are available in black and white and will all include pole fittings, flying points, bracket adaptors, rubber feet and a 35 degree rear slope for use as stage monitors. The subs are all ba

UK - Martin Professional invites lighting professionals to PLASA Focus Leeds to be the first in the UK to get an up-close look at the newest members of the award-winning MAC Viper Family, as well as the first fixtures in an all-new Martin product range - RUSH - light in the fast lane!

Join Martin 30 April to 1 May 1st at the Royal Armouries in Leeds where visitors can check out these latest technologies, network with industry professionals and enjoy a relaxing chat with Martin personnel at Booth N-E16.

A host of other new Martin products will also feature: MAC III series luminaires, VC series LED video, plus smoke and haze solutions.

(Jim Evans)

UK - At PLASA Focus: Leeds, nestled conveniently close to the New Dock Bar you will find the d&b audiotechnik stand at N-A24. Make yourself comfortable, come and chat, come and listen; it's what the d&b team love to do. Questions and answers, discussion and debate, fact and opinion; take your time.

A working display area showcasing the new ArrayCalc V7 will be at the stand inviting installers and integrators to learn more about the sophisticated additional algorithms of this latest software advance. Addressing the requirements of a d&b style simulation and planning tool for a complete installation project as well as corporate and AV markets ArrayCalc V7 accommodates not only line array but point source designs or a combination of both into a single hybrid system design.

Across the Piazza in the salubrious surroundings of the Bury Theatre another treat lies in store. Oran Burns

UK - RCF will be showing some of their flagship systems at this year's PLASA Focus: Leeds. The Italian manufacturer will be exhibiting products from both the RCF Commercial Audio and Installed Sound range, plus Professional Speaker Systems - in two dedicated display areas.

New in the Commercial and Installed catalogue will be the AX8042 DSP Matrix Automixer, DXT9000 Voice Alarm System and Media Series M1001 and M1201 .

The AX8042 is a versatile digital matrix mixer designed on a powerful DSP platform, with eight universal Mic/Line inputs (one of which can be set as noise detection input) and six outputs on four lines. Thanks to the available processing power, a large number of audio parameters can be set and expansion possibilities exploited.

The DXT 9000 is a fully scalable, EN-54 compliant digital voice alarm system, built on a double-ring topology, with all digital amplif

Germany - L-Acoustics showcased the 5XT ultra-compact Coaxial Enclosure and SB15m Compact Subwoofer with KIVA variable curvature line source at Prolight+Sound 2013.

The newest and smallest member of L-Acoustics XT coaxial series, the 5XT is based on a two-way passive design with a nominal impedance of 16 ohms. The compact system contains a one-inch diaphragm compression driver coaxially loaded by a five-inch low-mid frequency transducer mounted in a bass-reflex tuned enclosure.

The 5XT cabinet is made of premium-grade Baltic birch plywood to ensure maximum acoustical and mechanical integrity. A 3/8-inch microphone stand insert and two M8 inserts for the ETR5 flying bracket are integrated into the cabinet. The 5XT enclosure operates over a frequency range of 95 Hz to 20 kHz.

The coaxial transducer arrangement produces a 110-degree axi-symmetric directivity output along with a

UK - Orbital Sound reports that its portfolio of pro-audio products will be fully represented at the PLASA Focus show in Leeds, UK, on Stand RA-D14 at the Royal Armouries Museum). Among the highlights, and making its UK debut, will be the new, multi-site capable version of Clear-Com's HelixNet networked partyline intercom system.

Highlights on the Orbital Sound stand will include:

The highly successful d&b audiotechnik V-Series and T-Series compact line arrays, which have now featured in numerous club, theatre and multi-purpose venue installations. The loudspeakers are also becoming widely specified for touring productions, emphasising their flexibility and scalability in delivering consistent results across a huge range of venues.

Clear-Com and HME's extensive range of communications systems, distributed exclusively through Orbital for the UK market, and ranging from HME's

UK - Following Philips Entertainment's hugely successful exhibition at Frankfurt's Prolight+Sound 2013, its four premier brands - Showline, Vari-Lite, Selecon and Strand Lighting - will be exhibiting the latest in LED and luminaires alongside precision lighting control on stand N-C15 at PLASA Focus: Leeds.

Following its attention-grabbing world debut in Frankfurt, Philips Showline's SL NITRO 510 will be on show for the first time in the UK. An LED-based strobe, it delivers super-bright bursts of light and dynamic effects using over 1300 high-powered LEDs.

New from Philips Vari-Lite is the recently released Indy software for the VLX Wash luminaire allows for individual control of the fixture's seven 120W RGBW LED engines. This facilitates a multitude of stunning looks and original chases to be programmed on the face of the luminaire, further enhancing the creative possibilities

UK - The Avolites Media team has announced that it will be running a series of presentations on the company's multi-award winning Ai Media Server and Titan V7 software at PLASA Focus in Leeds on Tuesday 30 April and Wednesday 1 May 2013.

The sessions will provide an overview of the latest features of the Titan V7 and Ai Media Server as part of the Lighting and Video - the Integration, the Benefits, the Future presented by Avolites Media.

"We will be introducing the latest cool features, including 'AVTO MAP', making mapping tourable; 'wow factor' rotational mapping; and our totally unique 'canvas editor' feature, which brings 3D content editing tools into the Ai tool set," says Avolites Media's MD Steve Warren. "We believe that fabulous productions start with the best ingredients and Ai offers the industry's best, most efficient, high resolution codec and

UK - PLASA Focus will see the UK launch of the LEDHead Mini-Map miniature LED screen. The Mini-Map will be the first of the LEDHead range to be manufactured in the UK.

The LEDHead range has been expanded to include two pixelmap products for stage, corporate and entertainment lighting use, the Mini-Map miniature LED screen and the 3D-Pixeltube.

The Mini-Map measures 150mm x 150mm with 36x 5050 tricolour pixels. It can be used individually or in clusters to produce video and graphic effects. The Mini-Map has a steel casing, PowerCon and XLR5 connectors and is designed for touring and installation use. The PixelTube is a 3-dimensional lighting system designed to give spectacular lighting effects when the LED tubes are hung above a stage or from the ceiling in entertainment venues. Both products use DMX512 control to allow compatibility with the many DMX512 pixelmapping systems no

Germany - PR Lighting has reported an excellent response to the suite of new products, premiered on the stand of their German distributor, Focon Showtechnic at this year's Prolight+Sound Show in Frankfurt.

According to international sales director, Ernie Armas, feedback to all three new products couldn't have been more positive.

Pascal Vieregge at Focon confirmed that the PR Lighting booth had been one of the real eye-catchers - an inviting area with friendly faces and 72 XLED 336's, designed as sunstripes, dominating the backwall.

"At the same time beams appeared to come out of the heavens, crossing each other like an alien invasion - projected by the innovative PR Lighting XR-200, XR-300 and PR-5000 Beam. The booth design, by Focon's Jens Ottenhus, in combination with Gunnar Loose's intelligent programming, brought an enthusiastic response from the customers."

UK - Highlite International (Stand N-E7) will this year be launching a whole range of new products at PLASA Focus, of the back of a very successful Pro Light & Sound Show, Frankfurt.

Highlite International will be showing the New Range of LED Theatre Luminaires, The Performer Range, Including the Performer 1000 Led Fresnel (with manual focus) Performer 2000 Led Fresnel (with on-board dmx focus), Performer 600 Led Profile (with a 24 degree beam), Performer 5000 LED theatre flood (with wide electric zoom & adjustable colour temperatures).

The Showtec Expression 1800 Battery Uplighter (now with Q4 led chip RGBW & lithium battery making it much lighter at only 5.5kg in weight). The Showtec XS-6 Led Centrepiece, which incorporates six 10w led dichroic colours and nine metal gobos' in each moving head, big room filler).

Showtec will be showing some of the new COB (chip on Board) r

UK - Interspace Industries will be presenting a number of new products at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013.

The USB Bal Box provides high quality balanced audio on XLR. The unit requires no drivers for current USB devices and ensures clean audio from your system with selectable Stereo/Mono and Ground lift switching.

The USB AiO has an output stage similar to the Bal Box but includes an output level control and an input consisting of 2x XLRs with Mic/Line selection and a level control on each input. A Clip LED provides visual indication to the technician if the level is too high.

The SoundConnect is a passive audio balancing unit designed to fit in to a standard XLR fixing; ideal for wall & lecterns and has a simple connection for computers and iPads alike.

(Jim Evans)

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