USA - Clay Paky will be featuring a number of new releases and product developments at LDI in Las Vegas later this month.

A.leda B-EYE, winner of the 2013 Plasa Award for Innovation offers versatility and spectacular effects. Says the company, "A.leda B-EYE is versatile because it can be used in many di-verse ways, even within the same project. In fact this fixture is, simultaneously, a state-of-the-art LED wash-light, an amazing 'beam-light' and a projector for totally unseen, stunning graphic effects."

A.Leda B-EYE is a wash-light, generating beautiful colours and featuring an impressive, wide 6° to 70° beam aperture. The zoom however can be closed even further, down to as little as 4 degrees thus switching the light from a wash diffusion into a narrow and parallel beam. In this operating mode B-EYE becomes a 'beam-light, whose beam consists of an array of

Australia - In acknowledgement of the changing demands of the marketplace, LSC has announced the release of its new intelligent power distribution unit called APS (Advanced Power System).

APS has been designed to remove the problems caused by the large in-rush and earth-leakage currents common with modern switch-mode power supplies found in audio amplifiers, intelligent lights, video-walls and LED fixtures, resulting in unwanted breaker trips.

Equally at home in the lighting, sound and video markets, for portable or permanent installation, APS solves these issues by controlled application of power to its output circuits. To further enhance its usefulness, APS also offers power monitoring of voltage and current and frequency which can be displayed both locally and remotely.

Control is via the detection of any DMX512 signal, manually via the front panel LCD or remotely via RDM

UK - Harvard Engineering has announced the launch of EyeNut, a new wireless indoor lighting control solution.

The system, which is officially being launched at LuxLive at Earl's Court on 20-21 November, is set to revolutionise indoor lighting, as for the first time, users will be able to completely configure, control and monitor their own indoor lighting, says the company.

With EyeNut users can implement appropriate indoor lighting strategies to suit the activities taking place in specific areas of a building or across multiple-buildings or sites, as well as to save energy and cut carbon emissions, through the solution's intuitive graphic user interface (GUI).

Russell Fletcher, sales and marketing director at Harvard Engineering, commented, "The launch of EyeNut is a significant milestone for Harvard. EyeNut is a market leading and innovative solution providing opportun

UK - Artistic Licence is gearing up for an exciting LuxLive 2013 (stand B12) at Earls Court later this month. Particular emphasis will be given to two very active areas in the company's product portfolio. The first of these focuses on products designed to solve the installation dilemmas that are becoming increasingly prevalent in the DALI/DMX crossover market. The other highlights the key dimming products in the Artistic Licence range.

DALI is the workhorse of commercial lighting, but in recent years has broadened its reach into the architectural arena. However, feature lighting and special effects are usually controlled using DMX, long the protocol of choice for the entertainment industry. This has left many in the middle ground, often with a need to use DALI and DMX interchangeably. But the integration of the two approaches can be problematic, not least because the protocols o

UK - MilTec (UK) Ltd showed two new additions to their British built Blakite speaker range at PLASA London 2013.

The SM12 stage monitor is sloped at 30 degrees and is loaded with a dual concentric driver, featuring a 12" woofer and 2.5" compression driver. Power handling is 500W RMS, sensitivity is 98dB (1W 1m) and max SPL is 126dB. With a footprint of just 415mm square, the SM12 allows top quality performance on small stages, with the capacity to deliver on a much larger scale.

The compact TP6 full range cabinet is designed to mount into corner spaces in bars, restaurants etc but also to work with a 12" sub on small conferences. Rated at 125W, the TP6 is fitted with a 6" woofer and 1" compression driver to give clear, crisp detail, even at low volumes.

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UK - Green Hippo has introduced a new member to the award winning Hippotizer media server range. Rackoon is a power-packed addition to the Hippotizer server range. This little 1U rackmount rascal gives six layers of full 1080p HD playback in a shake of the tail, says the company.

Boasting all the usual features of Hippotizer's award winning software, Rackoon integrates with all other Green Hippo servers seamlessly - "A loveable and helpful little beast delivering a level of functionality to belie its diminutive stature".

And there's a reason this little fella has a twinkle in his eye. With an unrestricted output resolution, full HippoNet compatibility and all the software usability of its bigger relatives you can forgive that cheeky look.

"Bouncing with feature after feature, Rackoon would be considered pesky were he not so useful. Feed him media and he'll rew

UK - LCA - Lights, Camera, Action Ltd - a one stop shop offering a wide range of film, television and broadcast lighting equipment, accessories & consumables, will be showcasing the very latest technology solutions from their extensive portfolio of exclusive and other leading brands, at BVE North 2013, Manchester Central (stand C20 - C10).

As the exclusive European distributor for Filmgear, LCA will demonstrate their PowerLED 160 & 240, LED Fresnel 150 & 250, and Filmgear 1.8kW PAR HMI kit lighting models.

The stand will feature TruColor Lighting's HS and LS remote phosphor LED lighting fixtures, which are also supplied exclusively in Europe by LCA.

From K5600, a UK exclusive - the stand will showcase for the first time at BVE North the Alpha 1600 and Joker 1600W HMI fixtures. Both models come complete with high speed 1,000Hz, flicker free ballast.

Other stand highlights i

UK - PRG has added the following products to their offering.

The GLP Impression X4 fixtures bring power, flexibility and practicality in a new breakthrough design. Behind the front lens, the X4 offers 19 RGBW LED's, each rated at 15W providing a homogenized beam with high output and individually controllable "allowing you to programme unique looks and animations".

SGM's P-5 Wash Light, IP65, low-profile fixed, rectangular, full-colour LED wash light and just 408W power consumption. Wide angle lens fitted as standard.

Philips Colorblaze TRX, versatile, feature-packed linear RGBAW LED fixture with industry-leading light output, native 10° beam angle.

MA Lighting's most powerful console, Grand MA2. Offering the control of conventional light, moving lights, LED fixtures and media from one platform.

Look Solutions Viper S, a low power and fluid consumption, but

USA - On their largest LDI exhibition stand yet (booth #1925) Le Maitre, will be displaying and demonstrating their complete product line. The line-up will also include a preview of the soon to be launched Salamander Quad Pro flame effect, as well as the launch of the much awaited HazeMaster.

The Salamander Quad Pro is the latest flame unit under development from Le Maitre, and LDI will provide the first opportunity to see the new machine prior to its launch later in Spring 2014.

The original Salamander flame effect, launched earlier this year has been a resounding success units sold across the globe and particularly in the US, where there has been a big uptake for tours and cruise ships. The Salamander Quad Pro follows on from this successful launch, extending Le Maitre's flame family offering.

The Salamander Quad Pro is a larger, more versatile system than the Salamander.

USA - Never resting on its laurels, Elation Professional has been continually making R&D advances in some of its most successful lighting products and technologies, most notably the Platinum lamp and LED categories as well as new control solutions. Now the company will be showcasing products built around these innovations at the 2013 LDI Show, held at the Las Vegas Convention Centre, 22-24 November.

As a leader in the Platinum discharge lamp category, Elation continues to innovate in this field with three new energy-efficient discharge lamp moving head fixtures. The new additions include the Platinum Profile 35 Pro, the company's first "framing shutter" high-power moving head featuring the MSR Platinum 35 lamp from Philips, which runs at 800 watts yet delivers output comparable to 1,200-watt moving head profile MSR fixtures.

Another Platinum introduction is the Plati

UK - Until now, short throw and ultra-short throw projection has typically been limited to smaller, lower brightness, fixed lens projectors used in education seminar rooms and in corporate meeting room environments. Panasonic is about to change that with the arrival of the new ET-DLE030 short throw lenses for larger format single chip DLP projectors.

With prototype models shown earlier this year at ISE 2013 and at Prolight + Sound shows, engineers in Panasonic R&D operations have since been finely crafting an impressive solution that vertically redirects light cast from projectors at a distance of just 370mm from the projector to produce a bright, perfectly symmetrical sided image directly above it. This is achieved by a cleverly designed mirror system and brings about new and exciting possibilities, unachievable with front projectors especially for applications in digital signa

USA - After a very successful PLASA Show in late October, LumenRadio now sets course for the upcoming LDI Show in Las Vegas. LumenRadio will showcase the award-winning SuperNova 3 software as well as the entire CRMX wireless product lineup in distributor TMB's LDI village - booth 1578.

SuperNova 3 had its debut at PLASA London 2013 and received intense interest from a steady stream of visitors. "We have received tons of positive feedback on the Art-Net functionality we made for SuperNova 3. We are of course very honored that SuperNova 3 won the PLASA Award for Innovation, our third Innovation award so far", explains Marcus Bengtsson, senior developer of SuperNova.

LumenRadio is also very proud of the recent announcement of the new OEM partner, SGM. The wireless CRMX technology will now be offered for all wireless enabled SGM products going forward.

"The CRMX t

USA - Community Professional Loudspeakers has expanded its Distributed Design series of ceiling, surface mount and pendant loudspeakers with the new DP8 Pendant.

Available in paintable white or black, the DP8 is a high-performance, 8-inch coaxial loudspeaker with an attractive tapered style that complements the design of modern open-architecture environments and provides highly-intelligible voice and great musical sound quality for restaurants, lounges, hotels, ballrooms, meeting rooms, retail and commercial establishments, and casinos, hotels and convention centers. With its weather-resistant enclosure, grille and components, the DP8 may also be used outdoors in covered locations, says the company.

For system designers and installers, the DP8 is ETL listed to comply with UL1480. It includes a 120-watt autoformer with easy-access tap switch for 70-volt/100-volt distributed sys

USA - GLP comes to LDI 2013 with a host of brand new products and preview showings this year, welcoming everybody from their stand # 675.

First is the Volkslicht Spot which, following its recent launch announcement, brings GLP's award winning LED technology to a smaller spot fixture, perfect for shorter throw distances or those on a cost conscious budget.

The feature set of the Volkslicht Spot includes a motorized iris, rotating gobo wheel with seven positions plus open, a static gobo wheel with nine positions plus open, a rotating prism, and motorised focus all within a small body so that it can be placed discretely. The output features a beam angle of 15 degrees, whilst the weight has been kept to just 33 lbs.

Making a preview showing for the first time in the USA, is the impression X4 XL which uses 55 RGBW LEDs and offers a zoom of 7° to 50°. It works equally well

Based on the popularity and success of the Showline SL BAR 600 Series of LED luminaires, Philips Entertainment has introduced the compact and high-powered SL BAR 620 LED luminaire. Offering the same output and colour clarity as the SL BAR 640 and SL BAR 660 luminaires, the SL BAR 620 is a powerful two-foot linear fixture utilizing 12 RGBW LED light engines for a uniform and homogenized output designed for a wide variety of entertainment lighting applications, and it will be on display at LDI in the Philips Entertainment Booth # 1614.

"We have found that designers and specifiers worldwide are very pleased with the SL BAR 640 and SL BAR 660, yet they keep asking for a small product in the same range," said Brad Schiller, Showline product marketing manager. "By providing the same quality and features of the larger units in a more compact package, we are thrilled to be able

USA - Wireless Solution Sweden will be at LDI 2013 with its new G4S software as part of USA distributor's A.C.T. Lighting Booth 1215. On display will be the new W-DMX G4S, with new improved adaptive technology on all models to avoid interference as well Data-Safe MK2 and Invisi-Wire MK2. On all F Models G4S is standard shipped with full RDM implementation.

The complete A.C.T. booth will be controlled with 6 DMX universes running all Clay Paky fixtures. In addition, a complete setup of RDM Control with the W-DMX BlueBox RDM Controller will display the Clay Paky Glow Up with iPad control.

The W-DMX G4S platform is a step change in the popular G4 software, packing improvements across the board. From smarter Adaptive Frequency Hopping to greater resiliency, W-DMX G4S keeps even the most demanding show running.

G4S also brings new RDM functionality as standard in the entire trans

USA - Los Angeles based ADJ Products has revealed three new professional moving head fixtures this week by way of one-minute "sneak peek" videos on their You Tube channel (http://www.youtube.com/adjlighting).

These three new products along with 30 more professional lighting fixtures will make their debut at the LDI 2013 Show, held at the Las Vegas Convention Centre this week (booth #725).

"We were so excited about our new wave of pro products that we wanted to start sharing them before the show. These new moving heads are aimed at lighting designers, night clubs and installers looking to make a big impact with a professional looking light show all on a real world budget," said Alfred Gonzales, national sales manager of ADJ. "We think these new quality-driven pro products will really 'turn heads' (pun intended). They fit perfectly into our range of qual

USA - Sound Devices, specialists in portable audio and video products for field production, has introduced the 633, a six-input mixer with integrated 10-track recorder. It includes Sound Devices' proprietary PowerSafe technology and a four-way power supply for maximum operational runtime. The 633 has a full complement of I/O designed into a compact, portable device, suitable for over-the-shoulder applications.

The powerful 633 mixer/recorder features six inputs, with three high-bandwidth mic/line XLR inputs complete with phantom power, high-pass filter, input limiter and variable pan. Three additional line-level inputs appear on TA3 (mini-XLR) connectors. All inputs are assignable to any output bus. AES digital I/O, including support for AES42 digital microphones, is available.

The 633 offers 10-track 24-bit, 48 kHz uncompressed polyphonic or monophonic broadcast WAV file reco

USA - At LDI 2013, in Booth 1614, Philips Entertainment will be showcasing the award-winning products and technologies from Philips Selecon, Philips Strand Lighting, Philips Vari-Lite and the Showline family of LED luminaires through The Passion of Light. An in depth look into "what separates Philips Entertainment from their industry counterparts", The Passion of Light is a theatrical performance told through the eyes of history's most passionate innovators, and will be performed three times daily on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

"We are very excited for LDI 2013 as we have something in store for show visitors that they have never seen before," said Brad Schiller, Philips Entertainment product marketing manager. "Wanting to make this one of the most memorable and talked about LDI shows in recent years, we have created an eye-catching and en

The Netherlands - Belden Inc., a global leader in signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications, has introduced a range of rugged high performance shielded Cat 6A cables for use in studios or in tactical field deployable audio/data installations. Designed as the ultimate field deployable product, these exceptionally robust cables can be used in the harshest of environments, yet deliver reliable performance for maximum uptime.

Belden CatSnake Cat 6A tested cables deliver superior performance thanks to the 100% coverage of the pairs as these are individually shielded with Beldfoil aluminium/polyester foil and an overall braided shield.

The new Belden CatSnake Cat 6A cables are extremely robust and have exceptional flexibility and flex life. This makes them ideal for use in high traffic areas, such as in broadcast studios or in any type of tactical, field deploy

USA - Martin Professional is targeting the installation market with the affordable line of effect lights, RUSH by Martin. At LDI last week, the company launched the RUSH Wizard - a lighter, brighter, more compact and even more energy efficient update of an old favourite, the Martin Wizard Extreme.

In April of this year, Martin Professional released the first RUSH by Martin products to wide acclaim from the markets for clubs and bars, DJs, bands and leisure environments.

"Returning to the market for effect lighting has been quite exciting for us at Martin, and the RUSH by Martin line launching now in USA reinforces our commitment to the market for effect lighting," says Uffe Kristensen, product manager, RUSH by Martin. "These are products with broad appeal that will add a new and exciting dimension to the installation market - and the exciting range of RUSH produ

UK - Richard Martin Lighting's most recent purchase is the Philips SL NITRO 510. This LED based strobe provides intense bursts of light and dynamic effects.

"The tightly packed array of over 1300 high power LEDs ensures maximum output and full-field, even distribution across 1200. The rugged construction, Showline standard LCD menu system, continuous-on operation and lower power consumption guarantee the SL NITRO 510 is the perfect strobe luminaire for any application," says Steve Wells, RML operations manager.

"A quick-connect systems allows SL NITRO 510 units to connect together easily top-to-bottom and side-by-side. In addition, the form factor of the SL NITRO 510 matches the SL BAR 520 so the two luminaries can be interconnected providing unlimited design possibilities.

Six different zones of control allow ultimate flexibility while unique built in chases

USA - The new MAC Quantum Wash by Martin Professional, which launched at LDI 2013, Las Vegas, features "tight beams, beautiful wash fields, a market-leading colour palette and uniform mixing that combines to accommodate the most demanding applications, offering brightness and perfection". Combining an impressive 750-watt of RGBW LED power with Martin's optical system ensures that the 1:6 zoom on the MAC Quantum Wash operates with maximum output and superior performance.

"By combining the lens shift possibilities first seen in the MAC Viper Quadray with the MAC Aura's ground-breaking optical system, MAC Quantum Wash sets new standards for light and colour morphing effects from a wash light," says Peter Skytte, product manager, Martin Professional. "Putting together the new beam twister, the patented Aura effect and the nice wash capabilities sets new stan

Canada - CAST Software has announced the release of Vivien 2014 with new graphics, some serious new and improved features, myriad performance enhancements, and some Library additions.

The new Import Wizard imports JPEG or PDF format floor plans directly into Vivien and includes onscreen features, such as rotation, selecting insertion points, and it will even properly scale the floor plan so you can start planning the space right away, making it easier and faster to work in Vivien. New features for file importing facilitate management of layers to ease management of AutoCAD2013, and still speedily handle Google SketchUp, PDFs, and JPEGs.

Regardless how a floor plan gets into Vivien, the new Room Builder Wizard transforms a 2D floorplan into a 3D venue. Import a JPEG of the venue, trace the outline and Vivien delivers walls, floors and ceilings. At this point, the User can work

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