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UK - Designed to withstand everything that life on the road can dish-out, Proel's new Diehard range of leads and audio connectors offers just about every possible permutation of instrument, recording and PA lead. Backed by a lifetime warranty, the Diehard range includes instrument and microphone cables, optical cables, MIDI cables, speaker cables, optical cables and PA looms. Massively strong, fitted with genuine Neutrik connectors, the range is complemented by a huge choice audio adapters and connectors. Despite the build quality, Diehard leads are very competitively priced.

Also available from Proel is the New monitor range from Alto, the company's PAM series of live sound monitors. It comprises the PAM5 passive live monitor and PAM5A active live monitor, there is also a 170.7/100V version, the PAM5T.

Equipped with twin five-inch extended range speakers, the passive PAM5 wi

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Digigram makes networked audio more accessible

Details: 14 March 2016

France - Digigram, a world leader in innovative digital audio network solutions, is to launch at NSCA the miXart 8 ES multi-channel sound card as the newest product to join its growing EtherSound technology line for easy and cost-effective real-time audio distribution over standard Ethernet.

Featuring 8/8 EtherSound I/Os and 8/8 analog I/Os, including four microphone preamps with phantom power, it is targeted at public address systems and logging applications, where it provides a unique link between audio data bases and real-time audio networks. Audio files may be played directly from a hard disk to the network, while simultaneously live sources may be archived to a computer-based logging system. Analog and network inputs may be mixed on the card and routed to analog or network outputs. The core of the system, the miXart 8, supports simultaneous recording and playback as well as

EAW's new AX series creates a new dimension

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - EAW, a Loud Technologies Inc brand, recently announced a new series of arrayable loudspeakers incorporating a revolutionary coaxial MF/HF driver design to provide the most consistent coverage, over the widest possible frequency range. The new EAW AX series new coaxial MF/HF driver combines an 8" cone and a 1.4" exit compression driver. Both share a neodymium magnet while a sealed aluminum chassis acts as the heat sink for the entire assembly.

To achieve consistent coverage over the widest possible frequency range, the MF/HF driver assembly is coupled to a single horn, which occupies almost the entire front of the AX Series' enclosure. The EAW engineering team then incorporated their new Concentric Summation Array (CSA) technology, an advanced design based on their patented Radial Phase Plug, to solve the complex acoustic problems that generally prevent the coupli

Soundcraft's popular LX7 upgraded

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - The popular Soundcraft LX7 console has received an upgrade to the LX7ii - both in terms of audio specification and cosmetics. The stylish new desk gets its looks from Soundcraft's MH3 and MH4 touring sound consoles, and includes a new frame, module ID graphics and end-cheeks.

Electronically, the LX7ii gains a new Soundcraft mic-preamp and EQ section, both designed by Soundcraft founder and electronics wizard Graham Blyth. Designated the GB30 Series, the new designs coincide with Soundcraft's 30 year anniversary and the new 4-band EQ with swept mid sections is based on the acclaimed EQ in the new MH3 and MH4 touring consoles. "The new GB30 mic pre on the LX7ii brings together some of the quality and precision of the mic pre's we use on our biggest touring desk, whilst retaining the cost-sensitivity demanded at this point in the market," says Blyth. "We're cons

A-T previews new subminiature mic

Details: 14 March 2016

USA / Germany - Audio-Technica has announced the latest addition to its expanding line of lavalier microphones: the AT898 Subminiature Cardioid Condenser Microphone. Intended for high-quality, low-profile operation, the AT898 provides maximum intelligibility and clean, accurate reproduction for applications including lectures, stage and television presentation, and houses of worship, say A-T. The AT898 is a mere 5mm in diameter, operates on battery or phantom power and includes a complete accessory kit.

The subminiature cardioid element is enclosed in a rugged, low-profile housing with internal construction designed to minimize noise from handling, clothing, and wind. The microphone plugs into the included power module, which features battery/phantom power operation, switchable low-frequency roll-off switch, and an integral XLR3M connector supplying a low-impedance balanced outp

Kling & Freitag introduce new products

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Kling & Freitag has introduced the Line 212-SP. The Line 212 was successfully tested in the December edition of Production Partner. The 'SP' version is equipped with integrated controller and power amplifier technology. The Line 212 is a 2 + 1 way system, which is available with two different coverage angles of 90° and 65°. The application areas of the full range system are large venues such as stadiums, halls and open-air concerts, mobile event technology, theatres, etc. The Line 212-SP is powered by two power amplifier blocks in Class-D technology with a total output power of 2kW. Thanks to the patented 'Click & Fly' system, the Line 212 is simple to mount and cluster. The active version of the Line 212 is insignificantly heavier than the passive system.

A further new development is the Subwoofer SW 215E as a prototype in the 'SP' version. A special characteristic of th

Yamaha's PM5000 wins praise

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Yamaha launched the PM5000 as its ultimate analogue live desk. "This may be one of Yamaha's last consoles of this type, so we really wanted to get it right, particularly with regard to sound quality," said Terry Halton of Yamaha R&D. "The development of this desk has been about thinking and applying all the things we've learned from talking with the engineers who use our desks in the live environment. Reliability is a big issue and we've retained that focus as a priority - which is why we apply so much time to in house testing."

Ray Furze, one of the first sound engineers to test the desk at a live show, said: "I used the board on a one-off show with The Beautiful South and was sold on it straight away. I liked the new pre-amps and my first impression was that the EQ has a feel that reminded me of Neve EQ with a very polished top end and warm lows.

New mixers from Citronic

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Citronic will introduce a number of new mixer products at the Frankfurt ProLight&Sound exhibition (31 March - 3 April 2004). The SM-FX500 Ultima is a 4-channel 19" rack mixer with a built-in DSP. Its compact 5U design includes features normally found in higher-priced units. Designed with both small installations and mobile DJs in mind, it has three microphone inputs, two of which are controlled with the dedicated mic channel and one assigned to the fourth channel as a switchable option. Mics 1 and 2 share a 3-band EQ and mic override system. Each of the four music channels has an individual gain control and 3-band EQ offering +10dB of Boost and -30dB of Kill. Each channel is also easily assignable to the crossfader A or B. The unit has a built in digital signal processor offering eight effects which are assignable to each music channel, microphone channel, master or cros

CD and CM series power amps from Crest

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Crest Audio has introduced the CD and CM Series power amplifiers, all in 2U packages. The CD Series combines a linear power supply with Class D output stage for improved handling of heavy-duty cycles without compromising sonic integrity. Furthermore, versatile power points, multiple input options and cooling via back-to-front, variable speed DC fans make the CD suitable for installations.

The CD range includes the CD-1500, CD-2000 and CD-3000, producing 900W, 1200W and 1800W respectively into 2 ohms stereo mode. Meanwhile, the four-channel CM 2204 and eight-channel CM 2208 are both designed to operate at 220W RMS regardless of impedance selected. Another feature of the CM Series is a circuit which lowers the line current required for any given output by as much as 50%. Other plusses are inputs and outputs featuring Phoenix connectors, with all level controls situated at the

Capture's new DMX option

Details: 14 March 2016

Sweden - Capture Sweden has announced the arrival of a new DMX input option for its lighting design and visualization software, Capture 3.0. The new 'Capture DMX Box' is a USB box with dual DMX universe inputs with configurable termination. The device is fully plug and play with Capture 3.0 and works with any laptop or desktop workstation running Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

L-Acoustics US introduces Soundvision

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - L-Acoustics US recently announced the worldwide launch of Soundvision, an acoustical simulation program designed for the installation of the company's Wavefront Sculpture Technology (V-Dosc, dV-Dosc and ARCS) and Coaxial Point Source Technology (XT and MTD) loudspeakers.

Benefiting from the manufacturer's many years of experience in the modelling of acoustic sound sources, L-Acoustics' first three-dimensional sound design program is capable of operating in real-time. Designed with an intuitive graphical user interface, Soundvision allows for the calculation of sound pressure levels (SPL) and coverage mapping for complex sound system or venue configurations.

Room geometry and loudspeaker locations are defined in 3D and simplified operating modes permit the user to work in 2D to rapidly enter data. According to user preference, either horizontal (plan) or vertical (cut) vi

ELC introduces dmXLAN Node 1

Details: 14 March 2016

The Netherlands - The new dmXLAN Node 1 from ELC Lighting is an Ethernet node allowing the conversion to Ethernet (Artnet protocol) of one DMX universe, input or output. For fixed installations, such as theatres or conference centres, the cabinet will be mounted on the wall, with the display in front and the DMX connector pointing downwards, avoiding the risk of connectors and cables getting in the way of feet or flightcases, etc. The Ethernet is connected internally through hardwire connection. In the truss-mount version, an Ethercon connector from Neutrik is placed beside the DMX socket. The cabinet is fitted with a built-in M10 nut on the bottom for a truss clamp and a hole is provided for the safety hook. In both cases, the 5-pin XLR connector can be set up as a DMX input or output. Node1 is powered through the Ethernet cable, as specified by the IEEE 802.3 standard.

(Lee Ba

Stardraw.com launches A/V Lite

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Software providers Stardraw.com will launch a new application aimed at the smaller AV systems integrator. Stardraw A/V Lite offers all of the powerful drawing and design tools of its more heavyweight sibling, Stardraw A/V, for less than half the price.

Stardraw CEO David Snipp explains why the company felt it important to launch a product for this market sector: "Stardraw A/V is undoubtedly the most popular off-the-shelf product we do, however, at $2,500 US, it represents a significant investment which may be beyond the reach of the smaller contractor. What we have done with Stardraw A/V Lite is to produce an entry-level package that allows you to create your designs to exactly the same standard as the full version. The drawing engine and the symbols in the Lite package are the same as those in the full package but the ancillary functionality is tailored for the smalle

Chroma-Q Cascade's Royal Performance

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - The Chroma-Q Cascade colour changer is continuing to demonstrate in the theatre sector how its low maintenance CMY colour-mixing system is ideally suited to permanent house lighting rigs, say A.C. Lighting.

In addition to Cascades recently being specified for the Royal Academy of Music's annual musical double bill, leading Manchester producing theatre company, the Royal Exchange Theatre, has used Cascades for two plays at the heart of a season which celebrates the work of British dramatist Robert Holman. The two plays, Rafts & Dreams and Across Oka, show ordinary people undertaking extraordinary and epic journeys in the world so both required a challenging array of lighting states to create the changing atmospheres throughout the plays.

Richard Owen, head of lighting at the theatre, chose the Cascades for the two plays in order to overcome a specific lightin

Popular foggers pick up steam

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - American DJ has just-released new products the Fog Storm 1200HD and Fog Storm 1700HD professional fog machines (the HD stands for heavy duty). Both products featuring major enhancements to American DJ's already-popular Fog Storm 1200 and 1700 model fog machines and now include an all-new Advanced Cut-Off System and are capable of being operated via a standard DMX-512 lighting controller.

The Advanced Cut-Off System automatically shuts off the pumping system when the fluid tank reaches a minimum level. This feature warns the user when it's time to refill and helps to maintain the life of the machines by preventing clogging and damage to the units.

American DJ's FS-DMX-T remote control/timer, which comes standard on the Fog Storm 1700HD but is available as a separate option on the Fog Storm 1200HD, can be used to connect either unit directly to a DMX-512 lighting controlle

American DJ's Dynamic Light Pak

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - American DJ has introduced the Dynamic Light Pak, an all-in-one 'lightshow in a box'. Ideal for mobile DJs, small musical acts and home party hosts, the Dynamic Light Pak brings together four compact American DJ fixtures: the Trilogy lighting effect, the Double Twist lighting effect, the S45 Strobe and the F700 Fogger. The package is easy to use and assemble and requires no expertise in lighting - just plug and play.

Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of companies said: "The Dynamic Light Pak is an incredibly fun way to liven up DJ shows, band gigs and house parties, it provides virtually everything you need to add brilliant visual effects to your act."

One of the units included in the Dynamic Light Pak is the Trilogy, a popular American DJ lighting product that projects moving triangle shapes onto a wide area of the floor or ceiling. A sou

Swelite Wireless DMX

Details: 14 March 2016

Sweden - Wireless Solution AB is Swedish based company with huge knowledge and experience in the wireless industry. The company's R&D Department is staffed by a radio engineer and a real-time programmer from a worldwide manufacturer of mobile phones and GSM base station.

Swelite W-DMX is based on the technology and thinking of GSM, with the same security of transmission including Frequency Hopping (FHSS) and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) once developed by the US Army for safe and encrypted communication during wartime. With 999 different FHSS patterns and TDMA it's more or less impossible to get interference from other equipment on the 2,4 GHz band. To make it even safer the company has included encryption on the signal from sender to receiver so that each receiver only listens to its master sender and ignores all other signals.

The system is used for both point to poi

Outline: DLL plug-in for CATT-Acoustic

Details: 14 March 2016

Italy / Sweden - With the valuable collaboration of B I Dalenbäck of CATT of Gothenburg, Sweden, the R&D department of Italian manufacturer Outline has designed and tested a software interface for the powerful CATT-Acoustic acoustic modelling program,with which it is possible to design, configure and simulate the performance of Outline's Butterfly series vertical line arrays in any configuration.

Outline has designed this plug-in for the CATT-Acoustic DLL Directivity Interface (DDI) which, called up by the program when required, offers designers accurate modelling capabilities for complex systems, based on every conceivable VLA configuration of elements from the Butterfly range, including a combination of Hi-Pack and Low-Pack units.

Results achieved by the DLL, based on proprietary modelling techniques for the simulation of linear rather than single-point sources, have been c

3D symbols available from Prolyte

Details: 14 March 2016

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Sennheiser's new Tourguide Receiver

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Sennheiser UK announced the launch of the Sennheiser TourGuide EK 1035 Receiver at the Museums & Heritage Show, which runs from the 12 - 13 May at Earls Court. The EK 1035 is a body-pack receiver, designed to ensure flexible and reliable UHF transmission.

Featuring 10 receiving channels, this compact receiver is ideal for multi-channel set-ups and can be used with any transmitter from the extensive evolution wireless series including the new evolution G2 products, recently launched by Sennheiser.

Accessories for the EK 1035 includes the L1035 charger, with the facility to daisy-chain up to four chargers, and the NT 1035-UK plug-in mains unit, which accommodates up to four L 1035 Chargers. Sennheiser will also be showing a wide range of Infrared, TourGuide, GuidePort and SDC (Sennheiser Digital Conference) products at the Show.

Simon Jones, business area manager for Inst

Biamp expands Audia Network

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Reinforcing its position as a complete provider of state of the art audio networking technology, Biamp Systems, announced new additions at the NSCA (Booth #2623) to its Digital Audio Platform, that take its already impressive functionality to a new level. The addition of the TI-2 telephone interface card and the EXPI-D and EXPO-D digital I/O expanders enhance the power of the AudiaFLEX while maintaining its ease of use.

"The addition of these new technologies gives contractors and consultants ways to cost effectively expand the depth of functionality of a truly networked audio system while ensuring that it can be used at any level of facility," said Matt Czyzewski, VP of Technical Operations, Biamp Systems. "Now with the use of digital I/O expanders, our clients can accommodate the growing number of digital devices that need to be hooked to our networked sy

Double celebration for Cadac

Details: 14 March 2016

UK / Germany - Cadac is celebrating 20 years of dedicated design for live sound applications, showing its S-Type Compact Live Production Console alongside the production version of the D16 Digital Input Mix Matrix on Stand 4433 at the 116th AES Convention, taking place in Berlin from 8-11 May 2004. The first Cadac theatre consoles came off the production line in 1984, with desks going onto the long-running musical Starlight Express, and to Broadway courtesy of Masque Sound.

20 years on, Cadac is focused on combining the best of digital and analogue technology in its latest generation designs, with the D16 going into production in Summer 2004 and plans for a full-scale integrated digital console to be announced later this year. Cadac's R&D team has worked closely with operators and sound designers to develop the D16 concept, majoring on extending the control facilities through Ca

Telectra's Ice lighting

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Telectra, manufacturers of the ice lighting range announced recently that it is now available to order direct from the company. The initial product consists of eight hexagonal ice lighting tiles fixed to a batten which has its own power supply and on-board thermal management system adapted from Telectra's aerospace experience in electronic engineering.

Each tile contains 48 pixels which are individually addressable RGB LEDs featuring a Beadlight diffusion screen (patents pending). The Bead light technology (patents pending) employed within the system was originally developed for the aerospace industry to gain the advantages of LED lighting such as low power consumption and low heat emission, without the disadvantage of directional glare often associated with LED's.

The battens are connected to a controller, which are supplied with one batten communication card capable of