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USA - OptiLED recently launched its new (LED), colour-changing Optical. The new High Intensity Vorticular Enclosure (HIVE) modular system delivers three times as much light as typical so-called "high power" LED lighting and is the latest technology introduced as part of OptiLED's new Modular Optical Array Series.

The HIVE offers lighting designers a range of flexibility and colour-changing capabilities that previously were considered impossible. Its modular design makes it suitable for large lighting projects from flood lighting buildings and large architectural features through to theatrical productions or underwater applications like fountains and pools. The HIVE module is also appealing to fixture manufacturers wanting to create a range of RGB lighting.

Each HIVE module uses three high-powered LEDs, including red, green and blue and is capable of producing 16.7 mi

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UK - The TOA D-901 digital mixer is a fully modular, cost-effective digital mixer featuring a 12-input, 8-bus, 8-output channel configuration (12 x 8 matrix) with easy operation that can be expanded as applications require. The compact (3U rackspace) D-901 incorporates important functions such as digital mixer, feedback suppression, auto mixing, parametric EQ, compression, delay and echo. Its operational scope allows it to do the work that conventionally requires several different pieces of equipment, providing a cost-effective solution for any requirement, say TOA.

As a full-featured digital mixer, the D-901 incorporates several useful built-in functions to ensure maximum performance without the need for other equipment. A compressor can be switched in to reduce the dynamic range between the smallest and largest signals, preventing amplifier clipping at high levels. The flexibl

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USA - Entertainment lighting manufacturer High End Systems Inc has announced the immediate availability of three new versions of software-only Catalyst packages. The three versions are priced for any sized application or budget and enable customers to easily upgrade from one version of the product to the next.

Catalyst effectively combines lighting effects with digital media content to create virtual scenery. It allows lighting designers to integrate graphics and video and drive output devices such as High End Systems' Digital Light products (DL1 and DL2) as well as video screens and LED arrays. Previous to software-only versions, Catalyst was packaged with a complete media server system, which included an Apple G5 computer and related accessories.

Richard Belliveau, HES' chief technology officer, comments: "This is a natural progression for the product line. Offering s

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USA - The creative thinking behind Elation Professional's new DP-640 combination dimmer and relay switch pack is a hybrid unit that's ideally suited to the needs of users in the stage, touring and rental markets.

Equipped with six DMX channels, the DP-640 offers travelling productions and theatres the all-in-one convenience of being able to simultaneously dim effects via current regulator and switch them on and off as desired. Any of the unit's six channels can easily be configured to perform either function, giving the DP-640 enough flexibility for day-to-day use in a wide variety of applications.

Featuring an extremely lightweight aluminium chassis, the DP-640 was also designed to meet the portability requirements of users on the go. The unit weighs just 6.2lbs another feature that makes it ideal for travelling productions and the rental market.

"With its double-duty

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Denmark - Martin's Mania series of 'cool all night' effects just got cooler with the Mania EF2. The Mania EF2 is the second flower effect in the Mania EF (effect) series. Designed for anywhere decorative lighting is desired - clubs, live performances, parties and events.

The Mania EF2 is much more than a DJ lighting effect. Its multi-functionality means it can be used for a variety of purposes - revolving dance floor design, funky wall or stage projection, brilliant mid-air effect and more. The effect can be either sound triggered with patterns moving to the beat of the music, or automatic, performing its own program independent of sound.

The Mania EF2 houses eight gobo patterns - four dichroic colour patterns plus four coloured textured glass gobos. With 19 beams of light, a manually selectable gobo wheel, and a variable focus that allows you to frost any effect, the Mania

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UK - New from Crest Performance - a division of Crest Audio - are two table top/rack mounting consoles. The 16-channel CPM-2426 features 16 mic inputs and 24 line inputs with stereo line-in on channels 9-16. Other features include six auxiliary buses, four groups and stereo master. Mono inputs offer 3-band mid sweep EQ, with stereo input offering 3-band EQ. The CPM-9812P boasts a 2 x 500W built-in amplifier and stereo, graphic EQ with feedback pointer. Other features are eight mono/mic line inputs with 3-band EQ, stereo line input, monitor output, plus one FX output feeding an internal 32-bit FX unit.

Also new from Crest Performance is the CPT Series of loudspeaker enclosures. Offering crisp highs and smooth mid-range performance, the CPT Series is recommended for small- to medium-sized speaking and performance venues, plus all permanent fixed installations. Models CPT-1, CPT-2

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USA / The Netherlands - At the forthcoming Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) conference (26-28 January, Amsterdam) Clarity Visual Systems (stand 3110) will demonstrate its newest digital displays, first seen at the InfoComm 2005 show in Atlanta. The displays represent compelling alternatives to conventional display products, including CRTs and plasma-based models, say the company.

Among the products Clarity is featuring, Bengal is a 154.9cm ultra-thin rear-projection DLP display only 16cm deep, based on a technology collaboration announced with InFocus Corp. earlier this year. Other new products include Margay, a zero-mullion, widescreen 127cm ultra-thin rear-projection DLP display designed for multi-display signage and video applications; and Bay Cat - a high-resolution 116.8cm direct view LCD screen.

Clarity says it views Europe as a significant growth market, particularly

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Denmark - Mach has launched a new range of medium-throw speakers for the installation market. The CM Series is a line of dedicated compact top boxes specifically developed to produce high SPL and controlled dispersion. Mach say it is suited to venues requiring audio clarity and high power performance such as clubs, bars, cafés, lounges, restaurants, churches, hotels, fitness studios, conference rooms and shopping malls. The CM Series can be used in combination with a subwoofer or as a delay speaker.

The CM 9, 12, 15 and 18 all feature a rotatable horn for optimum dispersion and can be easily switched from passive to active mode through a multi-pin connector. The range was co-designed by contractors for contractors, say Mach, with ease of installation in mind and as such features an innovative mounting system, which along with the rotatable horn, allows for total flexibility wh

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UK - CIE-Audio, premier UK architectural audio supplier, has announced the launch of the B-52 loudspeaker range into the UK market. Seeing its official UK launch at November's 'Music Live' Show at the NEC, the US professional speaker range features more than 80 innovative, high end solutions for permanent installation, live performance, sound reinforcement and mobile DJ applications, say CIE.

CIE-Audio has been appointed as exclusive representatives for B-52 in the UK; the brand joins CIE's already extensive portfolio of key represented brands including Inter-M, Switchcraft, Armstrong i-ceilings, Chaiyo, Euromet and Amina. "We're extremely pleased with our latest appointment," says Chris Edwards, CIE-Group's marketing manager. "Over the past two years our involvement in the pro audio and AV markets has increased significantly and has become key to the continued g

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USA - At the 20th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, held on 30 October in San Francisco, Sennheiser and Neumann were honoured for their outstanding technical achievement. Neumann received an award in the category Microphone Technology / Studio for its TLM 127, while Sennheiser was awarded in the category Wireless Technology for evolution wireless G2.

Winners for Creative Achievement included, inter alia, the sound teams behind The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Radiohead's Hail to the Thief. In addition to 23 awards for Technical and Creative achievement, the awards ceremony witnessed the induction into the TEC Awards Hall of Fame of legendary filmmaker George Lucas and venerated producer/engineer Elliott Scheiner. In a surprise appearance, Janet Jackson presented the Les Paul Award to platinum producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

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UK - Revisiting and refining technology first introduced in the RD3D, the world's first autostereo 3D notebook, the LL-151-3D is the first standalone display from Sharp to incorporate 3D LCD technology. The LL-151-3D is a stylish screen with clean lines, a narrow frame and adjustable height - and it delivers 3D images that are crisp, clear and projected through a parallax barrier straight to the naked eye, say Sharp.

The LL-151-3D can switch easily between 2D and 3D display mode for applications such as word processing, spreadsheets and e-mail. In 3D mode its 15" XGA (1024x768) LCD display allows a viewing clarity in which bright, clear pictures can be seen in fine detail. 370-nit brightness and 500:1 contrast ratio offer exceptional performance, say the manufacturer.

Sharp sees the LL-151-3D finding applications within the fields of drug discovery, medical imaging, mapp

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Italy - The new RCF PR4092 preamplifier has been designed to provide a flexible solution for any paging and music application in PA systems. It has nine inputs and two outputs: each input can be sent to output A only, or output B only, or both A+B. In this way, PR4092 can also be used as a double preamplifier. The 'A-bus' could be, for example, dedicated to paging, and the 'B- bus' for BGM programs. Input 1 has overall priority (voice or contact activated) and can be used for emergency paging; Inputs 2 and 3 together can be set with priority on Inputs 4 to 9.

Equally, the PR4092 can be used as a conventional nine-input mixer with ideal applications for houses of worship, entertainment venues etc. The PR4092 is housed in a compact 19" single rack unit chassis.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Elation Professional has unveiled the flagship line of Antari X-Series Fog Machines to the North American market. A premium line of heavy-duty foggers, the X-Series features Antari's most advanced technology and utilizes the finest materials and components available, says the company.

X-Series machines feature cast aluminium heater blocks (which hold heat better than standard aluminium and result in higher fog output), super-quiet Italian pumps, low fluid indicators, interchangeable control modules and a high-efficiency vaporizing system. By incorporating these premium features, Antari says, it has geared the X-Series toward professional users such as rental companies, theatres, major stage events and TV/motion picture studios - thanks to the low noise level created by the machines' pumps, which makes them ideally suited for video and movie production.

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Italy - The Move 100 system is RCF's answer to the increasing demand for a fully portable PA System, ideal for the education and AV markets as well as houses of worship and outdoor sports events. The company says the system allows users to produce speech and music where AC mains is not available or where to lay AC and mic cables could interfere with or affect the performance.

Both models have built-in wireless microphone receivers, a single-antenna VHF on Move 100-V or a more sophisticated UHF multi-channel diversity device on Move 100-U. An integrated 16-channel UHF Diversity receiver allows users to work with up to six systems at the same time (TX 1600 or PX 1600 transmitter + Move 100-U receiving cabinet) set to different channels, simultaneously with no interference.

Additional inputs are available for the connection of music, such as CDs, iPods and other multi media sourc

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USA - Elation Professional has introduced the new Focus Spot 250, a professional DMX 250W moving head fixture aimed at the smaller rentals market and mid-sized nightclubs. The Focus Spot 250's features include remote focus and a high luminous-efficiency axial reflector and double condenser lens system, says the manufacturer. Using 11 DMX channels, the Focus Spot 250 also features eight dichroic colours plus white, and six rotating, interchangeable and indexable gobos plus spot. Three of the gobos are metal, two are dichroic glass and one is textured glass, providing a flexible mix of textures. The fixture delivers 5,700 lumens at 15ft, say Elation, and the convenience of its remote focusing via DMX feature should appeal to DJs.

(Lee Baldock)

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Worldwide - EASE (Electro-Acoustic Simulator for Engineers) 4.1, the industry standard software for acoustical modeling and sound system design evaluation, is now more accessible to students and small firms, or anyone embarking on a career in professional audio. Renkus-Heinz, the worldwide distributor for Acoustic Design Ahnert, has announced availability of EASE JR/2, a two-license key entry-level EASE JR program. While it lacks some of the analytical power and presentation tools of EASE, EASE Jr provides all the features and functions needed by most system designers, including the complete EASE loudspeaker and wall material databases, including loudspeaker and line array DLLs; the 3D modeling tools and Open GL rendering capabilities of EASE, including the popular Vision module; full DXF import and export; all the basic electro-acoustic mapping capabilities of EASE; direct sound

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France - Nicolaudie-Sunlite, the maker of the PLASA Innovation Award-winning Easy Stand Alone - has launched Color Manager, a new tool which not only works with RGB or CMY fixtures and is compatible with any drawing software program, but also incorporates powerful wizards such as images and video loading and text scrolling. This tool, say the company, has been designed to work with a matrix of LED devices as well as with conventional fixtures. Color Manager has already been integrated in Easy Stand Alone and will be one of Sunlite 2004's features when the new version is released in December.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Community has added new Cloud 4 and Cloud 6 models to the existing Cloud 12, providing a range of ceiling loudspeakers for high quality speech and music installations. Long-term reliability, sound quality and ease of installation were the core considerations in the design of all three models. To provide optimum performance and consistent coverage with minimal diameter the Cloud 4 and 6 use a coaxial drive unit design and bass-reflex loading. 4 and 6-inch cast aluminium frame mid/bass units respectively are coupled to a three-quarter-inch aluminium HF unit via a high-grade crossover. Both units employ Community's proprietary Air Gap Technology (AGT) cooling for increased long-term high output and reduced power compression.

The Cloud 4 has a nominal dispersion of 140° conical and the integral 30W 70/100V line transformer offers 4-tappings and a bypass setting

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USA - Bose introduced an enhanced and expanded family of Panaray LT loudspeakers. The five-product line includes two new loudspeakers: the Panaray LT 9402 loudspeaker and the Panaray LT MB24 modular bass loudspeaker. These new options, along with improvements to the Panaray LT 9702, 4402 and 3202 mid/high loudspeakers, create a product family that delivers a variety of sound pressure levels (SPLs) and dispersion patterns to meet the demands of large and medium-sized venues - including long-throw speaker-to-listener distances, challenging room acoustics, and high SPL requirements.

"The improved performance and visual appeal of the Panaray LT loudspeakers provide more options for consultants, system designers and contractors," said Frank Van Heyghen, business director, professional systems division Europe. "This line accommodates venues where quality sound, intelli

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Germany - MA Lighting has announced the availability for download of its latest grandma software. grandMA v5.4 now features a full Blind Editor which works in parallel to the live programmer. When leaving blind mode, the original values of the programmer are restored automatically. Also, the last selection used in the blind programmer is restored on the time of re-entering. Each user in a multi-user network session has their own fully independent blind editor. Like the console, the grandMA 3D visualizer may also be used to preview and edit cues in blind mode. Cues can be easily changed on the console and previewed on grandMA in parallel, without affecting the live output on stage, say MA Lighting.

Functions such as Executor, Sequences, Cues, Macros, Presets etc may now be locked by any user with administrative rights to prevent unwanted modification or deletion. The usage and c

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USA - Chauvet has introduced two compact, wide-flood wash lights, Colorbank8 and Colorbank12, each outfitted with 8 and 12 gel holders, respectively. Both fixtures contain 16 preset beat-activated chase patterns. The speed of each chase can be adjusted with a rotary knob. A full on override button allows users to turn all the lamps on for static wash.

Colorbank 8 and 12 come with a standard set of 8 or 12 colored gels that can be easily replaced with different gels of the colors of your choice. Additionally, Colorbank8 features barn doors to give the user more control over the direction of the light. The two wash striplights very effectively wash walls and backdrops as well as smaller dancer floors and stages. Both are lightweight enough for mobile use. A practical but optional CB-FS Colorbank Footswitch controller is sold separately.

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UK - Le Mark announced the launch of a new product to assist all areas of the entertainment industry effected by the changes to existing electrical wiring core colours. Please see Amendment No 2 to BS 7671 : 2001 or follow the iee website link below.

These colours are a sometimes referred to as "harmonised" colours and will bring the UK closely in line with practice in mainland Europe. Following visitor request received during the 2004 PLASA show and since. The need to produce a simple to use and visually effective method of marking both electrical cable 'tails' and when required Cam-Lok/Power Lock type connectors was requested. With three-phase, a caution notice is also required at the distribution board.

To assist with this,Le Mark has developed a version of its established Identi-Tak cable length marking system.The new version Identi-Tail, combines the existing vi

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The Netherlands - Alcons Audio has introduced the new RBN1801 pro-ribbon driver - a new mid/high frequency transducer designed for high output and high fidelity sound reproduction applications. Based on the principles of Isophasic planar driver technology, the RBN1801 features an effective radiation length of 18" (46cm), offering power handling of 3kW (for 200ms, which is 10 times the industry standard, say Alcons Audio) and a high efficiency of 108dB with 1W @ 1m. With a 90° wave-guide, this efficiency rises to 110dB, say Alcons, with a frequency operating range of 1kHz - 20kHz (+/-3dB) and a maximum SPL of 145dB.

As a result of the symmetric 'push/pull' design, not only is the 1801 completely magnetically shielded, it also functions as a dipole cylindrical radiator. The mid/high frequency transducer features Alcons Audio's patented 'Real-90' dispersion, a unique develop

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UK - Hippotizer version 2, previewed at this year's PLASA Show, begins shipping this week. With new features including a control area on a separate screen from the main output screen, allowing images to be adjusted locally in a user-friendly, intuitive environment. In addition there is layer-level preview, up to sixteen image layers (depending on model) each with separate adjustment of all key parameters including brightness, contrast, colour, position and zoom. There is controllable interaction between layers; a master layer with 16-bit geometry applied globally to all other layers and an expanded range of supported media file formats, including Quicktime, Mpeg1 and Mpeg2 and AVIs. Hippotizer will also play back audio within video files.

Hippotizer's existing features, including its beat-detection engine and user-configurable real-time effects are further improved in version 2.

  1. HES releases new Hog 3 software
  2. Martin launches Extreme Wizard effect
  3. Screen advances from ECT
  4. Color Kinetics expands line of digital light engines
  5. Zandar at ISE 2005
  6. Elation's new CMY colour changer
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