UK - V1.06 of the London Architect design and control application from BSS Audio brings totally new power and functionality to programmable DSP systems, allowing control of both signal processing and Crown amplifiers and including programmable logic, event scheduling and settings libraries to a depth and flexibility not offered by any other system, say the company.

Logic brings unparalleled functionality to complex applications. For example, room combining systems can be constructed that automatically reset EQs, delays and source and output routings depending on the physical states of room dividers. Classic 'computer logic' functions are used to accomplish this, such as AND, OR, NOR and NAND gates, as well as triggers, logic pulses and truth tables. Careful pre-engineering and the use of external control inputs can result in systems that perform complex automated tasks triggere

USA / Germany - Community will use the ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt (6-9 April) for the European launch of the new iBOX range of installation loudspeakers, offering a straightforward approach to implementing arrays, clusters and distributed systems with just two sizes of discrete enclosures. iBOX HP1200 Series combines a high-power 12" mid/bass driver with a 2.87" voice coil HF (1.4" exit) on a large format horn, providing uniform pattern control.

Offering precise coverage and arrayability are six models: iHP1244 (40x40), iHP1264 (60x40), iHP1266 (60x60), iHP1294 (90x40), iHP1296 (90x60), iHP1299 (90x90). Each of the full-range cabinets can be used in bi-amp or passive mode and operates from 60Hz to 18kHz with power handling of 600W continuous. For systems requiring greater LF extension Community offers the i112S (1x12") and i212S (2x12") subs

UK / USA - Software provider Stardraw.com has announced that latest application, Stardraw Control, won an Innovation in Technology award on the occasion of its worldwide launch at NSCA 2005. This is the second major trophy for Stardraw Control, which has already been honoured with a PLASA Award for Innovation at its preview at London's PLASA show in September last year.

Stardraw's marketing director, Rob Robinson, explains the key features of Stardraw Control that set it apart from other control solutions. "Stardraw Control generates stand-alone, customized control programs that can manage any type of addressable equipment from any manufacturer using any protocol over any communications infrastructure. Instead of being locked into closed architectures wherever system control, monitoring or signal routing has been required, Stardraw Control offers systems integrators an op

Denmark - A new software upgrade for Xciter, Martin's multi layer embedded controller for live manipulation of light shows, now makes it the most powerful controller in its class, say the company.

Xciter allows easy programming, playback and live manipulation of lighting providing instant pitch adjustment, freeze, flash, blackout, master fader and more. Ideal for clubs, small touring and performance applications or even larger mobile DJs, there is also, a complete training DVD available which covers all of Xciter's features.

Features include six general faders and two masters, six flash and four customizable buttons to trigger lighting and effects. Xciter can now control up to 40 fixtures, each with up to 48 channels with a maximum of 512 channels.

The effects generator allows users to apply effects, such as fanning, to all channels, faders, fixtures or groups of fixtures.

UK / Japan - Toshiba has announced a world first in the videowall market as London-based Anna Valley Displays (a Shooting Partners Group company) take delivery of the first Toshiba 6mm bendable videowall. This brand new next-generation LED Videowall has arrived for hire and has the ability to curve both in either direction to produce convex and concave displays.

Jon Perkins, representing Toshiba Technorainbow said: "This order, the first in the world for this product, represents a massive leap in the mechanical elements of LED design and coupled with Toshiba's established reputation for unparalleled image quality and uniformity has raised the bar at the high-performance, high-resolution end of the LED market."

Phil White, Shooting Partners Group MD, said: "Anna Valley Displays has always been at the forefront of the display business and the introduction of the

Italy / Germany - Italian pro audio manufacturer Outline will exhibit a number of new products at this year's ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt (6-9 April). The company's series of top-end stage monitors will be expanded by the H.A.R.D. 45 SP, the most compact in the range, but with the same original design seen in the 115 and 212 models.

Despite its slim profile, compact size (38 x 43 x 30cm) and light weight, H.A.R.D. 45 SP can produce a peak SPL of 129 dB/1m, thanks to its built-in PWM amplifiers supplying 2-way (low and high) power to the speakers mounted in the enclosure, say Outline. With four special 5" mid-woofers (the same as those mounted in the Micra II enclosures) and a compression driver with a 1" throat loaded by the same S.P.R.W.G. (Single Parabolic Reflective Wave Guide) used for the other models in the range, H.A.R.D. 45 features, among other thi

The Netherlands / Germany - Following a very successful first full manufacturing year, Dutch manufacturer Alcons Audio will present a number of new products at the Frankfurt ProLight&Sound exhibition (6-9 April) plus a complete new product series. The full production version of the LR14, Alcons' ultra-compact line-array module, will be on show, following a number of previews. Featuring the patented RBN401 pro-ribbon driver and double 6.5" woofers with a dispersion pattern of 120 x 15°, the LR14 is designed to be used either as an ultra-compact line-array system, or as an under-fill of the LR16.

New on show will be the LR14B, the ultra-compact, lightweight, high-output bass module of the LR14 line-array, with double Neodymium 12" in double-tuned band-pass configuration. The LR14B combines a very low weight with very high specific SPL output, making the LR14B an excell

The Netherlands - The record-breaking temperature tolerance of the New Luxeon LED emitters announced by Lumileds Lighting last month will yield more usable light per dollar by reducing heat sink requirements and permitting higher current operation for more applications, opening new design possibilities for manufacturers of solid-state lighting solutions, say the company. For example, Lumileds say that New Luxeon can be mounted on an FR4 printed-circuit board (PCB) and driven at 400mA, in an ambient environment up to 40°C without a heat sink.

The new junction temperature, achieved by a complete redesign of the Luxeon package, represents a 50°C increase (from 135°C to 185°C) over other Luxeon products and a 60°C increase over other high-power LEDs. It offers the highest allowable operation temperature of any power LED product on the market by a wide margin, say Lumileds. Ben

USA - Innovate Show Controls has announced a number of major installations for its new BlueLite X1 DMX show controller. In recent months, the X1 has been selected as the primary control system for several major shows, including the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Six Flags Theme Parks, The Fremont Street Experience, and Santa Ana's Pavilion Theatre.

The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, held annually in Las Vegas, requires a powerful system with reliability, and rapid programmability. Marty Canavan, chief show designer for YLS Entertainment, says he found all of this in the X1: "When I am on a show like the National Rodeo Finals, where I have maybe 10 nights of live performances to light and another half dozen pre-programmed laser and light shows to create, it all boils down to one thing: how fast can I get it right? When it comes to programming a show, time is the one thing

USA - Denon DJ's DN-S1000 CD/MP3 player has been named Best DJ Product at the Club World Awards 2005. Now in its third year, the Club World Awards recognize innovation in design, technology, sound and talent across nightclubs in North America. The awards - also known as the Disco Globes after their mirrorball trophies - honour the most cutting-edge products and the DJs, promoters and proprietors who strive to bring the public the ultimate clubbing experiences.

The winners of the Club World Awards are determined by an independent panel of expert judges, and were announced at the Club World Awards ceremony held during the Winter Music Conference in Miami, Florida. This award comes on the heels of Denon DJ receiving accolades from two other notable industry associations for its cutting-edge DJ products: at the DJ Magazine Technoscan Awards, Denon's DN-D4000 Dual CD/MP3 Player won

Denmark - Martin Professional will exhibit a raft of new lighting, sound and fog effects at Frankfurt's ProLight&Sound exhibition next week. On display will be a 250W Fresnel washlight in the new MAC 250 Series of moving heads, the MAC 250 Wash. Equipped with advancements including new reflector technology for greater output, fast and quiet movement, a variable frost filter for zoom effect, and a CMY colour mixing system with a complementing colour wheel, the MAC 250 Wash is an ideal accompaniment to the Krypton and Entour profile spots, say Martin.

Also on display will be a dedicated stage version of the popular Cyclo fluorescent colour changer. Stage Cyclo features four 54W high output fluorescent tubes in red, green, blue and white with the same full color mixing capabilities found in the top of the range Cyclo fixtures from Martin Architectural.

Updated versions of the

UK - Pro audio manufacturer Audient will present its new digital loudspeaker management system, 'One', at the ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt next week. A brand new top-flight system for sound reinforcement and fixed installation alike, One is available with 4 or 6 outputs and adapts to any system configuration in no time, say Audient. A fast, intuitive interface provides access to a host of features including 45 presets, delay times of up to 480ms, 8 bands of EQ and a broad selection of filter types including the unique Hardman filter.

Audient's sales and marketing director Luke Baldry says: "By using 96kHz operation, carefully matched converters and minimal signal path design, One offers the outstanding quality that is expected from Audient. We are pleased to present it at a pleasantly surprising price too."

Audient will also be exhibiting the recently laun

The Netherlands - Lumileds Lighting has announced "a quantum leap" in LED technology with new red, red-orange and amber LEDs that produce record-breaking typical lumens per package of 110 for Amber, 140 for Red and 190 for Red-Orange, which, the company claims, triples the industry benchmark previously set by the company's Luxeon family of solid-state light sources and quadrupling the performance of other LEDs. The new Luxeon III emitters reduce the cost of semiconductor-based lighting per lumen, and save space, by reducing the number of emitters required to produce a given light output. They also pave the way for development of new LED-based products requiring brighter illumination and/or simpler lighting system design in red and related colours. Applications range from rear automotive lighting to aviation, manufacturing and architainment.

(Lee Baldock)

UK - Next week's Pro Light&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt sees LA Audio launch two diverse new products - Can-D and the PC90. Can-D is a headphone delay unit and amplifier for any live application. With delay times of up to 678ms, users can be 226m from the stage and still enjoy the sound of 'time-coherent cans', say the company, adding that a substantial headphone amplifier provides levels up to and including 'painfully loud'. Can-D's solid build quality with compact casing design and built in power supply proves a cost-effective tool, fitting perfectly into a production case.

The PC90 absolute phase checking system incorporates a separate emitter and receiver module, which can be used with its internal speaker and microphone or can connect via XLR to test phase accuracy throughout any audio system. The PC90's broadband pulse can detect phase inversion regardless of time delay

Denmark -The Mania SCX500 is the first scanner in Martin Professional's Mania series and is billed as "an extraordinary 150W halogen scanner that challenges the status quo of mobile scanners".

Martin says that the scanner produces "surprisingly powerful, brilliant effects from separate colour and gobo wheels. With 15 gobos plus open, 15 rich colours including white and five mixed colours, as well as a split colour option, the SCX500 powers out shows like larger scanners but with all the convenience and savings of its class."

Highly portable, the SCX500 is DMX controllable for ultimate manageability. And as with all Mania products the SCX500 is officially ETL, cETL and CE approved meaning users are assured of the fixtures' safety and performance.

Martin says the Mania SCX500 is "ideal for any show, club, or party and will be appreciated by DJs and

USA - The United States Navy has employed beyerdynamic's MCW-D 200 conferencing system in the Judge Advocate General's Office. The Digital Sequencing Spread Spectrum technology for interference free operation makes the MCW-D 200 ideal for this type of installation, claims the manufacturer.

"Since the beyerdynamic conferencing system was being placed in a secure facility, we had to configure it in a different location and train the officers how to move it back to their site," says Greg Lukens, vice president of Washington Professional Services, the company that undertook the installation.

"The fact that this product is a portable system is integral. The product's digital encryption system allows the user to facilitate the product in a secure manner. It minimises the ability to overhear and eavesdrop into top secret conversations."

With the capability of ha

Liechtenstein - Neutrik is extending the popular D-chassis line with USB and FireWire receptacles. The new NAUSB and NA1394-6 will be shown for the first time in the UK at Sounds Expo, London, this month.

"Digital signal transmission is becoming more and more important in the Pro Audio world. With these digital connectors, Neutrik eases the integration of digital tools in the sound studio environment, offering convenient connections of any hardware using any of the two standard Bus technologies," says Neutrik's marketing director Norbert Nachbauer.

"The chassis of the USB and the FireWire connector fits to the D-panel cut-out established by Neutrik, which is universally accepted throughput the Pro Audio market. This makes the upgrading of existing consoles and panels remarkably simple - unscrew a no-longer required S-chassis connector and replace it with a NAUSB

USA - Meyer Sound has announced the MICA compact high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker, the latest addition to the MILO family. The MICA is smaller than the original MILO loudspeaker, but, says Meyer, exhibits the characteristics of high power and extended high-frequency response that have been "MILO family hallmarks".

Designed for touring, rental or fixed installation applications, the new system is billed as "ideal for applications that do not require the higher power or greater throw distance of the original MILO, or in smaller venues that cannot support the weight or size of MILO". It can also be operated as a complement to a MILO main system. For example, a tour playing venues of varying sizes could carry both MILO and MICA, using MILO for main arrays with the new system for sidefill in larger venues and MICA for main arrays in smaller venues.

The M

Sweden / UK - Sweden-based Lab.gruppen has introduces the C Series, a new power amplification solution for permanent installations. The C Series includes three 4-channel amplifiers of varying power levels which feature Lab.gruppen's proprietary NomadLink network interface, and NomadLinkBridge-60E, a 1U remote unit for centralized control of power on/off and monitoring amplifier performance. Lab.gruppen says it has designed the new networkable solution to meet the consultant's expectation for great sounding amplifiers, the contractor's need for flexible and easy installation and the customer's budget constraints, with the least compromise all-around.

The three C Series amplifiers - C 16:4, C 28:4 and C 48:4 - are each four-channel amps with 400W, 700W and 1200W per channel respectively. The C Series amplifier technology is based on the well-established, patented Class TD (Trackin

Italy / Germany - At last week's ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, Italian manufacturer Manfrotto introduced a completely redesigned range of coupler clamps which, the company says, feature improved performance and safety, reduced weight, and unique design. The new, high-performance Eye Coupler range, which has been developed with the needs of professional users in the entertainment and film industries, all feature full TÜV certification.

Manfrotto has lightened the coupler's structure, optimizing resistance in major stress areas andhollowing excess material in low stress points, resulting in a lighter, yet more robust jawcomposition. The new washer seat on each of the couplers makes the Eye Coupler ultra-safe by eliminating slipping and aiding locking, and the unique design features optimized ergonomics, developed in order to smooth off the jaw's structure, eliminating s

UK - DHA Lighting Services recently announced that in direct response to calls from designers and distributors alike, it has now added over 100 new designs to its extensive standard metal gobo range.

Aiming to fill the gaps in the existing catalogue, DHA's creative team has put together a collection of new images from pantomime phrases to exotic breakups. Each design has been carefully tailored to meet designers' expectations then projected, evaluated, tweaked and remade. The end result is a range of gobos that DHA is understandably proud of. As Diane Grant, MD for DHA commented, "DHA is known throughout the world as the place to come for gobos. It is our responsibility to keep applying a fresh approach to the catalogue and to reinvest in its development. Even as a non-lighting designer, I know that some of these designs are beautiful and I can't wait for people to start us

UK - Sennheiser UK has launched two new "entry-high-end" headphone designs - the HD201 and HD215. Both are closed, dynamic headphones featuring extended, accurate response, impressive dynamic potential and remarkable comfort, say the company.

"The HD201 and HD215 bring the real Sennheiser personal listening experience to impressively affordable levels," says Sennheiser UK's product marketing manager, Nolan Hough, "so we expect them to reveal to a whole new generation just how close to the music they can get."

Sennheiser say that both the HD201 and HD215 are "over-the-ear," closed-back designs that deliver outstanding attenuation of ambient noise, encouraging the wearer to become fully immersed in sound without undue distractions and as good as the HD201's ambient-noise attenuation is, the HD215's is even better. It also features a rotata

The Netherlands - Luxeon I light output performance has been dramatically increased for all InGaN colours (white, blue, cyan, green and royal blue). Typical performance of Luxeon I white emitters improved from 31 lumens to 45 lumens. Other colours have similar increases, all without increasing the package or chip size. No other comparable high power LED offers more light than Luxeon I say the company. Increased performance can be attributed to Lumileds continued technology leadership in epitaxial, packaging and five years experience manufacturing high power LEDs, it continues.

"We continue to advance and develop solid-state lighting technology that address the needs of a wide variety of markets," said Jason Posselt, Lumileds director of product marketing. "Our Luxeon I LEDs are broadly used in applications ranging from LCD television and monitors to architectural,

UK - London's Sounds Expo will witness a number of UK product debuts and promotions on the Shure Distribution stand 525. Firstly Shure's E4c sounds isolating earphones will make their UK debut, having already made headlines, as they were one of this year's International CES Innovations 2005 Award honourees. They are the ideal accessory for music lovers who are serious about sound quality and detail, the E4c's are also the lightest in Shure's family of E Series earphones and mirror the iconic design of the iPod.

Furthermore Phonic's Helix Boards will also be unveiled and consist of two models; the Helix Board 12 is a 12 input compact mixer with 4 mic/line input channels, two paired stereo input channels and two stereo AUX returns. While the Helix Board 17 is a 17 input compact mixer with five mic/line input channels, three paired stereo input channels and three stereo AUX returns

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