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France - Lab X Technologies recently announced a new ESX Ethersound I/O Module The new module is mechanically compatible with CobraNet CM1 and CM2 modules and therefore offers an easy upgrade path to EtherSound network technology.

The ESX uses an advanced FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) that provides increased input/output channels, GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) control functions and signal processing capabilities. This "soft core" architecture allows each implementation to be tailored for a particular product, and lowers parts costs by enabling the ESX module to perform product-specific functions.

The ESX is based on a Xilinx Spartan(TM) 3 FPGA. In addition to its EtherSound duties, the Spartan 3 has an embedded microcontroller. The chip can be programmed via firmware to perform EQ, mixing and other audio processing. It provides scalable input/output sche

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UK / Germany - Tannoy will show a number of new products at the Frankfurt ProLight&Sound exhibition next month, throughout its diverse commercial loudspeaker and studio monitor ranges. Commercial installation products can be found in Hall 8.0 stand C22 whilst their studio range will be exhibited in Hall 5.1 stand B43 / 53.

One of the major highlights will be a preview of an active version of Tannoy's V Series range of installation loudspeakers. The new V Net Series incorporates a networkable embedded amplifier system providing a complete installation solution by combining high performance signal processing, amplification, networked control and telemetry. Installers will be able to use customized PC interfaced software to configure a number of V series cabinets connected on an RS485 cable network.

Also showing will be Tannoy's high power loudspeaker solution for live or fixed

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UK - VisualDMX has introduced Matrix Mania!, an integral part of VisualDMX software control, which the company says allows for the control of any scale or size matrix setup from dance floors to LED panels with an ease that is rarely found elsewhere, even in dedicated matrix controllers.

Matrix Mania! allows the user to creatively, quickly and accurately render and change the appearance of your matrix through its versatile pre-programmed patterns or by the simple addition of scrolling or static text, pictures (bitmap images) or even animated images. VisualDMX says that one of the most powerful characteristics of the Matrix Mania! is that the patterns are automatically adapted to the dimensions of the matrix.

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Denmark - Martin Professional has introduced the new Mania DC3, the third decoration fixture in the Martin Mania series. The 250W unit offers replaceable oil wheels to produce psychedelic decoration effects ideal for a wide variety of decorative lighting purposes. A variable focus allows users to blur the edges of the projected image while a variable speed control keeps pace with the music. Furthermore, the DC3 includes high quality projection optics and a precise manual focus adjustment for extremely sharp and detailed projections, say Martin.

For further decorative possibilities, gobos can be placed in the DC3 to frame the oil wheel image, thus creating a variety of shapes and providing even more depth to the projection. Designed for wherever people want to have fun, the Mania DC3 is ideal for shows, clubs, or parties and will be appreciated by DJs and live performers alike.

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USA - Yamaha Corporation of America has strengthened its offerings in total systems solutions with the introduction of the Installation Series, the first complete line of sound reinforcement speaker products from the Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems Division. With availability from June 2005, a total of 19 models with integrated enclosures, hardware, components and crossover networks have been engineered to meet the requirements of the medium-to-large scale touring and installation markets, say the company.

The Yamaha Installation Series is the result of a collaboration with Audio Composite Engineering (ACE) and its highly respected acoustic engineer Michael Adams, retained by Yamaha to realize the product concepts of Yamaha's legendary speaker engineer, Akira Nakamura. Adams is currently vice president at ACE, and has more than three decades of experience as a speaker designer

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USA - US-based laser entertainment technology company Laserwurx, is launching its new LXColor Full Color digital laser projector this month. Laserwurx is the only manufacturer to achieve the stringent CDRH approval for moving yoke lasers in the US, and the latest product follows on from the popular LX1 green only product introduced 2003 at LDI. The new generation LXColor or LXC projectors, promise to deliver the most comprehensive features ever offered in any laser projection system, the company says.

The LXC projectors are offered in a variety of output powers as well as single colour configurations. The flagship model, the LXC 3000, offers 1.5W of white plus an additional 1.5W of green. All LXC projectors retain the highest beam quality possible with specs of <.7mr full angle divergence and 3mm diameter, say Laserwurx.

The LXC projectors incorporate the most advanced imagi

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Denmark - Martin Professional is offering an inexpensive multi-user license package for its Martin ShowDesigner (MSD) lighting simulation software package designed especially for educational institutions. Now, schools, universities or any educational institution can take advantage of one of the lighting industry's leading tools for lighting and set design.

The package includes a standard dongle with 10 licenses with additional licenses available up to a maximum of 20. As part of Martin's continuing commitment to the education of emerging lighting professionals, Martin has subsidized the cost of the MSD site license, making it affordable for the vast majority of educational institutions. In addition, Martin also offers an MSD training program in accordance with the Martin Acade-media training program.

MSD is a unique and user-friendly lighting and set design software package f

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UK - Laser Electronics Ltd has introduced three new versions of its laser lightshow and multimedia software packages to include: Millennium - an entry level package, which allows 2D control of any laser system; Zion, which offers advanced features such as importation of 3D Studio max files and one of the most advanced 3D engines ever developed for laser lightshow use. Finally V3D, which not only allows the control of any laser system, but also offers the user the ability to emulate any laser effect from a standard video projector.

The Zion package is the simplest to use, true 3D system on the market. Ideally it is suited to creating long, complex shows from scratch utilizing the latest in virtual reality style instant feedback and attacks the most time consuming aspect of Laser Lightshow programming - generating animations. Features include: Free-form 3D; trace scanned-in bitmap

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Canada - Cast Software announced the first release of Vivien - a new software application for event and meeting professionals servicing corporate and special functions, incentive meetings, tradeshows, expositions, weddings, and parties alike.

"Vivien is the easy-to-use design solution that event professionals have been asking for," comments Bob Mani, VP sales and business development. "We are merely addressing the needs of event professionals worldwide who are looking for a way to create more captivating events and ultimately, win more contracts. Vivien will become an indispensable member of their team."

Simple and intuitive, event professionals can browse through and select from a 3D library of diverse items, including tables, chairs, décor, AV, architectural, banquet, and staging items. By placing them into a chosen venue they can create a virtual repre

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The Netherlands - Prolyte has developed a hybrid coupler the CCS6-610, an innovative product for the 30 and 40 series truss. The first introduction of the CCS (conical coupling system) has changed the way truss can be used and assembled. The introduction of a hybrid conical coupling system is a step further ahead.

As Marc Hendriks, Prolyte's engineering director, states: "Although it might seem very futuristic, for Prolyte it was a natural step, as we are constantly looking for way's to improve our products. In this process we do not hesitate to use new materials or methods."

The hybrid coupler is a combination of metal, encapsulated in synthetic material. The coupler can replace the current aluminium CCS6-600 coupler and lives up to the same specifications for strength and tolerances. The advantage of the hybrid coupler is first of all it's price, which will be less

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USA - Elation Control Systems (ECS) has introduced two digital DMX recorders, the DPR 1 (a tabletop 'pocket' recorder) and DR 512 (a 19" rack-mount version), which the company says will allow the user to copy all the scenes in a light show and then run the entire show at the touch of a button, with all the ease and speed of using a VCR. The DPR 1 and DR 512 are digital real-time recorders, so can record a whole light show including hold and fade times, rather than copying each scene individually and then requiring the operator to "sequence" all the scenes together, as non-digital recorders do, say Elation.

The DPR 1 and DR 512 were designed to work with any major brand of universal DMX controller. Each of the units has the capacity to record and store up to four complete light shows into its internal memory; 33 complete light shows can be stored into external me

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USA - Colorado-based lighting manufacturer Wybron Inc has given the first public showing of its new BP-2 beam luminaire, at the USITT Stage Expo, March 17-19 in Toronto, Canada. This compact, next generation beam projector uses the latest developments in optical and mechanical design to give lighting designers another tool in their ever-expanding arsenal of lighting effects. The BP-2 produces an intense soft-edge, narrow (10°) beam of light several times more intense than an ordinary spotlight of similar wattage, say Wybron.

Built of rugged spun steel, with either a metal or cold light coated glass parabolic reflector, it may be lamped with up to 800W tungsten or 150W discharge source. Its T-slot modular connection system allows the designer to combine an unlimited number of BP-2s in any desired array to satisfy any lighting situation, say the company.

The BP-2 makes a stat

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The Netherlands - Prolyte has announced the development of a hybrid coupler, the CCS6-610, a patented system designed for the 30 and 40 series truss. The first introduction of the CCS (conical coupling system) has radically changed the way truss can be used and assembled, say the company, adding that its success can be measured by the amount of copies on the market. The introduction of a hybrid conical coupling system is a step further ahead.

As Marc Hendriks, Prolyte's engineering director, states: "Although it might seem very futuristic, for Prolyte it was a natural step, as we are constantly looking for ways to improve our products. In this process we do not hesitate to use new materials or methods."

The hybrid coupler is a combination of metal encapsulated in synthetic material. The coupler can replace the current aluminium CCS6-600 coupler and lives up to the

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Australia - The DMXPlayBack, the first device launched by lighting control manufacturer Enttec in 1998, was very successful, but has now received a facelift. The result is the new DMXPlayBack Mk2, with all the functions users have come to rely on, plus new functions and extra memory, at no extra cost, say Enttec The DMXPlayBack Mk2 can store up to 12 complete light shows, each of which can consist of up to 500 static scenes. Scenes can be stored as a snapshot of the DMX input, or can be built using the dedicated free software package ShowEditor 2. Once your scenes have been stored, shows are put together using ShowEditor, and uploaded to the DMXPlayBack Mk2.

Users can choose to run a single show on power-up of the unit, or can trigger individual shows via RS232. For manual control, the DMXPlayBack Remote allows single-button access to all 12 shows, and can even be triggered usi

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UK - Denon DJ has unveiled the latest round of software plug-ins available for its DJ products. Downloadable software is available free of charge to all Denon DJ registered users via denondj.com. The new software enhancements provide an array of new features for the DN-X1500 Professional DJ Mixer, DN-S5000 and DN-S3000 Tabletop CD/MP3 Players, and DN-04000 Dual CD/MP3 Player.

Denon's DN-X1500 offers four full-featured channels integrated with the 'world's first' 8-channel input matrix control, with additional on-board effects and USB connectivity. Newly available enhancements include separate Rear Output Trim and Master Level Control, Stereo/Mono Switching independent of global cueing system, improved Crossfader response for intricate scratch routines, and a 'sharper' Channel Fader contour preset. In the Effects section, Filter 2 can be set to correspond to the unit's DRYIWET c

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Spain - The first Spanish rental companies to invest in HK Audio's Cohedra Compact Coherent Dynamic Response Array system have joined forces to start a local Cohedra Compact network. Both Andalusia-based companies have purchased systems of 16 CDR 108 C mid/high cabinets with eight CDR 210 C subwoofers and two PR 8 amp racks - a so-called 2x8 system. Each rig can be split into two ground-stacked systems for smaller gigs by use of an additional Digital Field Controller with PB 2 patchbays in each rack.

Sonilprof, located in Algeciras, and Proinso in Huelva are long-term HK Audio users, with each rental company boasting a substantial inventory. Both have been proactive in establishing Cohedra in Spain, with Sonilprof owner Santiago Sánchez García arranging a major demonstration of the system last year in the Algeciras bullring (see newsletter dated June 1, 2004). The companies h

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Australia / Germany - Australian manufacturer LSC Lighting Systems will exhibit at next months ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt (6-9 April) in its own right, having co-exhibited with its German distributors for the last 12 years. LSC's Alan Graham comments: "ProLight has developed for us as a true international exhibition with customers and distributors seeking us out from as far away as Asia, Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe as well as out traditional customer base from Western Europe. We felt it important to establish our own presence at this important show and show the wider audience exactly what we do."

Previewing for the first time in Europe is LSC's soon-to-be-released lighting desk, Xtc. This powerful and stylish desk is based on the proven maXim engine and advanced moving light control from the popular PaTPad touch screen module. It offers a multit

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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