France - First announced at AES New York in October, the new EnergyPro brand will be exhibiting for the first time at a European AES in Paris, together with their distributor Analogue Audio/Pro Audio Services.

EnergyPro is the newly created professional division of Audio Products International Corp, manufacturer of the brands Energy, Mirage and Athena Technologies. Based in Toronto, Canada, APIC is the third largest loudspeaker manufacturer in North America and one of the ten largest speaker manufacturers in the world.

The first products created under the new brand are a comprehensive line of studio monitors, focussed on the recording, post production, project studio and broadcast markets. Stereo, surround, passive, active, analogue and digitally controlled systems are all featured and API has used its R&D resources to design in digital compatibility and upgrade paths for this

USA - Zandar Technologies, a leading innovator in the design and development of high quality multi-source video display and management solutions, will be debuting their high-quality image processing products at InfoComm between 7 - 9 June, in Orlando, Florida, USA.

From the varied display requirements of audio visual, video conferencing and digital signage applications to the complex configurations required for high end command and control rooms, video surveillance and security monitoring centres, Zandar MultiViewers provide a specific multi-video display solution. The company shall be exhibiting its advanced range of MultiViewer solutions which provide one flexible, integrated interface for the display of multiple video and data sources at many demanding and diverse sites across the globe today.

Enhanced video display and monitoring will be showcased with the all new FusionPr

Spain - Time goes by with giant steps, so Work is introducing the new SION professional mixer series, aiming to satisfy the needs of the most demanding DJ's.

SION is a new and useful mixer series with two, three and four channels, bringing some new features and including new technical characteristics of the latest generation.

Input type selectors and three band equalizer on each channel, level adjustment and master/monitoring selector at the headphones output, front and back microphone inputs with talkover function, high intensity Led vumeters, recording outputs, an easy crossfader and line faders replacement system, and an excellent signal/noise ratio makes of the new SION series a must in the future DJ booths.

(Chris Henry)

USA - Danley Sound Labs is introducing the SH-100B at InfoComm 2006. This new addition to the popular SH Series gives the user the additional power of a tapped-horn subwoofer wrapped around the popular two-way Danley SH-100 loudspeaker.

With a maximum SPL in the upper 120dB range, a beamwidth of 110 x 110, and frequency response to below 40Hz, the SH-100B is destined to become a favourite loudspeaker solution for audio designers, contractors, and staging/rental companies, says the company. Its compact size, 29.5" x 20.5" x 19", make the SH-100B extremely mobile.

Applications for the SH-100B include houses or worship, commercial theatres, live music venues, performing arts centres, and discos.

"Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, the SH-100B is one of the most powerful loudspeakers out there," says Mike Hedden, president of Danley Sound Labs. "Us

Denmark - The Mania SCX series is Martin's response to the market demand for more powerful, compact and feature packed scanners. The latest in the series is the Mania SCX700, a far-reaching and blinding moving mirror effect driven by 150 watts of discharge power. The SCX700 also features crisp rotating gobos, a broad selection of colors and a fast strobe effect making it ideal for the all-night club dance floor.

This extraordinary discharge scanner effect houses the highest quality optical system for maximum light output and true high-definition image quality. It combines with a long life 150W discharge lamp (6000 hours, included) to kick out an impressively powerful array of graphics and color. And for easy serviceability, the lamp in the SCX700 is a breeze to replace.

The SCX700 features separate colour and gobo wheels for a multitude of brilliant effects. Included are seven

UK - The M1 Tubetracker is ideal for the home or project studio - especially when space is limited. The M1 follows on from the success of the hugely popular M4 tube console launched last year, which already has a large array of high profile users from Athlete to Lamb.

The M1 enables you to capture that acclaimed warm, smooth and clean TL Audio sound at the lowest price point ever achieved on one of their desks says the company, without compromising quality. The M1 offers you quality valve mic preamps on each channel, three band musical EQ with sweepable mid on each channel, two auxiliary sends per channel as well as effects returns and alternate two track returns and monitoring options.

It has been designed to maximize today's recording techniques, with the addition of an optional ADAT output for easy digital connection to your recording device and software. It makes the perfe

UK - RF specialist Trantec is delighted to announce that it has further expanded its range of innovative wireless radio mic systems with the addition of its new 4-channel UHF S4.4 system, which offers a cost effective and flexible alternative for vocals, presentations, and musical instruments.

Designed to the highest specifications at Trantec's London based HQ, the S4.4 systems offer four license-free switchable UHF frequencies which can operate simultaneously.

By virtue of its advanced diversity receiver, it optimises interference-free reception in the most challenging application environments and features an adjustable squelch function to guard against interference. In addition its unique dynamics processor ensures a crystal clear and natural sound.

The Vocal system comprises a hand-held transmitter with a dynamic capsule and a diversity receiver. Delivering a punchy and a

USA - Worldwide-automated lighting manufacturer High End Systems Inc. is today releasing an Apple Mac version of software to operate the Content Management Application (CMA) for the DL2 Digital Lighting fixture. Until now, the CMA was only operable on a PC. The software allows lighting professionals to seamlessly manage the content and configuration of their DL2 fixtures not only from a PC running Windows, but now also a Mac.

The Mac CMA is designed for OS 10.4.6 or later and supports G4-, G5- and Intel-based Macs.

HES DL2 product manager Scott Blair says: "We recognized the large and loyal existing Catalyst user base - many of whom started with us on the Catalyst years ago. We wanted to show our support for them by offering this software to allow them to use their existing show content on DL2."

The free software is now available for download on High End Systems' D

France - University of California Berkeley's Centre for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) is a hotbed of research into areas of music and sound technology as diverse as music languages and protocols, gestural controllers, and new methods of radiating and spatializing sound. Meyer Sound's long-time dedication to advanced research and the physical proximity of their facilities (Meyer Sound headquarters is barely two miles from CNMAT), made it entirely natural for an alliance to form between the two organizations. The relationship that developed has encompassed several projects over a number of years.

Currently, Meyer Sound is supporting a CNMAT effort to create a loudspeaker array capable of mimicking the kinds of radiation patterns exhibited by acoustical musical instruments. The most recent prototype array is a 10-inch-diameter icosahedron incorporating 120 1.25-inch driv

France - As one of the very few loudspeaker system manufacturers, Alcons Audio will be present at the coming AES convention in Paris. On the show, Alcons will be exhibiting with a sample of each product category; the first product of the completely new 'S-series', the SR9.

The SR9 is an ultra-compact ribbon loudspeaker, specifically designed for applications where ultimate fidelity response needs to be projected with wide horizontal and precise vertical coverage, such as low-profile stage-lip/front-fill, upper-/under-balcony or stair risers or walls.

The rapidly acceptance-gaining Q-series will be on show, with a 2 metre stack of QR36 and a stand-mounted QR18 ribbon column array. "Ultimate controlled projection" are the key-words here, says the company.

The already famous flexibility of the LR14 ultra-compact ribbon line-array is shown with the unique BRK3LR14 brac

UK - Harvard Engineering is the world's first and only ballast manufacturer to gainENEC approval for HID ballasts. Over 20 different markets are covered by the European Norms Electrical Certification which has consolidated a variety of European standards within the one approvals system.

ENEC is considered by member countries as the valid approvals mark for their own national market. John McDonnell, managing director at Harvard says: "This is an extremely significant approval within the lighting industry. Our HID range is the first set of HID ballasts in the world to have gained ENEC approval.

"The approval confirms the ability of our in-house design team and our UK based production line to design and manufacture high quality and high performing products."

Harvard Engineering makes a wide range of electronic ballasts recognised as being at the cutting edge of t

UK - Dialight Lumidrives' L2Optics brand has launched the new OPT series of lenses, specially designed for use with the world's leading high power LEDS.

The new L2Optics OPT lenses are compatible with a wide range of leading high power LEDS including Luxeon K2, Osram Golden Dragon, Cree XLamp 7090 and the Nichia Jupiter. Each lense comes supplied with a quick and easy 'peel and place' assembly system, together with a highly efficient base module-typically 85%.

An interchangeable sub lens system provides multiple beam angle options covering spot diffuser, wide angle and oval, as required. Optics are produced to PMMA grade.

Gordon Routledge, Dialight Lumidrives' managing director, says; "L2Optics' new range of OPT Optics meets the growing need for high performance optics at competitive prices."

(Chris Henry)

Denmark - The companion washlight to the MAC 700 Profile is ready to hit the market. The MAC 700 Wash is the latest luminaire in Martin's line of award-winning MAC moving heads. It carries on the MAC tradition by offering much of the same technology, modularity and design as the MAC 700 Profile.

The 700 Wash is a powerful 700-watt Fresnel luminaire with a remarkable light output. It features a full CMY colour mixing system and variable CTC plus eight position colour wheel. Other useful features include a wide range variable zoom, continuous and indexable beam shaper, and extremely smooth and fast dimmer shutter system. It also boasts the same service friendly modular design and silent cooling as the MAC 700 Profile.

The MAC 700 Wash houses a superior and highly efficient optical system powered by a 700 watt short-arc discharge lamp. The durable short-arc HTI 700 D4/75 lamp is

USA - Studio Command 1200 is the newest product debuting in May from High End Systems. This is the third model of the Studio Command automated wash luminaire. The 700 version was introduced and began shipping in September 2005, while the Halogen version began shipping earlier this month.

Studio Command 1200 shares the same features as the 700 model with the exception of the lamp source. Studio Command 1200 uses a proven long-life Philips MSR 1200 source offering a colour temperature of 5900K, or may be fitted with an MSR 1200/2 source for a colour temperature of 7200K. These models also offer a variable mechanical and electronic strobe, boosted with the Light Burst effect, and a mechanical douser for smooth fade to black. Both use 14 channels on a DMX link.

All three models of Studio Command feature a large exiting beam with a compact head. All use a patented lenticular array

UK - Strand Lighting has chosen the annual ABTT conference and trade show to introduce their new Palette family of control consoles to Europe. There are three groups of control consoles in the range: classicPalette, presetPalette, and subPalette.

Clean, elegant, and very, very powerful, classicPalette is a classic memory console. With 150, 250 or 500 channels (and double those numbers of attributes), two playbacks and 32 submasters, classicPalette will eat up complex shows, easily - elegantly. ClassicPalette comes bundled with WYSIWYG CE, for real-time visualization across the network.

Single-scene/two-scene control is still the best starting point for a lighting control education, and the presetPalettes are designed for teaching. Two versions offer 32/64 or 48/96 single/two-scene preset operation plus memory control. When students are familiar with preset operation, there is

UK - The highly-acclaimed and successful Soundcraft GB Series has gained a new member, the Soundcraft GB2.

Available in frame sizes from 16 to 32 channels, each with two full-function stereo channels, the GB2 is designed for smaller installations in churches and performance venues, or for small touring sound systems. Four group busses are configured as two stereo subgroups for easy control, along with six auxiliary sends.

As always with Soundcraft consoles, emphasis has been placed on operational simplicity and the highest possible audio performance. The Soundcraft GB2 inherits both the GB30 Mic preamplifier and GB30 Equaliser designs from the GB4 and GB8, while the layout is clear and well-legended for clarity.

Uniquely perhaps, the stereo subgroup operation is simplified by the addition of WIDTH controls, which variably adjust the stereo image of the group sent to the main

UK - Touch-screen music systems, bringing the benefits of fast-growing digital and MP3 technology to the leisure Industry, Q-Play and 00DJ are the latest innovations from Computer DJ, a British company formed by professional DJs, which is attracting international interest in its digital music management and distribution systems. Both products use MP3 technology to hold thousands of tracks, removing the need to keep CDs in unsightly and impractical piles or in boxes for carrying to gigs.

Q-Play, with its touch-screen monitor, is designed for ease of use and reliability in the leisure Industry locations where background music is played to enhance the atmosphere. A space-saving rack unit may be located out of sight, and the monitor can blend into an interior scheme or become a stylish feature in its own right such as forced air cooling and biometric security features.

Music is se

USA - Radian Audio Engineering has re-launched the company website with a new look. The revamped website brings together comprehensive descriptions and technical specifications for the company's broad range of Professional, Contractor, MicroWedge and MicroFill speaker systems, coaxial ceiling speakers, proprietary speaker components and replacement diaphragms in one convenient location.

The new-look website also highlights the two latest additions to Radian Audio Engineering's Professional and Contractor series of products, the RPH series of two-way controlled directivity horn-loaded enclosures and the RC series of small format ceiling speaker systems.

Distilling 18 years of engineering development into an arrayable loudspeaker enclosure for demanding church, theatre, restaurant/night club and pro touring sound applications, the new RPH offers two-way operation with a 15-inch

France - DPA has launched the BLM4060 Boundary Layer Microphone, the stylish design and high performance of which makes it ideal for use in boardrooms, conference facilities, courtrooms, teleconferencing and other applications where excellent vocal pickup is required, says the company.

The BLM4060 is a transducer designed to work under optimum conditions when placed on a tabletop, but it also performs well on any other hard, flat surface that reflects sound. The microphone element is a prepolarized omnidirectional miniature condenser microphone with a 5.4 mm (0.2 in) vertical diaphragm specially designed for maximum performance. The microphone body consists of a centre rubber disc that holds the microphone element mounted in a stainless steel base.

The BLM4060 can be very easily placed in essentially any position on the surface, even close to the edge. Users will benefit from

Germany - Offering more power and enhanced performance, QSC's MD Series self-powered loudspeakers made their European debut recently at Frankfurt's ProLight & Sound expo. Ideally suited for a wide variety of applications ranging from houses of worship to hotels, casinos, nightclubs and sports facilities, the product group is a family of modular, arrayable enclosures including full-range models MD-FP122/64r, MD-FP122/94r, MD-FP152/64r and MD-FP152/94r.

Offering various coverage patterns employing 12in or 15in low frequency drivers, the new full-range, self-powered MD models all share the same 35in tall trapezoidal enclosure as QSC's passive MD Series. Given the identical dimensions of the cabinets, the task of creating full-range or combined full-range/low frequency clusters becomes an easy task. Designed with 30° angles, the self-powered MD Series enclosures can additionally

UK - Launched at the Paris AES, Sennheiser's new A5000-CP passive helical antenna provides high gain, virtually no multipath problems, and high-quality RF performance over the entire UHF broadcast band. Designed for the most demanding projects and toughest transmission conditions, the circularly polarized A5000-CP can be used as both a transmit and receive device, making it ideal for radio microphones and in-ear monitoring, say Sennheiser.

Unlike conventional helical antennas, most of which have a much narrower bandwidth, the A5000-CP covers the entire UHF range from 450 to 960 MHz. This flexibility makes setting up complex RF transmission systems much easier. The antenna minimizes variations in signal strength and almost completely eliminates multipath problems. The gain of the A5000-CP over the entire UHF band is also far superior to that of conventional antennas.

The A5000-

UK - To harness the potential offered by the increasing availability of LED fixtures and sources for architectural lighting applications, Dynalite says it has developed a comprehensive range of controllers designed to directly connect and drive most popular conventions of LED fittings and sources.

Coupled with Dynalite's existing products, the range of controllers enable LED fittings and sources to be readily utilised with other conventional lighting sources. By integrating the power management circuitry, Dynalite's LED controllers offer considerable installation cost benefits when compared to discrete analogue controlled LED fitting power supplies, the company says.

Incorporating native DMX512 support, all Dynalite LED controllers can be readily connected to a theatrical or entertainment lighting control system. Dynalite says that its range offers a solution for any project w

France - At the AES in Paris (May 20 - 23), Sennheiser exhibited its professional wireless range and explained how complex multi-channel audio transmission in the age of digital TV can be achieved successfully. Among the products on display at the 120th exhibition and conference of the Audio Engineering Society was Sennheiser's new SK 5212 bodypack transmitter, as well as the SKM 5200 handheld transmitter, the new 3250 wireless monitoring system and the NET 1 network system. Products from Sennheiser's renowned 5000 Series allow professional users to safely navigate the frequency constraints brought about by DVB-T, and achieve frequency agility and transmission reliability in multi-channel productions.

Sennheiser's star performer at the AES was the SK 5212, one of the smallest bodypack transmitters that offers sound designers and broadcasting professionals the opportunity to conc

USA - Representing the latest addition to QSC's WideLine family of sound reinforcement components, the new Installation Line Array (ILA) has now been released. The new series is ideally suited for nightclubs, multipurpose theatres, houses of worship, or any other venue seeking professional quality in a lightweight, unobtrusive package.

"One of the main reasons for developing the ILA is to make true line array performance accessible to a far broader range of applications," says QSC's director of product management, Gerry Tschetter, explaining the underlying goal driving the product introduction. "Most line array systems today are manufactured for the touring sound market, which means that overall, system costs lie well beyond the means of many facilities that could gain direct benefits from the technology. By focusing on fixed installation needs with a moulded encl

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