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Italy - For the first time in her existence, Dutch sound system manufacturer Alcons Audio will be exhibiting at the SIB show in Rimini this year (11-14 March), mark the official launch of Alcons on the Italian market.

On the stand of Headroom from Besana, Alcons' newly appointed distributor for Italy, a selection of Alcons products will be on display, among which the LR14 ultra-compact ribbon line-array module featuring the patented RBN401 pro-ribbon driver. This line-array system is experiencing "enormous popularity", say the company, with the entry of line-array in performing arts theatres, with the musical Beauty & the Beast and Staatsoper Stuttgart being just two examples.

The system will be shown in flown and stacked configuration, with the unique bracket to have three units LR14 on stand mount, with full line-array functionality. The LR14 will be complem

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UK / Germany - The forthcoming NSCA and Frankfurt exhibitions will be the first chance for British manufacturer XTA to show the world its flexible new offering for speaker system control. XTA's Guy Lewis says: "With hundreds of our 4 in, 8 out processors now driving audio systems worldwide, we are completing the family, and really giving every sound company and installer a flexible choice of how they structure their drive processing and speaker systems. If a 4 in, 8 out format is not perfect for your world, we can now offer either 2 or 4 inputs, with either 4, 6 or 8 outputs - plenty to choose from."

Lewis is referring to the new DP446, DP444, DP424 and the renamed DP448. "It does not matter if it is an LCR system, a two-way monitor rack, four-way front-of-house system or four-channel EQ front-end. Anyone can fit the processing to their way of working, without com

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UK / Germany - Harman Pro is showing a several new products across its various brands at this year's ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt. Products being debuted in Europe include the new JBL VP Series powered reinforcement systems, Crown Xti and new XLS power amplifiers, Lexicon MX400 and MX400XL Dual Stereo/Surround Reverb Processors, and Alpha Desktop Recording Studio. Other new products being shown include the AKG WMS40 PRO wireless microphone series, the dbx DriveRack 4800, and JBL LSR4300 Linear Spatial Reference Series studio monitors.

The new JBL VP (Venue Performance) Series is described as "a best-in-class powered loudspeaker system family", and is intended to fulfil a wide range of professional installation and portable touring applications. The series of two and three way cabinets and a sub, integrates proven Differential Drive transducers, a 'next genera

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USA - High End Systems (HES) has announced the release the Hog 3PC application as well as updated software for the Wholehog 3 lighting console. The Hog 3PC software transfers the advanced control technology of the Wholehog 3 console to personal computers as well as to the Hog iPC console. Users may download the free software and enhancement details from the Flying Pig Systems website.

The Wholehog 3 operating system is specified worldwide by leading tours, production companies, theatres and more. Hog 3PC enhances the abilities of the Wholehog 3 suite with a complete line of hardware products allowing users to create their own control solution.

Show files are completely compatible between Hog 3PC, Hog iPC and the Wholehog 3 console, thus providing off-line, backup and networking abilities between the various systems.Customers with existing USB DMX Widgets using Hog 2PC are enco

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USA - Shure will distribute the HA-8089 Helical Antenna of Orlando-based Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), effective as of January 2006. As an in ear monitor (IEM) transmitter antenna or wireless microphone receiver antenna, the Helix minimizes RF dropouts and considerably increases the range over an omnidirectional antenna. Shure now recommends the HA-8089 antenna as accessory for their UHF-R Wireless Systems.

When using other antennas, such as log periodic paddles, maximum energy transfer can only be expected if the receiver paddle is positioned vertically or horizontally, respectively, say Shure. When used as wireless microphone receiver antenna, for example, the helical antenna will transfer maximum RF energy regardless of the polarization of the transmitted wave. As the RF energy from the IEM transmitter radiates out of the helical, it is continuously spun through 360°

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Canada - The newest release of Vivien virtual event designer is now easier to use, ensuring planners can create stunning 3D images of events without complex CAD training. With its streamlined user interface, more intuitive and user-friendly tools, Vivien 1.2 has already received rave reviews, says manufacturer Cast Software.

"I've been showing it to people and they were more than excited-they were positively giddy!" says John Mordal, a Vivien user who recently demonstrated the latest in Vivien at The Event for Planners and Suppliers Expo in Minnesota. "I believe that the success of this product depends on how easy it is for the lay person to get up and running quickly, and Vivien 1.2 does it," he says.

The Vivien team gave tools like the Missing Coordinate and Shaded View more user-friendly names like Height and Virtual View. "We've listened to feedbac

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USA - With sales of its award-winning P36 LED and P64 LED color par cans soaring, American DJ say it is building on the products' success by releasing white-light versions. The company has introduced the P36 LED WH and P64 LED WH, two DMX-compatible all-white LED par cans designed for applications where clear white light is desired.

The company believe the products are great for stage, club, corporate, display and architectural use, the P36 LED WH and P64 LED WH produce a true, warm white light. At the same time, they offer all the benefits of LEDs - including energy efficiency, low heat and super-long lamp life.

"Our groundbreaking color LED par cans - the P36 LED and P64 LED - received a great deal of acclaim in the industry, as well as from lighting users, for their superior technical innovation," said Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of Comp

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Germany - KV2 will launch various new products at Prolight and Sound, Frankfurt including the new ES Series which has been given a cosmetic and ergonomic overhaul. This includes new style grilles and handles, improved wheel boards and covers and the addition of M20 pole mounts for the ES 1.0 cabinet. The new design, higher output ES 2.8 subwoofer will also be shown for the first time.

Plus, the company launch the new ERAC 2500R amplifier/controller package, a four-way, active control and amplification system specifically designed for the KV2 Audio ES Series modular loudspeaker systems. This draws technology from KV2's existing EPAK amplifier/controller and combines it with the company's VHD technology to produce a rack mounted amplifier/controller that incorporates digital alignment utilizing a DSD (Direct Stream Digital) 6.0 MHz delay line. It houses all signal processing and a

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Germany - The dates of this year's prolight+sound exhibition 29 March - 1 April, present d&b audiotechnik with a considerable dilemma, whether to be serious or not with the show culminating on this universally asinine day of the year. The origins of All Fool's Day are not just hundreds of years old but can be traced back to the Centurions when 1 April was effectively their new year. With the instigation of the Gregorian calendar in the 1500s this was changed to January 1st, however communications being what they were in those days many people did not know this for several years. Remorselessly ridiculed, they were often sent on fools' errands or were made the butt of other practical jokes. Knowing the expanse of the prolight+sound exhibition, d&b hopes that the communication of their latest offerings will be more rapid than in those days when news only travelled by foot.

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Belgium - At the event and entertainment exhibition SIB in Rimini (Italy) Philips has introduced FastFit, a new lamp concept for Philips MSR Gold 700 SA/SE, Philips MSR Gold 1200 SA/SE and Philips Hi-Brite 1200Watt. The rear load lamp base system, developed by Philips and Bender & Wirth, enables easy lamp replacement and adjustments in seconds in difficult stage conditions and reduces the overall lamp considerably.

Philips FastFit for both halogen and HID: Fast replacement and adjustment aren't the only benefits, the overall lamp length, including the lamp holder, can be reduced by more than 25%. This makes more compact and lighter fixture designs possible. Furthermore, the FastFit technology will be used for both HID and Halogen lamps that brings about multi-usage of the fixture.

In close partnership, several leading manufacturers are introducing fixtures suitable for

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USA - At the NSCA Expo, D&M Professional, the parent company of Denon Professional, has announced it is now shipping its flagship DN-V755 Network Audio Visual Player. The new DN-V755 provides system integrators and contractors with a complete visual messaging solution and was developed based on direct feedback from leading end-users and consultants in the field, say the company.

Designed to meet the increasing demand for digital signage multimedia solutions the DN-V755 offers extensive playback capabilities through its built-in 40 GB hard drive and extended range of compatible formats. The DN-V755 also features true drag-and-drop content uploads and an RS-232 port for integrated onsite system control.

Media Transfer has never been easier than with the DN-V755. The user is able to upload MPEG video, still pictures, WAV and other media directly from a computer. In addition to ea

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Italy - At SIB 2006, Rimini - the international reference point for technology, audio, video and lighting for shows and new entertainment - the company showed the new iSpot Extreme. The Coemar stand will also hosted heats of 2006 Bologna Music Festival, a European contest for emerging artists from all over Italy and various other European countries, presented by Guido Mandreoli and Federica Calabrò. Participants fought it out note by note, beneath Coemar's light show and in front of a jury made up of expert musicians, record label executives and members of the national radio and TV broadcast industry. TV coverage by Milan's Cinevideostudio.

The iSpot Extreme is Coemar's ultimate moving yoke projector and was expressly designed for 2006 Winter Olympics' opening ceremony in the Stadium of Turin, where both the iSpot Extreme and other Coemar luminaries played at their best.

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UK - Bosch Security Systems has obtained approval from the independent and internationally recognized TÜV Product Service GmbH testing authority in Germany for its Plena Voice Alarm System.

The Plena Voice Alarm System has been independently TÜV tested to EN/IEC60849 certification for 'Sound Systems for Emergency Purposes'. This means Bosch can assure not just installers but also fire departments, consultants/specifiers and end-users that the voice evacuation systems they are using comply with the strictest requirements of the EN/IEC60849 standard for public buildings - such as hotels, schools, entertainment venues, sport centres, railway stations and termini, retail stores, shopping centers and exhibition centers.

TÜV approval for the Plena Voice Alarm System follows that of Bosch's Praesideo Public Address and Emergency Sound System, which obtained TÜV approval in 2003.<

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Germany - Le Maitre will be at Prolight in Frankfurt, exhibiting with their German distributor LMP Lichtechnik. Le Maitre's sales director Rick Wilson will be on the LMP stand with a range of products including the Stadium Hazer, the new Fake Flame and the new MVS Hazer.

The Le Maitre Stadium Hazer is the top of the range of hazing machines. It utilizes a proven, patented conversion technique to provide a truly awesome output and is eminently suited for large venues. At the same time, electronic control of the output issue enables its use in smaller areas where rapid atmosphere fills are required, say the company.

The non-toxic fluid used to provide the unique haze form, departs from undesirable oil type use, and can only be converted by the advanced techniques employed. By maintaining a narrow band, cyclic temperature operation, consistent micron sized particles are formed, c

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Germany - First announced at AES New York in October, the new EnergyPro brand will be launched in Europe at ProLight+Sound on stand D41 in Hall 5.1 with Germany, Austria and Switzerland distributor Analogue Audio/Pro Audio Services.

EnergyPro is the newly created professional division of Audio Products International Corp, manufacturer of the world famous consumer 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, say the company.

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.

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USA - American DJ has released two new two new Blinder versions of its LED Par fixtures - with the P36 and P64 LED Blinders. The P36 LED Blinder comprises eight P36 LED pinspot Par cans, while the P64 LED Blinder brings together four of the wider-beam P64 LED Par cans. Both Blinders are designed to colour-wash larger areas and are great for stage use, rentals, clubs and working bands. They can be set up either on the floor or mounted on American DJ's LTS-6 lighting stand, giving them the flexibility to fit a variety of lighting applications.

Both the P36 LED Blinder and P64 LED Blinder are DMX-compatible, so users can operate them with any standard DMX-512 controller. Both units offer direct DMX connection, so no power pack is required to plug them into the controller. The Blinders also offer manual focus of the wash coverage area, say American DJ.

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Germany - ETC will introduce the new Transtechnik NTX lighting control console to the public for the first time at this year's ProLight & Sound exhibition in Frankfurt. As the successor in the successful NT line, a well known and respected product primarily in Germany, the new NTX marries the best of the Prisma NT and Focus NT console tradition with the latest advances in control technology, say ETC.

The NTX line, with new hardware and a Linux operating system, concentrates on "the essential in lighting control", say ETC, "while offering incredible processing speed and efficiency, backed up by the NT reputation for reliability".

All NTX units have on-board interfaces and can therefore forego additional external devices. Along with expanded functionality as well as fast and convenient control of moving lights, colour changers and media servers, NTX units com

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UK - Ultimate DJ Gear (UDG) have redesigned their popular universal Denon tabletop CD bag - to accommodate the new flagship DN-S3500 player (which is based on a slightly different footprint from its predecessors).

As a result the burgeoning DN-S3500 now fits snugly into one of these ever-popular soft accessory bags - so favoured by DJ's as they offer the ultimate protection, without the weight of a traditional hard case.

David Morbey, D&M Professional product manager, says: "The DN-S3500 has been such a massive seller for us in the past six months that we're delighted that UDG have updated the bag. As with all their products this is by far the best soft case option available for the S3500 - we take them everywhere; they're especially handy for plane journeys when visiting our dealers and distributors around Europe."

UDG's international sales director, Tony Moore sa

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Germany - The ProLight+Sound show in Frankfurt (29 March - 1 April), will include a chance to see and hear HK Audio systems live in a large-scale application. In the outdoor area in front of Hall 8, the new ProLounge will be equipped exclusively with HK Audio: the main system will be a 2x10 Cohedra system and stage monitoring will consist entirely of the company's new ConTour Series.

As a special highlight of the show, Deep Purple members Ian Paice (drums) and Don Airey (keys) will be playing live in the ProLounge on Friday, 31 March, and Saturday, 1 April, at 11:30am and 4:00pm - together with Thomas Blug, who has been called "Europe's Best Strat Player". Every day of the show at 3.00 pm, there will be a "meet-and-greet" event with Don and Ian at the HK Audio Portable Sound booth D31 in Hall 4.1.

The ProLounge will also host a world premiere of the HK Audi

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UK - Baldwin Boxall has re-designed is popular Vigil Eclipse wall-mountable voice alarm / public address system. Despite its smaller size - measuring only 480mm in width, 200mm in depth and 680mm in height - the new Vigil Eclipse2 has the capacity to handle up to seven single or four dual circuit zones, say the company.

At the heart of the new Eclipse2 is the new Vigil2 EVAS routeing matrix, which offers beneficial features including parametric EQ on all eight inputs and seven outputs, ambient noise sensing, auto amplifier changeover, USB2 port (allowing system configuration/message revision via a laptop), fault and history logging and realtime clock. The unit also houses one 2U amplifier mainframe providing space for the power supply and two amplifiers from Baldwin Boxall's Vigil2 Class D range.

Vigil Eclipse2 provides a highly-efficient solution to the voice alarm market and

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Denmark - Martin's popular Maxxyz lighting controller is now available in a PC-based version. This new computer-based version of the Maxxyz console is an off-line and online editing tool that gives full Maxxyz functionality from the ease and convenience of a PC or laptop, say Martin.

Maxxyz PC can be used for off-line programming and can be linked to Martin's Universal DMX interface device or Ether2DMX Router for direct control of fixtures. Featuring dongle-protected software without the need for expensive hardware, it is the ideal programming platform for a large variety of shows.

Maxxyz PC is the most scalable PC-based lighting software in the industry. The software is free of charge. However, to output DMX, a USB license dongle and a DMX interface device are needed. The USB interface device outputs 2 universes or uses ArtNet via the PC's Ethernet port.

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USA - Lectrosonics is unveiling three new additions to the SM Super Mini transmitter line - which it says are the world's smallest professional audio wireless transmitters. The SM transmitter filled a niche for users who wanted a high-powered, cost-effective, advanced wireless transmitter in a small and splash-proof package, say the company.

The first of the three new additions to the SM family is the SMD (SM-Dual) transmitter using two AA batteries and therefore doubling the battery life of the original unit. Next is the SMQ (SM Quarter Watt) transmitter which has been designed to deliver 250mW power for longer range and greater resistance to interference than the standard SM (100mW transmitter) - also using two AA batteries. Finally the RM (Remote unit) was created for programming and operation of the SM transmitter family, including the new SMD and SMQ units. The RM communica

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Germany - At ProLight&Sound, G-LEC has launched what it calls the first walk-through LED system. The G-LEC Tube follows the same principles as the company's highly acclaimed transparent LED frame systems - but without the frame. Each individual transparent tube hangs free, so walking through the G-LEC Tube is like walking through a slash or beaded curtain.

The ability to create a 'forest' of LEDs, with different lengths of individual tubes, brings enormous potential to lighting and set designers, say G-LEC, from having performers literally walk through the set, to dramatic 3D designs. Like the G-LEC Classic and the PhantomFrame systems, the G-LEC Tube is transparent to light, audio and wind and can be used to hide or reveal speaker stacks or an orchestra without affecting acoustics.

The G-LEC Tube can be constructed in different lengths, from 10cm up to 6m, in 10cm increments

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