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New Zealand / UK -Selecon will unveil its latest developments in followspot technology at the forthcoming ABTT show in London, with products which the company claims will set new standards in followspot performance. The Selecon Performer Series, which the company says is developed from market and operator demands, features light output that is 2-3 times that of current 1.2kW and 2.5kW MSR/HMI followspots, an extensive control suite, full length body guide rails and is cool to operate. The unit is powered from a domestic socket. The range includes the Tahi followspot (18°-24°: 18° = 1000lux at 43m; 24° = 1000lux at 30m) and the Rua followspot (9°-16°: 9° = 1000lux at 56m; 16° = 1000lux at 34m).

Also new from Selecon and on display at ABTT will be the new Rama range of Fresnels and PCs which, the company says, "deliver precision focus saving t

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Germany - After decades of experience in designing power amps for the international touring business, Electro-Voice has introduced its Tour Grade amplifiers. The models TG7 and TG5 are state-of-the-art power amplifiers based on three-stage class H Grounded Bridge design and intelligent switching power supply technology, say the company. In only a 2U housing with less than 15kg weight, they provide astounding 2 x 3500W (TG7) and 2 x 1900W (TG5). Both models incorporate micro controllers and illuminated LCD displays for user configuration. The Tour Grade power amplifiers also provide slots for IRIS-NetTM DSP module such as the new RCM-26 to allow transparent network control and supervision.

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USA - High End Systems has launched ArenaView, a complete turnkey multimedia presentation package for large-scale events. HES recently demonstrated the system at the American Airlines Center to open the first round of the NBA playoffs for the Dallas Mavericks and the NHL playoffs for the Dallas Stars.

HES executive vice-president Bill Morris says: "ArenaView allows venues to not only use the entire venue as a creative palette, but as a source of creative revenue for sporting events, concerts, corporate events - any event that needs a large venue to hold it."

The ArenaView package, says HES, transforms an arena or any other large space into a visual showcase by incorporating a high-output, high-resolution (12,000, 16,000, or 20,000 ANSI lumens) Christie projector with the HES mirror-based moving Orbital Head; an HES Catalyst Media Server, pre-loaded with digital conte

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Belgium - Barco has announced the launch of a new addition to its OLite family of LED products.Launched at Infocomm 2006, the OLite 612 marks another leap forward in LED technology through its ultra bright light output and vastly improved contrast levels.

The new OLite 612, has a pixel pitch of 12mm and has an ultra bright light output of 6000NITs. It also features a radical new shader design which results in much darker black levels especially in broad daylight. When combined with the high brightness light output, the OLite 612 delivers vastly improved contrast levels, critical in outdoor events such as live concerts.

Built specifically for the demanding rental and staging market, the OLite 612 is designed for creative applications as well as the classic Image Magnification (IMAG) applications. Each tile can be easily split up into 48 small, square individual modules enabling

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USA - Worldwide-automated lighting manufacturer High End Systems (HES) has announced the Collage Generator, a new software feature coming soon for the HES DL.2 Digital Light. The patent-pending software enables DL.2 fixtures to create seamless panoramic media projections controlled from a lighting console. Collage Generator allows the user to take any image, either stock or custom content, and segment it into countless images for projection through DL.2 fixtures.

Says Scott Blair, HES DL.2 product manager: "This new feature differs from the existing edge-fading feature in DL.2 in that Collage Generator allows the user to define a panorama using a selectable array of fixtures and then manipulate the panorama as if it were one single fixture. This special form of edge-blending is optimized for this fusion of images into one."

Providing an example, Blair adds: "The

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Belgium - Barco has announced the launch of MiStrip, a new high bright, slim, high pixel density LED strip. The latest addition to Barco's growing creative LED portfolio, MiStrip is having its debut on the current Bon Jovi world concert tour.

MiStrip sets a new standard for LED display technology in a wide variety of applications. From large free-form video displays to architectural visual design. MiStrip is also ideal for integration into stage sets, exhibition booths and interior as well as exterior architectural usage. IP65 protection rating and a wide temperature range enable outdoor usage in all weather conditions, say Barco, while the built-in mounting track and smart cabling solutions make installation of even very large systems fast and easy.

For the Bon Jovi tour, MiStrip is being used to create an enormous 42m-wide three-dimensional scenic stage backdrop, designed by

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UK - White Light moves to the Lindley Hall at this year's ABTT Trade Show; products from Robert Juliat, LDDE, Wireless Solutions and others will be on show. Leading entertainment lighting supplier White Light will be exhibiting at the ABTT Trade Show once again this year (14-15 June, Royal Horticultural Halls, London). White Light has switched halls this year, to the Lindley Hall. "The Lindley has blinds on its windows," comments White Light's managing director, Bryan Raven, "which we hope might make for an atmosphere slightly more conducive to demonstrating lighting products!"

Those products will including a selection of new ranges from Robert Juliat, including the Super Korrigan and short-throw Lucy followspots plus the Lutin interchangeable PC/fresnel lantern and Espion DMX tester. Alongside these will be Look Solution's new Unique2 hazer as well as their

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UK - Lifting, and rigging sales specialists Lift-Turn-Move exhibit at their second ABTT, highlighting Lodestar motors, a new range of hoist control systems, rigging accessories and their latest training initiatives.

LTM offers a range of lifting and rigging equipment including the Lodestar and Prostar electric chain hoists, which are being highlighted at the show. The Lodestar is now the entertainment industry standard hoist and these products can be found on most tours, events and in many venues around the world. High integrity hoisting systems are also available including equipment to BGV C1 German safety standard. Special features include double brakes, load sensing and multiple limit switches. Variable speed units and manual or computerised controllers are available to monitor safety features and drive the equipment.

LTM offers a comprehensive range of spare parts for Lode

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UK - Denon has further raised the bar for scratch mixing technology with the announcement of the new DN-X1500S professional mixer. When its forerunner (the DN-X1500) was released in 2004 it broke all kinds of barriers with features and functionality says the company. It also introduced Analogue Devices SHARC processors to the DJ world - a feature that has been maintained in the enhanced performance of the DN-X1500S.

Denon had been turning increasingly to SHARC processing as the preferred platform across their product portfolio, and the DN-X1500S has become the latest to benefit. Based on 32-bit super Harvard architecture, which hinges on a high performance fixed- and floating-point processing core, this DSP engine enables the DN-X1500S to achieve optimum clarity.

The advanced DN-X1500 had been introduced to complement the DN-S5000 and DN-S3000 single CD/MP3 players, the recent

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UK - Proel (International) has unveiled a range of signal processors that comprises of six models: the Digicurve - a dual channel graphic/parametric equaliser with remote control software; the Dualcomp - a dual channel dual band compressor/limiter with remote control; the Exaverb - a stereo digital effects processor with tap delay; the Predator - a dual channel automatic and manual feedback eliminator with remote control software; the Raptor - a dual channel automatic feedback eliminator; and the Zetaverb - a stereo digital effects processor with tap delay and remote control software.

All units boast class-leading electronic and audio performance, come at affordable prices and with red casing and satin finish control knobs, says the company.

Typical of the range, the Predator feedback eliminator offers a frequency response of 20Hz-20kHz +/- 0.5dB, MIDI interface : MIDI - USB -

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France - Colorbank LED is the first LED-fitted strip-lighting fixture to join Chauvet's best-selling Color Bank line of wash lights. Unlike its three-halogen predecessors, this wash light is fitted with a total of 304 long life diodes housed in four pods and offers full RGB mixing capability. It is also DMX-512 programmable and produces a more concentrated, richly coloured flood, making it ideal for runway lighting effects. Like other Color Banks, it is highly portable and effectively washes walls, scenic painted drops as well as dance floors and stages.

The diodes offer the advantage of low power consumption and heat emission. Multiple units can be daisy-chained for runway lighting over a long distance. Built in colour change programs can be triggered as well as chase and fade functions through a long row of connected units via DMX and in master/slave mode. All functions, inclu

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UK - Avolites exhibits at ABTT 2006 which it sees as the UK's most important annual theatre exhibition.

Sales director Steve Warren, says: "It's a great chance to catch up with all our existing theatre users, and also introduces us to lots of potential new clients."

Avolites products of particular interest for theatrical applications this year are the lighting consoles - particularly the Diamond 4 Elite, and the Pearl 2004. Also prominent will be the revolutionary eDMX wireless DMX data transmission system, and the ART 2000i installation dimmer, which is the fixed installation version of Avolites' ART 2000 digital dimming series.

Standard Avolites ART2000 touring racks are also a favourite with touring theatre shows, where tight schedules and the rigours of the road demand robust, reliable and well engineered equipment.

Avolites' eDMX transfers DMX data across a

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UK - At the coming ABTT show, Alcons Audio will be exhibiting their line of theatre loudspeakers and controller-amplifiers. A feature of all products is Alcons' proprietary pro-ribbon technology, which is a radically different way of reproducing mid and high frequencies, resulting in HiFi sound quality with truly unsurpassed clarity and (speech)intelligibility at full theatre sound pressure levels, says the company.

The Alcons technology is in use on shows such as: Beauty and the Beast, Rembrandt, Guys and Dolls, Dirty Dancing, The Rocky Horror show, to name a few.

For point source systems, the traditional way of reinforcing theatre sound, Alcons will exhibit the VR8 and VR2, both 2-way passive systems, each with its own pro-ribbon driver.

Making inroads in the theatre market, the LR14 line-array system will be on the stand. The system can be used in stacked and flown

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Belgium - Barco has unveiled three new HD projectors for rental and staging applications. The FLM HD18 and FLM HD14 answer the need for high brightness native HD projection in large venues, whereas the XLM HD30 is ideally suited for projecting HD images in ultra-wide-screen applications.

Realizing the variety of applications for widescreen HD projection, Barco had added two new members to its FLM family of compact, 3-chip DLP projectors, the FLM HD18 and FLM HD14. The FLM HD18 delivers native HD (1920 x 1080) at 18,000 centre lumens brightness output in a compact and lightweight chassis. The FLM HD18 boosts fully sealed optics and impressive lamp maintenance ensuring an overall lower cost of ownership, say the company.

The FLM HD14 with its 14,000 centre lumens brightness output, is optimized for wide screen applications which demand - not only high brightness - but also extre

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UK - Pro audio manufacturer, Allen & Heath, will be introducing the new live sound iLive digital mixing console system to the theatre market at this year's ABTT show.

The heart of the system is the iDR-64, a 19" rack-mounting modular mix engine providing 64 channels into 32 mixes. The iDR-64 is a stand-alone mixer comprising the 8-channel audio interface cards, DSP processing, and communication ports. The unit is controlled via an Ethernet network and can be connected to a variety of controllers, including Allen & Heath's PL range of remote units, a laptop/PC, and a range of new iLive control surfaces.

Exhibiting on Stand 14 in the Lindley Hall, Allen & Heath will also have the GL series of multi-purpose consoles, and compact MixWizard range on display. There will be a Grand Draw on the first day of the show to win a WZ³20S compact stereo mixer (worth over £1000).

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UK - UK lighting sales company Lightfactor will use ABTT as a platform to launch the new Synthesis Spot 700 moving light from Italian moving light manufacturer SGM.

The Synthesis Spot 700 is the first of a new generation of moving head fixtures designed and manufactured by SGM for cutting edge professional applications.

Onboard wireless DMX is fitted as standard and protection against rogue power supplies of up to 380 Volts are just two features of this fixture. The 700 Watt HTI lightsource has the potency of a 1200W light source, and there's the option of two different types of lamp for colour temperatures of either 7200°K or 5600°K. Other features include automatic hot re-strike, colour mixing, a very precise linear dimmer, animation wheel, and automatic electronic pan/tilt unlocking. There will be a hands-on demo of this product on the stand.

SGM's Giotto Spot 400

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UK - A.C. Lighting will be using the ABTT show to launch final production models of the new Chroma-Q Color Web and Jands Vista S3 lighting products to customers in the South of England.

Since its recent launch, the Chroma-Q Color Web has received an enormous amount of interest and been used by several leading rental companies on various high profile concerts, TV shows and corporate events.

Featuring a unique modular design, the 1sq.m, colour-mixing RGB LED panels provide designers with unlimited flexibility when it comes to displaying low-resolution visual effects and were developed in response to the lack of transparency and modularity in existing lighting and video systems.

The just launched Jands Vista S3 provides a fully operational Vista console when connected to a PC running the Vista software and fitted with a separately purchased software unlock key for output via et

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UK - Sound Leisure Retail (SLR) will be back at this year's In-Store Show at Earls Court with a wider range of display products than ever before. New products will include the Soundpipe - a compact 50W amplifier, both practical and good value, designed specifically for the retail sector. Sound Points are POS (point of sale) dish-shaped affordable loudspeakers, also brand new at the show.

SLR has developed its expertise with the popular ClearSound shop window transducers and is now offering the Tulip Sound transducer which can be tuned to suit individual windows to offer the best performance. SLR will also show the KBS system, a through-glass touchscreen which allows a retail outlet to interact with customers, even when closed. Also on show willl be the Audio Searchlight, which can send an audio message 20m from its source in a narrow beam of sound.

SLR has also extended its ra

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UK - Audio-Technica Ltd. announces the forthcoming arrival of the next generation of its Artist Series microphones. Based on 40-plus years of research and development, and re-engineered from the ground up, the Artist Series features some innovative microphones, in addition to upgrades of classic models, offering a comprehensive selection of vocal, instrument and drum mics.

Inspired by consultations with touring artists and sound engineers who rely on Audio-Technica microphones, Audio-Technica engineers have turned "what ifs" into "why nots" as seen in the ATM250DE dual-element kick drum mic, and the ATM450 side-address condenser designed for flexible placement.

According to Audio-Technica, the vocal mics set industry standards in intelligibility, detailed reproduction and noise suppression. The new instrument mics feature a fast transient response and low d

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USA - American DJ has upgraded the performance of its popular DJ Scan 250, while maintaining its price. The newly upgraded DJ Scan 250 HP, like its predecessor, is an affordable, easy-to-use DMX scanner that gives mobile DJs the ability to take an exciting and professional-looking intelligent light show on the road, say the company. However, its major improvements include a high-quality Philips 250W lamp, selectable fast and slow built-in programs and a more lightweight plastic case design.

The improved lamp improves the performance of the unit's seven dichroic colours (plus white), increasing the level of excitement in any venue where mobile DJs work their magic.The new lamp also boosts the intensity of the DJ Scan 250 HP's 10 all-new gobo patterns (plus spot), designed by American DJ. Some of the gobos have an edgy, high-tech appearance, while others evoke softer, mellower ima

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UK - Leisuretec Distribution exhibited at the ABTT Theatre Show this week, showing the new BlueBeam and BlueDome Systems from GDS (Global Design Solutions) - for which Leisuretec has been appointed the exclusive UK distributor. Blues Systems are designed for use in all front- and back-of-house technical areas, and are ideal for theatres and performance spaces of all types.

The products (both interior and exterior) are designed to replace many existing architectural light sources such as fluorescents or low-level halogen fittings. They are also suitable for inaccessible corners, nooks and crannies, providing an alternative LED working light that is very reliable and needs zero maintenance - not ever needing the lamp or gel changed.

The BlueBeam (spot) and BlueDome (flood) produce little heat and use an integral 0-10v onboard dimmer allowing each fitting to be dimmed to suit the

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UK - Stage Electrics has introduced the Encore 'Squelly', its new CE-approved 2-way 15 amp adaptor. With first-hand knowledge of the failings of some previous adaptors, Adrian Searle, Stage Electrics' technical manager, was heavily involved with the design to ensure the product met the strict criteria he had set. The Squelly has a unique offset socket design to prevent cable fouling; its small footprint makes it easy to use with 3- and 6-way dimmers, and the traditional square design with moulded grips ensures it is easily removed from sockets. The Squelly is also shuttered, un-fused and has shrouded pins. The product is in stock and available today from any branch of Stage Electrics.

(Lee Baldock)

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Finland - FogScreen Inc has launched a new type of screen, named FogScreen One. The European premiere for the product is at TILE show, Maastricht. The original FogScreen has a fixed screen size of 2m x 1.5m: the Linkable FogScreen's width is 1m, but the screen is modular, which means that any number of screens can be linked together, say the company.

FogScreen, which allows images to be projected onto a thin veil of fog, has won many awards, including TESA (The Event Services Association) Award for Innovation 2006, the EU's 2005 European IST Prize, a PLASA Award for Innovation (2005), the first prize in Laval Virtual 2004 (user interface category) and InnoSuomi 2003. FogScreen has been said to be the innovation of the decade in audio-visual technology, the company says.

"FogScreen One gives a wide variety of new possibilities for different customer needs", says Mika

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UK - Continuing to offer sophisticated computerised automation for rigging and scenery at a significantly lower price than anything else in its league, AVW Controls has introduced the Pegasus range of power flying hoists.

Celebrating its 10th birthday this year, AVW, a bronze sponsor of the Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference, launched its new Pegasus power flying system at ABTT 2006. Designed for AVW by respected mechanical design engineer Mike Barnett, the Pegasus power flying hoist combines Barnett's engineering skills with readily available, off-the-shelf components to offer safety, reliability and fast delivery times at the lowest possible price, say AVW.

Intended primarily for lifting scenery, lighting bars and curtain tracks, the system is designed to offer clients a range of options to fit any and every possible requirement. Control is via AVW's own Impress

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