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UK - PLASA 08 sees the international launch of two new additions to the Sygma Line from Renkus-Heinz - a range designed for flexibility and outstanding performance in a broad range of professional audio applications.

New for PLASA 08 is the SG/SGX12S subwoofer. The extensive Sygma development process makes this compact 12-inch vented subwoofer an exceptional combination of high performance and superior value - the right choice to add low frequency punch to any Sygma system, says the company. Multiple versions are available: the externally powered SGX12S, the SG12S-2 with a 200 Watt digital amplifier, and the SG12S-5 with 500 Watts of integrated Class D amplification.

The two self-powered versions are also available RHAON-Empowered - the SG12S-2R and SG12S-5R, both with built-in RHAON (Renkus-Heinz Audio Operations Network). All versions are capable of at least 128 dB SPL from

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UK - MilTec (UK) is exhibiting at PLASA 08, showing a new range of 3W and tri-colour LED units, along with the established PAR64 LED cans and 1m battens. Also on display will be a video dance floor.

Also featuring will be high quality conventional stage lighting and followspots from FAL Lighting. On adjoining stands will be the following suppliers, all distributed in the UK by MilTec:

Ecler will be displaying a number of new products including the XPA11000 amplifier (2x 1185W @ 4 Ohms), DP400 and .amic- 6 channel and 4 channel processors, and the AMI2-70 mixer- amp. They will also be showing all of their amplifier ranges (MPA, DPA, XPA & DT) and a wide range of professional speaker cabinets.

PR Lighting will be featuring the XL range of moving heads including the new XL 250 spot luminaire, featuring zoom optics and an iris. Also on the stand will be the XS 300 spot, several

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UK -Lighting control manufacturer LightProcessor is launching new dimming products at PLASA 08 and showing the full ranges of its Paradim and Dimension dimmers, along with its QCommander and Zip lighting control desks and dynamic range of DMX tools.

The new RCBO Paradim wall-mounted dimmer, offers all the features and values of the standard Paradims, with an RCBO on each channel for compliance with the new 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations (BS7671).

Also new at the show are two socketed versions of the Paradim wall mounted installation dimmer and two new versions of LightProcessor's Dimension wall mounted series. All four of these products feature 12 Cee 17s and 2 Schukos. The Paradims are available with MCB, Double Pole and RCBO options. The Dimension range continues to be one of the most versatile and cost-effective wall dimming ranges on the market.

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Italy - The Alpha Beam 300 and Alpha Beam 1500, new concept Beam Moving Lights by Clay Paky, have been both nominated for the Plasa Award for Innovation 2008.

Presented exclusively by Clay Paky, the Alpha Beam is not a spot or even a wash, some call it a "sposh", say the company.

The Alpha Beam produces a super-concentrated parallel light beam for a similar use to that of a PAR64 ACL, always present at all the great rock shows, but with decidedly "superior and innovative characteristics".

The Alpha Beam 1500 is ultra bright and "eco-friendly" thanks to the new special Clay Paky optical group, it produces a much greater brightness than other lights of the same power, achieving projection distances reached only by lights of thousands of watts, but with the energy consumption of a 1500W light bulb. This enables it to be used instead of considerably

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Italy - The key feature of SGM's Giotto Digital 1500 is the revolutionary introduction of the Digital Module which - using a clever application of DLP technology from Texas Instruments - enables the Giotto to project graphic effects with the brightness and speed of professional moving head fixtures, says the company.

Giotto Digital 1500 is the first and only moving head fixture on the market able to create all-digital, completely customizable graphic effects, finally overcoming the typical limits of effects generated by traditional gobo patterns, iris, beam shapers and zoom components.

The Giotto 1500 series is a whole new range of 'super bright' moving heads for production, stage and touring. Designed as a versatile and modular range which includes Spot, Wash and Profile variants, with the pinnacle version centring on a unit fitted with the High Tech 'Digital' module.

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UK - PixelRange will launch PixelMax at PLASA. A high powered six-cell wash light will introduce this new family of luminaires. 16 of these bright fixtures will feature on the rig designed by lighting designer Vince Foster. Other new products include the high resolution PixelMax Pro and a new addition to the PixelArt range - a compact 36 by 6 pixels half-length PixelArt.

PixelMax Pro is a combined wash and pixellation luminaire, featuring 288 RGBA high intensity Luxeon Rebel LEDs. Built around the same housing as the PixelMax Wash, the PixelMax Pro offers the added flexibility of 18 individually controlled cells in a 3x6 matrix. This cellular configuration gives the user the ability to produce low resolution visual effects, in addition to using the fixture as a high power wash light with a vast colour palette.

PLASA will also see the launch of a major new software upgrade for

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UK - Lighting Partners, operators of usedlighting.co.uk, will be returning for the second year at PLASA 2008 next week. Featuring a range of products drawn from their comprehensive stock of used lighting equipment the stand will also feature SeaChanger colour engines and the range of Smoke Factory fog machines and hazers.

David Morgan of Lighting Partners says: "It's been a fantastic year for Lighting Partners with sales growth surpassing all expectations, doubling our warehouse space and consolidating our position as the number one supplier of used lighting equipment in the UK. The PLASA show enables us to meet customers old and new and push our international presence still further whilst also showcasing our new offerings like cable manufacture, equipment servicing and our demonstration facility which will be online shortly after the show."

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UK - Allen & Heath is releasing v1.3 software for the iLive digital console range, adding a host of new features for monitor engineering, as well as providing a platform for iLive Editor control software.

New features in v1.3 include engineers' fader strips for wedge and in-ears, which allow separate fader control and dedicated outputs to the operator's listen wedge and IEM personal system. Optional processing and aux monitor mixes can be assigned to wedge or IEM strips, automatically appearing in the desired monitor when auditioned.

Another key feature is the addition of Real Time Analyser (RTA) to enable the engineer to quickly identify feedback, tune room acoustics, and tailor the onstage monitor wedges. Accessed via the PAFL system, the frequency content of any input or mix, and the spectrum of the main mix, can be viewed on screen and on meters in the Graphic EQ flip-to-f

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France / UK - Robert Juliat will launch two new products at the PLASA08. One of these, the Le Cin'k Fresnel spotlight, has been nominated for the 2008 PLASA Innovation Awards.

Designed to fill the need for a powerful Fresnel specifically designed for theatre, Le Cin'k is a new range of 250mm Fresnel lens spotlights that can be configured to accept 2500W tungsten, 5000W tungsten or 1200W discharge (MSR/MSD) lamps, with a further option for a 2.5kW MSR hot-restrike module to follow by the end of 2008. The mirror, lamp base and metal lamp-house casing is designed as a single component that can be quickly and easily interchanged to suit the requirements of a particular show.

As well as its adaptability, Le Cin'k has been designed to overcome many of the problems theatre users face when trying to adapt studio Fresnels to theatre use. Le Cin'k has a double slot front cassette slot,

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UK - Robe is using PLASA08 to launch its Robe Digital campaign, taking the opportunity of showcasing the new products in its Digital ranges of moving lights.

This will also be linked to the launch of Robe's international roadshow, a major product awareness tour and workshop, currently scheduled to run until Christmas 2008.

This reflects the growing importance of digital technology in the quest for creative innovation, and Robe's commitment to offer lighting, visual and scenic designers the best and most flexible tools on the market, says the company. It also indicates the need to develop greener technologies to help contribute to a more environmentally sustainable industry.

The DigitalSpot 7000 DT Is a powerful digital moving light based on LCD and LED technology and is a combination of digital projector and two RGBW LED modules, offering digital gobo effects and the project

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UK - Specialist LED manufacturer i-Pix will be showing its product range, sharing stand space with Amptown, who produce flight cases for all i-Pix products. Highlighted i-Pix products will be the new BB7 and BB4 fixtures and the original Satellite.

The i-Pix BB 7 is a seven-cell high power homogenised 10 degree RGB source, using a Lamina custom light engine. This fixture consumes 210 Watts at 240 volts and was originally designed for Radiohead's current world tour (LD Andi Watson). The fixture features seven cells of beam control, bringing a fresh feel to modern low power beam manipulation.

The i-Pix BB 4 is a four-cell high power homogenised 20 degree RGB washlight/blinder source, using the same custom Lamina light engine, produced exclusively for i-Pix by Lamina Ceramics in New York. It consumes 120 watts at 240 volts, on full power and gives hire companies and designers ful

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Denmark - The Alien LED Downlight is a plug-and-play recessed LED downlight that features RGB+W colour mixing and is available in a standard or high power version. Designed for accent lighting in coloured or variable white light, the Alien LED Downlight's IP67 rating means it's equally suited to both indoor and outdoor environments, says the company.

The Alien LED Downlight can be mounted on walls or ceilings and is suitable for expressive background lighting in restaurants, cafés, bars, small clubs and lounges. It is useful for wall grazing, as decorative accent lighting and niche lighting, or for bottle or product displays. The Alien LED Downlight is also suitable for entrance lighting or orientation lighting for marking columns, aisles, walkways, steps, and architectural features.

The Alien is available in two versions to cover a wider range of applications; a 9 W st

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UK - At PLASA 08, RMS will show its latest version of its Rental Management System. This new version, RMS25, has become even faster and easier to use, says the company.

The programme has been completely rebuilt, using the latest techiques. RMS25 uses an entirely new technique to handle the data. This allows users to either use the native RMS-dataformat, or use a SQL-database.

Features include a new look with the Explorer-bars, which allow quick access to frequently used functions.

RMS - Rental Management Systems was one of the first software-solutions for the AV- and entertainment industry. Started in 1987 with a DOS-based version, RMS is now used worldwide by more than 2000 users, says the company.

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UK - Soundcraft today introduced 96- and 72-channel upgrades to the Vi6 and Vi4 consoles, respectively. According to Andy Trott, president of Soundcraft and Studer, the new additions will make the Vi6 and Vi4 even more potent and versatile tools for front-of-house and monitor engineers in a vast array of tour and fixed install applications including large houses of worship. The input-to-mix expansion is part of the new V3.0 software release.

"Never before has so much power and versatility been accompanied by such an easily navigable, application-engineered user interface," Andy Trott, said today. "We are very pleased to expand the Vi Series and from our continuous discussions with members of the engineering community, we're confident that the 96-channel and 72-channel variants will resonate strongly with the market."

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UK - Zero 88 chose the first morning of PLASA 08 to launch two new products: its new theatre orientated lighting console, ORB and the Jester TL.

Designed to provide innovative control of the latest technologies in lighting including LEDs, Moving Heads and Video Server technology, ORB offers extreme flexibility, four universes and contemporary styling.

Building on the successful platform of the existing Leap Frog and Frog 2 ranges, ORB offers a combination of theatrical control philosophy with an adaptable hardware platform, providing intuitive control of both generics and moving lights.

ORB features 2048 channels which can be controlled over standard DMX universes or via Ethernet. Using a numeric keypad, encoder wheels, palettes and syntax keys, programming on ORB is familiar to both beginners and experienced professionals.

Zero 88 previewed ORB to the UK Theatre market at

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UK - Lighting Designers Peter Fisker and Paule Constable are the two latest lighting designers to be invited to the Lee Filters Factory to create their own unique range of colours. Working alongside the Lee research and development team, each designer created four new colours which have now been added to the popular Lee 700 series. The new colours are being launched at PLASA 2008 and will be on show on the Lee Filters stand throughout the exhibition.

Come and see for yourself at Lee Filters Stand C68.

New colours from Peter Fisker: 700 Perfect Lavender, 703 Cold Lavender, 727 QFD Blue, 780 AS Golden Amber

New colours from Paule Constable: 768 Egg Yolk Yellow, 742 Bram Brown, 733 Damp Squib, 731 Dirty Ice

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UK - Jester TL is a theatrical version of Zero 88's popular Jester consoles, bringing the power and flexibility of this range to those operating in theatre environments. The Jester TL offers control of up to 120 dimmer channels from a numeric keypad using standard industry syntax.In common with the other Jester desks, the Jester TL features a cue stack for the play back of memories in a traditional theatrical manner. Submaster playback (via DMX-in) is also supported. As with the other Jester consoles in the range a monitor port is standard together with USB storage and easy patching. Control of up to 30 moving lights is simple using palettes, effects engines and a full fixture library. Its small form factor makes it perfect for venues that were previously limited by space.

With the addition of a dedicated theatrical console the Jester range now represents the most comprehensive

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UK - Hot on the heels of the SD7, launched this time last year, DiGiCo has launched the SD8 The SD8 has a fixed architecture and employs a smaller Super FPGA than the SD7, yet it benefits from all the major features and versatility of the DiGiCo D Series, plus the advances already made in the SD7, says the company. "This gives a superlative performance to price ratio, allowing DiGiCo to offer an entry-level console, with remote pre amps, at a price point that has never been possible before," says a company statement issued at PLASA 08.

The SD8 incorporates the Stealth Digital Processing, based on the single Super FPGA and combined with Analogue Devices Tiger SHARCS, creates the Tiger SHARC FX engine. This provides audio quality, precision and processing power with an extensive range of built-in, reverbs, dynamics, output matrix and more.

The SD8's control surface has

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UK - Goboland introduces Gobo Motion, its new video clip service, at PLASA 2008. Utilising its experience in gobo production, Goboland now turn this expertise to video content.

Gobo Motion is a growing library of Collection video clips featuring background images and textures which can be downloaded directly from the Goboland website at www.goboland.com. Gobo Motion can also be used to create custom clips from customers' artwork to provide an economical and convenient method of basic video display.

Ideal for small scale budgets, simple installations such as trade show stands or foyer exhibitions, Gobo Motion can be used to animate, for example, a company logo which can then be played from standard hardware such as a laptop or AppleTV through a simple video projector or Plasma screen or LCD screen.

This dispenses with the need for media servers or high-tech projection equipme

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UK - High End Systems has introduced StudioPix, a hybrid wide-angle moving yoke LEDwash light with programmable graphic imaging. This second product in HES' new line of Pixelation Luminaires makes its global at PLASA 08 in London.

HES, a new member of the Belgium-based Barco group, unveiled StudioPix at theBarco/High End Systems stand J30 at Earls Court yesterday.

Smaller than its predecessor Showpix, StudioPix features a circular array of 61homogenous 3-watt LEDs on a 13.5-inch diameter head with an output of 11,500RGB lumens. The pixels offer unlimited possibilities by projecting not just colour, but also displaying images and effects that transform the fixture head into a display device.

"We are excited about the addition of StudioPix to the LED family of luminaires,"stated Bill Morris, HES executive VP worldwide sales."We believe that the future of lightin

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UK - Making its official UK debut on Resolution Distribution's stand H47 at PLASA 08, the new ProDesk-4 small format console is available in five different input formats.

Available in 16, 24, 32, 40 and 48 mono mic/line input channels, ProDesk-4 includes four stereo line only input channels, each selectable from two different input sources and controlled from 100mm faders with stereo EQ and access to all aux buses. All mono input channels also include internally illuminated Mute and PFL switches, six segment channel metering, 48 Volt Phantom Power switch with LED, mic/line, Pad and Polarity Reverse switches.

The ProDesk-4 input channels are similar to those used on ProRack mixers, while the cosmetics are identical to Spectra consoles. The side panels, armrest, and bridge assembly are modeled on Spectra. ProDesk's internal electronics and components are derived directly from th

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UK - Following positive feedback from the prototypes presented at PLASA 07, Goboland has launched its range of black steel gobos which have also been nominated for the PLASA 2008 Innovation Awards.

The introduction of black non-reflective coating on the surface of the Black Steel Gobo cuts down on internal reflection to produce a crisper image when projected and eliminating unwanted halo effects, says the company.

The black coating will not burn or peel off under extreme heat and reduces the risk of image distortion caused by heat damage. The full range of Goboland Steel Collection is available in black steel, plus all custom steel gobos are manufactured from Black Steel with immediate effect.

Goboland Black Steel Gobos can be seen on the Goboland Stand F 31.

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USA - The Digidesign D-Show Profile Mix Rack System, the newest addition to Digidesign's Venue family of live sound systems, has opened Venue technology to a vast new user base around the globe, says the company.

Developed specifically for small- and mid-sized performance venues, houses of worship, touring, and fixed installations, or as a drop-in upgrade for existing analogue systems, the D-Show Profile Mix Rack System combines a D-Show Profile console with the new Mix Rack, a compact 11-space rack enclosure that incorporates all audio I/O (stage and local) and DSP into a single chassis.

The resulting system combination offers a compact, portable, and cost-effective way to take advantage of the power and flexibility of Venue, including native control of an extensive library of TDM plug-ins and tight integration with Pro Tools software for live multitrack recording and playbac

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UK - FogScreen is exhibiting at PLASA08 on stand D72 a seamless 3 x One projection screen installation. The FogScreen One (one meter) and Inia (two meter) both utilise patented technology to create a thin layer of fog that is dry to the touch and environmentally safe. The one-meter-wide screen provides the option of seamlessly linking with additional FogScreen One projection devices to create a fog-canvas as large as the imagination desires.

For integrators FogScreen One is especially interesting since it enables the creation of large-scale installations, says the company.

FogScreen's AV Integrator Programme for the European market is being launched at PLASA08. This programme has been designed to support AV Integrators with conceptual and technical development, to help with presentations of the screen and to provide integrators with an opportunity to purchase affordable demons

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  2. Goboland embraces wider angles
  3. AKG showcases dynamic D7
  4. Allen & Heath launches iLive software
  5. VL3500 Wash FX luminaire debuts at PLASA08
  6. Stage One's theatrical fly track takes off
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