Australia - ARX has announced the release of the PC-pre2 two channel microphone preamplifier. The PC-pre2 can be mounted into a standard PC tower 5-1/4" Disk Player slot or alternatively used as a stand-alone unit.

The PC-pre2 has been designed for applications include Hard Disk recording, data acquisition, loudspeaker testing measurement, sound system testing & EQ'ing and law enforcement interview recording.

Features include the latest ultra low noise & distortion THAT Corp Mic Preamp ICs, high current +48V DC Phantom Power and a full Bi Polar Power Supply for maximum signal headroom.

(Jim Evans)

UK - Martin Audio's Multicellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) took the top prize at this year's PLASA Awards for Innovation, at London's Earls Court this week.

Winners of the Awards were announced in a special presentation during the PLASA Show, and after a hotly contested nomination process MLA headed the list of 62 products entered.

For the first time, the Awards were judged 'live' at the Innovation Gallery by an independent panel of 16 expert judges, in front of show visitors and a camera team on Sunday 12 September. Show visitors were able to watch the judging process replayed on large screens in the interactive Innovation Gallery for the rest of the show.

Seven Awards for Innovation were presented by PLASA CEO Matthew Griffiths - but there was only one Gold winner. This award is only given out when a product is worthy of particular commendation and it has not been awarded f

UK - For the third time in recent years, the Italian manufacturer Outline received the PLASA Award for Innovation, thanks to its Mini-COM.P.A.S.S. iMode vertical line array.

The independent panel of judges noted, "This loudspeaker's combination of generic IT and innovative line array technology represents a step forward for the industry in systems integration. The cabinet's built-in web-browser support makes it possible to control a complete loudspeaker array from a plethora of industry standard devices."

"This is the third award won over a relatively short period, confirming the avant-garde features that have distinguished our brand for almost 40 years, and we're obviously very proud," comments Outline's Michele Noselli.

"As in 2001 and 2005, when Kanguro and COM.P.A.S.S. won the same award, we believe that this recognition not only rewards with sat

UK - GLP's debut of the new SpotOne at this year's PLASA Show in London received an enthusiastic reception.

The Impression SpotOne represents a breakthrough in providing the world's first high powered RGB LED spot fixture, says the company. Light output is equivalent to a 700W discharge lamp and therefore truly usable in a wide range of applications.

It contains a full feature set including rotating and indexing gobos, iris, prism, focus, zoom, effects animation, pan and tilt - all of which are motorised. The RGB LED source retains high efficiencies, as no fragile glass colour system is required. To further minimise environmental impact, the baseless design reduces size, weight and transportation, whilst the fixture operates with near silent performance.

(Jim Evans)

UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies, Audio division has taken stock of the new Sennheiser G3 GB wireless microphone systems for use on Channel 38 (606-614 MHz), enabling customers to start 'future proofing' their investment in new equipment for the impending UK radio frequency move.

As a distributor for all major wireless equipment brands, A.C. Audio have been keenly following the Ofcom designated 2012 digital switchover from Channel 69 (854-862 MHz) with a view to providing impartial customer advice and recommending the best course of action that will ensure minimal disruption.

The new Sennheiser G3 GB frequency range variant covers ALL of Channel 38 and as many 'future proofed' interleaved frequencies above Channel 38 as its 42 MHz (from 606-648 MHz) tuning range will allow. Models include the entry-level 100 series for live performances, the 300 series for installed sound

USA - Intelix has announced the release of the DIGI-HD-UHR2, a professional-grade extender which transmits HDMI up to 300ft over a single twisted pair cable.

Designed for residential AV, commercial AV, and digital signage applications, the DIGI-HD-UHR2 transmits 1080p video up to 150ft, 720p and 1080i video up to 300ft, and 480i and 480p video up to 300ft. Built-in buffering and amplification allow multiple units to be linked for greater distances, and ESD protection safeguards connected equipment from power strikes and surges.

The DIGI-HD-UHR2 employs Intelix HDsh?k processing, which guarantees HDMI signal integrity through bandwidth limiting, dynamic key processing, and EDID storing. The unit is HDMI and HDCP compliant, and supports 3D.

(Jim Evans)

UK - Specialist LED lighting manufacturer i-Pix showed six new products in its groundbreaking BB (Building Block) range at the 2010 PLASA exhibition in London and enjoyed one of their best PLASA shows ever.

Says i-Pix founder Chris Ewington: "We had lots of UK and international interest from new and existing people and it was a busy show for us all round. Our highly focused R&D team has spent the last 12 months developing these six new products, and we're confident, post PLASA, that this strategy has really paid off."

New customers were drawn to the whole range of BB products. The non-LED look of the BB1's which more resemble PAR 36 or 46 fixtures was a big advantage, together with the smooth homogenised light engine which sets i-Pix fixtures poles apart from most other LED products, says the company.

(Jim Evans)

Germany - Neumann is well-known in the audio industry for its top-of-the-range microphones. Neumann has also been a pioneer in the audio industry for over 80 years with a long history of world-class products - from mixing consoles and disc cutting lathes, to more recent innovations in digital technology with the Solution-D system. Wolfgang Fraissinet, president of marketing/sales at Neumann Berlin, comments, "Neumann is excited to introduce its latest innovation, the KH 120, representing the first product in the new line of Neumann Studio Monitors."

The KH 120 studio monitor is designed for use as a near-field loudspeaker or as a rear loudspeaker in larger multi-channel systems. The KH 120 represents the latest in acoustic and electronic simulation and measurement technologies to ensure the most accurate sound reproduction possible, says the company.

It has a Mathema

UK - The White Light Zone at PLASA 2010 - hosting the many companies for which White Light is the exclusive UK distributor - featured two products which were winners of the 2010 PLASA Awards for Innovation, and a third that was specially commended by the awards judges.

Launched at the show and an award winner was Coemar's Reflection FullSpectrum, a new design of LED washlight that offers an interchangeable LED light source that directs light from a configuration of LEDs onto a parabolic reflector. This optical design eliminates problems common in other LED fixtures, including visible RGB dots and multi-coloured shadows; it also allows the light source to be moved relative to the reflector, giving a smooth zoom from 18-37°. The fixture is available in Full Spectrum RGB colour-mixing and VariWhite variable white versions.

Introduced earlier in the year but winning an award o

UK - Goboland GoboSlides made from slide film by Goboland's' Wyatt Enever featured on the award-winning Robert Juliat Aledin demonstrated at PLASA 2010.

"By using slide film, the image quality is heightened to truly photographic proportions," explains Enever. "Blacks are truly black and opaque and the image quality is as sharp with no pixellation and true colour rendition.

"The colours and the substrate are resistant to heat degradation to such an extent that we have not yet managed to ascertain their full life despite extensive testing. All we can say at this stage are that they are extremely long-lasting in Aledin's cool gate! The cost savings for the end user are tremendous, without having to compromise on image quality."

Enever has specialised in the production of high quality projection slides for over 30 years and this service is now available

Germany - Optocore has announced a new software release, which it says will meet one of the most frequently requested control enhancements. With new Multiple Emulation Mode (MEM) software, up to four mixing consoles will be able to control Optocore analogue devices, plus an unlimited number of computers.

"In its simplest form, Multiple Emulation Mode allows our users to have the PC connected for matrixing and system diagnostics, while the consoles control the gain of Optocore's microphone preamps," states Optocore sales and marketing director, Tine Helmle. "In more advanced set-ups multiple consoles can control the gain of networked preamps - even if these are different brands, operating in parallel."

However, the biggest benefit comes when using Optocore's Dual-Mic preamps, where users can have up to four individually-controlled preamps for a single microp

Denmark - The Martin MAC 101 is a small, super light and simple LED moving head wash light. It features a tight and very bright beam, rapid movement and calibrated colours with a low price tag that allows for revolutionary set, stage and decorative lighting designs, says the company.

Utilising cost-efficient, high-volume production and featuring an ultra-compact design that promotes use in larger quantities, the MAC 101 is suitable for easy-to-produce, high-impact looks like large wall matrices or as a dynamic replacement for static PAR cans.

Even in smaller numbers the MAC 101 is a highly effective and versatile wash light, useful for visual effect in a wide variety of applications like concerts, events, exhibitions, clubs, television studios, bars, restaurants and more.

The MAC 101 consumes a low 125 watts of power (0.6 A @ 230V / 1.2 A @ 110V), saving on energy and elimin

USA - Community Professional Loudspeakers has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its work on Carbon Ring Cone Technology.

This technology offers greater efficiency in loudspeaker design, where a ring of extremely rigid carbon fibre is placed around the outer edge of a specially designed cone, resulting in a structure that is both lighter and stiffer than a conventional cone.

"An ideal loudspeaker cone would be infinitely rigid and have no mass," explains Community founder and president Bruce Howze. "Carbon ring cones are a realistic step toward this ideal."

The increased edge strength also enables the use of a deeply pleated narrow surround. A narrow surround permits a larger cone diameter, providing greater piston area in a given frame size.

"In short, a carbon ring cone is lighter, larger, and stron

UK - FocusTrack, the production lighting documentation system has announced a new purchasing option designed to make FocusTrack even more accessible than before. FocusTrack's new Single Show option enables the purchase of FocusTrack for one single production for a cost of UK£245 - US$375.

This compares to the original Full FocusTrack licence at UK£400 or US$600. That licensing option is still available for those looking to use FocusTrack to document multiple productions. In addition, FocusTrack is available to students for UK£90 or US$140.

"When we first launched FocusTrack, I thought that programmers would be the ones to buy it, since it directly saves them time and effort in tidying up and documenting the shows they work to create," comments FocusTrack's Rob Halliday. "In fact, in most cases programmers have persuaded the show to purchase it.

UK - Shure's PSM 900 - the first to market channel 38 ready in-ear monitors - may only have debuted at the beginning of 2010, but in that short time they have picked up fans in high places. They're already being spec'd for high-profile TV shows - including Later with Jools Holland - and are being used on more and more world tours by artists including The Who, IronMaiden, Phoenix and Passion Pit.

And now the PSM 900 is picking up awards too. PLASA 2010 saw a host of pioneering products entered into the Award for Innovation. The PSM 900 was one of three products commended by the PLASA judges, who remarked: "A combination of technology in this in-ear wireless monitoring system allows the user to save significant time in setting up on-stage mixes. The Judges felt the Cue mode and RF mute were useful features that combined to make a flexible system."

Shure Distribu

UK - Cooper Controls has released software Version 2.4 of the LightFactory PC based lighting control software. In line with Cooper Controls drive to implement RDM across its entertainment product range, LightFactory now features RDM support, providing automatic patching and fixture setup.

Version 2.4 supports full tracking as an option per show file. For each show, you can now select between a hybrid tracking mode and a full tracking mode, depending on preference. Both modes support the ability to record a cue as cue only, track forward, track back, or block.

As pre-visualisation is done before getting in to a venue the patch setup in the visualiser may not always be the same as what is found on site. To accommodate this, a separate patch can now be set for visualiser output so that you can continue to do blind programming on the visualiser once you are in the venue, without h

UK - Stage Technologies launched the Sculptor Animation Toolkit at this year's PLASA and made waves in the Innovation Gallery amongst automation programmers and artistic directors all the way from London's West End to Europe and the USA.

Sculptor Animation Toolkit is an add-on for 3ds Max, a software package commonly used to animate films, movies, and games. The contemporary demands of technical theatre require a simple, flexible plotting tool that retains awareness of the restrictions of physical equipment and Sculptor Toolkit fills this niche by combining the safety and robustness of Stage Technologies control systems with the creative freedom enjoyed in a modern 3D animation environment, says the company. The toolkit excels when applied to venues and productions with many hundreds of automated axes and scenic elements such as revolves, hydraulically-driven, custom-built machi

Belgium - Barco has announced the expansion of its RLM product line with the RLM-W8 projector. It is an 8,000 lumens, three-chip DLPTM projector with a WUXGA (1920x1200) resolution. In addition to offering low power consumption and decreased noise levels, it features geometry correction and edge blending capabilities. Barco's RLM-W8 is suited for the rental and staging markets, and uses an optional Barco stacking frame.

Early 2010, Barco launched the RLM-W6 as its first Barco Elements three-chip DLPTM projector in a single-chip DLPTM price range. It offers a top-end image quality along with an environmentally conscious profile, by being ten times more silent and 33% less energy-consuming than competing products. As an extension of the RLM family, the RLM-W8 continues these themes, while adding more features that suit rental and staging environments.

"The market responded

UK - Riedel Communications unveiled the new RockNet RN.345.IL network plug-in card for Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing console family at this year's PLASA show in London.

The RN.345.IL card fits into any iLive MixRack Port B expansion slot and provides an interface to 64 input and 64 output channels. A rotary switch on the front panel sets device identification and selection of up to 15 programmable routing tables. The RN.345.IL enables the iLive console system to become part of the RockNet digital audio network.

The RN.345.IL in combination with RockWorks also supports RockNet's Independent Gain Feature. Independent Gain allows several mixing consoles to operate with the same mic pre-amps without affecting each other. While the master-console is controlling the analog gain of the pre-amps remotely, all other consoles operate with emulated pre-amps just as if they were al

UK - Yamaha Commercial Audio enjoyed a highly successful PLASA 2010, with the company's new StageMix iPad app enjoying an enthusiastic response from audio professionals. Coupled with the debut for Macintosh editor software for the M7CLV3 and LS9, the company's stand was busy throughout the exhibition's duration.

With all three software products confirmed as being made available at no cost, interest levels were high.

"Our philosophy is to introduce products that users want and have asked for," says Karl Christmas, deputy general manager of Yamaha Commercial Audio (UK). "There are thousands of Yamaha digital mixing consoles out there and the highest priorities on user 'wants lists' were facilities to make use of them more efficiently."

Featuring a straightforward, intuitive graphic interface and the iPad's multi-touch and gesture control, StageMix uses the

UK - At PLASA 2010 the Coemar LED Reflection projector won the coveted prize for innovation, presenting a line of projectors which exploit, for the first time with a LED, the physical properties of reflection of the light.

In the Reflection projectors, the LEDs project the light onto a mirror surface which reflects it to the outside guaranteeing perfect colours and extreme purity throughout the white light range, says the company. It was this concept and the lighting that generated it that impressed the PLASA judges.

Reflection, which will be commercially available from the beginning of November of this year, will therefore represent a new turning point in the event lighting world, yet another of the technological and commercial developments contributing to the success story of Coemar, says the company.

(Jim Evans)

UK - LumenRadio was awarded its second consecutive PLASA Innovation Award, this time for CRMX Nova Flex.

The PLASA jury gave high praise for LumenRadio's latest innovation: "CRMX Nova Flex impressed the judges for its ability to act as a complete cross-protocol wireless lighting control system. It was also noted for its recent use of RDM in an architectural application, giving feedback from external sensors - thereby providing an energy efficient outdoor lighting solution."

For the first time on market, CRMX Nova Flex offers complete compatibility between all supported protocols. The user can input any protocol into the transmitter and receive any protocol from the receiver. CRMX Nova Flex can also be configured by the user to function as either a transmitter or receiver.

"We are the first new company to receive the Award two years in a row, which shows that o

UK - Following a 10-year stint supplying bespoke multi-seat automated PAT and cable test resources to major entertainment and presentation sector rental companies, Out Board Electronics and longstanding software associates Data Strategy have launched an all-new incarnation of their HSE-savvy electrical safety test and logging systems.

The PAT-MK4 Test Processor has been re-designed from the ground up incorporating a 32-bit RISC ARM processor to allow it to be configured to a wide range of emerging international test standards such as the imminent British Standard BS EN 62638. The revamped PATData test automation and database logging software not only controls and records the tests but also provides an audit-trail for all aspects of warehouse safety inspection plus prep, pick, despatch and return logistics.

PATData carries full details of equipment preparation and test paramete

UK - GLP and G-LEC used their imposing stand, located right inside the main entrance at London's Earls Court, to whet the appetite of visitors to PLASA 2010. The two companies revealed a new benchmark in LED lighting - both in video pixel walls and the developed optical paths of high-output production spots and washes.

Pride of place went to the new member of the Phantom range. The Phantom 15 (15mm pixel pitch) is 100% integratable with the Phantom 30 large format, high brightness LED display (with 30mm pixel pitch) and the Phantom 60, as all share the same software platform. Billed as the most transparent LED video systems available, the frames can be easily connected together regardless of resolution using the famous patented quick lock system.

Also sharing the same operating platform (to ensure total integration), was the Solaris+. This is a hanging LED video curtain - comp

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