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"One of Christie's advantages is its wide selection of 3LCD models in the 4000 lumens range and above," notes Frank Anzures, senior product manager, business products. "Customers needing mid- to high-brightness options know that they can come to Christie and find what they need to meet their application and budget requirements. And, with innovations like Christie's 4DColor technology, their displays can be created with vivid, dynamic colours that go beyond standard 3LCD projectors."

When bold, detailed images are required for presentations, the Christie LX400 (XGA) an

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Stocking the full range of GDS products Hawthorn is now able to fulfil most orders for next day delivery and also has large stocks of regular and high powered up lighters as well as the new Satellites available for hire.

With a notable increase in the hire of the LiteWare battery up lighters, Hawthorn's hire manager, Dave Slater commented, "Being one of the key GDS dealers gives us a fantastic opportunity to build on our commitment to the GDS product range, which has proved to be very popular with our customers.

"From the LiteWare products which we've had in rental stock since their initial release, through to the Blues System, used extensively by our installs teams with the Arch system, and their new LED houselights, the whole range gives us an important a

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DPS provides event production solutions for everything from live concert to corporate gatherings to exclusive parties. AV designer and owner Anthony Dever is comments, "Solaris+ is a lighting designer's dream. Its flexibility and creativity really sets it apart from other products - and so sets us apart from other production companies. It gives me the edge with potential clients, because its unique design enables me to customize it to any event we do."

The Solaris+ LED system gives the audience a 360° view of images or messages. Comprising 'ropes' of 40mm diameter LED balls, which can be hung in line or in groups for maximum effect, Solaris+ is suitable for "low resolution video screens, innovative 3D light

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The MC3 combines the agility and speed of a computer operating system with the reliability of a network appliance, enabling real-time multitasking to seamlessly run up to 10 independent programmes simultaneously, all communicating with each other on the same platform, says the company. A fully-integrated 3-Series platform unleashes more processing power, faster speeds, more memory, enhanced security and powerful multitasking capabilities that simplify the design and implementation of integrated building management and home technology.

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Neil Clayton, managing director of Monacor UK commented: "We have been constantly asked if we can provide a solution for a conference system and we are now pleased to meet those demands with the launch of the CS-50"

The CS-50 System is equipped with automatic mixing technology and integrated acoustic and mechanical design, delivering consistently natural, feedback-free audio performance with any environment. The CS-50 is able to support up to 50 individual delegate microphones, making it suitable for various applications.

The CS-50 Conference system is made up of the CS-50CU control unit and CS-50CH chairman station, with the C

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Designed as the hardware expansion to the grandMA2 onPC software, the MA onPC command wing enables the look and feel of the software to be as close to a real grandMA2 console as possible. With a simple USB connection between the MA onPC command wing and the computer running the grandMA2 onPC software, all inputs and outputs of a grandMA2 console are available to the user. DMX, MIDI, Timecode and Analogue Remote are all on hand directly at the MA onPC command wing.

Wherever it is physically difficult to use a grandMA2 console, the MA onPC command wing

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Featuring identical components to the D6 ceiling model, the DP6 pendant loudspeaker offers "the superior sound quality, exceptional intelligibility and unparalleled performance that has quickly established the Distributed Design Series as a favourite among installed sound professionals".

A true coaxial loudspeaker with an HF compression driver, the DP6 offers Community's patented Carbon Ring Cone Technology and Tru-Phase high-frequency waveguide for consistent, wide dispersion up to 16 kHz. Uniform voicing allows the entire range of Distributed Design ceiling, surface and pendant mount loudspeakers to be combined in a single installation with no compromise of consistency from zone to zone.

The DP6 is equipped wit

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"Cree is committed to the development of innovative, energy-efficient LED lighting technology and this program provides access to important technology developed by Cree," said George Brandes, Cree director of intellectual property licensing. "The remote phosphor licensing program is designed to provide rights under the relevant Cree patents that our LED customers need to develop and commercialise leading-edge LED luminaires and bulbs, accelerating the L

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14 March 2016

At ISE 2012 Pan Acoustics will introduce a new 'small ' active digitally steerable compact column speaker within the Pan Beam range, the PB04, and within the Pan Jericho range the proto type of a High Power 'Crowd Control ' system, the PJ16.

The PB04 is offering user-friendly Windows software to control all parameters such as beam control, four-band parametric EQ, volume control, focus distance and opening angles. It offers the same design and enclosure as the well-known PB08, but is half of the height and therefore it is suitable for installations, where PB08 is oversized. PB04 works with the same software and in the same network together

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Due to ship in February 2012, the ASP4816 takes many design cues from the ASP8024, with the same input and monitor design in a smaller frame size. Characterised by Audient's analogue circuitry designed by audio 'guru' David Dearden, the ASP4816 is intended as a centre piece for production studios and educational facilities.

The main input channels feature Audient's Class A preamp and 4 band EQ, a combination found in hundreds of ASP8024 equipped studios, where many users no longer feel the need to reach for their outboard preamps and EQ. The console features 40 faders, 16 bus routing, six auxes, two dedicated cue sends,

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Among the most anticipated features in this release of the ESTA/PLASA Award-Winning (2009, 2010 & 2011) software are its integration with VectorWorks 2011/12 (PC & Mac), providing the ability to do your design and paperwork in VectorWorks before exporting directly to LightConverse in order to see your work truly come alive; a real-time live object tracking system, which allows performers and objects such as moving set pieces and video screens to be automatically followed by moving fixtures and projectors during their movements on stage, and an increase in fixture capacity to 1,536 devices wit

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Producing a 10° vertical x 40° beam angle that's suitable for wall washing, the Mega 24PRO features DMX or manual control, RGB colour mixing, 32 built-in colour macros, a colour strobe effect and 0-100% electronic dimming. Its multitude of features, along with six operational modes, give the Mega 24PRO the ability to create whatever ambience or colour effects are needed, says the company, making it "ideal for theatrical productions, nightclubs, special effects installations, party venues, DJs, mobile entertainers and more".

"The Mega 24PRO is a great fixture to use for uplighting, which of course is currently a big trend in e

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The CW-200 provides an affordable, easy to deploy and operate solution for elementary, occasional or portable conferencing applications, says the company. The system comprises two boundary microphone transmitter units and a dual channel UHF receiver.

Receiver and transmitter are operable over 32 selectable frequencies for each channel, and feature auto scan and lock to provide transmission on an available interference-free frequency. Adjustable 'Noise-Lock' squelch and RFI shielding technology negate environmental RF noise and signal interference.

Commenting on the addition of the CW-200 to the Clockaudio range, sales and marketing manager Rod Geary stated, "The CW-200 offers a highly cost effective and versatile solution for a part of the market we have not previously addressed, where

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VSA aims to address the audio signal exactly to the listening area, avoiding sending the acoustic energy to ceilings and empty floors, thus not introducing bad reflections that would affect speech intelligibility, mainly in critical environments with high reverberation time, says the company.

"The target we aimed at when designing the VSA was to offer voice directivity and control over all the voice range, to give high intelligibility performance with wide frequency response and high dynamics and coherence at distance," says a spokesman. "We've been able to reach this goal thanks to the length of the column, the number and size

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Each three-day session is held at the EASE Learning Lab, located at the Renkus-Heinz headquarters in Foothill Ranch, California, with classes offered quarterly throughout the year.

All classes are based on EASE 4.3 for Windows. Ownership of and basic familiarity with EASE 4.3 is a prerequisite, and students are encouraged to bring their own laptops. Classes are scheduled on 20-22 February, 14-16 May, 20-22 August 20-22 and 12-14 November 2012.

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Davie Bell, divisional sales manager at Stage Electrics, says: "We have been extremely pleased with the reception to the new Source Four Fresnel from ETC. Customers like the light output and with a wide choice of 375W, 575W or 750W lamps source it is showing itself to be a very versatile unit for a variety of performance spaces. We are out showing as many customers as we can our demo units and they are invariably impressed and placing orders. It is a strong addition to the ETC fixture range."

Other venues to which Stage Electrics supplied the new Source Four Fresnel include Bridgend Colleg

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"Both our new SenSeries speakers and XLT amps fill niches in the pro sound marketplace, and offer solutions that end-users have told us they're looking for," said Tom Freret, national sales manager for American Audio. "That's why we are so excited about introducing these products at NAMM."

The company will also be taking the wraps off the long-anticipated Traktor version of its popular VMS4 MIDI Workstation, which features four selectable MIDILOG (MIDI or analogue) channels, and has been billed is "the ultimate DJ performance tool". The new VMS4 Traktor comes bundled with the popular Traktor DJ s

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Also new is Elation's RGB LED pixel tape, which can be affixed to the edges and surfaces of any object in moments to highlight it with a dramatic border of changing colours.

As far as lights themselves go, Elation will be showing "plenty of remarkable fixtures" including the Opti QA Par, an RGBA color-mixing LED par can that features the company's Quad Color Technology, in which four colours - red, green, blue and amber are combined into each LED source for superior colour blending.

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The fixture offers W-DMX by Wireless Solution for wireless connectivity and has a 5 pin XLR DMX output to supply other DMX fixtures that you may wish to rig in its vicinity. With the head detached the Smart-e can be used as a battery powered DMX receiver and the detachable head leads to other exciting developments such as a complete range of interchangeable heads for use with Smart-e to complement the highly styled standard wall washer.

The lithium polymer battery driving four Luxeon Rebel RGB+W emitters lasts up to eight hours on full output and in excess of 12 hours on colour scroll. The unit has two power modes to further increase battery life with output selectable via the digital addres

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"The Pro-AV market demands high-quality, processing and display functionalities for their display needs. Our HQView and LEDView ranges ensure that this technology is accessible for any installation ranging from architectural scale projection, digital signage, corporate presentation, collaboration and lots more," says Tim Brooksbank, chairman of Calibre UK.

The company's range of scaler and processors made for small to large installations at any resolution up to 2K include advanced features such as geometry correction, projection mapping/image warping and soft edge blending. This includes the top-of-the-line HQView520 Scaler, Switcher and Sc

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14 March 2016

The Crestron Fusion platform is a scalable framework which provides the basis on which to monitor and manage lighting, energy, and AV, while providing the tools for remote help desk, room scheduling and asset tracking. Fusion expands upon the established Crestron RoomView Server Edition (SE) platform by upping the ante with its scalable redundant architecture and multiple front-end components: Fusion RV and Fusion EM.

Fusion RV software, which provides AV, help desk, meeting scheduling and technology management, is the upgrade path from RoomView SE. The all-new Fusion EM provides energy management and tracking. Both front-end components coexist on the same server platform and share t

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All these loudspeakers were originally only available in black as standard or specially ordered coloured to match venue interiors, however being typically d&b, all these little White range cabinets are now also available in white as standard. Alongside these will be the larger 10S and 12S loudspeakers plus a three cabinet array of the 10A line array loudspeaker from the xA-Series.

For those who find hearing is believing, room E103 has been taken by d&b so that visitors can not only p

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Combining proprietary noise-cancelling technology, Voice Isolation and Intelligent Mute, Tiki improves the intelligibility of communication in any environment. Tiki offers two modes that allow users to switch between Intelligent Speech Mode for communication and Natural Recording Mode for CD-quality recording of vocals, instruments or podcasts. Similar in size to a standard USB flash drive, Tiki's portable, cable-free design allows it to plug directly into your laptop's USB port.

"We are excited to introduce Tiki as the smartest, most compact USB mic on the market. Designed to mimic human hearing, Tiki brings the conversation into focus and attenuates

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The CW-200 provides "an affordable, easy to deploy and operate solution for elementary, occasional or portable conferencing applications". The system comprises two boundary microphone transmitter units and a dual channel UHF receiver. Receiver and transmitter are operable over 32 selectable frequencies for each channel, and feature auto scan and lock to provide transmission on an available interference-free frequency. Adjustable 'Noise-Lock' squelch and RFI shielding technology negate environmental RF noise and signal interference.

The transmitter units are of die cast metal constructio