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The Lightfactor stand was a constant hub of activity with a number of the brands under the Lightfactor umbrella enjoying significant success. This success was epitomized by Lightfactor's Paul Deville, who told us: "This year marks a return to form for us. We've come out of the shadow of High End [whose products Lightfactor used to distribute in the UK] with [rival moving light manufacturer] SGM, and it's a great feeling."

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A PLASA debutant was Cornored Audio Systems, whose Hans Madsen was giving a world premiere to his new approach to loudspeakers. "I want to build bracketless loudspeakers which will look good in any environment," he said. Manufactured from aluminium, the low-profile enclosures feature a 90° curved front panel, producing a high quality sound.

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The wildly waving arms of the fan-driven MBN Eventproducts Airman are a familiar sight at PLASA and this year was no exception. The C-180 small confetti cannon was making its UK debut, as was the ProLED range of low-cost, single-colour and RGB lighting fixtures. These include balls, tubes, panels and replacement MR16/GU10 bulbs. The full range of effects includes foam, snow, confetti cannon, silk flames, inflatable figures and weatherproof airdomes for moving heads.
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A range of bespoke lifting equipment was on show by Maquinas de Precisao, its S3 lighting hoist demonstrating the versatility of the company's custom systems. The lightweight S3 can be mounted beneath or on the grid and has a slimline design to take up as little space as possible.

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Lifting and handling technology company Gala Systems showed its new Rigid Spiralift Column, which features mechanically interlocked bands that provide a self-guided rigid lift column. The interlocked bands allow for a higher level of travel than a normal spiral lift, with quieter operation.
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ETC Halcyon Silent

High End Systems Halcyon Silent builds on ETC’s legacy of fanless automated fixtures by incorporating features from the highly sought-after Halcyon family. Halcyon Silent perfectly balances silent operation with brilliant output of 18,400 lumens and high-impact features. 

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Gemini showed a myriad of new products, the most significant of which was the I-Key portable USB recorder which records to any external mass storage device. The user can select between MP3 or WAV file formats and then record onto the key - very simple to use and great for recording on the fly.

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Proel made the most of this year's PLASA by launching three new products of its own and a further nine from among the third-party brands it distributes in the UK. The Proel Extreme Series of affordable PA enclosures providing reliability and audio quality above that of an entry level system. The range is available as both passive and active versions, and has its own range of matched subs.

Debuting at PLASA was an enhanced version of Proel's popular Smart series - the Smart VPlus. The new, improved versions boast high quality sound coupled with sturdy build quality. The trapezoidal enclosures come in 20 flavours, both active and passive.

At the higher end of the market was the AX1118SP subwoofer system, designed to work with the Axiom line array system. The cabinet is designed to be flown as part of an Axiom system and comprises an 18" neodymium woofer with 4" voice coil, wh

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Create new traditions – Cameo P6 - High Output Full-Spectrum Ellipsoidal

Cameo's P6 is a future-proof LED profiler with a powerful 600 W RGBACL engine and 16,000 lumens. It’s an energy-efficient replacement for 2.5 kW halogen profile lights in theatres and venues. With excellent light quality and natural colour rendering, it fits perfectly in theatres, musicals, TV studios, congresses, and live events.

With an LED life of 50,000 hours and low power use, the P6 cuts energy costs and supports the EU’s ‘Green Deal’ goals for climate neutrality by 2050. It also meets updated eco-design rules for lighting.

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The big news from Tomcat UK was the announcement of a strategic partnership with Pfaff-silberblau, including the acquisition of the latter's PCM brand and UK distributorship of Columbus McKinnon hoists. The agreement has been lauded by both companies: Tomcat UK's Tony Dickson emphasised that existing PCM motor hoist customers will now be able to access a much wider range of services. In turn, Pfaff-silberblau's Paul Kelly said that the company will continue to develop and market its extensive range of backstage lifting systems.

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Getting on to this appropriately-named company's stand was difficult at times, the dazzling wall and floor-mounted Ayrton Dreampanel display acting as a particularly eye-catching beacon - even in a show where a vast range of LED panels and fixtures were literally blitzing visitors' attention. The big news was that Gatecrasher is opening its new £3m Leeds venue with a DreamPanel wall, part of a lighting package being installed by HFM Lighting & Sound (more on Gatecrasher in L&SI Jan 2006).

LED lighting fixtures were a mainstay of the stand, but there was also a UK debut for the Antari Z series of smoke machines, plus a wide range of moving heads and scanners on show.

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The ever-packed TMB stand featured a number of new product lines. From the ex-Flying Pigs, who are now known as Carallon, was the new Pharos LPC (see Award Winners, p58-59).

With the purchase of DHA by Rosco and the obvious impact on DHA's Scenechange division (now merged with Hippotizer creator, Green Hippo), distribution of the Hippotizer media server for Asia and the Middle East has been awarded to TMB in addition to its existing territory of North America.

A virtual Rolls-Royce of crowd control barriers, manufactured by All Access Staging and Production - The Versacade II, is also being distributed by TMB. Finally, the Falcon range of high power xenon, metal halide and LED fixtures by German manufacturer A&O Technology was also a key feature of the TMB stand.

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The architectural lighting control manufacturer, Dynalite Europe, displayed its new 'Revolution' series control panels. The buttons and controls on each panel can be raised or lowered to allow for almost any thickness of material to be used as a custom fascia.

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A combined DHA and Rosco stand for the newly combined companies featured Rosco's X-Effects projector, which now comes with DMX512 control, a dowser and colorizer gobos. Also from Rosco was a new animation wheel/effects wheel module with built-in power supply.

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The well-known UniPoint range from A-T has been updated by four new features; UniGuard brings immunity from RF interference (especially useful for those mobile phone interruptions that plague so many conferences); UniSteep - an 80Hz low cut filter, good for reducing ambient noise; UniLine - a cardioid capsule with a tight 90° pickup pattern; and finally, Pivot Point - a rotating connection point for boundary mics in the range, allowing easy changing of plug-in angle, depending on microphone placement.

The AT9892 is another tiny, flexible head-worn mic; lightweight and omni-directional, and with an easily re-shaped ear curve, this mic is ideal for the TV studio environment.

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With a trade show dominated by LED products, it can be difficult to get noticed. On the Lightfactor stand, Xilver certainly managed to do so with the uniquely designed Xolar LT batten. The 16-segmented batten can be used on its own or in conjunction with other battens to form a grid, a longer batten or any combination. Xilver's homogenous colouring technology is clearly in evidence with the Xolar LT, which also features a reflector for each light source and produces a beam angle of two degrees. The Xolar LT is controlled by DMX or Xilver's own serial interface and can be customized using a number of effect filters, lenses and diffusers.

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Specialists in designing and producing power supplies for lighting, Power Gems was showing an electronic PSU for moving lights - 'Clear Arc' ballast technology - itself a former PLASA Awards winner, and already in use by Robe Show Lighting. Its PSUs run at a very high 300kHz (150Hz is more usual), which allows it to run cool with consequently less fan noise. Other benefits from this PSU is an extension to lamp usability, as the burn envelope stays clearer for longer than is usual with more conventional PSUs.

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"World Class Products - Right here in your own backyard," was the slogan and with a stand designed to look like a backyard, LSC launched its new products upon PLASA - where it also celebrated its 25th birthday.A subtle redesign to the chassis of the Maxim console, along with the doubling of controllable moving lights and a 15% increase in operating speed - plus a number of other software improvements - justified the "V2" suffix to the successful four-year-old console. Another new product from LSC was the ePlate remote wall station for its EKO and e24v2 dimming systems. Also for the e24v2 dimming system was LSCnet - a remote monitoring and control interface that utilizes an LCD touch screen and full diagnostics error log with data backup.

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Ben-Ri Electronica from Madrid, Spain, is a manufacturer of lighting control equipment and dimmers. The company was showcasing its new top end 'Hydra' range of lighting consoles, from 512 - 2048 channels, for combining moving and conventional lighting shows. SANDnet DMX-to-Ethernet hardware and software products were also featured on the stand.

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A wealth of new products are utilizing EtherSound's audio networking standard. At PLASA alone, the new iLive from Allen & Heath, DigiSnake from Pinanson and InnovaSon's Dio Core were some of the more high profile launches. EtherSound has seen massive momentum behind the standard of late, with the total number of licensees doubling in 2005.

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dB emphasized the progress and recognition it has made in wireless technology and modern amplification at this year's show. The company was demonstrating its new digitally controlled 901 Series wireless mic systems, its live series high power active lightweight speakers, the newest generation of the Opera family, plus numerous other existing popular products.

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If there were a prize for most unusual product at the show, Vestax would probably be in with a chance of winning. The company has developed the QFO LE, which looks remarkably like a turntable and, in fact, is a turntable, but also a musical instrument. The deck can pitch shift up to 60% and is ideal for making the most of single note records that are becoming a popular addition to the DJ arsenal. Using the QFO LE with a single note record essentially allows the DJ to create melodies with the pitch shift control and mix them into the rest of his set. Crazy?In addition the the QFO, Vestax also presented the new CDR-07 CD Recorder, which incorporates a professional DJ interface, the VMC-004XL mixer that features four stereo input channels and two stereo outputs and highly reliable ALPS faders. Finally, Vestax unveiled the PMC-08Pro, a digital mixer incorporating a 24 bit 96K DSP, which also

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London-based sound and lighting distributor Fametrack was promoting its latest trade catalogue.
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