Events

Formula Sound

Details: 14 March 2016

PLASA stalwart Formula Sound launched its FF-6000 mixer, designed in conjunction with Tony Andrews of Funktion-One, after much DJ feedback. Features include a removable fader panel offering rotary or linear faders, while the design includes some thoughtful ergonomic touches.

MGC Lamps

Details: 14 March 2016

Hundreds of lamps are distributed by MGC. New this year was the Philips Broadway Gold - part of the double-ended MSR Gold range, complete with gold base and utilizing four new lamp technologies including P3 pinch protection for operation at up to 2500ºC! Also new was a full range of Luxeon LEDs, and the Cariboni range of architectural floodlights.

Artistic Licence

Details: 14 March 2016

Pride of place on the Artistic Licence stand was Jump Start, the all-singing, all-dancing remote device management (RDM) tool that uses the new RDM DMX protocol. For want of a better description, this hand-held device could take the place of a lighting desk. It's also backwards compatible with 'old' DMX. With this and other products attracting attention, Artistic reported that this was their best PLASA show ever.

Pro Light Concepts

Details: 14 March 2016

Pro Light Concepts, supplier of mobile disco equipment, was hosting a busy stand. The company's Mark Walsh was enthusiastic about the show and pleased to be supporting long-time Taiwanese associates Acme Effects, who he described as "a great team to work with".

Sunbaba Screens

Details: 14 March 2016

Sunbaba Screens showed its Digisound scrim material, which allows sound to pass through with almost no signal degradation. The revolutionary fabric can be printed upon with full colour, and has been tested at outdoor events over the summer with highly favourable reviews.

Cerebrum

Details: 14 March 2016

Cerebrum, the UK distributor for Japanese manufacturer San-Ei, was promoting the latter's range of highly engineered Xenon followspots, ranging between 1 and 4kW. Despite their size, these are flexible and easy to handle, and are constructed to last at least 25 years!

Le Mark Group

Details: 14 March 2016

Collaboration between Le Mark Group and the technical and production dept of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama led to the development of the Le Mark Bar-Fly tags. A simple but effective way of visually identifying items on flown bars the tag visually replicates the AutoCAD standard.

Vestax

Details: 14 March 2016

Always at the forefront of innovation, Vestax was highlighting its new CDX05 single-slot CD player that can link to a Tascam TTM1, enabling a DJ to use vinyl to control CD and MP3 playback. The QFO turntable/mixer was also catching eyes. The first of its kind, the space-age looking combination device gives DJs the freedom to 'play' it more as an instrument. Also this year, Vestax's PDX2300 Mark II Pro turntable featured the J-shaped 'active balance' tone arm, a new 'super-stable' mechanism.

Robert Juliat

Details: 14 March 2016

Ginger and Alex are the new tungsten followspots from Robert Juliat. Featuring mechanical dimmers for constant colour temperature and a high performance double condenser optical system. Ginger has a 15.5-27° zoom whilst Alex has a 7-14.5° zoom.

KAM

Details: 14 March 2016

KAM has launched 71 new products over the last 18 months. PLASA saw the first showing of the IMS Pro series of speakers, a versatile injection-moulded mobile DJ rig with three passive full-range enclosures and two active ones and the choice of two different subs.

Lighting Innovation

Details: 14 March 2016

Lighting Innovation showed its latest SuperBeam beam light, with 1.2K/80V tungsten lightsource, which doubles the output of the classic beam light. The lamp also lasts three times as long as a traditional beam light source and contains two mirrors to optimize the output and direct the beam between 3-12°.

Cerwin Vega

Details: 14 March 2016

Catering for a wide range of PA requirements, Cerwin Vega launched its Intense portable system, comprising three cabinets, all with titanium compression drivers, plywood cabinets and HighRoad horns. Also on show were the now-shipping ProStax, Structural Design Series and top-of-the-range Vision lines.

Spectrum

Details: 14 March 2016

A stunning four-minute laser show featuring 24 pre-programmed lasers was a highlight of the Spectrum (UK) Lasers stand. Nigel Williams said the company was the first to introduce affordable three-colour lasers that offer yellow. Spectrum is the exclusive distributor of Actor Mate products from Taiwan.

Buster Cases

Details: 14 March 2016

Buster Cases was showing no new products this year, but the company reports that it looks forward to the positive benefits of PLASA for at least six months after the show.

Clay Paky

Details: 14 March 2016

Two new effects projectors from Clay Paky: Alpha Spot and Alpha Spot HPE, and an Alpha Wash to go with. All are based on a 575W discharge lamp, on full articulation moving yoke. Also from Clay Paky, GoldenScan 4 brings this moving mirror veteran up to date with the addition of a fixed gobo wheel and all-new electronics.

LDR

Details: 14 March 2016

LDR's Lisa Papi said the company was having an excellent show, meeting up with its dealers and also attracting new customers. New for 2004 is the XPress colour scroller available in three models and handling between 2-16 colours. Also new is a PC discharge luminaire.

Duran Audio

Details: 14 March 2016

A compact steerable line array, Target U16 from Duran Audio builds on this company's extensive experience in using DSP time manipulation to affect dispersion pattern on its speaker products. U16 is a scaleable self-powered mini line array containing a pair of 6.5" and a single 1" driver per cabinet capable of delivering 123dB at 1m. Tell the DDA unit where you want to hit, and at what SPL and the unit will calculate the rest. U16 is designed to be used with Duran's existing B215 sub. Duran also showed the AXYS Intellivox-V90 - a compact, passively steered vertical column loudspeaker designed for use in 70V/100V PA and VA systems. The quirky-looking Intellidisc was also on preview. Resembling a hexagonal satellite dish, the unit, at approximately 1m diameter, houses multiple drivers and, it's claimed, has a completely reconfigurable dispersion, both horizontally and vertically.

Advanced Fiber Optics

Details: 14 March 2016

Advanced Fiber Optics from Barcelona has over 60 distributors and operates in research, architectural, entertainment and leisure sectors. A large off-the-shelf range includes the new MicroBraid side-emitting fibre and a variety of DMX-controlled light sources.

Andolite

Details: 14 March 2016

Andolite displayed its comprehensive range of products designed for the installation of audio and lighting systems. New were its white light bars, now fitted with white ABS sockets. Recent projects have included installation work on His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen.

Apollo Design

Details: 14 March 2016

Apollo Design's new Smart Color scroller is described as "everything you need in one package," and is available in three models, each with pre-installed Apollo Gel Heat Shield, increasing a normal gel string life by three times. The Smart Move gobo rotator was on show, usable without a control board due to its integrated microprocessor.

Shure Distribution UK

Details: 14 March 2016

Shure Distribution showed Shure's new SLX4 install range radio mic system. Simple and effective, the SLX has automatic channel scan for available frequencies, and subsequent microphone grab (interrogation and setting of the mic's transmitter to match) when held in front of the unit. On the same stand, but from QSC, comes the Modular Design series, two-way cabinets based on either 12" or 15" drivers with three horn variants (60°x40°, 90°x40° and 120°x40°); all in the same size box. The RMX 5050 amplifier is the latest addition to the range: 5kW per channel, it has all the limiters and filters QSC users will expect.

Also with Shure Distribution, Phonic continues to impress with its low-cost products; Road Gear 260 is a neat self-contained 130W per channel PA system. Speakers clip off to reveal an amp mixer unit, four mono, two stereo, two-band EQ, with effects send and le

Loud Technologies

Details: 14 March 2016

At the Loud Technologies camp, the AX speaker is a general-purpose speaker cabinet from EAW with wide dispersion, while the Element Series of compact weatherproof speakers was also launched. Attracting interest from Macie was the Onyx range of new analogue live sound mixers, from 12 to 48 channels. Big Knob is a control room master section, giving all the connectivity required, while TT24 is a live sound digital mixer, the main feature of which is turbo touch - the ability to access any function on the desk within two button pushes. You can assign faders mono, stereo or VCA.

Tapco is the new brand name from Mackie, offering the S5 self-powered active studio monitor, Tweek 31 a 31-band graphic, and Squeeze a comp/limiter with an 'air' feature to retain transients when using heavy compression.

Pulsar

Details: 14 March 2016

Two new 200W units in the ever-expanding Chroma range from Pulsar: the Batten 200 and the Flood 200 are what the name suggests - the batten is 1200mm, the flood approx' 200mm square. Both fixtures are rated IP65 for outdoor use, and both work on 100-240V power, with DMX control for RGB colour mixing. The new ChromaStrip2 has a reversible diffuser cover giving 20° or 90° output.

Clock Audio

Details: 14 March 2016

Clock Audio's bespoke audio systems have spawned the CS series, a conference microphone designed to minimize the number of units used, but maximize audio quality. The MR-88 automatic microphone mixer uses DSP technology to provide an expandable but easily controllable system.

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