Events

City Theatrical

Details: 14 March 2016

City Theatrical had a variety of products on hand, including their WDS OEM Wireless DMX receiver, which can be built into any DMX device to provide wireless connectivity. The PDS-750 CB Touring Power Supply is for use with Color Kinetics fixtures, and features seven types of user configurable fade and chase routines. The WDS-equipped AutoYoke can convert a standard ETC Source Four unit into a spotlight; there are a variety of accessories also available.

Martin Professional

Details: 14 March 2016

Martin Professional had, as usual, plenty of products to show. The Maxedia digital media composer is the company's entry in the imaging sweepstakes. The units's integrated DMX control provides full control of both lighting and video elements. Also on the control side, the Maxxyz Playback Wing made its US debut. Among the company's new networking products, the Ether2DMX allows users to increase the number of Maxxyz DMX universes and/or easily place DMX universes remotely on any TCP/IP Ethernet network, while the Ethernet Switch expands the networking and operable distance parameters of the Maxxyz console. In addition, Martin's ShowDesigner previsualization program now comes in Gold and Silver versions: the former is the full program while the latter is a streamlined edition. A number of club units were on show, including the Wizard Extreme and Ego X4 effects units and the SCX500 scanner.

Columbus McKinnon

Details: 14 March 2016

Columbus McKinnon, on whose stand we found Adrian Forbes-Black chained up and loving it, has introduced a new line of Hoist Controllers. The CM ProCommander Control Systems - which can control up to 96 motors singly or simultaneously, are available in four models, all approved to the German standard of BGV C1 for overhead rigging. The CM ProCommander is available as a basic manual control unit or a fully computerized variable speed system with built-in load monitoring. CM also introduced the ShowPro line of electric hoists, ranging in capacity from half-ton (454kg) to two-ton (1814kg); with lifting speeds up to 16ft per minute (4.1m/min at 50Hz). Finally, the CM Hurricane ES, designed for inverted and regular use in the entertainment industry, is a rugged unit designed with fewer parts, assuring longer life and minimal maintenance and available in capacities half-ton (500kg), one-ton and

Le Maitre

Details: 14 March 2016

Le Maitre's Versa Fan is a flexible mounting DMX addressable fan that is dimmer based and features a ratchet based positive locking system. The company was also showing its EZ Kleen product for foggers, which increases the life of the machines, as well as the lightweight, portable, hand-held Quick Shot Confetti launcher, which will launch confetti up to 50ft.

LDR / Strong Entertainment Lighting

Details: 14 March 2016

Italian manufacturer LDR was on the stand of its US distributor, Strong Entertainment Lighting. New from LDR is the Canto 250HR followspot - based on the new ceramic lamp from Philips. The ST250HR lamp offers all the benefits of ceramic technology for applications that until now have been the preserve of halogen lamps, say Philips. Features include a well-defined beam, a large side-handle to control movement and a double microswitch interlock for safe bulb replacement - while the fan-free cooling system makes it ideal for environments requiring a bit of hush. The Canto range now offers a choice of six lamps in the same housing.

Robe Show Lighting

Details: 14 March 2016

Robe Show Lighting showed a vastly expanded product line, beginning with the DigitalSpot 2600DT. Robe goes digital with this moving head units, whose features include two digital gobo layers with a selection of up to 255 videos and images per layer. Also shown were the ColorWash 575AT and Color Wash 120E AT moving-head wash units, the ColorMix 575AT and ColorMix 550AT static colour-changing fixtures, and a line of club units: the ClubSpot 250CT, the ClubWash 250CT, the ClubScan 250CT and 150CT and the Fusion and Funky effects projectors. The company also showed the Fog 1500FT fogger, the Faze 1000FT fazer, and the Haze 400FT haze machine.

Sennheiser - Evolution 900 Series US debut

Details: 14 March 2016

Sennheiser USA introduced the Evolution e900 Series (left) of wired stage mics to the US. The e900 Series includes two professional vocal mics, the e935 and the e945, plus a wide range of new backline instrument mics.

Inter-M - audio matrix router for installation

Details: 14 March 2016

The new PX-0288 (above) audio matrix mixer allows local audio sources to be routed in any combination to eight zones, using either local or remote control. Built specifically for multi-zone systems like those found in hotels, airports, casinos, hospitals, conference centres and restaurants, the PX-0288 comes with a pair of dedicated remote controls and a remote microphone station.

Audient - US distribution

Details: 14 March 2016

British manufacturer of the Aztec live console Audient announced a deal for its products to be distributed in the US by Audio Exchange International (AXI), based in Rockland, MA. Audient directors Gareth Davies, David Dearden and Luke Baldry were all at the show.

Pathway

Details: 14 March 2016

Pathway premiered the new RDM Repeater, an opto-splitter that features one input and eight outputs. The output ports are individually configurable for RDM enabled or disabled, and DMX speed, and are available with connectors on the front or rear. Also new, the new Vivetro Translucence Fader is a DMX-controllable unit for use with Electronic Privacy Glass. The Vivetro fades single or multiple panes of up to 32sq.ft, is rack-mountable and features smooth, 16-bit fade resolution.

SLS Loudspeakers - P-LS8695 powered compact line array

Details: 14 March 2016

US-based Superior Line Source Loudspeakers, one of the few manufacturers worldwide using ribbon drivers, unveiled the PLS8695 and its 24-bit, 96kHz DSP processing engine developed using algorithms optimized for the original LS8695. Two high-power digital amplifiers have been incorporated to handle the low and high frequency drivers separately, while a robust, high-voltage, high current power supply also features.

Philips

Details: 14 March 2016

Philips showed the MSR Gold, a double-ended lamp with 'Golden' lamp caps, designed for stage use. The gold-plated caps allow higher cap temperatures (up to 400° C), reducing lamp and lamp-holder damage. The Golden lamp also features the patented Philips P3 pinch protection, allowing pinch temperatures of up to 500°C. The MSA SA/DE Gold is already available in 400W and 1,200W, and 700W will be out soon.

Renkus-Heinz

Details: 14 March 2016

Showing a similar trend, Renkus-Heinz introduced the SCA-16 'Steerable Column Array' with its 16 x 4" drivers mounted in vertical line array fashion. It has 16 channels of DSP and 16 x 50W of Class D amplification. "These elements are finally able to combine to focus sound in highly reverberant spaces, like a cathedral, for example," said CEO Ralph Heinz. Also new are the TRX-42 Stair Step, DRS18-2 Sub, PN-PNX151M/9 (below, left) and PM121M/12S monitor loudspeakers.

In the same demo suite, the developers of EASE electro-acoustic room simulator software showed EASERA, a measurement platform that also incorporates Time Domain Spectrometry tools. In other words, where EASE allows you to simulate what happens, EASERA allows you to measure the results - so as well as being useful to live sound engineers and installation contractors, it's a scientific platform for acousticians

Strand Lighting

Details: 14 March 2016

Strand Lighting introduced the new OneLight Par and oneLight Fresnel. Both are 575W MSR daylight luminaires, with integrated ballasts, for quick set-up applications. Also new was the 2.8.5 console software for Strand 300 and 500 series desks. Key features include extended luminaire attributes to support Catalyst units and a new TrackBack command, among other things. Strand also released new software for its wireless PDA-based remotes. On the architectural side, the new Accent DMX control sations are designed for use with all Strand digital dimmers. Each station can support up to 48 dimmers with two, four, or eight presets. Stations can be linked together to form systemswith up to eight stations in eight rooms. Finally, Strand showed its SST sinewave dimmer module, which provide true silent lamp operation and less than 1% harmonic distortion.

Infinium Technologies - contact-free digital fader

Details: 14 March 2016

UK-based Infinium, formed in March 2002, took its contact-free digital faders to the AES. Having presented the technology at trade shows around the world, the company now believes that optical, digital controls have come of age - and has opened dialogues with DJ and studio mixer manufacturers. Will live console makers catch on?

OptiLED

Details: 14 March 2016

OptiLED showed its Designer Dimmable Series, offering lighting intensity control in a unit with outer dimensions identical to an ordinary halogen MR16. The Dimmable offers full performance at 12V DC or AC and dimming capability from 10V down to a 3V candle glow. The series offers a new snap-on ring mounting for the diffusers and can be used in most indoor and weather-protected outdoor fixtures and applications, including theatres and cinemas, amusement parks, architectural features, landscape accents, retail, museums and hospitality, say the company. OptiLED has supplied its lighting fixtures to a number of recent US installations and projects, including the International Spy Museum in Washington DC, Club Nero at Caesar's in Lake Tahoe, the New Hampshire Capital Centre for the Arts and the Houston Ballet.

Tomcat

Details: 14 March 2016

Tomcat had the One line of trussing for exhibit and retail applications, which makes use of a new aluminium connector that provides ease of construction and exceptional support. New from Brilliant Stages is Dekex, an extra-light line of risers and stage decking which is billed as being exceptionally quick and easy to use. At 40kg for an 8ft x 4ft module, it is designed for schools, colleges, and exhibitions, among other applications.

Wybron

Details: 14 March 2016

Wybron reports good business across the board - in particular with its popular Nexera dichroic colour changing fixtures (profile and wash versions, both now available with a CDM source), which are currently taking the College market by storm in America. Feedback from users has been very positive, the company says, in that increasing numbers of college venues are taking Nexera fixtures for evaluation - and not sending them back! Other news from Wybron is the company's appointment as the US distributor for Lighting Innovations' Super Beam 1200. This fixture, says Lighting Innovations, boasts near 100% light efficiency due to the parabolic and spheric double reflector optics and the use of Phillips' 80V, 1200W tungsten Halogen bulb.

Rose Brand

Details: 14 March 2016

At the Rose Brand stand, the ShowLED Star Drop has gone full colour, using RGB LED technology for additive mixing that allows for thousands of colours. The drop uses wide-angle, high-output LEDs, which are individually addressable (with the ability to assign up to 16 virtual channels). A lightweight DMX-compatible controller can be run in stand-alone fashion, connected to a light board, or via a PC control system. Also, Rose Brand is now the US stocking distributor for UK-based Triple E track systems. Triple E's Unitrack features large-capacity scenery carriers, eliminating the need to build custom carriers. In addition, the company's Chaintrack system allows curtains to turn up to 180° in as little as a 6" radius.

ShowCAD

Details: 14 March 2016

ShowCAD's Mick Martin demo'd the latest developments for the company's Artist lighting and show control package - now fully WYSIWYG-enabled. Capable of controlling over 32,000 DMX channels as well as offering full multimedia and timecode support, Artist is a powerful and flexible system. The latest tricks in the pipeline include an impressive matrix facility which allows the simple creation of all kinds of effects and chases in banks of full-colour lighting fixtures - highly effective on any scale.

Look Solutions

Details: 14 March 2016

Look Solutions was exhibiting at LDI for the first time under its own name and not through a distributor. Nathan Kahn, sales for the newly-opened Look Solutions USA, reported that he had so far had a very positive response from show visitors and that many of them were surprised to know that at least 50% of the Broadway shows today use Look's foggers and hazers.

Euphonix

Details: 14 March 2016

Euphonix is not a name normally associated with sound reinforcement, but it didn't go unnoticed at AES that the company's System 5 digital mixing consoles are being used for FOH mixing at Sydney Opera House. To prove it, the venue's technical operations manager for sound, David Claringbold, was at the show and spending a fair amount of time around the Euphonix booth - providing further evidence of the draw that the West Coast AES has among international live sound figureheads.

"We saw, when we looked around, that there was a depth and a breadth to this system that wasn't evident in any of the others," Claringbold revealed, as if to remind everyone that the parameters of the digital market are far less clearly defined than the parameters of digital technology. "This was in terms of its configurability and its ability to expand and adapt into the future - as is now being p

ARC 05 announces RIBA CPD details

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Details of the programme of 11 RIBA CPD seminars to take place during the ARC 05 exhibition have been finalized. All seminars taking place during the exhibition (14-15 February, Business Design Centre, Islington, London) will be RIBA-approved CPD and will all be related to lighting topics for architects. There are a number of lighting-related CPD seminars available, ranging from office and retail lighting to LEDs and lighting control. A seminar theatre seating approximately 60 people will be built on the exhibition floor and will be promoted by Mondiale Publishing as well as specifically targeted at RIBA member architects.

Joni Tyler, head of CPD, commented: "RIBA is pleased to be working with Mondiale Publishing on this event. We are delighted to be able to highlight the many excellent lighting CPD seminars from our member companies and to be able to bring their tech

ISEurope 05

Details: 14 March 2016

The Netherlands - With exhibition space sold out, and a packed schedule of product launches and events, the second edition of Integrated Systems Europe (26-28 January 2005, Amsterdam) will be double the size of last years event, say the organizers.

The exhibition will feature over 200 exhibitors from all areas of systems contracting, and provide a platform for the broad commercial and residential systems integration market - including AV and communications integration and automation, digital display and signage solutions, control and surveillance systems, home theatre and custom installation.

New features at ISEurope 05 include the UK Pavilion, the CEDIA Home Cinema installation, the IMCCA Conference Pavilion and a Digital Signage area. ISEurope 05 will also feature an education programme beginning on 24 January, and an essential ISEurope Business Conference event on 25 Janu

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