Lining up alongside are the company's new LC series - a semi-transparent, modular system of LED panels, suitable for displaying film, digital images and graphics; the RGB Laser 1.6 - a compact and lightweight Class 4 laser with deep saturated colours and true whites; LED Stagebar - a light yet robust fixture featuring RGB, amber and 'true' white, calibrated colour output, constant light output and more; MAC 700 Profile - a compact, powerful fixture with high output and optical precision combining a full CMY colour mixing system with eight-position colour wheel and gobo animation system (plus iris, fixed gobos, rotating gobos and zoom system); and finally the MAC 700 Wash - a powerful wash light with a clean, even, soft-edged beam, a motorised zoom, indexible beam shaper and rich CMY colour-mixing.
Martin Professional have long been major players in the region, where their work can be seen at Dubai's Mall of the Emirates.
Avolites Middle East will be exhibiting the new Pearl Expert lighting console to the Middle East for the first time. Forming the main highlighted product on the Avolites Middle East booth Pearl Expert is a high performance version of the popular Pearl - with additional sub-masters, flash buttons and power - and optimised for use on larger and more demanding shows and events.
Pearl Expert is based on the Pearl 2004 operating system. It is powered by the new Intel Core Duo Processor giving an exceptionally high-speed button response which is particularly useful for 'Take Over', and busking with Timed Palettes.
An additional five sub-master playbacks make a total of 20 ensuring every type of show has instantly accessible playbacks. New Add and Swop buttons for the top row of faders allow easy placement of fixtures and dimmers, on all 60 preset faders.
The range of Avolites Art2000 Dimmers and Azure consoles will also be shown on the Avo Middle East booth, as will the powerful Diamond 4 Elite and Vision consoles, currently on tour with Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, Bloc Party, The Killers and Bryan Adams.
PALME Middle East takes place at Dubai International Exhibition Centre, from 20-22 May.
(Chris Henry)
