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Martin Professional

Details: 14 March 2016

Martin Professional's focus was brand new products - 10 in all were launched at the show, and the stand this year was devoted entirely to them. First in line was the 1.2k TW1 tungsten washlight, which offers full spectrum colour mixing - impressive across the whole colour gamut from saturated through pastels and impressively into colour correction. The TW1 produces an even light distribution across a projected surface, light output is cool, plus fan cooling is controllable from the console and very quiet. It's the first and only tungsten fixture to feature internal and external dimming, thus maintaining colour temperature over a fade. The other recent moving head addition was the MAC 700 Wash, which offers soft-edge beam, quiet operation, full CMY colour-mixing and an indexable and rotatable beam-shaper.

Martin also launched two new LED products, which have already caused quite

PR Lighting

Details: 14 March 2016

Chinese manufacturer PR Lighting illustrated their range of moving lights, the newest of which is their Professional series - with 1200 and 700W Spot and Wash fixtures and a 575 Spot. Coming soon as a 1200W unit with framing shutters.

Laser Systems Europe

Details: 14 March 2016

Belgium-based Laser Systems Europe highlighted their new 2 -10W Flash multicolour laser systems and their new Stage Blitz green laser, mounted on a moving light base.

Impact Products Europe Ltd

Details: 14 March 2016

First-time exhibitor Impact Products Europe Ltd showed off its latest product, the Light Space interactive dancefloor. This interactive spatial and pressure-sensitive modular LED tile system can withstand up to three tonnes weight-loading, making it suitable for any kind of interactive floor or wall application. Users can send SMS messages to it, play interactive games on it or run graphics and video through it. The company reported an excellent response to the product at the show.

Element Labs

Details: 14 March 2016

Element Labs introduced Stealth - a stunning configuration of which was hung as a central feature of the hall. The Stealth panel provides the building block of a transparent, large-scale video screen solution featuring low profile central support and fins - it's virtually transparent when not running. The lightweight Stealth is a modular system composed of 40cm square individual panels, and offering a high-resolution display (25mm pixel pitch). An integrated power supply and data routing unit mounts with each 64-panel section. Processing hardware converts a DVI, HD, SDI, s-video, component, or composite video signal which is routed to the individual panels. See a QuickTime video of the system in operation at PLASA on the company's website.

Universal Effects

Details: 14 March 2016

French effects specialists Universal Effects launched a new range of medium-sized foam, bubble and confetti hardware which is cost-effective, but with all the features and build quality you could wish for. They also had a new range of carbon dioxide- or nitrogen-powered confetti blowers, allowing users to choose their gas of choice. The largest confetti cannon in the range takes an impressive 40kg of ammunition and is the most powerful in the industry . . .

Lagotronics

Details: 14 March 2016

Dutch manufacturer Lagotronics presented new and existing LED lighting products including the new DecaLED product line, one of the company's most used and frequently updated product lines.

Swisson

Details: 14 March 2016

Swisson, which has recently signed a distribution deal with Stage Electrics, was showcasing its 19" rack-mounted modular flightcased Sinewave dimmer rack, which comprises either 12 ways of 2.5kW dimmers @ 230V or six ways of 5kW dimmers @ 230V. Features include: silent dimming with no minimum load, full power management and a useful short circuit function that allows the channel to be reset (after fault removal) from the desk.

Look Solutions

Details: 14 March 2016

On the White Light stand, Look Solutions introduced the Low Fogger, a DMX-controllable vaporising fog generator that uses an adjustable CO2 cooling system for variable fog height, and offers three functions with99-step precision control.

Philips Optical Lamps

Details: 14 March 2016

Philips Optical Lamps presented its complete Philips FastFit range. In each of these units, the rear-load lamp base system, developed by Philips and Bender & Wirth, enables easy lamp replacement and adjustments in seconds in difficult stage conditions. The overall fixture length, including the lamp holder, can be reduced by more than 25%, say the company. Initiated by the launch of the Philips MSR Gold 1200 FastFit and Philips Hi-Brite 1200 FastFit earlier this year, the product range has been completed by Philips' MSR Gold 700 FastFit and Philips' Hi-Brite 750 FastFit. Philips FastFit lamps have made their way into fixtures by Robe, Martin, Spotlight and Futurelight.

Christie Digital Systems

Details: 14 March 2016

Exhibiting a range of its visual projection solutions for business, entertainment and industry, Christie Digital Systems develops purpose-built display systems whilst also offering one of the widest selections of display technologies available today.

LSC Lighting Systems

Details: 14 March 2016

Australian lighting control manufacturer LSC Lighting Systems unveiled its latest touring dimmer - Teko. Features include 3,000W per channel @ 230V, a full 512-channel softpatch, 80 internal memories, seven dimmer curves and remote status monitoring. LSC's Pulse Transformer Fired Dimmer (PTFD) output circuitry ensures that virtually any load can be connected - even a 5W pilot lamp - without the need for dummy loads, it also ensuresflicker-free dimming, even when running on 'dirty' power.

Also new from LSC was the UK 4RU dimmer, featuring a scrolling dot matrix LED display with bar graph indication of channel levels and simple text descriptions for all menu functions. The unit offers Normal or Advanced operating mode. Access to the DMX addressing, riggers scene, chases and dimmer curves is available with the press of a single button. Other functions, including Min and Max levels,

Leprecon

Details: 14 March 2016

Michigan-based Leprecon featured the latest version 4 software available for their LP-X range of lighting consoles, which incorporate many user-friendly features like trackball support for pan/tilt and enhanced run time and programmer screen. Leprecon, which already has distribution in Europe and Eastern Europe, is now looking for representation in the UK . . .

ETC

Details: 14 March 2016

New from ETCis the Congo jr, which carries all the functionality of the original full-size Congo, but with a much smaller footprint. Featuring identical channel and output counts to the full-size version, Congo jr fits intoa 19" equipment rack. Operating as a fully independent main console (or as a back-up), it offers an optional Master Playback Wing, full playback capability and complete control of all masters and Direct Selects. The Master Wing can be attached either side of the console or located independently, via USB.

Rosco

Details

14 March 2016

Rosco announced a new range of gel at the show, and were keen to emphasise a new "range", not just new colours. It is called Roscolux and is new to Europe but old news to designers in Canada and America who have been using it for some 30 years. Some of the colours have roots that date back to the early gelatine range of 1910! The technology behind Roscolux is different to Rosco's E-colour range which is surface coated, Roscolux is manufactured by a process called deep-dying, where the dye penetrates the film, and as a result the gels are more resistant to fading, say the company.

Compulite

Details

14 March 2016

A new dimmer, the Compupack from Compulite on the stand of UK distributor Stagetec, is an affordable, rack-mount, 12-channel, 10A unit with its own onboard mains breaker. It has LED indicator output level, two DMX inputs plus Ethernet, RS232 for screen link and a large LCD display for patch, status etc.
Compulite's Vector Editor Wing is a control surface than can link to desk or PC through the off-line software; every part of Vector is accessible in the Wing, editor, playback fader, channel controller. Also new, the Channel Wing, especially useful in the TV market, provides access to channels and cues, and incorporates a large dimmer wheel with associated level display. Any number of these can be connected to a Vector console or the Vector PC and used as channel controllers. The wings can be set to work as a completely separate user, without interfering with the main console ope

Spectrum UK Lasers

Details

14 March 2016

Exclusive UK importer and wholesaler for ActorMate lasers, Spectrum UK Lasers demonstrated its extensive range of laser products and special effects. Laser products include the The Magic Box II and the Ameba II - versatile units offering a variety of effects.

Sonoss

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14 March 2016

Sonoss was showing the full range of Luminex DMX and Ethernet solutions on their stand. One of the most impressive was the Safety Ring Switch network backup device, which can recover a link in 35ms using any network protocol and which has recently been validated for use on EtherSound networks. Also on show was the LumiNet Monitor V2 software, allowing monitoring and management of the network and any units attached to it.

Elcom Srl

Details

14 March 2016

Elcom Srl showed off its range of LED fixtures and fittings - including its popular Star LED series of flexible and rigid LED strips and bars; electroluminescent lamps and neon strips.

Syncrolite

Details

14 March 2016

Omni Color D system will be introduced by Syncrolite in approximately three months time. A three-scroller, dichroic film colour mix system (CMY and RGB) will include thin film lensing technology on the third scroll which - as well as enabling anamorphic images - will produce more homogenised colour mixing with a resultant completely flat field. Users can also expect hue and saturation controls early '07.
In production now is a new 2kW model that replaces the MX3000 (the original is also 2kW but with a '3kW' output). The new model eliminates the green caste of the original. The super-sized 10kW fixture, produced asa limited run, is now a permanent part of Syncrolite's catalogue.

Tomcat, 4 Wall and TPUS party

Details

14 March 2016

USA - Tomcat, 4 Wall and TPUS are holding an industry party on Friday, October 20, 2006. The party begins at 7pm at 4 Wall Entertainment Las Vegas - where there will be food, drinks, swag and a DJ.
The Swinging Johnsons will take the stage from 10pm - midnight. Band members include: Bruce Jordahl of Total Production US, Tommy Hall of Vari Lite, Robert Mokry of Light Parts and Scott Church of Selecon.
Visit booth #271 at LDI for more details.
(Chris Henry)

Northern Light assists the Young Vic

Details

14 March 2016

UK - Northern Light was responsible for the complete production lighting and sound and communications at London's legendary Young Vic - which is due to reopen on 11 October following a major renovation managed by architects Haworth Tompkins.
After winning the tender to provide their expertise in ensuring that the technical aspects of the production lighting and sound were installed to the highest standards possible, Northern Light went on site in January 2006.
In addition to the efforts of Northern Light's drawing office, project management and technical staff, the company's manufacturing division had a tough challenge to face on this project. Due to the performance space and very nature of the Young Vic's artistic direction, Northern Light was called upon to custom make various aspects of the technical requirements.
Simon Cooper, head of projects at Northern Light, said: &q

Color Kinetics

Details

14 March 2016

Color Kinetics was very much entertainment focused this year. Popular product Colorblast has been given a rubber coat, XLR connection, changeable lenses and a C-Clamp for ease of rigging, making it more robust for the touring market. CK also introduced a prototype UV LED fixture - ironic given that one of LED fixtures' USPs is they output no UV! The fixture, however, was impressively effective. Finally, CK's Flexstring, with individually addressable nodes, now comes in white.

Capture

Details

14 March 2016

Capture showcased its real-time, low-res take on the WYSIWYG lighting visualiser. It's great for working out ideas with a designer or band on the fly, has no annual fee, and encourages on-line feedback via forums on its website.It can either be run on a computer or through a variety of lighting consoles from manufacturers including Avolites.

G-LEC

Lighting Effects Distribution (LED)

Lasertec Showlaser

Le Maitre

Procon

Spotlight

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