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On Wednesday 12 June, as part of the ABTT Theatre Show's seminar programme, Oran Burns from the d&b audiotechnik GB Education and Application Support team will present Sound system planning, your virtual design. Using the new d&b audiotechnik ArrayCalc Version 7, Oran will show how to avoid the pitfalls that can beset the sound system designer. The ArrayCalc V7 calculator offers the ability to perform acoustic simulations quickly, easily and intuitively. It also simplifies the process of creating remote control workspaces via a new export function into the d&b R1 Remote control software.

Whether you are planning a line array, point source or indeed a hybrid system then make yourself c

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Video devices that accept uncompressed signals such as SDI and HDMI have become more common in live production, and as a result, the need for video conversion is essential. The Roland VC-1-SC Video Converter is ideal for live production where analogue or digital sources are required to match a certain SDI and/or HDMI video format, aspect ratio, frame rate, or input type. The versatility of this converter to support a variety of configurations for live production and installations make it highly

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Triple E will be demoing its new rearfold accessory and the TDRIVE motor both for Unibeam and Unitrack, the SDRIVE will be shown for the first time at ABTT, the multi-motor controller and its simple plug and play Wireless TracDrive unit, which attaches to the XLR socket on all Triple E motors and enables cable-free operation.

The company - which has a 30-year history of inventing engineering solutions for the entertainment industry - will also be debuting its totally new website showcasing its product lines and enabling customers and distributors to obtain instant quotes for any of the company's six main track systems including U shapes and perimeter tracks.

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"EAW customers have quickly fallen in love with the unique combination of high output, tremendous pattern control and focused fidelity found in the surprisingly compact QX500 range," Rocha said. "But they have challenged us to design the same core feature set into an even smaller package. The EAW team has once again delivered and is now thrilled to be launching the QX300 range, a two-way marvel at a price point that's extremely attractive."

The QX300 range surrounds a high-output, low-resonance, four-in-1 coil / 1.4-in exit high frequency compression driver with four 10-in low frequency cone transducers in vertical and horizontal pairs. EAW engineers have drawn upon their extensive horn

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New for lighting sees the introduction of the ilumo by Lumonic and the LED Source Four Mini by ETC. This compact, lightweight and innovative lighting fixture has been designed with the DNA from its bigger brothers in the Source Four family and with a 50-watt lamp it is brighter than other lighting units of its size. The Source Four Mini is the perfect solution for small scale installations and has the ability to blend into an architectural or artistic design of venues such as theatres

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Triple E's managing director David Edelstein - who founded the company in 1984 to supply the entertainment industry with mechanical products to aid the assembly and construction of stage scenery - is chairing the debate alongside prominent theatre design consultant Andy Hayles from Charcoalblue, arts and capital projects consultant Simon Harper, rigging expert Chris Higgs, and industry PR Sarah Rushton-Read of The Fifth Estate Ltd.

All five will speak at the event, highlighting their own experiences of either specifying the right equipment for projects, and / or the ongoing fight against counterfeit goods and how it is and will continue to a

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This isn't another shopping app - this is a fast and easy tool that allows GearSource Europe users to better manage their gear inventories on the web site, says the company.

Clients no longer have to wait until they get back to the office to list their gear. Now they can list right on location as soon as a show or event is finished. In fact, the GearSource Europe Listing App doesn't even require a WiFi connection in order to create listings. Added listings will be retained in the device cache and will automatically sync to Ge

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Specialising in the design, supply and installation of stage engineering systems and offering inspection and preventative maintenance services, the Independent Studio Services' team will be on hand to discuss customers' upcoming projects and how they can be best serviced - be it an install or inspection, or a full design and implementation package.

As exclusive distributors for Tüchler, Independent Studio Services will be exhibiting the Tüchler Stage Platform Zoom 1200.

Milos Structural Systems representatives will also be present to speak with clients about their truss requirements for theatre, studio, exhibition or retail, all of which are also stocked by Independent Studio Services in the UK.

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The JK318A is a single-box approach to full-frequency sound, offering the ultimate in size/performance ratio from a compact and lightweight (59kg) system. Within a 1240 x 534 x 524mm footprint, the cabinet packs an 18-inch neodymium woofer with four-inch voice coil for solid, convincing low-end, a 12-inch neodymium woofer with three-inch voice coil for powerful, unfaltering mids and a 1.75-inch PETP diaphragm neodymium driver for crystal clear high frequencies, making it a true three-way loudspeaker that faithfully reproduces the full acoustic spectrum from 35Hz to 19kHz, with a continuous output level of up to 132dB at one-metre.

The JK318A's amplifiers, with switching power supply, are matched to digital electronics featuring 48

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Also being exhibited will be ASL's digital intercom system, which, thanks to innovative use of the newest networking technologies, provides efficient, reliable communications in the most demanding live environments.

More new highlights on the POLARaudio stand will include micro line-array from AD systems, Mackie's digital mixer interface and DLM Series loudspeakers, as well as the Beyerdynamic TG1000 Digital Wireless system and AVIOM A360 Personal Mixer.

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e-spool is a next generation compact cable management system that has been designed in response to customer demand for a solution that is more flexible than traditional cable drums. It enables users to guide many different cable and hose types, for example power, BUS, data and even fibre optics, in one single compact system.

The innovative e-spool is easy to install and robust, providing cables reliably in any direction for travels of up to 14m. Users can now benefit from a system that provides reliable operation for a wide range of lifting and moving applicati

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Axys Scope products: These three-way, full range enclosures, with build in amps and DSP, are ideal for use in the Theatre and Corporate AV markets. Their transparent sound reproduction, massive dynamic range and wealth of features have been winning over some of the best ears in the business.

Axys Flex products: These two- way, full range enclosures, with build in amps and DSP, are ideally suited for use as front-fills, delays, surround loudspeakers and even as the main PA on corporate events.

Axys Intellivox & Target : The first range of steerable arrays on the market and there's a model for every application, says the company. The DSX range is suitable for low level sound reinforcement in reverberant spaces. The '08 series offers up to 108 dB at 30

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Designed to enhance the theatre, television and stage experience, lighting professionals will want to check out the MAC Viper Wash's superior light quality and colour reproduction; the MAC Viper Wash DX and MAC Viper Performance, both with internal framing; and don't miss the MAC Viper Quadray, a unique, multi-beam effect that adds a whole new dimension to the lighting designer toolbox. The MAC Viper Profile and Viper AirFX will also be on hand.

Martin will also be showing the 1500 W MAC III Wash, a high-performance Fresnel luminaire with internal framing. Martin's VC Family of crea

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Dante integrates media and control for your entire AV system over a single IP network. Set-up is easy, with devices that automatically discover one another and one-click signal routing with user-editable names. Dante has now been adopted by more than 85 OEMs, and is recognized as the most interoperable, smartest media networking solution.

"Ultimo has already been licensed by many of the biggest brands in the AV industry", states Gary Southwell, VP of product management at Audinate. "We have designed Ultimo so that integration into OEM products is straightforward, shortening development times and accelerating

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Showcasing its latest Archon, Mitus, Vertus, Promaxx, Verve and Shadow ranges, FBT will be using ABTT to highlight its credentials for sound reinforcement in theatre and general venue applications. Its extensive range of professional audio speakers, subwoofers and ancillary equipment is ideal for any application from active portable speaker and subwoofer packages to full line-array systems for theatres, stadiums including outdoor applications.

Mark Parkhouse, managing director of FBT Audio UK Ltd, said: "FBT has always had strong links with the theatre market around the world with products designed specifically for permanent

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On the company stand, visitors were given the opportunity to try out Artistic's newest dimming products for eco-friendly lighting: the Phase Detect Dimmer and bladeRunner two.

Visitors were shown how the Phase Detect Dimmer provides an ingenious solution to the challenges associated with LED dimming. LEDs are incompatible with conventional mains dimmers and 'LED replacement bulbs' dim poorly, if at all - often presenting stepped dimming curves. However,

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WET X's exclusive hand-laid fibreglass enclosures are internally lined with marine-grade plywood and use innovative drivers to provide premium sound quality for both outdoor and indoor venues. The versatile 12-inch and 15-inch, two-way, full-range WET X loudspeakers offer six rotatable horn patterns, high output, and unmatched LF extension. WET X loudspeakers contain a large diaphragm 1.4-inch exit high frequency compression driver and can produce the same output levels as the largest WET II loudspeakers but in enclosures only half the size.

The low frequency cone and internal circuitry have Community's proprietary Envirotech coating for improved weather-resistance. The WX

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Other leading brands on show include High End Systems, SGM, Philips Selecon, Soundcraft, Sennheiser, Traction Sound, Litec and many more.

The AC-ET stand is lit by various models from the Chroma-Q performance LED range, including the recently launched, award-winning Inspire LED House Light. Entered for this year's ABTT Product of the Year Award, the fixture's multi-purpose, homogenised output RGBW colour-changing capabilities provide designers with a tool to create environments that seamlessly transcend the physical barrier between the stage and audience. The feature set includes a ch

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The JTE PATT 2013 is a 750W tungsten softlight housed in a beautifully sleek spun aluminium body which maximises its curves to look as good on stage as the performers it illuminates. "We purpose-designed the PATT 2013 as 'eye-candy', intending it as neither key light nor beam light, but simply to look good both on stage and in camera," says Routledge. "It provides a big round circle of light within a beautiful circular yoke - it's a really elegant piece of design.

"The current fashion for retro-look lighting fixtures is ve

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The TG1000 Digital Wireless system is beyerdynamic's first 24-bit digital wireless system, which covers an impressive 319 MHz of the UHF bandwidth (470-789 MHz). With these two features alone, TG 1000 is a hugely flexible system which can be used in a wide variety of venues worldwide, competently and reliably. With SecurityFirst digital encryption technology as standard, 24 channel cascading, an extraordinary 300 metre range and 24- bit Digital Transmission guaranteeing excellent audio performance, the TG1000 is sure to attract a great deal of interest.

More new highlights on the POLARaudio stand will include micro line-array product from AD systems, Mackie's digital mixer interface and DLM Series loudspeakers, as well as the ASL BS17 beltpack, ASL's Digital Intercom System and A

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Christie JumpStart now provides additional flexibility with six outputs (compared with four previously) and a 50 percent increase in resolution capability - now 15 megapixels. The content management system allows you to display multiple, high-bandwidth video files, graphics, Microsoft Windows applications, Blu-ray and

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Additionally, the HDX-W20 FLEX will be standard equipped with the light-on-demand option, which gives rental companies the flexibility to tune their projector's light output to the specific needs of their customer's event. Barco will unveil the new HDX-W20 FLEX projector at InfoComm, from 12 to 14 June. The HDX-W20 FLEX will be commercially available as of mid-July.

"By adding this fourth member to our high-performance HDX series of large venue projectors, we satisfy customer requirements for more brightness out of a compact projector model," says Alexis Skatchkoff, product man

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"Our new products generated a fantastic amount of interest at Prolight and Sound 2013 which turned out to be the best trade show ever for Ayrton," says Ayrton's export manager, Valère Huart-Gyors. "Word is spreading as Ayrton develops as a company with more and more distributors across the world. It is not so common to be innovative in this industry and people like our unique concepts and projectors like the RollaPix, VersaPix and MagicPanel. MagicPanel 602 is really an eye catching projector which many lighting designers and rental companies are extremely keen to use.

"For the show we used a bank of 25 MagicPanels on the rear wall of the stand alongside 65 Nandobeams, and a floor constructed of 126 DreamPanel Floor HD18 tiles. The lightin

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"InfoComm attendees are welcome to stop by our booth to see the GTO C-12 and to join in our 40th anniversary celebration," says Tom Bensen, senior vice president and managing director of Outline North America. "We engineered the GTO C-12 speciflcally to deliver high SPL with a sonic accuracy rivaling a reco