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14 March 2016

The companies are exhibiting on Stand K40, in a prime position opposite the PLASA Show Bar. The stand is at the heart of the Audio zone in PLASA Show's new layout, a zoned arrangement designed to make it easier for visitors to navigate the show floor.

With the first units due to arrive at dealers very soon, the Yamaha Rivage PM10 large format console is the centrepiece of the stand. Product specialists Andy Cooper and Wayne Powell are on hand to give hands-on demonstrations to engineers keen to familiarise themselves with it, as well as on Yamaha's CL, QL and TF consoles, which is also on display.

Other Yamaha products on show include the company's CIS range of installation products, including loudspeak

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"PLASA London is a significant show for d&b this year," says Gianni Abruzzese, d&b GB commercial manager. "We're really pleased to be showing the V-Series point sources, which we think are pretty special. The design of the mid-range horn means that the vocal performance is in a league of its own. I think the market has been waiting for a point source with this level of performance for a while now."

Adam Hockley and Steve Jones of d&b GB Education and Application Support will be contributing to the line-up of pro audio seminars, as part of the PLASA Professional Development Programme. On

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Nominated for a PLASA Award for Innovation, d3 Technologies' 4x4pro sets a new standard for power and flexibility. With next generation components, it is ideal for the most demanding productions. The d3 4x4pro plays up to eight layers of 4K video or 32 layers of HD video, and up to eight layers of uncompressed HD video, all with co

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Triple E launched ModTruss - best described as full size Meccano - in the UK market at the ABTT Theatre Show in June 2015. It was immediately recognised as 'Engineering Product of the Year' at the ABTT Awards.

ModTruss was Triple E's most ambitious launch since the company was formed in 1984. The product is set to revolutionise theatre staging, set building, stage machinery, construction and event markets.

"We're very excited that visitors to PLASA 2015 will be able to experience ModTruss," says Triple E's managing director, David Edelstein. "The feedback at ABTT was overwhelmingly positive, not only from the wider industry but also from the ABTT Awards ju

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The AT-One's frequency plan is divided into two groups, with four available channels in each group split between the Europe-wide license-free frequency range and the LTE duplex gap. Users can choose up to four channels from one group. This arrangement allows installers to run two four-channel AT-One systems (using separate groups) in close proximity without the fear of interference, for example.

Despite its flexibility, the AT-One's simple interface ensures an undaunting prospect for users of all levels of expertise, says the company. But it doesn't skimp in terms of stylish robust build quality and

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Tasked by Skywalker Sound to create a new studio monitor with precision translation, exceptional power, and a great price point, Meyer Sound has created a product that brings tremendous accuracy for everything from the intricate details of dialogue to dynamic music tracks to explosive action sequences.

"Amie brings an incredibly smooth response across the spectrum," says Leslie Shatz, Wildfire Post Studios sound designer and re-recording mixer who has worked with a beta version of Amie. "It is very accurate for dial

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With its next generation digital lighting technology and accessible price tag, the Emotion has attracted a lot of attention since launching earlier in the summer. Visitors to LDI will now have their chance to get a close look at this compact yet powerful moving head digital light.

Several new products will see their North American debut at LDI including the Platinum HFX, a new mid-sized addition to Elation's hybrid family of beam, spot and wash luminaires; the Satura Profile, a powerful new LED-based CMY colour mixing moving head with output that compares to 1,200W fixtures, framing system, zoom and mor

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Working in conjunction with the ColorSource Relay, the ColorSource Transmitter connects to a wired DMX source - like a lighting desk - and transmits DMX and data signals wirelessly to any ColorSource Relay within a 100 metre range and supports up to 16 amps of power.

The problem solving ColorSource Relay makes it easy to get DMX and power into remote and hard-to-reach locations, without having to run cords everywhere.

And the ColorSource Relay is not just for LEDs. Combined with the Col

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Andreas Hildebrand from ALC NetworX, developers of Ravenna, states, "This is great news for users, who can now interconnect audio devices using Ravenna, Q-Lan, Livewire and finally Dante."

AES67 cannot be used on its own, it simply allows different audio protocols to talk to each other, so manufacturers who want to enjoy the interoperability of AES67 need to choose a protocol that is AES67-compliant to fit into their products.

"We always intended that many different protocols should provide AES67 compatibility in order to offer the system designer and/or end-user as wide a cho

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There are two mixer amplifiers (IZA 2120-HZ, IZA 2120-LZ) and two expansion amplifiers (ZA 2120-HZ, ZA 2120-LZ) each at 120 watts per channel. FreeSpace amplifiers can be quickly configured without the use of a PC, enabling each installation to be customised easily and intuitively. In addition, FreeSpace amplifiers offer a range of models and features to enhance any audio installation using Bose FreeSpace loudspeakers.

The IZA models include an integrated audio DSP providing Bose loudspeaker EQ, Bose Dynamic EQ, Opti-voice paging/ducking, audio mixing/routing, bass/treble adjustments, remote control options and an auto standby feature. The ZA models

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"The new point sources attracted a lot of attention at the stand," said Gianni Abruzzese, d&b GB commercial manager. "They're actually a really good example of the way d&b products are designed to work systematically. The three-way passive V7P and V10P provide exceptional directivity control with a high output. We had a V7P cabinet with the sides cut out on the d&b stand, exposing the hornloaded mid-range section. It's this dual chamber horn, which provides a remarkable MF performance, especially in the vocal range, t

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Aram's CEO, Rafal Mrzyglocki comments, "We never stop looking for new and diffreent lighting effects which can change every show! Air6Pix was discovered by one of the best lighting designers in Poland, Adam Tyszka, on YouTube and we simple jumped in a plane to see them in preliminary presentation in Italy."

AIR6PIX is a new moving batten that add a new dimension in the field of effects and pixel mapping. The light source is six times 40W RGBW LEDs, combined with a 67mm optic system which delivers 4,5° powerful beams by keeping high colour consistency.

AIR6PIX performs continuous double rotation on both Pan and Tilt axes and pivot function to inclinate the 2 LED

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DALIS is an asymmetrical 300W LED cyclorama light, consisting of 48 LED sources arranged in a double row. Each LED works in conjunction with a mini asymmetric reflector, or 'spoon', to deliver a perfectly smooth spread of light across any surface. Eight colours of LED are used in DALIS' construction - red, green, blue, royal blue, amber, cyan, warm white (2200K) and cool white (6500K) - which mix to create a huge variety of pastel and saturated colours, with perfect balance. Silent, fanless operation makes DALIS ideal for both theatre and television use.

The panel of PLASA Award for Innovation judges said, "The colour rendering from this product is beautiful. The fixture is well designed and elegant with a very good uniform beam pat

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Visitors to the stand will see the EN54 certified VIGIL voice evacuation system and the company's Omnicare EVC system and disabled toilet alarms.

Based in East Sussex, UK, the company prides itself not only on the quality of design and build of its products, but also on its customer service and support, which directors and staff believe is paramount to their success. Customer testimonials and a long-term customer relationships prove this to be the case.

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Measuring just 290x210x175mm and weighing in at a mere 3.3kg - the 150W self-powered, integrated mixer, speaker system is a highly versatile solution for all manner of "carry-on" performance, playback, presentation and public address applications. In addition the LIVESYS5 is a powerful personal stage monitor system, either floor-standing or ingenuously mountable on a microphone stand for close personal monitoring (for drummers and percussionists, keyboard players, solo instrumentalists and singers, or DJs).

The class-D powered 5-inch speaker system, provides 150W continuous and 300W peak power, and features a low noise 3-channel mixer section with 2 mic/line inputs on XLR (balanced) / TRS (unbalanced) combo connectors and a line input on stereo phono or 35mm jac

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"We are very excited to be announcing the release of the Showline SL BEAM 300FX and the SL Punchlite 220," said Julie Smith, Philips Entertainment general manager of the Americas. "With the SL Beam 300FX, we have received a tremendously positive response from our dealer network on both its performance capabilities and its acceptance into multiple lighting markets. In the SL Punchlite 220, we now have the IP65 rated LED luminaire that our clients

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The new Vi7000 and Vi5000 consoles, announced earlier this year, are the most advanced yet with improvements including 96kHz processing, BSS DPR901ii dynamic EQ, an increased channel count of 128 inputs & 32 mono/stereo busses, and a doubling of the I/O capability to 392 audio streams.

Rapid configuration via new encoder assign functions and shortcut keys are joined by a new extension to the Vi's patent-applied-for VM2 radio microphone status monitoring feature, with Shure ULXD systems now recognised alongside AKG's DMS800 and WMS4500 systems.

The open day will also see two exclusive product previews from AKG and a demonstration of JBL's tour sound loudspeakers. To register to attend, visit www.soundtech.co.

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The much coveted Innovation Awards were presented at the three day entertainment technology expo staged at London's ExCeL Centre earlier this week.

Zero 88 series general manager David Catterall commented, "A huge amount of work has gone into ensuring that FLX would deliver new standards in lighting control using a touch screen interface and other time-saving features, and winning the Award is great recognition of the effort and ingenuity engaged at all levels by the team who have brought this product to the market.

Launched earlier in the year, FLX has been an instant success for Zero 88 in a number of sectors from rental companies to theatres, churches to multi-purpose venues.

The Innovation Awards were judged by a num

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The SyncroMITE Beam outputs 97 CRI and narrow beams (3° native) in a convenient package ready to tour, install or hire into any application. The SyncroMITE Beam provides an extremely high center beam intensity (CBI) through a massive eleven inch output aperture. Other features include two color wheels designed to produce fully saturated single and mixed colors, a Gobo wheel, flag shutter for dousing and strobe effects, zoom lenses, beam diffusion, on-board auto-sensing power supply and much more.

The SyncroMITE Beam will make its first public appearance at LDI2015 at the

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There will also be a host of other exciting new products making their US debut at Booth 2521 at the Las Vegas Convention Centre 23 - 25 October.

BMFL Wash and BMFL Wash XF are the latest fixtures to be added to Robe's 'game-changing' BMFL range of luminaires. These are powerful workhorse wash lights, packed with innovative and creative features, says the company.

A large 200mm diameter front fresnel lens provides a high quality traditional wash output ranging from a punchy and tight 4.5° to a super-smooth 55°.

Custom interchangeable frost filters offer three grades - light, medium and heavy - giving an extremely subtle and natural 'soft touch'.

Both CMY and CTO colour mixing filte

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Selected by leading media designers and architects, Fullwhite screens will be demonstrated in an edge-blended multi-projector display on the AV Stumpfl USA Corp Booth 2017. The elegant Fullwhite screens are virtually borderless ensuring the projected image goes right to the very edge. They come with a range of powerful accessories, in a range of sizes and can be used in unlimited configurations including 360-degree curved projection environments.

The AV Stumpfl Monoblox is fast becoming the industry standard in mobile projection by large-scale rental and staging companies. Users benefit from fast assembly of screens without additional tools - a valuable asset when on location.

Additionally, the original VarioLock modular mobile projection screen will be shown in a va

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Le Maitre's G300-Smart is a professional smoke machine, designed with the future in mind. This innovative new machine features IoT capability via Wi-Fi, wireless set up and diagnostics, and an easy to read backlit LCD display.

Building on the solid foundation of Le Maitre's flagship smoke machine, the G300, the G300-Smart retains all the features that have made the G300 the industry-leading unit it is. It is rugged, versatile and durable, with an extremely high output of dense white smoke. In addition, the G300-Smart has a user-friendly LCD display, DMX in and out, 0-10V control, as well as fluid out and fluid low reporting.

Having Wi-Fi on board gives the user a whole new level of flexibility, being able to set and change the configuration

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D.T.S. will also feature a range of architectural projectors, including the Delta, FOS and Drivenet lines.

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This system is the first in the Parasol family that can be mounted traditionally (i.e. horizontal) with a 300 pound payload or rigged vertically with a 150 pound payload (or anything in between). Plus, this system has 20 AMPs of power and can work with your existing moving lights, LEDs, or other electronics).

Hermann Fruhm, CEO of Parasol Systems says, "The market place demanded a more affordable system, so we did our best to deliver that with the miniSTAR. It's smaller, more affordable, and has a quicker lead time. You are basically getting a big-screen effect for a fraction of the cost."