The Netherlands - Panasonic Business has announced a beyond 4K laser-phosphor addition to its projector line-up aimed at live event staging, exhibitions, rental, and permanent installations. The PT-RQ22K 3-Chip DLP Solid Shine laser projector comes in the same compact dimensions and the same 21,000 centre lumens brightness as the PT-RZ21K series, a WUXGA/SXGA+ projector, but is equipped with 4K+ (5120 x 3200) resolution. “The PT-RQ22K completes the Panasonic 4K projection line-up, complementing the PT-RQ32K and PT-RQ13K, and meets the demand for a light weight, high-brightness 4K+ projector with film-like image quality, suitable for single or stacked projections,” said Hartmut Kulessa, European marketing manager at Panasonic. Heat-resistant phosphor wheels and solid-state laser modules serve vivid 4K+ images with “industry leading brightness, contrast, and
The Netherlands - HK Audio is presenting the first of its new VORTIS 2 series install speakers developed in collaboration with Gräf & Meyer, a company specialising in evacuation systems, at the 2018 Integrated Systems Europe show in Amsterdam. The outcome of a successful open alliance features prominently in Hall 7, Booth R205 at the event, which is the world’s largest AV systems integration show. These debut VORTIS 2 speakers are certified to EN 54-24:2008 and all future models of this line will follow suit. With this certification from the independent accredited testing institute CNBOP-PIB, these speakers can serve the dual purpose of sound reinforcement and voice alarming. VORTIS 2 speakers deliver high sound pressure levels and provide the variable directivity needed to satisfy the statutory standards for speech intelligibility even in environments with ch
UK - The first of many seamless updates to Current RMS scheduled for 2018, January saw the release of Choosing Accessories, the most voted for idea on Current’s Customer Wishlist. This new update gives users even more of a chance to forward plan their stock allocation and ensure the right accessories are on a job when they need them. When selecting products to add to a job, Current now shows the individual accessories linked to these products, plus their real-time availability, all on one screen. “When I read the update message I was delighted! Choosing Accessories is already streamlining the quoting process, but also ensuring that prep lists in the warehouse are fully correct,” says Neil Walker, from Surrey-based events planning agency MGN Events. Neil and his team have used Current RMS for over two years to manage their business, hiring a range of decor, furnit
The Netherlands - Finnish audio monitoring manufacturer, Genelec, whilst best known for their high-end studio monitors, has been successfully delivering into AV installation projects for many years. As the AV market continues to grow and its needs for high quality audio become ever more convergent with IP networking, Genelec has taken further steps to deepen its commitment to the international AV market at ISE 2018. Once considered far too high-end for commercial use outside the confines of the studio, such has been the rise in customer expectation and demand for high quality audio in AV over the last few years that Genelec has seen a significantly increasing number of sales into this segment. “We already have a tremendous amount of AV installations throughout the world, particularly in the Nordic region,” explained Genelec AV Installation business manager, Sami M
The Netherlands - Following on from the success of the Stadia Series of loudspeakers designed for permanent outdoor installation, Outline has announced the launch of a complimentary range at ISE 2018. Stadia Series products have already featured in major stadium installations at Ekaterinburg in Russia and the Italian Zaccheria Stadium, their combination of weather resistance and controlled power providing a t solution for the demands of large-scale sports venue audio. The Arena Series extends that family while also providing a down-scaled solution for smaller projects. Featuring the same ‘OutSide’ coating technology, the three-layer elastoplastic weatherproof protection as their larger siblings, Arena Series enclosures integrate into stadium installations with Stadia Series units, providing seamless audio throughout areas not covered by the main system. They also
The Netherlands - DiGiCo is showcasing its new 4REA4 installed audio solution at ISE 2018. 4REA4 is designed to meet the expanding performance requirements of large entertainment venues, houses of worship, theatres and shared stages at festivals and music venues. At the heart of the system is the 4REA4 processing engine with DiGiCo connectivity options and powerful 4REA4 control software, providing routing, processing and mix control that allows your performance area to expand across your installation. The 4REA4 processing engine rack has four dedicated mix areas, or zones, each with its own stereo master output, CGs, and allocated FX. With an available 128 input channel and 48 buss output processing strips, you can independently allocate processing to whichever area as required. Managing the mixing and routing of each individual local performance area are a new range
The Netherlands - Specialists in advanced media serving, 7thSense Design, is launching a wide range of new system and hardware features at ISE 2018 this week. This year, 7thSense will be demonstrating Delta Media Server’s extensive capabilities in addition to media playback and management. Visitors to the 7thSense ISE stand 12-A64 will experience hands-on demonstrations. John Higgins, product manager at 7thSense explains, “Delta Media Server is renowned for delivering the highest performance, pixel-perfect uncompressed playback. This year at ISE our new features and on-stand demonstrations will highlight its strengths as a flexible, configurable media management and playback engine that handles all pixel and audio processing to guarantee the best display performance, no matter what shape or size surface it might be.” Delta Media Server has been designed by
The Netherlands - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd will demonstrate how it provides all the products, advice and support needed to install fully integrated lighting & AV systems – at ISE 2018. Chroma-Q's multi award-winning Inspire house lights and Color Force II wash lights, plus Color One 100X PAR, deliver high quality colour-changing saturates, pastels and a pure white - for a truly immersive, seamlessly integrated lighting experience in auditoria, performance venues, houses of worship and other public spaces. Also featured is the award-winning Space Force LED providing variable white soft-lighting. Other lighting includes Quasar Science's new RGB-X Rainbow Linear Lamp, which provides full colour-changing and variable white looks in a low profile, self-ballasted LED source suitable for everything from traditional three point subject lighting to gen
The Netherlands - Adamson Systems Engineering is exhibiting at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2018 this week at the RAI exhibition centre in Amsterdam. The company is highlighting a pair of new point source additions to its heralded IS-Series of install-focused loudspeaker products in Booth U270, Hall 15, and will be previewing the new models in a series of intimate and informative IS-Series demonstrations at the nearby De Balie theatre. “The response to our IS-Series throughout Europe has been tremendous, and ISE is the perfect opportunity to preview these new point source models,” says Adamson’s sales director, EMEA, Jasper Ravesteijn. “We want to offer integrators an advance look at these products so they can experience their performance in a real-world environment and work them into their specifications for upcoming projects.” On display at the sh
USA - The new Ovation SP-300CW offers the efficiency of LED technology in a bright professional-level followspot fixture. Powered by a 260-watt 5500K cool white LED engine, and featuring a 10°-20° zoom, the high-output fixture is designed to provide mid-sized venues with a practical, reliable and cost-effective followspot solution. “Theatres, churches, and other mid-sized venues will find that the Ovation SP-300CW offers them all the benefits of LED technology in a high-output followspot that produces a crisp cool white beam,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet. “We also added quite a few user-friendly features to this fixture.” Among the standout features of the Ovation SP-300CW are its fully closeable iris, which allows more precise lighting control. The new followspot also has on-board linear dimming, as well as smooth manual sliders for zoom, and a foc
The Netherlands - Amplifier and DSP specialist Linea Research will be exhibiting with distributor ACint. In attendance will be Davey Smalley director of Linea Research, Peter Collins senior sales manager, and Nicola Hales operations manager. On display will be Linea Research’s range of four and eight channel networked DSP amplifiers, the portable and touring focused M Series and the installation and contractor C Series. Each offer models with power ratings from 400W to 5000W per channel, all with 96kHz DSP and optional Dante networked audio. New at ISE this year Linea Research is introducing FIR capable versions of its four channel amplifiers allowing users to import loudspeaker manufacturer’s “greybox” FIR settings. “This latest addition has been much requested and will allow our users even more flexibility,” comments Smalley. “With more and more louds
USA - Nashville-based Elite Multimedia has announced the addition of lighting solutions from Chauvet, Martin and GLP into its rental inventory. With the delivery of Maverick MK PyXis, Rouge R2 Wash, and Epix Strip IP from Chauvet; Atomic 3000 LED from Martin; as well as X4 Bar luminaires from GLP, the new inventory is now available through the Nashville office of the live event and tour provider. “Anytime we have the opportunity to strengthen the breadth of lighting solutions we can offer our clients, we are very excited to do so,” stated Jason ‘Cannonball’ Jenkins, Elite Multimedia director of operations. “So often today, we have designers who are wanting a multitude of design possibilities from their lighting rigs, and the acquisition of this gear from these three manufacturers now gives them even more creative options.” The award-winning Chauvet Maveri
The Netherlands - At ISE 2018, DPA Microphones will launch d:sign, the latest product group to join its d: branding that already encompasses d:facto, d:vote; d:screet; d:mension and d:dicate. Microphones and accessories within the new d:sign Installation Solutions Series are specifically targeted at the installation and conference markets and will be on show at Booth 7-P240 where DPA is exhibiting in conjunction with its Netherlands distributor Amptec. The d:sign Installation Solution Series is a flexible range of mics that “perfectly blends elegant design and amazing audio quality” From the boundary layer mount to an assortment of gooseneck mics for tabletop, podium or ceiling placement, you can “find the perfect solution for your space”. “When it comes to delivering a successful event or conference what you really need is clear, intelligible sound,
Europe - Claypaky has introduced to the market its new LED spot fixture, the Axcor Profile 900. The unit is powered by a 880W white LED light engine and achieves 46,000 lumen (24,000 lumen output) with a 6,500 K colour temperature, while an optional high-CRI (>90) light engine produces 34,000 lumen (17,500 lumen output) and a 5,600K colour temperature. The beam produced by the Axcor Profile 900 is described as dense and evenly distributed for the entire length of the beam, at any beam angle in its zoom range of 7-40 degrees, and its CMY colour mixing system uses gradual-insertion dichroic wheels supported by a linear CTO correction device to produce perfectly smooth transitions between colours. A separate colour wheel carries six professional colour filters, including a custom-designed CRI enhancement filter. When exhibited at LDI 2017 in Las Vegas in November, the
The Netherlands - Absen will introduce its NXTGEN technologies and products on stand 12C50, at this year’s ISE. The company will introduce its new COBALT (Chip-on-Board Advanced Light Technology) platform featuring Absen Chip-on-Board and NanoShield technologies alongside its HBB (High Brightness Black) with Common Cathode solutions. Absen’s innovations underpin the product ranges unveiled this year. NXTGEN presentations will run three times daily on the stand, adding an extra knowledge layer to support the newly-unveiled Polaris Series, featuring a range of high performance products with innovative technologies for indoor and outdoor events; Altair Series, a lightweight rental system featuring advanced carbon fibre materials and the world’s lightest touring frame solution; and the Cassette Series, designed to support a direct-into-housing upgrade of existing paper ba
The Netherlands - Architectural and installation LED lighting manufacturer Anolis will showcase a mix of new and existing product ranges on stand 7-X195 at the 2018 Integrated Systems Europe Exhibition (ISE) at Amsterdam’s RAI. The stand will be shared with Robe Lighting. Anolis will highlight its Ambiane downlight luminaires, the first in a new range of specialist high performance fixtures that bring dynamics and colour to any ambient lighting scenario. There will also be a focus on the new ArcLine Outdoor DVP (Direct View Pixel); the ArcPix, a robust pixel-mapping solution and the super punchy little Arc Dot, also ideal for matrix effects and kinetic media projects. The striking booth design itself will incorporate Ambiane, DVP, ArcDot and ArcPix into an elegant showcase, also giving visitors an idea of how the products can look in situ. Robe will show
Europe - KLANG:technologies has announced the release of KOS 3, a major upgrade to its operating system. KOS 3 introduces many new features that provide user benefits and an improved workflow when working with the KLANG 3D in-ear mixing system, says the company. A key feature of KOS 3 is the introduction of parametric EQ, providing the equalization of each input signal when no dedicated monitor console is available. Known for its user-friendly operation, KLANG provides a comprehensive range of easily understood pre-sets as well as graphically clear fine tuning with root intensity. This allows users to gradually blend in the tone signature of the EQ, and even invert it. With just one touch of a finger the pitch of the tonal characteristic can also be adjusted. KOS 3 additionally provides an output mix EQ with pre-sets and output phase invert. KOS 3 also adds an improve
The Netherlands - Live sound engineer Ash Hannis will be running a series of live demos on the Crest Audio Tactus digital mixing system on the Peavey Commercial Audio booth 7-M210 at ISE 2018. Well known for his stints with Nizlopi and Kasabian as well as regular FOH engineering responsibilities on some of the biggest stages on the festival circuit (including Summer Sonic Festival, O2 Wireless, and Glastonbury), Hannis is currently using Tactus on tour with Showaddywaddy. Demos will be taking place on the stand every day at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Built in partnership with Waves, the comprehensive Tactus modular mixing system combines front-of-house and stage input/output boxes with a compact control console and state-of-the-art software options. A simple, customisable touch-screen operating interface puts all of the audio routing, processing and mixing tools within easy
The Netherlands - ISE 2018 will see the official introduction of the latest d&b technology: the d&b Soundscape. Operating on the DS100 signal engine matrix and dynamically integrating engineering and artistry, the d&b Soundscape allows for a completely new auditory experience; no longer defined by physics alone, but by the unlimited power of the imagination. The methodology processes signals, accurately places sources and recreates acoustic environments, building the level of detail needed to craft an authentic, enveloping experience. The driving force of Soundscape, Ralf Zuleeg from Sales Services & Application Engineering and Marcus Bäumler from Product Management, will provide in depth explanations and demonstrations in the d&b demo room E106. It won’t just be the new DS100 available to explore, attendees will also have the chance to join othe
Europe - PR Lighting has announced the release of the new XLED 6019 wash luminaire, which will make its debut on the world stage in April at Frankfurt Prolight+Sound. Containing 19 high power Osram 60W RGBW (4 in one) LEDs, with linear colour temperature change from 2700K-10000K, it is capable of producing mid-air parallel beams to create a uniform wash and variable built-in dynamic effects. This fully-featured moving head offers unlimited RGBW colour mixing, with macros and 0-100% dimming, linearly adjustable. Beam angle (1/2 peak) is θ1/2 and Linear Zoom 3.3°～ 60°. Additional features include: Electronic strobe 0-25fps; Motorised zooming linearly adjustable; Rainbow, Wash, Beam, Profile, Effect Modes (Kaleidoscope, Swirl), with multiple macros; Head movement: Pan 0 - 540° and Tilt 0 - 180°, with auto position correction; 19-channel operation in standard
Europe - Effective immediately, German manufacturer DirectOut has extended the warranty on all audio connectivity products, networking and bridging systems for broadcast, studio live sound and installed sound applications to 36 months. The announcement follows the company's philosophy of using only high-quality components in its products - without exception. All devices are manufactured in Germany and pass a comprehensive test and quality assurance routine before delivery. This ensures that DirectOut products run reliably under critical operating conditions, says the company. Supporting their innate reliability, many DirectOut products are also equipped with technologies such as SNMP or GPO, enabling remote monitoring of their operating parameters. DirectOut managing director Jan Ehrlich explains: "For almost 10 years, the DirectOut Technologies brand has been sy
The Netherlands - As Community Professional Loudspeakers celebrates 50 years of offering innovative loudspeaker solutions, it’s what hasn’t changed over all those years that really sets the company apart. Founded by Bruce Howze in 1968 to develop concert-worthy loudspeakers that were both powerful and lightweight, Community is now a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of professional loudspeakers for installed applications. As the company evolved its market focus from tour sound to MI and now to install, Howze’s technical leadership has been the one constant throughout. About those early days, Howze recalls, “Everyone was making horns from wood, sheet metal or cast iron. We thought fiberglass would be an ideal material for small runs. It was lightweight, strong, portable and relatively easy to mold to shape. We could make horns that were far more acc
USA - Bose Professional debuted the S1 Pro multi-position PA system at NAMM 2018 in Los Angeles. An all-in-one PA, floor monitor, practice amplifier and primary music system, it’s the latest addition to the Bose portable professional product line. Designed for singer-songwriters, DJs, other musicians and general PA use, and drawing upon the award-winning technology developed for the Bose L1 and F1 portable loudspeaker systems, the S1 Pro allows users to sound great anywhere. At only 15 lbs (6.8 kg) and with dimensions of 13" x 9.5" x 11.2" (330 x 241 x 286 mm) (easily fitting in an airplane’s overhead compartment), the ultra-portable and rugged S1 Pro is lightweight and designed for effortless transport using the convenient carry-handle. The S1 Pro is engineered to be used in four different positions to accommodate a wide range of applications – tilt-back,
UK - Allen & Heath has announced Dante Domain Manager support for its dLive and GLD digital mixing systems via the M-Dante audio networking card, further widening their use in install applications. All new Allen & Heath M-Dante cards will be supplied DDM-ready. Existing cards can be made DDM-ready by updating to V4 firmware, available from the Allen & Heath website. The M-Dante audio networking card can be fitted to any Allen & Heath dLive system or GLD mixer to provide a 64x64 Dante interface. Nic Beretta, Allen & Heath’s head of product marketing comments: “We always strive to make our products as integrated as possible within an installation. Dante Domain Manager is an excellent solution for many of our customers. As soon as we heard about it, we put things in motion to be among the first manufacturers to release V4 Dante firmware with DDM s
