South Africa - Cape Town-based event technical solution company, C&S, has invested in an additional 12 Robe BMFL Blade fixtures to complement its existing stock purchased from DWR Distribution. The BMFLs have been out on rental and have never been back at the office since. Donald Clark, owner of C&S now has a total of 24 BMFLs, and the demand is so great that he sometimes has to rent in units from other companies. On one occasion, he had 66 units on a show. “I love the Robe BMFL,” Donald commented. “With the Blade, it makes it useful to do a variety of things. The lighting designers are loving them too because of the power of the fixture.” Said Duncan Riley of DWR, “We are very happy that these units are working so hard for C&S. The BMFLs are more popular than ever and I think once the creatives have worked with them, they want nothing else
Germany - Frankfurt provides a launchpad for the Schertler Group’s latest products, as Roy and Teddy are added to the company’s regularly expanding portfolio. Roy is Schertler’s new top-of-the-range combo amplifier for acoustic instruments. The 400W, 7-channel amp provides a powerful yet lightweight system that is perfect for both stage and studio. Roy includes four input channels with various mic / instrument combinations; inserts (as on a professional mixer); three-band EQ and phantom power; an additional unbalanced instrument input channel; a stereo input channel for playback devices and an FX return / additional input channel. Roy has the same hi-end Class A preamp found in other Schertler amplifiers. Its Master section features both a digital reverb and a new digital Multi-Effect (on a separate bus), as well as DI/Line/Aux Outs and a headphone preamp.
UK - Richard Martin Lighting (RML) has announced the addition of the Philips Vari-Lite VL6000 Beam to its hire stock, the first rental house in the UK to do so. The VL6000 Beam has been designed as a mid-air effects fixture, setting a new standard in its class. With a large 14” front aperture, which uses an exclusive Philips ellipsoid reflector array system, the unit products a retro style searchlight effect with a tight collimated beam of light at 6.4°, which exceeds 55,000 lumens. Its lightweight robust construction and stylish compact design allows the fixture to be transported and installed easily, while its visual effects and weather guarded design - for limited protection from rain - offer something versatile and truly spectacular for arena applications. Created to be lightweight but robust, with an elegant compact design, the unit is easy to transport
Germany - Chroma-Q invites users, designers and prospective dealers to visit stand H50, Hall 3.0 at Prolight+Sound 2017, to see its award-winning Color Force II, Inspire and Space Force creative LED lighting solutions, as well as the new Color One 100X LED PAR. Chroma-Q is actively seeking partners and dealers to take its product range to continental Europe and other International territories outside the UK and North America. The latest Chroma-Q products share the same innovative, proprietary technologies, including fully homogenised beam output with no unsightly colour-mixing shadows, extremely smooth, uniform washing and theatrical grade dimming. Chroma-Q fixtures are convection cooled for quiet operation or fan cooled with selectable modes, for near quiet operation. These high output products feature Chroma-Q's premium build quality and calibrated light engines for
Germany - The new ADB Klemantis is an asymmetric linear cyc light based on the most advanced LED technology. This luminaire was developed to answer the requirements of theatre and opera customers, as well as for TV studio needs. Klemantis features the innovative and exclusive HCR technology, that is based on a six colour LED module and its unique control algorithm. The HCR technology provides a wide colour gamut, from bold colours to pastel shades, as well as an impressive tunable white light with a high-CRI up to 97. Klemantis is a family of fixtures that today consists of the Klemantis AS1000 and the Klemantis AS500, designed to be used in a linear array. Imago is a compact and lightweight high-tech USB backlit control surface, which, when connected via USB to a PC running the HATHOR lighting software, becomes a full-fledged console. Imago has been designed wit
Germany - With the Axcor Profile 900, Claypaky has launched a new course in its design research: it is the first Claypaky spotlight to use a LED light source, instead of a traditional discharge lamp. Claypaky has chosen to use a white LED engine with high luminous efficiency, total power of 900W and luminous flux of 24,000 lumen output, and couple it with a system of dichroic filters to create the colours. Thanks to its considerable light output, the Claypaky Axcor Profile 900 goes straight in at the top of its category and features the best in modern technology in every parameter: the characteristics of the white and coloured light it produces, its ability to form perfectly sharp projections, and the precision micro-mechanics of its exclusive beam shaping system. Following the B-EYE, Claypaky has now launched the K-EYE HCR, a LED wash light which “provides total con
The Netherlands - Prolyte Group continues to innovate and will launch a new truss type at the Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt (4-7 April). The BGR70 truss is a low-volume truss with extreme load bearing capacity, which can handle large spans as well as extreme loads. Features a pre-camber system, to “guarantee zero deflection”, the BGR70 truss is available for the market as of now, say Prolyte. Breda-based full-service production company, Unlimited Productions, has been instrumental in the development and first deployment of the system. Confronted with an increasing demand from the field for high loading capacity truss, Unlimited Productions approached two rigging specialists to see if it would be possible to create an answer to this growing demand with an “out-of-the-box” solution, that would combine the best features of already existing truss systems
The Netherlands / Germany - Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt, is the launch platform for Visual Productions’ new product the TimeCore: a timecode toolbox that performs all tasks related to timecode. It even handles a number of non-timecode protocols such as UDP, TCP, OSC, MIDI, Art-Net and sACN. Bettering all competitive timecode products available on the market today, the TimeCore is available for demonstration on their stand 3.0 D66. On Wednesday 5 April, director Maarten Engels will present 'Protocols for lighting integration' at the Manufacturers Forum in the Forum Ebene C, Raum Substanz. This is a discussion on protocols for lighting and its surrounding disciplines. It will detail how and why protocols are used and which protocol to use when integrating Visual Productions’ solid-state lighting control in your projects. The Visual Productions Team welcome yo
Germany - At Prolight+Sound 2017 in Frankfurt, the New York-based lighting manufacturer Altman Lighting will be showcasing its line of innovative theatrical and architectural lighting solutions in Hall 3 Stand G69. With a spotlight on their quality, energy-efficient product lines, Altman Lighting will feature the Chalice 150 LED series of pendant house lights, the complete family of Gallery 50W LED architectural luminaires, the convection-cooled PHX 150W LED profile, plus the Spectra Cyc 200 LED cyclorama luminaire. “As one of the premier international trade shows for both the entertainment and architectural lighting communities, we are very excited to be participating at Prolight+Sound 2017,” said Julie Smith, Altman Lighting general manager. “When given the opportunity to showcase our lighting solutions to such a broad audience of lighting professionals from ar
Germany - In addition to its game-changing touring and multi-channel process controlled amplifiers, Powersoft has built a reputation in the OEM market, providing the engines for many market-leading active loudspeaker systems and rack amplifiers with its range of power modules. This has now been extended with two new flexible, compact and highly specified modules, which will receive their launch at this year’s Prolight+Sound Show in Frankfurt on booth #3.1, C41. LiteMod 4HC and MiniMod 4 will line up alongside the newly-launched Quattrocanali install series, unveiled at the recent ISE show in Amsterdam. These launches further underline the Italian manufacturer’s eagerness to share its technology with loudspeaker partners, not only in terms of providing the integration hardware but also support them right through the development process. “These modules
Germany - British audio solutions manufacturer DiGiCo is set to show its entire range of SD and S Series consoles at both Prolight+Sound and NAB this year, as well as reveal several exciting new developments and upgrades. As well as the already familiar SD range, from the flagship SD7 to the compact SD11, and S Series’ S21 and S31, DiGiCo will be showing its latest console, the SD12. The company says: “This is the culmination of everything the DiGiCo team has learned during its 15 years of manufacturing, which encapsulates the best features of both the SD and S Series. Utilising the latest generation of Super FPGA, it is compact in size, but delivers the power and capability that is now synonymous with DiGiCo consoles”. With dual 15” digital touchscreens – previously only seen on the SD7 and SD5 - which provide 24 channels in one view, dual operator mode and
USA - ETC is kicking off a new era in upper stage machinery with the introduction of the P2 hoist, the newest addition to ETC’s Prodigy family. The compact, 130-kilogram P2 fixed-speed hoist has a 300-kilogram load capacity and can be used as a complete system by itself, or it can be combined with larger hoists in a hybrid system. Using 5mm lift wire rope, it offers 15m of travel with up to eight lift lines. ETC’s QuickTouch and Foundation families of rigging controllers are feature rich, yet intuitive and uncomplicated, and work seamlessly with P2, and all of the hoist solutions from ETC Rigging. The P2 hoist can be installed with or without ETC’s compression tube, is engineered to fit into the smallest spaces without adding lateral loads to buildings, so venues that aren’t able to use other larger hoists will finally be able to access automated rigging. Addit
Germany - UK based automation manufacturer Kinesys launches new Apex chain hoist system on Stand D15 in Hall 3 (level 0) at the 2017 Prolight + Sound expo in Frankfurt next week. The Apex system incorporates the best of Kinesys’ extensive experience working with variable speed chain hoists to create a range of safe, reliable and rock-solid hoists and controllers designed to maximise creativity for show, stage and environment designers and operators in all fields of entertainment. The system is launched with a new hoist controller and two new chain hoists, built to Kinesys’ exact specifications. The range includes both 500kg and 1250kg hoists with maximum speeds of 30m/min and 12m/min respectively. All the hoists have integral load-cells, silent dual monitored brakes, absolute and incremental encoders …and meet the requirements of EN61508-SIL3 and DIN56950
Germany - Chauvet Professional has announced the introduction of new fixtures at this year’s Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt, including the Maverick MK3 Wash, the Maverick MK1 Spot, ÉPIX Strip IP and Ovation B1965-FC. Building on the success of the Maverick MK2 Wash, the Maverick MK3 Wash answers calls for a more powerful wash fixture, with a much larger pixel array containing 27 x 40W Osram LEDs, an impressive 1,080W output, 7-45⁰ zoom, 16-bit dimming, and a built in virtual gobo wheel with background colour control, for intense visual effects. The new 350 W Maverick MK1 Spot offers lighting designers all the main benefits of the larger MK2 Spot in compact housing, with rapid 7-33° zoom, a 7-29° beam angle, CMY colour mixing, a flat field of projection, colour consistency, 3-facet prism and frost, and crisp gobo projections from two gobo wheels - one rotating, and
Germany - Czech lighting manufacturer Robe is set to present another high-impact booth at the Frankfurt Messe for Prolight+Sound 2017 (4-7 April). The specially-designed stand design will provide the backdrop and set to demonstrate the latest products - an action-packed programme will include a lightshow every hour and a ‘Voice of God’ product presentation at other times. It will be the first European trade show and official launch of Robe’s Spiider LED wash beam moving light, together with several other new products that will be seen for the first time. Robe’s official press launch takes place on the stand at 15.00 on Wednesday 5 April, and the company will be making an important announcement related to one of its key European markets. Several new products will be launched, highlighted and shown in action and the Robe international sales and techn
Germany - Philips Lighting is gearing up for Europe's biggest entertainment technology expo, Prolight + Sound, where it will launch new stage and studio lighting products as well as showcase recent releases. The new products will be incorporated into the lighting design for the stand, which will transform into a stage for a performance from Dutch rock band TOM on Tuesday 4 April between 6pm and 10pm. The group sees a line-up of the original members of popular Dutch group The Marshalls, formed in 1995 (TOM stands for The Original Marshalls), who are well known on the European festival scene, in particular the infamous Zwartecross motorcross festival. New products launching on the Philips Entertainment Lighting stand: Philips Vari-Lite VLZ. The first in a new range of spot, profile and wash luminaires from the iconic product line, the Philips Vari-Lite VLZ utilises
Germany - Wilhelm & Willhalm, the German event technology and installation specialists, recently invested in two Wings Engine RAW media servers, capable of playing out uncompressed content up to and beyond 4K. Since the founding of Wilhelm & Willhalm in 1991, the privately held company's comprehensive service portfolio and innovative AV solutions have been the foundation for their continued success. The planning and technical realisation of the award-winning FC Bayern Munich's Erlebniswelt project established Wilhelm & Willhalm beyond the borders of Germany as one of Europe's leading service providers in the event and installation market. AV Stumpfl global business development manager Horst Damoser commented on the long-standing business relationship, "We are very happy that Wilhelm & Willhalm have chosen our Wings media server and show control so
Germany - BroadWeigh is set to enjoy its biggest ever presence at this year's Prolight and Sound with five of its product partners promoting the company's offering through displays and demonstrations. A.C. Entertainment Technologies (Hall 5, B25), Hof Alutec (Hall 3, A44), Louis Reyners (Hall 3, C14), Scanrig (Hall 3, F31) and Sonoss (Hall 3, C14) and will all represent BroadWeigh on their stands at the show. Mela Coskun, marketing manager at Louis Reyners explained: "We are very excited to be joining forces with Sonoss, France to present BroadWeigh to the public on stand C14 in Hall 3.0. We will be running product demonstrations and a strength competition using the BroadWeigh load cells to measure the strength applied by hands of each participant. Winners of the competition will be presented with a goody bag which we are packing with a range of items including various brand
Germany - Austria’s AV Stumpfl returns to Frankfurt with a broad line-up of high-performance media server products and projection screens for the live entertainment space. The AV Stumpfl philosophy applied to each product is built around enabling faster set up time, lower maintenance requirements, portability and a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), the company says. New to Prolight+sound will be the fully upgraded Wings Engine Stage media server. Technical director Fred Neulinger describes the new server, "The original Wings Engine Stage was already very robust and built from stainless steel. For the new Wings Engine Stage, we created an improved system architecture that is even more shock absorbent and is truly fantastic for all rental and staging environments. “It has a more powerful processor and new display port outputs, in addition to framelock and genlock
France - L-Acoustics announces that the LA12X amplified controller is the first L-Acoustics product to receive Avnu certification, the LA4X will also receive certification in the coming weeks. A member of the Avnu Alliance since 2015, L-Acoustics has committed its development resources to open standard AVB technology, which streamlines network infrastructure by combining audio signal transmission with system control and monitoring. The Avnu-certified LA12X and LA4X amplified controllers include built-in AVB bridge functionality, reducing the need for additional costly networking equipment and facilitating set-up and interoperability of systems. Together, they are the first Avnu-certified amplified controllers to be launched with both Bridge and Listener technology. To accompany LA12X and LA4X, LA Network Manager software is also updated with an AVB controller, which eases co
USA - Elation Professional has introduced the Artiste DaVinci, a full-featured yet compact “theatrical grade” LED moving head spot luminaire and the first fixture in Elation’s new Artiste series. “With Artiste DaVinci we put all the design features that creative LDs ask for in a small package,” states Eric Loader, sales director at Elation Professional. “It’s full-featured yet LED-based so it offers a complete palette for the creative designer in an energy-efficient design. This is really the ultimate performance fixture designed for the most demanding theatrical and stage applications and is an excellent example of our commitment to offer best-in-class price/performance ratio fixtures.” The Artiste DaVinci produces a bright and highly efficient beam. An output of over 13,000 lumens is comparable to 700W discharge lamp fixtures, yet it does not require
Germany - PL+S 2017 sees Out Board showing two of its premium entertainment technology offerings across two stands. TiMax OutBoard (Hall 4.1: A30) debuts the TiMax SoundHub VR playback, spatial audio and show control variant, which marks Out Board’s move to support rapidly growing demand for tightly-synchronised, low-latency immersive audio in multimedia VR content for the theme-park ride-car and experiential-exhibit marketplaces, Configured in a compact half-depth 2U rack-mount chassis, the new TiMax SoundHub VR playback server, spatial processor and show control hub features 16 playback tracks and analogue, Dante or MADI outputs, 12-24VDC or 90-230VAC PSU options, plus the new TiMax Portal MicroServer multimode show control hub and custom GUI server. Out Board’s Dave Haydon and Robin Whittaker will also be previewing a new intelligent and adaptable spatial audi
Germany - Italian loudspeaker manufacturer Outline has announced the launch of “the next generation in multi-function processing and control”. The all-new Newton will make its debut in Frankfurt next week. Newton is a full-featured, FPGA-based ‘multi media nucleus’ that “takes technology convergence for audio-visual systems to the next level”. In addition to comprehensive loudspeaker system control facilities it additionally offers media conversion, sync and clock management plus audio distribution with networking capability, along with a very high potential i/o count (up to 216 in both directions simultaneously). Newton also features several innovations that solve common real-world problems. As standard it is fitted with Analogue, AES, MADI optical, MADI coaxial and Dante inputs and outputs, which can be freely mixed and matched to suit the application. Fu
Germany - At this year’s Prolight and Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, MA Lighting will highlight the latest features and functionality of its dynamic range of lighting control solutions at the booths C51 and C61 in hall 3.0. MA Lighting’s dot2 series, shows off its latest and newest software release - version 1.3. A host of new and exciting features will allow users to work even faster and more intuitively than before. Web remote access, more master speed fader, increased effects functionality, high priority playbacks and many more enhancements are now incorporated. The dot2 support team – including many real dot2 users - will be on hand to answer questions and introduce all the new features. New software, version 3.3 for MA Lighting’s renowned grandMA2 lighting control solution, will illustrate numerous additional features and workflow updates. A major step in
