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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Amptown Cases showed two new hardware products, along with some new designs. After six months of trials, their new carbon-reinforced wheel plate replaces the conventional wooden boards, and all five fixing bolts are secured inside the case. The company's new edge extrusion, manufactured from aircraft quality aluminium, has been redesigned so the rivet head is now recessed safely into the extrusion. Also new is the custom corner with a total of nine rivets per corner, six of which are secured into the aluminium extrusion for extra strength.

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Spain - LA Audio has appointed Lexon S.A. as its new distributor in Spain: the company will take over responsibility for the sales and marketing of the LA Audio brand in this territory.

Lexon S.A. was established in 1977 with offices in Sarriá, Barcelona, and Santibáñez de Béjar, Madrid. Its primary business is the import and distribution of professional audio and video products for fixed installations, rental companies, contractors, consultants and engineering companies. It also supplies specific products to the broadcast sector, in particular radio and TV stations, as well recording and post-production in studios. It operates in the whole of the Spanish territory, including the Canary and Balearic Islands, with over 1300 regular customers.

According to Luke Baldry, director of sales & marketing for Audient and LA Audio, the move will greatly improve the opportunities for

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UK - Massive Attack’s current world tour in support of their new album, 100th Window, has turned out to be a veritable showcase for XTA, whose SiDD digital dynamics processor and the new Series 2 units have been specified throughout the PA system.

GPA Hire is supplying its Funktion One Resolution Series system, comprising 10 mid-high cabinets a side, along with five under-hungs and downfills and up to 12 subwoofers - depending on the venue size - all powered by QSC PL2 and PL4 amplification. TC2290 delays and Lexicon PCM80 and PCM91 reverbs complete the hardware inventory.

Gary Young, mixing front-of-house on a Midas Heritage 3000, specified five DP324 SiDD dynamics processors for compression and dynamic EQ on the low end of the vocals and bass guitar. He comments: "We’re really just grabbing hold of stuff and sorting it out, which you can do easily with a SiD

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UK - Jem’s new rugged ZR 24/7 is a high precision, continuously operating DMX haze generator capable of delivering an optically translucent canvas of light-enhancing haze for long periods. The first in a new range of professional hazers from Jem, the ZR 24/7 uses the latest in digital PCB technology.

A high-velocity radial blower and innovative ECO-Mass vaporizing system, combine with a VGA airflow system, allowing users to adjust the angle of the haze output to produce very small, highly refractive airborne particles - the ideal canvas of haze for today’s intelligent lighting systems. For increased flexibility, the amount of haze dispensed can be adjusted via on-board 3- and 5-pin fan speed and haze output control.

A 3-digit LED user interface and state-of-the-art digital electronics gives users easy access to DMX set-up, haze density and output control. A variab

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: ChainMaster presented the prototype of a multi-bus control board with analogue and digital inputs and outputs, which is aimed at a wide variety of stage uses and complies with all relevant stage safety regulations. One example of the uses of the control board, say ChainMaster, is for calculating the tolerances of the chain hoists being employed. The Control Board is equipped with an onboard computer with a 16-bit processor (16MHz, 12kb RAM) and is therefore capable of intelligent communication with the buss systems Profibus, Interbus, Can-Bus, DeviceNet, RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485. A flash memory with a capacity of 128kb is provided for internal storage of data. This multi-functionality makes the Control Board the logical choice for use in the electrical engineering and automation engineering industries.

Also on show from ChainMaster was a new add-o

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ETC Halcyon Silent

High End Systems Halcyon Silent builds on ETC’s legacy of fanless automated fixtures by incorporating features from the highly sought-after Halcyon family. Halcyon Silent perfectly balances silent operation with brilliant output of 18,400 lumens and high-impact features. 

For more information visit us at www.etcconnect.com

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: UK-based manufacturer Trident Audio introduced a number of new products for the music recording market, notably the M-101 large diaphragm condenser microphone, designed to deliver a warm vintage analogue tone, with three on-mic switchable patterns (figure-of-eight, omni and hypercardioid). Also offering warm analogue sound was the new S20 dual microphone preamplifier.

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USA - Martin Professional Inc has announced the details of its LightJockey Contest - a lighting design competition in which entrants are asked to design a creative 3-minute light show, coded to music, using the Windows-based Martin LightJockey controller software.

The designs must be based on one of three digital format songs available from the Martin US website. The most creative design will win $5000 dollars’ worth of Martin gear and a trip to Denmark to tour the new Martin factory. The runner-up will also receive a trip to Denmark. Other prizes will also be available.

The deadline for entries is September 30, 2003, and the winning entries will be announced at the 2003 LDI show in Orlando.

(Ruth Rossington)

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Create new traditions – Cameo P6 - High Output Full-Spectrum Ellipsoidal

Cameo's P6 is a future-proof LED profiler with a powerful 600 W RGBACL engine and 16,000 lumens. It’s an energy-efficient replacement for 2.5 kW halogen profile lights in theatres and venues. With excellent light quality and natural colour rendering, it fits perfectly in theatres, musicals, TV studios, congresses, and live events.

With an LED life of 50,000 hours and low power use, the P6 cuts energy costs and supports the EU’s ‘Green Deal’ goals for climate neutrality by 2050. It also meets updated eco-design rules for lighting.

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UK - Leading lights and newcomers to the entertainment industry turned up to see what the future holds for lighting at the launch of Scene Change on March 25. The new company, sister to DHA Lighting, is taking DHA’s 30 years of experience in gobo creation and large-format projection for the performing arts forward into the video age. It offers a huge range of video effects, from abstract animations to bespoke footage. It also provides royalty-free video clips from its own libraries and those of Artbeats, Digital Juice, The Digital Vision Motion Clip Library and others.

The Open Day at the MacOwan Theatre, Earls Court, was staged in conjunction with High End Systems, whose Catalyst system has proved ideal for replaying Scene Change’s video footage, and Flying Pig Systems, who provided control of the lighting and projection through the new Wholehog III. It took place o

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UK - dbx Professional Products has announced the introduction of the iEQ line of intelligent digital graphic equalizers. The iEQ series consists of the iEQ-15, which is a dual 15-band and the iEQ-31, which is a dual 31-band. Features include a 10Hz to 22kHz frequency response, 113dB dynamic range and Advanced Feedback Suppression (AFS), dbx proprietary Type V noise reduction and PeakStopPlus limiting. Aimed at studio, touring and installed sound applications, the iEQ series is due to ship in late April 2003.

(Lee Baldock)

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: The 500-hour life of Osram's new 64620 150W halogen reflector lamp (out-performing conventional lamps of similar type by a factor of 10) brings considerable benefits. Its luminous flux is only 6% lower than the 64634 HLX version, which has a life of only 50 hours.

Osram also announced the average life of the HSD 150/70 metal halide lamp operated with electronic control gear (ECG) is now 3000 hours - a 50% improvement. The HSD 150/70 is up to three times brighter than comparable lamps of the same power consumption in spotlights with optical paths, say Osram, and has a colour temperature of 7000K.

Finally, Osram re-launched the single-ended HTI 705 W/SE short-arc lamp, now with a colour temperature of 5500K. With a rated output of 700W and an initial luminous flux of 59,000 lumens, the lamp is particularly suitable for use in effect lighting for th

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Exhibiting on the stand of Focon (formerly Focus) Showtechnik, LightProcessor announced the signing of a new Lebanese distributor during the show - Triangle Sound & Image. This is a well-established distributor which already represents lighting brands such as Color Kinetics, Coemar, Griven, MA Lighting and SGM in Lebanon, as well as an even wider range of leading pro audio brands.

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USA - DMX Music, an industry leader in music and video programming for commercial applications, has introduced a new line of loudspeakers designed to deliver clear audio for commercial settings, including hotels, restaurants and retail environments.

Launching two wall-mount units and two ceiling mount speakers at the recent 2003 NSCA Expo, Tim Dorwart, vice president of the Commercial Division, said the new line represented an opportunity for affiliates to provide customers with a more comprehensive range of speaker options and added that DMX Music would continue to work with third-party loudspeaker manufacturers wherever the customer requirements dictated.

The new line includes two surface-mount loudspeakers, the SM104 and SM105, and two flush-mount speakers, the CM1525 and CM1525R. The SM104 is a wall-mountable loudspeaker featuring a 2-way design consisting of a 4-inch woof

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USA - The Seattle Opera House, home to two of the most prestigious and world-renowned performing arts organizations - Pacific North West Ballet and Seattle Opera - is currently undergoing complete renovation works worth $125million. The dramatic refurbishment commenced in January last year and the newly named Marion Oliver McCaw Hall is due for reopening in June this year.

According to the Opera House’s artistic directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, the passage of time and millions of visitors have taken their toll on a building that has received no major repairs to either its mechanical, technical or performance spaces since the late 1920s. The new 2,890-seat auditorium has been redesigned to be an aesthetically stunning and state-of-the-art performance hall worthy of housing Seattle’s world-class performances for years to come.

JR Clancy, specialists in the

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UK - Following the restructuring of Bose (UK) Ltd’s route to market for their professional audio range in the UK, Leisuretec Distribution has announced that it has declined the offer to become a Bose Pro Partner. "The new Pro Partner agreement is not tailored to suit Pure Distribution" says Nick Spalding, Leisuretec’s managing director.

He continues: "Whilst wishing Bose (UK) Ltd every success, Leisuretec Distribution will actively be promoting alternative solutions from a comprehensive portfolio of products which include the JBL, KEF, Mission Pro, Electro-Voice, RCF, Mackie, DAS, Yamaha, Nexo & Tannoy brands."

(Lee Baldock)

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: The former Vari-Lite Europe, now known as VLPS Lighting Services Ltd, was promoting its range of services for the first time under its new name, following the sale of Vari-Lite Sales, Manufacturing and Engineering to the Genlyte Thomas Group. Those services include the distribution of Vari-Lite's automated luminaires (including the latest Series 3000 spot and wash fixtures introduced at PLASA last year), plus conventional lighting, control systems, rigging, truss, mains and cable, along with Vari*Imaging, training and CAD/WYSIWYG facilities.

The company reports a busy year in which it has supplied equipment to a string of prestigious events such as the XVII Commonwealth Games, The Queen's Golden Jubilee Celebrations, theatre productions such as Bombay Dreams, Utopia and The Bachai at the Royal National Theatre and, more recently, The Brit Awards 20

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: As ever, Litestructures was doing some interesting things with aluminium. This time, it was tubing welded into geometric patterns and incorporating reflective dichroic panels to form eye-catching displays aimed at the interior design and retail display markets. The display was shown in conjunction with the company's German arm, Litestructures Deutschland, headed up by Ralf Kortmann.

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Stardraw previewed its new design and visualization package, Stardraw Lighting 3D, the successor to Stardraw Professional, which is scheduled for release this autumn. Like its predecessor, the new package supports unlimited objects, lightsources and textures, but adds rendering of lightbeams, shadows, gobos and rotating gobos. It also draws on many of the recent advances made by Stardraw in the realms of component-based and web-enabled software. What's more, the huge progress in graphics cards since Stardraw Professional, has led to an improvement in rendering times by a factor of 20, say Stardraw.

In another development, Stardraw has made Online Libraries available for use with its family of design and documentation tools (Stardraw Audio, Stardraw AV, Stardraw Lighting 2D and Stardraw Radio packages). The new libraries, which are introduced as par

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UK - Stardraw.com has added powerful new functionality to its suite of software design and documentation packages in the form of URL links within attributes. Each symbol within Stardraw can contain an unlimited number of ‘attributes’ which are data fields representing numbers, text or database links. Attributes are used to describe a real-world product and can indicate, for example, the manufacturer name, product model number, price, etc. These attributes now support URL (Uniform Resource Locator) links which will be familiar to most people in their simplest form: as website addresses.

All of the products in Stardraw applications now have at least one link, to the manufacturer's homepage, while other product ranges within Stardraw - BSS for example - already have links to dynamic pages on the manufacturer’s website that use a script to give users instant and sp

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Turbosound introduced the TXD series of passive loudspeaker systems, aimed at the live music, DJ and club markets - along with additions to the QLight series and the new LMS-D4 digital loudspeaker controller. The cost-effective TXD series are designed as easily portable systems for the live music, club and DJ sectors, while their built-in rigging points also make them suitable for fixed installations. The range includes two compact full-range two-way enclosures, using 12" (TXD-121) and 15" LF drivers (TXD-151) and a new 1" HF compression driver, plus sub-bass cabinets with either single or double high power 15" bass drivers (TXD-115 and TXD-215) and single 18" bass drivers (TXD-118), as well as the symmetrical TXD-12M compact wedge monitor. Self-powered TXD models are due to be released in the summer.

Designed to offer inst

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Coemar was showing its Flex trio of fixtures - iSpot Flex, iWash Flex and iProfile Flex - first introduced at LDI in Las Vegas last autumn (see L&SI December 2002). Features include full CMY interchangeable colour wheels, variable CTO, the largest variety of rotating gobos on the market, a library of effects (clouds, fire, sky, stars etc), prisms, a wide range of zooms, zap strobe and framing shutters.

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: VXCO Lighting Systems showed its new DMXCreator software V5.8 and the updated DMXCreator 512MK2 PC-DMX interface. The stand-alone memory of the interface is extended from 2000 to 8000 scenes, allowing for applications which require a high amount of scenes/sequences such as architectural applications or large club shows. In stand-alone mode, the PC may be disconnected and the scenes and sequences can be recalled through an attachable standard PC keyboard. The DMX input of the interface box is also available in this mode and allows dimmer functions or other controls to be set manually from any external DMX desk.
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