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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Italian manufacturer SGM introduced the Regia 2048 line of lighting control consoles, consisting of three distinctly-targeted models: Regia 2048 Opera (theatre), Regia 2048 Live (touring) and Regia 2048 Pro (club, television, etc). Features include 2048 DMX channels, four independent DMX lines, a built-in touch screen 12" TFT monitor and a built-in 12" TFT monitor (Regia 2048 LIVE), motorized A & B masters, a trackball to accurately position mirrors and moving heads, shape engine, comprehensive fixture library, unlimited multi-part cues, Windows-based user interface, built-in CD-RW drive, built-in hard disk, two external SVGA ports and total compatibility with Studio Series and Pilot 2000 libraries. The status of any moving head fixture, scan

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: High End Systems & Flying Pig Systems were on the stand of German distributor Arcus Lighting, showing an array of new products including High End's Studio Beam CTO and Trackspot 2, both of which debuted at LDI 2002 in Las Vegas. Studio Beam CTO is a new version of the popular Studio Beam: a high-output incandescent lamp source (3200K colour temperature) means that the lamp power supply and fans are not required, making the fixture far quieter and ideal for use in theatres and TV studios. Trackspot 2 builds on the features of the original, but now offers rotating gobos and two prisms for improved beam effects. It also features an MSD 250W lamp source with a 2,000 hour lamp life. Like its predecessor, Trackspot 2 will also be an affordable, compact fixture for the nightclub/corporate/small theatre market.

The Wholehog III was also being demonstrated

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Prolyte presented their all-new brochure, 'Technical Edition 2003'. Completely re-styled and re-written, it contains nearly 200 pages of product and technical information, including all technical data on the existing truss systems, as well as information on the new products, like the Stage DEX Staging system and rigging gear accessories. All products are presented with updated drawings, loading tables and technical data.
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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: New products on show from Robert Juliat included the Manon compact wide-angle truss followspot (13-24° beam angle), which joins the Provence family, and the Mistral - a 1200W MSR/MSD profile aimed at high-power architectural applications. Both these new luminaires are expected to be available from May 2003. Two new profiles join the 700SX and 700SX2 series; the 711SX and 711SX2 offer a zoom of 8°-16° for up to 30% longer throws. Also on show was a new departure for the company, the Lolita - a compact profile (300mm in length) with a zoom of 25°-45°, dichroic mirror, condenser lens and four shutter blades. Lolita is available in two versions: tungsten for lamps up to 100W 12V, with an electronic dimmable transformer, or a discharge version for 70W CDM lamps, with or without power supply.

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Having recently taken over the manufacturing and sales of special Lodestar motors from sister company Pfaff Stage Technology, PCM was highlighting its changing role, which will see it concentrate on larger project work, while supplying all customized and non-standard Lodestars from the UK. A selection of standard CM Lodestar and Prostar hoists were on display, including the standard rigging range, the BGV C1/VBG 70 hoists with special safety features and the FX Star range with variable speed, which is now available for theatrical use.

The BGV C1 Lodestars have double the normal hoist safety factor, with a 10:1 chain safety factor; double brakes - each capable of stopping the full load; 4-position limit switches including emergency switches; 24V control; under/overload electronic protection and a slack chain detection device.

The FX Star has all t

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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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USA - Biamp has unveiled the latest additions to its Audia digital audio processing system: AudiaEXPI and AudiaEXPO are remote expansion units, providing analog (mic or line) to CobraNet input (AudiaEXPI) and CobraNet-to-analog output (AudiaEXPO) for the next-generation AudiaFLEX line. AudiaEXPI and AudiaEXPO offers an economical solution to expanding an existing Audia set-up without purchasing additional Audia units.

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UK - The Live Floor Show, back for a second series on BBC Scotland with new host Dara O'Briain, is a blend of comedy, music and entertainment recorded in front of a live audience that goes out on Saturday nights. Glasgow-based audio specialists Sound Acoustics were approached to provide the sound requirements, and having invested in a Nexo Geo system last year (supplied by Fuzion), the company’s Tommy Gorman was keen to put it through its paces in a TV recording studio environment.

"Essentially what we're providing is the PA for the audience, so it's like a mini-concert set-up," explained Tommy. "We're flying six Geo S805s with two CD12 subs per side driven by Camco Vortex 6 amplifiers with control from Nexo's NX241 digital controller. It's one of the cleanest-sounding PA systems I've heard, and of course its size gives it a huge advantage in a situation lik

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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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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: Italy-based connector manufacturer Link introduced the LKS 19-pin lighting connector range (including a new rubber locking ring) and the LKS Spider connector for break-ins and break-outs. Also new were the SB Gold 48, 56 and 64-channel stage boxes, featuring gold-plated contacts for audio distribution. Additions to the company's Eurocable range included the Eurocable Cat 5E cables specifically designed for live applications, and a Eurocable range of High Definition TV coaxial cables, plus the new 16 amp Y chord rubber splitter for clean and efficient distribution.

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UK - Hayden Laboratories has announced the new DN-D4000, double CD/MP3 player. The DN-D4000 has offers playback of CDR/RW discs and also has MP3 playback. MP3 is now an essential music source for cutting-edge DJs and installations alike, permeating all areas of entertainment and leisure from clubs and bars to corporate installations and mobile DJs, right through to general retail.

The DN-D4000’s features include VBR and CBR support, folder/file search and ID3-Tag display - showing artist, album and track title. It is also playlist compatible in m3u form. The machine’s CD function offers text display for artist and track names for discs containing CD Text information. Most popular CD-R/RW burning software now offers the ability to add CD Text.

The DN-D4000 also offers two seamless loops per CD drive - by using the start points (A-1 or A-2) two seamless loops may be

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: New from Australian manufacturer LSC Lighting is the Minim lighting control desk, which offers a cut-down feature-set version of the established Maxim desk. Minim can be used in a theatrical two-preset mode of 12 channels, or by using the Grab Master, a two-preset mode of 24 channels. With DMX 512-A output, the Minim can directly control up to 24 channels of digital dimmers. Other features include three pages of memory with 12 playback masters on each page; three preset masters - Red, Yellow and Grab; Add/Solo button with level flash master; and chase effects including stop/step, random, bounce and single shot.

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Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: ETC had its latest product introductions on show, including the SmartPack dimming system, ETCNet2 DMX distribution system and the Source Four MultiPAR battens (all launched at PLASA last autumn), whilst also promoting the upgrade to the Emphasis system for existing users of its Expression family of consoles.

The company was also making its first joint appearance with transtechnik Lichtsysteme since the two came together in May last year. They were joined by representatives of their new dealer network in Germany - Lucifer GmbH (Wolfenbüttel), WIBA Theater- und Studioequipment GmbH (Cologne), Think Abele GmbH & Co KG (near Stuttgart) and Fischer Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH (Berlin). transtechnik reports increased sales, particularly in the field of lighting consoles, dimmers and network components, through this new network. The company also tells us i

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UK - The Universal colour changer is one of A.C Lighting’s new generation advanced feature colour changers. Still retaining the core value synonymous with all Chroma-Q products, the Universal has been designed to maximize flexibility and usability by incorporating advanced design features. Its integrated universal mounting system adjusts between 158-275mm and mounts fixtures with up to 50° beam angles without loss of light. DMX control for fan speed, scrolling speed, gel-saver mode and reset is also now incorporated.

The Universal replaces the previous M1 and M2 models, and now offers compatibility with 575 to 2000W fixtures, with a lens of up to 200mm in diameter. These include fresnel, pebble convex, and a variety of profile fixtures with large lens tubes. Operating from existing Chroma-Q power supply units, the Universal can work simultaneously with any other Chroma-Q

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UK - The Harkness Hall Group has sold its theatrical products division, Hall Stage, to its current business management team. All employees working in the division will transfer to the new company, Hall Stage Limited. The separated businesses will continue to work closely together and will share the same premises in the immediate future.

Harkness Hall, which manufactures screens for a wide range of applications including cinema, AV, theme parks, attractions and special events, will now focus on its core screen manufacturing and distribution activities. Andrew Robinson, MD of Harkness Hall told L&SI: "The divestment of the theatre products division follows an opportune approach from its management. It will enable Harkness Hall to focus on developing our worldwide screen business based on our operations in Europe, USA and Asia.

"Our current range of screen surfaces and

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Turkey - Istanbul based Park Audio & Lighting, ARX's Turkish distributor, has been busy recently installing ARX’s ZX and ZR Series power amplifiers as well as ARX signal processing into a number of five star hotels throughout Turkey as part of a series of system installations and upgrades. Park's managing director, Oktay Karasoglu, advises that ARX's ZX 3200 high current low impedance power amplifier has been especially popular for powering dance club subwoofer systems, an arduous application, given that some of the clubs are open for up to 12 hours at a time.

In Antalya, the Kremlin Palas Hotel Resort installed ARX EQ60 graphic equalizers and DI 6S line adapters, and eight ZX3200 and ZR 850 power amplifiers. Also in Antalya the Topkapi Palas Hotel Resort installed EQ60s, DI 6Ss and ZX3200 and ZR 850 power amplifiers. Finally, in Bodrum the Beach Club Hotel installed four

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UK - If you want confirmation of how tough the market is, then look no further than the latest findings from industry analysts, Plimsoll Publishing Ltd. Their latest report confirms that zero growth, sliding profits and escalating debts have pushed over a third of the UK audio industry to the brink of failure.

Plimsoll's annual financial health-check of the top 268 companies in the UK sound equipment industry reveals that consolidation will be essential as supply is currently outstripping demand. Plimsoll 'rates' every company in the industry based on its overall financial strength. Ratings are given as Strong, Good, Mediocre, Caution or Danger. Alarmingly, 48% of companies rated have now deteriorated in overall financial strength from last year's ratings. Perhaps even more disturbing is that 58 companies are experiencing their second year with a 'Danger' rating. For these compa

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France - Parisian PA rental company Régietek has become the first French member of the Synco Europe Network, in an agreement confirmed at the 2003 AES Convention in Amsterdam this month. Synco Network founder Fred Heuves, a director of the newly-privatized Ampco Flashlight Group, made the announcement with Laurent Maestre, sales and financial director of Régietek.

The company was founded in April 2002 by three experienced sound engineers, Laurent Maestre, rental director Régis Casu and commercial director Cédric Duminy. Their move was promopted by the mutual desire to develop a highly professional rental, service and distribution operation.

The agreement to join the Synco Network marks Régietek’s first investment in equipment, following a year of feasibility and technical studies into various audio brands. "Our aim was to create a high-performance sound reinfor

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UK - Autograph Sales has hosted the first Meyer Sound SIM System II FFT Analyzer course to be held in the UK for five years. A total of 10 students, comprised of freelancer engineers, rental company and venue technical personnel and audio designers, attended the five-day full-time course at the Radlett Centre in Hertfordshire under the instruction of Meyer's director of education Mauricio 'Magu' Ramirez.

"The course includes a significant audio theory element, without which it's pretty impossible to optimise or even measure a sound system," says Mike Mann, technical manager at Autograph Sales. "It also includes hands-on time learning the routines and sequences for measuring and adjusting systems in live situations. There's a lot to learn over the five days, as it's the mostintensive training course Meyer offers.

Oliver Driver, a partner in Audio Alliance North,

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USA - This year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony featured over 50 Audio-Technica mics, assuring the audio at this momentous event was a worthy tribute to the legendary musicians being honoured. The presentation was held on 10 March, at the Waldorf Astoria Ballroom in midtown Manhattan, and the 2003 performer inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were AC/DC, The Clash, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, The Police and the Righteous Brothers. As in years past, the spectacular performances became the focus of the occasion.

A-T’s new Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless System, which is rapidly gaining favour with a wide range of artists, featured in a number of frontline vocal performances. Gwen Stefani, John Mayer, Steven Tyler, Paul Schaffer and the Righteous Brothers all used A-T’s 5000 Series wireless systems. Paul Simon’s vocals feature

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Sweden - Primetec, one-stop supplier of sound, lighting and AV technology for events and exhibitions, has been awarded the assignment to light Liseberg’s latest super attraction: the new ‘Balder’ rollercoaster. The lighting system for Balder, the biggest and steepest wooden rollercoaster in the Nordic region, is the biggest permanent outdoor lighting installation ever seen in Sweden.

In March, the new pride of Liseberg, the biggest amusement park in Scandinavia, was opened for a preview and a press visit. Balder will be a breathtaking 37m high experience with a 70° pitch and a top speed of about 90km per hour. In total ‘Balder’ has cost around SEK 100 million.

"Liseberg in general and Balder in particular are a total experience that starts as soon as you approach the attraction or drive past Liseberg along the E6 motorway. In this respect th

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UK - The Moving Light Company was chosen by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum to supply the automated lighting required for its production of The Handmaid's Tale, which opened this week. This is the first time that moving lights have been used in a production by the English National Opera.

Adapted from the novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale is set in the America of the future, where the government has been overthrown by a religious dictatorship. The production was premiered in Copenhagen in 2000, where the creative team of director Phyllida Lloyd, designer Peter McKintosh and lighting designer Simon Mills made use of the Royal Danish Opera's automated lighting system. Having decided that the use of moving lights - as movable, high-intensity, colour-changing discharge sources - was essential to the look of the production, talks began with

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Germany - Andy Schindlbeck, the head of the Perkam-Radldorf-based events and entertainment company Schindlbeck Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH, has finalized the acquisition of three complete Dynacord Cobra-4 systems. He explains: "With this equipment, I can guarantee a completely balanced and homogeneous sound for virtually all sound reinforcement applications," adding: "the sound performance is powerful yet the handling is child’s-play."

Schindlbeck first encountered this system extension to the compact line array system at the Telex EVI Audio in-house exhibition (or ‘Hausmesse’) at the end of January 2003. Four weeks later he was the owner of the brand-new sound tool, and three weeks on from that he is able to tell us something of his first experiences with the new system: "I’ve used the system now around 20 times and each time I ha

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