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Norway - The CLS DMX65R is a new 19" rack-mounting, digital DMX dimmer, based on noiseless IGBT technology. The unit is 1U high and offers many professional features including 6 channels of DMX512 in a programmable digital dimmer unit and 100-250V 50-60Hz automatic switching. Output is provided by six 5A channels by Neutrik's Powercon as standard. A choice of output connections is available, plus a USB input for PC connection, electronic auto-protection on each channel with auto reset, double fuses on each channel with overload, short circuit and temperature protection.

The CLS DMX65R is fully programmable and offers preheat, maximum and minimum value and dimming or switchpack select, on each channel. A PC program allows the user to program all the dimmer settings from a lap

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UK / Korea - Chameleon Audio has appointed Daikyung Vascom as sole distributor for its full complement of products in South Korea. Daikyung Vascom is considered to be the best partner for Chameleon amplifiers, as they will be distributed with compatible quality pro audio products such as Allen & Heath, Sennheiser, Neumann, Genelec and Apogee-Sound.

Director Han commented: "Daikyung Vascom is delighted to be appointed distributor for Chameleon products, as the amps are powerful, well-built units that have unique transformers, giving them a weight, size and performance advantage. The design also offers an extremely impressive damping factor - so vital when dealing with quality speaker enclosures."

Chameleon's sales director, Martin Capp, added: "Having worked with Daikyung Vascom for many years, I know the company to be true distribution professionals in their mar

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UK - Carlsbro Electronics Ltd has teamed up with the world-renowned Barfly to produce local gig guides throughout the UK. In the past, Barfly has helped to expose bands such as Oasis, Stereophonics, Ash and Electric Six, to name but a few. The new guides, which will be A6 format, black and white pocket books, will be distributed by each local venue and via www.ticketweb.co.uk, released mid-monthly.

Direct links will be established between each company's website (Carlsbro's new website is set to be launched at the beginning of November), which will provide info on venues and dates. Jason Woodcock, Carlsbro's marketing and business development manager, commented: "As part of Carlsbro's on-going commitment to keeping music live, Barfly is a natural partner."

This news follows Carlsbro's recent and continued support of the Xposure television series (first showing Thursd

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UK - KV2 Audio is launching its premium EX10 high-output active full-range speaker at this year's PLASA Show. "We designed the EX10 for customers who want the very best sound quality possible in a compact cabinet," says KV2 president, Marcelo Vercelli: "The EX10 is aimed at serious sound contractors, rental houses, small churches and in-house AV departments who need maximum fidelity from an extremely small enclosure."

Vercelli says the EX10 was developed at KV2's Milevsko R&D facility in the Czech Republic, and embodies the company's philosophy of increased dynamic range, very high output and consistent sound character - no matter what the output level. The EX10 employs a new LF transducer with KV2's TransCoil technology and neodymium motor structure that is said to dramatically increase force, lower distortion and provide increased frequency linearity. A new

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UK - The sleepy, south coast backwater of Bosham, seems a strange place to want to set up a new mastering house, but delve a little deeper and it is easy to see why it all makes sound business sense. Cut & Groove is ideally located to mine a rich seam of work, the South Coast Club Scene, the phenomenon that has spawned such mega artists as Artful Dodger, Craig David and Fat Boy Slim.

The duo behind this £200,000 venture is Duncan Davis and Adam Twine who have been immersed in the club scene since their teens. Duncan broke into it at 16 when armed with a couple of cases of albums, he bluffed his way into a DJ residency in Ibiza for the summer with no experience apart from in front of his bedroom mirror, while Adam ran a club on the Isle of Wight.

Though Cut & Groove only opened its doors seven months ago, it is already pretty busy. The facility's offer of a competitively price

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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. 

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UK - The three climactic Knebworth shows at the tail-end of Robbie Williams' Weekends of Mass Distraction tour added up to be the largest musical event in UK history with a total audience of 375,000 fans. And with five bands on the bill each day (The Darkness, Kelly Osbourne, Ash, Moby and Robbie) they were also the first festival-type UK dates for the DiGiCo D5 FM (Front of House and Monitor) package, in use for all five bands.

The D5 system, supplied by Britannia Row Productions along with an L-Acoustics V-Dosc PA, involved a pair of D5 Live work surfaces at front of house, with Robbie being mixed by Dave Bracey, and another pair on monitors with Martin Waring at the controls, each pair was linked together by a single lightweight digital cable. One desk at FOH and one monitors was dedicated to Robbie while the support bands used the others.

Running the newly introduce

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UK / Austria - MC2 Audio has announced the appointment of dBLuX Distribution as the company's new distributor in Austria. dBLuX is located in Dornbirn in the west of Austria and was founded in September 2001 to deal exclusively in the business to business sector. In this short time this highly motivated young company has established its name country wide as an important distributor for sound, light and multi-media products.

dBLuX carries a wide selection of products to suit all budgets and customers are supported by a high standard of after sales service.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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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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China - The official emblem for the 29th Olympic Games, to be held in Beijing in 2008, was presented to the world on Sunday, 3 August at a grand ceremony in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. The highly energetic presentation was a festival of optimistic spirit and a showcase for Chinese culture, staged by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG).

Martin Professional equipment played a central role the ceremony with 88 Martin intelligent lights adding to the celebratory atmosphere. The unveiling occurred before a live audience of over 2,000 VIPs with 400 million television viewers watching the spectacular show, which was broadcast live.

Some 48 MAC 200 Profile and 40 MAC 2000 Wash were used to project colour onto the Olympic emblem, as well as the exterior of the Temple of Heaven. The emblem, titled 'Dancing Beijing', resembles a red Chinese seal enclosing

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UK - Following the successful launch of five new products at PLASA 2002, Australian lighting equipment manufacturer, LSC Lighting Systems, will use PLASA 2003 as a springboard to release two new products and launch the much-anticipated Version 1 software for the maXim control desk. The EKO series of fixed installation digital dimmers will be shown for the first time. This new product continues the innovative design concepts from LSC with a unique mounting installation frame - dramatically reducing installation and commissioning time over standard wiring and set-up methods. Its clever backlit touch screen provides quick and clear access to its many functions. The EKO dimmers are available in 6-, 12- and 24-channel configurations, with choices of output circuit capacity.

The production version of the new Minim will be shown on the stand along side its big brother control desks - t

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UK - TC Electronic announced the EQ Station-8, EQ Station-4, EQ Station-2 and the MotoFader-64. Together with a PC/Mac Editor, they form a high-end equalizer system designed for use in demanding touring Monitor and FOH applications, as well as fixed installations in Theatres and Concert Halls. The EQ Station range sets a new standard for live sound equalization.

Coming in 2-, 4- and 8-channel configurations, the EQ Stations are all 2U units featuring the best TC quality AD/DA conversion and the most powerful DSP processing. Each channel includes simultaneously: 6-band Parametric EQ, 29-band Graphic EQ, 3-band Dynamic EQ, Brickwall Limiter and Delay. Internally, EQ Station uses 48-bit processing for wide headroom, analog EQ modelling and no compromise processing. Building upon the heritage of the award winning TC6032/TC1128 Graphical EQ system, the EQ Station is the new EQ standa

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UK - RG Jones' sales and installations department reports a very busy first half of the year. In order to strengthen its client support, the company has added two new full-time positions. Adam Villiers, who, the company tells us, has been "super-glued to his desk" will fulfill the role of initial point of contact, on hand to take care of clients' immediate needs and provide any information they require.

At the same time, Scott Fraser has joined the company in the role of technical field sales rep. Fraser has had many years of experience in pro audio and he will be mobile, available to visit clients, discuss any requirements, and provide relevant advice.

(Lee Baldock)

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Industry Indicators feature as part of PLASA findings

The third phase of PLASA's Industry Market Research project is now complete, and for those keen to understand what the future holds for this industry, it offers some interesting insights.

The research pulls together key information about the size, growth and dynamics of the four main industry sectors - lighting, pro audio, staging and AV - as well as a detailed analysis of notable trends.

The findings reveal that the 2002 UK market was estimated to be worth just over £1bn at end-user prices. Breaking this down into the various market sectors, lighting accounts for £217m of that, pro audio for presentation or performance purposes equates to £337m, pro audio for architectural or commercial purposes is £53m, staging turns in £45m, but it's professional AV that delivers the lion's share at £440m.

The Research also con

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Ireland - Following an extensive pitch process, design and communications company Imagination has been appointed as the lead design agency to enhance the award winning Guinness Storehouse, based in Dublin. Imagination was originally the lead design agency that helped produce and launch the Guinness Storehouse back in December 2000. Imagination, who won the pitch against stiff competition from a number of design companies, will start work on the second phase of the design work immediately.

The enhancement involves updating existing areas in the Guinness Storehouse as well as designing several new exhibition and hands-on experiences for visitors. Since opening in 2000, Guinness Storehouse has achieved great success, welcoming over 700,000 visitors annually to the Home of Guinness and becoming Ireland's top visitor attraction. Paul Carty, general manager of the Guinness Storehouse,

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Australia - Show Technology, a leading Australian importer and distributor of specialized lighting for entertainment and architectural applications, has announced the launch of its new website www.showtech.com.au.

The new site, developed in-house, delivers up to date information on all of the products that Show Technology distribute through their extensive dealer network. Brand names include market-leaders such as Martin, Clay Paky, MA Lighting, ELC, Studio Due, Geni, Kupo, Pulsar, ADJ and Elektralite. Links to these manufacturers can be found on the Suppliers page. Every item available for purchase, from each of these manufacturers, will be itemized in the Products section of the site. The News section will be updated regularly with features on various projects and productions, as well as company news. The Download section is where you can find useful resources like price lists

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UK - The Lighthouse is the newest waterside bar/restaurant to open in Edinburgh's lively, regenerated Leith docklands area, now a buzzing social hub in the north of the City. Local audio installer SI Sound & Light was asked by the venue's owner, local entrepreneur Robert Orr, to design, specify and install sound throughout. SI's Neil Silver turned to both Arbiter Pro Audio for JBL speakers, and Adlib Audio for their AA enclosures to supply specific equipment to the different areas.

The venue is divided into two totally separate spaces: downstairs is a mezzanine restaurant and different bar areas, and upstairs there's a function room suite available for private hires. Downstairs at the Lighthouse is an open plan design with large windowed frontage onto the street, overlooking the water, with two more secluded rooms with seats and tables at the rear and the restaurant on the mezza

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Ireland - Irelands national broadcaster, Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE) has extended its long relationship with Soundcraft broadcast desks.

Standardizing on the RM105 fully-modular on-air console, it recently purchased its tenth, with the upgrade of the mixing facilities in its North Donegal regional studio. Audio Warehouse, Soundcraft's Southern Ireland distributors, supplied the board as a 20-module frame, with three mic and two Telco input modules - and the remainder stereo. In some of the larger regional studios these desks are interfaced with B400 production desks to allow operation in either compere operated or 'support' mode.

"The decision on desk acquisition is made by a user group, consisting of console users and support engineers," explained Cyril Ryan, head of regional facilities, RTE. "The main reason for selection is functionality and reliability, as t

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USA - Two Renkus-Heinz Reference Point Array (RPA) loudspeaker systems have been chosen by Stony Brook University, NY, located 50 miles from Manhattan and part of the State University system of New York. A new building houses the two main university ballrooms, multi-purpose rooms that will be used for student orientations, performances of both music and spoken plays, concerts, faculty presentations and presentations to university applicants.

Adwar Video, of Plainview, NY, has designed the system and installation has now been completed. Adwar Video founder Mike Adwar comments: "The university needed to be able to provide each with room with its own sound system, both operable independently of each other, but which could also be linked to feed both rooms with the same signal sources."

The two separate rooms seat a total of some 600 people, and the loudspeaker system wa

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Uk / Netherlands - T2, the truss safety product originally developed by Total Fabrications, is now also to be made and sold by the Prolyte Products Group, based in Holland. Speaking of this major collaboration, TFL's managing director Chris Cronin said: "Since T2 was first launched in 2000, we envisaged the T2 system as the new standard of safety for trussing with fall arrest and that it should be available from more than one major truss manufacturer. A separate company, T2 Systems Ltd, was established to manage the various patents, registered designs and trade marks that cover T2 and to license its production to suitable manufacturers in the industry."

"T2 systems are in use across the UK and abroad - including two major London venues. With work underway on an exciting new installation in the South West and a number of other UK-based projects, it is only natural

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UK - Since moving into new premises earlier this summer, ARB has continued to expand. Three new members of staff have joined the team this August. The two new sales executives, taken on to develop ARB's diverse client base, are Stephen Brady, joining from De Boer, with his extensive experience in corporate events, hospitality and production areas; and Barry Clayson, who has two decades of production experience working in the outdoor events industry - including commentating at a range of country fairs and shows.

Cathy Lynn from NSR has also joined ARB as the new hire office manager. She will be responsible for enquiries and quotes and ensuring that hire operations out of ARB's Buckingham headquarters are managed efficiently.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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UK - Mach Speakers will be giving away a pair of M-Flex speakers each day of the PLASA exhibition (except Wednesday). All visitors have to do is fill out a short questionnaire and they will automatically be entered in the draw, to be held at the Mach Speakers/Martin Professional booth daily at 5:00 pm. Designed to fit into a broad array of applications requiring high quality audio reproduction, M-Flex is a flexible line of compact, lightweight moulded loudspeakers.

Mach can be found on stand G89/G80 at PLASA.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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UK - The expansion plans of Chameleon Audio have recently included the appointment of Gearline Marketing, the newly-styled repping company. An agreement has been reached with Gearline to add the Chameleon product range to the company's portfolio, which already includes Clockaudio, JL Cooper, Connectronics and Leema Acoustics.

Chameleon audio sales director, Martin Capp, commented: "Rod Geary and Chris Collings bring a wealth of knowledge to the newly-formed repping company, as well as a portfolio of quality pro audio products that will benefit existing Chameleon customers. This initiative is to increase the Chameleon UK dealer base, while offering dealers the benefit of their collective sales activity."

Geary, director of Gearline Marketing, added: "We are delighted to have concluded a deal with Chameleon Audio, one of the few independent professional amplifier

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