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USA - Using the same design principles as the already successful ZR 24/7 Hazer from Jem, the Martin Magnum Hazer is a true club hazer giving light shows refraction with ease. The Magnum Hazer incorporates some of the most complex technology behind a simple interface, making it one of the most effective, mid-sized haze solutions available today, say Martin.

With DMX as standard (optional digital remote available soon), the Magnum Hazer comes with an elementary analogue control panel. It also features new technology in the digital calibration of its electronic system - leaving technical adjustments to its on-board software. To ensure an even haze dispersal every time and in any environment, the Magnum Hazer uses a VGA system (variable geometry airflow), adjusting the airflow inclina

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UK / International - Digital projection specialist Scene Change has appointed seven new international dealers for its acclaimed Hippotizer digital media server range, following the attention the product attracted at this year's PLASA Show. The new dealers are Stonex (Spain), Wide Angle (Lebanon & UAE), Clearlight Shows (Australia), TMB (UK), TMB (US), Technical Supply (Japan) and Halo Lighting (UK).

All will be offering Hippotizer in all of its versions: Hippotizer Lite (media playback and effects with keyboard control), Hippotizer Pro (playback and effects controlled by a touchscreen), Hippotizer DMX Club (DMX controlled playback emulating an automated light) and Hippotizer DMX Stage (full control of media playback and effects using DMX).

Halo Lighting in the UK has added the Hippotizer range to its hire and sales stocks, and will be offering Hippotizer Pro, Hippotizer DMX Cl

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Dubai - Dubai-based superstar-of-the-turntables 'Cowboy' is generating more heat in the run-up to the biggest DJ showdown the Middle East has seen - and he's not even competing. Reigning champion Cowboy, who hails from Lebanon, has agreed to sit on the judging panel at the forthcoming PALME 2004 DJ of the Year Competition in Dubai. The DJ promises tough times for contestants, at this stage likely to number more than 200 from all over the world. It was revealed this week that prizes will be worth $40,000 and organizers are spending $100,000 staging the event..

The DJ contest runs in conjunction with the massive PALME expo, the region's first professional sound, light, audio-visual and systems integration exhibition. It was held for the first time earlier this year and organizers say the coming expo, to be held 17-19 February 2004 at Dubai International Exhibition Centre, will be

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Australia - Intended for the Installation and AV markets the new MM 1 from ARX is a two-way speaker that provides surprising sound quality from its compact package. Under its contoured steel mesh front lies an ARX Pro Series 8" (205 mm) low frequency driver, and a powerful 1"(25mm) mid/high compression driver. This is coupled to a 80' x 60' flat front radial horn flare, providing the MM1 with superb clarity and articulation.

The MM 1's specifications include an impedance of 8 Ohms, a rated frequency response of 60Hz-20kHz +-5 dB, recommended minimum amplifier power of 125W RMS, Sensitivity of 1W at 1m of 92dB and a Maximum SPL at 1m of 123dB. The MM1 features 2 Speakon Connectors as standard, weighs in at only 10kg and has maximum dimensions of 460mm (H) x 280mm (W) x 330mm (D). The units are fitted with captive T nuts to fit Omnimount Series 75 wall brackets and a rec

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Canary Islands - In the city of Puerto del Rosario on the island of Fuerteventura, one of Spain's most 'Latin' rock bands, Café Quijano, was in concert during the island's regional festivities. Once again, rental company Audio Luz, located in the city of Gran Tarajal, was responsible for providing the sound reinforcement and stage monitoring systems.

24 ST-112 mid/high units were flown (12 per side) and 16 ground-stacked ST-218 low frequency units made up the main PA. Six ST-1800 systems (ST-112 and ST-218) were used to provide front-fill for the first few rows. All the systems were powered using QSC amplifiers. Audio Luz says of the ST-1800 systems: " They provide us with high sound pressure levels and absolute reliability. What we like best is that we don't have worry too much because we know they perform well."

Stage monitoring was handled by 14 D.A.S. passive tw

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Germany - Dynacord has extended its family of high quality power amplifiers with the addition of three new members: the CL 1600, CL 1200 and CL 800. The new Compact Linear Precision power amplifier range combines audio performance with a high degree of reliability and operational safety, say Dynacord. As well as providing an improved specification, Dynacord has reduced the weight of the amplifiers, so that the CL 1600, CL 1200 and CL 800 weigh in at 16kg, 15kg and 13.5kg respectively.

The use of an optimized power supply with low-emission toroidal transformers and Class H technology has made it possible to attain a large amount of headroom over and above the rated power, whilst at the same time reducing both the weight and the power loss of the amplifiers, according to the manufacturer. CL series amplifiers are protected against overheating, overloading and short-circuits as wel

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UK - Coca-Cola Great Britain has been flying high in London's Piccadilly Circus for almost 50 years, but the company recently brought its brands to life in a new way with Lighthouse's new LVP1650 LED screen. Measuring 32m wide by 6.6m high at its highest point, the screen comprises 88 standard LVP1650 panels, along with approximately 170 bespoke LVP1650 panels to allow for the curvature of the screen and front access for maintenance.

Coca-Cola used a hand-picked team of British designers and technical experts, who spent over a year working to create one of the biggest and most intelligent signs of its kind and allows The Coca-Cola Company to deliver cutting-edge entertainment to transform the face of the world's most famous billboard. Lighthouse's Simon Taylor explains the strict brief: "There could only be a gap of a 1mm (maximum) between panels ensuring it was completely

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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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Italy - RCF, A Loud Technologies Inc (formerly Mackie Designs) brand, has announced the launch of the first RCF-branded website for the worldwide commercial and industrial sound market. The first version of the new web site is an Italian language version, and an English language version will come online later this month.

The launch of the new RCF site is the latest step in the company's plan, announced during the PLASA Show in September, to re-focus RCF as Loud Technologies' worldwide commercial and industrial sound brand. As part of this transition, commercial sound products currently branded as Mackie Industrial will be re-badged as RCF.

"RCF has a rich 50-year history in Europe as a premier commercial sound provider -especially in Italy. For this reason, we launched the Italian site first, followed closely by the English version," said Dave Raneses, commercial aud

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Europe - Legendary rockers Deep Purple are using 14 of Robe's new ColorSpot 1200 AT moving head fixtures on their Bananas world tour, currently in Europe.

Lighting designer is UK-based Louis Ball, who lit the band initially from 1984 to 1987, and then continuously since the mid-1990s. Ball's own high profile career started at 18, with the Alex Harvey Band in the late 1970s. Since then he's lit some of the best-known names in rock 'n' roll, including Judas Priest, Ozzie Osborne, Slayer, Anthrax, Wishbone Ash, Climie Fisher and a host of other diverse artists including Wet Wet Wet and French superstar Johnny Halliday.

Ball was first introduced to the Robe ColorSpot 1200s by Robe's German distributor, L.M.P. who supplied the gear to the German rental hire company, T.D.A. Ball was then contacted by Randy Wade of Robe America - the two having worked on many of the same shows and pr

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UK - A new memorial honouring Australia's contribution to both World Wars was unveiled in London on Armistice Day, 11 November, 85 years after the idea originated at the end of World War One. In a ceremony attended by the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Australian Prime Minister John Howard and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, crowds gathered at Hyde Park to watch the ceremony which included a live video screen set up in Green Park to deal with the overflow. The memorial honours the 102,000 Australians who died in the two world wars and the million or so who fought. A two-minutes silence was observed at 11am, followed by an RAAF fly past.

Fourth Phase London, working for Unusual Services, was chosen to provide the lighting for the historic event. Due to the nature of the event (staged virtually on a traffic island), a lighting rig would have compromised sightlines, so Fourth Pha

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UK - Age-Sex-Location, Marcus Markou's darkly comic play set in cyberspace, will be staged at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, prior to transferring to the West End. Producers Titus Media recently announced that Age-Sex-Location will be staged at the Riverside Studios from 9-28 February, 2004, prior to transferring to the West End - in a theatre will be confirmed nearer the time.

Age-Sex-Location sees internet and virtual reality come alive on stage in a play that for the first time fully realizes the potential of integrating theatre and technology. The production combines, writer Marcus Markou's, entertaining, ingenious and dramatic script with Sven Ortel's state-of-the-art video projection and lighting design, under the direction of award-winning young director Pip Pickering.

Age-Sex-Location has video projection and lighting design by Sven Or

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USA - The new SP12 stage monitor from Mach is a low profile stage monitor. Utilized in stage applications during the product development process this past summer, the SP12 achieved excellent feedback from professional performers. Featuring high SPL and power handling, the SP12 provides high gain before feedback with minimum EQ requirements. A narrow dispersion patent gives ideal vocal performance and a specially designed enclosure provides for a powerfully clean bass performance.

The SP12 is equipped with dual 12" woofers and features a very flat frequency response. The compression driver features a 2" throat and has an output of no less than 138 dB. The symmetrically designed cabinet is durable and is coated with Mach SafeCoat, a strong scratch resistant, UV stable and weatherproof polyurethane surface. The SP 12 is equally suitable for TV and theatre environments.

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Germany - Steglitzer Kreisel is the tallest office building in the district of Berlin. At a height of 119m, it has incited strong public reaction ever since it was built. The 1970 town plan of Stegliz included a road round the building, which was under construction at the time. Even though this road was never built, the name Kreisel (circle) remained.

The road now runs under this skyscraper, which architect and building constructor Sigrid Kressmann-Zschach originally planned as a shopping centre. Construction began in 1969 and ended in 1980. The building contains more than 700 rooms, including the city council offices, the area's largest hotel, a bank and a number of restaurants and offices. The bus station and a car park take up the underground floors.

Hans-Peter-Stoerl Architects were commissioned to refurbish the area in 2001. Their design included lighting of waterfalls us

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Switzerland / UK - Swiss company VXCO, maker of the DMXCreator PC lighting control system, has announced the appointment of Lightfactor Sales Ltd as its distributor for the UK and Republic of Ireland. VXCO's export manager Oleg Kaufmann says: "Thanks to their versatility and experience in several sectors, Lightfactor are well positioned to distribute our products across the many markets our range is suitable for."

Lightfactor's Mick Hannaford commented: "We believe that in VXCO we have found another bright young company capable of providing new and innovative products into a fast moving market. Their first products have already established them as serious professionals: we are very happy to be their commercial partner in the UK."

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UK - Entec supplied lighting equipment to production company Indigo for the 2003 National TV Awards at the Royal Albert Hall. This is the ninth year running the company has serviced the high profile event, which is presented by Trevor MacDonald and broadcast live on ITV1. Lighting designer/director was Brian Pearce; the set was designed by Richard Plumb and the director was Russell Norman.

James Thomas's Pixelline fixtures were used as ground cyc up-lighters for the main screens at the rear of the set. The screens were made from twin white cyc material, with a silver lattice trussing effect fixed to the front. The idea was that these were lit with plain washes of colour in keeping with the lighting aesthetic of the show, which was understated and non-glitzy.

Pearce, who has used Pixelline in different ways on a variety of shows, commented: "They are a lovely lamp."

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USA - Las Vegas-based Transamerica Audio Group has announced the addition of Todd Peterson to the new position of marketing manager, and completed a move to new, expanded headquarters. Both moves are designed to solidify the Transamerica's position as a leading supplier of high-end pro audio equipment for recording and live applications.

Peterson has 10 years' experience in purchasing, sales management, marketing and operations for Leo's Pro Audio, a large California-based pro audio retailer. He began his career more than 13 years ago at Guitar Center in Berkley, California. In his new role, he will work to enhance Group's overall sales and marketing efforts by facilitating the flow of product and added value information between manufacturers and dealers, managing the company's national press efforts and website, coordinating product demonstrations and reviews and handling digit

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Sweden / UK - OpTex has been appointed UK Agent for Marenius Audio Products from Sweden. The first product to be launched is a portable stereo mixer suitable for professional consumer and broadcast cameras. The MM-4210 is a true professional stereo mixer for portable use. Loaded with features, these mixers will satisfy professional news crew, sportscasters and all other audio and video sound specialists, offering broadcast quality mixing without distortion and with wide frequency response. Housed in a rugged aluminum case with heavy-duty Neutrik connectors and precision controls, it represents a fabulous value for a heavy-duty field mixer. Features include four mic/line input channels, up to 74dB gain, input-to-output, 48v phantom power switchable for each mic input, additional stereo line return input, built-in M-S stereo matrix for headphone monitoring, PPM metering with 2 x 9 L

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Italy - Proel has introduced its new SMARTPlus range, which follows in the footsteps of the original Proel Smart speakers. The SMARTPlus models offer value for money for both touring artists and installers, say Proel - featuring high quality componentry and build, including genuine compression drivers instead of the Piezo tweeters commonly used in this price level.

Featuring trapezoidal designs for easy grouping, the SMARTPlus range also benefits from heavy-duty carpet covering, comes with kick-proof steel grilles, a built-in crossover at 12 dB/octave, a brand new 900 H x 600 V constant coverage elliptical horn, newly designed woofers, PTC electronic protection of HF components and plenty more features usually associated with more expensive products.

Available in passive configurations, most of which have MOSFET-powered alternative versions, the new SMARTPlus range offers user

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USA - The latest generation of Audio Toolbox from Terra Sonde in the US - the Audio Toolbox Plus - provides a comprehensive set of test and analysis functions. Aimed primarily at the installation designer and contractor, the Toolbox would not go amiss in the road box of any touring systems technician, or indeed the briefcase of an environmental health officer (though arguably a sledge hammer to crack a nut - it is nonetheless a dependable and easy-to-use piece of equipment).

Main features include a sophisticated sound level meter with LEQ mode and Noise Dosimeter. The Real Time Analyser and FFT Analyser produce graphic displays with variable frequency modes, filters, and averaging times among their many on-board options.

Other analysis tools include Energy Time graphs, Reverb Decay time (RT60) and sound study graphs. Signal generator, level/frequency meter, signal/noise rati

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Canada - Following the very successful preview of their new Vista Lighting console at PLASA, Jands Pty Ltd has announced the appointment of AC Lighting (Canada) Ltd as exclusive North American distributor for the complete range of Jands lighting products.

Speaking about the change of distribution for USA and Canada Paul Mulholland, CEO of Jands, said: "Our products were previously distributed in the USA, by ACT Lighting of Agoura Hills, California. However, recently both ACT and Jands have moved in different directions and we mutually agreed to end our association."

Mulholland went on to say: "Jands has had a long standing relationship with AC Lighting in the UK and Europe and we look forward to being a part of their plans for expansion into Canada and the USA."

Jands will be showing an updated version of the Vista lighting console on the AC Lighting boot

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UK - Matrix Audio Developments Ltd has gone into voluntary liquidation. The company was founded by Matrix designer/brand owner Andrew Hunt and Clive Kinton to distribute Matrix amplifiers in the UK; Kinton left the company last month, following Hunt's decision to bring the sales and marketing of the Matrix brand under the control of the manufacturing company, A.S. Laser, in Cwmbran, South Wales.

Adrian Merrett of A.S. Laser told L&SI: "The move will streamline our service and address the production issues we have had in the past, ensuring next-day delivery for our customers."

The company's 07000 contact number remains the same.

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