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HK Audio, distributed in the UK by John Hornby Skewes, launched the ConTour Array at this year's PLASA. Designed to bridge the gap between traditional touring systems and large line arrays, ConTour consists of the CTA 208 mid/high unit, which is loaded with two 8" and four Neodymium drivers. The high frequency drivers are connected to HK Audio Acoustic Lens HF transformers as featured in the company's flagship COHEDRA system.

For big bottom end, the CTA 118 Sub is the self-powered, DSP controlled and direct loaded 18" sub box designed to work with the CTA 208s. It contains two 1kW RMS PWM power amps; one drives the sub while the other is configured by the controller to drive either the CTA 208 or a ConTour CT108, 112 or 115 box.

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According to Robert Juliat, 'Only RJ can do better than RJ'. In the case of its new followspot projector - the Lancelot, the company might be right. This high-power spot, unveiled on the White Light stand, features 4k of whacking brightness, an extremely flat beam and is the first truly modular long-throw effects projector. A wide range of accessories including a 100% closing iris, two rotating gobo wheels, animation disk with integrated gobo holder, smooth four-blade dimming shutter and a Chromix cassette, can be manually or motor operated, locally or remotely from any DMX console.

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The TX series trussing system from Litec now has a re-engineered end plate made from special alloy that increases overall payload by 30%. The new end plate fits to the old one, but obviously the lower load rating applies; and the plate is now available on both standard and heavy duty ranges.

Not new, but an addition to the Libera roofing system is AlusFera - basically a series of parts that enables Libera's standard trussing type components to be used to create curved roof structures, complete with Luff groove fittings for taut and secure fabric fitting. A specially engineered central boss to make quarter hemispherical structures - so popular with the outdoor summer orchestral event scene - is also available.

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Bill Lewington is an MI-orientated sales operation based in Essex with an enormous catalogue . . . from which they selected key items to bring to this, their third PLASA Show. Highlighted products included Konig & Meyer stands - for all applications from music to lighting fixtures, and also SD systems - a brand of specialist mics for a wide variety of orchestral instruments. The company also distributes Nady, offering a wide range of studio mics, and was celebrating its 50th birthday at the show.

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Paragon Projection are a trade-only rental operation based in London, the Midlands and Scotland. The featured product at PLASA was the Screen Stalk, a lifting system (also available with integrated flightcase) designed to elevate 50-84" screens to a height of up to 2.2m. Using this system dramatically reduces the risk of personal injuries or damage to equipment during erection.

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Alcons Audio showed off its new QB36 bass cabinet and their SR9, a small, low-profile full-range speaker cabinet featuring an RBN401 pro-ribbon HF driver and wide angle coverage (120 degrees), combined with very precise vertical projection. Other new products included Alcons' DDP multi-effects processor.

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USA - FiberPlex, one of the leading fibre optic supplier to the professional audio industry, was displaying the company's new LightViper EF-2, a Dual Channel 10/100 Ethernet-to-Fiber Converter, at the 121st AES convention in California 6-9 October.

The 1U rack-mounting EF-2 will accept two independent channels of 10/100 Ethernet via two standard RJ-45 connector/receptacles and then convert the signals to two fibre optic transmit/receive pairs. It will operate in a choice of three configurations: standard Ethernet using transmit and receive pairs (Standard mode); two channels of single direction Ethernet (TX-only); or as a combination of both modes.

Because the EF-2 is a hardware device, it ignores packet structure and data content, thus facilitating transparent use with Aviom's Pro16 Monitor Mixing System, CobraNet and EtherSound networks as well as standard Ethernet equipment

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British manufacturer Ohm UK was showing a new wedge to complement their HD stadium systems. Comprising two 12", a 2" and a 1" compression driver, the HDFM is designed to give back to the artist what the HD FOH system is giving to the audience, say Ohm.
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PLASA 2006 was a first for Douglas Scheller and TSC Music. The company, which brands music for retailers, were very impressed with the quality of visitor to the show. As well as providing music packages for the likes of Starbucks, Adidas and Billabong, the company also provides commercial MP3 players in either rackmount or desktop versions to play audio into a store's PA system. The MP3 players are simple to use, robust and can be updated with the latest playlist over the Internet.

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City Theatrical launched two new products from its award-winning WDS Wireless Data System product line. The WDS Four Port Opto-Receiver receives a universe of DMX data via wireless broadcast and converts it into four optically isolated five-pin XLR outlets - external power supply allows for either mains or battery operation. The WDS Candle Adapter allows the City Theatrical Candle Lite electronic flicker candles to be controlled or dimmed through WDS Dimmers.

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Kinesys showed several new innovations this year including the Elevation Beam Trolley system - complementing the Elevation Chain Hoist system. Based around a standard 'off the shelf' motorised trolley, a simple electrical modification allows it to be plugged into the Kinesys Elevation 1+ controller, providing variable speed control and positioning. The controller can be used for trolleys and a range of hoists, making it one of the most flexible systems available. Two new communications distribution products were also on show - the Array IP, an 8-port 10/100 Ethernet switch, and the Array 485.

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UK/Europe - XL Video UK is supplying Pink's I'm Still Alive tour with video equipment including screens, Barco Mi-Pix modules, a specially modified Catalyst digital media server and full and PPU camera system - plus crew.

The provocatively visual, adrenalised, energy-pumping show is currently taking the UK and Europe by storm, with video an integral element of the production design created by Baz Halpin and Mark Fisher, which is also linked closely to the lighting.

The live performance is every inch a contemporary mixed media fusion of technology and human emotion, ending with Pink treating fans to a stunning high level aerial display of silk acrobatics.

Video is divided into a two components - playback and IMAG. The playback sources are all run from a customised Catalyst digital media server triggered by a WholeHog II console (operated by Craig Allnutt), and the 3-ca

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Complementing its extremely successful Venue live sound environment, Digidesign launched the D-Show Profile into the live arena. A 24-channel framed desk, it is compatible with all existing Venue hardware and sportsa smaller footprint than its bigger brother. Although smaller, it is also totally compatible with any shows created on the Venue: "With Profile, we've paid particular attention to feedback from vendors and operators who work in many different styles of operation. We feel that D-Show Profile addresses a great deal of the needs in markets outside the realms of concert sound," said Digidesign's marketing manager for live sound products, Robert Scovill. In addition, Digidesign showed the entire Venue range and provided full overviews of both products in its demo room.

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The theme for Czech Republic-based trussing manufacturer Milos was 'scale' - large format, high capacity etc. Their M950 is a quick truss system designed for speed, ease of use and strength, and capable of a 40m clear span for concerts and events. New tower products from Milos this year included the large-scale MT3 tower and the MRT2 PA tower.

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UK - Lincoln University's brand new multipurpose venue, the £6 million Engine Shed (so called because that's precisely what it was) opened to great acclaim on 18 September with an inaugural performance from huge UK Indie band, Embrace. In addition to housing the Student Union bar and offices, the Engine Shed is also the newest and biggest student venue in the East Midlands. A venue of this calibre clearly demanded a high quality professional audio system, and so technical systems specialists Stage Electrics were called in to supply and install a complete entertainment system that included a comprehensive EAW loudspeaker system throughout.

According to EAW systems application specialist Steve Badham, the key criterion for the audio installation was flexibility. Comprising three bars and two performance spaces of 750 capacity (1500 capacity when combined) as well as shops an

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USA - The Assembly of God's Christ Chapel is housed in a 130,000sq.ft sports facility (it was once an actual professional football team's practice facility) in Macon, Georgia where it holds regular Sunday and Wednesday worship services and sports ministries. Its TV ministry, consisting of Pastor John Wood's sermon from Sunday services, airs locally on Cox Cable and CTN Cable. Entire Sunday morning and evening services are streamed live on the internet; college, youth and children's ministries will soon stream live on the Web as well.

Macon-based Total Systems Audio, Video, and Consulting have supplied vast amounts of technical equipment to the Church; no coincidence as their managing director is also the Church's technical director.

Recently the Church took delivery of a LSC Lighting Systems maXim LP console and are getting ready to purchase a maXim XXLP through LSC's USA dist

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UK - Adlib Lighting supplied equipment for Maximo Park's latest UK tour, which culminated in an incendiary performance at London's Brixton Academy. This concluded the final leg of their extensive A Certain Trigger tour.

Lighting designer Stevie Marr has worked with the band for two years, and uses Adlib as his lighting supplier because, he says: "The service is excellent, they have the right attitude and the crew are always great - it's crew that really make a tour at the end of the day!"

For this stretch of the tour, he wanted all lighting sources to be at a low level, to give an edgy look that reflected the band's increasingly raw and harsh style of playing and their relentless energy. He also wanted them to be seen at all times, and so opted for an 'almost-floor' based rig, with a front truss used solely to provide key lighting positions.

The visually dom

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Germany - Frankfurt and Coburg were the German cities that hosted two D.A.S. seminars focused mainly on the D.A.S. Aero line array systems. These two events took place simultaneously with the PLASA Show in London and were addressed mostly to line array systems users and interested public. The occasion almost offered the opportunity to provide the German market with a presentation of the new Variant line array together with the new EASE Focus software.

Each of these seminars lasted one day. Both were opened by Lothar Weimann the head of D.A.S. Audio Deutschland, who gave a presentation of the firm via the corporate video. Joan La Roda, D.A.S. audio engineer provided the attendees with the presentation "How line array work" which explains the line array theory and expands into the technical characteristics and applications of such systems. This was followed by a presenta

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USA - Speed metal band Slayer brought along four other heavy metal bands for its brand-new touring production, Slayer: The Unholy Alliance. The line-up featured Lamb of God, Mastodon, Children of Bodom, and Thine Eyes Bleed - and Clay Paky Alpha Spots to shed light on the spectacle onstage.

Lighting designer/director Jason Cain (who also handled video operation duties) specified 20 Alpha Spot HPE 1200 luminaries for his lighting rig. "I chose the Alpha Line because of their light weight and bright output," Cain explains. "It was also nice to have two rotating gobo wheels, and the fixed wheel as well. I was able to achieve multi-layering of the gobos to produce different lighting effects."

The Clay Paky Alpha Spots were put into a moving light pre-rig that was built by Xtreme Structures. Any concerns Cain had about the lights' magnetic wheels holding

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UK - Lighting rental specialists HSL supplied LD Nick Jevons and Electric Fly Productions with their new A&O Falcon Beam 3Kw searchlights, Martin MAC moving lights, LED fixtures and strobes for Mogwai's show at London's Royal Albert Hall.

HSL's production manager Mike Oates comments: "We've been looking at serious high powered search lights for some time now, and both myself and Howard Dean have watched the A&O Lighting brand develop in Europe with interest. When Nick first mentioned he wanted to use them on the tour I was straight on to Marco Niedermeier [MD of A&O] to see if the units where available, which luckily they were! It was a pleasure to work with Nick, Phil and Neil from Electric Fly on this tour - from a suppliers point of view, they makes things very simple."

The influential Glasgow "post rock" band have been on a world tour since the start of

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Denmark - DPA Microphones is pleased to announce the appointment of a new managing director, Lars Friis Ostergaard. DPA has experienced an annual growth of around 25% for the past three years and now employs a total of 90 staff at offices and manufacturing facilities outside Copenhagen, as well as at the US subsidiary in Colorado. It is anticipated that Ostergaard's longstanding experience in steering national and international businesses during rapid periods of growth will be called into play, and he will work closely with DPA's staff to continue and improve the success of DPA Microphones.

Ostergaard joins the Danish microphone manufacturer from BB Electronics (Suzhou) Co Ltd, in China, where he held the position of general manager. He also served as CEO for Danish graphic company Glunz & Jensen A/S for more than 11 years, as well as being development manager at Danish high-end

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