Adam Hall will host the UK début of its newly developed Wave 28, a compact, active and modular 'all-in-one' PA and monitoring system...

Because no cables and stands are required, this 'plug-and-play' system is designed to be quickly and easily set up and dismantled. By combining a PA and monitoring system in one, Adam Hall aim to provide the same sound experience for both audience and musician.

Andrew Richardson, Managing Director of Adam Hall UK, comments: "With its outstanding features, the exciting new Wave 28 is sure to be a winning solution for all performers. It is extremely portable and given its amazing price, represents one of the most exciting products we have released to date."

Frequency-response-based 4.1 five-way amping results, adds the company, in a clear, dynamic and balanced sound throughout the system's frequency range. The array configuration is

Highlite International BV (Dap Audio, DMT and Showtec Lighting) will be launching a range of new products at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2011, including four new luminaires from Showtec.

The Showtec Indigo 6500 is an LED moving spot head with a 120W LED chip light source, which the company says gives similar light output to a 400W discharge lamp. The fixture features two gobo wheels, two colour wheels (one fixed and one rotating and indexable, along with iris, rotating prism, shutter and strobe functions.

An LED RGB single colour wash light, the Showtec Expression 5500 employs 38 3W RGB LEDs, giving a tight 10 degree beam with fast smooth movement. The unit also offers Dim4 technology to provide a dimming curve like that of a halogen lamp, and includes pre-programmed colour temperatures.

The Expression 550's big brother, the Expression 33000 Zoom has a wide zoom function from 8 degree to 40

LMC Audio Systems is to showcase - for the first time anywhere in the UK this year - a selection of speakers from Radian Audio.

On display will be the latest Apex NEO XD wedges from Radian, including the Apex NEO 1200XD & 1500XD. These two-way monitors use Radian high-powered Neodymium coaxial 12" & 15" speakers respectively, with 3"diaphragms and 2" exit compression drivers. Including new XD technology, LMC says the new monitors yield a very high quality frequency response, adding that they are designed for live and installed sound applications that require a high performance, portable monitor system solution.

In addition, a selection of Radian Audio diaphragms will be on display. Designed and manufactured to have equivalent or better performance than the original, state LMC, these diaphragms are available for a wide variety of JBL compression drivers.

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Sound Technology, the exclusive UK distributor of the Harman Pro brands in the UK and Eire, have announced they will be using the PLASA Focus exhibition to showcase the new Soundcraft Si Compact digital mixing consoles.

The stand (S-A11) will have multiple Si Compact consoles for visitors to experience with specialists from both Sound Technology and Soundcraft on hand to demonstrate the desks.

The Vi1 console, now well established in venues and the hire stock of the UK's leading PA rental companies, will also feature on the stand.

Positioned as the digital mixing solution for all sizes of sound company or user, the Si Compact Series brings all the experience of Soundcraft's digital mixing platforms to a very affordable price level for tour sound, corporate event, house of worship and theatre applications, amongst others.

With full DSP functionality built-in to a small-footprint c

World - ETC has started the application process for its acclaimed LDI Student Sponsorship. Six students will be selected from around the world for the all expenses paid trip to LDI 2011 in Orlando, Florida, in October.

Final year undergraduates (ie, in the final year of their first degree) and postgraduates (those studying a master's or a PhD) studying lighting design, theatre technology or a related field are eligible to apply.

ETC has made it even easier to apply this year, putting the application online at www.etcconnect.com/LDI-2011. The form can be completed electronically, or printed and posted to ETC. The deadline to apply is 6 May.

The sponsorship is a great way to gain experience, see the inner workings of the lighting industry and do some networking. ETC covers the airfare, hotel accommodations, meals, conference passes, and will give you some exclusive swag.

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UK - Light Bureau has announced the recent completion of the first project with shoe retailer Kurt Geiger in the Portobello Road area of Notting Hill, London. The store includes over 500sq.ft of retail space and is designed to impart a sense of upmarket boutique. Glass shelves adorn mirrored walls whilst bespoke glass tables and consoles provide central display areas. This carefully selected pallet of finishes provides high reflection and affords continual views of merchandise throughout the store.

Tasked to provide architectural lighting consultancy for the store Light Bureau director Paul Nulty explains the philosophy behind the lighting solution, "We really wanted to maintain focus on merchandise, creating contrast between the vertical surfaces, display tables and circulation zone. The skill has been to control the light in the way we have. With so many mirrors it would

Belarus - PR Lighting's Belarus distributors, FE Belimlight, needed to draw on almost their entire inventory of PR fixtures recently to meet an extravagant lighting design created by Siarhei Koltsov (from FE's production company, Blackout Studio).

The set was for a concert by Russian rock stars Vyacheslav Butusov and Jupiter in front of 7,000 people at the Minsk Sports Palace - and no fewer than 136 fixtures from the Chinese manufacturer were on duty. These were made up of 48 each of PR Lighting's XL 1500 Spot and Wash Lights and 20 each of the XL 700 Spot and Wash.

The 1500W short-arc discharge fixture is PR Lighting's most powerful head. Its power output and versatility are enhanced by the high quality, super efficient optical system making them among the brightest projectors in the market.

Blackout Studio have a long-standing relationship with the artist's management, and

USA - Martin Audio has again walked away with the Best Club Sound System (Design) category in the 26th International Dance Music Awards (IDMA), held during the Winter Music Conference at the Miami Beach Convention Centre.

The custom dance system installed at the Ministry of Sound in South London beat off nominations from top international venues, Beta in Denver, Cielo and Pacha in New York and Space in Ibiza.

The Ministry of Sound has systematically converted to Martin Audio over a long period, capping this off last year with the completion of a bespoke club stack in its main room (the Box). The final piece in the jigsaw came in February 2010, when it became the first venue to adopt the manufacturer's new ASX active sub.

MoS technical manager, Alex Barrand, said, "Winning the Best Club Sound System last year was a huge honour - but to be accoladed two years in successio

DmxSoft.com will be launching a number of new DMX control products including Sunlite Suite 2, the DVC2 PAD and iPhone/Android phone lighting control with the STICK.

At PLASA Focus: Leeds 2011, Nicolaudie Group will launch what it calls "the dimmer switch of the 21st century", in the shape of its brand new range of DMX touch sensitive controllers, the Nicolaudie STICK2, LumiDesk Touch and Daslight Pad, with sleek, glass-fronted designs.

The controllers feature 128 DMX channels and come preloaded with RGB effects. The top button allows for the unit to be switched on and off. The Dimmer, Color and Scene selection can be made using the left and right arrow buttons, and effects can be quickly modified with the easy to use included control software.

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UK - Connector and cable assembly specialist Ten 47 celebrates its 10th anniversary at the upcoming Frankfurt Prolight&Sound exhibition, Frankfurt.

Ten 47 was set up to provide "high quality connector solutions with a superior service". Throughout the past 10 years the company has introduced many new products and innovations, continuing the trend this year by launching the new Tourline SHC Screened Hybrid Connectors. This new connector offers combined power, audio and Cat 5 connections with a 360° screening of the power contacts from the audio and Cat 5 contacts. Visit Ten47 at ProLight&Sound - Hall 9.0, stand E35.

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Maltbury Staging will use PLASA Focus: Leeds 2011 to launch its new, Backdrape system for weddings, parties and theatres. The system comprises curtain and aluminum support systems -also known as pipe and drape systems or backdrops - which, says the company, transform performance and event spaces. Two different types of Backdrape systems are offered, Performance and Event. Both systems include aluminium uprights on steel bases; extendable aluminium cross-bars which hook onto the uprights; drapes which thread onto the cross-bars; and storage bags for safe and portable storage.

The Event Backdrape system has been specifically designed, says Maltbury, "to transform a simple venue into a sophisticated and beautiful area on a budget". Event Backdrape comes with shimmering ivory drapes, suiting it to backdrops for weddings, parties and other special events. The Event Backdrape can b

UK - Arena Seating supplied 200 seats on three tiered grandstands for the annual ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic that took place between 21-25 March in East Wintergarden, London.

By carefully constructing the grandstands surrounding the courts glass walls, Arena were able to offer spectators the best possible comfort and viewing experience as the world's leading squash players fought for the title of champion, which was eventually won by England's Nick Matthew.

Arena Seating project manager, Bradley Merchant comments, "It is great to be involved in a sporting championship such as the ISS Squash, which was located in the spectacular Canary Wharf. As we do with a range of sporting and live events organisers of all different sizes, we worked closely with ISS to create the venues unique atmosphere. We provide events that require anything from 100 to 25,000 seats, each of whic

UK - Yellow Jacket, manufacturer of the popular cable protector has now opened a manufacturing facility in the UK to serve the European market.

"Manufacturing in Europe will enable us to offer significant lead time reductions, much lower transport costs and the elimination of import duty," says the company.

Yellow Jacket's Advanced Modular System allows for a floor of cable protectors in multiples of 5 channels, this combines with the company's WASP wheelchair DDA / ADA ramp system already used in prestigious venues throughout Europe. Also offered are the extra heavy duty Yellow Jacket Classic from 1 to 5 channels, and the versatile heavy duty Bumble Bee range.

Yellow Jacket Europe also offers custom marking which can be incorporated at short lead times on selected products. Visit the company at the Frankfurt Prolight & Sound exhibition in Hall 9, stand E35 where t

UK - White Light has been chosen to supply the lighting for Betty Blue Eyes, the new musical from producer Cameron Mackintosh.

Based on the film A Private Function by Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray, Betty Blue Eyes is written by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman with music by George Stiles and lyrics by Anthony Drewe. Starring Sarah Lancashire, Reece Shearsmith and an animatronic pig called Betty, the show is being directed by Richard Eyre, choreographed by Stephen Mear, designed by Tim Hatley and the lighting is by this year's Olivier- and Tony-award winning lighting designer Neil Austin.

To light the show, Austin is using a wide selection of equipment from White Light's extensive and diverse rental stock, including a core moving light rig of ETC Revolutions, Vari-Lite VL3500 Spots and VL2500 Washes and DHA Digital Light Curtains, plus a conventional rig incl

Germany - The stage set for one of Germany's most famous and longest running live TV shows was recently illuminated by 120 XLED 590's from PR Lighting.

They were selected by show lighting director Manfred Voss (voss | mediaDesign) as floor effects for the ZDF show, Wetten, Dass, a game and entertainment TV series, which broadcasts six times a year from different theatres in Germany.

The LD, who has enjoyed a long relationship with both the show and the public-service German television channel, used them to highlight the recent performances of German stars, Bruno Mars and Udo Jürgens, enabling the Saturday night prime time viewing audience (plus 2,000 in the auditorium) to see the bright floor-mounted effects, which were integrated in the stage sets of both acts.

"We have a standard lighting set, which is customised for the respective needs of each show - and for

Serbia - ETC's Serbian distributor Studio Berar welcomed over 600 visitors through the doors of Belgrade's BelExpo Centre for an open day last month.

Representing ETC, Fulvio Cotogni and Davide Gabbani presented a full range of lighting and control equipment, including the Congo, Eos and SmartFade lines, Selador LED fixtures and Source Four automated and conventional luminaires.

"We were both surprised and impressed by the number of people who came to the day-long event," says Cotogni, who is ETC's regional manager for southern Europe. "And they were of extremely high calibre. We gave hands on product demonstrations to professionals from across the industry, including freelancers, rental companies and TV studios. In fact, one conversation led directly to an order for Selador fixtures for a TV studio in Bosnia. It's unusual for open house events to achieve visito

UK - The latest addition to the LSi Online website - home of PLASA Media's daily news service, LSi magazine archives and other resources - is the LSi Online Video Hub.

A database-driven resource for videos from across the industry, the LSi Video Hub aims to become a one-stop location for LSi Online's 20,000+ global audience to source and view industry-related video content. Visitors to the site can search by category, tag and keyword to refine their searches.

Beginning with almost 100 videos, the site will grow as more companies put their video content directly in front of LSi's regular online audience. With more than 20,000 regular users making an average of 240,000 page requests at LSi Online each month, and a wide-ranging global appeal, LSi Online is ideally placed to present video resources for product training, demo

Disaster Relief - Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye have released a cover of Beatles song Across the Universe to raise money for the Japanese disaster relief effort. The band played the track at a Japanese disaster benefit gig in London on Sunday having recorded it the previous day. The Beatles originally recorded the song for 1969 WWF fund-raising album No One's Gonna Change Our World. It was then re-recorded for the Let It Be album, released in 1970. The song is available digitally through the Beady Eye website for 99p, with 69p from each download going to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.

Pop Music - Pet Shop Boys have been confirmed as the main support for Take That's record-breaking summer Progress tour. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe will join the reformed boy band for the series of gigs starting on 27 May in Sunderland. Pet Shop Boy

UK - PRG Distribution and PixelRange (a subsidiary of James Thomas Engineering UK) have announced that effective immediately PRG Distribution will be the exclusive European distributor for the range of LED luminaries from PixelRange.

PixelRange is a long-established and respected brand having produced some of the early ground-breaking LED fixtures including the PixelLine 1044 batten. Building on this technology PixelRange has developed a new line-up of intelligent LED fixtures for immediate launch. The new PixelSmart multi-use luminaires was developed from an idea from International LD Andi Watson. The PixelSmart utilises 12 Cree QUAD RGBW LED's and 13 Cree XPG warm white LED's. It has 61 individually addressable channels allowing creative pixel-mapping via either DMX or Digital Media Server. The PixelSmart is typical of the PixelRange build quality with precision CNC'd construc

Few issues in recent years have caused as much controversy in this industry as the state sell-off of substantial portions of the wireless frequency spectrum in the so-called Digital Dividend, a by-product of the UK's switchover from analogue to digital television.

Despite an energetic and high profile campaign co-ordinated by BEIRG (British Entertainment Industry Radio Group, whose sponsors include many leading pro audio manufacturers and PLASA) and the Save Our Sound Campaign, the impending changes in frequency allocations are set to lead to a vast proportion of wireless equipment currently in use becoming redundant. Meanwhile, the Government's proposed compensation for this has been denounced as both inadequate and over-complicated, with the need to provide proof of ownership a particularly thorny issue.

With London 2012 and the digital switchover itself rapidly approaching, the im

USA - Electrosonic has confirmed its acquisition of systems integrator Excel Media Systems Inc. The company will become part of Electrosonic's corporate solutions business, offering meeting room and video conferencing systems with full after-sales services from offices in New York City.

The acquisition expands Electrosonic's corporate solutions business in the New York tri-state area and allows the company to better serve its international clients with local offices.

"We are excited to bring Excel Media's talented team to Electrosonic," says Jim Bowie, president of Electrosonic Group. "Together we will continue to expand and develop our systems and service offerings."

"Both our companies have decades of systems experience. By building on our strengths we will provide the highest value for our customers," adds Robert Menell, founder and owner of

UK - Sharpy, the award-winning, narrow-beamed moving spotlight launched by Clay Paky in January 2011, has already proved a success on its first stage performance in the UK.

When Graeme Sewell of Vortex Lighting saw the spotlight at a major industry exhibition he was determined to be the first to use it and gave Sharpy its debut with the Huge Party Band at two recent sell-out concerts in York.

"I realised that Sharpy was significantly different from anything else on the market," says Sewell . "We are a relatively small operation in the North of England and perhaps because of this I've always been a firm believer in the less-is-more approach. Sharpy fits the bill perfectly: less weight, less cost, but more power."

Vortex used just eight Sharpy units to light the concerts at York Grand Opera House, alongside a number of LED wash lights. "They're just in

UK - In the space of little more than a year, Tinie Tempah has gone from relative unknown to double BRIT Award winner.

Tempah has just finished a tour of some of the UK's best known arenas and he, his band have and his audio crew have appreciated both the quality of Sennheiser's product and the back up that they receive from the company and in particular special projects manager, Phil Cummings.

Tinie's microphone of choice is a 'blinged' SKM 2000 handheld and his in ear monitoring system is a combination of SR2000 and EK2000 (also blinged) which, says monitor engineer Raphael Williams, have proved to be particularly effective, especially in festival situations.

"We use the in ears for clarity and noise reduction," he reports. "They give definition, clarity and directness - and reduce injury for others. If you want to deafen yourself, that's up to you, but you

UK - A.C. Special Projects hosted a successful Control of Colour Changing LEDs lighting workshop at Somerset House in London in conjunction with the Professional Lighting Designers' Association (PLDA).

PLDA UK co-ordinator Sarah Adams approached ACSP's managing director Peter Keiderling to ask if the company would be willing to stage a Workshop for its members. After consulting PLDA member and former president, Paul Traynor of Light Bureau, who suggested that control would be a topic of much interest to the members, this set the theme for what turned out to be a somewhat cold but enjoyable evening at Somerset House.

Traynor contacted Somerset House director Gwyn Miles and lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe - who the company had worked with on providing the architectural lighting scheme for the venue's Edmond J Safra Fountain Court - to request permission to use the ins

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