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OnlyView software is just four months old, so this was its first appearance in the UK on the stand of large-format projection specialist, ETC UK. Designed for multi-screen control, OnlyView provides the ability to tracka projected image accurately through other projected images - using a positional encoder on the moving target, rather than have to time and block a cue (never a perfect science). Linked by Cat 5 or Wi-Fi, this is ideal for dancers wanting to use multi-media to enhance performance. Sounds simple, is immensely complex and powerful.

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Gracing the Innovation Gallery as nominees for this year's Awards for Innovation, were three new products from Italian lighting specialist Clay Paky. The Alpha Wash 1200 has been with us since March '06; featuring a zoom of 11°-55°, it is also the most powerful Washlight in the Alpha family. The Alpha Profile 1200 has only just gone into production; replacing the Stage Profile Plus, it is substantially smaller and lighter but with the same feature set. The Alpha Wash Halo 1200 has all the features of the Wash 1200 with a Halogen bulb for even greater brightness, though at the expense of the zoom parameters (14° - 64°). All three lamps are significantly quieter, and come in SV - 'silent versions'.
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Prolific as ever, Artistic Licence launched four new products: The Pixi-Stream - a media server capable of processing eight layers over 20,000 channels with 3D effects; the Candle-Power CP3-12 - a DIN rail-mounting dimmer for high-power Lumileds and Lamina-style LEDs; 'The Mother Of All Products' (MOAP) - a modular control and distribution system comprising a wide range of plug-in modules (up to 10) which allows for bespoke configuration and finally, Hi-Res - a transparent, flexible, modular light wall with 64 pixels per square metre.

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Ben-Ri Electronica demo'd its new range of LT-Light Hydra Light consoles, plus its new hand-held remote control system which offers a wireless Ethernet version running on a PDA. Licensed for Capture 3D stage lighting design tool, Hydra Light comprises three main lines - Spirit, Sky and Space.

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Exhibiting for the first time, Dialight Lumidrives launched some major new products including the Colourdriver XP. This innovative four-channel driver offers a range of benefits including a wider choice of colour combinations and a selection of 350mA to 1Amp output. Other products launched include the newly updated and improved HL11 and HL16 (high light output) modules - alternatives to the MR11 and MR16 bulbs.

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Networking is now a seamless match between all three-console models from Flying Pig Systems, Wholehog3, Hog iPC, and Hog 3PC can be mixed and matched. The prototype Expansion wing shown at last year's PLASA show is now in full production; and there is a new custom keyboard for the Hog 3PC with fully labelled and coloured buttons, making access to all the keyboard shortcuts that much easier to find.

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Highlight International's diverse range spans over 6,000 products, but at PLASA this year the stand majored on the new Dark Shade range of DJ mixers and amps and the new Xcaliber range of cables and adapters. The latter come with a lifetime warranty, which is attractive for installation work. Highlight was also buzzing with the news that they have just sealed the deal to be the exclusive UK distributor for Antari smoke machines and effects

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Aside from picking up an Innovation Awards for its new m-DMX (DMX over mains) system, Avolites also unveiled its Pearl Expert, which boasts even more submasters and flash buttons. Powered by an Intel Core Duo Processor, it offers exceptionally high-speed button response, a total of 20 submasters and new Add and Swop buttons on the top row of faders, allowing easy placement of fixtures and dimmers on all 60 preset faders. The new 'Colour Picker' gives instant control of CMY and colour mix devices and a new 'Split Roller' separates the 20 sub-masters into two banks of 10 allowing for live mix and match of memories.

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Steinigke Showtechnic GmbH were having "a very successful show" thanks to their Futurelight PHS-265 (spot) and PHW-265 (wash) wireless DMX fixtures. These moving heads have an integral wireless receiver, and can also be operated in stand-alone master/slave modes or be sound-controlled via a built-in microphone.

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Nemetschek North America - developer of VectorWorks Spotlight entertainment and lighting-design software - was demonstrating its latest version. The company say the software makes it easy to draft lighting plots, create stunning set designs, automate paperwork and visualise design concepts in 3D . . .

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PLASA stalwarts Batmink revealed eight new products, heavily LED-based, including an LED PAR containing 24 x 1W LEDs and the similar PARlight fixture, a heavier-duty and more industrial version of the fixture suitable for installs. Batmink also showed the new RGB colour changing version of their Neon Flux product, which is reckoned to be among the smoothest on the market. It comes with its own DMX controller, or can run stand-alone.

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Italian lighting manufacturer LDR had an impressive presence at PLASA this year, alongside UK distributor Lightfactor, and showed two new products. Soffio, a pole-operated Fresnel, comes in two versions: F150 - a 150W cdm, and F1200 - a 1200W halogen source. For the top-of-the-range Canto 2000 followspot comes the addition of a remote control colour change fitting. Designed to operate up to eight of LDR's own range of Xpress colour scrollers this is a handy tool for producing snappy colour cues.

LDR's Fabiano Besio told us: "The PLASA show is recognised as the leading show in the lighting business. At the 2006 edition we've seen a great response and attention to LDR products, especially for our Fresnel theatre range."

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A derivative of its ChromaMR16, ChromaTube from Pulsar is an LED-based RGB colour mixing 5cm diameter tube in three lengths - 300, 600 and 900mm. The tube wall is soft focus frosted, the MR16 end-mounted. The rack-mount ChromaZone X3 is a 600W dimmer designed to drive a dozen 50W fixtures - ChromaBatten 50s, for example. ChromaStrip is intended for decorative 'lining' emphasis, comes in 1.2m lengths, is single colour, and has two variants, Standard 17W, or Extreme 45W.

Of most interest was Pulsar's Custom Service, where the company seeks to make strategic advantage of being UK-based by offering full customs, design, advice and development service to architectural and interior designers

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CLS-LED (Creative Lighting Solutions) showed the new Pixelscreen Touring product, specifically developed for that market, therefore lightweight and very easy to rig. It's aimed at rental companies and enables them to build an 8 x 6m screen in an hour out of 4:3 ratio modules. Also new was ColorCove - a flexible, DMX-controllable LED strip that's bright and can run up to 19m on 1 dimmer. Using brighter LEDs has made it infinitely more bendable and easier to use in interior design applications.

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Mico Lighting, distributors for all the major lamps from Osram, GE, Sylvania and Phillips were experiencing great interest in the new Phillips Fast-Fit replacement high intensity discharge lamp - which promises to significantly redcue overall fixture size in the future.

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Studio Due displayed various new products including the City LED - a smart-looking RGB LED DMX-controllable fixture for architectural application. Housed in an IP67-rated aluminium case, it provides high output light fittings for sign and letter illumination and video graphics. Also on show were new models of the City Color CC2500/C and CC1800/C IP54 - the use of a new asymmetric bracket giving the fixture greater tilting capacity. Also new was Control Five - a controller with 512 DMX channels, shape function, MIDI in/out and through, DMX in, and 32 parameters.

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From Stuttgart, Germany, HB Laserkomponenten were demonstrating the two main systems which they have developed and use regularly. The LightCube 3 is a 3W RGB system with full-colour and graphics capabilities for indoor use. The LightCube 8 is a high powered system for external applications. Their multimedia control platform, Titan, handles lighting, lasers and sound and is suitable for time coded and sync'ed shows.

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MDG showed its full line of products, including the MM Series (foggers), ATM Series (haze generators), MAX Series (fog generators), Ice Fog Series (low-lying fog generators), and the Professional Modular Fog System.

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Spanish company VMB Effects highlighted their well-known and loved Towerlift range, plus the new PIRAM range line array lift, which was flying its own Lynx line array speaker system. Also showing were their VMB trussing, dimmers and digital processors.

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White Light's stand was the launching point for a range of new products from the various manufacturers it represents (see other entries), including ELC, LDDE, Robert Juliat, Look Solutions and LSC Lighting - for which the company announced its appointment as exclusive distributor to the UK and Ireland at the show. The stand also served as a showcase for the company's own products - including the Digital Festoon System, the VSFX and the Tubular Ripple. Also very popular was the return of the 2way-15amp adapters or Grelcos (designed the old-fashioned way), plus the latest edition of its Catalogue and Reference Guide

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Lightstorm Trading showed products from TDE Light-Tech in Holland and Amptown among other manufacturers. The stand was made up of TDE Light-Tech's RGB Dancefloor Tiles, which are solidly constructed with a weight loading of 1200kg, measuring 1m square and divided into 16 sections, allowing readable text to be scrolled across a length of them at a height of 2m or more. Amptown showed its latest 600W tungsten and HMI 575 moving lights, both of which have CMY colour mixing and a motorised focus.

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New additions to the capabilities of MA Lighting's GrandMA desk through GrandMA Video (a software media server launched last year) include a pixel-mapping function. Can also playback most media formats frame synchronous throughout the network. Other features include multi-layer preview giving a 3x3 display of all six layers. GrandMA video can also follow blind programming of the console from additional PC or laptop while the desk output is unaffected.

MA also support Schnick Schnack Systems and showed their new LED panel, the Paneel C100, in 1m square panels - a backlight fixture for use behind a projection screen (optimum distance 3") to create full-colour mixing than can be smooth or tile pixelated. Needless to say, it's fully DMX controllable.

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Osram showed a variety of new bulbs. The 4ArXs HCD ceramic metal halide lamp for creative architectural lighting and the double-ended Baby SharXS HTI, with a length of just 93mm were shown alongside new lamps in the aluPAR family, billed as being 66% lighter and up to 10% brighter than conventional halogen PAR 56 lamps for stage and show lighting. The HMI 18000 W/SE is a new addition to the company's range ofhigh-output single-ended metal halide lamps; the 575 W HPL Long Life (1,500 hours) burns nearly four times as long as the standard lamp, while the 750W version lasts up to five times, the company says. Another addition to the HPL Series is QXL Quick eXchange - thanks to its unique twist-and-lock cap, the lamp can be replaced without opening the luminaire. The company's new series of mains voltage halogen lamps for the entertainment, show, and stage sectors are manufactured in

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LED (Lighting Effects Distribution) had their latest colour-changing x-Chip multi-coloured LED strip light on the stand, a large quantity of which has just been used to kit out a TV studio in Athens. They also have a new LED truss warmer using 12 x 1W emitters, specifically designed to fit into standard triangular MiniBeam trussing. LED has also just started distribution of GLP (German Lighting Products) moving lights.
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  2. Robe Show Lighting
  3. Beacon
  4. ADB Lighting Technologies
  5. SGM
  6. RVE
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