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Aside from its Award-winning COMPASS system (see Award Winners), Outline introduced the HARD45, a low profile wedge monitor (4x5" and 1x1"), self-powered with reflective waveguide giving 60° by 40° from a very shallow box.

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DMC - the worlds leading remix and megamix service, is a digital DJ supplier of download music, and will shortly also be a download site in October - 'The DMC Download Network' - for which there was keen interest at the show. Its website is one of the biggest online resources for DJs and one of the largest music sites. The DMC 'Buzz Chart' goes out live on Pete Tong's Friday night show.
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Promo Only is a DJ/VJ subscription service, and featured its latest music video and DVD collections plus all the latest chart videos including 'Hot Video'. The company also highlighted a range of 'Oldies' classic music videos from the 1970s to today. Promo Only is licensed by VPL, the official video licensing body.

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Cloud has come along way since its DJ roots and at this year's show continued to expand its range of high quality audio equipment for the installation market. Launching the CXV-225 100V line amplifier, Cloud has added transformer-less amplification to its range. The CXV-225 boasts a variety of features including two channels of 250W into 4 ohms, variable high pass filter, clip limiter, thermal and DC offset protection and the option to add an EQ card and a VCA. The CXV-225 will begin shipping in around four to six weeks. Cloud experienced "a significant amount" of overseas interest at PLASA.

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Celestion launched two new products. The QXi215 speaker is part of the QXi range, aimed at small club and pub installations, while the new TN Series of neodymium magnet low frequency drivers focused on the needs of OEM clients.

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CD Pool is a subscription service for professional DJs. The company highlighted its 'Remix' CD among other products and its new specialist download service which includes music from some of the best indie dance labels, often available as pre-releases. It costs between one and three pounds to download a track.

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Millbank Electronics has always provided high quality, reliable public address, induction loop and background music systems. In recent years they've also moved into the area of voice evacuation systems and it was the 10Max controller that was a central part of the display on its stand. The 10Max can be used in systems with a maximum of 10 zones and can handle up to 10 prioritized input sources. The BS5839 compliant router is designed to form the heart of a voice evacuation system.

Another featured product was the DVS8 compact flash sound store. The unit uses CF cards to store high quality 16bit 44.1kHz samples that can be played back across public address and voice alarm systems. A positive show, according to Neil Voce.

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The launch of the new M7CL digital console turned many heads at PLASA, culminating in multiple sales for Yamaha to companies with the calibre of Britannia Row Productions and Orbital, while dealers like Warehouse (Scotland) and Marquee Audio (UK) queued up to place orders. A completely intuitive touch-panel control surface on the M7CL guides the user through a straightforward and logical navigation system. Touch the on-screen Rack button and instantly patch effects or EQ to any channel; another touch takes you to detailed editing within your chosen effect or graphic.

Eight signal processors can be used simultaneously; conventionally deployed as four graphics and four effects, but with all the onboard effects units capable of operating alternatively as graphics, up to eight graphics can be used. If you don't need the effects - the choice is yours. Operators can exploit processing power

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Some stylish re-branding by SSE Audio Group proved attractive for a company reassuring the market of its future longevity (the company was founded in 1974 by directors Heather and John Penn). The re-branding underlines SSE's presence as not just a PA rental and service provider, but also as a fully-fledged equipment dealer (now an approved Yamaha Digital dealer) and construction company, providing stage sets for purchase and hire.

On the PA rental side, SSE confirmed they are now members of the V-dosc Network, and that recent improvements to the software control of their Nexo Geo-T system has been extremely well received by visiting sound engineers to this year's V and Reading festivals.

SSE has re-tooled its range of stage deck products, a new aluminium profile extrusion of just 75mm makes for a compact system; six sections stacked in the same space as two decks of older conventiona

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Visual Discomix from Slovenia made its first professional DJ computer software in 1995, since when, many others have appeared on the scene. VDMX's DJ Professional Advance has seven modules - known as racks - offering all the control you'd expect from a digital DJ mixer and storage archive.

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A PLASA debutant was Cornored Audio Systems, whose Hans Madsen was giving a world premiere to his new approach to loudspeakers. "I want to build bracketless loudspeakers which will look good in any environment," he said. Manufactured from aluminium, the low-profile enclosures feature a 90° curved front panel, producing a high quality sound.

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Gemini showed a myriad of new products, the most significant of which was the I-Key portable USB recorder which records to any external mass storage device. The user can select between MP3 or WAV file formats and then record onto the key - very simple to use and great for recording on the fly.

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Proel made the most of this year's PLASA by launching three new products of its own and a further nine from among the third-party brands it distributes in the UK. The Proel Extreme Series of affordable PA enclosures providing reliability and audio quality above that of an entry level system. The range is available as both passive and active versions, and has its own range of matched subs.

Debuting at PLASA was an enhanced version of Proel's popular Smart series - the Smart VPlus. The new, improved versions boast high quality sound coupled with sturdy build quality. The trapezoidal enclosures come in 20 flavours, both active and passive.

At the higher end of the market was the AX1118SP subwoofer system, designed to work with the Axiom line array system. The cabinet is designed to be flown as part of an Axiom system and comprises an 18" neodymium woofer with 4" voice coil, wh

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The well-known UniPoint range from A-T has been updated by four new features; UniGuard brings immunity from RF interference (especially useful for those mobile phone interruptions that plague so many conferences); UniSteep - an 80Hz low cut filter, good for reducing ambient noise; UniLine - a cardioid capsule with a tight 90° pickup pattern; and finally, Pivot Point - a rotating connection point for boundary mics in the range, allowing easy changing of plug-in angle, depending on microphone placement.

The AT9892 is another tiny, flexible head-worn mic; lightweight and omni-directional, and with an easily re-shaped ear curve, this mic is ideal for the TV studio environment.

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A wealth of new products are utilizing EtherSound's audio networking standard. At PLASA alone, the new iLive from Allen & Heath, DigiSnake from Pinanson and InnovaSon's Dio Core were some of the more high profile launches. EtherSound has seen massive momentum behind the standard of late, with the total number of licensees doubling in 2005.

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dB emphasized the progress and recognition it has made in wireless technology and modern amplification at this year's show. The company was demonstrating its new digitally controlled 901 Series wireless mic systems, its live series high power active lightweight speakers, the newest generation of the Opera family, plus numerous other existing popular products.

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If there were a prize for most unusual product at the show, Vestax would probably be in with a chance of winning. The company has developed the QFO LE, which looks remarkably like a turntable and, in fact, is a turntable, but also a musical instrument. The deck can pitch shift up to 60% and is ideal for making the most of single note records that are becoming a popular addition to the DJ arsenal. Using the QFO LE with a single note record essentially allows the DJ to create melodies with the pitch shift control and mix them into the rest of his set. Crazy?In addition the the QFO, Vestax also presented the new CDR-07 CD Recorder, which incorporates a professional DJ interface, the VMC-004XL mixer that features four stereo input channels and two stereo outputs and highly reliable ALPS faders. Finally, Vestax unveiled the PMC-08Pro, a digital mixer incorporating a 24 bit 96K DSP, which also

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London-based sound and lighting distributor Fametrack was promoting its latest trade catalogue.

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Cadac introduced another digital product which integrates with its existing range. The F16 DC Master Interface Unit is a 19" rack-mounted unit designed to interface directly with the D16 Digital Mix Matrix. The F16 allows virtual faders within the D16 to be operated via any current Cadac Live Production console. Every virtual fader inside the D16 can be assigned to any DC master on the console. Additionally, the F16 allows integration of any third party console into the D16 as long as it provides access to its VCA control lines. A new product, the X16 MADI Merger, will be available soon.

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HM Electronics, joined on stand by UK distributor Orbital Sound, launched its new HMEDX 200 wireless digital comms system which allows up to 15 belt packs per base and avoids all interference issues or licensing requirements due to its digitality. Through Orbital, it's already in action on shows like Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Beauty and The Beast on tour.

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Three products from DiGiCo - a new Aviom card, an EtherSound card, and a Mini Rack. The Aviom card allows the Aviom self-mixed 'musician' monitoring system to be routed direct from the console - a useful facility that reinforces what Stanley Miller asserted was 'the way forward' on Neil Diamond earlier this year, "self-mixing for musicians is perfectly acceptable for live rock and roll".

Using the EtherSound control protocol puts the engineer is directly in control of running the loudspeakers - especially useful with self-powered PA system and separately amplified systems from the likes of Nexo and Camco. Could be useful for dialling out parts of the system when you find an upper balcony fails to fill with people, and saves a lot of running down to stage to achieve the same effect.

Mini Rack really capitalizes on the post-digital transfer syndrome in that where once enginee

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Now the biggest stockist of Meyer Sound PA systems in Europe, Procon continues to lead the European rental market in terms of scale. LED video screens are also increasing in the Procon inventory, particularly Barco D series screen modules, and they now stock 7,000 Mi-Pix modules. The company also has quantities of Pulsar Chroma Panels, and i-Tiles from Color Kinetics. Procon says it is currently bidding on the Winter Olympics in Turin (LD Durham Marenghi) and the Beijing Olympics.

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B&K Braun showed the Sirius and Sirius Pro, which the company is now distributing. The highlight was the new range of Sirius DXP mixers, designed for operation in studio, live FOH and monitoring applications. Each audio channel has a three-band EQ, a DSP effect processor and phantom power. The mixers are also available in both passive and active versions, the latter delivering 250W into eight ohms (12-16 channels) or 300W into eight ohms (20-24 channels).

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Although it's been around for a while now, PLASA 2005 was the first UK public outing for L-Acoustics new Kudo system, which, incidentally, was used just last week for the Mercury prize awards. L-Acoustics chose PLASA to complete the deal to add Midlands-based audio hire company SSE to the V-Dosc network.
  1. Audient / LA Audio
  2. DiGiCo
  3. Pioneer
  4. KV2 Audio Europe
  5. Infinium Technologies
  6. Loud Technologies / EAW / Mackie
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