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USA - Color Kinetics has introduced iColor Module FX - a new lighting medium in the form of a 6" (15.2cm) square modular unit aimed at designs requiring singularly controllable points of light - including interior surface designs, backlit fabrics and three-dimensional objects.

iColor Module FX incorporates nine or 36 tri-colour LED nodes, mounted on a printed circuit board, and driven by Color Kinetics' custom Chromasic microchip. Each LED node within iColor Module FX is individually controllable, whether applied across one unit or a large-scale, multi-unit installation. It offers designers a flexible, extensible medium with which to bring complex lighting designs to life, including scrolling text and images, video and animations, say the company.

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UK - Rane Corporation and Serato Audio Research have launched the Official Scratch LIVE DJ Forum, where DJs can download the new Scratch LIVE software version 1.1. The companies say this is a free, public forum offering valuable multi-way communications between DJs and the developers and support personnel at both Serato and Rane. Serato is hosting the Official Forum since most topics involve the software's current and future features. The new Scratch LIVE software version 1.1 offers over 50 new features and fixes and can be downloaded from the Official Forum. Topics on the Forum include News, Downloads, Help, Feature Suggestions, Tips and Tricks, Known Issues and the catch-all General Discussion.

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UK - Drag Net 4.0, available for download from the Rane website (address below) offers new processing blocks and enhancements to Rane's popular RPM family of 100% drag-and-drop DSP products. This release introduces high quality Feedback Suppression, hardware password protection and support for the powerful new low-cost SR 4 Smart Remote. The SR 4 Smart Remote features a rotary encoder knob for level control and preset or sources selection, plus eight status LEDs.

Any RPM device using a previous version of Drag Net can be easily updated for free to version 4.0. New Drag Net 4.0 features a powerful new Feedback Suppression block featuring Rane's Troxelation algorithm; new 6 x n Auto-Mixer with increased DSP efficiency; hardware password protection, integrated Smart Remote configuration; SR 4 Smart Remote support, and user interface enhancements which simplify setup.

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

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Greece - TV companies throughout the world are in the final stages of preparing for the 2004 Olympic Games, and production teams on both sides of the Atlantic will again rely on Sennheiser. The German TV companies ARD and ZDF are lining up with a total of 100 wireless channels: around 300 wireless Sennheiser microphones and receivers will be on hand to transmit the sporting events and to provide internal coordination and communication.

For Gunnar Darge, technical director, it is not only the reliable sound transmission of the Sennheiser systems that is vitally important but also the on-site service. "Dozens of TV stations will be reporting live from the Olympic Games and there will be huge amounts of radio communication taking place. It's therefore all the more reassuring to be able to rely on the support of Sennheiser." Sennheiser's RF specialist Klaus Willemsen will

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UK - Star Events Group demonstrated its versatility by designing and installing a set of staging and rigging that dealt with the radically different requirements of all the shows in Hyde Park during June and July. These consisted of the record-breaking three Red Hot Chili Peppers shows, 95.8 Capital FM's Party in the Park for The Prince's Trust and the reunion of Simon & Garfunkel.

The run of events began in June, with three shows by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Star Events Group was a key part of the production team assembled by the band's production manager, Bill Rahmy, and promoter Clear Channel Entertainments, whilst simultaneously providing huge VerTech stages for the band's other UK dates in Scotland and Wales. The stunning visual impact of the 2004 Chili Peppers show, seen by over a quarter of a million fans in Hyde Park alone, centred around superbly mixed animation, film

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Germany - Behringer announced recently the immediate availability of the console-style Europower PMH5000 powered mixer. The all-new PMH5000 is an ultra-compact and light-weight powered mixer that incorporates patented Coolaudio Technology - an amplification technology that delivers enormous power and excellent sonic performance at nearly half the depth and weight of conventional powered mixers say the company. The mixer features 20 channels (12 mono + 4 stereo), plus stereo tape returns, two 24-bit/46 kHz effects processors with 99 Virtualizer presets each, two monitor paths and flexible I/O options.

Originally introduced as the Europower "PMX" Series, in a recent move to foster global consistency with other Behringer products and product range, Behringer re-introduce the Europower's brand designation. The change in name is merely an administrative one that does not im

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USA Elation's popular Waterfall DMX water-simulation fixture has been upgraded. John Lopez, sales manager for Elation Professional said: "Not only are the Waterfall 250's water-like effects much brighter as a result of a new 250W lamp, but we've also put more controls into the hands of users. This allows you to create a wider variety of visual effects and focus on particular colours to set different moods. Having this greater control makes the Waterfall 250 a much more versatile effect."

Using a DMX controller, operators can now individually control the speed and rotation of the Waterfall 250's two textured glass wheels. Additionally, separate controls determine each wheel's direction of rotation, so users also have the option to independently spin the wheels clockwise or counter-clockwise.

With all of these improvements, the company say that the Waterfall 250 is no

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USA - Symetrix, designers of the successful SymNet Audio Matrix line of audio processorshas introduced SymNet Express. Representing the next generation of SymNet hardware development, Express will be available in two versions - Express and Express Cobra. The Express series includes seven new audio processors that extend the utility of the SymNet technology into new applications, scenarios and price points. All models are now shipping.

Express (non-Cobra) is available in three models - 12x4, 4x12, and 8x8, targeted at stand-alone applications where a single DSP unit is sufficient to handle all of the processing between the source gear (all inputs are line- or microphone-selectable) and the amplifiers.

Express Cobra is available in four models - 12x4, 4x12, 8x8, and 4x4. Along with analog I/O, each includes an 8x8 CobraNet license, supporting Peak Audio's industry standard prot

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UK - Production Services, the UK manufacturer of professional loudspeaker and amplifier products, has announced its relocation to a new factory in South Wales. Heavy investment in CNC machinery will ensure greater accuracy and production capability. The company reports it is now in full production of its LST and AMT speaker systems and SP Series amplifiers and processors, and will soon be introducing new products, and has "solid long-term financing and a continued determination to push technological barriers to the limit, providing our industry with superior sonic solutions."

The company's new website (address below), includes information on all the new products including its horn-loaded family of line array systems. The website is just the start of a major promotion campaign that will see its products exhibited at international trade shows, supported by ongoing trade

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USA - Production Resource Group provided a complete lighting package for the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. The package included many items traditionally available from PRG, as well as many new Vari-Lite technologies added to the company's inventory as a result of its June 2004 merger with VLPS Lighting Services.

"It's been great to work on this high profile project as part of the new PRG", said Susan Tesh, general manager of PRG's Los Angeles office. "We were able to pull together all of our resources on time to provide the volume and variety of equipment that our client needed."

PRG's lighting package included a Virtuoso VX control system, 171 VL5 and 194 VL5Arc wash luminaries, 30 VL6C, 38 VL7and 90 VL3000 spot luminaries. Also included were 181 Martin Professional MAC 2000 wash lights, 116 Par Bars, 58 Source Four 19°, 48 Dome Strobes,

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UK / Austria - Software provider Stardraw.com has appointed leading Austrian pro audio sales, distribution and systems specialist, Audiosales Vertriebs GmbH, as resellers throughout Austria for the entire range of Stardraw's design and documentation software packages.

Located 15km south of Vienna, AudioSales specializes in four areas of business activity: recording and post-production, fixed installations, broadcast, and professional live sound. The company also has an impressive portfolio of brands under exclusive distribution, including Audix microphones, Drawmer and Klark Teknik signal processors, Midas and SSL mixing consoles, Peavey MediaMatrix, Samplitude hard-disk recording, and L-Acoustics and Work loudspeakers.

AudioSales sales manager Reinhard Brummer is pleased to number the Stardraw product range among these brands. "We have a long history in digital recordi

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Italy - Allen & Heath's iDR programmable DSP system has been installed in the newly-opened Ferrari Store in Rome, to manage sound distribution in the luxurious retail outlet. Launched in the wake of the success of Ferrari Stores in Maranello and Bologna, the Rome store is situated in the heart of the city and designed by leading architectural studio, Iosa Ghini. The three-storey building houses luxury merchandise on the ground floor, toys and children's goods in the basement, and on the first floor, books, scale models and much sought-after memorabilia from Ferrari Granturismo and Formula 1 cars.

The visitors can experience the thrill of driving thanks to a simulator equipped with a number of technological devices that reproduce the feel of Ferrari's most famed supercar - the Testarossa. The simulator is furnished with plasma screens, including a huge 5m x 1m screen, with a spe

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UK - PLASA Show: First launched in 2000, Homemix has become a popular entry level DJ brand. For 2004, Homemix has the addition of two innovative new products: Play DJ and the TT500M, together with a completely fresh image for the brand.

The Party Mixing Station, the new 'DJ generation CDJ-1', is a totally portable, ghetto blaster style twin CD mixing unit with integral cassette deck and radio. It features external amp output sockets, a microphone input socket and the option for recording demo tapes, this Party Mixing Station really is great value for money. The TT500M is an entry-level traditional turntable mixing system which comes complete with drive belt turntables, two-channel mixer and headphones. Available autumn 2004, this system is a professional looking yet affordable piece of DJ equipment.

Play DJ will be the first self-contained DJ mixing unit to retail at under £1

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Germany - Long-serving EVI Audio general manager Hans-Peter Richter has retired, and is succeeded by Detlev L. Heiringhoff, a graduate in business administration. Richter joined the company as early as 1973, as general manager of the TV-equipment dispatch department. Two years later, he was appointed deputy general manager of Dynacord and Echolette. From 1981 onwards, he occupied the post of general manager of finance, materials administration and production, the post which Heiringhoff now fills.

Heiringhoff graduated in business administration from the University of Dortmund and has worked in logistics and finance. From 1994 to 1996, Heiringhoff served as administrative director of Peek & Cloppenburg KG of Düsseldorf, later taking manageemtn positions at Telecom AG in Frankfurt, Suzuki International Europe in Munich.

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USA - High End Systems West Coast is offering free one-day Catalyst and DL1 training classes from 8-10 September at its Van Nuys, California office. Anyone interested in taking the class must have Wholehog II or Wholehog III console programming experience to train on HES' newest digital lighting products. Classes run from 9am to 5pm and lunch will be provided. Space is limited to no more than 12 persons each day, so please RSVP as soon as possible by calling High End Systems at +1 (818) 947-0550.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Italian lighting manufacturer Studio Due has appointed Florida-based Techni-Lux as the exclusive US distributor for all its product range, including the City Color and Hercules architectural colour wash fixtures and other intelligent lighting fixtures. "Studio Due is one of the world's major industry innovators of architectural and entertainment lighting whose trendsetting concept luminaires have been guiding industry developments for years. This elite manufacturer is a real ambassador of Italian quality, technology, style and elegance capable of encapsulating all of the values and symbols of a new vision of professional lighting," says Luciano Salvati, president and CEO of Techni-Lux.

Studio Due offers some of the highest quality architectural lights available, which have been used for many high profile projects such as Hong Kong's ongoing Symphony of Lights, l

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UK - PLASA Show: Sennheiser UK is exhibiting again at the PLASA show this year (12-15 September, Earls Court, London). The company will be introducing new products from Sennheiser, Rane, D.A.S., Lab.gruppen, Adamson, NetCIRA, APart, Anchor and Rycote. This year's stand will also be 'digitally networked' using NetCIRA, to show how the system works and allowing demonstrations of other products via the network system. The network will also link to other major stands within the PLASA show.

Sennheiser will show its brand new evolution 800 and 600 series, a new generation of wired mics that puts Sennheiser sound quality within reach of everyone's budget, say the company. The e800 and e600 series is a complete range with vocal and instrument mics for bands, soloists, and presenters and cater for a wide range of applications.

Designed for demanding professional use, Sennheiser'

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UK - Pro audio distributor Autograph Sales has further expanded its team with the appointment of Louis Van Niekerk. South African born, Van Niekerk moved to the UK to further explore his passion of audio. He has previously worked as a freelance sound operator and has a sound engineering diploma. At Autograph he will serve in a technical support and logistics role, backing up the sales and service department and dealing with the company's wide range of audio products. Other personnel changes include the promotion of Susie Alterman to sales coordinator, after two years working with the company in a support role.

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UK - ChainMaster of Eilenburg, one of the world's market leaders in the manufacture of chain hoists and chain-hoist controllers for the stage, has now become a member of the Professional Lighting and Sound Association (PLASA). Frank Hartung of ChainMaster commented: "We applied for admission to the Association in order to be able to drive forward the international dialogue with colleagues, customers and users. With its considerable influence, the PLASA represents an attractive platform."

At this year's PLASA show in London, ChainMaster will again be presenting its latest products. The venue for the fair, as in previous years, is the Exhibition Centre in Earls Court. ChainMaster can be found on stand C79.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Since its launch this spring, Avolites' eDMX wireless control system has been utilized in a huge variety of projects and locations around the world with great success. AP Services put the system through its paces at the 'Bauma 2004' exhibition in Germany at the Munich Messe convention centre, for a high profile Perkins Engines launch - the first eDMX use outside of the UK.

The show finale revealed the engine itself, mounted on a revolve. There were no spare slip rings available, so getting data to the equipment on the revolve was tricky. As the show was repeated up to 20 times, manual cable management was out of the question - so Avolites' eDMX was an obvious choice. The radio DMX link controlled a mixture of James Thomas Pixelline battens (run in 54-channel mode), Martin MAC 250s and Atomic 3000 Strobes, with the balance of the rig controlled via a conventional, wired, sys

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UK - Dido's Life for Rent tour uses the G-LEC ClassicFrame system to add a touch of elegance to her set. Following the success of the American leg of the tour, the size of the G-LEC system has been increased by 50% for the European dates, from 10.5sq.m to 15.75sq.m, and nine extra custom-made panels have also been added.

Lighting designer Andi Watson is especially pleased with the ClassicFrame and chose it because of its numerous strengths, the most important of which for Watson is its unique appearance: "It's the fact that they are see-through," he said. "They can disappear into the set when they are not in use and they are an integral part of the show because of this." During the show the G-LEC ClassicFrame is used to display a range of innovative graphics and abstract images from the High End Catalyst system, as well as 'oscilloscope' type wave images in

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