Details
USA - Color Kinetics Incorporated, recently announced the continued expansion of its OEM product line with eight new offerings - all designed to give manufacturers flexible options for cost-effectively developing and delivering complete lighting systems based on market-proven technology, say Color Kinetics.

The new offerings include additional Digital Light Engines (DLEs), new power/data modules, and proprietary chips that Color Kinetics is making available to third parties for the first time. "This launch marks the next step in our expanding OEM product strategy, through which we can further propagate the use of Color Kinetics' technology in existing core markets and in entirely new ones," said Bill Sims, President and COO, Color Kinetics. "The technology and syste

Details
UK - The Pumphouse, in the heart of Swansea's Marina, has been extensively refurbished by Welsh brewer and Pub Company S.A. Brain and Co Ltd. Internal features retain much of the original brickwork and white timber panelling and the décor includes pictures and graphics of the pump house in its working heyday. Other decorative artefacts give the venue a distinctly maritime theme. A new glazed area to one side of The Pumphouse blends tastefully with the old building and affords customers an excellent view of the Marina and waterway.

Seating throughout the bar and restaurant areas is unusually varied, ranging from high stools, leather-clad bench seats, comfy tub chairs, hard back seating, settees and bean bags; clearly aimed at catering for all age groups. The sound system, selected by local Cardiff-based installer Jeff Smith of Smith Electrical, utilises a combination of Tannoy

Details
UK - Harlow's Liquid nightclub has recently undergone a £2 million refurbishment. Curved surfaces create an open inclusive space, and a state-of-the-art projector and light cluster dominate the centre of the dance floor to create a new clubbing experience. The installation combines lighting effects and video projection onto a raised circular wall that envelops the dance area. Video is controlled from the DJ booth, prominently situated on a raised stage, and managed by one of the first UK installations of Pioneer's revolutionary DVJ-X1 DVD turntables.

James Hall, Liquid's general manager comments: "The state-of-the-art projection kit and Pioneer's DVD turntables enable our DJs to create a completely new and immersive audio-visual experience. When people enter the space and see the video in time with the beat for the first time, they are genuinely awed."

Liquid opene

featured content

Indochine X PixMob Fan Immersion

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!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

Details
USA - Denon DJ's DN-S1000 CD/MP3 player has been named Best DJ Product at the Club World Awards 2005. Now in its third year, the Club World Awards recognize innovation in design, technology, sound and talent across nightclubs in North America. The awards - also known as the Disco Globes after their mirrorball trophies - honour the most cutting-edge products and the DJs, promoters and proprietors who strive to bring the public the ultimate clubbing experiences.

The winners of the Club World Awards are determined by an independent panel of expert judges, and were announced at the Club World Awards ceremony held during the Winter Music Conference in Miami, Florida. This award comes on the heels of Denon DJ receiving accolades from two other notable industry associations for its cutting-edge DJ products: at the DJ Magazine Technoscan Awards, Denon's DN-D4000 Dual CD/MP3 Player won

Details
Germany / Sweden - Another HK Audio Cohedra Compact system, consisting of 24 CDR 108 C mid/high units, 12 CDR 210 C subwoofers and PR 8 power racks, has been sold to Road Ready Sound in Stockholm, Sweden. The company has recently undergone a transformation as a result of merging two separate rental firms into one larger company. It has also taken over the very impressive Gamlatryckeriet venue in the Stockholm area with over 2,500sq.m of floor space - ideal for launch parties and corporate events for large organizations which have included Shell, IKEA and BMW.

Road Ready Sound's owners, Janne Arkegren and Joacim Fagerström, have been HK Audio users for many years. When it came to choosing a line array system, they knew they could not only trust HK Audio but also feel confident in the service provided by HK's Swedish distributor, ILT Scandinavia AB, from whom they purchased the

Details
UK - 5 Star, the Cambridgeshire-based flightcase manufacturer, recently supplied the 1000th 'Eurotrucker' road trunk to Blitz Communication. Blitz specializes in audio-visual equipment rental and AV services and has one of the UK's largest equipment warehouses for the hire of video projectors, sound equipment, display technology, stage sets and lighting. 5 Star has been a prime supplier of flightcases to Blitz for over two years, and in that time has manufactured a wide variety of case styles and specifications for different departments within the company, including audio-visual, sound and multimedia equipment.

Blitz Communication has headquarters in Elstree, as well as a branch in Manchester. The company uses the popular 'Eurotrucker' general purpose road trunk extensivley for cables and accessories. To commemorate the 1000th unit supplied to Blitz, 5 Star produced a 'Eurotru

Details
UK - Although it was a Nexo GEO-S system that local company Sound Acoustics flew in Glasgow's Tron Theatre, as one of the venues which hosted the 2005 Celtic Connections Festival, it was a t&m Systems rig that they ended up permanently supplying. But fortunately both brands are distributed in the UK by Fuzion plc.

Situated in the City's East End, the famous old touring theatre needed to supplement its existing house system - but in view of the number of arts spaces (including the original Victorian Bar) housed within a building whose steeple dates back to the 16th century, they also needed a rolling set-up that could be used outside. Sound Acoustics ended up supplying eight t&m 122 12" full-range speakers, complemented by a pair of t&m 215 (2 x 15) subs - and relevant system controller. "We went for t&m on the recommendation of Sound Acoustics, whom we trust implicitl

Details
Denmark - Martin Professional will exhibit a raft of new lighting, sound and fog effects at Frankfurt's ProLight&Sound exhibition next week. On display will be a 250W Fresnel washlight in the new MAC 250 Series of moving heads, the MAC 250 Wash. Equipped with advancements including new reflector technology for greater output, fast and quiet movement, a variable frost filter for zoom effect, and a CMY colour mixing system with a complementing colour wheel, the MAC 250 Wash is an ideal accompaniment to the Krypton and Entour profile spots, say Martin.

Also on display will be a dedicated stage version of the popular Cyclo fluorescent colour changer. Stage Cyclo features four 54W high output fluorescent tubes in red, green, blue and white with the same full color mixing capabilities found in the top of the range Cyclo fixtures from Martin Architectural.

Updated versions of the

Details
UK - Pro audio manufacturer Audient will present its new digital loudspeaker management system, 'One', at the ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt next week. A brand new top-flight system for sound reinforcement and fixed installation alike, One is available with 4 or 6 outputs and adapts to any system configuration in no time, say Audient. A fast, intuitive interface provides access to a host of features including 45 presets, delay times of up to 480ms, 8 bands of EQ and a broad selection of filter types including the unique Hardman filter.

Audient's sales and marketing director Luke Baldry says: "By using 96kHz operation, carefully matched converters and minimal signal path design, One offers the outstanding quality that is expected from Audient. We are pleased to present it at a pleasantly surprising price too."

Audient will also be exhibiting the recently laun

Details
The Netherlands - Lumileds Lighting has announced "a quantum leap" in LED technology with new red, red-orange and amber LEDs that produce record-breaking typical lumens per package of 110 for Amber, 140 for Red and 190 for Red-Orange, which, the company claims, triples the industry benchmark previously set by the company's Luxeon family of solid-state light sources and quadrupling the performance of other LEDs. The new Luxeon III emitters reduce the cost of semiconductor-based lighting per lumen, and save space, by reducing the number of emitters required to produce a given light output. They also pave the way for development of new LED-based products requiring brighter illumination and/or simpler lighting system design in red and related colours. Applications range from rear automotive lighting to aviation, manufacturing and architainment.

(Lee Baldock)

Details
UK - Next week's Pro Light&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt sees LA Audio launch two diverse new products - Can-D and the PC90. Can-D is a headphone delay unit and amplifier for any live application. With delay times of up to 678ms, users can be 226m from the stage and still enjoy the sound of 'time-coherent cans', say the company, adding that a substantial headphone amplifier provides levels up to and including 'painfully loud'. Can-D's solid build quality with compact casing design and built in power supply proves a cost-effective tool, fitting perfectly into a production case.

The PC90 absolute phase checking system incorporates a separate emitter and receiver module, which can be used with its internal speaker and microphone or can connect via XLR to test phase accuracy throughout any audio system. The PC90's broadband pulse can detect phase inversion regardless of time delay

Details
Germany - EVI Audio has announced that Hamburg-based Amptown Sound & Communication GmbH (ASC) is to be the company's new distribution partner for intercom systems. The alliance between the systems house, which provides integrated solutions for media technologies, including consulting planning and realization, and the market leader in both wireless and wired communications technology has positive implications for both the market and the end user, say the company. The distribution deal covers all the intercom products and systems of both Telex and RTS - including the digital matrices Adam and Cronus, which have no competitors anywhere in the world, and the wireless intercom systems BTR-700 and BTR-800.

"We are delighted, after a long and intensive search, to have found a more than competent partner for Germany," says Manuel Brico, Telex product manager for EAME. "T

Details
UK - PLASA 2005, Europe's definitive exhibition for professionals and decision-makers within the entertainment, event, corporate, architectural and installation industries, takes place at London's Earls Court from Sunday September 11 to Wednesday September 14 2005.

This annual event attracts visitors from all over the world and is run by people from within the industry - and the 2005 show promises to deliver precisely what the market requires - information, ideas and a strong forum for doing real business.

Over 300 companies are committed to making PLASA 2005 a solutions-led event: between them they will roll out over 1,000 new products and services designed to push existing technical and creative possibilities a stage further.

Both show floors will be packed with new ideas in audio, lighting, AV, rigging, system integration, engineering and effects: visitors will get to

Details
UK/Spain - After its first full year of operation, the London branch of Seville-based touring and events company Apogee S.A.reports excellent business levels. "We are absolutely fully booked," says managing director, Oscar Fragio. "We have met all our targets. Things could hardly be better."

The decision to expand into Northern Europe, says Fragio, was prompted by "a desire for closer contact with our customers and for the company to grow. We had noticed that many of our customers frequently worked in London, so London was the logical location for our first foreign branch."

Further expansion is also likely "We want to expand," says Fragio, "and extend our services to all Europe - our ultimate goal being at least one branch in every European country."

To meet its ambitious targets, Apogee S.A. has started to expand its work

Details
Estonia - Eventech, a leading source for professional sound and lighting services in the Baltic region supplied a Meyer Sound based system for the most recent Estonian National Song Festival. Held every fourth summer, the Festival takes place at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds.

The venue's "stage" is an arc of gently ascending steps on which the performers stand, covered toward the rear by an eyelid-shaped choir shell. The shell faces out to a sloped seating area, extending some 750 feet deep and about 500 feet wide.

The choir shell accommodates what consulting sound system designer and long-time Meyer Sound associate Dave Dennison describes as "probably the biggest choir on the planet," which performs at the Festival's finale. The choir members come from all over the country, rehearse for a couple days and then perform, By the end of the festival there

Details
UK - XL Video is again supplying full video production to the Chemical Brothers current Push The Button tour. Live vision mixer is Ricardo Lorenzini and LD is Andy Liddell. XL's project manager is Des Fallen, who has worked with the Chemicals Brothers for eight years.

This year, XL is supplying a large 12 x 6 metre (2:1 ratio) upstage soft-screen, two side screens at 12 x 9 ft and four onstage LED screens constructed from 50 panels of Lighthouse 10 mm. The screen configurations are adaptable to suite the different venues.

The Chemicals. visuals have always been cutting edge, and worked seamlessly into their thumping dance rhythms and the essence of their live show. The band members are very much ephemeral shadows and silhouettes onstage, ensconced behind racks of knobs, digits and codes.

The original source material is created and compiled by Adam Smith, and incl

Details
Denmark -The Mania SCX500 is the first scanner in Martin Professional's Mania series and is billed as "an extraordinary 150W halogen scanner that challenges the status quo of mobile scanners".

Martin says that the scanner produces "surprisingly powerful, brilliant effects from separate colour and gobo wheels. With 15 gobos plus open, 15 rich colours including white and five mixed colours, as well as a split colour option, the SCX500 powers out shows like larger scanners but with all the convenience and savings of its class."

Highly portable, the SCX500 is DMX controllable for ultimate manageability. And as with all Mania products the SCX500 is officially ETL, cETL and CE approved meaning users are assured of the fixtures' safety and performance.

Martin says the Mania SCX500 is "ideal for any show, club, or party and will be appreciated by DJs and

Details
UK - A.C. Lighting's Audio division is one of the first installation companies in the UK to become a certified dealer (Blue Level status) for Allen & Heath's iDR Audio DSP system.

iDR is a digital signal processing system that provides integrated and flexible control of audio. The speaker management system can automatically route audio signal and relevant DSP/EQ settings in complex multi-function environments, switching speakers on and off at automated times and re-routing audio, music and microphones to certain zones in a building.

A.C. audio specialist Alex Hadjigeorgiou recently completed a Blue level training course, which equips the installer with the necessary knowledge to specify, design, install, realise and manage a complete iDR system and interconnecting components.

Martin Daley, Allen & Heath's UK sales manager commented: "We view A.C. as a key dealer for

Details
USA - The Fort Peck Theatre in Montana which dates back to 1934 and the building of the Fort peck Dam, now boasts a new Meyer Sound system designed and installed for the theatre by DECK Productions.

Overseeing the design and installation was Elton Halley who, having assessed the room's audio requirements and unique architectural design, including beams nearly 2 feet thick and 74 ft. long, opted for a system based around a centre cluster of five M2D compact curvilinear array loudspeakers, flown using QuickFly rigging hardware. Halley filled out the system with two USW-1P compact subwoofers and an LD-3 compensating line driver.

The building's intricate craftsmanship and its place on the National Register of Historic Places made implementation of the sound system somewhat challenging. Halley, who has worked extensively on Broadway, comments, "I wanted to supply a syste

Details
UK - Christopher Darnley has been appointed as sales manager - export at the UK branch of JVC Professional Europe. Darnley brings 8 years experience working in the broadcast and audio visual industry. He joins the established export sales team headed by general manager Tim Rawlings, and will be instrumental in further developing business in the Middle East and Africa regions.

Darnley comments, "I am delighted to be working for JVC. They are strong players in the industry, with an excellent reputation, and I have a great respect for their products, service and expertise."

"To meet the increasing demand for systems solutions in this market, we are delighted to have Chris on board. He has a wealth of experience in the critical aspects of sales, and his practical experience in lighting, sound recording and post production will be invaluable to developing prospec

Details
UK - Sennheiser UK has launched an entirely new website at www.sennheiser.co.uk. The site not only provides information on Sennheiser's own products but also its distributed brands, which include Neumann, Elac, D.A.S., APart, Adamson, Lab.gruppen, Konig & Meyer, Rycote, NetCIRA and Rane.

Commenting on the new site, John Steven, director of marketing for Sennheiser UK said, "We have drawn on the group's experience in providing web based information and carried out an extensive survey of our dealers and end-users to provide the new site. It gives a whole host of additional information and services, whilst being more logical and faster to navigate."

In addition to comprehensive product information, with appropriate downloads, the site features company information, press and events sections, a fun competition page and details of the latest Sennheiser endorsees. The Info

Page 1758 of 3465

Latest Issue. . .