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UK - This summer saw a CyberHoist / InMotion 3D motion control system, installed by Vertigo Rigging, make automated flying possible for the first time at Chichester's Festival Theatre in an acclaimed performance of How To Succeed in Business without Really Trying. The theatre, which opened in 1962, enjoys an international reputation for creating exceptional live performances, but its design does not include a fly tower.

The musical, which originally opened in the same year, played at the city's summer-long Chichester Festivities arts festival. The production was directed by Martin Duncan, designed by Francis O'Connor and choreographed by Stephen Mear. Lighting design was by Chris Ellis.

At the centre of the set is a large ceiling piece that serves several scenic purposes and is

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Autograph Sales' Mike Mann detailed the company's new direction: "Autograph Sales is a revitalized company, we have come of age and entered a new phase," he said. The company has tracked down several smaller independent audio manufacturers - one being EM Acoustics, a young British loudspeaker manufacturing company based in Surrey. With Autograph Sound Recording using many DiGiCo D5Ts on high profile theatre shows, Autograph Sales has recently also taken on the D1. On the software front, acoustic analysis programme Room Tools from German company Ascendo was being demonstrated. Working in conjunction with a USB audio box with software can provide RTA, FFT, waterfall plots of frequency decay, amongst other things, in real time.

Finally, Mann was excited to show us the new GR2 Analogue Zone Mixer from Allen & Heath: the model with serial number 1, in fact.

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Another Italian manufacturer, DTS added to the LED fray with its new Delta R LED moving head fixture. This IP65-rated RGB fixture has interchangeable optical units to vary the beam angle from 25-40°.
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Penton UK manufactures and sells loudspeakers for voice evacuation and background music systems. At PLASA this year, the company was exhibiting the latest addition to its range, the RCS3/T miniature ceiling loudspeaker. Rated at 6W, the 100 volt line, 8 ohm metal fitting only requires a cut-out of 78mm, a similar size to downlighters, making them less conspicuous in a ceiling. The RCS3/Ts, like all Penton products, are BS5839 Part 8 compliant.

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Flight case and speaker fittings manufacturer Penn Fabrications showed a selection of its wares including the new polyurethane inserts for flight cases - the first one of which is for Martin Professional's MAC 250 Krypton moving light. This offers a snug fit and superlative protection for the contents of the case.

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Three brand new products were showcased by Swisson. Top of the bill was the XSD - an affordable, rack-mount sine wave dimmer in three versions which feature 12 x 2.5kw or 6 x 5kW dimming channels, 32 scenes and software upgradeability via a USB port. The X-MD-20 is a rugged, single-channel digital dimmer which comes in 16, 20 and 25A versions, while the X-MG-51 is a high-speed 5:1 DMX merger, which allows up to five lighting desks to be connected to one DMX-512 line.

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ADS Worldwide's project manager, Keith Prescott, describes the company as the one-stop-shop for public address systems. The ADS stand was full of a selection of the company's wide range of products including background music systems, induction loop amplifiers, loudspeakers and accessories.

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Trussing manufacturer Metalworx came to PLASA to meet up with everyone the company knew in one place at one time and talk about new projects. Metalworx, manufacturer of the Penn brand, carries out a lot of custom-based trussing work as well as complete non-truss aluminium fabrications for anything from exhibition stands to nightclubs.

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Serapid, the French stage machinery and motorization supplier, was promoting its Linklift rigid chain lifting system. There are four Linklift products currently available - 100, 80, 50 and 30 and it consists of a sprocket-driven chain and a drive housing. The chain becomes rigid after passing through the drive housing and the system can carry loads of up to 10 tonnes per chain, and for the 100 model at up to 7m high.

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From Finland, EKS was capitalizing on the massive success of its XP10 scratchable MP3 audio pad. Weighing just 370g, it can replace a 5kg CD player, say the company. This year, the XP10 was running with Bison v0.9, the latest version of its proprietary software, which brings two important new features to the mix - perfect vinyl emulation and time stretch. Time stretch maintains the pitch while you change the speed to faster or slower.

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ADB's ISIS Light Tablet is a tablet PC running the ISIS software, which can then remotely control any of ADB's ISIS compatible Phoenix/XT or Mentor lighting control systems. The luxurious operating environment of the tablet PC is seen as an antidote to standard remote or Pocket PC remote systems.

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Lee Filters launched a number of new diffusion filters which are now added to its growing range - Soft Frost, Half Soft Frost, Highlight, Half Highlight and Quiet Frost are the new additions. How soothing.

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Kupo went to great lengths to show visitors on its stand the new Digi-Check DMX512 tester. The CNC aluminium housing was impressive, and its simple display - as well as a built-in torch - would make it a useful device for most tool boxes.

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JTE commented at PLASA that its trussing range is to be streamlined to help clarify the product range, and although its product line was at the show in force, it was obvious that the company's focus was on its LED products - PixelRange - of which a number of new products were on display. The Pixel Brick is a small, 22-LED fixture available as an indoor or outdoor (IP65) version with either a white, black or silver finish as standard.The Pixel Eight RGB is an LED version of the classic Thomas 8-light blinder. With 72 Luxeon LEDs and onboard processing, the Pixel Eight can be controlled by 3, 6, 12 or 24 DMX512 channels.

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Projected Image Digital used PLASA to showcase its recent projects using the products the company represents - Catalyst, PixelMad and Element Labs. Of note on the stand was Projected Image Digital's work on the Lake of Dreams at the Wynn Las Vegas casino (see L&SI September 2005), and its recent installations at a number of O2 stores around London.

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Nicolaudie showed new additions to the Sunlite suite for 2006. An Ethernet DMX512 interface of Nicolaudie's "Easy Stand Alone" replay module called IP, allows designers to control a lighting system over a network or over the Internet using any computer. Also new was a new visualizer - Magic 3D Easy View - which accepts signals either via Ethernet or via a USB DMXIN interface.

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Dutch stage technology manufacturer Roden Staal was enjoying its third PLASA. The company sells a full range of winches and control systems, and engages in all types of steel work as well as complete stage machinery systems. Its newest products was the UCQ control system, based around a 19" TFT touch screen, back-lit keyboard and two joysticks and Roden Staal's unique 'I-Drive' special functions. The monitor and the stage plan being show on it can be flipped in all directions for viewing in different orientations.

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Forward-looking Digidesign presented several new augmentations for its digital desk, the Venue. D-Show 1.1 is a free update, giving a new Variable Group mode that permits operators to configure 24 discrete mix busses, in addition to main LCR bus. Drawmer TourBuss gives live sound engineers four plug-ins for the desk, noise gate, expander, comp/limiter and a bracketing filter. D-Show Script Tray is a simple flat transparent tray designed to fit above the console surface and roll across it without disturbing any controls, while supporting notes, cue sheets - even a Laptop, anything reasonable the operator needs to hand. Personal Q Monitoring software and hardware allows for remote mixes from the main desk transmitted over a four-pin XLR to PQ wired controllers.

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Taking its first outing onto the floor of PLASA, well-known live entertainment industry video screen specialists XL Video was looking to meet clients and reinforce its presence. As it transpired, (we visited them at the top and tail of the four-day show) imparting knowledge such as, 'XL is the biggest stockists of Barco LED screens and Catalyst media servers in the UK', as well as possessing large numbers of more exotic items such as the High End DL1, attracted a great deal more attention than the company imagined.

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Amptown Cases, one of Europe's leading flightcase manufacturers, was showing its wares alongside Wembley Loudspeaker.

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The company launched a number of new products including the new Monitor Q ceiling speaker, MQ50C, a compact designed, limited depth, lightweight ceiling speaker. RCF says this is ideal for use in any PA system, or background/foreground music system, where high quality sound reproduction is required. The unit offers quick and easy installation.

Also new, the ART 110-Ti is a two-way high efficiency compact speaker system, offering high intelligibility, say RCF, and an ideal solution for fixed installation thanks to M10 inserts and optional accessories. The ART 110-Ti is recommended for permanent installations with constant voltage or low impedance speaker connections, sound reinforcement systems in small spaces or with distributed speakers and AV playback.

RCF also showed the latest additions to the 4PRO speaker range, the 4PRO 7001 passive loudspeaker system and the 7001-A (active) to

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