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VME were showing a wide range of Kling & Freitag loudspeakers on their stand. Used and distributed by VME, this German manufacturer's loudspeakers are renowned for their high quality and ease of use, and the company says it is unique in the industry for its use of special passive filters that optimise phase coherence.

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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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Void Acoustics do manufacture the coolest-looking loudspeakers. Alex Skan, general doer of everything, detailed Void's new AirTen mid/high unit for club installation. Sitting on a prototype sub, the ParaPod, the pair were also entered into the Innovation Awards. Void were also showing remodels of the Stasis 3 touring mid/high featuring their own proprietary waveform technology. Most of the Void range could also be heard in their demo room, which Skan described as 'The wonderful world of Disney'. Sounds like the rest of PLASA really!
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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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Made in Germany, the GAE brand of speaker systems is known in the UK but not yet widely used: GAE UK Ltd aims to change that and showed the latest product, Director Waveline. A 100° by 10° line array box (minimum three boxes for the coupling effect) that weighs just 45kg, Waveline contains a pair of 10" for low end down to 80Hz. Each plywood cabinet has an aluminium chassis that allows for very close coupling on the front plane - one reason perhaps why just a six-box-a-side system was man enough for the Expo Islamia at the Manchester Evening News arena.

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Proel announced the introduction of the JTS in-ear monitoring system. The UHF PLL technology provides excellent stereo separation and advanced circuit design to ensure excellent signal to noise ratio, say the company. Also on the stand, Proel launched the NEOS range of loudspeakers. Available in both active and passive versions, the cabinets come in 10", 12" and 15" two-way passive and active versions and there are both 15" and 1" active and passive sub-woofers, capable of delivering up to 1,800W each. Additionally, Proel showed new products from B&C, FBT and Alto.

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Another leading DJ supplier, Promo Only showcased their latest monthly Chart Video DVD compilation featuring the latest, most popular and exciting music videos on DVD. They also have a Classic Series of tried-and-tested 'floor fillers'. The DVDs are louder than normal, making them very DJ-friendly! Those on show at PLASA were just a small sample of the huge collection offered by the company.

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Italian cable and connector distributor Valentini exhibited its rugged range of Syntax multipin connectors, cable and distro. Developed directly from military standards, the company says this ensures products are reliable and can cope in the often hostile environment of entertainment.

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The V4 software upgrade for DiGiCo's desks, and D5T (12) are both welcome additions. The (12) variant adds 12 master faders or groups, yet maintains a smaller footprint than the D5T plus wing (achieving the same operational surface) saving four theatre seats. The V4 software adds a hardware element as well - a new, non-volatile random-access memory board, an up-rated processor board and brand new, high-density mini drives.

Software improvements include a redesigned hardware configuration panel; refined networking with graphic interface; auto-route inputs; improved auxiliary architecture; a channel presets recall scope; effects presets; and many more. A major overhaul.

DiGiCo TV - or more correctly www.DiGiCo.tv - answers the problem of console operation familiarisation DVDs becoming rapidly obsolete as DiGiCo issues the next software improvement: desk users can go online and find the

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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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Crest Audio used PLASA to launch a brand new mixing console. The CV20 is a large-format FOH console available in 24-, 32-, 40-, 48- and 56-channel frames. The desk, due to start shipping in January was so popular that sales representative Bob Harrison told us that 10 desks had already been sold at the show.

In addition to the CV20, Crest showed the Ci20x4 and Ci20x8 power amplifiers providing four or eight channels respectively. Both amps are capable of running from 4 ohms through to 70V line switchable per channel and can run 100V system with an optional unit. Other modules allow the amplifier to sit on a CobraNet-8 network providing a fully monitored and controlled solution.

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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 at PLASA, and winning an Innovation Award for its V-Lock connector, Volex Power Products has developed a lockable rugged IEC-compatible connector. Offering a wide range of IEC standard configurations, it features an integral locking feature and inlet, plus a sturdy release button, and is designed to eliminate the problem of accidental power disconnection during live performance.

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XTA were celebrating the 10th year of AudioCore, and released a new version of the audio management system as a free download. Version 8.30 is now unrecognisable from its original incarnation way back in 1996: the latest release features Array Control and Ganging for the DP448. As part of the celebrations, AudioCore was renamed AudioCare for the four days of the event and the ladies of Urban Chill provided a much-needed Indian Head Massage for any lucky visitor to the stand or the After-Show bar.

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Interspace Industries provides talkback and cueing solutions for a range of areas and at PLASA announced the 'Traffic Light' live event signalling system, the MicroCue wireless cue light system, the MasterCue V5 presenter cueing system and, finally, the CiO Comms Audio Adapter. The latter allows any audio signal to be combined with a Comms feed, negating the need for two sets of headphones. The CiO allows personal balancing of the two signals in the headset and is fully isolated to avoid hum or earth-loop issues.

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Turkish sound and lighting rental company Playback Music Istanbul exhibited at the PLASA Show for the first time, reflecting their increasing levels of work across Europe. Their subsidiary company, Focus, also distributesa number of leading brands including L-Acoustics and Space Cannon, which was receiving a lot if interest at the show.

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Having recently announced its move to a new HQ in Harrogate, UK, speaker system manufacturer KV2 Audio showed upgrades to the ES Series which are largely about about packaging - better handles, new front grilles, and neat, magnetically-located cabinet wheel boards with profiled rims that take the strain of maintaining positive attachment when the speakers are moved over rough terrain.

KV2 Audio was also representing other lines (distributed in the UK under its 'Resolution' company banner), not least Apex Intelli-X and Intelli-Q, two audio DSP units. Also from Apex, Argos measures real-time SPLs to control sound levels, and used in conjunction with Hera, records sound system performance (good for site noise control measurement) and will activate external equipment, e.g. mains switch-off in the event of system abuse.

The Vieta So Cube is a production version of an

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UK - The Barbican, Europe's largest multi-arts and conference venue, has invested in a new 32-channel Midas Heritage 2000 console with 16-channel stretch, all flight-cased and fully mobile. The desk makes its major debut in the main Theatre auditorium for the first shows in the special season celebrating the work of American composer Steve Reich. During the Reich festival, the console will also be used in the Pit Theatre for other events.

Steff Langley, the Barbican's head of sound, ordered the desk from Richard Nowell Sound Services with a brief, "to keep us as mobile as possible. All our outboard is also flightcased, as we move systems not only between the various venues here at the Barbican, but also outside the theatre, to other locations. There's no point in spending £50K on a console, but not spending £1K on a flightcase."

The Barbican's 2006 progra

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Extensive starcloth rental and sales from S&H Technical Support has been further enhanced by the introduction of Interactive Video. Supporting images from up to three linear linked projectors, this system uses motion detectors at the projector position to overlay 'interference' animation - put simply, step into a projected image of fish in a pond and each footstep will trigger ripples and the fish to dart away, all from image macros within the animation footage. Not cheap, but great for branding impact.

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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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