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UK Architainment Lighting will be showcasing the new Philips Color Kinetics ColorBlast TRX, the latest generation in the ColorBlast family, at PLASA 2010.

Over the last seven year, the ColorBlast range has established itself as an industry standard lighting tool, being used extensively in the concert, theatrical and production rental sectors worldwide. Now, with additional colours and enhanced features, the ColorBlast®TRX builds on this pedigree. This fully-featured RGBAW LED wash/flood/spotlight offers an enhanced colour range, light output of up to 1577 lumens, and onboard addressing and configuration features.

Key features of this technology include five-channel RGBAW in/out, three-channel RGB in/out, and three-channel RGB in mapped to five-channel RGBAW out modes. Amber

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UK - AV specialist Media Powerhouse has invested over £125,000 acquiring Panasonic Plasma screens, including two 103" and two 85" Full HD displays, increasing its inventory of visual technology available to clients. The 103" and 85" screens are also supported by fully automated electronic lifts in order for the displays to be set up, raised, lowered and rotated with a touch of a button. The kit list from Panasonic also includes 20 50" HD Plasma screens.

Michael Breen, CEO at Media Powerhouse commented,"Our continuing investment in high spec inventory demonstrates our commitment to our customer focused ethos. Similar to how our clients can rely on us to provide industry leading expertise backed up with the very best in technology for their events, we can depend on Panasonic to deliver reliable and stunning imagery on all the screens they delive

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies has announced the appointment of high profile new roles in the company's UK sales and marketing teams, as part of its ongoing expansion programme.

Well-known lighting industry figure Spantax (Thor-André Sæther) has joined the company's UK sales department with immediate effect. Spantax will use his wealth of experience to look after technical sales for the Chroma-Q and GLP product ranges in the UK market.

His skillset includes working extensively with the Chroma-Q, Jands Vista and Robe product ranges in freelance lighting design and technician, dealer sales, rental, production, repairs and technical support manager roles for companies including Live Technic and Norsk Sceneteknikk As.

Also, AC-ET has appointed Isabel Gonzalez as marketing manager. Gonzalez has over 18 years' experience within a wide range of industries including FM

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UK/USA - Blackbox Recorder manufacturer JoeCo and Audinate, creators of the Dante digital media networking solution, have announced the start of a collaboration which will see Dante technology incorporated into a range of Blackbox Recorder products.

JoeCo is the latest pro audio manufacturer to announce an incorporation of Dante technology, under licence, in its products. "Successful capture and play back of large amounts of audio data in different live situations depends on sample accurate synchronisation and low latency", comments managing director Joe Bull. "With BBR products increasingly used in broadcast, film and TV applications as well as live sound, it has become increasingly important to find a protocol that enables fast, reliable and integrated data transfer while keeping costs and complexity to a minimum. In this respect, Dante has proven itself to be t

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France - L-Acoustics has announced that a new GLL (generic loudspeaker library) is now available for its WST systems, including Kiva, Arcs, Kudo and Kara. The development now provides complete compatibility between L-Acoustics Soundvision and AFMG's EASE software applications for acoustic source data, as well as for audience area.

The new GLL format allows quick insertion and setup of WST systems in EASE 4 system design software. The library provides true line source radiation patterns, and audience area data can be shared by both applications using import/export functions.

"We were the first to develop the previous version of GLL, EASE DLL, and we are thrilled to bring this new evolution to L-Acoustics system integrators around the word," says Cédric Montrézor, head of installation support at L-Acoustics. "This follows our overall installation dev

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UK - Orbital Sound has supplied a new sound system to the Hideaway jazz club, employing d&b audiotechnik E12 and E0 loudspeakers, and D6 power amplifiers. Specified by freelance sound engineer Cliff Scott, who was called in by the Hideaway for advice on upgrading an earlier system, the new installation is configured to provide consistent coverage throughout the club, with an accurate performance sympathetic to the club's genre.

Frances Strachan, Hideaway's creator and owner, comments, "You can't separate a successful live music venue from the quality of its sound system. By its nature, our clientele is discerning and musically literate, and is quick to criticise any perceived shortcomings. Our new system has been extremely well received, and we are getting numerous compliments about the quality and clarity. When the band's good, and the system sounds right, people just sit-

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UK - At PLASA 2010, Christie will present a new product series - Christie Nitro Solutions digital luminaires. The modular series of motorized moving yokes can provide up to 20,000 ANSI lumens of video projection, creating high brightness imagery on any surface from anywhere, says the company. With the optional Xenon or LED lighting heads, the system can produce up to 50,000 lumens of lighting. Nitro Solutions can be installed at ground level or rigged to a truss, and are suitable for building projection, architectural lighting and cityscapes, houses of worship, theme parks, and live events such as concerts and theatre presentations.

"No other solution on the market gives you the ability to use up to a 20,000 ANSI lumens video projector on a moving yoke,"" said Joel St-Denis, product manager for business products at Christie. "Currently, none of our competitor

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Latvia - ARX, the Australian based pro audio manufacturer, has announced the appointment of Riga based SGS Sistemas Ltd as their new Distributor for Latvia.

ARX managing director Colin Park and SGS Sistemas's Normunds Eilands recently finalised the new distribution agreement following initial discussions at the Frankfurt Pro Light + Sound earlier in the year.

Colin Park comments, " SGS Sistemas is a well known and established distributor in the Latvian audio and lighting industry and at ARX we're excited that SGS Sistemas is introducing our USB DI Series products and the new USB I/O Universal Transformer Isolated USB Interface to their pro audio clients and market, as well as our MSX series of signal distribution products, our AudiBox series of audio toolbox essentials, and the rest of our ARX signal processing range."

Along with ARX, SGS Sistemas also represents l

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UK - Sandown Park racecourse in Esher, Surrey was the venue for one of this year's biggest one-off music events in the south.

Surbiton's Hillcroft College, celebrating its 90th anniversary this year funded the venture, in a brave bid to raise urgent funds to fix the leaking roof, improve disabled access and carry out essential maintenance - spurred on by the collapse of £13m of Learning and Skills Council funding.

Working from the college, a team of just three people managed to secure some of music's top artists. Among the names who performed to a 14,000 crowd on 28 August were headliners McFly, Chipmunk, Tinchy Stryder, Roll Deep, Alesha Dixon, The Wanted and Julian Smith.

Ipswich-based DHE Professional were contracted to provide sound reinforcement for the festival, and put together a full HK Audio FOH and monitor set up consisting of Cohedra, Cohedra Compact, ICON a

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UK / Sweden - LumenRadio will introduce the CRMX Nova Flex and CRMX 2.4/5.8 GHz Cognitive dual band at PLASA 2010.

"CRMX Nova Flex is the Swiss Army Knife of wireless lighting control; user configurable as a transmitter or receiver and it receives, transmits, and converts all the protocols commonly used in today's entertainment and architainment systems," says Anders Ardstål, VP of operations at LumenRadio. "We designed CMRX Nova Flex for the demanding lighting professional who wanted one configurable wireless product that can handle any application and environment. Initial customer response has been overwhelming, especially welcome has been the ability to support Ethernet protocols such as Streaming ACN, ETCNet, ShowNet and Art-Net."

CRMX Nova Flex is part of the award winning CRMX Nova product line with features including Automated Cognitive Coexistence,

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UK - Robert Juliat's new LED profile, the Aledin, was put through its paces by a succession of technicians at the Edinburgh Fringe this year at C venues C aquila in the Roman Eagle Lodge on Johnston Terrace.

C venues is one of the largest of the Fringe's venue producers and C aquila its latest venue. Like many of the Fringe venues, C aquila is a 'made' space so operated off very limited power supplies. Two theatre spaces, a box office, catering and bar facilities had to run off only one 63A single phase.

A team, consisting of head of hire and events for Northern Light Nick Read, artistic director and lighting designer Hartley Kemp, journalist Sara Rushton-Read and C venues production manager, Richard Williamson, approached the design for lighting the spaces with a special purpose in mind - to run the entire venue from low energy sources which would in no way restrict the creat

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Australia - Queensland's Coorparoo State School has recently unveiled its new multipurpose hall which seats up to 500 people and everyone is delighted with the results.

"We are very proud of our new state-of-the-art performing arts hall and we are extremely grateful to have our new performance space fitted out with professional stage lighting equipment installed by an expert team," remarked Jo Young, music co-ordinator for Coorparoo State School.

That expert team was Performance Lighting & Sound, specialists in supplying audio visual requirements to educational facilities.

"Our limited knowledge of lighting equipment meant we had to rely on the team at Performance Lighting & Sound to guide us as we configured equipment to suit our specific needs," says Young. "It is early days for our operating team but we are already reaping the benefits of our Jand

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UK - LTM and COW Lifting Technology are exhibiting together at PLASA 2010. LTM has a wide range of professional equipment on show including a novel display of variable speed LoadGuard chain hoists to BGV C1 in action, combined with an advanced BGV C1 motion control system.

They have also developed some innovative features for LoadGuard motors when used in production applications. The hoists come complete with sealed bearings around the loadchain wheel so there is little chance of rain entering the hoist components. They have also fitted a drain system which consists of a short tube from the load wheel area (where water can sit after rain comes down the chain) to the exterior of the hoist. The drain system means that the water exits the hoist in the hook area.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Avid today introduced the M-Audio GSR active sound reinforcement speaker series for musicians and DJs who perform in small to mid-sized venues. Built from the ground up by the same engineering team behind the industry-leading M-Audio studio reference monitor line, the GSR series includes 10" and 12" full-range PA cabinets that deliver exceptional, professional-quality sound and an 18" subwoofer that offers extended bass reproduction for larger venues.

The GSR speakers are ergonomically designed and engineered with lightweight components for maximum portability. The GSR10 250-watt and GSR12 300-watt two-way active PA speakers feature Neodymium magnets in the low-frequency drivers, substantially reducing overall weight to enable easy set-up and transport between venues.

The GSR18 500-watt active subwoofer features four locking casters that make it easy for cu

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UK - UNioN is a system design philosophy which is being promoted by Yamaha Commercial Audio in Europe. Based on the company's corporate slogan Creating Kando Togetherit recognises that exciting music experiences can never come to life without people and technology working together. This philosophy is embedded, like a DNA, in all Yamaha CA products.

A UNioN network integrates Yamaha consoles and stage boxes with 3rd party devices to expand the possibilities of networking audio for live events.

Based on the Ethersound ES100 redundant ring topology, UNioN combines Yamaha components with those from a wide range of other manufacturers - including Teqsas, Neutrik, Waves, AuviTran and Steinberg - offering the highest redundancy level on the market.

UNioN networked systems deliver high audio quality by optimising the distribution methods in the digital domain, with each signa

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UK - Wybron is giving the first-ever large-scale viewing of the Cygnus VN line at PLASA 2010. Wybron launched Cygnus in the autumn of 2009 and reports the growth of the family, which now includes MF (Medium Flood; formerly the 200W Wash) and VN (Very Narrow) lines. The VN line builds upon Cygnus' strengths - its vibrant colour and whites, intelligent thermal management system and lauded intensity - and adds an even tighter, more intense beam, says the company.

Jim Koza, Wybron's regional sales director covering Europeis present at PLASA to debut Wybron's newest Cygnus line of LEDs luminaires. "I'm excited to help promote our Cygnus VN line to our dealer partners in Europe," says Koza. "It's great to know that they're not just another 'me-too' product and truly are ahead of the curve in today's bloated LED market. The whole Cygnus family is truly amazing."

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UK - Leading entertainment industry associations The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) and Women In Stage Entertainment (WISE), and the lighting charity Light Relief are present at this year's PLASA Show. The three organisations are sharing stand M-14; the stand is located immediately behind the White Light Zone in Earls Court 2.

WISE, an organisation established to address the representation of women in the entertainment technology sector, will step from their stand onto the White Light Stand from 4pm to 6pm each day to host Tea O-Clock. A WISE spokesman says, "Each day WISE members from all sectors - sound, AV, lighting, rigging - will offer PLASA Show visitors a calm oasis from the frenetic show floor. We will be providing refreshing mugs of scalding tea, fabulously tasty home baked cakes, an empathetic ear and some scintillating conversation."

The AL

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UK - At PLASA 2010, Allen & Heath has unveiled the GS-R24, an analogue console combined with a choice of interface modules, motorised faders for automated mixing, and MIDI controllers for tactile interfacing with software DAWs, all at "an attainable price point".

Based on the successful ZED-R16 Firewire recording mixer concept with influences from the classic GS3000, the GS-R24 is primarily aimed at project recording studios, although its flexible feature set lends the mixer to live sound applications requiring multi-channel recording, post production suites, and as a general use home studio mixer, says the company.

Sporting a high quality mic pre-amp and four-band fully-parametric EQ, the GS-R24 has 24 mono mic/line channels, two dual input stereo channels, two mono valve pre-amp channels, six auxes (two switched pre/post EQ), four audio sub-group buses, a master st

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UK - PLASA 2010 sees Cooper Controls showing a host of new products from its UK brands, architectural LED manufacturer Cogent and lighting control manufacturer LightProcessor.

The main new architectural orientated products from Cogent are a selection of VXT in-wall lights, VXB wall-mounted up and down lights and a new high brightness architectural down-light, the DL11.

The VXT 1 is a recessed Wall light offering a discreet recessed solution with the ability to provide a dynamic decorative edge to a space, to light pathways or to provide low level lighting. The VXT range is available in a choice of round (-1), round with eyelid (-2) or square (-3) options for focused downward illumination.

The bodies of these fixtures are made from die-cast aluminium with a white enamel finish, and the stylish fascia plates are die-cast aluminium with a silver plated finish. The polycarbonate

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UK - Jands will unveil their FPX touring dimmer system at PLASA 2010 on the stand of A.C. Entertainment Technologies (1-E10).

Jands has been designing, building and operating lighting equipment since making its first dimmer in 1970. Featuring the popular Jands FPX dimmer, these 24, 36 and 48 way touring systems continue the tradition of offering exceptional quality at an affordable price. The models provide fully featured, reliable, rugged and hardworking racks, to be with users for years to come, says the company.

All models are housed in Amptown flightcases, fully patchable and feature auxilliary mains connections. Dimmer channels are protected by a double pole breaker and there's the option of either Tourmate Multilock (Socapex compatible) or 19 pin Contact (Harting compatible) output connectors.

(Jim Evans)

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UK/Germany - German company Reutlinger's cable holders Type 50SVII and Type 80SVII, launched in 2008, have become the de facto product on exhibition stands at trade fairs across Europe and the US.

The high-load-bearing models are specifically designed for use in event technology rigging and fair-booth construction. A huge number of companies have used them to suspend everything from speakers, lights, trussing and more in the construction of their exhibition stands at shows throughout Messe Frankfurt, Messe Berlin and Hannover Messe, to name a few, including the recent Light+Building show in Frankfurt and Showtech in Berlin.

Growing safety awareness throughout the event production industry and increasing demands for products'compliance with European norms and accident-prevention regulations has benefitted Reutlinger systems: they are the only load-bearing cable system to have o

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