UK - Allen & Heath has revealed dLive C Class, a new compact range of surfaces and MixRacks which opens up its dLive platform to a wider spectrum of AV, installation and live event roles.

dLive C Class is founded on XCVI, the same 96kHz FPGA core which drives Allen & Heath's flagship dLive S Class mixers, and also shares its DEEP processing architecture, allowing class-leading compressors and processing emulations to be embedded directly within the inputs and mix channels. The new range includes the first 19" rack mountable dLive surface, the ultra-compact C1500.

There are three new MixRacks in the series - CDM32, CDM48 and CDM64, plus three new control Surfaces, the 19" rack mountable C1500, C2500 and twin screen C3500. The MixRacks house the XCVI Core, providing capacity for 128 inputs with full processing and 16 dedicated stereo FX returns, plus a fully configurable 64

USA - When Chauvet DJ lights up the 2017 NAMM show, it will do so with an array of new products. These include four new effect lights, new Fresnel and ellipsoidal fixtures and advanced atmospheric effects, all of which were designed to give end-users more flexible and powerful creative options.

The new effect lighting that takes centre stage for ChauvetDJ at NAMM this year includes the Helicopter Q6, a multi-effect light designed to dazzle and energize the dance floor. It features adjustable RGBW beams, a round SMD strobe and a red/green pattern laser on a rotating base with continuous pan rotation creating unique and amazing effects.

Chauvet DJ is also introducing the FX Par 3, a compact effect par with multiple technologies in a single fixture. It includes three 8W quad-color (RGB+UV) centre LEDs, RGB SMD LED lights and SMD strobes. Separate control of these features mak

UK - VDC Trading, one of the UK's main distributors of Van Damme cabling, has announced that the Van Damme Tourlight Range of fibre cables has been approved by Neutrik for use in its opticalCON assemblies.

In addition to the product certification, VDC Trading has seen its Neutrik opticalCON Service Centre certification upgraded to the highest level of Class A COCA (Certified opticalCON Assembly), following continued investment in clean room facilities and training. VDC will now be able to offer Van Damme Tourlight II OM3 50/125 and OS1 9/125 Superior Fibre Solutions terminated with Neutrik connectors at optimal turnaround times, delivering a high speed, fibre optic solution to clients globally.

Paul Marchesi, VDC Trading general manager and Neutrik approved Class A Coca Assembler, comments, "We're delighted to have achieved the Neutrik COCA accreditation for the successful

The Netherlands - Barco is getting ready to showcase its latest AV solutions at this year's Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Amsterdam. Barco will demonstrate how its innovations can help professionals work, educate, advertise and entertain even better.

Barco invites ISE visitors to come have a taste of its offering at booth 12-F100 in Hall 12 of the Amsterdam RAI venue. Visitors to Barco's technology buffet will experience first-hand the possibilities our equipment offers as Barco experts demonstrate the latest features and additions to the portfolio.

Barco research has shown that office workers believe that presenting well has an impact on both their personal reputation and business outcomes. And that a presentation that has no technology issues is the key to success. That's why Barco developed the tools to help employees present and collaborate in the most intuitive w

The Netherlands - Powersoft is set to plug an important gap in its multi-channel installation series. A new series will make its debut at ISE 2017 on the stand of its Dutch distribution partner, Ampco Flashlight Sales (# 7-K180).

Powersoft will throw a party on the opening day to toast the new arrival, inviting media, integrators and partners to join in the celebration. The party will start from 4pm onwards and is based on the key concept: 4 Human Integration, which will be spread over a video, graphics and T-shirt.

Full details will be announced nearer the time, but suffice it to say that Powersoft's trademark technology - including switch-mode power supply with power factor correction, smart rail management and bridgeable switch mode fixed frequency Class D output circuit topology - will all be in evidence.

Not content with this, Powersoft will also occupy an

USA - At NAMM 2017, Sennheiser and Neumann will expand their live performance and monitoring portfolios with the introduction of several new products.

Visitors to Hall A, Booth No. 6577, will be the first to see the Sennheiser XS Wireless 1 and XS Wireless 2 radio microphone series, as well as the Neumann KH 80 DSP monitoring loudspeaker. Sennheiser will also be launching the new HD 200 Pro headphones, alongside new frequency variants for the evolution wireless 300 G3 and 500 G3 series for the USA and Canada.

While exploring the latest tools for the stage and the (mobile) studio, visitors will be able to enjoy a wealth of live performances at the booth.

NAMM 2017 will see Sennheiser launch XS Wireless 1, a series of six wireless microphone sets for the budget-conscious user looking for exceptional ease of use and fast set-up. The audio specialist will also preview XS W

The Netherlands - With a continued emphasis on providing intelligent and innovative AV solutions for commercial applications, Atlona will introduce the AT-UHD-SW-510W, the latest member of its five-input SW Series of 4K/UHD integration solutions for AV signal switching and extension, at the forthcoming ISE 2017 show.

The SW-510W is the first product of its kind to integrate switching for both wired and wireless AV sources, as well as the first AV switcher to include a USB-C input alongside HDMI and DisplayPort. The main benefit is a single, compact solution for universal BYOD compatibility - together with value-added features including automatic display control, automatic input selection, and mirrored HDMI and HDBaseT outputs.

The SW-510W simplifies AV system design, integration, and operation by combining traditional wired plus wireless AV connectivity in a single box. It

The Netherlands - Martin Audio will take its new BlacklineX passive series to ISE 2017 - its first journey to mainland Europe.

It will form not only the main focus of the static stand display but will also be a central cog in the now familiar demo room experience.

The manufacturer will host hour-long product showcases daily in the E104 Audio Demo Room, close to Hall 10, with two on the final day. These will run at 11am, 1pm, 2pm and 5pm, 7-9 February and 11am and 1pm on the 10 February.

Originally announced back in October last year, BlacklineX represents a reinvention of the original multi-purpose Blackline Series, launched in 1999. This immediately found favour not only as installation boxes in nightclubs, bars, commercial spaces and Houses of Worship, but also as portable sound reinforcement and stage monitoring solutions for live bands, DJ's and corporate events.

UK - City Theatrical will be demonstrating their new technology at PLASA Focus on stand A11 in the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland.

DMXcat is a device used to control, analyze, and test DMX lighting gear. The system combines a small hardware dongle connected by a wireless connection to a suite of Android or iPhone apps. Drawing on a built-in database of lighting fixture personalities, DMXcat controls the fixture through a user interface that emulates a lighting console with encoder wheels.

The DMXcat system contains a total of seven apps including DMX Controller, Fixture Controller, RDM Controller, DMX Tester, DIP Switch Calculator, RF Spectrum Analyzer (Android only), and Light Meter (Android only).

Lightwright 6 is the newest version of John McKernon's industry leading, multi award winning software for managing entertainment lighting pape

The Netherlands - The OCA Alliance, the AV industry alliance promoting awareness and adoption of Open Control Architecture, also known as OCA and standardized as AES70, is proud to demonstrate new examples of how this technology is evolving at ISE 2017.

On booth # 7-V250 the OCA Alliance is showcasing multiple examples of OCA (AES70) in action, including hardware and software reference designs, new web-based GUI interfaces for OCA (AES70) solutions, a demonstration of the synergy of AES67 and AES70 in creating complete media networking solutions, and integration examples of selected products implementing OCA (AES70), available on the market today.

"The OCA Alliance has been looking forward to exhibiting at ISE this year, as the OCA (AES70) ecosystem is evolving in several very interesting ways," commented Ethan Wetzell, platform strategist for Bosch Communications Systems.

Italy - Proel has launched a major upgrade of its Pronet remote control software. Based on the stable and reliable Can Bus communication protocol, Pronet AX enables remote control of all Axiom powered loudspeakers, DSP amplifiers, and system controllers in a network of devices equipped with the Core DSP platform.

The new Pronet AX software offers a totally redesigned user interface with improved object identification and management - thanks to colour-coded items, intuitive icons and panels, desktop grid, and docking Editor Panel.

Three different operating modes are provided: Setup, Edit, and Live; these can be chosen depending on whether systems are to be set up for the first time, units are to be edited individually, or operated under live conditions; and on the operations to be performed on the loudspeaker system.

The interface allows different choices of information

USA - Elation Professional has announced the launch of the Platinum 1200 Wash, a bright LED colour wash moving head luminaire with (19) 65W multi-chip RGBW LEDs, making it Elation's brightest wash light offering to date.

The Platinum 1200 Wash produces colour washes on par with 1500W discharge fixtures and houses a host of professional features like a 5° to 50° motorized zoom for tight to wide beam angle control.

The fixture comes with a selection of linear colour temperature presets from 2,700 - 8,000K, which combined with the RGBW colour mixing possibilities and powerful 19 x 65W LED engine, make for an extremely flexible colour wash luminaire capable of powerful and smooth colour shade projections across any surface.

A variety of different effects are possible using the fixture's pixel and pixel ring control with colour pixel ring macros, colour preset macro

USA - Electro-Voice is kicking off its 90th birthday year with a Loud & Clear pledge to portable speaker customers at the upcoming NAMM show in Anaheim, California:

Under the Loud & Clear banner, EV's new NAMM booth will serve as a live performance venue to showcase talent playing through EV's best-selling family of portable loudspeakers and new ND Series microphones.

Nine different artists spanning a broad scope of genres will perform through various system setups at the booth over the course of the four-day show, including ZLX, ELX, EKX and ETX models, so visitors can hear EV sound quality for themselves. Multiple product experience areas will give guests a chance to compare and contrast the various features each series offers to suit a range of portable applications and budgets.

EV is also launching the new #EVsound social media campaign at the show -

UK - Production, entertainment and events flooring specialists Harlequin Floors are exhibiting at PLASA Focus, in Glasgow, 18-19 January on stand A3, introducing new and exciting products including Hi-Shine Gold and Silver.

Following a huge success at the London Olympia exhibition at the end of September last year, Harlequin Floors is heading to Glasgow for more PLASA action, where it expects to have heads turning once again at the new product lines on offer.

The metallic finishes in gold and silver are the latest additions to the Hi-Shine range and give a highly reflective, glossy, and mirrored effect. Because Harlequin's Hi-Shine floors are durable and easy to roll out, they are perfect for the fast-paced and pressurised world of events, television production, set design and fashion, where time and high quality are of the essence.

Also of interest to set designers an

UK - NEC Display Solutions Europe has launched five updated XGA, WXGA and WUXGA resolution LCD projectors in its PA Series professional range. These latest innovative projectors in the PA Series range deliver a wealth of enhancements to image brightness and contrast, rich colour space conversion with HDR, connectivity support and operational lifespan, says the company.

The compact PA Series installation projectors are designed for customers looking for larger bright pictures in fantastic quality, with suitability for large venue and installed applications.

The new models in the PA Series incorporate the latest iteration of NEC's unique Scaler Chip. This integrated picture processor can simultaneously manage 4K/60p input, as well as sharing signal output with multiple daisy-chained connected projectors. It represents an enormous leap forward in picture processing, with true

UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) will be exclusively showcasing the new addition to Datapath's Fx4 HD creative video wall splitter range - the Fx4-SDI - on their stand at PLASA Focus Glasgow 2017, SECC, Glasgow, UK, stand B1, this week.

With the increasing popularity of multi-display video configurations demanding greater freedom in creating and deploying scalable video mapping products, Datapath's Fx4 range of 4K resolution wall splitters / controllers provides four HD outputs from one box, for millions of display possibilities.

The new Fx4-SDI connection model joins existing DisplayPort and HDMI versions to offer users support for all popular professional HD video data cable connections.

The Fx4-SDI model is aimed at users with existing HD-SDI transmission infrastructures, eliminating the need for additional converters at either end of the system. In addi

UK - The Tourflex Cabling brand will be showcasing its bespoke cable assembly service for the professional entertainment industry at PLASA Focus Glasgow 2017, SECC, Glasgow, UK, stand A7, this week.

Knowing how critical cables and connections are to the entertainment sector, Tourflex Cabling prides itself on providing the best connections, for a faultless performance.

Although recently re-branded, the service has over 40 years of experience and has earnt an enviable reputation for quality, reliability and a very fast delivery turnaround, as it understands when 'the show must go on' - often turning around emergency orders in 24 hours, including during weekends.

Last year alone, Tourflex Cabling made over 100,000 cable assemblies, including more than half a million metres of exceptional quality cabling. It holds a vast level of stock and choice of raw cables & connectors

UK - Doughty Engineering is set debut a new adaptable, three-position Tank Trap at this year's PLASA Focus, Glasgow. Visitors to stand B6 will be able to find out more about the prototype product which has been devised to answer customer demand for a Tank Trap which would allow rigging close to a wall, in the corner of a room or near to an obstruction.

It has a detachable receiver suitable for 48mm barrel, which may be fitted to any of the three mounting points. These mounting points are located in the centre as per a standard Tank Trap, at the edge and in the corner.

Dan Phillips, project sales coordinator at Doughty said, "The Adaptable Tank Trap's mounting points consist of a welded socket which the receiver slots into.The receiver is held in place with a 12mm stainless steel pin, which is in turn secured by a pair of lynch pins. The mounting points and receiver are CNC

The Netherlands - ISE 2017 sees Alcons Audio returns to its 'home show' both as an official ISE Technology Partner and with an expanded Alcons Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience.

The Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience was one of the highlights of ISE 2016 and returns this year in expanded form, having also enjoyed critical acclaim at the CEDIA home technology exhibition in Dallas last year. Taking place in an acoustically-optimised demo room on Alcons stand 6H148 in Hall 6, the company will be demonstrating systems for both the residential/home theatre and professional installation markets.

The residential/home theatre demos are taking place in co-operation with Barco, DreamScreen and Trinnov. This kind of co-operation between manufacturers shows visitors the very best home theatre experience, combining exceptionally detailed, HiFi sound at concert SPLs with high impact, high re

World - ETC's new Response 4 Port Gateway is now shipping. This affordable product is available as a table-top, rack-mount, DIN-rail, or pipe-mounted device. It uses bidirectional Ethernet communication with other network devices to send or receive up to 2048 channels of DMX512-A data and RDM messages.

Using ACN and streaming ACN protocols, the Response 4 Port supports up to four DMX universes and distributes up to 2048 channels over Ethernet. The 4 Port uses the same integrated LCD screen as ETC's other gateways for status display and configuration information.

While this Response gateway does not offer interchangeable sleds, the gateway is substantially lighter than other gateway variants and is available in the following standard models: 4-DMX out XLR, 4-DMX in XLR, 3-DMX out and 1-DMX in XLR, 4-in/out RJ45 ports, and 4-in/out terminal ports.

(Jim Evans)

The Netherlands - Pliant Technologies, the new professional products division of CoachComm, is exhibiting its innovative professional wireless intercom product, CrewCom, at Integrated Systems Europe 2017 (ISE, Booth 7-E223). The CrewCom wireless intercom system marks the first product launched by Pliant since the Professional Division was announced last year.

CrewCom is based on a new technology platform that offers the industry's highest user density, unparalleled range and scalability. The product features excellent voice quality, the industry's smallest fully-featured professional full-duplex wireless radio packs, multiple simultaneous frequency bands, as well as a host of user features, says the company. With CrewCom, production crews large or small can now easily and quickly deploy communications solutions to connect more people in more places than ever before.

"Since

The Netherlands - Allen & Heath's dLive C Class, a new compact range of surfaces and MixRacks, will make its European debut at the ISE show next month. Exhibiting on stand 7-K175, Allen & Heath will be also be showing models from the Qu range of digital mixers, including the new iPad-controlled ultra-compact faderless Qu-SB, along with the ME personal mixing system.

dLive C Class is founded on XCVI, the same 96kHz FPGA core which drives Allen & Heath's flagship dLive S Class mixers, and also shares its DEEP processing architecture, allowing class-leading compressors and processing emulations to be embedded directly within the inputs and mix channels. The new range includes the first 19" rack mountable dLive surface, the ultra-compact C1500. C Class opens up the dLive platform to a wider spectrum of AV, installation and live event roles.

(Jim Evans)

UK - The Warehouse Sound Services Ltd will once again be exhibiting on stand D2 at this year's PLASA Focus Glasgow on 18-19 January 2017 at the SECC.

The Warehouse will be displaying the Adamson E15 and S10 line array loudspeakers. This is the first time leading loudspeaker brand has been showcased in Scotland.

On the stand will be Craig Buckley - Adamson brand manager for The Warehouse, Justin Frost - southern sales manager, Douglas Martin - hire manager, Simon Meadows - technical manager, Aidan Thomson - hire co-ordinator and Graeme Brown - sound engineer.

The Warehouse Sound Services are distributors for Adamson in the UK. Already one of the largest suppliers of pro-audio equipment in Scotland, The Warehouse opened a third branch in the North of England together with sales and support based in London to support Adamson's UK growth.

Over the last few months The W

UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. is showcasing many UK-exclusive and other product highlights from their extensive portfolio of over 200 brands, at PLASA Focus Glasgow 2017, SECC, Glasgow, UK, stand B1, this week.

A leading one-stop provider of professional equipment to the entertainment industry, AC-ET's expert lighting, audio, rigging and video sales divisions will showcase how they can supply and advise on leading brands from each major product category, to offer customers access to complete technology systems suitable for touring, theatre, venues, education, film & TV, corporate and other markets.

The company's Lighting division will showcase highlights from their massive portfolio of industry-leading and popular-selling brands, which cater for a huge range of budgets. The stand includes LED washlights, hybrid luminaires, blinders, moving lights, lante

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