Two fresh and creative effects called SCE Metaballs and SCE Drops as well as the much-improved Sound2Light effect S2L Equalizer extend the possibilities. In addition, reorganizing effects by using drag & drop is now possible.
Combining effects has been enhanced by adding new features to layers, such as Copy, Paste, and Insert. The Patch was completely rebuilt and is as user-friendly and fast as never before, says the company.
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The CRMS, Cinema Ribbon Monitor System is a hybrid three-way main- /two-way surround-system.
Each system consists of a separate mid-high frequency (MHF) section, featuring one RBN401 pro-ribbon driver HF with non-vented 8" MF and a low frequency 15" (LF) section, with low power-compression 4" voice-coil.
The MHF section is specifically designed to act both as MHF section for the main/fron
GDS will showcase the newest addition to the LiteWare range, LiteWare HO (High Output). Following the success of LiteWare wireless RGB uplighter, launched in 2009, LiteWare HO is a high output version offering 80Watts of LED power. Designed to be completely compatible with the existing LiteWare range, the LiteWare HO product is the same footprint as the standard version and is calibrated to deliver colour-matched output.
Andy Duffield, European sales manager, GDS commented: "LiteWare has achieved enormous success since its launch in February 2009, with over 20 of the leading live events companies in the UK holding inventory and many more units sold worldwide. Buildin
Global sales manager, S°ren Kraemmergaard, described the decision to allow their key resellers to represent the company's range in their own specialist sectors as a complete success. "We noticed the favourable response, not only at these booths but also those of OEM partners such as Christie and Eyevis," he said.
Kraemmergaard added that although the general traffic appeared reduced this year, dnp were excited by the quality of visitor, and the potential of the follow-ups that this has generated.
While the market was clearly getting more competitive, dnp seemed largely unaffected. "Generally we saw more
A major incentive in attracting new installers to DMi was the new Escient Zone product offerings, enabling the streaming and playout of HD video, and the bidirectional control integration of leading Blu-ray players, universal disc players and AV receivers from Denon and Marantz.
DMi brand director, Bert Kiggen, commented: "It has been a very successful show for us with plenty of new installers and distributors signing up for DMi 'membership' and training. Feedback from installers was especially positive to our offering
The considerably larger booth is in a new location in Hall 8, G70 where dBTechnologies, together with cousin brands RCF and recently acquired SGM Lighting will be launching an array of new products from under the RCF Group umbrella.
dBTechnologies will also be uploading daily video blogs to their newly designed website, featuring news and product information direct from the stand. "We want all clients, distributors and dealers to be fully informed. Whether they can't be at the show, or are tied up with other responsibilities, it's important that they don't miss anything,"
SoundGrid offers super low latency performance, which means users can take advantage of even more audio processors and CPU-intensive processors than ever before, says the company. Waves says it is leveraging the recent advances in both Ethernet and CPU technologies to provide better, more cost-effective performance for the pro audio and live sound markets.
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A highlight on the stand will be the newly launched iDR-16 3U MixRack and iLive-R72 rackmountable control surface, which together provide a space saving, lightweight digital live mixing system, bringing the same power, sonic performance and flexibility of the larger touring iLive systems to a significantly lower price point. The company will also be demonstrating new features in the latest version of its iLive software v1.6.
Allen & Heath will also be launching a new club installation product, the Xone:PB. The Xone patchbay is a 1U rack size, passive interface box, designed to simplify the task of connecting encoded vinyl replay systems to installed mixers, without the need to re-patch.
Also from the Xone DJ range, A&H will be launching
The ECS-Teleconference unit is an echo cancellation system (ESC) that is designed to produce clear audio for teleconferences, with no delays or doubletalk.
At the heart of the system is a digital signal processor using Dynamic Automatic Echo Cancellation, based on a wideband acoustic echo cancelling algorithm developed by Ateis' R&D department.
This technology enables the ECS to produce natural, full duplex speech with a bandwidth of 20Hz to 27kHz, which brings benefits during conversations involving large numbers of people.
The ECS range currently comprises eight units, which provide a range of tools for producing clear, successful teleconferences. The system features integrated compressor-limiters, equali
Direct Sends on Fader access from the mix send encoders in Sends on Fader mode gives the operator more options for a smoother, more efficient workflow and frees up the console's user-defined controls to be used for other functions.
Another key development is that Sends on Fader functionality in the M7CL V3 Editor software now provides remote, console-independent Sends on Fader operation. This means that, for example, an engineer can make stage monitor adjustments from a tablet PC while standing on stage.
Further enhancing the M7CL's setup flexibility and control, additional Recall Safe functio
With SoundGrid bringing the worlds of studio and live sound closer than ever before, the introduction of the WSG-Y16 sees Waves bringing the networking and processing capabilities of SoundGrid functionality to the live sound realm for the first time.
Announced at the Winter NAMM show in January, the WSG-Y16 card will be available from mid-March and follows on from the existing Waves Y96K, eight in eight out, plug-in DSP card for Yamaha digital consoles.
Using a SoundGrid-compatible PC as the plug-in host and Ethernet connectivity, the system allows users to run large numbers of Waves plug-ins with ultra-low latency. The WSG-Y16 card allows users of Yam
Artistic Licence managing director Simon Hobday, says, "We laid our stand out to illustrate some of the key technology prevalent in today's lighting control market and reflected this concept in our new Technical Focus brochure.
"Technologies covered included DALI & DMX, RDM & Art-Net, Colour-Tramp and Interfacing solutions. DALI is a relatively new protocol and there are a lot of technical complications surrounding it as people get to grips with how it works. Our Technical Focus brochure gives more information about DALI and how to avoid common pitfalls when using it, and our customers say the brochure has already proved a useful tool.
"The show proved to us that the
At the AVnu Alliance panel on 26 March, Meyer Sound digital products executive director John McMahon and other industry heavyweights will discuss the emerging AVB audio/video bridging networking standards. The D-Mitri digital audio platform - the first Meyer Sound product to leverage the AVB technology - will be featured on the booth. Attendees can also learn more about D-Mitri at the Manufacturers' Forum on 24 March and the CAL steerable column a
The COLORado 1 Tour is designed for touring professionals, features RGBW colour mixing from 42 1W LEDs. Colour temperature presets range from 3,200 K to 10,000 K. It responds to three, four, five, six or 11 channels of DMX control. Five distinct dimming curves provide smooth dimming to closely match conventional sources. PowerCon connectors as well as direct DMX in and out provide faster and easier connections.
The COLORado 2 Tour, also directed at touring professionals, boasts more and higher powered LEDs (48 2W and 3-watt RGBW LEDs with 15° or optional 30° lenses) than the COLORado 1 Tour, while offering the same improved dimming capability.
The COLORado Batten 72 Tour is a 39-inch long linear wash fixture equipped with 72 1W RGBWA
V2.0 adds the functionality for users to edit the existing library, create their own fixtures and organize these fixtures into an improved Favorites List. New fixtures included in the library include Dedolight, K5600 and Kobold.
Developer Michael Zinman says: "This is our most ambitious update for PocketLD since it was released two years ago. I'm so happy with these changes and I'm confident our world-wide user base will find the new functions a great add."
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Trantec will also be exhibiting S-D7000 - the world's first professional fully digital wireless microphone system that is already in use at GMTV for their presenters and guests. Features include 24 bit audio resolution, network monitoring for over 60 channels, and users can now benefit from over 20 user channels in an 8MHz TV band.
Other products on show incl
The DN-HC5000 is a turnkey digital DJ system; an integrated hardware / software solution, designed to give mobile DJs ultimate control of MP3, AAC, WAV and AIFF digital music libraries. Connection to a PC or Mac with a single USB cable, provides full control of digital music files from the included Serato ITCH software which is quickly and easily installed.
The control layout of the DN-HC5000S is immediately familiar to anyone who has ever used Denon's twin DJCD controllers.
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Among the new features in v2.0 is 'Stacks', which is a cue-list playback system designed to make it very easy to put together shows for a wide variety of uses. Cues can be programmed directly within Luminair, and also recorded as snapshots from an external console or any other DMX control source. Standard playback life using the device's internal battery can run up to 3.5 hours, and can be extended to over 36 hours using a 3rd-party external battery pack.
Playback will run indefinitely when the device is plugged into a power source. Another major new feature in Luminair 2.0 is the ability to assign images
The DN-F400 is an advanced digital media solution for the continuous or triggered playback of MP3 and uncompressed .WAV sound files stored on SD and SDHC flashcards (up to 32GB). Its compact, single half-RU space saving form and simple facia with hardwire (dip switch) rear panel setup are designed specifically for instant or programmed repeat messaging, fire and safety voice alarm announcements, radio spots
Visual Productions has made a Cuelux driver for all 64 bit versions of the Windows operating systems, XP, Vista and the new Windows 7.
Developer Maarten Engels explains, "A key design goal for Cuelux was to offer cross-platform support, which we had already achieved for 32 bit windows and Mac OS. We are very excited about adding support for 64 bit windows, making the unique cross-platform feature even stronger."
The new release of Cuelux is available to download free of charge from www.visualproductions.nl
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LOBO will also present an ultra-bright Sparks laser projections system with two integrated projection heads. This allows the unit to display even very complex laser projectio
