SHOW REVIEW: PROLIGHT + SOUND
then placing it in a fish tank and allowing visitors to pour water over it. On the final day of the show, it was placed in a fountain sprinkling 2,000 litres of water per minute – with no ill effects. Martin Professional launched its RUSH range of effect lights, which is targeted at the installation market. Six products currently make up the range. The RUSH MH 1 Profile is a super-bright LED profile moving head that delivers a variety of effects and colours from two gobo wheels and one colour wheel. The RUSH MH 2 Wash features RGBW colour mixing and a 20º fixed beam angle. The RUSH MH 3 Beam moving head has an intense and narrow long- throw beam for spectacular mid-air looks and effects. Completing the range are the RUSH Strobe 1 5 x 5 white strobe/blinder, the RUSH PAR 1 RGBW LED PAR and the RUSH Pin 1 CW white LED pin spot.
A similarly packed line-up of launches came from Robe. New additions to the ROBIN range were the Pointe, MiniMe and three other products, while the DigitalSpot series
was enhanced with the addition of the 7100DT. The Pointe features 5-20º zoom with full focus control, variable frost, two separate prism effects, a rotating and a static gobo wheel and inbuilt colour wheel. MiniMe is an effects lighting luminaire with the addition of full video output, designed for bar, club and retail lighting applications. New from ETCwas the Eos Titanium control desk (known as Ti), which replaces the Eos
OVERHEARD AT PL+S
“We set out with a goal of trying to solve the problems of sound experts around the world…
We wanted to ensure that when they turned on the sound system they had sound that was completely consistent across the whole of any venue – so that we could allow an engineer to finesse the performance. We wanted him to polish the soundscape with a soft cloth, rather than chip away at it with a chisel, as is the way in the market at the moment.”
Anthony Taylor, managing director, Martin Audio, at the launch of the MLA Mini
“In the conference market we see a need for integration, media integration,
connectivity of audio and video, linking different locations, and the need to access content on the internet and also within meetings. We address this via the OMNEO standard. The OMNEO architecture supports the strength of integration,
and puts Bosch in a great position to not only follow the growth in the market, but to outgrow the market.” Johan Jubbega, senior vice president sales, Bosch Security Systems
“We launched the Soundcraft Si Expression in January, we shipped it in
February in Europe and it shipped last week in the States. It’s the fastest selling console that Soundcraft has ever produced. We’re shipping
a digital console at analogue volumes – and we’re very proud of it.” Keith Watson, director, mixing, Harman Professional
“We’ve had quite a lot of flak in the last year from various sources because we seem
to be at the top of the dance market and people are looking for weaknesses. But all they’ve done is highlight them to us so we can address them!” Tony Andrews, founder, Funktion-One
desk at the head of the company’s product line. With hardware adapted from the design of the Gio, the Ti incorporates integrated, articulating, multitouch displays, backlit keys and an anodised finish; it also includes a large multi-touch encoder display and dedicated pan and tilt encoders. New software is said to make lighting design and programming even easier. Among the lighting brands being shown on the Philips
stand, Philips Selecon showcased the new twin single-source RGBW LED chip PLCyc2 and the variable- beam profile PLprofile4 luminaire. These use the same LED engines as the rest of the Selecon PL range and the Vari-Lite VLX ranges, simplifying colour matching from all types of Philips Entertainment luminaire. Visual Productions debuted the B-Station, a wall- mount six-pushbutton panel
that can remotely control any function within the company’s CueCore solid-state lighting controller. The buttons are backlit and can provide visual feedback. The button station supports various open protocols including OSC, UDP and Art-Net, which allows it to be integrated with other third-party network-based systems, such as audio, video or show control systems.
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