SHOW PREVIEW: PROLIGHT + SOUND Marching on
This year’s trip to Frankfurt falls a month earlier than 2013’s but organisers are still hoping for another record-breaking event
Almost 43,000 trade visitors from 114 nations visited the 2013 show (Picture: Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH 2013, Pietro Sutra)
WHAT?
Prolight + Sound 2014 WHERE?
Messe Frankfurt WHEN?
12-15 March 09:00-18:00
LIKE EASTER, Prolight + Sound moves around the calendar: this year the Frankfurt show takes place on 12-15 March. This is a month earlier than the 2013 event, and only five weeks after ISE, which this year was a week later than previously (and will move to mid-February in 2015). Although its prime focus
remains live events, Prolight + Sound has for some years looked to capitalise on the growth of the fixed installation market with its Media Systems ‘product segment’, although this has tended to be more evident in pre-show publicity than on the showfloor itself. It would be ironic if some attendees felt that not enough time had passed since ISE to make a visit to Prolight + Sound worthwhile; but conversely, with ISE attendees frequently remarking that there is too much to see there, maybe the
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Frankfurt show will provide a chance to catch up on what people missed in Amsterdam. The Prolight + Sound
Conference, to be held in Hall 9.1 and the Cosmopolitan Lounge of Hall 9.T, falls into three main sections: Media technology, in which speakers will pass on knowledge gained from practical experience and present product solutions and services from the fields of AV media technology and systems integration; Event technology, which
will include topics such as security in the event sector, legal issues, regulations and training options; and The VDT Academy, which is an information event organised by the Association of German Sound Engineers.
LIGHTING AND VIDEO Meanwhile, on the showfloor, Analog Way will be
showcasing its latest mixers and seamless switchers. A highlight is the Ascender 32, a powerful multi-screen seamless switcher with 32 scalers. The system offers 12 seamless inputs with 42 input plugs: six HDMI, nine DVI-I, three DisplayPort, 12 3G/HD/SD-SDI and 12 Universal Analog. It can handle any source from composite video, up to 2560 x 1600, and outputs a variety of formats, including HDTV and Computer format up to 2560 x 1600 and 4K. It also includes an independent Dual-Link output for monitoring purposes, with a Live Source Mosaic layout. Other products on show are the Saphyr and Pulse2 mixer native matrix switchers. Ayrton will launch three
new products: NandoBeam S6, WildBeam R and IntelliPix R. NandoBeam S6 is a
eyevis’ EYE-LCD-9000-LD 90in screen boasts 1920 x 1080 pixels and Direct-LED backlight
compact, ultra-fast moving head. Equipped with 37 RGBW LED emitters, arranged in four ‘crowns’ of independently controlled semi-ring sections, it shares the same
lightweight optical system and ultra-fast 5:1 zoom as the smaller S3. WildBeam R couples seven individually controlled 15W RGBW LEDs
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