NEWS UNITED KINGDOM ABTT’s theatrical attraction
The ABTT Theatre Show is a long-established part of the annual show calendar – it was first held in 1978. This year it returned to the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane, east London, where around 100 exhibitors showed off their wares over two days. There was a strong
showing from the lighting sector, with LDR and UK partner Zero 88 (part of Eaton’s Cooper Controls) introducing the new LED followspot, Astro. The double condenser optics system delivers high resolution for both A/B size steel and film transparency gobos. LED dimming is said to be fast and accurate with 512 step resolution controlled from a single DMX/RDM or from a local control knob positioned on the rear panel of the unit. LDR’s Fabiano Besio commented: “The followspot is a real step forward in LED deployment and the positive comments from the market reinforce our decision to not make any compromise in quality.”
Making its ABTT debut on the stand of UK dealer AC Entertainment Technologies was Chroma-Q’s new Inspire Mini RGBW LED house light – a super compact version of the Inspire fixture featuring a shorter housing designed for venues with low ceilings and balconies. Also on show were the super-bright Color Force range of RGBA colour- mixing entertainment lighting fixtures and the Studio Force range of white film and TV lighting fixtures.
Other highlights on the AC- ET stand were Jands’ Vista lighting and media control solutions range and Stage CL lighting console; James Thomas Engineering’s Par 64 lantern and 1kW cyc lite; and Luminex’s range of networking solutions. Loudspeaker manufacturer
Flare Audio announced a new, smaller compact vertical point source system – the X2A. The system allows sound to be produced with a minimum of interference from box pressure and resonance with the aim that the purity of
sound will provide a platform for expression, allowing engineers to work with the sound created by the artist, not the loudspeaker. It is designed to bring the same studio reference quality using Vortex and Space technologies (from the X5A) to smaller installations and live events. As well as its Digital 9000
Wireless Microphone system and 3000/5000 Series of wireless products, Sennheiser
used the event to show a new offering from K-array, Kamoflage. This new solution enables K-array loudspeakers to blend into any background or mounting surface, making them an attractive proposition for audio system designers tasked with making audio systems ‘invisible’. As well as supporting the
Real Ale d&bar, d&b was showing its D80 amp for the first time in London. The D80 represents the culmination
of a development programme that, product manager Marc Weber explained, “will fulfil the expectations of a d&b product well into the future”. The units offer a slimmer design and an increase in power (4,000W per channel) and feature power factor correction that maintains optimal performance when running from any heavily loaded mains supply. New Cadac distributor
LMC Audio used the event to showcase the CDC eight-16 digital production console. This features 128 channels, 48 bus outputs and 16 fully automated faders. Described as far less menu-dependent in operation than other digital consoles, its user interface is built around a large touchscreen. Next year’s ABTT will be
moving both in the calendar and geographically. It will move to a post-InfoComm slot on 24-25 June, and to a new venue, Alexandra Palace in north London.
www.abtttheatreshow.co.uk
8 July 2014
www.installation-international.com
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