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Netherland-based Jasper Ravesteijn has been named European sales manager for Adamson Systems Engineering. He will work with Jochen Sommer, director of European operations for Adamson, to manage sales and support for new and existing customers in Europe, Russia and Africa.

Chamsys presents their latest lighting console, the MQ80, an evolution of the MQ60 that allows the user to work more comfortably and with a more powerful processor that can control 24 DMX universes. One can see at first glance that the screen size has been increased for better legibility. Its quality has also been improved, with an increase in the viewing angle and in luminosity.

Yamaha continues to expand its range of digital consoles to accommodate lower budgets, with the introduction of the TF Series, which follows the CL and the QL Series. Also exhibited on the stand of the Japanese manufacturer was the PM10 Rivage digital mixing system – the flagship of the brand (see SLU) – and RSiO64-D, a rack of mini-YGDAI cards for inputs and outputs that accepts more than 30 types of cards .

Numerous new products were presented by RCF at this edition of Prolight + Sound: a new 3-way, amplified line array system, HDL 50-A; an addition to the TT series, the TTL6-A amplified enclosure; the new stage monitors ST 12-SMA and ST 15-SMA; and finally, a series of small rack-mount digital mixing systems including the M08 and M18.

Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) today announced that it has agreed to acquire the XL Video Group, one of the largest providers of premier multi-market video services. PRG Chairman & CEO Jeremiah J. Harris and Lucas Covers, the Group CEO of XL Video jointly made the announcement.

We discovered three big news on the d&b stand: the D20 amplifier, little brother of the D80, the stage monitor MAX2, successor of the German manufacturer's renown MAX and, on the simulation-prediction software side, version 8 of ArrayCalc, which now has the ArrayProcessing extension.

At Prolight + Sound, the American manufacturer High End Systems unveiled version 3 of the software developed for the Hog 4 series consoles. It includes two major new features: Plot and Pixel Mapping and, of course, other improvements.

Teeth for returning the smiles that welcomed us at all stands in Frankfurt, teeth for chewing up the pages of content that we prepare for you daily and, finally, the teeth to nip at human foolishness when it crosses the line. Your industry journal is now a three-year-old toddler, with all its teeth.

Until now, "The Projectors" – the band of superheroes from the latest Clay Paky marketing material – lacked a true spot fixture in the line-up. Scenius is positioned at the top of the range and employs a new 1400 W Osram arc lamp of the latest generation. Advantages: a CRI of 96, a luminous flux of 20% to 30% higher than the previous 1500 W, a zoom ratio of 1:7 and a magnificent beam.

MUSIC Group has today announced the acquisition of TC Group, one of the largest group of companies in the professional audio industry. Headquartered in Denmark, and with offices all over the world, TC Group owns and manages some of the most acclaimed brands such as Tannoy, Lab Gruppen, Lake, TC Electronic, TC Helicon and TC Applied Technologies.

L-Acoustics announces the opening of three new facilities dedicated to production, logistics and carpentry in order to respond to market demand. The new facilities will enable L-Acoustics to increase production significantly by the end of 2015.

Imagine a one-meter rail with two levels of 24 small, conjoined spoons serving as reflectors for LEDs, meticulously sorted by color in a smart and tidy kitchen. The recipe for the quality of the diffusion and the color palette are especially tasty! Dalis meets a set of specifications that should appeal to theaters and television studios in terms of diffusion, luminous density, variety of pastel and saturated colors, and silent operation.

Nexo chose Prolight & Sound for the debut of the ID24 series (ID stands for Inspace Definition), which comprises a line of ultra-compact, full-range speakers and two subs, S110 and S210. Because there are numerous versions – between the touring and installation versions and the "à la carte" variants – the ID24 enclosures cover a wide range of applications, starting with under-balcony fills, front-fills for theatre or concert stages, or even monitoring applications.

As white as the website, L-Acoustic’s booth at P+S 2015 is entirely dedicated to the X series. The three new enclosures in the X Series family represent the most recent engineering innovations at L-Acoustics and directly benefit from the research and development breakthroughs that led to the launch of K2 last year.

CosmoPix-R is a small planet that rotates endlessly, throwing out punchy colored beams. Ayrton revisits a huge 80s hit with ten times the power and range. Making its debut at ProLight+Sound, CosmoPix-R will also be used in the light show designed by Laurent Chapot for the Aytron stand.