ISE 2010: Event preview

ISE 2010: Event preview

Andrew Low Feb 1 2010, 11:34am

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What to expect at the Amsterdam RAI

In recent years, the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) trade show has skyrocketed to the top of the heap in the systems integration sector, and is now taking a top spot as one of the leading pro audio events in the business.

This year’s show, held at Amsterdam’s RAI Convention Centre from February 2nd to 4th, will feature an additional 100 exhibitors, which is 20 per cent up from last year and raises the show record to 500-plus companies. New pro audio faces to grace the floor will be L-Acoustics, HK Audio, Sonus, Ateïs, Out Board/TiMax, Baldwin Boxall, Seeburg, Cloud Electronics and XTA/MC2.

Despite bad snow that closed down all of the UK’s airports, last year’s event hosted over 24,000 visitors, a number that the organisers hope to exceed in 2010. Mike Blackman, managing director of Integrated Systems Events, explains: “No trade show can thrive without bringing new customers and new markets to its exhibitors. Right from its first showing in Geneva in 2004, this is something ISE has proved it can do.

“AV manufacturers are turning to ISE as a platform from which to launch their products and services into new and emerging sectors, and that is one reason why we are hosting so many new exhibitors in Amsterdam in February.”

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Steadfast brands in the installation market, like Tannoy, will be among the slew of newcomers at the event. The Scotland-based company will be exhibiting an extensive range of its loudspeakers, ranging from digitally steerable arrays through to high-end home cinema audio systems.

The QFlex range of self-powered digital beam-steering array loudspeakers will take centre stage at the show along with the new VQ series. Designed to overcome intelligibility problems associated with highly reverberant surroundings, QFlex are suited for use in airports and other transportation hubs, shopping centres, conference facilities, museums, houses of worship and many other locations with problematic acoustics.

Tannoy will also demo its line of in-ceiling and in-wall loudspeaker technology, including the compact CVS4 Micro and the CMS 401DCe ‘eyeball’, along with surface-mount products including Designer Install and i9VP Vandal Proof and the Definition Install range, which is aimed at the medium to high-end home cinema market.
www.tannoy.com

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Alcons Audio will introduce the three-way CRMS reference system designed for AV projects, high-end screening rooms and home theatre installations. CRMS Unique has a design which provides an MHF section that acts both as MHF section for the main/front system, as well as full-range surround system.

The company will also be pushing the LR7 micro pro-ribbon line-array system, the latest and smallest member of Alcons’ pro-ribbon line-arrays, which features a single 6.5-inch woofer and the Alcons RBN401 four-inch pro-ribbon driver in a 15-degree vertical projection configuration. Its 16 Ohms impedance and a choice of 90-degree or 120-degree horizontal projection make the LR7 suited for AV projects, where very compact form factor with optimised line-array throw and imaging are required.

A selection of other Alcons products, including the QR36 pro-ribbon column array system and the V-series, will be on the booth. It will also hold low-SPL demonstrations to highlight the benefits of its VR8 monitors and BF151 subwoofers.
www.alconsaudio.com

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Digico will be showing its full range of digital mixing consoles and accessories, including the SD7 and SD8, in addition to the new SD8-24 and the new EX-007 expander unit.

Designed with a smaller footprint for the corporate events sector, the SD8-24 features the same functionality and number of inputs and outputs as the SD8 console with the same fixed architecture, while employing the same smaller Super FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array).

The EX-007 expander unit was designed to substantially increase the number of faders and channels that can be simultaneously controlled by an SD7. The EX-007 can be set up at a distance of up to 100 metres via a Cat5 cable connection.
www.digico.org

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Allen & Heath will make the European debut of its new iDR-16 MixRack and the iLive-R72 rackmountable Control Surface in Amsterdam.The fixed I/O iDR-16 MixRack features 16 mic/line inputs and eight XLR outputs in a 3U frame, with a further eight-in/eight-out available locally at the iLive-R72 surface. All MixRacks, including the new iDR-16, feature the same 64x32 RackExtra DSP mix engine, providing processing for 64 channels, 32 mixes, and eight stereo FX processors. The latest dualcore DSP technology handles all the FX and mixing along with the full dynamics, eq and delay for all inputs and outputs simultaneously.

The iLive-R72 surface can be fitted in a universal 19-inch rack, and features a similar iLive fader strip layout with 12 faders in two banks and six layers, providing a total of 72 colour assignable channel ID control strips.