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Chauvet Professional has expanded its Maverick series with the introduction of the Maverick MK2 Profile. The first profile light in the Maverick series, the 440W LED moving yoke fixture has been designed to perform a wide variety of functions. With an illuminance of up to 1,392 footcandles (14,981 lux) at 16.4’ (5 meters) and a zoom angle of 14° to 36°, the new fixture has the output needed for large venues and the ability to produce a range of beam sizes.

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RC4 Wireless has introduced their new Series 3 SX product line which includes innovations across the entire RC4 family line: the popular RC4Magic 2.4GHz products, the new RC4Magic 900MHz series for use in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil, the LumenDim line, which is compatible with the Lumen Radio CRMX protocol, and finally, the W-Dim products, which work with all Wireless Solution W-DMX devices. The product started shipping in late August.

Link Electronics introduces the AVS-816/SA Audio and Video Switcher which allows users to switch between 16 audio and video sources. Designed with video professionals in mind, this wide band-width video vertical interval switcher processes both video and audio in the analog and digital domain. The unit is designed with 16 channels of video and non-looping stereo audio and an extra video output can be used for monitoring. Audio and video breakaway are selected by a single easily accessed front panel switch, with dual LEDs for source selection and follow switch indicates follow or break-away. The AVS-816/SA allows the user to efficiently and economically route or delegate multiple video and audio signals.

Shure Incorporated announces the release of a limited quantity of the Super 55-BLK Deluxe Vocal Microphone Pitch Black Edition. The new Super 55 Pitch Black Edition is a modern take on the classic Super 55’s look and performance. This limited-edition microphone features a matte black die-cast case, black foam, and smooth frequency response for natural vocal reproduction, and comes with an integrated, swivel stand mount base, and microphone bag.

ETC has given the Eos® Family gets an upgrade with the release of two Ion® Xe consoles and two new fader wings. For nearly a decade, ETC’s Ion consoles have brought powerful control to theatres around the world. 

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Elation Professional now offers the DiGidot C4™, a small and powerful LED controller and pixel tape driver that has use in all kinds of applications. It can be integrated into a variety of LED pixel tape projects and is designed to run all pixel tapes on the market, including the Elation Flex Pixel range.

Following the success of the Inno Pocket Spot, American DJ introduces its next generation affordable and compact moving head, the Pocket Pro. Offering all the same features as its predecessor, this innovative new fixture adds the flexibility of replaceable gobos, four additional gobos, a powerCON input and also offers increased output, but without an increase in retail price.

Built into the eLumen8 Tour Batten TW’s rugged, rental-ready housing are 10 x 10W tunable warm white LEDs with a variable color temperature between 1,600K–2,900K. The temperature can be set via the rear menu or DMX. When dimmed, the fixture can emulate a traditional halogen lamp with an orange glow similar to a sunstrip.

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Field Template™ announces that it has just released updated 3.9 SoftSymbol™ Packs for Ayrton, Clay Paky, ETC, Martin, Morpheus, Robe, and Vari*Lite luminaires. These object libraries include all the latest Vectorworks resources, with all the latest data. They are available in any format, starting with Vectorworks 2008.

Well aware of the issue of moving heavy loads, NEXT-proaudio has added the LAs418G to its Subwoofer options. This model is a new ground stack version of the company’s current subwoofer, the LAs418, but is designed to not be rigged. The existing LAs418 allows the user to array the sub with optional external hardware, since it includes all of the internal box rigging hardware. With this new ground stack version, there is no way to array it, which is not a requirement for some users. This allows for a substantial weight reduction while keeping the same design and performance.