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Colortran Control Console &
Dimmer Rack

A.I'vLX 192 output; and an off-line ediror.
For furmer information, conracr: Coloman, Inc., 1015 Chesrnut Sr., Burbank,
CA 91506; 818-843-1200, fax: 818-9 25599.

rhe PA signal ro a safe invisible infrared
light rhat is senr ro emirrers aligning rhe
room. The emirrers rhen send rhe light
signal ro listeners wearing rhe wireless,
pocker-size receivers. The receivers contain an optical lens rhar receives rhe lighr
and converts it back ro
sound.
The StarSound sysrem
offers a squelch circuir ro
eliminare annoying whire
noise when no signal is
presenr, and a srandard
mic circuir ro oprionally
override rhe facility's PA sysrem. The cosr
is comperirive because the sysrem is
designed and engineered in rhe Unired
Srares.
For furrher informarion and rechnical
data, cosr, and insrallarion derails, conracr:
PhonicEar, 3880 Cypress Drive,
Peraluma, CA 94954-7600; 707-7691110.

Colorrran has introduced a number of
new producrs. These include: Medallion
Lighring Comrol Console, Encore XL
Lighring Conrrol Console,
Encore 48/96 Lighring
Comrol Console, Encore
24/48 Lighring Control
NEW
RODueTS
Console, ENR 48 Rolling
Dimmer Rack (600-300
Series), Cue Lighr Conrroller, and Floor Pocker.
The Medallion is rhe rop of rhe line,
Mcintire Lighting EHects
Handbook
urilizing rhe laresr advances in com purer
rechnology. Ir uses rhe OS/2 window environmenr and rhe Inrel 486 TM processor
A new Lighting Effects Hl1ndbookconraining lighring effecrs ideas designed by
along wirh rhe i960 RISC co-processor.
Some of rhe specificarions include:
William A. McInrire Emerprises is now
1,000 cues per show wirh mulriple show
available ar no charge. Ir conrains applicasrorage on hard disk; 1536 conrrol chanrions for producrs like Digiral Elecrronic
nels wirh up ro 10 differenr parches per
Flicker Generarors, Compacr Lighring
show; up ro eighr pans per cue; rwo VGA
Dimmers, Oprical Pickup, rhe Wireless
color monirors wirh an oprional rhird
Sapsis Rigging Equipment
Cue Sysrem, and more. Safery in rhe use
moniror available; grand masrer; eighr
of lighring elecrronics, an imporranr issue,
Catalog
playback faders; 96 submasrers each prois made more secure by rhe use of a comgrammable as pile on, rimed fades,
bination "Ground Inregriry/Voltage VeriSapsis Rigging, Inc. has a new caralog
inhibirive and effecrs; trackball; real rime
fication" indicaror lamp. Their unique
called rhe "Toy Caralog." Ir is rruly a caraclock; up ro 99 effecrs per show wirh up ro
equipmenr is referred ro bur is nor neceslog for anyone rhar is involved wirh rhe99 sreps per effecr; an alpha keyboard;
sarily required ro implemenr rhe ideas prearrical rigging. There are clipir knives, resoprions including AMX 192 ourpur,
senred.
cue pulleys, descenders, carabiners, ropes,
1IDIISEMPTE inrerface, remore video,
The publicarion is wrirren for rhe noncurring rools, aircrafr firrings and cable,
off line ediror, redundanr backup, magic
rechnical reader. Available on requesr, ir is
rhimbles, wire rope clips, proof coil chain,
sheer, hand held remore; and a prinrer.
free of charge. For furrher informarion,
connecrors, rurnbuckles, roundslings, lors
The Encore XJ..:s console is capable of:
conracr: William A. McInrire Enrerprises,
of body harnesses, fire currains, draperies
400 cues per show; 3.5" Aoppy drive for
Box 4244, Porrland, OR; 503-286-4193.
currain rracks and machines, winches, Ion
show srorage; 512 or 1024 conrrol chanblocks, head blocks, rope locks, locking
nels; proporrional parching; mulri-parr
Phonic Ear StarSound
rails, counrerweighr carriages, pipe barcues; grand masrer; four playback faders;
rens, and anyrhing else you could imagine
faders which clear auromarically or manuPhonic Ear introduces a new Infrared
rhar has anyrhing ro do wirh srage rigging.
ally; dual-purpose wheel for proporrional
Hearing Sysrem, SrarSound. lr is a soluThey also carry a number of books
level and rare comrol; blackour swirch;
rion ro rhe increasing demand generared
rhar cover all aspecrs of rope and rigging.
load key for faders and submasrers; subby rhe American wirh Disabiliries Acr
Sapsis also operares a safety division rhar
masters programmable as pile-on,
(ADA) for hearing assisrance systems.
will provide safety inspecrions, consulrainhibirive, or effecrs; large backlit "GO"
The SrarSound infrared broadcasr
rions, safery seminars, rraining seminars,
burron; up ro 99 effecrs per show wirh up
begins wirh an infrared rransmirrer rhar
and repair and insrallarion.
ro 99 effecrs per effecr; prinrer supporr;
picks up rhe sound signal from rhe exisrFor furrher informarion and a caralog
MIDI inrerface; color moniror; hand held
ing PA sysrem. The rransmirrer converrs
wirh an accompanying price lisr, conracr:
remote support; autoSapsis Rigging, Inc., 233
switching power supply.
Lansdowne Ave., LansROBERT HELLER, EDITOR
Oprions include a handdowne, PA 19050; 215held remote, 32 submaster
849-6660, fax: 215-849ou rflgger,
pflnrer,
8010.
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