DJzone DJ Magazine

Acoustica Releases Revolutionary Mixcraft 5 Recording Software
Mar 11, 2010 Acoustica Releases Revolutionary Mixcraft 5 Recording Software New Version Brings Professional Audio Features and Video Scoring To Everyone Acoustica has released Mixcraft 5, a powerful new update to their popular Mixcraft recording software. Mixcraft 5 adds video scoring as well as numerous professional audio features, and with an MSRP of US$85.95, Mixcraft 5 is priced at a fraction of the cost of competing products. [ In Music Video DJ Gear ]

American DJ’s ProLight + Sound Booth To Feature Expanded Revo Series, Revolutionary Lamp Technology
Mar 11, 2010 American DJ has a toolchest of lighting innovations in store for those who visit its display at ProLight + Sound trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany March 24-27. The company will show two new additions to its popular Revo Series of LED moonflowers, unveil a ground-breaking moving head with revolutionary Philips 5R lamp technology, and take the wraps off one of its most unusual special effects ever – a clear, see-through fixture named after its look-alike fish! [ In New DJ Lighting ]

EAW Introduces the SB1001 Subwoofer
Mar 11, 2010 EAW^®, a world leader in audio system solutions, today launched the SB1001 Large-Format Dual-18-Inch-Loaded Subwoofer. The successor to EAW’s legendary SB1000, the new SB1001 is essentially an SB1002 Large Format Flyable Subwoofer without the rigging hardware. The SB1001 is perfectly suited for a wide range of non-flying applications (with rigging hardware available as an optional separate product if desired), including concert touring, arenas, houses of worship, auditoriums/theaters, stage/drum fill monitoring, large dance clubs or any other application requiring articulate, powerful low end. [ In New DJ Gear ]

CHAUVET Finds a Niche in the Barbecue Market
Mar 9, 2010 CHAUVET lighting retail dealer Pablo Elizondo figured out how to cash in on Texans’ passion for barbecuing by making his own barbecue pit complete with trusses, lights, speakers, plasma TVs and a DJ stand.
“My main concern is growing my business,” said Elizondo, who owns DJ Centro in Houston. “We can rent it out for parties or do catering.” [ In Hot Wire ]

American DJ Introduces New P64 LED With Master/Slave Capabilities
Mar 9, 2010 American DJ has made its popular P64 LED par can even better! The company has added Master/Slave capabilities to this award-winning RGB-mixing LED par can with the introduction of the upgraded P64 LED Plus. Now, all it takes is a 3-pin XLR cable to link multiple units of the fixture together, and they will all follow a "master" program -- allowing users to produce a synchronized light show with ease. [ In New DJ Lighting ]

Chauvet displays five new fixtures at ProLight + Sound
Mar 1, 2010 CHAUVET, a U.S. based lighting manufacturer with distributors worldwide, will bring five new products for production as well as clubs and DJs to ProLight + Sound trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany. [ In New DJ Lighting ]