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Visual Support for the Event Industry

At Prolight + Sound, the ComputerWorks team unveiled its new software solution, Braceworks, for the event industry and offered a well-attended lecture program. ComputerWorks is a manufacturer and developer of software solutions for the construction, design and project management industries.

Rigging Analysis for the Event Industry

Braceworks is an add-on module to the existing CAD software Vectorworks. It offers event planners a simple possibility for the static analysis of traverse systems. It calculates the load on the truss planning, complies with technical standards and thus ensures safety. Braceworks is seamlessly integrated with Vectorworks and provides a fully integrated workflow from design through analysis to documentation.

Comprehensive CAD Software

The CAD software Vectorworks offers numerous advantages for the work in the field of light, set, sound and video design. This can be for show, event, theatre, film, television or trade fair construction. Vectorworks Spotlight has established itself as the standard for the development and presentation of stage, lighting and video design as well as the production of technical plans of all kinds. Vectorworks Spotlight combines 2D drawing, 3D modeling and documentation. In addition, Vectorworks can also be used intuitively with other CAD technologies (e.g. SIEMENS) or current libraries for light, video, audio, set, rigging and stage. The software thrives on being permanently further developed according to the needs of the users.

Innovations regarding GDTF open standards

Another important topic was the innovations concerning the open data standard GDTF.
The new data format with the name “General Device Type Format” defines the uniform data exchange between consoles, CAD and pre-visualization software. Besides the new version GDTF 1.0, the founding companies have developed another open file format called My Virtual Rig (MVR), which enables an exchange between planning, pre-visualization and console systems. The MVR format is now integrated into Vectorworks 2019, Vision 2019 and grandMA3.

Expert and User Meetings

ComputerWorks PLS 2019During the fair, users and developers of Vectorworks Spotlight also had the opportunity to exchange ideas. One result of the exchange is the Spotlight libraries in the Vectorworks Service Select Portal. These are updated again and again according to the user's explicit wishes and are then available for download.
In addition, students and pupils from the event sector were able to ask their questions to the industry experts at the Student Sessions and receive valuable practical tips.

Source: Prolight + Sound redaction, ComputerWorks

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LEDitgo’s World Premiere At Prolight + Sound

LEDitgo’s World Premiere At Prolight + Sound
The German manufacturer of LED video wall products presented the LED-rXone series for the first time after 3 years of development and exclusively at Prolight + Sound 2019. Accordingly, the audience at the trade fair was curious to learn more about this new product. Special encapsulated LED module The special feature of the rXone series…
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AED Group Presents Highlights And Expands Portfolio

AED Group Presents Highlights And Expands Portfolio
The Belgian provider of complete solutions for professionals in the AV industry once again presented product highlights from its current portfolio at this year’s Prolight + Sound. It was also announced that the AED Group will be the new European distributor for the Pro-AV range from Roland. Innovations for Luxibel range The sleek Expo Tools…
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LMP Lichttechnik Successfully Completes Prolight + Sound

LMP Lichttechnik Successfully Completes Prolight + Sound
For LMP Lichttechnik Vertriebs GmbH, the global distributor for professional lighting and event technology, Prolight + Sound 2019 has come to a successful end. The new hall concept has also proved its worth for the Ibbenbüren-based company. Product innovations and awards Elation Professionals exhibited together with LMP Lichttechnik at Prolight + Sound 2019There were numerous…
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Professional Studio Construction With Sessiondesk

Professional Studio Construction With Sessiondesk
As a Frankfurt-based company and annual companion to Prolight + Sound, the family-owned company "von Brönner" once again presented its furniture for professional studio construction this year. Sebastian von Brönner, marketing and sales, answered our questions. 1. What can customers expect when buying from you? Sebastian: The "von Brönner Audiokontor" offers comprehensive solutions for professional…
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Legalight: “Building blocks for grownups”

Legalight: “Building blocks for grownups”
Prolight + Sound is also always a good place for start-ups to present themselves. The young company Legalight used this opportunity to present its world novelty to the industry: Luminous LED modules that can be combined at will. Combination of up to 100 additional blocks The LED lights are actually reminiscent of familiar building blocks…
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Start-up Eventfittery Presents Itself To The Industry

Start-up Eventfittery Presents Itself To The Industry
Start-up Eventfittery presents itself to the industry The very young company Eventfittery presented itself to the industry for the first time at Prolight + Sound. The shop for event and catering supplies has only existed since February of this year. The online shop, which specializes in the needs of the catering and event services sectors,…
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Farewell For a Little While: Until Next Year At Prolight + Sound 2020

Farewell For a Little While: Until Next Year At Prolight + Sound 2020

Four exciting trade fair days are over and we look back in melancholy on the action-packed hours at Prolight + Sound 2019. As always, there was a lot to discover, to marvel at and lots of input on trends and products in the field of technologies and services for entertainment, shows, events, audiovisual system integration and content creation. Whether conferences, major shows or new products, the motto was once again: Prolight + Sound - The Global Entertainment Technology Show! One comforter remains for us with all the farewell pain: next year the fair will open its doors again for trade visitors to the industry from 31 March to 3 April 2020.

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BigCityBeats In The Festhalle: WarmUp At The DJCon

BigCityBeats In The Festhalle: WarmUp At The DJCon

15 years BigCityBeats, this anniversary will be celebrated tonight at 10 p.m. with loud beats in the Festhalle Frankfurt. How convenient that the DJs of the DJ Convention will be DJing at Prolight + Sound 2019 already from 3 p.m. to get the trade visitors and guests in the right mood. Experience the WarmUp in Hall 4.0 Saal Europa and listen to the remixes and fat sounds of the record artists.

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Loud Beats & Hot Records

Loud Beats & Hot Records
The DJConvention and the Sample Music Festival are still a magnet for disc jockeys on the last day of the fair. The beats already sound from a distance from the loudspeakers and show the variety in the musical implementation using the right equipment. Here you can scratch, sample and mix as you like...
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New Seminar Series: Broadcast + Production Forum

New Seminar Series: Broadcast + Production Forum

The motto of the last day of the fair will again be "Knowledge expansion and development trends". This year the Broadcast + Production Forum will take place for the first time. Here the seminar series is dedicated to the future topics of broadcasting and moving image productions. The lecture topics are a colourful mixture so that trade visitors can benefit from the various seminars.

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Verity Studios – Drones For The Right Show Moments

They are small, colourful and fly elegantly in Hall 12.1 - at Verity Studios visitors can still experience the small drones in action at Prolight + Sound 2019. The small air projectiles will not only shine in different colours, but some will also be given their own look to set the right accents at shows. In an interview with Katie Cullen Montgomerie, Marketing and Communications Manager, we learn how drones can already be an important component for fascinating effects today... Why don't you stop by the stand at the drones show in Hall 12.1 C82 at 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. today.

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