Numark’s Latest

According to the company, Numark’s Pro SM-1 professional scratch mixer incorporates the Ultra-Smooth crossfader to create a more reliable, long-life mixer – not an easy task in the battle-jock market. The optional crossfader uses a quiet photo coupler for clean sound and also has a slope adjustment control dial, plus a direction-reversing hamster toggle on the faceplate. The input faders – with three position contour adjustment switches mounted on the faceplace, are also active. Heavy duty input toggles are designed for rapid transforming and can be customized into eight optional positions, according to the company. Input options for the toggles include up to four turntables with two switchable over to line level signal on the rear panel. A combination XLR/¼-inch Neutrik microphone input on the front panel has its own
faceplate gain and EQ control.
Numark Industries
11 Helmsman Ave.
North Kingstown, RI 02852
(401) 295-9000

Mr. Clean
Steinberg’s Clean software, a CD recording and restoration program for Windows, allows users to create custom CDs as well as to refresh audio recordings on vinyl, cassette or similar media. Six real-time restoration modules, based on Steinberg’s WaveLab technology, can be listened to simultaneously and parameters adjusted in realtime when the program is running on a Pentium II computer. Clean can handle up to 99 titles per track list. Every title can be performed with a Fade In and Fade Out. The software then exports the track list as a text file for printing. The program supports all standard CD burners using disk-at-once mode.
For more specialized editing, Clean includes
Steinberg’s sound editor, WaveLab Lite.
Steinberg North America
21354 Nordhoff Street; Ste. 110
Chatsworth, CA 91311
(818) 993-4091

Quik Lok Stand
Quick Lok has introduced the Optimum OM-100 mixing console stand system to its line of designer stands. Designed in Italy, the OM-100 is available in five models and the system is designed to hold most mixing consoles up to 90-inches wide. Available in five widths – 25-, 34-, 44-, 55-, and 62-inches wide – the OM-100’s end frames (26.5- by 33-inches) allow the user to employ his console at a seated height for studio applications or standing height for live applications. The OM-100 also features an add-on shelf kit for near-field monitors, computers and other equipment.
Music Industries Corp.
99 Tulip Ave., Suite 101
Floral Park, NY 11001
(516) 352-4110

Put Your Signature on CD-Rs

The Signature II CD color printer from Primera Technology, Inc., can print full-color text, logos, graphics and photos directly onto CD-R media, jewel case inserts and booklets. The new inkjet printer is, according to the company, 30- to 100-percent faster than its predecessor, with four print modes: draft, high, Photo 300 and Photo 600. The printer lets users customize color CD-Rs in as little as two minutes for software distribution and beta releases, data archival, audio and music recordings and digital photography. The printer can work in less than 20 seconds in monochrome mode. Signature II comes with printer drivers and interface ports for Windows 95/98/NT and Mac. CD-ID for Windows, a design program with CDs in mind is included, but almost any graphics program will work with the printer. The printer’s drivers will “knock out” the center hole of the design during printing. An interface port supported by many duplicators and auto-loaders is
built-in to the Signature II.
Primera Technology, Inc.
Two Carlson Pkwy.
North Plymouth, MN 55447-4446
(612) 475-6676

Remix with next!

Capitalizing on the increase of DJs getting involved in remix production, next! has released a line of professional remix products. They include two Analog Bass Synthesizers, a Resonator, a Vocoder, and a 24-bit digital sampler. The Analog Bass Synths, the basic SpaceBass 3.3 and the more advanced SuperBass 4.4, were designed to emulate the classic sounds of the Roland TB-303. These units feature completely analog circuitry. The 24dB filters can be modulated with Cutoff, Resonance, and Envelope Modulation. The SuperBass 4.4 includes extra features such as Accent, Autoslide and Distortion, as well as MIDI control of all its features for the ultimate sound control. These products will be available by themselves as well as in bundles including a 37 key MIDI keyboard, Cakewalk Express 3.0, and a MIDI cable. The Rez-30 Resonator features three band-pass filters. Each band has resonance and cut-off points which can be modulated by the built-in LFO, the polarity reversible envelope follower, or by an external control voltage. The Rez-30 is ideal for processing any signal to get rich, warm sounds of the ’70s with ’90s technology. The Vocoder is used to create funky robotic voices as heard on the new Beastie Boys single “Intergalactic” and Daft Punk’s “Around the World.” The Vox-11 Vocoder can also create new sounds and modulations by processing drum loops or giving new life to old synth sounds. This unit features an internal noise generator, which eliminates the need for an external synthesizer to create the robotic voices. For those who wish to use their own synthesizer, a line input is provided. The Vox-11 also features 11 filters similar to an EQ to create cool vibrato and phaser effects.
Tracoman, Inc
2821 Evans Street
Hollywood, FL 33020
(954) 929-8999

ETA Intros PD11SS

ETA Systems has introduced a microprocessor monitored sequential power distribution system. Like its predecessor, the PD11SP Series, the PD11SS has four power up/down steps, or stages, of distributed and conditioned power and four preset power up/down intervals between one and 30 seconds. But the PD11SS adds watchdog circuitry and “go/no go” LED display. Remote control and relay turn-on options are available via internal PC board connectors. The unit provides reliable spike and surge protection and two-stage EMI/RFI filtration. Each unit in the series has 15-amp, 1,900-watt capacity and one dual-15-amp U-grounded outlet per state. A protected “always-on” 15-amp power outlet and total unit circuit breakers are located on the front panel, while the rear panel includes two protected “always-on”
15 amp power outlets.
ETA Systems
1532 Enterprise Pkway
Twinsburg, OH 44087
(330) 425-3388

It’s All Hazey
The Neutron Pro Hazer from Le Maitre Special Effects, Inc. uses Sequentially Tracked Auto-Reissue (STAR) technology to generate haze without a compressor or heating block. The new technology allows quieter operation in a compact, heavy-duty chassis. The unit can operate via remote control or DMX remote.
Le Maitre Special Effects, Inc.
2528 Beach Road
Port Huron, MI 48060
(519) 659-7972

ADJ's Master Blasters

Electronic Thermo Sensing technology controls the temperatures in American DJ’s new Master Blaster foggers. The ETS technology can detect even slight variances in temperature, and instruct the fogger to act according, turning the heater on or off. This lets the unit produce fog more consistently, according to the company. The Master Blaster line of foggers, the 700, 1000, and 1500, all have cleanable heaters to prevent the build-up of mineral deposits that might clog fog machines. All three models come with a removable controller with a 25-foot cable and a removable one-quart fog juice tank and hanging bracket.
American DJ Supply
4295 Charter Street
Los Angeles, CA 90058
1-800-322-6337

Two Effects from Martin
Denmark’s Martin Professional has introduced two new intelligent lighting effects, the Acrobat and the MAC 250. The Acrobat pans, tilts and turns to produce 50 moving color beams, flying color splits and twisting gobo effects. A combination color/gobo wheel, plus a mirrored rotating disc reflector, creates an effect of each beam chasing the other while the colors and gobo patterns change. Eighteen gobos plus open and 11 full Dichroic colors plus three Dichroic split colors plus five white complete the package. The unit can be controlled by any standard DMX 512 controller or can react in time to the music. The MAC 250, a compact, moving-head effect, has a color wheel with 12 dichroic color filters and eight replaceable rotating gobos for beam-shaping effects.
A rotating three-facet prism rotates at varying speed.
The shutter allows for strobe effects up to 20Hz, while a user-configurable objective lens and motorized focus optimizes output,
the company says.
Martin Professional
3015 Green Street
Hollywood, FL 33020
(954) 927-3005

Mad About Opti-Colour
Mad Lighting has introduced Opti-Colour, a programmable, fiber-optic light source. The unit is programmable from its on-board controller or via an independent light desk. Eleven main colors and 33 color shades are available from two color shifters to illuminate glass and polymer fiber optics. The unit offers four brightness levels and variable pulsing effects on all the main colors.
The custom heat filter and cooling system helps achieve
low operating temperatures.
Mad Lighting LLC
P.O. Box 560846
Charlotte, NC 28256-0846
(704) 372-0153

Phonic’s Verbifex
Phonic, distributed domestically by Visual Effects, has released the Verbifex Digital Reverberator. According to the company, the studio-quality digital processor offers 16 presets such as reverb, delay, echo, flanger and chorus. Sixteen-bit A/D and D/A converters and a 31.25 sampling rate create 20Hz to 20kHz frequency response. The remote control footswitch allows users to bypass the unit and add effects only when they’re needed.
The processor also includes a two-digit LED display and
bi-color Peak LEDs in a single rack-space unit.
Visual Effects, Inc.
3946 Merritt Ave.
Bronx, NY 10466-2502
(718) 324-0011

High Flying Effects from Martin
Martin Professional has introduced three new sound-activated lighting effects for the mobile DJ. By projecting light through a color wheel of 13 dichroic colors plus open onto a rotating disc reflector, Discovery creates a cone effect of light. The light is then focused through an optical lens so that each beam will chase the other while changing color. The Adventurer produces sharp light beams that chase each other while changing color and gobo shape. The final of the three effects, Voyager, creates a changing mix of colors, gobos and beam rotation by projecting light through a color/gobo wheel onto a rotating disc reflector with front end mirrors. Voyager offers 19 gobos plus open and 11 full Dichroic and three split dichroic colors plus six white.
Martin Professional
3015 Green Street
Hollywood, FL 33020
(954) 927-3005

Loud to the Core

The CORE PA5X140 from Galaxy-Valley Audio packs 146 watts (at four ohms) of power and 114 dB of sound in a 13 lb. powered monitor/PA system that is about the size of a six-pack cooler, according to the company. The PA5X140 offers Smart ALIC automatic gain control that adjusts for instrument, line and mic inputs, a built-in compressor, an RCA outpost that can be plugged into a tape deck and three-band EQ. Housed behind the black cast aluminum faceplate/grille is a 5-inch driver designed to handle the monitor’s power output.
Galaxy-Valley Audio
601 East Pawnee
Wichita, KS 97211
(316) 263-2852

Lytequest Gets Wild
Gemini Sound Products Corp. has introduced a host of new lighting effects for mobile DJs. The LQ-153 Wildlyte 3 is a Dichroic Moonflower effect with three-way switchable sound activation. The LQ-215 Vulcan, a multi-colored beam effect, uses a 120-volt/300-watt bulb to produce sound-activated dancing beams of light. The static white Moonflower effect, model LQ-52, uses a static mirror reflector and one 12-volt/50-watt bulb. The unit weighs only four pounds. The LQ-62 offers the same effect as the LQ-52, only the white moonflower rotates slowly. The sound-activated LQ-72 uses three-way switchable action and a rotating mirror reflector to turn the white Moonflower effect in time with the music. The LQ-82 takes all the functions of the LQ-72 and adds color with a rotating colored mirror reflector. The LQ-910 Multi Devil is a 4.9-mW linkable laser effect that can produce 16 different patterns. The unit comes with 3.5-mm stereo cable to link with other Multi Devils and a DC adapter. A variable speed strobe, the ST-175 Special Effects Strobe can output between two and 14 flashes per second. It has dual ¼-inch input/output jacks and has synchronous operation with the RCS-2.
Gemini Sound Products Corp.
8 Germak Drive
Carteret, NJ 07008
(800) 476-8633

GLIPro Turntables
GLIPro has introduced two professional high-tourque turntables. The SL-2100, a fully manual belt-drive turntable includes an aluminum diecast platter, strobe illuminator, and pop-up target light. Pitch control is at +/- 10-percent and the unit is anti-skate adjustable. The SL-2500 incorporates the same functions in a direct drive turntable and adds quartz controlled speed.
GLIPro
2691 West 15th Street
Complex B
Brooklyn, NY 11224
718) 372-7849

Sampling next!

The next! DJS-24, according to the company, features a 24-bit DSP engine. Different sampling rates can be chosen ranging from 44.1 kHz (CD quality) down to 22.05kHz for longer sampling time. The DJS-24 also features compressed and uncompressed modes, as well as mono or stereo modes. The DJS-24 comes with two megabytes of memory. An additional two, four, or six megabytes of RAM can be installed by the user for a maximum sampling time of six-and-a-half minutes. Up to 32 samples can be stored within the DJS-24’s four sample banks. The samples can also be stored and retrieved to and from a Windows-based PC via the included PC companion software. The fun begins once the sample is recorded. The DJS-24 features non-destructive editing so the user will always be able to change the start and end points of a sample. The right spot is located with the built-in jog wheel, which enables the user to search frame by frame. Other sample editing features include pitch control, seamless looping, reverse play mode, and a forward and reverse direction scratching function with cue point memory. The DJS-24 operates in three different modes: DJ Sampler, Jingle Machine, or Sample Sequencer. In DJ sampler mode, the sample will begin playing when the button is pressed and will keep playing over until the button is released. The Jingle Machine mode was developed for radio DJ applications. Once the button is pressed, the sample will play once until the end or until the button is pressed again to stop the sample. In this mode, the display will count down the remaining time in tenths of a second. This gives the DJ an idea of the time left before starting the next audio source. In sequencer mode, several samples can be sequenced and played back to back without interruption.
Tracoman, Inc
2821 Evans Street
Hollywood, FL 33020
(954) 929-8999