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NEWSLETTER

Monthly Newsletter – June 2024 Edition

Welcome to the A.C. Entertainment Technologies monthly newsletter. Here we’ll keep you up to date with company news, the best products of the moment and any other exciting updates we have.

Profile Awards 2024!

This month we attended the first Profile Awards, where we sponsored Student Virtual Lighting Design Award. A huge congratulation to the winner Tom Lee from Rose Bruford College, for his winning entry, “Exigence”, which was designed on Wysiwig.

You can see his winning piece, alongside the other nominees by clicking here.

Photo credit: David Stewart

ACET's Andy Mahaffey with winner Tom Lee.
Photo Credit: David Stewart
PROLIGHTS announce the ControlGo

From Film sets to events … Lights, Control, Go!

PROLIGHTS have just announced the new ControlGo a portable, multi functional lighting controller.

1 Universe DMX lighting controller, CRMX transceiver on board by LumenRadio, RDM Manager and DMX recorder. It has enhanced portability and is compatible with any lighting fixture. Whether it's setting up lighting or controlling fixtures, ControlGo is THE device you need for quick and easy operation.

Click here to find out more, or get in touch with our sales team.

Electro-Voice and Dynacord

We are pleased to announce that we are now a UK Trade Distributor for Electro-Voice Speaker Systems and Dynacord Amplifiers. Enhance your audio and install projects with their incredible line of products, including the upcoming next-generation EVID ceiling speakers, the EVID-C-G2 and Dynacord U Series Mixer/Power Amplifiers which are coming soon, all backed by our expert service and support.

See our full line of Electro-Voice and Dynacord products here.

Clearance Deals

Check out the incredible deals in our new, easy to use clearance shop.

We've got unbeatable deals on brand new, ex-demo, used and ‘end of line’ equipment at reduced prices, from brands including Chroma-Q, Clay Paky, Sennheiser and Allen & Heath.

Click here to explore some massive offers today

What we found interesting…

The History of Fader and Lighting Desks

Many people use Lighting Desks on a daily basis but have you ever wondered how we came to know and love these brilliant pieces of kit? If so, read on… Let’s start at the beginning.

The invention of thyristor electronic dimming enabled the brightness of incandescent lamps to be reduced. This forged a path for the early fader desks. Their origins were simple ones – only having two or more rows of channel faders (pre-sets) controlled via master faders. This allowed cross-fading between two different lighting states...

Click here to read full article

The History of Lighting Desks
Product Preview

Take another look at the new PROLIGHTS ControlGo...

PROLIGHTS ControlGo

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AC-ET and the Elephant Queen...

  • AC-ET supports Elephant Queen outreach education project in Kenya with nearly 70 items of professional-grade lighting, audio, projection and cabling technology

  • Flight-cased, road-ready solutions built for speed, durability, and ease.

  • Outreach team now equipped to scale conservation education across Kenya with an even more ambitious programme

  • Film-maker and environmental educationalist Etienne Oliff is leading on documenting the project, while Martin King at AC-ET led on the technical specification.

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PLASA 2025 at London’s Olympia was an incredible 3 days, bringing together lighting, audio, rigging, video and cabling brands under one roof. Across three action-packed days, our visitors had the chance to explore the latest innovations, meet industry specialists, and get hands-on with cutting-edge technology.

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World exclusive: AC-ET launches new...

SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER: Today at PLASA we gave visitors to the AC-ET village an exclusive first look at the brand-new Litec S Series truss range - the latest from AREA4 Industries and developed in close collaboration with AC-ET.

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AC-ET returns to the PLASA Show 2025

World exclusives, leading brands and tech expertise

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