ETS-LDI2005 To Convene In Orlando In Nov.

Lighting, sound, production, and staging professionals will discover the latest trends and products for working in live entertainment venues at the Entertainment Technology Show-LDI 2005 at the Orange County Convention Center, Nov. 7-13.

Focus On Sound
The tradeshow continues to broaden and deepen its focus to reflect the trend towards convergence of technologies in the industry. This year, a further focus on live sound will include expanded audio education with seminars presented by Syn Aud Com, along with a full menu of Live Sound conference sessions and specialized audio classes for Worship Venues (sponsored by Technologies for Worship Magazine). Technologies for Worship Magazine will offer complimentary hands-on training in their "Hands-Up, Hands-On" sound mixing workshops.

ET-Live: Real-World Stage Demonstrations
Rounding out this year’s live sound focus is ET Live, an opportunity to view and listen to product demonstrations in a real-world concert environment featuring up to seven stages, line array speaker systems, FOH consoles, large screen monitors and lights. Current manufacturer sponsors include: Aggreko Event Services, DiGiCo, Digidesign, L’Acoustics, Lighthouse Technologies Limited, Meyer Sound, Mobile Stage Rentals, Nexo, Pro Staging, QSC, Stageline, Vari-Lite, Vision Fab and Yamaha Commercial Audio.

Alliance With Pro Light and Sound Frankfurt
This year’s alliance between The Entertainment Technology Show-LDI (ETS-LDI) and Musik Messe’s PL+S Tradeshow and CAVIS represents a major step towards creating a bridge between Europe and the United States in the entertainment technology industry. Messe Frankfurt’s Prolight+Sound (PL+S) is one of the world’s biggest international trade fairs for event and communication technology, audio-visual production & entertainment. ETS-LDI, with more than 11,000 professional attendees is the largest US tradeshow and conference serving entertainment technology professionals. Together, PL+S and ETS-LDI provide attendees and exhibitors unsurpassed access to products, service and markets.

Full Access to Industry Resources and Education
The intensive LDInstitute™ pre-conference workshops are highly focused conference sessions that allow professionals to explore a particular technology or topic in detail. Conference sessions offer attendees case studies, problem-solving techniques and technologies covering the entire spectrum of tools and applications. The Backstage Orlando Tours feature face-to-face education in a selection of Orlando’s top venues.

More than 400 exhibiting companies transform the exhibit hall floor into a vibrant emporium and provide attendees with their only annual opportunity to compare the industry’s top products and services side-by-side. A full list of products and services available at ETS-LDI can be seen at www.ets-ldi.com.