LiteConsole XPRS Demonstration

0:01 We've got a guest here today

Alright guys, we've got a guest here today. This is Nick from a company called ProLite and he's got a nice little piece of kit to show us. So, Nick. Hi, good to be in Wales. Lots of sheep around here. Bad. Strange sitting at a restaurant last night ordering lamb chops and seeing sheep in the field. ProLite, as many of you may know, is a huge Dutch organisation, one of the biggest companies in the world. The DJ Tutor offers a wide range of features, including a wide range of different sound effects, a wide range of different sound effects. Click together, look great, lots of applications, mobile DJs, corporates, great for weddings, great for parties and all that. I'm sure Jonathan here would agree. And going back to around Christmas time last year in conjunction with some of my very fine colleagues at our factory in Wakefield up in Yorkshire, we started playing around with ideas of

Making the light console more compact, more accessible, bring it down in price, bring it down in weight as well. I'm just going to lean over here and show you this little gadget here. This is known as an articulated hinge. Very commonly used in... If I take the camera off, what we'll do is, it'll be a little bit wobbly, but we'll get a close-up of that. This is known as an articulated hinge. Very common uses would be nautical circumstances for spinnakers, sails and whatever. And you see they go around 180 degrees. And there always has to be just a tiny bit of tolerance in these because you wouldn't want them to snap. It was when we realized that in order to make this console frame, as you see here, so much more adaptable, user-friendly, lighter, easier, that's where these articulated hinges came in.

2:23 That, this is the Mark III

That wasn't the end of the story, it took us a lot of time, engineering and patience to get this exactly right. And what you're looking at there, I'm sure you'll agree Jonathan, is a pretty cool looking piece of engineering. It is, because this in itself, if we look at that, this is the Mark III, and Express, it's not far off the same... Well, it's the same shape on the side as you'll see there, that same sort of esoteric... Edgy shape, but obviously what we've done now, this isn't a four-way kind of truss anymore, it's just a simple frame, but keeping that same aesthetic design is what we've done because that's proved to be very popular indeed. And what people like as well, keeping the cost down. Keeping the cost down. I think the big deal also, knowing, I mean we've all got experience in this, you more than me probably, but time is money, money is time. Move in, move out from gigs is precious time.

Ellaskins, The DJ Tutor. But again, there's just so much pimping up that can be done to make it special, to make it yours, to stroke your own ego. We're going to show that later on. We will, and to give it the wow factor. All right, excellent. What we'll do, we'll pause the camera now, and we will start setting it up. Right, here we go. You've taken the Velcro straps off. Okay, yeah, the Velcro strap is basically strapped around here. That holds the frame, just stops it rattling when it's in transit. Little detail, not critical but everything helps. So we'll open the frame out now and you'll see how those articulate hinges come into their own. One, two, there we go. And as you'll see that is now, it's pretty rigid as it is. All those points that you see are now going to be captured as we put in all the parts of the console itself. So to give the console a bit of rigidity...

5:04 There's a tiny bit of movement

What we're going to do, we're going to start by putting in the bottom shelf. It's all very easy to see and do because there's only one way to do it. So this would go over those spigots at the bottom there and just drop right onto there. The second piece here is basically an option of whether you want to use it. This is called a crossmember and this would be particularly for those of you who'd be using Technics decks or whatever, or vinyl. There's a tiny bit of movement. It will get stronger and stronger as we put all the elements together, but this crossfader essentially will sit across from it left to right. But for those who are going to be using interior lighting, obviously this does present a bit of an obstacle. It really isn't a problem if this isn't used. It's there if you want it for your decks or whatever. If you don't want to use it, that's fine too.

This is the bottom shelf, next in is the top shelf and as you can see what's given these shelves so much strength is aluminium frames bonded in, really stone bonded in. You can see there's just not a bit of it there whatsoever, real real strong. But what you do have is this lovely thermoformed ABS plastic compound which is nicely formed. There's cable drop holes, 80mm cable drop holes all the way through so it's good for transformers or whatever. We are now including all the elements you require to build up and make your show. I'm doing this pretty much slow right now to show you how this can be done, but we do know this can be put together and taken down in a matter of minutes. There's a big Perslex panel here, which you'll now drop down the front. There's a couple of clips on the side there. I was wondering about that because the other units have had the clamps. Yeah, this will stand in there. Bring it all the way back. Down to the floor.

7:35 You can see now what we've done is, again, this is aluminium reinforce

A couple of stabilizers deep on the floor down there, bring that in, pull your clips back. Got you, right, yeah. And that guy's going nowhere. Yeah, sweet, very good. Now to stop any danger of people, as in the last video, coming up with a piston kicking your screen, this great kick plate here not only holds that hinge in position, it's a nice finishing touch, it looks really cool. That does look, yeah. It frames the whole lot, you know? Much better. Okay, on the previous versions, the interior shelf has been kind of shaped like a bridge. So you can see now what we've done is, again, this is aluminium reinforced. What this guy does is it will sit over the edges like so and the hinge will click right into there. So that's capturing that as well. This obviously is great for computers, controllers, whatever you got. There's straight strength in there too. And then here's where

This is an aluminium panel, which obviously as you can see from this guy right here, we'll show you that later, can be profiled, laser profiled with your name, with your act, with your... Can you do that as a company or would you? That is available for all the retailers that we sell them through, yes. It's an outside service but it's a very simple thing to do, it's very quick and very, very effective. So, quick question. Yeah. Anyone who buys this, would they have to contact the retailer first, who in turn will contact you or... Everything goes through retail, yeah. And then your final, final touches, we have also included these Perspex panels which just velcro into the sides there, again. These can be stickered, you know, you could put your name on there, a sticker on there, but as you're going to see when we put some lighting in there, you can get some really lovely effects through these. And they just literally, simply, just go up like so.

9:05 I mean you're taking your time making this up now, aren't you?

I mean you're taking your time making this up now, aren't you? So what are we looking at? Well, honestly two minutes, there's no reason to do that in two minutes. Practice and enjoy, practice makes perfect. We're doing this obviously in a... In a non-rushed environment, but if you got to the gig and you had half an hour to set up your lights and everything because the console is only going to take you two minutes, well, you will find a way to do that. What they also include, as you can see over here, there are three slip bags included. This guy here, the little bag, again all very obvious. This bag will contain the front panel, the aluminium panel in this pocket, the kick plate in that pocket,

And the crossfader sits right in there too. So that's bag number one. Bag number two is this big baggy bag. The bag of bags. The baggy bag, you love your baggy bags. But this guy is, if you open it up, you'll see inside there's all sections, partitions for what you want. And again, it's very obvious, you see all these. So the shelves, the upper shelf, the lower shelf, the Perspex front panel, the Perspex end panels, and the... Slant shelf, call it what you want right here. They all slot nicely into there. And this will protect it. This is great. There's other products coming along. We're working with Flightcase Warehouse on a rolling road case with all compartments in which will be great. Should be in the market very soon. We reckon about 350 quid. We're talking with our good friends at UDG

Another idea we've come up with Which will definitely save BPM is a lighting gantry which will come out taking this esoteric kind of shape. Yeah, I love that idea. I do love that idea so much. Yeah, that's coming along too. Because it'll be in keeping with the whole unit. So instead of someone having T-bars or an extra lighting console. Having it integrated into that stunning... Fantastic. Yeah. What you can also see here from this laser panel, that's powder coated. These frames and the panels are available not just in natural silver or milled finish as we call it, they are available now in your local retailer. In a shiny white. Which is great for the weddings. And Matt Black, which I guess is great for the funerals. If we need to do that.

12:02 It's the bags, it's the Perspex, it's the da-da-da-da, the whole shema

Thank you for watching. That's including what you see here. It's the bags, it's the Perspex, it's the da-da-da-da, the whole shemang. Got ya. The powder-coated versions, the black and white versions are also available at £100 on top of that. Alright, how about abroad? If someone wants to buy one of these from abroad, how would they... They are now in European distribution. They will be much in the same system as the UK. We've opened up distribution through the Prolite distributors throughout Europe. I know there's going to be a lot of you people in North America watching this. We are working, guys. I know. There's a few guys who've asked me. We will get there. Basically, it's a big market in the States and we need to do it right. That said, they are available on a one-by-one basis. The shipping weight is just over 40 kilos. 44 kilos, I believe.

14:12 Sort of effects you can expect

They come in two well-constructed boxes, so these could be theoretically just put on a pallet and sent to where you are. Freight costs, certainly sea freight costs, aren't expensive at all. One of the UK retailers, the guys at Gear4DJs, make a note of that, Gear4DJs, told me that they shipped one of these out to the States just last week and I believe the total price including the freight was £1,125. I've seen one video, and if anyone's watching this who has got a video on this console or any of the others, especially this one, just put those video responses. What we'll do, we'll pause the camera now. I'm going to put a bit of kit on there so we can get an idea what it looks like. And also we'll have that little light there and we'll show you the sort of effects you can expect to get. While you're doing that, let me also point out this dimension here is 1260mm and it was very specifically thought out A, that means that a 50 inch plasma, we will have a racket for that available too, can sit down there.

But we've basically used the biggest gear on the market, Pioneer Denon top-end gear, your Technics turntables. And I know that is a perfect fit for all those across there. Fantastic. So you can put CDJs up on the top there too, so left and right. Yeah. You've got your computer in the middle. There's a lot of room in there. And again, because of the way all this is designed, any of those cables which can get trapped and you trip over whatever, they will all disappear. Straight through, yeah. Even down to the bottom. Yeah. Great. Makes it very, very tiny. Yes. Alright, well yeah, we'll pause the camera, we'll put some lights in and what I'm going to do is start and stop. My intention of the next couple of clips is, you know, mixer in the middle, a couple of CDJs, vinyl turntables, a couple of CDJs on the top, laptop on the top. We'll give people a general idea. Absolutely. Sorted. Sorted. Right, what I've done, I've got a small little unit there. It's got a couple of lasers, red and green, and it's got an LED light as well.

All right, possibly you need to set that up a little bit better correctly. What you could do is you could attach that maybe up here on a G-clamp. So that gives you the option then of having that area clear. Cable as well, that is there just for demonstration purposes. You would have the cable going through down there under the ground, or not under the ground, under the unit, so under the ground. All right, what we got on there? We've got a couple of techniques. We've got the 900. I've got a 2000 laptop in the middle and a 1000 on the other side so you can see there is a lot of room. Maybe people are thinking, well yeah, what happens if you've got a bigger mixer? Well of course you can turn those into battle mode which will give you enough room. And there we go. There is a bit of ambient light from the windows, it is broad daylight but I would say with it being pitch black that's going to look stunning isn't it? Absolutely.

17:04 On the sides, obviously, you've got this thing

Again, I like to think out the box. If you imagine, again, tiny little things. What's stopping you having a small four-way there with switches and having two or three lights there and just flicking from one to the other? Nothing. And even, I mean, we can get now, we can get small projectors with little gobos with your name on so you could have the name of your DJ organisation against that Perspex. That would look pretty cool as well, wouldn't it? On the sides, obviously, you've got this thing. It's all about branding, isn't it? Yes. Nice decal on here. You've got some light coming through that as well. Yeah, see if I turn that... Oh, there you go. There it is. That does look beautiful. And this is just a quick slapdash. Put this on and see what the effect's like. I mean, if I brought that out to that corner there, and then I just zoom around here, there you go. Ha! Look at this.

That looks great. You know, that does look pretty cool actually. You know, I suppose you could have that one that corner facing here and then have another one that corner facing the other side. Yeah, again, it's just imagination. This has been done for a bit subtle reasons. You could, in theory, the left to right of the size of your logo, you could take that up to one meter across there, obviously being prone with the 11. Because a standard one-meter LED bar sitting right behind that, I mean, you're going to be able to scream out your name off the front there. Yeah, sure. DJ AB88. Don't know who that is. Well, yeah, is there a DJ AB88 out there? If there is, let us know. All right, Nick. Yes, sir. We are now in, because again, prices do change.

19:39 I'll take them away with them on the day

This video hopefully will be on for a long time and we are at the moment now coming up to the latter part of July 2012. Can you give us a little bit of a sneaky idea on what is going to be happening at the BPM show NEC this October? Well BPM in the UK market certainly is just, it's a powerhouse show, I love it, I love the camaraderie. We've got some great ideas, competitions and stuff like that. We're going to be doing a BPM, some promotional ideas we're going to be running. We will, by that time, have the raft of accessories too that we're talking about for lighting and all that stuff. A lot of people are already asking us, our retailers, how many can we have at BPM? I'll take them away with them on the day. I'm looking forward to BPM. The guys who run the organization are just super to work with. It'll be my fourth year there and each year it's gotten better and better. This year is going to be fantastic, no doubt, no doubt. The beers will be on me.

Excellent. So what I will say, ladies and gentlemen, is watch this space because Light Console are going to be playing an interesting part of BPM. I will be having this unit at the BPM and also that one there as well. The Mark II? The Mark II, yeah. So if you want to come along, what I'll probably do is have a bit of Pioneer kit on the top. By all means, come over to the DJ Tutor stand at the BPM this year If you want to have a bit of a fiddle or poke around, even if you want to see how long it does take to set up. How long you can set it up? Yeah, that'd be an idea. Just see how long it will take you to set it up. Then please come over and give us a nod and have a look. So, I will put a link to the company in the description where you will get information.

On this. And they'll also be there, there's a list of the UK approved dealers, the stocking dealers who are now stocking and selling these leather like Gunsoul Express or Lowly Place. The information will be there for you. Excellent. So would you like to finish off with practice and enjoy. Practice and enjoy. I'm very, very, very pleased with this product. It took a lot of... A lot of patience, I think, to make it work properly, but we were maybe about four or five weeks late getting it to market. That said, it had to be right. It just had to be right. Oh yeah, too right. And I'm very happy now it's right. Fantastic. I haven't seen that before. That's really wicked, isn't it? That does look cool. And it's broad daylight as well. Yeah, right.

Thank you very much. Practice and enjoy.

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