NEW YORK – New York City’s Metropolitan Opera has purchased Clay Paky Alpha Profile 700 automated spotlights for its lighting inventory. Patrick Eagleton of Contemporary Lights specified the fixtures, choosing them for their compact size, even optical field, quiet and precise shutters, smooth dimming curve and silent movement.
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Tree Power & Sound began about eight years ago in Norcross, GA. Owner Paul Diaz’s Tree Sound Studios was hired to record the Echo Project… Read More »Alternative Energy Showing Signs of Economic Viability
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This week kicks off PLASA Focus in Austin Texas. I’ll be attending the show, walking the floor and sitting in on some of the sessions. … Read More »Focus on Austin
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AUSTIN, TX — More than 50 companies will be at the Renaissance Austin showing their latest wares this Wednesday (10am-6pm) and Thursday (10am-4pm), Feb. 22-23, 2012. More than 900 industry members have registered for the event, which will also include demos and educational sessions both days, including the recently-added “LEDs and Lies” and “Concert LD to Architectural LD.”
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Jands’s new Vista L5 console controls lighting and media. Its highlight feature includes a 21-inch HD Wacom pen tablet, allowing a display of the entire rig on one screen for quick access to moving lights, media servers and LEDs. The L5 has 16 DMX universes and a backlit keyboard for working in dark environments. Linux OS drives an Intel Core i7 processor with 8 GB of RAM.
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London – Lumenpulse Inc. signed a strategic partnership agreement with Singapore-based Technolite, which is active in the high-end architectural market. As its exclusive partner, Technolite will supply and support Lumenpulse’s range of LED lighting, giving it greater presence in the region.
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BELLEVILLE, MI – Fantasee Lighting will host TECHFEST 2012 April 26-27, showcasing products, services, a few seminars and offering console training. The event is free of charge, but RSVP is needed for the console instruction.
Read More »The week can go by so fast. Project after project, phone calls, emails, they all backup. Pretty soon it is Friday and you don’t know what happened to your week. To help catch you up during the weekend, PLSN has put together the top stories from the past week in our Weekend Update. Grab another cup of coffee, put the paper down and see what has been happening around the industry.
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