MAYRHOFEN, Austria – One of the latest additions to the Clay Paky product line, the Stormy CC strobe, proved a huge hit with the lighting designers as it made its debut on Austria’s high-altitude music festival Snowbombing this April.
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PILTON, U.K. – Florence + the Machine’s “infectious enthusiasm” at Glastonbury 2015 was enhanced by an elegant stage set with powerful, tasty lighting by Lighting Designer Rob Sinclair. To complement Florence’s dramatic and eccentric music (how many rock bands have a harp and vibes?), Sinclair combined new and traditional technology in unique ways to reinforce Florence’s grandiose performance on the festival’s celebrated Pyramid Stage.
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CHICAGO — Bandit Lites provided the lighting for the final three shows featuring the surviving members of the Grateful Dead, staged at Soldier’s Field in Chicago. LDs Candace Brightman and Paul Hoffman lit Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir with more than 500 fixtures.
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NASHVILLE, TN– Working with production company Variable and design studio Meptik, the industry-leading lightweight, flexible PixelFLEX FLEXCurtain was selected for an application beyond traditional video use in a commercial for the National Geographic Channel.
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MIDDLETON, WI – ETCnomad™ users value the portability of their lighting systems, but sometimes the fast-paced production world calls for more than virtual keyboards and X-key controls. Luckily, ETC has a solution waiting in the wings. Enter the new Eos® and Cobalt® Programming Wings, two affordable, portable accessories that bring new programming power to tech tables, backstage remotes and the road.
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JOHANNESBURG, Africa – Robe was right at the centre of the buzz at the 2015 Mediatech Africa expo in Johannesburg last week, taking their own stand space for the first time alongside that of distributor DWR, one of South Africa’s leading lighting sales companies.
Read More »AUSTIN,TX – SHS Global announced today that TourPro will be joining the gear lineup for Tim McGraw’s Shotgun Rider Tour ’15.
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SUMMIT POINT, WV – The Design Oasis provided and designed a collection of COLORado IP Series fixtures from Chauvet Professional for installation at All Good Music.
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ADJ released its new Vizi Beam 5RX fixture. New features include motorized focus and glass lens, as well as added flexibility, colors, and patterns for users.
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BOSTON – Christie, a leader in visual and audio solutions, will be showcasing the Christie Captiva DHD400S ultra short throw projector, the 65 inch multi-touch Christie FHD651-T LCD panel and the Christie Brio Team+ at Campus Technology 2015, July 27-30 at Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Offering a wide-range of technology to enhance learning, Christie combines ease of use with reliability and affordability to provide the right solution for all classrooms.
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Lectrosonics’ latest version of its Wireless Designer Software, v1.1 is now available. Originally designed to work with the DSW (encrypted) system, the new version is now back ported to allow use with existing Venue receivers and offers a detailed spectrum scan view and frequency coordination page for improved ease of use.
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SAN FRANCISCO — To give their new Windows 10 logo a fresh look, Microsoft commissioned designer GMUNK to create something special. Laserist Adam LaBay also played a key role in the project. The resulting logo was created entirely using lasers and laser-based special effects.
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