ASHEVILLE, NC – Bandit Lites worked with LD Brooke Kimble to light the mainstage of Moogfest Oct. 26-27 in Ashville, NC. The event was a benefit and sonic tribute of sorts to Robert Moog, electronic visionary of the Moog synthesizer. Headliners included Primus 3D, Santigold, Thomas Dolby, Orbital and others.
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MEDINAH, IL – Theatrical Lighting Connection of Chicago supplied lighting and data distribution for the event ceremonies of the 2012 Ryder Cup golf tournament. LD Patrick Chan of TLC used ProPlex data cables to transmit control data from two lighting consoles at the 640-acre Medinah Country Club in Illinois.
Read More »Barco’s MCM-400 is a new warping, blending and color matching external component for the company’s Galaxy 4K projectors. Designed to enhance geometry correction, color correction, and electronic blending, the MCM-400 includes a real-time on-screen user interface and allows for several multi-channel configurations with multiple 4K projectors. The MCM-400 handles both mono and stereo sources up to 48 Hz. Four dual link DVI-D inputs allow 4K sources to be connected in four quadrants of 2048 by 1080 pixels, or two columns of 2048 by 2160 pixels. Both mono and stereo sources of 24 Hz or 48 Hz are shown synchronously with the input, with a minimal delay.
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PR Lighting has launched new white and RGB versions of the XRLED 300 Spot. The XRLED 300 Spot-W is equipped with 300W Butterfly white LED… Read More »PR Lighting XRLED 300 Spot-W, Spot-RGB
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MANCHESTER, UK – dbn designed and supplied a ground support system for the “Games Time” outdoor stage spectacular, which played its final performance recently at Derby. The show, produced by Walk The Plank and Déda, was a mixed-media performance combining music, dance, video, lighting and pyrotechnics. Four teams sporting carnival style costumes competed to win the ‘Games Time’ Finale.
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BERLIN – At this year’s InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin, transportation company Bombardier integrated Martin Professional’s new VC-Dot 1 LED strings into an aluminum art structure used to simulate train traffic across the globe. The structure – designed by Ambion – used 2,000 of the individually controllable pixel dots and attracted visitors to their booth throughout the show.
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KITCHENER, Ontario – Christie Digital technology has been entertaining visitors at Canada’s Wonderland theme park with “Starlight Spectacular,” a projection mapping display that brings Wonderland Mountain to life each evening. Four Christie Roadster S+20K 3-chip DLP projectors equipped with Christie Twist Pro display fire breathing dragons, the changing seasons, ripple effects in a kaleidoscope of colors, and a mountain that appears to crumble – among other imagery.
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AUSTIN, TX – Production Exchange has appointed James Steele as the new representative for Canada. Steele brings to the company more than 18 years of industry experience in commercial AV and design installation. He currently holds the position of Western Canada representative for Soundcraft Canada.
Read More »ATLANTA – The Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) recently selected Tech Rentals as the in-house audio visual provider for the convention center located in downtown Atlanta. Tech Rentals is a full-service AV and staging company headquartered in Atlanta with a national presence, including offices in Nashville, Memphis and Washington, D.C.
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NEW YORK — Most of Broadway’s theatres reopened their doors Oct. 31, despite limited mass transit to get show-goers from their rain-soaked homes and into their seats, but Carnegie Hall was being haunted by a ghoulish spectre left in Sandy’s wake that prevented it from opening on Halloween, a dangling rooftop crane on the building across the street. City officials restricted access to the venue and cut off power as a safety precaution.
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