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How to Meet Hot Fixtures

How to Meet Hot Fixtures

Welcome to the newest service in the lighting industry: meet-hot-fixtures.com.  It is very important for automated lighting programmers to get to know and fully understand the lighting fixtures they will work with.  Our on-line guide (reprinted here) will assist you in your daily interactions with new fixtures.  Often, programmers can be at a loss as to how to fully function with new fixtures, and it is essential that you learn the traits that will assist you with your programming.  We have broken down the relationship process into several easy steps.

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Boston, lit by Gregg Maltby

Boston LD Looks Back; Olympics A-Team; Farm Aid Update; Megadeth Lives On; Quick Cues and More…

PLSN Designer Watch by Debi Moen –
Boston is bringing back memories in concert this summer on their U.S./Canada tour with “More Than a Feeling,” “Peace of Mind,” “Long Time,” “Amanda” and other classic. Though one song advises “Don’t Look Back,” LD Gregg Maltby can’t help but do so. He’s been with the band since 1995, and this is his sixth tour with them.

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Illustration by Andy Au

The Little Guys

It’s a good year for work. The usual constant stream of emails from friends looking for work has subsided. There is actually a shortage of board operators for tours this summer.  Lighting companies are running out of gear, but more important, running out of good techs. I walked in to a mega lighting shop last week and the first thing I was hit with was “Do you know any guys we can throw out on the road?”

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CHAUVET QSpot 360 LED

CHAUVET Launches New Products at PLASA 2012

SUNRISE, FL – CHAUVET  is launching new moving heads and video panels to the European Market at the PLASA show Sept. 9-12 in London. It will also highlight its new Ovation line of theatrical fixtures and will introduce its architainment line of ILUMINARC indoor/outdoor lighting products.

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Vectorworks Cloud Services Launched in Benelux

COLUMBIA, MD – Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. has launched Vectorworks Cloud Services in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Vectorworks Cloud Services provides greater convenience, collaboration and freedom for users to access their designs from any location, at any time. All members of the Vectorworks Service Select software subscription program receive access to Vectorworks Cloud Services and 5 GB of storage capacity.

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Red Summer Dance Party

Robe Sees Red at Slovenia Summer Party

LJUBLIJANA, Slovenia – Event Lighting provided Robe moving lights to fill most of the rig for the Red Summer Dance Party with Tiesto and other DJs at the Arena Stozice. Event Lighting’s LD Jernej Gustin, who designs for many top Slovenian bands, specified more than 75 Robe fixtures including ROBIN 600 LEDWashes, ColorSpot 1200E ATs, ColorSpot 700E ATs and ColorSpot 575E ATs.

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Sew What?/Rent What? Channel

Sew What?/Rent What? Expands Onto Flickr, YouTube

RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA  — Custom theatrical drape manufacturer Sew What? Inc. along with sister company Rent What? Inc. have expanded channels on both Flickr and YouTube, including cross-links with their own websites.  As a result, prospective customers can research hundreds of stage curtain and backdrop photos, watch corresponding videos, and then visit the web sites and company blog for more details.

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Source of Light

SGM Provides Solution for Source of Light

AMSTERDAM – Amsterdam Arena was transformed into an oasis of white recently for the premiere of Sensation’s new show Source Of Light, when 40,000 people gathered under a huge dynamic spherical center piece dominated by LED strips from SGM. The company’s Dutch distributor RentAll were asked to provide the most dynamic single LED statement yet seen, to decorate an all aluminum, 14 meter radiating sphere, weighing 12 tons, and operated by multiple motors.

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Rolling Racks

Lex Products Rolling Racks Receive cULus Listing

SHELTON, CT – Lex Products has gained cULus Listing for its line of PowerRACK Portable Rolling Racks. Formerly UL Listed, this expanded listing signifies that this product line is now listed to the applicable U.S. and Canadian safety standards, per U.S.-based Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL).

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Clarity LX300

LSC Clarity LX300 Console

VICTORIA, Australia – LSC Lighting Systems’ LX300 console is the first model in the Clarity LX console range.The fully integrated console is based on the Clarity software that was launched in 2009. Among the features are fixture cloning, built-in pixel mapping, 10 touch screens, and the ability to add audio files. The LX600 and LX900 will be released in the coming months.

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Prism RevEAL Studio.3 Fresnel

Prism Projection RevEAL Studio.3 Fresnel

SULLY, IA—Prism Projection launches the third generation of their Studio LED fixture. The RevEAL Studio.3 Fresnel works like a traditional Fresnel with standard barn doors to shape the beam, produces more lumens (9,700 lumens of light), and has a wider zoom range. Building on previous generations of the RevEAL Studio and responding to the feedback of lighting designers, Prism has expanded the feature set of the Studio.3 LED Fresnel to make it a true replacement for a comparable tungsten fixture.

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