In a world where it's harder than ever to be surprised, don't be shocked if Live Nation or AEG Live appears on the marquee of your neighborhood megachurch. The people who install their staging systems say it's increasingly difficult to distinguish what's inside them from any other theatrical venue anymore.
Read More »Automated lighting programmers are, of course, always working with light, but often they are required to work in the dark. Most lighting consoles have a button and function known as "Blind." When activated, any edits or modifications to fixture data will not directly affect the output of the console.
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Every once in a while, we take on a gig where it becomes evident that we are dealing with someone who cannot handle his or her job competently. We witness some questionable decisions being made by someone in charge. It's politically correct to grin and bear it, as we work long hours to make the best of an errant design. In short, part of our job description is not to laugh, but just deal with the amateurism of what I call "the hack designer."
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The new Quad Phase from American DJ is a moonflower effect with a 10-watt, four-color LED source that can be mixed to produce 13 colors. It has a 65° dispersion angle and 160 individual beams are moved with stepper motors.
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Barco/High End Systems' new Intellaspot XT-1 is a hard-edged moving yoke light featuring 20,000 lumens output using an 850-watt HID lamp with a zoom range of 11°- 55°.
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Coemar's new Reflection FullSpectrum is an LED lighting fixture with an interchangeable LED light source that directs light from an array of LEDs onto a parabolic reflector and reflects it back towards the front of the fixture. The extended beam path eliminates the projection of individual RGB LEDs and multi-colored shadows.
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Niscon's new Raynok Concerto series of variable speed concert hoists has been engineered with the support and assistance of R&M Materials Handling using a Stagemaker Concert Hoist body and adding a rotary limit switch, load cell and three encoders. The two sets of safety limits act to prevent accidental over-travel.
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Sapsis Rigging's ProPlus Rescue System is designed to work anywhere a fall hazard exists and allow for the safe and rapid assisted rescue of a victim. The company calls it the first such system designed for the entertainment industry, and it meets the requirements of OSHA regulations for assisted rescue.
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FOR-A's new HVS-4000HS multi-format video switcher is available in 2 M/E or 2.5 M/E models and features support for HD/SD mixed inputs, as well as optional support for 3 Gbps and stereoscopic 3D production.
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The third major update this year has been released for the LED lighting control software Madrix. The new version 2.10 is a free update for current users. It has several new features including MIDI remote editor, Windows audio session API, SCE video with de-interlacing support, Madrix Key DVI start and more.
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MultiDyne' Lightcube is designed for the fiber optic field transport of composite, HD video, PL, IFB, audio and more. It can be configured for as many as 80 HD-SDI, SDI or composite video paths, with 225 AES or analog audio channels. It is compatible with DVI, RGB and HDMI and can be AC or battery powered.
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The Zinman Co.'s latest product, "In Your Back Pocket," is a collection of 400 HD loops for LED screens, digital lighting and HD projection. The royalty-free loops have been designed specifically for media servers and are categorized into 14 file folders, sorted by color and pre-rendered in MAC or PC format.
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