PR Lighting XLED 1037
PR Lighting has added the new XLED 1037 to its XLED moving head portfolio. The fixture uses 37 x 10 Watt RGBW LEDs (containing four… Read More »PR Lighting XLED 1037
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Miss Albania Pageant Looks to Clay Paky, ASLV
Republic of ALBANIA – The Miss Albania 2012 pageant has taken place every year since 1998 in Albanian historic sites and castles. The lighting design must then take into account the nationwide TV coverage, the talent and the towering sites and castles as part of the scenic elements. Italian director of photography Franco Ferrari chose Clay Paky fixtures including the Sharpys to handle his challenges of the annual pageant. ASLV supplied the lighting and video equipment.
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VenueMagic Device Virtualization
AGUA DULCE, CA – VenueMagic, a platform of Show Control software, adds Device Virtualization to its Classic, DMX+AV, and SC+ versions making swapping fixtures faster and easier. Device Virtualization allows a specific device’s behavior and actions to be applied to a different device, allowing easier programming of different hardware and quicker swapping of problematic hardware.
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Onstage Systems Creates Choctaw Casino Christmas Light Show
DURANT, OK – Dallas-based Onstage Systems designed and produced a synchronized Christmas light show for the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, OK. The outdoor system was designed for the resort’s Oasis area, which includes a winding walking path with more than 140 trees, an amphitheater, three outdoor pools and several gardens – now under a holiday glow. The 15-minute show runs nightly every hour and half hour 5:30-10 pm through Jan. 6, 2013.
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Pete’s Big TVs Supply Donny & Marie Christmas Shows
LOS ANGELES – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs is supplying “Donny & Marie: Christmas in Los Angeles” shows Dec. 4-23 at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre. Pete’s Big TVs is providing a full HD production system with 3 digiLED MC7 LED screens, plus 3 Sony HDC1500 cameras and 2 robotic cameras for the two-hour holiday performances.
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Tait Rocks Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular
NEW YORK – Producers of the 2012 Radio City Christmas Spectacular turned to Tait’ for scenic and staging elements including a new, custom-made video wall that showcased video content. Tait also provided full video/motion integration that allowed the system to track an image, along with the motion of the screens, to give the appearance of moving through a continuous video image.
Read More »CM-ET Launches Online Training
AMHERST, NY – Columbus McKinnon Corporation, a provider hoist and rigging equipment and training, has launched an online classroom for its CM-ET Lodestar Electric Chain Hoist Training. By participating online, students can learn at their own pace and their own schedule. It also avoids the additional expense of traveling and being away from business.
Read More »Wybron Gel Swatch Library v2
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Wybron has now released the Gel Swatch Library version 2.0 in the iTunes App Store. Everyone who has purchased Gel Swatch Library is automatically eligible for this major update at no charge. New library features include the ability to combine gel colors, a new enhanced search allowing more control over search results and the ability to view a gel color using different light sources.
Read More »Safety Efforts Under Way, but Lapses Still Evident
Safety concerns have been brought to the forefront of many designs this year, and for good reason. Things that were once generally accepted as being… Read More »Safety Efforts Under Way, but Lapses Still Evident
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First Robe Robin DLFs Tour with The Human League
LONDON – The first of Robe’s new Robin DLF LED Wash lights went on tour in the UK with LD Rob Sinclair and The Human League. The rig also contained other Robe fixtures which illuminated and projected on to a scenic back wall above and behind the band, constructed from 10 Airformance Design ‘Waben Blocks.’ HSL supplied the lighting.
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American DJ Mega TRI 60
LOS ANGELES – The new Mega TRI 60 from American DJ is a linear LED color-mixing bar powered by 9 Tri-Color (red, green, blue) 3-watt LEDs. Measuring a full 2 feet (.6 meter), the fixture is designed to cover walls, stages, dance floors and other large indoor areas with washes of RGB color. The fixture has six control modes, both manual and DMX. It also offers 32-built in macros for easy color-mixing. The Mega TRI 60 weighs 7 lbs.
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Full Compass Produces Holiday CD for Make-A-Wish
MADISON, WI – Full Compass Systems has produced a holiday CD titled “A Winter’s Wish” to help raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin. Staff members volunteered many hours of planning, arranging, rehearsing, performing, recording and editing the tracks on the CD, and also created the cover artwork and CD design.
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