NEW YORK — Although the Empire State Building has been equipped with a Philips Color Kinetics LED color-changing system including customized Reach, Graze, Cove and Blast Powercore fixtures, the LED fixtures have so far been used mainly to mimic the static seasonal and charity-related hues bathing the upper reaches of the 1,454-foot office building for years. But on Nov. 26, that changed. At 9pm, a color-changing light show designed by LD Marc Brickman and driven by Hippotizer media servers controlled by a grandMA2 console was synched to Clear Channel broadcasts of music by Alicia Keys.
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SYDNEY – More than 200 Robe moving lights were used on the 2012 Australian International Motor Show for 10 of the highest profile car stands. Clifton Productions supplied lighting for the event at the Sydney Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour.
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LONDON – Green Hippo’s Hippotizer media server 3.2 beta software is now available as a public download from the website. It’s Green Hippo’s biggest release in terms of features and fixes since v3. New features include RegionMapper, X-Fade on Layer, Muti-Select, Mackie, Presets2, MaNet, Time Code On-A-Layer and Watch Folders along with smaller features and bug fixes.
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LONDON — Oli Metcalfe’s design for Muse’s current tour, Second Law, which moves from Europe to North America in early 2013, features a fusion of lighting, video and automation effects with a transformable pyramid-shaped array of overhead video panels. They hang inverted above the stage, and can also descend to conceal the band. Collaborators include lighting, video and staging suppliers Neg Earth, XL Video and Brilliant Stages, with a Kinesys system and Hog 4 from High End Systems used for control.
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NASHVILLE – 4Wall Nashville is providing lighting and labor for TobyMac’s fall tour. Recently named American Music Awards’ ‘Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist,’ TobyMac’s tour starts Nov. 29 and makes 10 stops until its Dec. 15 finale.
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VENTURA, CA — Total Structures said it has recently invested in a large quantity of parts for the Columbus McKinnon (CM) range of electric chain hoists. Total Structures, based here, added that it is now fully stocked with parts for both classic and new style Lodestar hoists as well as compact Prostar units.
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LONDON — Brilliant Stages has designed and constructed the staging and suspended pyramid feature made from LED video panels for Muse’s current tour, Second Law, which tours Europe until Christmas before moving to North America in January 2013. Brilliant has worked on several stages for Muse including the 2009 Resistance tour and subsequent 2010 stadium tour, and the band’s inspirational stage design for their Reading and Leeds anniversary shows in 2011.
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