LAS VEGAS – For Puerto Rico-born Reggaeton standout Ozuna, a.k.a. Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado, LD Alex Soto designed a light show that includes 16 Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1 moving fixtures supplied by LPS Production of Miami Lakes, FL. The RGBW fixtures are arranged on horizontal pipe that sits atop 8-foot truss positioned throughout the stage.
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PR Lighting has announced the release of Phantom, a new hybrid moving head first previewed at this year’s Frankfurt Prolight+Sound Show. An upgraded version of the XR 440 BWS, it contains a full designer’s toolkit in a single unit. Utilizing an Osram Sirius HRI 440W discharge source combined with PR Lighting’s advanced optical system, it delivers a solid beam, with 60° wide wash and an even varied spot.
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CHANGCHUN, CHINA– Christie®, a leader in creating and delivering the world’s best visual and audio experiences, together with its Chinese partner Wincomn Technology, offer a fascinating look at the past, present and future of urban planning using state-of-the-art projection technologies at the Changchun City Planning Museum. Vibrant projections on the massive sand table, curved screen and ceiling of the exhibition room using Christie M Series and Roadie Series projectors.
I like InfoComm. I like it a lot more since the floor planners put the audio area next to the lighting and staging area. It made a lot of sense and should have been done years ago. What did this accomplish besides cutting down on the number of steps I took? Well, it added a lot of traffic to the lighting and staging pavilion. I had many lighting and staging exhibitors tell me it was one of the busiest shows they’ve had there.
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OSLO, Norway – For Karpe Diem’s recent shows, producer and lighting designer Sebastian Ekeberg has incorporated 750 VDO Sceptron LED video fixtures, 300 VDO Face 5 LED video panels and 150 VDO Dotron video pixels into the show design – 1,200 VDO fixtures in all.
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PLSN’s July 2017 New Products section features the following items: Acclaim Lighting Pixel Bar LED Fixtures Blackmagic Design Camera Control iPad App Chauvet Professional Epix… Read More »July 2017 New Products
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MIDDLETON, WI – ETC announced that its Source 4WRD PAR and Source 4WRD PARNel Fixture Bodies are now shipping. The company notes advantages in terms of both energy efficiency and brightness over ETC’s original Source Fours with conventional lamp sources. A company-produced video highlights the differences and notes that while a modular design lets customers use these components with ETC’s newer fixtures, these units are not designed to work with the company’s older legacy products.
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MANCHESTER, TN – Working with LD Andi Watson and production manager William Irons, Bandit Lites once again provided the lighting for the tower at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, deploying SGM G-Spot fixtures. The top of the tower, a focal point for Bonnaroo, features a large rotating mirror ball. It is actually a permanent structure that serves as a North Star of sorts to the festival attendees, allowing them to navigate more easily through the 700-acre festival site.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications announced the appointment of Daniel Channon as rental engineer. Based in Riedel’s U.K. office, Channon will be responsible for managing, coordinating, and maintaining the company’s extensive rental service for tailored communications and networking solutions.
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PR Lighting has introduced the Phantom 440, a high-performance beam, wash and spot hybrid moving head fixture. Equipped with an OSRAM SIRIUS HRI 440W (7000±300K, 1500 hours) discharge source makes the lamp versatile and applicable as an all-purpose device. Mega Systems is the US distributor for PR Lighting products
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PARIS – Philips’ Vari-Lite VL6000 Beam luminaires are playing a central role in the lighting design for Depeche Mode’s Global Spirit tour. Lighting design for the tour is by Sooner Routhier and Robert Long of US-based SRae Productions. Associate lighting designer Brian Jenkins programmed the show for SRae, while lighting director Manny Conde is responsible for the lighting on the tour. The lighting equipment is being supplied by UK-based production rental specialist HSL Group.
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AUGUSTA, GA – After three Grammy Awards, over 100 shows with the Grateful Dead, and 11 million record sales, Bruce Hornsby hasn’t lost his taste for touring. The legendary singer-songwriter is crisscrossing the US with his band The Noisemakers this summer and enjoying every minute of it. Touring is fun, Hornsby told an interviewer, because he and the band “keep the spontaneity factor high.” This free flowing spirit was very much in evidence when the Hornsby tour bus pulled into the Columbia County Amphitheatre in June, both in terms of the music performed on stage and the John Berret designed lightshow that backed it up note for free flowing note.
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