NASHVILLE — Piranhas, a sports bar and music hall, lured crowds during the 2017 CMA Music Festival to its 10,000-square-foot location on Second Avenue in Nashville with a mini-festival of its own — 38 bands performing over a three-day span. They were lit with a Jeff Hinton-designed light show that included six Intimidator Beam LED 350 and six Intimidator Spot 255 IRC fixtures from Chauvet DJ.
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PHOENIX – Video West recently acquired 60 Robe Spiider automated LED lighting fixtures to add to their rapidly growing inventory. Video West, who also carries Robe Pointes, were impressed with the Spiiders flexibility, exclusive flower effect, and virtual color wheel all within an 11,000 lumen compact design. Fitting 4 to a case, the DMX controllable RGBW LED unit has an impressive and efficient 5:1 zoom ranging from a tight 4 beam to a widespread 50 wash projection ideal for corporate, entertainment, and live event applications.
The new Christie DHD1075-GS and Christie DWU1075-GS 10,000 ISO lumen laser phosphor projectors combine many of the features from the Christie HS Series, including more powerful grid-based warping and blending with Christie BoldColor Technology, all in a compact form-factor. With both projectors, Christie continues to ensure that sophisticated, high brightness projection is accessible to the more budget-conscious user at a low cost of ownership.
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Creative Stage Lighting noted that it is now taking orders for Rosco’s Image Spot. The Image Spot LED projector, with overal energy usage of just 45 watts, promises an impressive light output anda versatile and compact design.
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Elation Professional showcased the DiGidot C4 LED Driver at the company’s booth at the InfoComm show in Orlando June 14-16, 2017. The DiGidot C4, an LED controller made by Amsterdam-based DiGidot, can be used in a variety of applications, and despite its compact size, one device can drive more than 6,000 single LEDs. It can be put to work as a pixel controller, Art-Net node, show recorder and trigger device. It can be used on a standalone basis for smaller setups or be part of larger networks with third-party devices.
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The W-DMX Micro F-1 G5 Transceiver is the smallest and most compact W-DMX unit. Capable of transmitting DMX and RDM data with our patent-pending and improved Adaptive Frequency Hopping technology, and with support for W-DMX Datasafe and Invisi-wire technologies, the W-DMX Micro F-1 G5 Transceiver ensures that your DMX or RDM control signal reaches its destination.
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ORLANDO – Epson has expanded its range of projectors using laser-phosphor technologies. New products targeting the rental and staging, corporate, education, and installation markets include their BrightLink Pro 1470Ui, BrightLink 710Ui and PowerLite 700U ultra short-throw laser displays.
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LOS ANGELES – Elation Lighting Inc., based in Los Angeles, has been successfully offering ArKaos MediaMaster Express software for the past five years, as well as integrating ArKaos Kling-Net protocol into many of its lighting products. Elation has now entered into an agreement with ArKaos and A.C. Lighting Inc. to start selling ArKaos media servers to Elation’s U.S. and Mexico dealers.
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DALLAS – On Aug. 1, 2017, InLight Gobos will reach its 15-year milestone, said company founder and president Rick Hutton (pictured here, right). He noted that 2002 was “a challenging time to start a new business,” but credited his wife, Adriana (pictured here, left), for helping make the business a success. Hutton also announced a promotion that ties in with the 15-year milestone.
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL – For the St. Petersburg Opera Company’s current production of the Jacques Offenbach classic, Tales of Hoffmann, LD Keith Arsenault provided a balanced and colorful design using Chauvet Professional Rogue R2 Wash moving lights supplied by Barbizon.
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VESTAL, NY – FOR-A, which recently became the exclusive U.S. distributor for ClassX graphics solutions, noted that WICZ-TV, based in Vestal, NY, near Binghamton, NY, has become its first ClassX graphics solutions customer.
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ADELAIDE, Australia – For Australian Pink Floyd’s elaborate show, which honors the British band’s stagecraft and gags as well as their music, LD Tom Mumby has been relying upon ChamSys’ MagicQ MQ500 Stadium console for the tribute band’s nine universe lightshow. The tribute band kicks off a string of U.S. dates this summer starting July 20 in Detroit.
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