LOS ANGELES – Production Designer/LD Marc Janowitz specified 50 GLP impression X4s on My Morning Jacket’s US tour. The tour is using a festoon-like hanging system. There are 10 soft, swooped hanging positions suspended between the trusses in the overhead grid, with five of the X4s on each. These festoons travel pre-rigged and cabled, and once the grid is hung, they can be fully deployed in about 10 minutes.
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LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional’s Event Cylinder is a one-foot-diameter (304 mm) transparent tubular-shaped color-changing battery powered RGB LED fixture. Wireless control and an IP65 rating will allow the unit to be used in usual and unusual locations, from a beach party to corporate events. When fully charged, the Event Cylinder’s battery will last 12 hours.
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ROSTNOV-NA-DONU, Russia – Russia’s Rostov State Circus is illuminating one of its international programs, Dreams of Egypt, with PR Lighting fixtures. The circus owns all its own equipment, and has been using 12 of the XL 700E and XLED590s on this show.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovak Republic – LD Martin Kubanka used Robe moving lights to illuminate Slovak Republic’s 2012 ‘Face of The Year’ contest and gala evening, which was broadcast live on national channel STV1. His role was to not only light the set but also to make the models competing in the event look their best. He worked closely with set designer Dano Sichma for this show. Slovakian rental company Q-99 supplied the gear.
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SAN FRANCISCO – LD Brock Hogan specified 28 Robe LEDWash 600s for Train’s recent US tour, supplied by Orlando-based LMG. Hogan first used LMG’s initial batch of LEDWash 600s on last year’s Good Charlotte tour. From the outset, he had the LEDWash’s individual ring control in mind to use for some specific effects in particular songs. He programmed and ran all lighting via a grandMA2.
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CLARKSTON, MI – High Resolution Systems has released UDC 4.0, the latest upgrade for its software-based Universal Device Controller. The new release includes new features, including a Software Developer Kit. The SDK requires basic programming knowledge, which can be learned through High Resolution Systems’ software courses.
Read More »DORVAL, Quebec — Proel S.p.A, based in Sant’Omero, Italy, named Musiquip Inc., based here, as its U.S. distributor. The agreement includes Proel’s professional audio, sound reinforcement, lighting and accessory products.
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SYDNEY – As another season of TV’s The X Factor in Australia draws to a close, LD Ian Anderson has counted on a variety of Vari-Lite and ETC fixtures for his designs, in particular the 48 VL3000 Spots. The rig also contains 30 ETC Source Four Revolutions. Chameleon Touring Systems supplied the lighting.
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MILTON KEYNES, UK – For Swedish House Mafia’s DVD shoot, LD Ian Tomlinson specified Clay Paky Sharpys to add more effects to the show at the National Bowl at Milton Keynes. Tomlinson followed a ‘less is more’ approach, filling the gaps for the camera shots and lighting the stage and audience in a visual onslaught. HSL supplied 60 Clay Paky Sharpys, which were attached to the bottom of the video pods.
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