Nearly everybody uses a smartphone, tablet, etc., and with the LM-5, WORK has achieved a device which allows to every user to create their own console for iPhone, iPad or Android devices, thanks to OSC open protocol (Open Sound Control. This feature makes it compatible with third party lightmouse apps such as TouchOSC and Lemur, which allows the user to personalize the control
interface and to create a lighting console adapted to the user’s own needs.
INDIO, CA — Goldenvoice, the AEG subsidiary that organizes the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, has not released a confirmed lineup of performers at next year’s festival, which will have the same double-weekend format as this year’s event, running from April 12-14 and April 19-21, 2013. But that didn’t stop buyers from snapping up all of the $349 general admission passes and $799 VIP passes within hours of when they became available on May 17.
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MILWAUKEE, WI – Gabriel Spaulding has been named Lead Video Editor at Logan Productions. Spaulding has more than 10 years of industry experience as a freelance videographer, editor, motion graphics artist and musician.
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LONDON, UK – Robe’s new LEDBeam 100 fixtures made their UK touring debut on the Happy Mondays’ recent tour, designed by LD Dave Farmer of THC Design. Zig Zag Lighting supplied the fixtures.
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SAN DIEGO – Nautilus Entertainment Design was honored with an IES 2012 “Commendable Achievement in Lighting Design” award for the Qualcomm Museum in San Diego. Nautilus provided lighting design and A/V system design for the museum, including more than 16 large format interactive video kiosks and an integrated control system.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany – Ultratec Special Effects has opened a new European distribution facility in Frankfurt for both pyro and special effects products. The office will serve as the central distribution hub for Europe. A service depot will soon be set up to repair equipment in the European market.
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NEW YORK — Production Resource Group’s new Best Boy 4000 Spot luminaire is making its Broadway debut on the Tony-nominated revival of Evita as part of a broader package of gear provided by PRG. LD Neil Austin said he chose the Best Boy for its brightness, low power draw and much lower noise as compared to other spot fixtures. Evita is playing at the Marquis Theatre.
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LONDON, UK – Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) renewed its long standing working relationship with one of the UK’s best loved dance artists, Leftfield, who headlined a recent War Child benefit gig at London’s Brixton Academy. Chris Steel, who has worked with the band since 2010, programmed and operated the lighting.
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INDIO, CA – This year’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival event experience was enhanced by the dramatic lighting of the festival grounds, made possible with LumenRadio’s CRMX Nova wireless control, installed by Felix Lighting. Two LumenRadio TX2 RDM transmitters controlled three DMX universes of 20 SyncroLite 7K searchlights and 260 ColorKinetics ColorBlaze fixtures. Seventeen LumenRadio receivers were placed on remote lighting towers up to three-quarters of a mile from the control center.
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LAS VEGAS – For the redesign of the lobby and entryway at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas, LD Herrick Goldman selected the Brickblaster Pro RGBW and WWCW. The compact size of the Brickblaster Pro allowed the fixtures to fit into hidden alcoves throughout the lobby, while track mounted fixtures were used in the main hallway, which has a low ceiling height of 8 feet.
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