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Velcro ties

Ya know, every once in a while someone invents something that you wish they hadn't. While some people like it, others hate it. While I may be a minority here, I'd like to state for the record that I fucking hate velcro cable ties.

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Bonerama funkin’ it up in Colorado

       

        Alrighty the first week is in the bag and I’m feeling damn good about it. When I left off the last blog I said Denver was the first stop on the tour. Since the van was heading from Columbus, Ohio we got to make a stop at the Harrah’s Casino in St. Louis, Missouri which was a blast. Well we got into Denver early in the evening so I decided to grab a beer across the street from the hotel to unwind, enjoy downtown, and tell people about the show tomorrow night. It turned out Common was playing right down the street at the Fillmore and I got to meet a lot of cool people and of course a drunken girl that stole a telephone book in the middle of the street. So after a few laughs I went right to bed and I woke the next day to meet the crew and band.

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PLSN PLASA PREVIEW

A.C. Lighting
A.C. Lighting, the exclusive worldwide distributor for the Chroma-Q™ product range, will be showing the new Chroma-Q Color Split. The modular LED fixture’s dual side-by-side RGBA cells provide lighting designers with the opportunity for single color or split color. Its lenses are designed so that the wide-angle lens in one cell washes the lower portion of a surface, while the narrow lens projects the beam higher. The Color Split also features an RGBI (magic Amber) control mode. With its built-in power supply, it can be used in standalone mode.

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When the Snowman Talks, the World Listens

Did you happen to see a snowman asking a group of Democratic presidential candidates about global warming? If you did, then you were watching the CNN/YouTube Democratic Presidential Debate. I had the opportunity to work on the event, but this time I was the lighting programmer, and I was not involved in the video production. But it’s interesting to note how a production changes when there is video in the mix.

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Synchronicity Part 2: The Spread of ACN

Last month, I talked a bit about the recently approved ACN (Architecture for Control Networks) standard. Now that you know a little more about the reasons for the new standard and some of the underlying concepts, I’m going to talk about a couple of specific pieces to the puzzle that will benefit systems large and small. 

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Martin Magnum 1200-1800 Fog Machines

Martin Professional recently added two new versions to its Magnum family of foggers: the Magnum 1200 and Magnum 1800. Each of these machines has similar features, including the way they look, an aluminum carrying handle on top, a storage compartment on the side of the unit to store accessories and a remote timer control.

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Compulite Vector Red

Compulite is an Israeli-based lighting console manufacturer that has been in business for over 25 years. During the last few years, the company has expanded its range to include several new models. The Compulite Vector now comes in four models that vary according to how many faders and DMX512 outputs you need for your purposes.  The company also manufactures programming wings and playback wings that can be used with an outboard PC. The playback wing can be used in conjunction with any model to add an additional 10 faders and cue keys. We had an opportunity to Road Test the Vector Red.

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