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elektraLite eyeBall IUV

elektraLite eyeBall IUV

elektraLite’s eyeBall IUV (ELE728) is a high-output LED fixture promising truly invisible ultraviolet light from a compact, lightweight design. At the heart of the eyeBall IUV are 18 three-watt LEDs operating at a wavelength of 365nm, completely invisible to the human eye. The fixture’s ample output is designed to produce vivid fluorescence at distances of more than 75 feet with zero visible light emitting from the fixture, which allows for extraordinary dark room and black light effects.

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Mega-Lite Tuff Baby P-84

Mega-Lite Tuff Baby P-84

Mega-Lite’s Tuff Baby P-84 is an LED lighting fixture that’s weathered for outdoors and can still be used indoors. This compact IP 64 rated unit packs a punch with seven penta RGBWA 12-watt LEDs. The addition of amber and white LEDs allows for pastel hues and varied tones that cannot be achieved with RGB LEDs alone. It has a 25-degree beam angle and also comes with a removable diffuser that creates a 30-degree diffused beam angle. The Tuff Baby P-84 has 3-pin XLR DMX connectors and a weather seal screw type power connection. The fixture has a double mounting yoke for simple rigging or ground stacking. It is controlled via DMX 512, featuring 8 channels, audio trigger and master slave control options.

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DiTech A.V. supplied the gear.

Disciple Now Weekend in Grand Prairie, TX Lit with Mega-Lite Fixtures

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX – Disciple Now Weekend draws high school and middle school students in the Grand Prairie, Texas area together. Held at First Baptist Church, the youth retreat is a three-day long gathering that includes praise and worship, bible studies, concerts and speakers. The youth pastors that organized the event turned to Ditech A.V. of El Campo, TX for their production needs, providing the church with gear from Mega Systems, Inc.

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Mega-Lite Axis Cyclops

Mega-Lite Axis Cyclops

Mega-Lite’s Axis Cyclops moving head gets its name from its “single eye” look. Featuring a 4.5-degree lens and 60W RGBW LED, the unit has infinite pan and tilt, making it capable of eye catching motion effects. The Axis Cyclops is controlled via DMX and has 15 channels. It has an LCD display for easy addressing and single quick release clamp mounts for simple rigging.

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The Truss Platform from Staging Concepts

The Truss Platform from Staging Concepts

The Truss Platform from Staging Concepts is made from steel for strength and durability along with 1” thick marine grade plywood substrate with virtually zero voids. This product is available in standard and custom sizes for both indoor and outdoor use. Meeting the same quality and strength requirements of Staging Concepts’ flagship product, the SC90 Platform, the Truss Platform meets 150 lbs per square foot of uniformly distributed live load.

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The tour includes hits from Springsteen's 1980 album, The River. Photo by Steve Jennings

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s River 2016 Tour Includes Fixtures from Chauvet

LOS ANGELES  – For Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s “The River Tour 2016,” LD Jeff Ravitz sought visuals that would evoke concerts circa 1980, when Springsteen’s fifth album, The River, was released, while also leveraging the technological advantages of today’s LED fixtures. He was able to do both with a rig that updated the old-school PAR cans of yesterday with newer fixtures, including COLORado 1-Tri IP LED pars from Chauvet Professional.

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RC4Magic DMXpix

RC4 Wireless Announces v71 Firmware Update, Pixel String Support for RC4Magic DMXpix

RC4’s new firmware v4.071 / 2.71.3.0 for all RC4 Wireless Series 3 Harmonized Design Devices is now available, for the company’s RC4 Magic Series 3 (2.4GHz and 900MHz), L​umenDim​for CRMX and W​­DIM​for W­DMX. Referred to as v71, it supercedes previously released v19 and v50. The company also announced additional pixel string support for RC4Magic DMXpix, pictured here.

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Pictured are Rick Rudolph, Chair of the Behind the Scenes Foundation, and Fred Foster CEO of ETC

ETC’s iRFR and aRFR Apps Reach a Quarter of a Million Dollars in Donations to Behind the Scenes

SALT LAKE CITY – At USITT 2016, Fred Foster, CEO of ETC, presented a check for $19,259.35 to Behind the Scenes, which reflected ongoing proceeds from sales of ETC’s iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) applications for iOS and Android devices. This amount brought the total donated from the apps to just over a quarter of a million dollars, a number that overwhelms everyone involved. When first launched, it was unimaginable that these apps, developed by ETC software engineers Chris Mizerak and Anders Ekvall, would bring so much help and hope to our colleagues in need. Pictured are Rick Rudolph, Chair of the Behind the Scenes Foundation, and Fred Foster.

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Rascall Flatts

Bandit Brings The Light for Rascal Flatts as Band Returns to the Road

NASHVILLE – Rascal Flatts may have only just wrapped their hit Las Vegas residency earlier this month, but the ACM “Vocal Group of the Year” nominees are already back on the road carrying a lighting package provided by long time vendor Bandit Lites. By using more than 180 GRNLite LED Pars, Vari*Lite VL3000 Spots, VL3500 Washes, Martin Atomic Strobes and Moles, LD Andy Knighton and production manager Jay Schwartz focused on keeping the rig for the spring run of one-offs modest and affordable, while still infusing the entire space with light.

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