MDG’s new Me8, to be featured at at Prolight + Sound 2016 in Frankfurt, is billed as the company’s highest-powered fog generator to date. Now topping the Me Series, the Me8 is an 8-nozzled machine that pumps out a 800 cubic metes of fog per minute.
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MEXICO CITY – Lighting designer Dave Maxwell has been involved in Luis Miguel shows since 2008. For a string of recent sold out dates at Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, Maxwell used 60 Elation ACL 360 Matrix moving panel LED effect lights to complement the Latin American artist’s show. Serpro Producciones provided the fixtures.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Kid Cudi, known for his distinctive atmospheric and emotionally-gripping live performances has just finished the first leg of a new US tour supporting his Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven album, complete with a moody and evocative lighting design by Brett Lorins that centers on Robe moving lights. The rig included 10 MMX Spots, 12 LEDWash 300s and two LEDWash 600s with the MMX Spots being the main workhorses. This core touring package was complemented by some house lights at each venue. The lighting package was supplied by TERI Productions, coordinated by Jay Coatney and Jason Murphy.
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DORTMUND, Germany – Niclen Moving Lights System GmbH continues to increase its stock of Elation Professional lighting equipment with the recent purchase of Elation ACL 360i (pictured here), ACL 360 Bar and ACL 360 Matrix LED effect lights, as well as Cuepix Panel LED matrices. The ACL fixtures are part of Elation’s increasingly popular ACL Series of high-output, narrow-beam LED effects that are seeing use in a wide variety of touring and special event applications. The Cuepix Panels are LED matrix blinders featuring 25 RGBW LEDs per panel.
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BRUSSELS, BE– Arkaos PRO named Controllux BV as its exclusive distributor for the company’s hardware and software offerings in the BeNeLux region (Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg). The agreement was reached in February 2016. Pictured here are ArKaos’ Benjamin Bauwens, Controllux managing director Enrico Daaman and ArKaos managing director Agnes Wojewoda, along with members of the Controllux team.
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NEW YORK –– Rachel Platten performed during a Manhattan “cardio party” recently, singing her workout-friendly “Fight Song” at an invitation-only event held to mark the launch of a 10-city coast-to-coast fitness tour sponsored by Target and SoulCycle. The 150 guests were also treated to a light show by LD Barrett Hall that featured 45 Next NXT-1 moving LED panels from Chauvet Professional. WorldStage supplied the gear.
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elektraLite’s new DataAir Wireless DMX Data Transmission System makes use of the ELE810 DataAir Transmitter and ELE811 DataAir Receiver to bring wireless functionality to DMX distribution in a manner that promises to be fast and easy for users. elektraLite’s DataAir transmitter and receiver are each no larger than a ballpoint pen and simply plug-and-play ready.
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CARDIFF, Wales, U.K. – LED lighting company Sedna once again teamed up with Cardiff University to support the school’s engineering students as they worked on an LED-lit CR12 series race car outfitted with Sedna’s flexible LED strips. The project, which also involved students from Cardiff Metropolitan University, focused on the LED-lit vehicle’s ability to light up in the dark for a night race around a test track at Llandow last December.
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JOHANNESBURG – Working on behalf of Blue Platinum Events, Solid Rock Event Technical provided lighting, sound and large format video for a massive son et lumière at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg for a corporate event hosted by Daimler Truck & Buses, a division of Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA). Key sales teams, dealers and clients of the company gathered in two locations for the event, themed as “the greatest show on earth.” Within the 95,000 capacity stadium, the gear list included 24 Robe BMFL Spot moving lights.
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PLYMOUTH, U.K. – British singer and X Factor winner Leona Lewis toured the U.K. in February and March with lighting designed by Jamie Thompson and controlled by Avolites Sapphire Touch and Tiger Touch II consoles. Thompson’s brief for the tour, which visited 13 cities across England, Wales and Scotland, was to create an intimate show pushing the focus on to Leona and her band as they performed new material and her internationally bestselling back catalog.
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Desay’s E Series indoor HD full color LED video screen panels, made in China, feature die-cast aluminum housing for light weight and durability. The LED modules allow for front maintenance, with high resolution pixel pitches including 1.25mm, 1.5mm, 1.875mm, 2.5mm, 3mm, 3.75mm and 4mm options. A smart fast lock design promises easy assembly, and the panels can be used in flown or stacked configurations on stage.
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Flex Rental Solutions’ Flex version 4.15.1, released in mid-March, is the third major and fourth total software release by the company since the start of 2016. This newest release includes several new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes. Release 4.15.1 includes tax on costs, thresholds for inventory items, and multiple automation profile support for quotes. The company is actively developing and quality assurance testing Flex version 4.16.0, scheduled for release in April.
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