Roland V-1600HD Mixes Coldplay’s Visuals on Tour
W-DMX Names Bo Wendemo R&D Engineer
Felix Lighting Places Order for Robe CycFX 8 Fixtures
Elation Platinum BX and Platinum SBX Debut with Summer Youth Olympic Games in China
LaserNet Projectors Part of Colorful Soccer Tournament Halftime Show
MIAMI GARDENS, FL – The organizers of an upcoming Life in Color paint party turned to LaserNet to enhance a visual spectacle for the halftime show during the 2014 International Champions Cup (ICC), a tournament featuring soccer teams. The setup included the use of 10 LaserNet ScannerPro RGB full color laser projectors.
*Note: This is a revised posting; an earlier version incorrectly identified the spectacle as part of a Miami Dolphins halftime show. PLSN regrets the error.
Read More »Stagehand Mini2 Controller from Creative Conners Debuts on Eminem/Rihanna Tour
WARREN, RI — The Stagehand Mini2 Controller from Creative Conners, based here, made its backstage debut with client All Access Staging on the Eminem X Rihanna Monster Tour. The Mini2 Controller is being used to seamlessly connect six hydraulic scissor lifts to Spikemark control software.
Read More »Rx Bandits Using Nexus Panels on “Gemini Her Majesty” Tour
LOS ANGELES – LD Sohail e. Najafi is using Nexus 4×4 panels from Chauvet Professional on Rx Bandits’ Gemini Her Majesty tour. The tour, supporting the band’s seventh album release, presents 20 of the panels on the deck upstage to frame the band and create pixel-mapped versions of the “Rx” in the band’s name. 4Wall Entertainment provided the panels for the tour.
Read More »2014 Masada Opera Festival Lit with Martin Fixtures
MASADA, Israel — The fifth annual Masada Opera Festival, held at the foot of Mount Masada, featured Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata opera for an audience of thousands over the course of six days. Lighting director Bogumil Palewicz, who worked with stage director Michal Znaniecki and set designer Luigi Scoglio on the project, used Martin’s MAC Aura LED Wash, MAC Quantum Wash, MAC III Performance, MAC Viper Profile, MAC Viper Performance and MAC Viper Beam moving head fixtures to light the stage and MAC III AirFX fixtures for the surrounding area. The production company involved with the project was Israel’s Stage Design Israel.
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Lollapalooza Festival Stages Include Clay Paky B-EYEs
Elation Launches Sniper Multi-Effect and Laser Simulator
LOS ANGELES — Elation Professional launched Sniper, a hybrid multi-effect lighting fixture and laser simulator. Promising a “powerful, precise and ultra-narrow 3° beam,” the fixture includes a high-speed X/Y scan and Z rotation mirror system designed to enable the Sniper to spread laser-like effects including liquid sky, laser wave, and laser cone effects, all capable of high speed movement. Sniper also allows these effects to be projected and “scanned” into the crowd; laser regulations do not apply to the fixture, which is not, strictly speaking, a laser projector.
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