COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Wybron has now released the Gel Swatch Library version 2.0 in the iTunes App Store. Everyone who has purchased Gel Swatch Library is automatically eligible for this major update at no charge. New library features include the ability to combine gel colors, a new enhanced search allowing more control over search results and the ability to view a gel color using different light sources.
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LONDON – The first of Robe’s new Robin DLF LED Wash lights went on tour in the UK with LD Rob Sinclair and The Human League. The rig also contained other Robe fixtures which illuminated and projected on to a scenic back wall above and behind the band, constructed from 10 Airformance Design ‘Waben Blocks.’ HSL supplied the lighting.
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LOS ANGELES – The new Mega TRI 60 from American DJ is a linear LED color-mixing bar powered by 9 Tri-Color (red, green, blue) 3-watt LEDs. Measuring a full 2 feet (.6 meter), the fixture is designed to cover walls, stages, dance floors and other large indoor areas with washes of RGB color. The fixture has six control modes, both manual and DMX. It also offers 32-built in macros for easy color-mixing. The Mega TRI 60 weighs 7 lbs.
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MADISON, WI – Full Compass Systems has produced a holiday CD titled “A Winter’s Wish” to help raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin. Staff members volunteered many hours of planning, arranging, rehearsing, performing, recording and editing the tracks on the CD, and also created the cover artwork and CD design.
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ZAGREB, Croatia – Croatian pop star Nina Badric kicked off her latest tour at the Drazen Petrovic Hall in Zagreb in front of 5000 fans. The lighting rig, designed by Dalibor Radic, included 24 Robe MMX Spots supplied rental company Eldra, based in Bregana.
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NEW YORK – The creation of an exhibit representing the U.S. at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space requires a long lead time. In fact, USITT has already announced that it is seeking design submissions for PQ 2015, set for June of that year. The submission deadline for individuals and teams for an architectural and sculptural space with the theme, Art in Performance Design: Dreams of Here and Now is Feb. 8, 2013.
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SOUTH KIRBY, YORKSHIRE, UK – One of the UK’s biggest arena rehearsal facilities is working with Richard Young’s new Load Cell Rental company to provide an accurate weighing service to its client base of touring shows and bands. Independent riggers will install clip-on Load Cells during load in, return to record the weight once the rig is hanging, then produce an independent assessment of the weight of the system. Clients will receive a report that includes calibration certificates of the cells used, which can be forwarded to all venues on the tour as part of the health and safety documentation in addition to the rigging plot.
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DALLAS – Lighting designer Tom Kenny is using Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Spot luminaires to create the proper dark mood for The Who’s “Quadrophenia” tour this winter. PRG is supplying the lighting for the 37-date tour of North America, wherein the band perform songs from their classic album.
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EL PASO – For the past seven years, a “must see” destination for El Paso-area holiday lighting buffs is the home of business executive Fred Loya. Stretching nearly a city block in length, Loya’s residence becomes something akin to a major tourist attraction. Elation staff member Esteban De Torre, also credited with the much-noted lighting design for Elation’s booth at LDI this year, created the holiday light display, pixel mapping the entire Loya home and programming the timecode sequences with Elation’s Compu Live DMX lighting software.
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