DURBAN, South Africa — Gearhouse South Africa’s Durban and Johannesburg branches worked together to support the launch of Emirates Airline’s nonstop service between Durban and Dubai. That technical support included lighting, AV, sets, rigging and sound.
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MAYNOOTH, Ireland — The recently-opened Mantra Garden Bar & Club, an investment of about $7 million, might have racked up an even more impressive cost total if Frank Murray, proprietor of sound and lighting specialist Audiotek, had opted for something besides the PR Lighting fixtures for the double-floor venue.
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LONDON — Don’t let the flower-petal shaped LEDs fool you. Max Conwell, LD of Naked Eye, was looking for a visual accompaniment to the aural “attack” that is part of the vibe for Morrissey’s 2009 Tour of Refusal, and he has been using 12 i-Pix BB7 beam lights to give the visuals a “combative” aura.
Read More »DAHLONEGA, GA — The Long Reach Long Riders completed their sixth-annual charity motorcycle ride, covering close to 2,500 miles and raising over $42,000 for the ESTA Foundation’s Behind the Scenes program and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The combined LRLR total raised since the first ride in 2004 has now exceeded $200,000.
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SYRACUSE, NY — J.R. Clancy has hired Raymond Carrock, pictured left, to be their chief financial officer and Patrick Finn, pictured right, as the new dealer project manager.
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amBX says its amBIENT XC lighting control system can change the way lighting combines with video and sound to create immersive entertainment experiences. The amBIENT XC is a stand-alone DMX 512 hardware controller for RGB LED lighting fixtures, powered by amBX technology.
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American DJ’s new Theatrix Pro 48 LED is an RGB+W color mixing luminaire with 48 one-watt LEDs (12 each red, green, blue and white). It has seven modes of operation with DMX with 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 16 or 19 channels of control plus stand-alone with built-in color changing programs in automatic or sound activation mode.
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ETC has released the iRFR (Radio Focus Remote for iPhone and iPod Touch) and is donating the proceeds to Behind the Scenes and Light Relief. The iRFR offers all the functionality of an ETC Net3™ Radio Focus Remote unit, interfacing to ETC’s Eos®, Ion®, Element™, Congo® and Congo jr control desks.
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To assist RDM developers in implementing the RDM physical layer, Goddard Design has introduced the Transceiver Qualification Test Set. It consists of three PC boards that implement all the tests of Appendix F of the RDM standard.
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The Martin MAC 301 Wash™ is an LED moving head wash light with a 13° to 36° zoom range. 108 LEDs produce an RGB color wash and an electronic 7 color + white color wheel rotation effect with snap, blackout or dimmer fade at each color change.
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The MDR range of DMX512-A splitters from LSC Lighting Systems can be purchased with optional RDM functionality, Wireless Solutions W-DMX or City Theatrical SHoW-DMX wireless DMX receivers, Powercon power connector or hook clamp mounting brackets for the portable model, or it can be upgraded later.
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The ML Finder Pro app for the iPhone from Zinman Software is now available. It features a database with over 500 devices indexed by manufacturer or model including color, gobo, effects systems, DMX values for a parameter, number of channels used, weight, power consumption and more.
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