LDI 2014 marked the first US showing of ArKaos’ new MediaMaster 4.1, the latest, ever-more powerful version of ArKaos PRO’s media server software. MediaMaster 4.1 delivers a plethora of new features including new aspect ratio and cropping tools, new hue, saturation and lightness tools, layer-based volume control and a redesigned interface.
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Offering faster rigging of stage sets, combined with improved safety, the range is already being hailed as a strong, safe alternative to home-made drop arms, which until now have been the only option for riggers.
The system uses tried and tested connectors to give a SWL of 220 lbs (100kg) and enables the safe and speedy rigging of luminaires from truss or fixed tube barrels. It also provides for a range of configurations to open up the possibility for highly innovative lighting design.
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Invented by a couple Seattle guys who hated to tape down cables, the GaffGun ($249/direct) allows a person to securely dress wires about as fast as you can walk. The unit accommodates rolls of 1/2/3-inch tape and cables of several sizes, using patent-pending CoreLok technology to insure the tape is always centered over the cable(s). It includes an extension handle, so your back isn’t destroyed by the time you get to the end of the cable run across a gymnasium or airport runway. GaffGun is available now.
Read More »ArKaos PRO debuted LEDMaster, the new all-in-one solution that delivers LEDshow control in three easy steps. Just map, programme and playback. Designed to work in conjunction with ArKaos PRO’s Kling-Net protocol, LEDMaster automatically recognises and configures any Kling-Net LED device to make it ready for mapping. Through Kling-Net, the device’s resolution and pixel format is sent to the LEDMaster which is then able to read and change parameters.
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ADJ’s 12P Hex features a dozen 6-in-1 LEDs (RGBWA+UV) and a new ‘lie flat’design. The fixture builds on its predecessor (5P Hex).
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This smart and intuitive Android app will allow users to control and target any or all lights, group lights, change the effects of lights, as well as brightness, fade, speed etc., and the best part is that it is FREE for download on the Google Play Store. To be used with AsteraBox™ (ART6).
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ADJ’s Fog Fury Jett is a high velocity, DMX-compatible, vertical fogger that uses 12 quad-color (RGBA) 3-watt LEDs to infuse its fog effects with color for atmospheric results. Like many of the other fixtures in the Fog Fury series, the Fog Fury Jett utilizes a high performance Italian pump system for optimum output, a special heating element that uses an oil-type transmission throughout the pipeline to prevent clogging, and ADJ’s ETS (Electronic Thermo Sensing) technology to maintain optimum heat levels and a short warm-up time of nine minutes.
Read More »The Christie Twist solution delivers full image warping and advanced edge blending in Christie 3-chip DLP® projectors using powerful software that controls and edge-blends multiple curved images seamlessly on any surface.
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Elation’s Cuepix PAR 300 is a bright PAR wash light that uses seven long-life 30W 3-in-1 RGB COB LEDs for a broad selection of colors and superior, shadow-free color mixing. Wrapped in a rugged die-cast aluminum housing and projecting at a 30° beam angle, the Cuepix PAR 300 features individual control of each COB module for greater effect possibilities.
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Blackmagic Design’s latest update for its Teranex 2D, 3D and Express converters, Teranex 3.1, adds a new software application that lets customers remotely set up and change settings on their Teranex converters from a central location, as well as adding a new 12G-SDI to quad HD-SDI conversions to Teranex Express.
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ARRI has provide a new light engine, dubbed Light Engine 2, for its L7-C LED Fresnel. ARRI says the change makes the fixture 25 percent brighter. The fixture achieves its luminous output while consuming only 160 watts, and is tunable for color temperatures ranging from 2800K to 10000K. Other features include green/magenta correction, hue and saturation control and more.
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