TOKYO – For Japanese pop singer Aiko's Love Like Rock vol.4 tour last summer, LDs Masa-aki Kamishima and Masahide Maeda used a rig that included 12 MAC 301 Washes and 36 MAC 500s. The tour represented the Japanese debut of the MAC 301 Wash, an LED moving head washlight touted for its fast zoom and 13 – 36° zoom range.
The rig included four of the fixtures on the ceiling truss, four downstage and four more upstage for silhouette effects. The three dozen MAC 500s, meanwhile, were used for narrow iris chases, color changing and other effects.
"The MAC 301 Wash is very compact and bright. The response is good and fast, and its zooming function makes it very versatile," said Masa-aki Kamishima. "I feel this is one of the best fixtures that have come out recently.
"Having LED as its light source, it can be placed close to performers, giving relief to the programmers who do not have to worry about heat," Masa-aki added. "LED video is also now commonly used and in order to compete with that, fixtures like the MAC 301 Wash will become a standard I believe."
"This time, we are using them as regular wash lights, and by placing the fixtures at different places on stage, ceiling, foot, back foot, we were able to achieve various wash effects on the performers, instruments, trusses and back curtain, and used them also for crowd blinding," said Masahide Maeda.
"The MAC 301 Wash's brightness and wideness are very good, and I did not feel as uneasy as I expected about the typical LED dots being visible," Masahide added. "With the fixtures placed at back foot stage we had no heat or noise problems at all although they were very close to the instruments."
Once the Love Like Rock vol.4 tour was over, Aiko embarked on her Love Like Pop vol.12 tour, which ends this month. This tour also features MAC 301 Washes.
Photo by Yuriko Takagi
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