The LXC projectors are offered in a variety of output powers as well as single colour configurations. The flagship model, the LXC 3000, offers 1.5W of white plus an additional 1.5W of green. All LXC projectors retain the highest beam quality possible with specs of <.7mr full angle divergence and 3mm diameter, say Laserwurx.
The LXC projectors incorporate the most advanced imagi
The package includes a standard dongle with 10 licenses with additional licenses available up to a maximum of 20. As part of Martin's continuing commitment to the education of emerging lighting professionals, Martin has subsidized the cost of the MSD site license, making it affordable for the vast majority of educational institutions. In addition, Martin also offers an MSD training program in accordance with the Martin Acade-media training program.
MSD is a unique and user-friendly lighting and set design software package f
MDG company president Martin Michaud comments: "MDG Fog Generators are the natural complement to enhance the visual effects created by ArKaos. Our mission is the same: develop products that give free reign to the creators of live performances, allowi
HSL's Simon Stuart and Robe UK's Ian W Brown completed the deal, and the units will immediately go into HSL's busy hire department run by Sean McGlone. Simon Stuart says: "Today's market is about having a large quantity of rental stock and a fast turnaround, so it was essential that we chose the right fixtures that are reliable and easy to maintain. The Robe 1200 AT series has all the attributes you'd expect from a top quality product. This, plus the two year warranty - giving fixed costs - ensures the units are highly cost effective to run." H
The Zion package is the simplest to use, true 3D system on the market. Ideally it is suited to creating long, complex shows from scratch utilizing the latest in virtual reality style instant feedback and attacks the most time consuming aspect of Laser Lightshow programming - generating animations. Features include: Free-form 3D; trace scanned-in bitmap
The statement from Color Kinetics said: "We at Color Kinetics thank Bill for his tremendous contributi
Spectra Plus from Stockholm Sweden, Eurovision's technical production co-ordinators for the last five years approached Robe about being a partner in the show which is renowned for its ambitious visual aesthetics. The show is also marking its landmark 50th anniversary.
Spectra's Ola Melzig and Jan Erik Jansson and National Television of Ukraine's director of International Relations, Pavlo Grytsak, initially approached Robe's Josef Valchar and Harry von den Stemmen at PLASA 2004.
Extensive testing of the suggested Robe fixtures were undertaken in Sweden, in conjunction with Robe's
As the show's media technology partner, CT Germany provided the LED specials, projections and peripheral equipment for the Ball des Sports. On behalf of event producer Kogag, the CT team offered full service including installation, support and dismantling with the technical project management of the CT Düsseldorf sales office.
The highlight of the stage set was CT's new Soft-LED: a dynamic LED curtain, it showed video and graphic content which was created specifically for this show.
Running from February into early March, it was public demand which brought the return of Bizet's opera for a limited season of just 12 performances. Directed by David Freeman, it was again performed in the round, on a spectacular swirl-shaped ramp and circular pit designed by David Roger. Lighting design for both runs of Carmen was by Andrew Bridge, but this time with PRG Europe supplying a range of Vari-Lite fixtures from its extensive inventory to light the show, along with over 100 conventional lights and 40 colour scrollers.
Bridge's original design was inspired by the model photos he was given of the proposed production, before the original 2002 production: "
The Welsh-based company offers creative lighting design, installation and project management plus the manufacture of LED and conventional architectural light sources. i-Vision's Luke Dodd said: "It's great to receive such a fantastic reward, following the past few years of cutting edge systems development and specification. It's a tribute to the whole company who have worked incredibly hard to produce genuinely unique and ground-breaking LED technologies."
The GMTV installation was a first for UK television. GMTV's lighting director/designer John Allard approached i-Vision's Luke Dodd wanting a complete change for the studio lighting - to colour-changing LEDs. I-Vision designed the syste
"Calling ourselves 'ETC' means much more than a simple name change," says the company's Bill Gallinghouse. "It represents the total integration of the people, technologies and products of four strong companies and brands into a unified portfolio. Now we can offer the best lighting solutions to each European market."
ETC has assembled a strong group of talented people in Europe by combining Transtechnik, IES and Avab with the ETC Europe team. "Their unparalleled dedication to products and service is evident in the relationships that they have developed with their c
The DPR 1 and DR 512 were designed to work with any major brand of universal DMX controller. Each of the units has the capacity to record and store up to four complete light shows into its internal memory; 33 complete light shows can be stored into external me
The Vari*Lite VL2500 Spot luminaire is based on a very popular existing lighting tool - the VL2000 Spot luminaire, adding new features that make it even more appealing. The VL2500 Spot luminaire comes complete with all of the qualities and options designers love from the original Series 2000 fixtures. It continues to be small
Built of rugged spun steel, with either a metal or cold light coated glass parabolic reflector, it may be lamped with up to 800W tungsten or 150W discharge source. Its T-slot modular connection system allows the designer to combine an unlimited number of BP-2s in any desired array to satisfy any lighting situation, say the company.
The BP-2 makes a stat
A total of 107 different songs in 10 shows were programmed on the Vector over the two-week period. A minimum of 80 minutes was transmitted live each night - two nights consisted of two full two hours live. The Vector was controlling 14 Martin MAC 2000, 35 Martin MAC
Over this period Utopium also lit the film premieres for Shall We Dance, Bee Cool, Kingdom of Heaven, Robot and the Will Smith movie Hitch. AD Events chose Utopium to rig and light Hitch, which turned out to be three events in one day; the first event was in the morning in Manchest
The former Shades has been converted by new owners Benning Bros Ltd at a cost of £160,000, with an upgraded sound system. Mark Damon's sound and lighting company was originally brought in through a contact with the venue's previous manager.
As with the recent fit-out at the exotic Sugar Hut in Brentwood, Cosmic Electronics turned extensively to the catalogue of Lighting Effects Distribution. The real success has been the way he has used LEDs to illuminate the bar areas. Two sets of Alkalite Riva 80 8-pod sets overhead wash down onto the granite-type bar top, while 12 Solar L80's - on their own de
Users can choose to run a single show on power-up of the unit, or can trigger individual shows via RS232. For manual control, the DMXPlayBack Remote allows single-button access to all 12 shows, and can even be triggered usi
The radio station's DJs provided the music for the two nine-hour shows, which saw two rooms operated simultaneously, offering commercial and alternative styles. The lighting was the most technically demanding part of the weekend, since both shows required live operation each night.The themed events (entitled 'It Will Be All White On The Night' and 'The Wild, Wild West'), used a mixture of Martin MAC 250+, MAC 500s, and ChromaBanks, ChromaCubes and ChromaStrips from Pulsar. According to Embee's project manager for the e
The new PID building features a vast workshop facility with more storage, increased office space and a full-scale demo and training area. It means PID can offer comprehensive demos for its entire range including Catalyst and Element Labs products. The move also enhances PID's ability to provide thorough product training on all products, they say.
The Grade II listed building at 53 Northfield Road is a slice of productio
Previewing for the first time in Europe is LSC's soon-to-be-released lighting desk, Xtc. This powerful and stylish desk is based on the proven maXim engine and advanced moving light control from the popular PaTPad touch screen module. It offers a multit
Gaskell's show utilises lots of back-light and silhouetting as a dramatic and visual tool, used in conjunction with low cross stage lighting. He produces a huge amount of looks and variations out of a compact rig, at the heart of which is 12 MAC 550s. "I'm very impressed with the 550s" he says, "They're great beam lights, they're perfect for the size of venues we're playing and they cut through the rest of the rig really well."
Embrace is currently playing many different types and sizes of venue
"As soon as we receive the first act, we begin programming the lights. The lighting designer Per Sundin from Swedish Television, Catalyst operator Pontus Lagerbielke and I will have programmed 60-65% in a virtual setting in Stockholm before we get to Kiev at the end of April. Then we work onsite in a larger team to prepare for the semifinals on May 19 and the finals on May 21,&qu
