The DTS team challenged itself. Create the worthy successor to the Synergy 5 Spot, almost twice as powerful, just as well equipped, all with the same dimensions and without the needle of the scale going crazy. It is presented here by Jean-Marc Jolivet, Technical Sales Representative of ESL France.
Synergy 6 Profile
We might as well not prolong the suspense, it seems that the contract has been fulfilled! So let’s compare our new moving light droid with its big brother. Incidentally, the new Synergy has been given the name Profile, which suggests an ability to frame the beam, but we will return to that later.
We start with its power. The Synergy 5 used a 450 W white LED engine, here we go up to 570 W.
The difference in electrical consumption is not a lot but the result is there. DTS claims the “6” reaches 25,100 lumens for 109,000 lux at 5 m. As a reminder, the Synergy 5 produced 16,500 lumens. For only 120 W more LEDs, the difference is obvious, hats off for that!
As mentioned above, the Synergy 6 enters the category of Profile moving heads which means the presence of a module of 4 framing shutters, independently movable through 60°, while the complete cassette rotates by a quarter of a turn (90°). The light beam meets on its way the only gobo wheel, obviously rotating and indexable.
The Synergy 6 is equipped, like its predecessor, with the “Dynamove FX engine”, an effects generator that uses the different functions of the fixture and combines them to offer a range of quickly accessible pre-programmed effects. These advanced macros even allow the “6” to do without an animation wheel.
To do this, the fixture has two rotating prisms, one circular with 24 facets, and the other linear with 6 positions. The optical system also accommodates a motorized frost filter, originally mounted in “light” attenuation. Two other frosts are available as options (“medium” and “heavy”). The zoom of the fixture reaches values comparable to a beam (4.6°). It can also open up to 43°.
Chromatically speaking, the Synergy 6 uses a CMY three-color process assisted by a progressive CTO (3000 to 7000 K) as well as a 6-position color wheel. As for the CRI, it can be selected as desired, favoring light output (CRI > 70) or colorimetric rendering (CRI > 90).
Almost silent, Silent mode will limit annoying noise emissions to 38 small decibels. To manage all these functions, the fixture offers DMX/RDM control, ArtNet 4, sACN, and only two management modes: simple and effective. Finally, the last promise announced by DTS is the weight of the fixture. The Synergy 5 weighed 35 kg, here we display 34.5 kg. Contract fulfilled!
Alchemy Pro
Another new product from DTS, the Alchemy Pro joins the popular range of Fresnel lens washes.
Here the specifications were simple and clear: to offer the power and functions of the Alchemy 5 in the housing of the Alchemy 3 and it is now done since the fixture will, within a few months, be available on the market, thus offering an additional technical solution combining power, functions and compactness to the DTS catalog.
For further information on the DTS website
