Toward the end of 2018, Cameo celebrated the introduction of its ZENIT range to NicLen GmbH’s huge rental park, and over the course of the last few months, Germany’s largest DryHire provider has turned the heat up several times more—most recently with its battery-operated ZENIT B200 Outdoor Washlights.

NicLen guys happy to receive Cameo new products for their rental inventory.

With its latest investment, NicLen makes a strong statement and has further diversified its Cameo portfolio. NicLen’s DryHire portfolio now includes the OPUS S5 LED Spot Moving Heads, the OPUS SP5P LED Profile Moving Heads, the AZOR B1 LED Beam Moving Heads, the ZENIT W300 LED Outdoor Washlights, and the F2 T & D LED Tungsten & Daylight Fresnel Spotlights.
The stock of ZENIT W600 LED Outdoor Washlights has also been further increased.

Opus twins

CAMEO S5 Profile LED moving head.

CAMEO S5 Spot LED moving head.

NicLen was particularly impressed not only by the bright, vibrant colors of the compactly-sized and powerful Cameo OPUS® S5 Spot Moving Head, but also by its huge light output of 17,500 lm, its linear CTO correction, and its wide zoom range of 6° to 46°.

Thanks to its numerous control options (DMX, RDM, Art-Net, sACN, W-DMX™), the spotlight can also be easily integrated into a wide range of different setups. To achieve accurate, precision lighting—including a wide range of effects—the OPUS® S5 is complemented by the OPUS® SP5 Profile Moving Head.

Azor, sharp as a razor

CAMEO AZOR-B1 Beam LED moving head.

Another innovation at NicLen is the Cameo AZOR® B1—a powerful Beam Moving Head with an extremely narrow 2° beam angle and motorized focusing. Based on its cold white 100 W LED, the AZOR® B1 achieves an impressive illumination intensity of 180,000 lx at a distance of three meters.

Besides 17 static gobos, the product also features a circular octuple prism and a linear sextuple prism, both of which can be rotated and indexed. To complete its wide range of features, the AZOR® B1 includes a fast strobe function and a low-noise, temperature-controlled ventilator.

Fresnel revisited

CAMEO F2-T LED Fresnel projector.

Presented exclusively for the first time just months ago at the LDI Show in Las Vegas, the F2 T (Tungsten) and the F2 D (Daylight) Fresnel Spotlights have already been introduced to NicLen’s rental park.
With immediate effect, DryHire customers from trade shows, theater, broadcasting, and the movie industry, who are looking for a replacement for conventional 1-kW Fresnel spotlights, can now benefit from the huge potential offered by the two new Fresnels.

The RDM-compatible spotlight features a 240-Watt daylight LED with 3,200 K (F2 T) / 5,400 K color temperature (F2 D) and generates a softly contoured ray of light with a seamlessly adjustable beam angle of 15° to 40°.

In addition, the Cameo Fresnel Spotlights from the F range offer four dimmer curves with 16-bit resolution and selectable responsivity. A choice of six different pulse width modulation frequencies up to 25 kHz ensure flicker-free operation.

Real all-rounders

Nico Valasik, Niclen-GmbH CEO.

“Thanks to our latest investment in the Cameo portfolio, we are in a better position to meet the diverse needs of our customers,” explains Nico Valasik, CEO of NicLen GmbH alongside Jörg Stöppler. “In particular, we regard the OPUS Moving Heads as real all-rounders.
Their performance and the variety of features they offer are impressive.

In recent times, we’ve really found the Cameo brand has become a worthy addition to the established manufacturers. Cameo’s innovative approaches and uncompromising technology have resulted in truly impressive products, which meet the demands of the modern-day lighting industry.”

The Cameo OPUS® S5, OPUS® SP5P, AZOR® B1, F2T(D), and ZENIT® W300 spotlights will be soon available in NicLen’s DryHire rental portfolio.

More information on Niclen GmbH and Cameo lighting products.

L-Acoustics, worldwide leader in premium professional sound solutions, and L-Acoustics Group, a family of companies focused on the design, manufacture and commercialisation of L-Acoustics sound systems, proudly announces the future acquisition of a majority stake in DeltaLive UK (Delta Sound Incorporated (UK) Ltd.), a specialist in audiovisual services and rental.
This operation follows the November 2018 acquisition by L-Acoustics Group of HGP, a manufacturer of precision sheet metal, and its sister entity, API, specialised in powder coating.

Christian Heil, President and founder of L-Acoustics (right) and Paul Keating, cofounder of DeltaLive UK (left) announce the acquisition of DeltaLive UK by L-Acoustics; show here with Island, L-Acoustics Creations personal auditorium.

For the founders of DeltaLive UK, Paul Keating and Mark Bonner, this transaction coincides with the sale of their Dubai-based operations, Delta Sound LLC to PRG, heralding a turning point in the history and activity of the company.

For L-Acoustics Group, the acquisition of DeltaLive UK vertically reinforces its expertise in all areas of professional audio, from conception through to manufacturing and operation in the field, widening the possibilities for fresh creative and collaborative approaches to the deployment of audio and visual technologies to enhance the audience experience.

At BBC Proms 2018, DeltaLive deployed an L-Acoustics system to offer L-ISA Hyperreal Sound technology for the Royal Albert Hall’s most anticipated event of the year.

DeltaLive UK has been a long-standing customer of L-Acoustics as a member of the L-Acoustics Certified Provider Network. DeltaLive UK uses L-Acoustics state-of-the-art sound solutions in association with all components of the audiovisual chain in a wide range of services, providing a rich and challenging environment for the systems.

DeltaLive UK enjoys a well-deserved reputation for top-quality service for prestigious projects ranging from BBC Proms, to the opening and closing ceremonies of major cultural and sporting events, to Royal and public events, and more.

The relationship between L-Acoustics and DeltaLive UK had recently been strengthened by the introduction of L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound, a trailblazing technology that paves the way towards the future of sound.
DeltaLive UK deployed L-ISA technology in high-profile events such as the award-winning sound production of BBC Proms 2018 at Royal Albert Hall.

DeltaLive is expected to further development of L-Acoustics Creations, a new business segment catering to the highest audio standards in lifestyle, design, and sound art applications, including Island, the ultimate personal auditorium; Here DeltaLive installs an Island in China.

“Welcoming DeltaLive UK into the L-Acoustics Group of companies was a natural next step in our already productive relationship, but DeltaLive UK’s positioning within the group and in relation to L-Acoustics Network of Certified Providers is totally unambiguous,” states Hervé Guillaume, CEO of L-Acoustics Group.

“DeltaLive UK will continue to operate independently under the joint management of Mark Bonner and Paul Keating, with no change to the services or conditions of sale, rental and production that the company has been providing over the last thirty years.

“The medium-term strategy is for DeltaLive UK to venture into markets that have hitherto remained unexplored by L-Acoustics, with the commissioning of private and professional multichannel auditoria such as Island or Ocean, featuring best-in-class L-ISA technology under the banner of ‘L-Acoustics Creations’.”

Christian Heil, President and founder of L-Acoustics

Christian Heil, President and founder of L-Acoustics, relates: “Technologies are currently becoming more complex and often challenging for service companies. L-Acoustics is a pioneer in multiple audio-related fields and connected activities.
We therefore need partners who are consistently in touch with end-users and can assist us in refining and validating our offer to better align with the escalating standards of high-level show production. DeltaLive UK brings a wide range of opportunities, and its geographical proximity to our UK offices in London will allow us to fulfill this mission.

“There is no question of us ever interfering in the provision of services or developing large-scale rental solutions,” continues Heil. “The economic rationale that led us to make this acquisition is our total commitment to our nascent L-Acoustics Creations business segment, the purpose of which is to propose our very best technologies for lifestyle, design, and sound art creative applications.
Thanks to the work ethic and charisma of Paul Keating, I believe that DeltaLive UK will be the driving force behind this new and exciting activity.”

Mark Bonner (left) and Paul Keating (right) cofounded UK audiovisual services and rental company Delta Live.

Commenting on the acquisition Paul Keating adds: “Delta has always had a strong professional and friendly relationship with L-Acoustics. Excuse the pun, but very much the French Connection. This year is our thirtieth year and we felt it was time to move the business forward for the future.
As Hervé mentioned, nothing will change in terms of the day-to-day management of the company, and the excellent team at DeltaLive UK will continue to exceed customer and audience expectations.

“L-Acoustics is a great fit. With the company’s leading technology and reputation for the highest quality audio products and performance, we are excited by our next phase of development,” enthuses Keating.
“In particular, the revolutionary L-ISA technology will strengthen our specialist audio services to clients. At a personal level, I am really looking forward to the challenge ahead and working closely with L-Acoustics, growing their private, lifestyle and sound art sector. Exciting times ahead!”

More information on L-Acoustics and on Delta Live UK.

Amadeus has announced the install of over 172 of their speakers along with the company’s HOLOPHONIX immersive audio processor at the newly opened, and completely remodeled 560-seat theater, La Scala Paris.
Amadeus was deeply involved throughout the renovation process helping to design the sound reinforcement system that would allow the theater’s productions a boundless array of audio control and choices, all with the very highest audiophile-level sound quality.

The electro-acoustic sound reinforcement system was designed specifically for La Scala Paris by Amadeus – in collaboration with composer Philippe Manoury and scenographers Patrice Buniazet and Richard Peduzzi.
The result is an outstanding sound system with modularity that enables an almost limitless number of configurations and possibilities for all types of performers and theatrical presentations.

La Scala by night.

La Scala Paris is an art theatre house, presenting all types of creative trends with the highest degree of invention.
The theater has re-created itself with a complete renovation and remodel, which started in the spring of 2016 and opened two years later in 2018.

During the renovation and design, the theater had a constructive dialogue with many of today’s top artists in every discipline to help create a platform for their creative productions. Many of the artists came to visit the theater’s location in Paris and helped model the performance space by expressing their wishes.

Inspired by the extraordinary story of the theater’s location and its ambitious artistic direction, many of the artists who visited created a La Scala program–and became ‘La Scala Paris residents’; their creations will be shown throughout forthcoming seasons.
Theatre, dance, circus arts, music, and visual arts will be welcomed within the new walls of this place of memories, eagerly looking forward to shining for Paris’ audiences.

Gaetan Byk, Marketing Manager at Amadeus states, “La Scala Paris has been thought of as a fundamentally different type of theater, because of its programming, its artistic expression, its technical scenography, and the associated technologies that bring productions to life.
The sound was an essential piece of the renovation, on the purely acoustic, mechanical, and electro-acoustical diffusion levels.”

Amadeus’ Gaetan Byk (left) and Thierry Coduys, with Holophonix processor.

The audio setup is built around HOLOPHONIX spatial sound processor, designed by Amadeus in collaboration with STMS Lab (Sciences et Technologies de la Musique et du Son), located in Paris.

It is supported by CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research), Sorbonne University, French Ministry of Culture, and IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique / Musique).

A screen capture of the Holophonix software, showing La Scala and the impressive number of speakers ready for any kind of algorithm and immersive use.

The HOLOPHONIX processor creates an extremely advanced platform, which is able to mix, reverberate and spatialize sound content played from various devices using several different spatialization techniques in two or three dimensions.
It allows users to select and combine these techniques (or algorithms) in real time.

The sound and acoustics-related choices made for La Scala by the owners Mélanie and Frédéric Biessy were decided upon after they met with artists like Philippe Manoury, Philippe Hersant, and Philippe Schoeller.

Melanie Biessy, co-owner of La Scala.

Frederic Biessy, co-owner of La Scala.

“We wanted to build a system that would be able to adapt to any live show and any concert – even the most acoustically and sonically challenging,” states Frédéric Biessy.
“Our meetings and exchanges with IRCAM were also a key factor in transforming La Scala into a facility with unique acoustical specifications. The hall’s acoustics and sound reinforcement system are at the core of our project, and it makes La Scala even more than a concert hall.”

“To bet on the success of a multidisciplinary performance space implies that, in every domain, the tools are the most demanding and the most adapted to the quality and the demands by the artists invited to perform there.
All the artists who have performed at La Scala in the past four months have confirmed that their needs were met,” concludes Biessy.

La Scala Paris Sound Reinforcement System details

Spread around in a hemisphere shape, enveloping the viewers and adapting to the geometrically shaped building – all while controlling the technical and aesthetical constraints in the Grande Salle, the new sound reinforcement system at La Scala Paris uses 172 speakers designed and built by Amadeus at their Paris headquarters.

The audio setup has been largely inspired in its philosophy by the system installed within IRCAM’s variable acoustics hall (called ‘Espace de Projection’) for research on high-end sound field recreation systems, including Wave Field Synthesis 2D and Ambisonics 3D sound. This IRCAM space features nearly 339 speakers designed and manufactured by Amadeus from 2008 to 2012.

Specially designed Amadeus speakers, with front panel slanted, while the coaxial transducer is aimed downwards.

Some speakers, especially those fixed on the two upper catwalks, were designed specifically by Amadeus for the La Scala Theater. The speakers installed on the first catwalk are set at 6.5m height from ground, with the front panel slanted, while the coaxial transducer is aimed naturally at a 30 degree angle to get an optimal overlap in the listening area sweet-spot; on the second catwalk, the front panel of the speakers are tilted at 45 degrees.
Three speaker ‘antenna’ systems are fixed under every balcony as delayed systems. Each ‘antenna system’ is made of 12 Amadeus ‘PMX 4’ coaxial speakers, evenly distributed over the whole width, with an inter-source distance of 1.25m.

Amadeus ‘DIVA M²’ line array.

A frontal high power line array system is also part of the global system. It is made of 18 Amadeus ‘DIVA M²’ (pronounced M-Squared) speakers, a new model in the Amadeus product range.
Several different speaker configurations are used at La Scala: the main L/R is made of 2×9 DIVA M², the L/C/R is a 3×6 DIVA M² setup, and a multi-diffusion setup consists of a 6×3 DIVA M².

The HOLOPHONIX poly-algorithmic processor offers a quasi-unlimited number of buses (or ‘spatializers’), and each one can run an embedded spatialization algorithm, including Higher-Order Ambisonics (2D, 3D) Vector-Base Intensity Panning (2D, 3D), Vector-Base Amplitude Panning (2D, 3D), Wave Field Synthesis, Angular 2D, k-Nearest Neighbor, Stereo Panning, Stereo AB, Stereo XY, Native A-Format Ambisonics, Native-B Format Ambisonics, and Binaural.

In the Grande Salle, three Wave Field Synthesis (WFS) spatializers are used to precisely drive each delayed speaker ‘antenna’ system under the balcony, according to differentiated spatial positions.
A Higher-Order Ambisonics 3D bus drives the speakers installed as a ring around the audience, on the first and second level catwalks, and on the ceiling. A Vector-Base Amplitude Panning (2D) bus drives the loudspeakers placed at the balcony level, behind the audience.

Depending on the project being presented at the theater, speakers can be discretely added: they are managed by an Angular 2D or k-Nearest Neighbor spatializer, or directly routed to a physical source through the HOLOPHONIX processor system.

The whole sound system is amplified and processed by DSP amplifiers developed by Powersoft. They handle all fundamental system parameters: EQ, time alignment between different sections, limiters, fine-tuning, and speaker thermal protection.

“It was a fascinating and thrilling challenge to imagine a unique sound system, tailored to La Scala Paris – a true technological gem. The Scala Paris is the first theatre in France to combine a variable acoustics system, built with modular two-sided panels (absorber/diffusor), and an extremely sophisticated immersive sound system utilizing 172 loudspeakers, ” says Thierry Coduys, Chief Technology Officer who was intimately involved in the creation of the HOLOPHONIX processor.

Scenographer Richard Peduzzi, in charge of the visual identity of La Scala.

Renowned scenographer, painter, designer, and furniture creator Richard Peduzzi designed the whole interior architecture, from the ‘Scala Blue’ (created by Argile) to the Grande Salle furniture, lighting, boxes, stairs, rails, railings, and passageways.

Peduzzi, along with Amadeus and Argile, worked together to manufacture all the installed speakers (except for the mobile items) in a special ‘Bleu Scala’ finish; a subtle blend of resins and blue-grey pigments, which makes the speakers appear both dark and bright at the same time.

Sound Designer and Composer Philippe Manoury, in charge of the sound identity of La Scala.

Philippe Manoury, long time prestigious Ircam institute collaborator and renowned French composer and sound designer, was in charge of the sound identity of La Scala, and worked in close collaboration with the Amadeus team.

“Technologies linked to immersive and spatialized sound are now coming out of laboratories to enter various entertainment venues.
They embody a new audio revolution, as an integral component of avant-garde visions in many French institutions such as La Scala Paris, le Théâtre National de Chaillot, le Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Les Champs Libres, and others.

All these performance spaces were among the first to believe and invest in these immersive audio technologies,” concludes Gaetan Byk.

La Scala team.

More technical information on the complete range of Amadeus speakers and the HOLOPHONIX processor, and Powersoft amplifiers.

Perpendicular and vertical were the key words, with unusual hanging points or tilting.
For the inauguration of Museo del Novecento, a remarkable modern history museum in Venice, Italy, Marco Mazzon Sound & Lights turned to their inventory of Elation Paladin™ hybrid LED luminaires to light an extraordinary vertical dance show by Compagnia Il Posto that took place across the dazzling ceramic-tiled façade of the building.

Located in M9, a new urban regeneration district in Venice Mestre, Museo del Novecento, or Museum of the 20th Century, is a place where Italians can rediscover the drama of the previous century to understand how best to build the future.

Innovative museum using multimedia and interactive technology

As the innovative and emotionally engaging museum uses multimedia and interactive technology in its storytelling, it was only appropriate that the creative inaugural show was illuminated using an innovative, state-of-the-art luminaire.

Marco Mazzon Sound & Lights, who also served as lighting designers on the project, required a powerful color wash light that could project up to 20 meters from the ground with the possibility of varying the zoom angle.
Having purchased a number of Paladins from Elation’s Italian distributor Audio Effetti prior to the event, the versatile RGBW luminaire with zoom fit the bill perfectly.

Multifunctional fixture with minimum light spill

The Paladin is multifunctional and can operate as a blinder, strobe or powerful wash light.
For the Museo del Novecento opening, its dynamic wash capability was clearly on display with four units used to bathe eight vertical dancers positioned 20 meters above the ground in a variety of shades.
Moreover, because it was important to control and limit the amount of light spill on the façade, the fixtures were equipped with barn doors to better direct the beam.

Not surprisingly, there are special challenges in lighting an outdoor vertical show that takes place at such a height; one is getting enough illumination on the performers while minimizing shadows. Audio Effetti says that Marco Mazzon Sound & Lights have used Paladins on similar projects though to project 30-40 meters so brightness was not a problem.
As far as the elements, because setup and fixture mounting occurred the day before the event, waterproof fixtures were an absolute necessity.
The Paladin, with its IP65 rating to withstand adverse weather conditions without the need for protective covering, made weather factors a non-issue.

The event came off without a problem and the aerial performers executed their dance to perfection and the delight of the crowd.

More information on Elation Paladin.

Wonderfruit is an annual arts and music festival. Two years of epic audio generates potential global rollout with L-Acoustics L-ISA Immersive Audio System in this wonderful place.

12 hangs of three Kara plus an SB18 were placed in a dodecahedron configuration facing the centre of the structure, with a 115XT HiQ below each hang to allow for nearfield coverage.

Two years ago, Hugo Heathcote, one of three directors of Polygon Live, and his Polygon co-visionaries Archie Keswick and Nico Elliot entered into discussions about a new immersive audio concept to be delivered for a festival environment.
Searching for the right technical partners to bring their 360° audio vision to fruition, the Polygon trio discovered that L-ISA had everything they required.

The destination for L-ISA was Wonderfruit, an annual arts and music festival that takes place at The Fields of Siam Country Club, near Pattaya in Thailand’s Chonburi Province.
The team first delivered its vision, the Polygon Live stage, in December 2017, allowing festival-goers to experience a fully immersive event, bringing together futuristic sensory technology that synchronised touch, holographic visuals, light and spatialised sound in an all-encompassing festival environment.

The Polygon Live stage at Wonderfruit.

Polygon deployed L-ISA technology for its interactive Polygon Live stage for very good reasons, as Heathcote explains: “Not only does L-Acoustics make the best loudspeakers, they’re way ahead in the development of immersive audio technology.

With our incredibly talented team collaborating with the team at L-ISA, and working alongside festival Founder, Pete Phornprapha, we produced a programme, from inception to delivery, for a completely new and innovative stage at Wonderfruit.”

Wonderfruit and bamboo structure

The success of the new concept meant that at its second outing, in December 2018, the team could build on the previous year’s achievement.
This time, it moved on from just playback in the stage’s 25m diameter bamboo structure, to live performances, allowing L-ISA technology to be utilised by some of the world’s leading underground House and Techno DJs over a four-day period. “From an audio point of view, the goal was to give our DJs and producers the ability to spatialise their content when playing live,” Heathcote explains.

“The design was very much led by the desire to not only achieve the highest quality audio that would encompass everyone who visited our stage, but to maximise our ability to freely move audio within our custom speaker configuration.
So we went for a hemisphere of loudspeaker sources, encompassing the audience with surround and overhead layers.”

The L-ISA system design was a collaboration between Polygon Live and Director of L-ISA Labs, Sherif el Barbari. L-Acoustics Application Engineer, Alvin Koh, also worked closely on the project alongside sound designer and immersive mixing specialist, Davey Williamson, who has been involved in complex L-ISA designs such as SPYSCAPE experiential museum in New York City.
“Davey’s proven ability to execute both a technical and creative delivery on L-ISA projects was an invaluable asset to us,” Heathcote says.

Dodecahedron configuration

Height elevation was achieved with eight 115XT HiQ in a ring, all facing directly downwards.

The team deployed 12 hangs of three Kara with an SB18 atop each hang, all positioned in a dodecahedron configuration facing the centre of the structure, with a 115XT HiQ below each hang to allow for nearfield coverage.

The height elevation consisted of eight 115XT HiQ in a ring, all facing directly downwards.

Sub enhancement was delivered through 16 SB28 as a central configuration, comprising two rows of eight in horizontal orientation. System control was via a DiGiCo SD824 Core 2, which sent a MADI stream of 64 sources to the L-ISA Controller. System calibration was carried out by system engineer Matt Gush, with direction from Williamson.

“The results exceeded all expectations,” Heathcote concludes. “The sound was the best we had ever heard – the system was a joy to work with and performed beautifully.
We’re at the beginning of an exciting journey and so look forward to pushing the L-ISA technology as much as we can, with the goal of producing truly extraordinary experiences. Huge thanks to Christian Heil, Sherif El Barbari, and the entire L-ISA team for entrusting us with their flagship technology.”

Having successfully deployed the system for a second time, Polygon Live is now looking to roll out the concept globally.

The Polygon Live stage at Wonderfruit.

More information on L-Acoustics, and click here for our interview of creator Christian Heil.

disguise is now shipping the new vx 4 server which has been engineered to play back video at higher quality and resolution than ever before. Previewed at Integrated Systems Europe 2019, it won the Installation Best of Show 2019 Award.

The vx 4 is optimised for playing up to four times uncompressed 4K60 using its high-performance NVME RAID drive array; as well as the capability of playing lossless 10-bit video. Additionally, it can capture either 16 3G-SDI sources, or four 4K sources (2160p60).

With the introduction of r15.2 and the vx 4, disguise now supports HDR content, and provides a means of applying colour profiles. Consisting of a colour space and a gamma curve, users can now set a colour profile to their content, or capture images and disguise does the real-time conversion.

“High dynamic range and 10-bit pipelines offer more clarity, more image detail and more flexibility on what can be brought out of the image after shooting. Media servers are now part of the conversation about colour space and can perform an essential role in HDR workflows.
At the top end of the spectrum this involves being able to support 10-bit, uncompressed image sequences, live HDR cameras and performing colour space conversion on the fly” says Sarah Cox, Director of Community at disguise.

Award-winning vx 4.

The vx 4 also offers users a choice of content quality using industry recognised codecs, from delivering high quantities of compressed content to the higher visual fidelity of uncompressed image sequences (TGA, TIFF and DPX).
The new flagship pro range server has even more network bandwidth with dual 25GbE and dual 10GbE ports; enabling faster media file transfer and higher resolution networked live video capture.

Like other pro range servers, the vx 4 is ultra rugged with a cross-braced stiff chassis and isolated core components. The new chassis design also features a new hi-res OLED front panel for more detailed system information.

“The vx 4 is our most powerful server to date, and has been engineered from the ground up to deliver uncompressed playback and even bigger video than before. Building on the legacy of the pro range, it’s the most robust hardware we’ve built.
We’ve put it through extensive shock and vibration testing to ensure it meets the demands of Touring and Live Events.” says Thyge Haarberg who has led the engineering of the vx 4, and other hardware products at disguise.

The vx 4 also features disguise’s unique VFC technology, which allows users to output DisplayPort, DVI, SDI or HDMI without changing the system, as well as mix signal formats and resolution types in the same project, with guaranteed frame synchronisation and near-zero latency. The vx 4 ships standard with the latest in disguise’s VFC technology, the HDMI 2.0 VFC cards.

More information on disguise series.

This third day of the Prolight+Sound exhibition is slowly waking up as the stands walls still resonate with the merry fading notes of last night parties. No visible trace, however, of these nocturnal excesses in the halls 12.0 and 12.1 of the Frankfurt Messe dedicated to our industry.
The all-German efficiency and their keen sense of organisation and cleanliness will surely be missed if, as rumors swell, Barcelona could win the ISE / Prolight Grand Slam after 2020. If this should happen, we’ll not miss the german climate: as the day before, pours continuous rain over our stooped shoulders. No matter, the SoundLightUp teams will stop at nothing to ensure the freshness of their news.

Day 3 – After Party

The Vari-Lite 6500.

In force on the Vari-Lite stand, two journalists for a single projector: the VL6500. The spirit of the VL500, iconic moving head from the 2000s, has decided to re-emerge this year with this new device with a resolutely contemporary look reminiscent of the design and most of the features of the powerful VL6000 plus (among others) a frontal frost with fins reminiscent of the famous VL500.

Hasty passage in front of the PR Lighting aquariums where snorkel several waterproof projectors, “IP65” is a very fashionable word indeed this year, including the spotlight Aqua 480 WBS and its LED buddy Aqua LED 600 Spot.

Interesting discovery on the Swisson booth, where the 2019 motto is simplicity. The XES-2T6 is a premanaged gigabit Ethernet switch, with two linked ports for redundancy and six others the user can freely allocate among the ten available VLANs. Ideal for light multi-network configurations.

Madrix version 5.1.

Madrix unveiled version 5.1 of their pixel-mapping software. In addition to the updates of their effects banks, we’ve been mainly attracted by the native integration of BlackMagic cards and NDI and Spout video streaming protocols inside.

The Follow-Me tracking system moves to a higher dimension with the transition to full automation.

Follow-Me sensor and anchor.

Thanks to their sensors and anchors, no less than fifty artists can be followed in real time by slave moving fixtures, with automatic offset of the azimuth, the zoom and the dimming following all the stage possible drops and level steps. Impressive!

The German emperors of the carefully-controlled pixel Schnick Schnack Systems were preparing to give a award a prestigious world award to their distributor LedBox, for its installation in the Roissy CDG terminal of a classy 3D sculpture of which each pixel is controlled independently.

The LedBox team waiting for the Lighting Design Award on the Schnick Schnack Systems booth.

On the Highlite huge stand, the Infinity range of Profile projectors, developed in collaboration with Robert Juliat, continues to take on the lion’s share. The same fine dimming electronics and the same 7-LED engine are incorporated in two new cycloramas, including a 300 W with a clever adjustable and retractable anti-glare shutter.

Day 3 – the Messe, a mass of newbies

A little nod to the frenchies of DMG Lumière, now fully incorporated in the Rosco inventory with the latest-born, Maxi Mix, a large LED source with infinite hues developed specifically for the cinema market, with its full range of accessories for diffusion and hanging purpose.

DeSisti remains well in the race with its dedicated range for TV sets, with new versions of the Fresnel Led F10, the SoftLed 2XL for ambient lighting, and a new architectural LED Ludi range.

Coemar Othello.

On the nearby stand, Coemar showed all the subtleties of Ledko Fullspectrum HD Profile, whose new menu declines a brand new software.
Still in development, the expected evolution in motorized Fresnel will be called Othello and will also be available in many versions.

The Chroma-Q Brute Force.

The minutes flow quickly and our presence on the show reaches to its end, when suddenly we are caught in a colossal mass of light that leads us to the Chroma-Q booth. Here is “Brute Force”, a huge LED projector with 6 Studio Force II, dedicated mainly to the film industry. You can trust us, his name was not chosen randomly…

Last but not least, the Italian “Knight of Lights” Claypaky, whose demo show includes his latest projectors and heavy-weight models preview. Part of it is the Wash version of the Axcor 600, equipped this time with a framing module, as well as the sparkling new HY B-Eye, whose 40 W LEDs make the K25 and K15 the most luminous LED Wash fixtures of their category . Success seems also guaranteed for the small Mini-B, a concentrate of B-Eye in a pocket size, ultra-fast and punchy.

The grand finale gives way to the star of the show, the Xtylos, an amazing Beam equipped for the first time worldwide with an exclusive laser source. 300 W of power consumption and a beam probably never seen before, at the same time of high density, with very saturated colors and able to shrink its beam below 0.5 °!

Claypaky Xtylos, the first ever Laser Beam moving head.

Stay tuned for Day ‘ report…

Belgian rock band Triggerfinger played four highly energised, sold-out shows at the beautiful Roma concert hall in Antwerp … marking the European live performance debut of Robe’s new SuperSpikie moving light.

The band’s lighting designer is Erwin Van Lokeren and the lighting and audio equipment was supplied by rental specialist Splendit.
The SuperSpikies were part of their most recent investment in Robe technologies, and these were the first of the small and super-bright luminaires to be delivered in Europe, supplied by Benelux distributor, Controllux.

Last year Erwin started working for Triggerfinger, a constant presence on the Benelux rock scene since 1998. They decided to play these five showcases at the Roma rather that one large gig in one of the cities arenas.
Roma is a well-known and loved arts and cultural hotspot in the vibrant Borgerhout area of Antwerp, originally built as a cinema in 1928. The intimacy and warmth of the venue makes it a firm favourite for artists and audiences from all over Belgium.

When it came to choosing fixtures, Erwin wanted lots of different and more idiosyncratic lightsources and compact fixtures. When Splendit confirmed they would have their SuperSpikies delivered in time for the show, he incorporated 17 into his design.

Massive impact for small size

Twelve were in the roof rigged on the rear house bars, and five more were positioned upstage on the floor – all having a massive impact for their small size!

The SuperSpikies set overhead were used for back and general lighting and the floor units for silhouetting the band and shooting through the backline into the audience … for which they were highly effective.

“It was great to be using this brand-new tech” commented Erwin Van Lokeren who thought the output was “amazing” especially with the narrow beams.
Erwin uses Robe a lot in his work. He thinks the products are “awesome”, extremely reliable and that the brand is constantly bringing new and interesting products to the market.
He had not actually used the regular Spikie yet, and was super impressed with the characteristics of the ‘super’ version!

The band are relatively traditional when it comes to lighting requests, however they also gave Erwin creative freedom to bring his ideas and suggestions to the table.
He kept it simple and uncomplicated in the same oeuvre as their uncompromising, gritty, hard, driving rock sound. Only three colours – red, blue and a variation of whites – were used throughout the two hour set, evoking confident and well-defined looks.

Not a show of colour bumps of whizzy effects

It wasn’t a show of colour bumps of whizzy effects. Instead, he used the different texturing and qualities of the fixtures to sculpt the show and create shapes and ambience, keeping pace with the power of the band and the tension and emotion building right to the end of the set.

They are not overly keen on video, so projection appeared just in the last three songs, which was the encore, so lighting worked hard as the main visual effect. Erwin appreciated the rich dark reds and blues of the SuperSpikies, and he also used the flower to boost the dynamics.

Custom made fixtures

Nonabeams, Svobodas revisited.

Erwin used several other interesting fixtures on the Roma shows including Nonabeams, a tuneable white LED fixture made especially for Splendit inspired by the classic Svoboda.
The backdrop was up-lit by static LED wash units which were also deployed along the sides of the stage and either side of the forestage.

Meanwhile 5×5 RGBW LED panels in the roof provided alternative top lighting with more of these pointing upwards from the deck. He also hooked in to the Roma’s house spot and LED wash moving lights, running everything through his Chamsys MQ80 console.

He’s worked with Splendit for around five years and they are always his go-to rental company when he has influence over the choice of rental partner.
“Everything to do with the company is quality – the kit, the crew, the personal contact and the whole service … all of it is excellent” he stated. Even the band noticed and remarked on the neat and tidy stage cabling!

Splendit was founded in 2009 by Marijn Broeckaert and purchased their first Robe moving lights six years ago. They have rapidly established themselves as one of the busiest and best respected technical production rental companies in Benelux.

More information on the Robe Superspikie.

Collective Marathon for our journalists in the Prolight+Sound Halls 12.0 et 12.1. in Frankfurt, devoted since this year to lighting, special FX and trussing technologies, but turning at dawn into spontaneous festive spots.

Day2 – It’s raining Main

First welcoming stop at Chauvet booth, where the new Maverick MK3 Spot & Mk3 Profile confirm the move upmarket for the Miami brand. With a 800 W LED engine and a lot of features, they were almost leaving the smart Epix Stripled solutions and Colorados into the shade, just joking…

Chauvet Maverick MK3 Spot and Profile.

Robert Juliat Maestro.

Robert Juliat, specialists in tracking and 3D engineering, are, as always, very impressive with their knowledge and high level of technical assets.
The SpotMe ecosystem evolves even more for complete integration with all kinds of consoles and set-ups, thanks to the Maestro, positioning 3D PosiStageNet server, and their partnership with ZapTrack to automate a good part of the 3D calibration.

After two years of intense R&D efforts, the Probox F-2500 has finally come to life and was launched by Wireless Solutions of Sweden. It’s a big wireless DMX512 4-channel transceiver with no less than 4 inputs and 4 outputs, and Art-Net, sACN et RDM compatibility.

Probox F-2500 from Wireless Solution.

The Arri EB Max clever series allows the user to plug different power heads to its electronic ballasts. The self-recognition patent delivers instant adjustment of the output power and the frequency.

At the back of hall 12.1 we discover a huge colorful truss building. Welcome at SGM and its assembly of LED matrixed bars.

New “yet unnamed” SGM projector.

Here stands proudly only one new product, but we will not know its name nor complete tech specs, as it’s unveiled quite confidentially, a kind of old days DCA powerful beam coming out of a quite massive moving head.

Before a short break, let’s talk about motor controllers with the Sonoss guys, showing the latest intelligent motor remotes, clever and full of bells and whistles.

Sonoss motors remote.

They showed us the whole concept with the dedicated protocol they developed for wireless operation.

The Cameo booth was logically integrated in the Adam Hall stand, as it is their lighting brand, we therefore had to make a detour in hall 8.0, dedicated this year to Pro Audio. This means some hasty visitors, looking for lighting products in Halls 12.0 and 12.1, might have lost a good occasion to attend a clever presentation of the 2 new products here.
First, the mid-range but well-featured Opus S5 Spot moving head, unstripped in a transparent protection, then the Washer B200 color changer, showing its outdoor capabilities, even for very cold winter or countries, as it was inserted in a block of ice, which will melt in two days, they say.

The Cameo Washer B200, cool item in its ice block.

As this unit has a very tightly closed body, it will not suffer from it anyway, the LED component loves low temperatures.

The Moscow-based creators of Sundrax were back on a booth niftly situated close to the Robe extravaganza, driven by Dimitri Louste, with a very complete display of their four ranges of boxes and interfaces, some of them designed for wall insertion by electricians.

The PowerGate ARMA.

Their numerous installations for the Bolchoï or the Kremlin led them to design all kinds of exclusive solutions to transmit the data any possible way: optic fibre, wireless (proprietary system), and piggyback on the mains network.
The latter solution, the PowerGate ARMA, is more and more demanded by installers who cannot add anything to an historic and classified castle or place, while not able ,nor wanting to use a wireless transmission of the DMX512 signal.

Day2 – Before Party

Hallelujah! The long-awaiting prayers of the 3D designers have been answered by the almighty Wysiwyg engineers, as the R43 release was there in pride and majesty.
The changes are not only cosmetic, but the real changes are hidden underneath, with the full 64 bit compatibility available end of June, with a special attention given to maximum use of all the multicore, RAM and graphic cards the modern PC world can provide. The very first feature to benefit from all this is a real-time fully-integrated video recorder.

The two young and enthusiastic founders of Portman were proudly showing their new Mini-P1, a 7-hexagons quite big projector, where halogen lamps glow nicely, embedded in colorized reflectors.

The Portman booth.

In a different alley, the french manufacturer RVE was launching no less than 6 new units, Fresnels and PC models, all brightly incorporating different sources of various power, with their legendary very precise and smooth dimming, even in the lower values of incoming DMX data.

Whoever likes travelling and exotic names will recognize Ayrton’s favourite game of finding wind names for its new models, presented here in full musical perfectly timed show. It was starring the profile et wash Diablo et Levante Profile and Wash models, and unveiling the first waterproof d’Ayrton mowing head, the Perseo.
The journey finishes with the very impressive and well-named Huracan, a tornado of yet unseen power and combined effects. Its exclusive “double color mixing system”, associating CMY and CTO/CTB/CTP, will be examined in details by SoundLightUp soon.

Perseo : The first waterproof Ayrton Profile moving head.

Huracan by Ayrton, impressive kit of power and innovations.

“And now for something completely different”, the new C24 distro rack from StageSmarts, crammed with intelligent protection on each output and dedicated specialized circuits.

The ZerOS server.

In the same area of products, Zero88 were proposing PSU boxes designed as switchable dimming packs or distro items. The BetaPacks 4 are available with a wide choice of chassis plugs, and complete the self operating ZerOS server, a rack-mounted lighting console.

Switch and node from ELC.

Silvio Ciben, Swiss representative of ELC was glad to premiere the presentation of two brand new products, very versatile multi-functional boxes to make your network work in any condition.
The SwitchGBx 8T is an itelligent 8 ports switch, and the NodeGBx 4T is a DMX512 4 outputs node + switch dedicated to touring applications. From the same group, the digital Green-Go intercoms was boasting a nice collection of improvements and benefits for their items.

The MA3 nodes range.

The Talk of the Town for lighting techies was obviously the new 0.92 version of MA Lighting soft3. The functions inventory keeps growing month after month, with, amongst many others, and live-controlled effect generator, the first version of their integrated video server, and up-and-coming Layout and Time Code sections.
At the same period end of summer, and in conjunction with the user-version of soft3, the whole range of standard Node MA standard and OnPC will be available, as well as the Wings OnPC.

Before we run to join our industry friends on their booths packed with DJs and bands, a last presentation of GDTF demonstrates the sheer power of the 3D import and export MVR format. A sketch drawn on Vectorworks with the GDTF libraries of the manufacturer is exported in less than one minute for a GrandMA3.
This includes all the 3D elements, the trusses, et of course all the projectors in the right format, perfectly in the right position, with correct patch and mode all set. The other way around is made possible, showing the ergonomics of the future lighting true standard.

Party on! And stay tuned for Day 3 report…

Rent-All, with its head office in Bemmel, has taken over Phlippo Group, based in Lier, Belgium. This concerns Phlippo Productions, Phlippo Showlights and its branches in Germany and the Netherlands, including the total rental stock.
With this acquisition, Rent-All is taking a further step in its strategic policy of being “Your equipment supplier in Europe”.

Rent-All warehouse.

Through this acquisition, Rent-All will have a considerably larger stock of equipment at its disposal, so that it can respond even better to the wishes of the customers by means of a wider and stronger range of materials, fully up-to-date, to meet every market demand.
Rent-All states “This choice to create an even larger scale is a next step in our commitment to be your one-stop shopping partner for light, sound, rigging and video.”

The housing of Phlippo Productions in the Netherlands will be integrated into the current location of Rent-All in Amsterdam in due course. Phlippo Germany will transfer to the Rent-All location in Castrop Rauxel, Germany.
From the Belgian Lier, Rent-All can supply the Belgian, but also the French, dry-hire market even better.

Phlippo warehouse.

Phlippo Showlights will continue under the name Rent-All België bvba. Philippo Productions will continue, as it has for 55 years, to provide its customers with high-quality productions.
The complete team of more than 65 people, consisting of warehouse, production, account and technical staff, will remain intact and will enthusiastically serve their individual markets and customers as always.

Rent-All has built a reputation of versatile dry-hire rental company in Europe for 26 year for rigging, light, video and audio equipment, supplying a wide range of equipment from stock for, amongst others, theatre, television, concerts and fairs.
In addition to its head office in Bemmel, Rent-All has branches in Amsterdam, Castrop-Rauxel (Germany) and Nurnberg (Germany), and now also in Lier (Belgium).

Phlippo is in the entertainment industry since more than 55 years of experience. Philippo Productions produces more than 600 shows per year and makes every event a statement through the use of audio, light and video. Their motto is “Experience makes the show”.

More information on Rent-All.

Day1 – Morgen

Hear ye, hear ye, all ye who want to hear it all and discover what was hidden until tuesday morning! Here is the first report from our beloved team hitting firmly the German ground of Hall 12.0 & 12.1 of Prolight+Sound 2019 in the wealthy city of Frankfurt.

Just after the rainbowish and sparkling Ayrton show utilizing all the multiple facets of the dozens of Bora, Khamsin, Levante & Diablo fixtures, designed by Stéphane Migné, we scroll through another french designed show on the Minuit Une booth, and then split up to wander thru all the alleys.

ADB has inherited a very nice location this year (2019 has seen a major halls allocation for all exhibitors), and presents this year the definitive versions of the Fresnel and PC Orkis projectors. Besides, visitors could have hands-on demoes their latest Ocean lighting console, fitted with an evolution of the Hathor software, due to surprise us even more in the forthcoming days.

ADB Orkis Fresnel & Pebble.

The gigantic Robe booth, even larger than last year’s, transports us in a colorful and exotic world of adventures, mysterious temples and IP65 moving heads ready to withstand continuous waterfalls (well, at least persistent rain over the iPointes).
A flock of these impressive and waterproof newbies directly derived from the Megapointe surround the set-up in an artificial swamp. The stage area is lit up by a collection of SuperSpikie, de T1 Wash ou Spot and of the brand new SilverScan, a 2019 remix of the mythic scan issued by the Czech manufacturer 25 years ago. Yes, Robe does celebrate 25 in style.

Robe stand.

Robe SilverScan

Surprise on the Luminex booth with their high-tech new range of Luminode interfaces, packed with ideas, ease of use and digital gateways, aiming for a future 100% network-orientated.

Luminex Luminode

Astera 2 m tube, shown here by Sebastian Bueckle.

The bright Germanic brains at Astera were playing with their new very long new tube from the « Titan Tube » family, soon available in 50 cm (called “Helios”), and with the 2 m prototype, due for real delivey in a few months, stay tuned!
These three models suggest zigzags, broken lines, and trigger the imagination of a lot of designers, with the same high CRI and self-powered specs.

The Elation US guys came strongly to Frankfurt with a booth crowded with visitors and dominated by the Proteus Maximus, fitted with a LED module close to 1 kW.

Day1 – Sunny Afternoon

Still running around, the SoundLightUp journalists almost bumped into each other while looking up at the intersection of GLP and StarWay stands.

Starway is showing, amongst other members of the Vega family, a well-named Maxi-Vega and a compact little nifty Mini-Vega, with hanging points allowing the design of complete and original shapes or arrangements.
Mounting supports are also available for the FloodLite 650, HD and UV models to assemble bars or frames Molefay-like.

The Starway booth.

This funny little salamander is the new wireles DMX transceiver from LumenRadio, lightweight and fitting in a pocket. The so-called MoonLite incorporates their very latest TimoTwo chip, can run self-powered for 10 hours on an internal rechargeable battery. A Bluetooth allows direct control of parameters setting from your smartphone.

Lumenradio MoonLite

Funny “DIY” wooden display on Artistic Licence stand with a collection of various bulbs and lamps (LED, energy saving, halogen, etc) for a perfect demo of the new SunDial with impressive dimming, even on low levels, no flickering nor threshold effect.

On JB Lighting booth, two new products from the “P” range spring to visitors’attention, one of them (P12 Profile) being a good compromise between size, mid-range power and features.

Martin VDO Atomic Dot

Approaching the Denmark area marked with a familiar Martin Professional logo, the little VDO Atomic Dot offers a central and bright COB LED surrounded by a circle of individually controllable LED segments, along with ingenious hanging or coupling possibilities.

That’s all for today, stay tuned!

Justice “Woman Worldwide Tour”, Light Designer Vincent Lérisson

The Prize-winners of the “Opus – German Stage Award” have been announced. This noted award for particular achievements in theatre and stage production goes to two projects this year: the winning project in the category of “Tour – Lighting design” is the “Woman Worldwide” tour by the French band Justice.
In the category of “Theatre – artistic and technical realisation”, Opus has picked the innovative stage production “The Parallel World” (Die Parallelwelt), which is being performed concurrently at the Dortmund Theatre and the Berliner Ensemble.

Vincent Lérisson, concepteur lumière de la tournée Woman Worldwide

The honorary award is given annually on the occasion of Prolight + Sound, International Fair of Technologies and Services for Entertainment, Integrated Systems and the Creative Industries, in Frankfurt.
The jury and board of trustees of the award are made up of representatives of the The German Entertainment Technology Association (VPLT) and the European Association of Event Centers (EVVC), as well as experts, representatives of the trade press and Messe Frankfurt. On 4 April those in charge of these projects received the prize during a festive evening event.

The “Tour – Lighting design” Opus 2019 is a personal award to Vincent Lérisson for the unusual and variable lighting design for the “Woman Worldwide” tour by the French electro-band Justice. As LD, he is a permanent member of the band.

© Sébastien Sacco

The show largely dispenses with the video content often used in stage productions of this genre. Instead, Lerisson relies on the use of the very latest technology, great depth through focused lighting from the wings and various levels in the roof, and extremely precise timing.

©Sébastien Sacco

His impressive light show enjoys a perfect symbiosis with the songs played and the two artistes.
The particular highlight of his stage design were the movable stage elements, consisting of triangular structures, mounted on media spinners from Robe.
On each of the three sides different surfaces were installed – a mirror, Chromlech Elidy and a video surface with 6mm pixel pitch.

A further element in the stage show are the walls of sound, more familiar in rock concerts, which optically broaden the stage and in the course of the show surprise by becoming light sources themselves.
The whole set design is extremely efficient for the surface employed: it opens out the space and frames the artistes, who in front of the Chromlech Elidys frequently appear as silhouettes.

© Sébastien Sacco

The starting date for the Woman Worldwide Tour was March 2018 in Bogotá. There followed performances in over 20 countries on five continents.

“Theatre – artistic and technical realisation” Category: “The Parallel World”

Two theatres, two stages, two auditoriums with a dual audience in two cities, who act as if they were one. “The Parallel World” is a play which tells the story of one person from birth to death. The stages present the plot in opposite directions (birth – death, death – birth).

The strands of the plot meet only once in the middle of the play. The two theatrical groups are a counterpoint to each other. At this moment all certainties about our existence finally falter. Natural laws go mad; images of reality begin to dance.
At the Dortmund Theatre and the Berliner Ensemble seven actors each take the stage. They are filmed and wear microphones. What they say and what the cameras see can be viewed on a screen in the other city in as good as real-time.

In each of the theatres, along with the screen story, the audience see the “genuine” events on “their” stage. That the actors play in parallel and also interact with each other is made possible because the delay of about 0.3 seconds is hardly noticeable.
With this production Kay Voges is consistently pursuing the path which he already began many years ago: he is developing a new theatrical
language by making modern media a part of the content and incorporating it in the overall aesthetic.

More information on the Prolight+Sound Website.

RCF is pleased to announce the release of RDNet software version 3.1. The RDNet Networked Management System sees much improvement such as direct control of the on-board hi-pass filter, and new Shape Designer and Bass Shaper function. With total integration among hardware components – transducers, amplifiers, DSP and inclination – RDNet is the most advanced sound system management software in the industry.

SHAPE DESIGNER

RDNet now integrates a straight-forward prediction feature to assist with line array set-up in simple systems. The software performs a two-dimensional calculation providing system curvature, system rigging point, and cabinet angles.

BASS SHAPER

The new RCF Bass Shaper tool helps the sound system engineer adjust the desired timbre on low frequencies.
With three slides and a few steps, it is easy to correct the low-end behaviour, maintaining a tonal balance across the entire system.

HIGH PASS FILTER

RDNet takes now direct control on the internal High-Pass filter on each cabinet. This improves system flexibility and simplifying satellite-to-subwoofer phase alignment.

USER INTERFACE UPGRADES

The interface is improved for faster adjustments, with high contrast colors and comfortable controls for touchscreen devices. New views like the single channel equalisation view are added.

More information on RCF dedicated RDnet Web page.

Impressive and colorful video buzz by Claypaky, showing the fantastic Beam effect of its new laser-powered Xtylos moving head.
The density of the light beam is totally unseen before, the throw is just incredible, and the colors are rich and saturated. Official launch tomorrow on Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt.

Elation Professional says they’ll take this year’s Frankfurt Prolight + Sound show by storm. Making its much anticipated world debut, 50,000-lumen Proteus Maximus™, a Wash/Beam and Profile LED luminaire that premieres as the brightest LED profile on the market.
Obviously, some other innovative fixtures will be co-starring on Elation’s booth, such as the Fuze and the Paladin series …

Maximus effect, maximum impact

Elation Proteus Maximus.

New Elation’s 50,000-lumen Proteus Maximus™, is announced as a Wash/Beam and Profile LED luminaire with a top-of-the-line design package. It should be measured as the brightest LED profile on the market.
With a custom designed 950W LED engine and large 180mm front lens, Maximus has the power to cut through at even great distances and its IP65 protection means it can be used exposed on outdoor shows.

Proteus Maximus provides the designer a comprehensive FX package with 6 rotating and 7 fixed glass gobos, full animation wheel, dual prisms, dual frost and a high-speed Iris. Its indexable framing system provides full blackout shutter cuts for precise beam shape control.
With a fast zoom range from 5.5° to 55° and an impressive 180mm front lens the Proteus Maximus has the power to cut through at great distances in any outdoor concert, special events and with its fully dust and water proof design it is an ideal fixture for theme parks and cruise ships.

Monet makes the world (of colors) go round (or any shape you want)

Elation Artiste Monet.

The brilliant 45,000-lumen Artiste Monet™ is a full-featured LED Profile offering outstanding projection quality, a comprehensive FX package, dynamic framing and a wide array of colors via an innovative SpectraColor engine.
SpectraColor uses traditional CMY colors but adds variable RGB flags for rich and vibrant primary colors.
In combination with variable CTO color correction, the Monet produces colors that were previously impossible to achieve from theatrical pastels to the purest reds, blues or greens ever produced by a color mixing system.

Unique to the Artiste Monet is its full blackout, 4-blade framing system for full control of the beam shape.
Not only does the adjustable system allow for refinement of the beam shape and projection at any angle, newly designed unlimited indexing and continuous rotation control allow shapes to rotate while morphing and transforming, allowing for creative transitions, projections and aerial effects not previously possible.

Lend an ear to Van Gogh specs

Elation Artiste Van Gogh.

Also on display in the award-winning Artiste line will be the powerful Artiste Van Gogh™, a state-of-the-art LED Wash luminaire with internal framing that boasts an excellent color reproduction for color projections of the highest quality.
Housing CMY and CTO color mixing as well as a 7-position color wheel, it offers a choice of PC or Fresnel lenses and is the ideal partner to the profile luminaires in the Artiste range.

Providing up to 16.000 total lumens from its efficient 380W LED engine allows the fixture to be utilized in many applications.
Due to its high color rendering index and its whisper quiet operation it is ideally suited for Television, Theater and Corporate Events, or any application where powerful and even coverage is desired.

Fuze blowing or mind blowing?

All new Fuze series fixtures include the Fuze Spot™, Fuze Profile™ with a full color spectrum LED engine, and Fuze Profile CW™ with Cold White LED engine, all automated LED moving heads.

The Fuze Spot and Fuze Profile – designed for theater, television and a wide array of precision lighting applications – house a 92 CRI engine that utilizes a 5-color homogenized LED array of Red, Green, Blue, Mint and Amber sources.
The carefully tuned LEDs ensure accurate color reproduction while delivering a powerful output of over 9,000 lumens. Virtual color temperature, magenta / green adjustment plus color gel emulation give designers access to an impressive LED color array.
Compact, quiet and lightweight, both fixtures house a 7° to 46° zoom. Dual gobo wheels, animation wheel, frost, prism and iris round out their comprehensive feature sets.

Elation Fuze Profile.

The Fuze Profile CW™ with Cold White LEDs and framing system is designed for trade shows, stages, television and a wide array of AV event applications.
A 91 CRI 380W LED engine ensures accurate color reproduction while delivering a powerful output exceeding 12,000 lumens.

Designed to illuminate objects like exhibits and banners, texture areas, and keylight persons with its flat field of light and accurate framing, it can be used anywhere a fully automated ellipsoidal fixture is required.
Housing a 7° to 46° zoom, its comprehensive feature set includes a rotating gobo wheel of breakups, two color wheels featuring solid colors and correction filters plus an iris.

Take it to the MAX™

Elation Smarty MAX.

Also showing will be the Smarty MAX™, an extreme-output Spot/Beam/Wash hybrid moving head featuring a new Platinum FLEX 400 lamp rated at 480W with up to 4,000 hours of smart lamp life.
This innovative new compact fixture shows interestingly that, besides LED products, lamp-equipped fixtures can still have a place in a complete intelligent lighting inventory, as long as their discharge source can bring power and light quality to the overall projector and features.

Combining CMY and variable CTO, this is the world’s first hybrid incorporating a full iris for dynamic beam effects.
Compact and lightweight with a large 160mm front aperture lens, four prisms on two planes, dual frosts plus dual gobo wheels and dual track animation round out the design package.

Sparkling FX cutting thru with Rayzor 760

Elation Rayzor 760

The Proteus RAYZOR 760™ is an IP65 LED wash effects luminaire with precise, yet continuous pan & tilt rotation, and mostly with patent-pending SparkLED™ pixel effect technology. Compact yet powerful with super wide 5 to 77-degree zoom, the fixture’s seven oversized front lenses create a large surface that is enhanced by SparkLED™, 2W white LEDs strategically placed inside the lenses themselves to create a unique additional layer of effect.

Driven by 7, independently controlled, 60W RGBW LEDs, delivering over 8,000 lumens of output with a total power of 420W, the Rayzor 760 provides a powerful beam that stands out on any stage. The oversized front lenses create a large surface on the fixture that is enhanced by the exclusive patent pending SparkLEDs technology.
SparkLEDs consists of 28 individual white LEDs, strategically placed inside the lens itself to create a unique additional layer, allowing designers access to a new and innovative way of creating interest on the stage. Rayzor 760 offers this never seen before style of internal lens illumination for depth and visual impact. SparkLEDs are controllable by the lighting console or driven by a multitude of internal FX patterns.

Smarty Hybrid, intelligent and versatile

Elation Smarty Hybrid.

The Proteus Smarty Hybrid™ is the world’s first compact CMY hybrid fixture with true IP65 rating. Encompassing the same full feature set and using the same highly-efficient Platinum FLEX 200 lamp with exceptional 6000-hour lamp life, the Proteus Smarty Hybrid’s IP65 dust and water protection means this compact and versatile effect can be used indoors or out.

Features include 11,000 total lumen output, motorized zoom ranges of 1° to 18° in beam mode, 3° to 27° in spot mode, and 5° to 33° in wash mode, a full CMY color mixing system, a full frost filter for wash effects, 13 dichroic colors with quad-color filter, CTB, CTO, and UV, 8 rotating—glass and 12 static-stamped metal gobos, a 16-facet and 4-facet linear independent rotating prisms, multiple CMY color, gobo, and prism macros, motorized focus with auto-focus.

Paladin is blinding’

Elation Paladin series of three units.

Three new versatile fixtures in Elation’s Paladin series of Blinder/Strobe/Wash lights will also be on display at PL+S tomorrow – the Paladin Cube™, Paladin Brick™ and Paladin Panel™ – all with IP65 protection.
These compact and powerful outdoor flood lights are useful for a wide variety of applications and can flexibly be used from either a floor or truss position.

Using 15W RGBW cells – 9, 24, and 50 respectively – they add vibrant and powerful color to outdoor events while individual cell control and strobe make them versatile effect lights or audience blinders.
Certified to IP65 with IP rated connections and solid build quality, they eliminate any dust and water ingress worries.

LMP Partnership

Elation is proud to reinforce its partnership with LMP to distribute Elation products in Germany. All worldwide visitors are also welcome to attend their booth number D56-58 in Hall 12.1,to see these latest innovations and much more.

More information on Elation products here.