Test bench
Vari-Lite VL10, Lux & Rock & Roll
Together with the team from Freevox, we got one of these new beasts from Dallas, Texas, USA. Freed from its shipping carton, and with its 33 kg hauled up on the test bench with a single heave, the VL10 WashBeam comes across as neat as a glass of bourbon.
HK Audio Linear7, getting started
As a bi-amplified Point Source system, easy and efficient to work with, the HK Audio Linear7 offers performance and innovative features that are summarized in this getting started topic. We listened and measured the 112 FA top and two 118 SUB A subs.
Chauvet Maverick MK3 Profile LED Framing Spotlight
On the test bench at SLU: the Maverick MK3 Profile Spot, equipped with an 820 W LED engine, is a professional and modern fixture, perfectly equipped to produce beautiful light.
Elation Fuze, a Profile that lives up to reality
A UFO has come down to earth! The American brand proposes a new full-featured LED Spot with framing shutters. After the Picasso and Monet moving heads with white LED sources, Elation adds to its range a Spot/Profile equipped with a 5-color LED array.
Luminex LumiNode 1, the network swiss-army knife
LumiNode are Ethernet-DMX converters that can work with today's network protocols, while anticipating the next revolutions, in particular the changeover between the less and less common use of DMX in favor of network lighting controls.
Dissecting the Klotz DX10 Passive DI Box
We dissected Klotz’s DX10, a passive, affordable and well designed direct box, into the lab before handing it over to sound engineers and musicians for their ears verdict. The synthesis of both is without appeal: more than good for the service.
Claypaky Xtylos, the first Beam fixture with RGB Laser sources
The Xtylos promises to be a revolution in the world of motorized beam fixtures. An evolution of the Sharpy, it is based on a brand new technology using three RGB LASER sources.
DTS Alchemy 5 LED wash, a long-awaited and successful revival
The Alchemy 5, paying homage to the Studio Color, offers everything that a lighting designer expects from a soft-edged wash beam, so smooth thanks to its Fresnel lens, its famous rotating "banana" beam shaper, but most of all with the new possibilities that come from an LED source.
Ayrton Khamsin-S and Bora-S, the winds of madness
Tested for SLU by Stéphane Mocret in the lab, and by Stéphane Migné and Tristan Szylobryt in real-world conditions at La Sirène, the beam-wash Bora-S and the Khamsin-S profile are the new Ayrton LED fixtures that are among the most exciting on the market at the moment.
Portman P2 Hexaline, a unique design
Here comes the SoundLightUp extensive test of the « P2 Hexaline » from young Polish company Portman, declining the design from the P1 on a mast equipped with their famous hexagon lanterns, in a clever and promising overall concept. Let's have a deep look...
High End SolaFrame 3000, an exceptional LED Profile Spot
“Balance” is the key word to describe this unit equipped with a 1000 W LED source that offers features in line with the high standards we have always seen from High-End.
Oxo Colorbeam 150 BFX, cute little wonder
Oxo has introduced a unique little LED fixture that has been discovered by some lighting designers who have found this small and unusual luminaire to be a real champion for creating very nice effects at a very little cost.
Chauvet Ovation E 260 WW Profile: extensive SoundLightUp test
In the Ovation LED profile spot range from Chauvet Professional Lighting, based on the most famous generic lighting classic projectors, we tested the warm white version of their E 260, with an amazing luminous output referring to the actual power of its LED engine.
Robe T1 Profile: custom made for Broadcast, SoundLightUp test!
Designed for the precise lighting of TV sets, theatres and concert filming, T1 is the latest gem from the Czech leaders, with 5 LED colors, a framing module and new options for direct access to colorimetry, already unanimously appreciated by directors of photography!
Cameo Zenit W600, All-Weather LED Wash Light
Cameo recently introduced us to this nice wall-wash with 40 LED sources designed to be used in all applications, including outdoors. Some large vendors, such as Impact Evénement, immediately brought them into their inventories. Here we have the test of this fixture.
