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No stage fright for Ayrton Ghibli for its debut at Garsington Opera
Ghibli LED Profile spot luminaire in opera debut at UK prestigious Garsington Opera Festival. 24 fixtures were chosen for quality of light and noiseless operation.
Claypaky Scenius Spot : extensive SLU test
Claypaky Scenius Spot : extensive SLU test. Designed around new generation Osram 1400-PS Lok-it lamp, positioned at the top of the Claypaky range of spots, it delivers a powerful, uniform beam, beautiful saturated and pastel colors and a comprehensive set of effects.
Novelty France, Magnum & Dushow Group: new european leader
Official announcement of the Dushow Group takeover by the Novelty Group, following the final agreement from the french competition authority. This strategic 200 million EUR deal has been validated unanimously by the representative bodies of the staff as well.
Robert Juliat fixtures tune in for Moscow’s new Zaryadye Concert Hall
29 RJ 325LF Cin’k and 20 RJ 326LFV Cin’k Fresnel tungsten fixtures, 20 RJ 710 SX2 and 12 RJ 711 SX2 profile tungsten lanterns, 24 RJ D’Artagnan 930SNX 2500W discharge profile lanterns, and 4 RJ Victor 1800W HMI followspots with dedicated DMX control.
GLP X4 ATOM BOOSTS MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM POP-UP TOUR
The pop-up Museum of Ice Cream (MOIC) continues its phenomenal and highly celebrated tour across the nation, with locations such as Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles all getting a glimpse at this unique attraction.
Production company Envizion, based in Burbank (CA), provided the lighting for the traveling museum, with their lighting designer Will Chandler choosing the impression X4 atom as one of the key fixtures for the lighting of the exhibit. “With the locations only being temporary, and with the exhibits inside each one continually changing, it's been important to have fixtures on hand that are adaptable,” Chandler said. And the X4 atom is precisely that; with its small size and powerful capabilities the fixture lends itself perfectly to this format.
One of the key aspects behind the choice of the X4 atom was the importance of the Museum being camera friendly. Chandler made good use of the Tunable White version of the X4 atom, allowing exceptional control of the white light. “In certain areas we've used the variable white atoms to really fine tune colour temperature for cameras,” he said.
The Tunable White version of the X4 atom has both warm and cold colour elements, allowing a variable range from 2700K to 10000K. While it can be challenging to find the perfect balance of white light for cameras, the atom certainly has the range to do so. “That, coupled...
“Haute Couture” LED Spot/profile Robe DL7S: complete SLU test
LED-source moving head spot/profile Robe DL7S Profile: The "Haute Couture" LED fixture. Here is the extensive SLU full test.
Ayrton MagicDot-XT diamond formation for Lenny Kravitz’s Raise Vibration
The Lenny Kravitz 2018 Raise Vibration tour features a stage show being a large and lively affair with lighting designer, Leroy Bennett, incorporating 224 of Ayrton’s MagicDot XT fixtures into his multi-layered design.
ROBE T1 PROFILE : stage ready !
New ROBE T1 Profile is a versatile spot/profile moving head for the Theater and TV markets. Variable CRI and fine tuning of color temperature, thanks to its 5 chromatic components led engine including RGB+Amber+Lime.
Meyer Sound LEO Family Soars on Bandito Tour with Twenty One Pilots
Rock icons Twenty One Pilots blazed across the U.S.A. on sellout “Bandito Tour”, featuring visual pyrotechnics with potent audio delivered by a 138-loudspeaker Meyer Sound LEO Family system supplied by VER Tour Sound in partnership with Concert Investor.
160 Elation Proteus Hybrid Radiate at Parookaville Festival
LD Robert Sommer of POOLgroup praises aesthetic, performance, dust protection of IP65 Elation Proteus Hybrid that radiated the Parookaville festival. For this occasion, 160 of them were used amongst his setup.
Dan Hadley rocks Ayrton MagicPanel-FX with Foo Fighters Concrete and Gold
For iconic rock band Foo Fighters Concrete and Gold world tour. LD Dan Haley's lighting rig gave prominence to 36 Ayrton MagicPanel-FX square faced LED fixtures rigged on 12 floating ladders, constantly moving to reconfigure and reshape the architecture of the stage.
Mighty MDG Goes Walking with Dinosaurs
Arena spectacular Walking with Dinosaurs, need all the haze and low fog they can get. They chose to go for MDG with three ATMe™ haze generators and three ICE FOG™ Compack HP low fog generators, all supplied by Sonalyst,
Work Pro expands international sales channels for LightShark … what is it, by the way ?
Work Pro expands international sales channels for LightShark ... and SoundLightUp kindly reminds you of what are the true innovations of this tablet-based nifty "little" console, compact indeed, but with all the needed bells and whistles for easy and fast programming.
Chemical High for MegaPointes
The Chemical Brothers have played a fantastic visual experience shows created by Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall. Robe’s MegaPointes also made their presence felt and constitute a first big Robe purchase for the rental company Lite Alternative.
LCR Raises the Alarm with Chroma-Q Color Force II for Bloc Party
LCR Raises the Alarm for Bloc Party with Chroma-Q Color Force II. Two Chroma-Q Color Force II LED battens were placed at the top and bottom of each of the five individual cyc panels spaced apart by Ryan Hopkins,LD & Director of Lights Control Rigging.