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By James Simpson Adam Hall Group brand Cameo Lighting has made a big impression with a tiny amount of power in this Technical Focus...
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By Kevin Lawson I was trying to remember the first time I saw a SkyTracker. I remember seeing them as a kid from miles...
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Simon Allen reviews the 2U rack-mounted VST3 plug-in server from Fourier Audio I first met Henry Harrod – one of the co-founders of Fourier...
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By Lewis Noke Edwards The MD 421 is not a small microphone, and while not as boisterous as a huge tube microphone, the MD...
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A few years ago Martin Professional introduced the Rush line of lighting fixtures, providing more cost-effective options to balance out Martin’s excellent but pricey...
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by Brandon Creel You probably recognize the name of the France-based lighting manufacturer, Robert Juliat, for their followspots. The company has now developed a...
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By Richard Olson Chauvet Professional showed the world the prototypes for their new stellar line of fixtures, dubbed the Maverick Series, at the Prolight...
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by Craig Rutherford Today, we’re looking at the IP54 Light Sky AquaBeam from SHS Global. Originally known as a used gear company, SHS has...
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by Nook Schoenfeld In the last year or so, the industry has seen the advent of the small footprint, hybrid light fixture. Unlike the...
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by Craig Rutherford Avolites has been in the console game for a long time, but their popularity in the States was never as strong...
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The common perception of LED lighting versus the reality of today’s amazingly high-quality professional LED lighting products is a constant source of fascination for...
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By Craig Rutherford Martin Professional has a very long history in the entertainment lighting and effects industry, starting way back in 1978 when founder...
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by Nook Schoenfeld I have always been critical of hybrid lights. That’s because, for several years, I have heard boasts from several manufacturers that...
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By David Martin Jacques Avolites has been a household name in the professional stage and concert lighting industry for decades. “Avo” desks are known...
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by Craig Rutherford Clay Paky is one of the most respected and well-established moving light companies on the planet, and they have a solid...
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By David Martin Jacques It seems that the days of the tungsten-halogen lamp are numbered. Just viewing the exhibit floor at this past year’s...
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by Craig Rutherford So-called digital lights have long tantalized both gear manufacturers and designers alike. The allure of being able to project any image,...
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Newer-generation touchscreen devices have always held the promise of new and exciting ways for us as lighting designers and programmers to interact with our...
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It comes with one DMX universe, but fixtures from the Philips group of lighting companies do not count against your channel count. This is...
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by Kevin M. Mitchell For a production house, one of the most tedious — yet mission-critically important — tasks is keeping track of the...
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by Aron Altmark RC4 Wireless is a company that focuses on a small segment of products consisting of wireless dimming and control. I had...
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By Craig Rutherford While Robe might have been an unfamiliar (or distant) name a few years ago to many of us in the lighting...
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As a lighting designer and programmer I have been a long time user of Jands Vista consoles, however, I have never used a Microsoft...
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Written by: Nook Schoenfeld The Igloo dome is a protective device designed to protect the smaller series of light fixtures from Clay Paky (as...
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Written by: Craig Rutherford Since 1983, TMB has supplied some of our industry’s hottest products — ProPlex Data Distribution equipment and cabling, ProPower power...
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Written by: Nook Schoenfeld I’m checking out the two new Strobes released by Clay Paky this year — the all-white LED Stormy and the...
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Written by: Craig Rutherford Ever since the creative minds behind Philips Vari-Lite fired up the VL*1 in 1981, the company has been at the...
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By Jim Kumorek The new dot2 is easier to learn and use than MA Lighting’s larger grandMA2. The dot2 is designed to anticipate what...
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Perth’s Elite Audio Visual Productions continues to invest in Ayrton, adding sixteen Ayrton Rivale fixtures designed to push the limits of versatility. “We’re thrilled...
