By Mike Wood
The subject of this month’s review is not a moving light, nor is it strictly a wash light. Instead, this LED luminaire combines wash/backlight/strobe/blinder and pixel-mapping properties, so it’s a little hard to categorise. GLP itself calls the KNV Cube a multifunctional fixture.
LEDs have replaced strobes and regular light sources in nearly all applications in entertainment lighting. We have also seen many fixtures that offer pixel-mapping using LED clusters as video pixels. The KNV attempts to combine all these uses in one luminaire. Typical use would be an array of Cubes as a backlight on a stage, pointing straight out into the audience. This is a fixture to use as direct view, not to illuminate the stage.
GLP makes two variants of the KNV – the Cube and the Arc. Both have 25 pixels arranged in a five by five grid; however, the Arc, as the name suggests, curves the pixel columns over a 45º angle to provide a corner unit. Adjacent units of both types can be mechanically connected together to provide a seamless bank of units in any configuration. The GLP KNV Cube uses the water resistant versions of the Neutrik connectors and the unit is rated to IP54, which means it should be fine for outdoor use, such as at a festival.
For the tests, the GLP KNV Cube was operated from a nominal 115V 60Hz supply; however, the unit is fitted with an auto-sensing universal power supply input that is rated from 100V to 240V AC, 50/60Hz.
Read the full review at: Light and Sound International
