Presented exclusively by Clay Paky, the Alpha Beam is not a spot or even a wash, some call it a "sposh", say the company.
The Alpha Beam produces a super-concentrated parallel light beam for a similar use to that of a PAR64 ACL, always present at all the great rock shows, but with decidedly "superior and innovative characteristics".
The Alpha Beam 1500 is ultra bright and "eco-friendly" thanks to the new special Clay Paky optical group, it produces a much greater brightness than other lights of the same power, achieving projection distances reached only by lights of thousands of watts, but with the energy consumption of a 1500W light bulb. This enables it to be used instead of considerably larger projectors, with enormous savings in energy. It is much more than a beam moving light, featuring an innovative focus system (patent pending) and a wide effect section, allowing users to decide at will the opening and graphics of the beam: 14 gobos (6 rotating and 8 fixed), 2 rotating prisms, CMY + colour wheel, rotating beam shaper, 0-100% dimmer and precision dimmer on separate channels, mechanical iris, stop-strobe. 3 combinable linear frosts, on dedicated channels, offering different projection modalities of colour intensity.
The Alpha Beam 300 is 3 times brighter than an ordinary 1200W wash projector, with the energy consumption of a 300W light bulb. This enables it to be used instead of considerably larger projectors, with enormous savings in energy. Alpha Beam 300 has a complete effect section, where the aperture and graphic of the "tunnel of light" can be decided by using the 8 fixed gobos available as standard. It also features a patented frost system, "soft mode" and "hard edge" mode, CMY and colour wheel, 0-100% dimmer, stop-strobe, and an electronic ballast.
Visit Clay Paky at PLASA08 on stand E47
(Claire Beeson)
