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New to the US manufacturer's COLORado series is the 2, 3, or 6-channel COLORado 1VW wash, producing variable shades of white from its 18 warm white and 18 cool white LEDs. An IP66 rating makes it ideal for both indoor and outdoor use, whilst colour temperature mixing and custom program recall can be done with or without DMX controller.

The compact LED Pinspot gives a 9° beam angle from its single high-power white LED, perfect for a variety of applications where powerful and highly directional illumination is required.

Introducing LED to the range of spots in the Q-Series are the Q-Spot 250-LED and Q-Spot 150-LED DMX-512 moving yokes. Features include a three-facet prism an

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Pete Heffernan, Bandit Lites president said: "Chris has played an integral role in the success of this company's sales and installation department. His experience and innovative design concepts have helped to set the standard in his division that Bandit Lites strives for in all of our endeavors."

(Jim Evans)

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The Rebel Pro Par offers 12 red, 12 green and 12 blue Rebel LEDs with special designed optics that produce a very smooth and even effect. Over 16.7 million rich colours can be created via RGB colou

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The licensed conversion technology was developed by the OSRAM subsidiary Opto Semiconductors. It enables the production of white or coloured LEDs using blue emitting InGaN (Indium Gallium Nitride) based chips and suitable fluorescent converters. With the agreement signed, the existing license agreement (September 2003) is extended - especially the right for Everlight to use this OSRAM intellectual property in all areas of application without limitations, including automotive a

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When choosing a lighting system for the new chapel that would deliver both quality and flexibility, the church and its longtime A/V designer/installer Springtree Media Group turned to Elation Professional.

Elation and Springtree had previously helped ClearView solve a challenging issue during a renovation to the church's original worship centre. ClearView had wanted to upgrade its lighting for video production, but was operating on very limited electrical capacity. Church officials didn't want to go to the expense of installing a new transformer, so Peter Vaque of Springtree came up with the solut

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For the first time, on the Doll Domination Tour, the grandMA is controlling an all-Robe digital spot complement. "I wanted to go with newer technology," Warner says. "The whole rig is almost all Robe. It's a new digital moving spot technology combined with LED-based wash lights that delivers a very high-tech design. "Pods on trusses are packed with fixtures that make it look like there are more lights than we really use," he explains. "So I can

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Also on display will be Martin's first LED moving heads, the MAC 401 Dual, a powerful LED washlight with a unique double-sided design that gives it dual functionality; and the MAC 301 Wash, a compact, high-power LED washlight with powerfully fast zoom. Another innovative launch will be Martin easyStrip, a simple yet highly capable plug-and-play LED striplight for interior enhancement. Martin's successful 1500 watt MAC III Profile will also be shown.

Several new control soluti

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The company produce a wide range of reliable products, ideal for use in conjunction with each other to ensure safe installations of dimming and power distribution, making them suited to TV productions, theatres and touring.

EES's product lines offer different options to meet a variety of needs, as will be shown during the exhibition where samples will be displayed for visitors to take a closer look at.

As well as presenting their Tinhao equipment, EES will display a new member of their product family, the Flygeko wall rack for fixed installation, which will launch and be introduced to the market at the exhibition.

(Claire Beeson)

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Congo Blue Design specialises in lighting design and consulting for both theatrical and architectural environments. They are headed by lighting designer Declan Randall, who has worked on projects all over the world especially in South Africa and Europe, and they are joined by Dave Whitehouse as senior lighting designer and Rosco's product manager.

See the March issue of

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WWF are attempting to reach a target of 1 billion "votes for Earth", which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.

In London, the famous Coca Cola sign in Piccadilly Circus will be switched off for only the third time since the Second World War. Other famous London

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Tour manager Jeff Gossett, production manager Benny Durham and lighting designer Jeff Lavallee have worked with Bandit for some time with Trace. Lavalle has captured the rock-n-roll sprit of Adkins with his up-tempo lighting presentation, using MAC 2000 wash and spot fixtures, along with High End Studio Beams, Maxedia Media Servers and a Jands Vista Console.

Brent Barrett at Bandit handles the daily needs of the Adkins tour. The tour has programmed twice at Bandit Lites rehearsal facility, Venue One, in Nashville, a full service facility that allows an entire show to be flown with band gear and s

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"We encourage everyone to stop by and check it out," said Lisa Jebsen, marketing assistant for Tomcat USA. "We see this as another great opportunity to interact with industry professionals and show off our work. In the near future, we plan to offer special giveaways to our 'fans.'"

(Jim Evans)

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In addition to the main grandMA at the FOH lighting position, grandMA programmer/operator Patrick Rakus had a laptop running grandMA onPC software and a 12-channel DMX desk that was triggering one page on the grandMA, giving an additional twelve faders for TV and band key lighting.

Werner Kokott, CEO of Five K Lighting & Video Design, who supplied lighting equipment for the Session, said: "Most Lighting Designers - including Günter Jäckle, Billy Bigliardi, Geoff Hall and Marco Zepeda - were happy to use the grandMA for their

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The recent purchase of a Panasonic AVS-400 multi-format live vision mixer, Christie S+20K Roadster projector, Barco DCS 200 dual channel seamless switcher and additional Grass Valley Turbo iDDR digital media recorder/players has reinforced the company's commitment to quality.

"High definition is becoming more and more of a client requirement and so we have to ensure that we can deliver it whenever requested," says PSP's David Woodcock.

"The AVS-400 and DCS-200 are both tremendously versatile. With great input and output flexibility for all formats, they provide the ultimate in vision mixing and switching capabilities and are also remarkably cost effective.

"We aim to deliver the ultimate in visual quality an

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Dealers and end users are provided with easy access to a dedicated online portal for the latest Chroma-Q product news, user applications, support and reseller information.

The site includes product information, extensive application case studies and testimonials from a diverse range of clients including lighting designers, technicians, venues, rental and production companies, plus access to full 360° product views, high resolution colour photos, brochures, detailed technical specification sheets, manuals and exploded diagrams.

(Jim Evans)

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Two grandMA full-size, one as a back-up, and six MA NSPs, (Network Signal Processor) including two spares, form the heart of the lighting control for a rig that comprises 80 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300s, 64 Vari*Lite VL 3000 spots, eight VL3500 washes as well as Coemar, Syncrolite and Martin fixtures. In total, the lighting consumes 16 DMX universes.

Lighting designer Baz Halpin explains his design, "The show is a recap of the last 50 years of the career of one of the most stunning female artists in history. We tried to create a system that was versatile enough to cope with not only the stylistic changes

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Dynalite's involvement in these hotel installations will span from the design phase through to commissioning. In each case, the company will supply an automated lighting solution comprising a range of Dynalite controllers, wall panels, touch-screens, interfaces, sensors, and software.

At the heart of the Dynalite systems are the modular DIN rail-mountable DDMC802 multipurpose controllers. These support large quantities of small loads in hotel and high-density re

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During his presentation entitled, Transforming One of the Seven Wonders of the World - Live at the Pyramids, Larivée will discuss the need to push the boundaries of lighting and audio visual technologies for events. Using his own creative work as an example, specifically he will examine future trends and review the latest technology available.

"Larivée has earned a solid reputation for his multi-dimensional artistic approach and global vision of a show," said Alex Heuff, exhibition director, PALME.

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Six years on and the MAC 250 Krypton is still going strong, says the company, having been specified on a huge variety of clubs, special events, television shows, restaurants, houses of worship, cruise ships, and more.

(Jim Evans)

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Woodstock Reprise - Michael Lang, the co-founder of the legendary 1969 Woodstock festival, is reportedly seeking sponsors for a 40th anniversary reprise in New York City. "The chances that something will happen are probable," he told the Times. "But I don't really have the answer yet as to what that will be." Central Park has been suggested as a possible location for the event. The Who were among the acts who played at the original concert, which took place in Bethel, New York State. A 30th anniversary concert

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The LC Plus is built around Martin's new P3 technology platform (Pixel Push Protocol) for video signal processing and distribution. Based on Gigabit Ethernet and Ca t5e wiring, the P3 technology removes the inherent limitations of video-type protocols for easy connectivity and speed of set-up.

The Ethernet based system is true plug and play, eliminating the limitations of DVI, fibre optic and coax (SDI) cable co

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"The college required us to provide a versatile rig that would allow the space to be transformed from a dance studio into a theatre space and back again" notes Matt Stridgen, White Light's projects co-ordinator responsible for the Bird College installation. "This required the installation of a new lighting grid and lighting infrastructure together with tracking and drapes to allow the space itself to be varied."

The new installation is based around an 8m by 7.5m internally-wired lighting grid featuring 20 15A sockets as well as a DMX outlet for control of automated lighting or

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"Selecon's highly acclaimed luminaires for the theatrical and architectural markets will further strengthen the breadth of solutions Philips can offer to important professional customers such as performing arts centres, churches, convention centres and hotels," said Rudy Provoost, chief executive of Philips' Lighting sector. "Today we are further strengthening the product portfolio of our globally leading entertainment lighting business, building on the foundation provided by the acquisition of Genlyte in 2008."

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Engel stated, "These challenging economic times require both imaginative solutions -- and compassion for those in need. That's one of the reasons Rosco is so pleased to be involved in The ESTA Foundation's Behind The Scenes programme. We contribute a part of the proceeds from sales of one of the most popular colours in Roscolux, 359 Medium Violet, to Behind The Scenes. More and more people throughout the industries we serve are choosing this colour both for m