Pendleton, IN’s Dodd Technologies, Inc., specializing in large special event and broadcast production and equipment rentals, has invested in 16 Claypaky Skylos versatile, laser-source searchlights. The new fixtures enhance an inventory that includes Claypaky Stormy color changing strobe lights.Read More »Dodd Technologies Adds Claypaky Skylos Fixtures To Its Inventory
The first ever Power Trip music festival was considered epic before it even took place! Why? Because six of the world’s most legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands in history gathered to play on one stage, and 4Wall, Paradox, and Elation had the honor of lighting the event. Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Tool (subbing for Ozzy Osbourne) all played at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, CA, October 6-8, where up to 80,000 fans gathered each day to revel in musical history. Power Trip marked the first concert in seven years from AC/DC.Read More »Elation, 4Wall, and Paradox Team Up on Momentous Power Trip Rock Festival
ROE Visual is headed to Las Vegas this December for the LD) show, taking place December 3-5, 2023. This year, the ROE team is thrilled to promote the fine-pitch rental solution, Topaz, among other eye-catching products for the live events market. The ROE booth for the 2023 show focuses on the touring side of the live events space, with a comprehensive stage setup reminiscent of the many stage designs involving ROE Visual panels over the years. Attendees will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with the panels, with a multitude of configurations at their fingertips.Read More »ROE Visual Prepares New Technology for a Dazzling LDI 2023
A lot can happen in a month. Just ask Antonio Herrera Pérez, better known to the world as Mexican music superstar Junior H. A few short years ago, as a high school student in Utah, the Guanajuato-born musician-singer uploaded some of his work on YouTube as “a hobby.” The daily flow of life then caused the teenager to step away from social media for one month. When he returned, his song “No He Cambiado,” had more than two million views!Read More »Over 100 CHAUVET Professional Fixtures Shine on Junior H Sad Boys USA Tour
Robe moving lights were used in three major locations for the massive 2023 St. Stephen’s Day celebrations in Budapest, Hungary, a public holiday celebrating the foundation of the Hungarian state more than 1000 years ago, which this year attracted over 1.5 million spectators to the banks of the Danube River watch the main large format projection and drone show. Multiple events were staged throughout the country’s vibrant and beautiful capital city on the day, with technical production – lighting sound, visuals, staging – for the 2023 event coordinated and delivered by the Visual Europe Group (VEG), working with 12 sub-companies.Read More »Robe for St Stephen’s Day Spectacle in Budapest
Wine is king in France…unless one happens to find oneself in beautiful Hauts-de-France near the border with Belgium. Thanks to its Flemish roots, the region has a strong beer culture, as evidenced by its myriad local microbreweries. Bière à Lille, a week-long festival in Lille, France celebrates this tradition with dozens of special events and samplings from over 80 different breweries. Among the highlights off the festival this year was Nuit du BAL, an electro pop show headlined by Martin Solveig, listed by the UK’s DJ Magazine as one of the Top 100 DJs, along with Upsilone, Miel de Montagne, and Victor Flash.Read More »Valentin Lemarquier Adds to Nuit du BAL’s Electric Mood with CHAUVET Professional
Introducing Elation’s KL CYC™, an expressive LED cyc light and footlight fixture meticulously crafted for the discerning lighting designer. Harmonizing artistic expression with cutting-edge technology,… Read More »Crafting the Creative Canvas with Elation’s New KL CYC™
The well-known real-time interactive multimedia content and mapping software tool TouchDesigner implemented the direct laser output support through the popular ShowNET laser mainboard. The ShowNET laser mainboard is a standard mainboard in many laser systems nowadays, so it is widely available with several tens of thousands of interfaces in the market.Read More »TouchDesigner Supports Direct Output to ShowNET Laser Mainboards
ROE Visual announces the release of its groundbreaking ROE Calculator APP. This cutting-edge application is a complete upgrade of the previous ballast calculator and has added many new and exciting options to create essential technical calculations for your LED screens. With a comprehensive suite of tools that include ballast calculation, pixel and resolution calculation, power requirement analysis, and much more, the ROE Calculator APP will become the ultimate tool for LED technicians, whether on-site or in the preparation stages of a production.Read More »Introducing The ROE Calculator APP Your Ultimate Companion for LED Screen Prepping
The FIBA 3×3 World Tour 2023, hosted at the Constanța Masters in the City Park Mall, was illuminated by a lighting setup composed of Prolights products. For its inauguration in Romania, the FIBA 3×3 World Tour attracted sixteen top-level teams from around the world who competed for the championship title.Read More »The FIBA 3×3 World Tour 2023 Illuminated by Prolights Fixtures
Offering a unique mix of stunning natural scenery, exciting activities and cultural displays, Xcaret is one of Mexico’s leading tourist attractions. At the end of 2021, the park’s technical team upgraded a problematic projector-based video system in its main Tlachco Theater with ADJ LED video panels. The new setup not only improved the clarity of the video content shown as part of the venue’s resident production but has also proven to be far more reliable than the previous system, following over a year of continuous use across daily shows. Here’s a video overview of this project:
Read More »Mexican Eco Theme Park Xcaret Invests In 500 ADJ LED Video Panels
Lighting Designer Jack Creegan and Technical Director Jeffrey Kelly recently utilized Martin MAC Aura XIP fixtures in a high-profile role in the recent Hopewell Valley Central High School musical production of The Wedding Singer, located in Pennington, NJ.Read More »Martin MAC Aura XIP Plays a Starring Role in Hopewell Valley Central High School’s ‘The Wedding Singer’