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One of the most common LED/image display devices is the VersaTube (or the LED workhorse, as I like to call it)…VersaTubes work by allowing pixels… Read More »How VersaTubes Work

"The typical high school performing arts center is about a sophisticated as our basic small-to-mid-level church is now," says Gary Zandstra, the house of worship… Read More »Needed at Houses of Worship: Versatility

I find blind programming an extremely important tool when programming any type of production.  By using the Blind key functionality, I can edit discretely, sneak… Read More »A New Vision via the Blind Key

I once worked with a band that had a full week of rehearsals with a lighting rig hanging in a building. It took a full… Read More »The Hack Designer and the Blame Game

With the proliferation of LED video products in the market today, how does a live event production company even begin the daunting task of finding… Read More »Choosing Video Displays Wisely

The owner of a Midwest sound and lighting systems design and integration company may have come up with a game-changer in the catwalk department. While… Read More »A New Angle for Catwalks

You might be a lighting geek if you… Have ever spent the weekend at an RDM Plugfest. Read lighting magazines while you eat breakfast or… Read More »Lighting Geeks Unite!

Grounding and bonding are among the most important things to know about a power distribution system because they can keep ourselves and everybody around us… Read More »Ground Control: Terminology

Over the years I have seen tape used in just about every conceivable way to prep gear, label road cases, truss and cables. I don't… Read More »The Many Uses (and Abuses) of Gaff Tape

The design for Adam Lambert's Glam Nation Tour was built on a scaled-down lighting and set design that was intended to be supplemented on the… Read More »Traveling Lean, with Lasers

In June of this year, our small production company, Out of the Box Productions, was presented with a unique opportunity. In 2004, we had originally… Read More »LED Lighting Now a Viable Alternative in the Theatre

There's a new trend in architectural lighting and projection involving the use of projectors fed by digital lighting media servers to illuminate the facades of… Read More »3D Mapping Goes Large on Building Exteriors