The new FSN Series multi-format video production switcher from Barco integrates SD-SDI, HD-SDI, 3Gbps, VGA, and DVI resolutions. The first in the series are the FSN-150, a 1.5 Mix-Effect (M/E) control console and the FSN-1400, the system’s 14-slot video processing chassis.
The preview release of Martin Professional’s new version Maxedia software, Maxedia 4 RC, is now available. It is the latest software update for the Maxedia media server.
Chauvet’s COLORdash™ Quad is a wash light with linear output that offers a wide field of color plus numerous options for a modest price. With 3, 4, 10 or 12-channel operating modes and saturated colors created by RGB color mixing, the COLORdash™ Quad includes four pods that can be controlled individually. Each pod contains nine 1-watt LEDs for a total of 36 in the fixture.
The Viper S is the latest addition to Look Solutions’ line of fog machines, complementing the Viper NT and the Viper 2.6. The Viper S has all the features of the Viper NT, but with 50 percent of the size and wattage and 60 percent of the weight. DMX, analog and stand-alone controls are standard, along with a programmable digital timer. It also includes a Profile Timer, which allows you to fog for a specified amount of time and then automatically stop. If the machine runs out of fluid a sensor that will shut down the pump. MSRP is $1,040.
The LPC is the first in a new series of consoles from Leprecon primarily intended for systems running conventional lighting. It has hands-on fader control for dimmers and LEDs, a keypad and touchscreen to suit individual programming styles. It outputs two DMX512 universes with over 200 channels of control. The LPC-48V will operate as a single-scene 48-channel or two-scene 24-channel preset console. There are 20 pages of 24 submasters. The Cue section is equipped with individual up, down, follow and wait times along with a graphical cue list for viewing and editing. Six programmable “Quick Looks” provide push button access to cues.
FocusTrack, the production lighting documentation system, has added compatibility with more consoles in the new version 2.00. FocusTrack has always been able to automatically process information from Strand 500-series consoles, and now its functionality is extended to include ETC’s Eos and Ion consoles and the MA Lighting grandMA console. It comes in one version that can be switched freely between use with Strand 500, Eos and grandMA consoles. Existing users can move to FocusTrack 2.00 at no additional cost. It also offers other new functions including the ability to spot the difference between the console patch and a Lightwright file.
Elation Professional’s new Design Beam 1200C is a 1200-watt automated luminaire with built-in wireless DMX. It has a Philips MSR1200 lamp with a color temperature of 7500K. With a beam angle of 6.7°, it produces 107,500 lux at 25 feet. Variable frost allows it to function as a spot or wash and the CMY color mixing system has variable CTO, 16-bit resolution and color fading. It has eight static replaceable dichroic colors including CTB and UV, two gobo wheels, one with six rotating/indexing gobos and another with seven static replaceable gobos. It measures 18.5 inches by 18.2 inches by 20.3 inches and weighs 78.5 pounds.
The new High End Systems Showbeam 2.5 automated wash luminaire uses a jointly-developed Philips MSR 2500-watt lamp. A new radial lenticular homogenizing lens system provides a signature look. Other features include a user-changeable fixed color wheel, variable CTO, CMY color mixing and an 11° fixed hard-edge profile with fast color change and electronic strobe. The profile has a zoom range from 11° to 33°. The Twin Beam™ effect produces two hard-edge beams with variable control over deviation and rotation speed and the LED tracking system encircles the lens, also giving it a distinctive look.
Proving that new ideas to enhance backstage communications don’t have to be high tech to be effective, J. R. Clancy is offering new writeable batten end caps, which can help rigging operators identify batten numbers from the deck or the grid.
The Headlite W LED, a 5200 kelvin white LED fixture in an 18-inch by 18-inch size, uses 24 strips, each with six high power Luxeon LEDs, for a total of 144 LEDs per fixture. With a combined output of over 25,000 lumens, the fixture is designed to be used as a “low-wattage blinder and special effects fixture,” according to John Huddleston, general manager of Upstaging Lighting Services.
Lycian Stage Lighting’s 1233 Mini Arc, designed for schools and small theatres, operates on 110V. Optics include the use of a dichroic glass reflector, and the fixture has a fully closing nichrome iris, dowser, fine focus mechanism, gobo slot and is able to run with no-fan operation. The manual color boomerang has six color rings. The Mini Arc comes with castered base and line cord with connector.
Elation’s Design Wash LED Pro DMX-compatible LED moving head color wash, available for a “street price” of under $3,500, is powered by 108 3-Watt Rebel LEDs (52 red, 22 green, 22 blue and 12 white), which can be blended through additive RGB mixing using a DMX controller for a wide range of colors including pastels and white.