WALDBÜTTELBRUNN, Germany – German trade magazine Soundcheck tested three Futurelight Infinity devices for their May issue. The result: The technology for unlimited movements as well as the devices themselves left no margin of doubt. The editors tested an EYE-7, a PLB-130 and a DMH-75 with Infinity technology.
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WALDBÜTTELBRUNN, Germany – German trade magazine Soundcheck tested three Futurelight Infinity devices for their May issue. The result: The technology for unlimited movements as well as the devices themselves left no margin of doubt. The editors tested an EYE-7, a PLB-130 and a DMH-75 with Infinity technology. These devices move without mechanical limits, meaning they can rotate endlessly in horizontal and vertical direction.
“Very elaborate control“
What impressed the testers most of all was the control of the endless rotation: The Moving Heads can also be controlled normally, with limit. There’s an extra channel for the Infinity mode – the channel formerly responsible for the corresponding PAN or TILT motion now becomes the speed control channel. „A very elaborate application, that can not only be mastered with every console, but can also realize movements with small controllers, which have not been so easy to generate until now”.
“Extremely high quality“
Even independent of the Infinity technology, the three test devices left a positive impression. „In the matter of workmanship, you can say that they really didn’t scrimp on any of the three devices. The housing, the connections and the inner parts are (…) of extremely high quality“.
Recommendations for mounting
Lastly, testers gave recommendations for mounting the endlessly rotating heads: „On show and music stages, especially when positioning the spots on the back truss, you need to rethink. The Infinity Moving Heads should be directed toward the front and not mounted overhead, as much of their effect would be lost this way“.
