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Vari-Lite Removes Need to “Unlock” Neo Series Consoles, Brings New UI to Rest of Line

Vari-Lite, industry pioneers in moving head lighting control and a Signify entertainment lighting brand, announced Neo 4.1 software for all current and legacy Neo Series products. The new update brings features first seen on the Neo X Series consoles to the entire Neo family, eliminating the need to “unlock” universes and adding an updated user experience. Here’s a video overview of Neo 4.1 software from Vari-Lite:

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Dude Perfect Lets Loose the ‘Panda-monium’ with Bandit Lites and 46 Entertainment

Viral Internet sensations Dude Perfect recently wrapped their high octane 24-city Panda-monium Tour with a lighting system designed by 46 Entertainment and provided by Bandit Lites. Former college roommates Tyler “Beard” Toney, Cory and Coby Cotton, Garrett “Purple Hoser” Hilbert, and Cody “Tall Guy” Jones famous for their crazy stunts and trick-shot battles have amassed 59.6 million YouTube subscribers and 11.8 million Instagram followers.Read More »Dude Perfect Lets Loose the ‘Panda-monium’ with Bandit Lites and 46 Entertainment

Success in the Fight Against Product Piracy: MA Lighting Wins Legal Case in Brazil

MA Lighting has come out on top in the fight against illegal counterfeit products, winning a case at Brazil’s Supreme Court. Acting as the court of last resort, the Supreme Court has ruled against a local businessman who had offered counterfeit MA consoles, such as the onPC fader wing and the onPC command wing, for sale on the Brazilian online platform “Mercado Livre”, and imposed an order to refrain and to pay substantial damages. The convicted party had been proved to have perpetrated trademark infringements and engaged in unfair competition through the illegal sale of the counterfeit products.Read More »Success in the Fight Against Product Piracy: MA Lighting Wins Legal Case in Brazil

Avoid Extinction by Adapting to Tech Changes

PLSN’s LD-at-Large, Chris Lose, notes that, after years of feeling like the “young gun on the crew,” where he could easily “work circles around lighting techs who struggled to adapt to new technologies,” he has once again started to “feel the creep of maturity” set in. The solution, he notes, is to guard against extinction by adapting to technological changes, detailing his journey from working with a Strand 520i to the Wholehog II, grandMA1, grandMA3, while eyeing a future that could include consoles that harness AI to optimize show production.

Virtual Horizons

At NAB 2022, roughly 50 out of 1,200 booths showed Virtual Production (VP) solutions. A year later there were 600 out of 1,500 booths in the segment. InfoComm 2023 also underscored the fact that VP as a market segment has moved from buzzy trend to something worthy of full blown R&D assets for manufacturers.

The Age of the Tech Dinosaur

This month, PLSN’s LD-at-Large Chris Lose discusses how to avoid becoming a ‘Tech Dinosaur’ and stay one-step ahead of tech extinction by continuing to learn and evolve your skill set.

ChamSys Versatility on Display at Glastonbury

ChamSys consoles make themselves right at home in all sorts of FOH platforms. This was brilliantly evident at Glastonbury 2023, as various models of the company’s products powered a wide variety of shows on over a dozen sites, from the Pyramid Stage, where Jason Hyne displayed his virtuosity on the MagicQ MQ250M Stadium console for Cat Stevens, blending soft washes with retro video images; to the Funkingham Palace, where David Howard used his MagicQ MQ250M to support relentless DJ Performances.Read More »ChamSys Versatility on Display at Glastonbury

Janet Jackson ‘Together Again’ Tour

Janet Jackson’s ‘Together Again’ tour is her 10th outing. For the ‘five act’ retrospective of her 50-year career, Eric Wade, Principal of Crossfade Design served as Production Designer as well as Tour Director. Troy Eckerman was Associate Lighting Designer/Lead Lighting Programmer. Both speak with PLSN about the production solutions supporting this dynamic artist’s tour.

ArKaos Launches KlingNet3

KlingNet3 is a new highly flexible, cloud-compatible, lighting and visual control protocol for the future developed by InMusic Brand’s ArKaos for the entertainment industry. It takes flexibility, user-friendliness, feedback, and ultimate control to next-gen levels. KlingNet3 (patent pending) enables control of ALL parameters of a lighting fixture – and so much more – and is a viable alternative to DMX.Read More »ArKaos Launches KlingNet3

Bandit Lights up Easter Celebration at the Bristol Motor Speedway ‘Food City Dirt Race’

Bandit Lites recently illuminated the stage at the Bristol Motor Speedway live Easter celebration service. American sports icon and evangelist Tim Tebow and highly acclaimed and award-winning Christian musicians Phil Wickham and Cory Asbury Sunday, April 9, prior to the start of the historic Food City Dirt Race. The BMS Easter celebration preceded the start of the Food City Dirt Race NASCAR Cup Series race and aired nationally on FOX and PRN Radio. Tebow provided a faith-based message while Asbury and Wickham performed several songs.Read More »Bandit Lights up Easter Celebration at the Bristol Motor Speedway ‘Food City Dirt Race’