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Elation Professional Enjoys Fantastic LDI 2022

Elation expected a busy LDI 2022 based on pre-show buzz and the show certainly didn’t disappoint. The Elation booth was crowded from the minute the show opened on Friday at the Las Vegas Convention Center and lighting pros continued to make their way to Booth #1142 to talk lighting and demo Elation, Obsidian, and Magmatic products throughout the weekend. The Elation team was excited to be back at the show after a three-year hiatus.Read More »Elation Professional Enjoys Fantastic LDI 2022

LDI 2022 Helps Industry Gear Up for Busy 2023

The LDI Show returned to Las Vegas after a busy year of live event productions across North America. The aisles were busy with production pros seeking to gear up for another busy year ahead, with exhibitors unveiling as many new products as steadily improving supply chain conditions would permit.

New Innovations, New Opportunities Await at Elation Booth #1142 at LDI

Elation is grateful for the efforts of all those who have made the return of live events possible, and we are excited to be returning to the LDI show to do what we enjoy best—working face to face with industry professionals to successfully realize their lighting projects. We look forward to connecting November 18-20 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and invite new and existing customers alike to join the Elation team at LDI Booth #1142 for a chat and a look at our newest, premiere product launches.Read More »New Innovations, New Opportunities Await at Elation Booth #1142 at LDI

LD Axel Rebollo Lights Mexican Singers Lucero and Mijares at Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional

The show ¡Hasta que se nos hizo! was presented in June at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City where renowned Mexican singers Lucero and Manuel Mijares delighted the audience with a litany of hits from more than 40 years in the entertainment industry. Axel Rebollo, in charge of lighting and production design for the show, used Elation Professional’s 51,000-lumen Artiste Mondrian™ LED profile FX moving head, along with Chorus Line 16™ and Protron 3K Color™, to highlight the set. He ran the show using an NX2™ console by Obsidian Control Systems.Read More »LD Axel Rebollo Lights Mexican Singers Lucero and Mijares at Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional

Elation LED Lighting System to Benefit Belgium’s GC De Kroon Theatre for Years to Come

This past summer, community center and local theatre GC De Kroon in Bocholt, Belgium, invested in a new Elation LED lighting package just in time for the new theatre season. The new energy-efficient lighting upgrade includes both stage and house lighting fixtures, a dynamic state-of-the-art system that will serve the local performance community well into the future.Read More »Elation LED Lighting System to Benefit Belgium’s GC De Kroon Theatre for Years to Come

Illumixx Appointed New Elation Professional Distributor in Canada

(L to R):  Eric Loader (Sales & Marketing Director, Elation), Claudia Pfaffinger (CEO, Christie Lites Sales), Chuck Green (Channel Account Manager, Elation), Aaron Lobo (VP of Operations, Christie Lites Sales)

Elation Professional is pleased to announce that Illumixx—a new distribution company owned by Christie Lites—has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Elation Professional products in Canada. The distribution partnership with Illumixx, which also covers the distribution of Obsidian Control Systems and Magmatic atmospheric effects products, goes into effect on September 1, 2022.Read More »Illumixx Appointed New Elation Professional Distributor in Canada

Obsidian Control Systems to Highlight New NX1™ Portable Lighting Controller at PLASA 2022

The NX1 lighting console paired with the NXK USB-powered control surface and NXP motorized fader wing from Obsidian Control Systems

Visitors to the upcoming PLASA tradeshow at Olympia in London will have the chance to demo Obsidian Control Systems’ new portable yet full-featured NX1™ lighting console. Obsidian invites designers, programmers and operators to Stand E-14 where personnel from Obsidian, as well as UK partner Entedi, will be on hand to demo a host of new Obsidian products.Read More »Obsidian Control Systems to Highlight New NX1™ Portable Lighting Controller at PLASA 2022

Andreas Bünemann Relies on ONYX Lighting Control Platform for Reggae Artist Gentleman

Lighting designer and operator Andreas Bünemann is using the ONYX lighting control platform from Obsidian Control Systems to run a large lighting rig for German reggae artist Gentleman and says he wouldn’t turn to any other system. “Our choice is the Obsidian ONYX system and it will be going forward,” stated Bünemann, owner of full-service rental company Bam Bam FX of Germany. “For us, it is the future and the direction we want to go. It’s a powerful and reliable system and we will be recommending it to clients interested in user-friendly lighting control.”Read More »Andreas Bünemann Relies on ONYX Lighting Control Platform for Reggae Artist Gentleman

Obsidian Control Systems to Highlight New, Modular NX1™ Lighting Console at InfoComm 2022

Obsidian Control Systems is excited to be returning to the InfoComm tradeshow in Las Vegas June 8-10 and invites designers, programmers, and operators to Booth #N3356 to sample Obsidian’s new NX1™, a portable yet full-featured lighting console that offers the complete ONYX experience without compromises in an ultra-compact package.Read More »Obsidian Control Systems to Highlight New, Modular NX1™ Lighting Console at InfoComm 2022

Repurposed U2 ‘Claw’ at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium Under Obsidian NX4™ Control

The famed set piece – and Utah’s newest landmark – now part of a science and learning plaza

If you think the Ecosystem Exploration Craft & Observatory (EECO) at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, UT looks familiar, you have good reason to think so. For those who saw, or worked on, U2’s 360° tour back in 2009-2011, recognition of the famed claw stage is instant.Read More »Repurposed U2 ‘Claw’ at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium Under Obsidian NX4™ Control