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Brompton Technology to Showcase Virtual Production Innovation at SIGGRAPH 2023

Brompton Technology, the industry leader in LED video processing for virtual production and live events, will be demonstrating its latest solutions, including its new TrueLight® technology, at this year’s SIGGRAPH Conference in Los Angeles. Brompton will have a presence in the Z by HP booth (West Hall, Booth 215), where its Tessera SX40 LED video processors will be powering a virtual production volume demo alongside partners including NVIDIA, Fuse Technical Group, ROE Visual, and the Entertainment Technology Center at USC (ETC@USC).Read More »Brompton Technology to Showcase Virtual Production Innovation at SIGGRAPH 2023

Casper Performs High above the Hurricane with GLP

Between June 16 and 18, one of the highlights of the German festival season took place in Scheessel, northern Germany, with the staging of the Hurricane Festival. The enormously versatile German rapper Casper, who rocked the River Stage on Saturday night, was one of the headliners of the festival alongside Muse, Kraftklub, Die Ärzte, Placebo, and Queens of the Stone Age. Thanks to a mobile bridge that stretched almost five meters above the heads of the audience, a special festival moment was created that will live in the memory for a long time.Read More »Casper Performs High above the Hurricane with GLP

ADJ Fixtures Bring Energy to the Main Stage at Stadfest Monheim 2023

A variety of ADJ fixtures, including 32 moving head beam luminaires and 28 Jolt Bar FX multi-function LED washes were used to illuminate the main stage at Stadfest Monheim in Germany last month. With lighting, audio, and video equipment supplied by local production companies Creative Sounds Veranstaltungstechnik and LaserFrame, the stage hosted a wide variety of performances and presentations throughout the three-day event, including headline sets from Fedde Le Grande, Joris and Tujamo.Read More »ADJ Fixtures Bring Energy to the Main Stage at Stadfest Monheim 2023

Robe Gets Intoxicated with Helene Fischer

It’s been a busy year so far for Lighting Designer Tim Routledge, including crafting a stunning production lighting design for Helene Fischer’s audacious new LIVE 2023 arena tour collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, which is playing to sold out audiences across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland until the autumn, presenting an energetic collage of a 360° production, seat-edge acrobatics, and superlative musical performance. Cirque’s creative team led by Marie-Helen Delage approached Routledge to work alongside Show Director Genevieve Dorion-Coupal and Set Designer Bruce Rodgers on this ambitious production.Read More »Robe Gets Intoxicated with Helene Fischer

Product News, July 2023

K&M: Crank Up Stands, plus info on other new products from ADJ, City Theatrical, Claypaky, Martin/Harman, Pangolin, Wenger and Whirlwind

Tyler Shapard and Dayne deHaven Go Bold at Bonnaroo for The Band CAMINO with CHAUVET Professional

The Band CAMINO has been on quite a roll of late, with an Elektra Records deal, a slew of charting hits like “The Last Man Standing,” and a European tour under their belts. This June, the rapidly rising indie/rock trio from Nashville reached another milestone when they made their first appearance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Of course, being relatively new, the band was slated as one the earlier acts in a festival headlined by the likes of the Jelly Roll, KORN, The Foo Fighters, Kendrick Lamar, Paramore, and ODESZA. But no worries, The Band Camino’s fierce, energetic sound stood out in the crowd, just as the lightshow supporting them did, despite the ambient light.Read More »Tyler Shapard and Dayne deHaven Go Bold at Bonnaroo for The Band CAMINO with CHAUVET Professional

Laserworld Updates the RTI ANGO 600 RGB White Light Laser

The RGB white light laser show system with moveable beam, the RTI ANGO 600, gets an important feature upgrade to improve transportability and flexibility of use. The 2023 version of the unit comes as split version, meaning that the AC unit can be split from the actual laser device, being just connected by the two hoses for the cooling liquid. This also applies to its little brother, the RTI ANGO 300.Read More »Laserworld Updates the RTI ANGO 600 RGB White Light Laser

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.

Pangolin BEYOND and QuickShow Get a Major Upgrade: New Features and Improved Functionality are Here

Pangolin unveils the new features and improvements made in BEYOND 5.2 and QuickShow 5.2, featuring a new 3D animation plugin and an update to color effects. This release from Pangolin includes major upgrades to its BEYOND software and QuickShow software, including tons of improvements in quality of life, functionality, and usability.

This release will cover what is new and what has changed with Colors, Effects, Zoning, Projector settings, custom DMX profiles, and more, including an entirely new 3D animation plugin – adding yet another exciting tool for laser programmers.

Here’s a video tutorial on using Custom DMX in BEYOND:

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