Section: Announcements

Long Reach Long Riders (LRLR) to Hold Raffle at USITT

The Long Reach Long Riders, the charitable motorcycle ride to help provide funds for the ESTA Foundation Behind the Scenes program has just announced their 2010 raffle at USITT.  On April 2nd, 2010, The Long Reach Long Riders will be holding their annual raffle in the Behind the Scenes booth at the USITT Stage Expo [...]

MADRIX Introduces MADRIX 2.8 Prolight + Sound 2010

Inoage Trade, a German lighting and Control manufacture based in Dresden Germany is preparing to introduce a new PC based lighting controller at this years Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt Germany, MADRIX 2.8.
MADRIX is a professional LED lighting controller based on the windows platform. MADRIX supports a lot of well-known industry standards, such as DMX512, [...]

Luminair Version 2.0 Release Party and Contest

With the upcoming release of Luminair Version 2.0, Synthe FX and iSquint.net have teamed up to have a Release Party and Contest right here on iSquint. If you didn’t know, Luminair is the first lighting console that fits in your pocket.  Which brings up the question… is that a Lighting console in your pocket or [...]

Another FREE iPhone Lighting App – Lampy

Fire up your iTunes and get your iPhone/iPod Touch transfer cable ready, there is another FREE lighting iPhone App out there to download.  Yes, it is ANOTHER DMX and dip switch calculator. The New app is called Lampy and is from Nick Shearer.
Here is what the iTunes Store says about the app.
Lampy is a free [...]

Tuesday Twitter Trivia Winner – Limelight

This weeks Tuesday Twitter Trivia took us back in time once again to see where the industry came from. So a quick recap from yesterday with the trivia question:

What is a Limelight and how does it work?

So what is a Limelight?
A Limelight is a type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls. [...]

Early Registration for USITT Ends Tomorrow – Feb. 18th

Are you planning on attending the USITT Conference and Stage Expo in Kansas City? If so, I’ll see you there.  That is if you have your registration in! If you have not registered yet, why pay full price?  Tomorrow, February 18th is the deadline for early registration for the show! After tomorrow, the prices increase!
There [...]

ETC “Officially” Introduce the Fire & Ice LED Fixtures

This was a little expected as ETC showed the Fire & Ice LED fixture back in November at LDI.  You may remember the YouTube video that was posted here on iSquint back at LDI of Novella Smith from ETC explaining the new fixtures.  But here is the “Official” announcement from ETC on the Fire & [...]

i-Pix Launches New 4 & 6 Lamp Power Bar

LED specialists i-Pix has developed a new 4 and 6 lamp Power Bar, to which it’s versatile new BB1 LED fixtures can be fitted.
This is ideal for all types of portable applications from film & TV shoots and location work to small stages live concerts and performances, site-specific theatre, exhibitions and conferences, etc.
The BB1 is [...]

Synthe FX Release Pixelnode for Quartz Composer

Synthe FX, the company that brought you the first lighting controller on your iPhone and iPod Touch has just announced the release of their latest software for the Mac, Pixelnode. Here is more from the Press Release.
Pixelnode is a plug-in that allows lighting and multimedia designers to turn Quartz Composer into a powerful live media-server [...]

W-DMX Adds CORE Lighting as OEM Partner

Wireless Solution Sweden AB has announced CORE Lighting of UK as the latest OEM partner to build W-DMX™ into their products. The technology will be installed directly at their London facility.
CORE has developed a range of rugged battery-powered LED lighting products for the ‘Temporary Events’ market – both for indoor and outdoor use. With the [...]

Optikinetics Announces New OPTI V-Truss

Optikinetics out of Ashland Virginia recently announced a new series of light weight truss, the OPTI V-Tuss.  The V-Truss is designed for trade shows, corporate road shows, any one looking for a light weight and portable trussing system.  What stands out about the V-Tuss is it’s ability to stack together cutting down on freight and [...]

ESTA Releases Two Control Protocol Draft Standards for Review

At the end of January, ESTA announced the release of two Control Protocol Draft Standards for Public Review.  As with any draft standards put out for public review from ESTA.  People that have interest or knowledge of the specific standards are highly encouraged to read and comment on the drafts before they are no longer [...]