Section: Technologies

iSquint Podcast: Episode 7 – Finding Your Next Lighting Desk

It is that time of year, the trade show season is about to begin.  Visitors from around the country and around the world visit trade shows to see some of the latest products and services available to our beloved industry. One of the most talked about and sometimes confusing product to compare is lighting control [...]

PRG & the Super Bowl Halftime Show

More and more Press Releases are rolling in from this years Super Bowl Halftime Show.  Again, this is something I normally do not write about he.  But this years Super Bowl Halftime Show featuring The Who was spectacular!  If you watched the Halftime Show, I am sure you were like me and wondered how they [...]

RGB vs CMY Color Values

We all understand color theory and mixing thus far in our career.  With a huge thanks to Lucas Krech and his color theory essays, we can say we have an even deeper love and respect for color.  One thing I was recently turned on to was the conversion from RGB values to CMY values within [...]

XL Video and the Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show

XL Video just put out a Press Release with more detailed information about how the Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show came together. While I normally do not post about installations and events, this one is hard to pass up.  If you watched the Halftime show this year and are into lighting and are like me, [...]

Review: Concert Lighting, Third Edition

A while back, Focal Press announced one of their latest books, Concert Lighting, Third Edition: Techniques, Art & Business by James L. Moody. I was fortunate enough to receive a copy from the publisher to write a review of the book.  It has taken some time for me to read through the book.  Not because [...]

Dr. DMX YouTube Channel

Jfleenor, a user on the ControlBooth.com just recently put up a post about Dr. DMX, better known as Doug Fleenor from Dour Fleenor Design.  Jfleenor is actually Janell Fleenor, Doug’s Daughter and Master DMX Blender from LDI 2009.
Janell posted over at the ControlBooth about DFD, (Doug Fleenor Design) latest adventures, the Dr. DMX YouTube Channel.  [...]

The 2009 Most Innovative Lighting Product Picked By You

A couple of weeks before 2009 ended, I put a poll up to let the lighting industry choose the Most Innovative Lighting Product introduced in 2009. Most times when it comes to determining these types of awards or credits, there are a couple of people in the back room picking out the nominee’s and then [...]

Spotrack Presents Stage Performer Tracking System

Have you ever tried to follow a performer or actor on stage with a moving light instead of a followspot? Yes, it can be done. Is it easy, maybe. But what if you were trying to follow someone that was moving around that stage fairly quick, like say Steven Tyler? Not the easiest [...]

Awesome Laser Video from #LDI2009 by @pkirkup

I just saw a great YouTube video from Peter Kirkup from Cooper Controls via @pkirkup about how lasers are coming back. If you were on the show floor, there was no way you could miss the laser effects going on over heard.  Peter put together a great video compilation with cut aways that are fantastic!
Great [...]

Martin Introduces RADAR

Martin Professional just sent out an email about their latest offering, the Martin RADAR lighting Information Feedback System. More from the Press Release:
Martin Professional has teamed up with Wybron, Inc. to offer an innovative lighting feedback system based on the industry-standard feedback protocol Remote Device Management (RDM).
Called Martin RADAR™, an acronym for Remote Access Diagnostics [...]

Ocean Optics Jaz Light Meter

While doing some research on the internet, we came across an interesting tool from Ocean Optics, the parent company for the SeaChanger color engine, called the Jaz Light Meter.
What is neat about the Jaz that is that is a small light weight meter with a lot of features built in. Such as the ability to [...]

SeaChanger Has a Leak, But Not the Nautilus

We received an interesting note from our leak deep with in the Largo Florida headquarters of SeaChanger with more information on the Newest Nemo Family member, the Nautilus.  Late last week we mentioned the Facebook announcement of the image that SeaChanger posted about the Nautilus.  Some eagle eyed readers pointed out that the image [...]