Video From #ProLight + Sound 2010 #PLS2010

My good friend Peter Kirkup is on the ground in Frankfurt Germany working the show for his company, Zero 88.  Peter put together another one of his trade show videos.  It seems like PLS is all about the LASERs just like LDI 2009 was!  Thanks Peter for sharing the video!

ChamSys Announces MagicDMX, A USB DMX Interface

I received a message from ChamSys yesterday and all it contained was this…

www.magicDMX.com

Looks like ChamSys is announcing a USB DMX Interface called MagicDMX.  It is a single Universe or 512 channel DMX converter that works with ChamSys MagicQ PC Based Lighting Controller. The MagicDMX interface device contains the processor that handles the DMX control signal [...]

#ProLight + Sound 2010 #PLS2010 First Round of Photos are in

With a little help from my good friend Peter Kirkup from Zero 88, we have photos from the show floor of ProLight + Sound in Frankfurt Germany.  The show opened at 9am this morning local time and has seen some great foot traffic and exciting new products.  All of which I have been writing about [...]

#ProLight + Sound Releases iPhone App #PLS2010

All month long I have been writing about new and exciting things that are being announced and shown at the ProLight + Sound Show in Frankfurt Germany this week.  Well, it looks like ProLight + Sound has something to announce themselves!
On this, the first day of ProLight + Sound, Messe Frankfurt just released their iPhone [...]

Barco/High End Welcomes Intellaspot XT-1 at ProLight + Sound

Barco/High End Systems just announced their offerings at ProLight + Sound this morning. One of the new offerings form the company is the new Intellaspot XT-1.  They also announced a new hybrid switcher and mixer for video/ lighting controller, the SDI-DMX Mixer Pro. Here is more from the press release.
Two new product announcements round out [...]

Rumor Mill: Something up Barco’s Sleeves for ProLight + Sound

Like I said earlier, ProLight + Sound is just around the bend and all the exhibitors are leaking like a sieve.  Over the weekend I heard from a very reliable source deep with in the Barco family that Barco too has a number of new products to announce and show off at ProLight + Sound [...]

Update: Martin M1 Lighting Control Desk with Photo

FINALLY, a name has been announced about Martin’s new control desk, it’s called the M1. Martin has even added the M1 to there web site well before the desk unveiling at ProLight + Sound in Frankfurt Germany next week.  Looking over the “manual” that Martin has made available, it looks as though development or at [...]

Update: Martin’s Offerings at ProLight + Sound

All I can say is ask, and you shall receive! From the Martin Press Release:
On display in Hall 9.0 stand B91 will be all new LED moving heads including a hard edge LED luminaire that surpasses anything that has come before it. Other top innovations include a new generation indoor/outdoor LED screen, a high-output profile [...]

Update: ADB Lighting HATHOR Desk PHOTO

I got a lovely little surprise in my inbox after coming back from lunch.  Looks like a reader has seen the HATHOR console or possibly knows some one at ADB lighting to be sending this along.  What can we tell from this photo?  It seems as though the codenamed HATHOR desk coming from ADB Lighting [...]

Martin Has Even More Coming at ProLight + Sound

This week has been all about Martin’s rumored new control surface which is being officially announced next week at ProLight + Sound.  It all started with a little video and then some more details about the desk.  Well, it looks like that is not all that Martin is announncing next week.  They have a couple [...]

Rumor Confirmed: ADB Lighting to Preview New Desk at ProLight + Sound

ADB Lighting out of Belgium is preparing to preview a “new generation control desk” as ProLight + Sound next week in Frankfurt Germany. ADB will be showing of a prototype of their multi-modal lighting and video flagship desk codenamed HATHOR.
So what makes this new desk so revolutionary? Here is what little ADB is saying about [...]

Robe Launching 11 New Products at ProLight + Sound

Robe Lighting is kicking of the year with 11 new products being launched next week at ProLight + Sound 2010 in Frankfurt Germany. Robe is expanding their ROBIN series of moving lights by adding 6 new fixture while also increasing their LED line up of fixtures by adding to the LEDForce series of products.
ColorBeam 2500E [...]