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Rumor Mill: Selecon Prepin’ to Release New Fixture at ProLight + Sound

Written By: Justin Lang on March 12, 2010

It looks like the small fortune I invested in a spy mic has finally paid off… well, finally given me something! Back in early February, I sent a fruit basket to the Kiwi’s at Strand Selecon to celebrate Waitangi Day. Little did they know a mic was hidden inside! I guess they never found it [...]

USITT Planning Updates to iPhone App

Written By: Justin Lang on March 10, 2010

Not to long ago, USITT and Useful Development announced the release of the USITT iPhone App. Useful Development is the iPhone App developer that worked closely with USITT to design and layout the USITT App that provides the conference and session schedule right on our favorite hand held device. It looks like USITT and Useful [...]

Rumor Mill: New iPhone App on the Way

Written By: Justin Lang on March 9, 2010

While down at the Southeast Theatre Conference, (SETC), I previewed yet another lighting iPhone app. While I can not say to much about it here as it is still in development and beta testing… I can say it is nice! It is going to make some lighting folks lives a little bit nicer and easier [...]

Rumor Mill: USITT iPhone App in the Works

Written By: Justin Lang on February 24, 2010

Everyone loves a good iPhone app. I have heard through the grapevine that there is another iPhone app for us lighting people. From the pieces and parts that I have heard, USITT is in development of an iPhone app that will benefit not only those attending the USITT conference and Stage Expo next month, but [...]

The New Step for iPhone Lighting Apps

Written By: Justin Lang on January 22, 2010

Yesterday I mentioned yet another lighting iPhone app being released to the market. It just adds to the growing list of lighting iPhone apps already out there. There are quite a few… less expensive iPhone apps that seem to do the exact same thing, just in a different way or with a different look. I [...]

Rumor Mill: Wybron to Update iSwatch iPhone App

Written By: Justin Lang on November 11, 2009

We have heard through the lighting grape vein that Wybron is working on a new update for their popular iSwatch Gel Picker App for the iPhone. Wybron has been working with some of the gel manufacturers that are currently in the iSwatch app to provide a way for users to locate dealers near them based [...]

Strong to Introduce A New Fixture at LDI?

Written By: Justin Lang on November 10, 2009

We just received an email from LSA, (Light & Sound America) that Strong Entertainment Lighting is preparing to announce a new something at LDI. We would have to assume that the product line will be called solutions given the logo with in the above image. The logo also gives us an indication that this just [...]

Rumor Mill: Vari*Lite to Introduce a New VLX Series LED Fixture?

Written By: Justin Lang on November 5, 2009

We have heard from some friends in the industry talking about Vari*Lite and their next step in the LED market. Not to long ago, Vari*Lite introduced the VLX, an LED wash fixture. What is interesting is that on Vari*Lites own website, they have it listed as the VLX Series. This could only mean one thing, [...]

Mystery ETC Image , New Fixture On It’s Way?

Written By: Justin Lang on October 30, 2009

We received an interesting email this afternoon for one our moles deep within the bowels of Middleton. We were sent to an interesting link directing us to ETC’s website with just the above image. Very little was said within the email about the photo, so we cannot say exactly what we are seeing here. All [...]

Rumor Confirmed: Wybron Set to Release Cygnus LED Fixture

Written By: Justin Lang on October 28, 2009

We received a bit more information from our inside source at Wybron about their plans for tomorrows announcement at the WFX show in Charlotte, NC. Wybron is set to announce their first LED fixture in a new series of fixtures called the Cygnus. The Cygnus uses 23 Cree homogeneous RGBW LEDs to produce over 4500 [...]

Robert Juliat Set to Release an LED Profile?

Written By: Justin Lang on October 26, 2009

We just heard about a couple of interesting YouTube Videos from Robert Juliat, the French Spot Light Manufacturer. Might we see something on the show floor at LDI? Who knows, there isn’t much more information that we can find other then the “The fisrt ever powerful LED profile by Robert Juliat“. Thanks Barbizon!

“Playing” With Moving Lights via a Wii Joystick

Written By: Justin Lang on October 21, 2009

Most lighting consoles these days are big computers based on some for of operating system such as Windows Embedded and have the ability to add USB devices such as a mouse or track ball. Users have the ability to control moving lights either by the attached mouse or track ball to control the pan and [...]

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