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Chauvet Prepares to Announce SlimPar Pro Family of LED Fixtures at NAMM

Chauvet Lighting is kicking off the trade show season early with a couple of new LED wash fixtures.  The National Association of Music Merchants Show, or NAMM will be the launching off point for three new fixtures in Chauvets LED fixture line, the SlimPar Pro family of fixtures with the VW, (Variable White), RGBA (Red, Green, Blue, Amber) and the Tri, (RGB).  More from Chauvet.

All three high-power LED wash lights are flicker free—making them a video-friendly choice—and housed in rugged cases. The fixtures fill a small footprint—just over 11 inches high, under 10 inches wide and only 3.5 inches deep—and have hanging brackets which double as a floor stands. The cast aluminum housing protects them from the rigors of the road and helps dissipate heat. The cost-effective line also features locking IEC connectors for power, LED control displays for easy addressing and access to functions, and multiple dimming curves—for smoother dimming no matter what controller is used.

The new SlimPAR™ Pro family can transform virtually any setting into a performance space—nightclub stages, intimate theaters—and is perfect for the mobile performer. The LED-fitted wash lights emit very little heat and have a long performance life. Their extreme portability also makes them perfect for uplighting mobile events and truss warmers.

SlimPAR™ Pro VW is a variable white fixture featuring 36 warm and cool white LEDs. This is particularly useful when matching the color temperature of existing lighting or achieving a specific temperature for video use.

SlimPAR™ Pro RGBA is a wash light featuring red, green, blue and amber LEDs. The addition of amber offers a more complete spectrum in some of the harder-to-create warm colors and also punches up the saturation and vividness of colors in general. This unit is perfect for adding a lot of color to small performance venues.

SlimPAR™ Pro Tri utilizes the latest in tri-color LEDs delivering a uniform output. Eighteen tri-color (RGB) LEDs power the fixture and the color is mixed before the lens which limits any undesirable effects of multi-colored shadows. Eliminating multi-colored shadows also allows the unit to serve admirably as front light.

Well have to wait till after the NAMM show to end later this week to learn a bit more about the new SlimPar Pro series of fixtures.

Martin Professional Introduces IP66 LED Fixture: Tripix Wash

Martin Professional announces the latest addition to its very popular Tripix Range™ of products – the Tripix Wash™.

The Tripix Wash is a stylish IP66 lighting fixture with superb color mixing, thanks to pre-mixed LEDs and custom lenses, which eliminate unwanted color separation.  The result is no color shadows and a broad palette, including stunning whites, subtle pastels and vibrant saturated colors.

The Tripix Wash is ideal for installations such as flood lighting the sides of buildings or uplighting applications requiring high output (1400 lumens) from a narrow source.  Available in very narrow, narrow, medium or wide beam angles, the Tripix Wash also works seamlessly with the existing Tripix linear fixtures – Tripix 300 and 1200™.

All Tripix fixtures can run in parallel on the same line of slim and robust cabling from a choice of indoor or outdoor IP66 power supplies.  Control is very easy using either standard DMX or sixty-four prebuilt standalone programs.

You can learn more about the Martin Tripix LED by visiting their website at www.martin.com.

Pixel Range Introduces Q12 & Pixel Smart LED Fixtures

Brad White from Pixel Range is such a super nice guy.  He took some time out of his busy, BUSY booth to walk me through his two new fixtures, the Q12 and the Pixel Smart fixture.  Both fixtures are coming on line and getting ready to ship from Pixel Range before the end of the year.  I love Brad’s description of the Smart Pixel… “It’s Eye Candy”.  Boy was he right!

Now, I have to warn you.  My Flip camera is not the best for filming right into fixtures.  With the dark hall and then the bright fixtures, the camera iris went crazy so don’t judge the output by the video.  You really have to see these things in person, they are BLINDING!

Thanks Brad!

Even More Goodness on the Wybron Cygnus LED Wash Fixture

wybron_cygnus-isquint-0137We received word from our Washington contact with more information on the Wybron Cygnus LED Wash fixture.  Not only did we get more info, but some photos and a nice little video.

The Cygnus is expected to begin to ship late in December or first part of January 2010 with an expected retail price of $2,500 USD. As we mentioned earlier, the Cygnus uses 23 Cree LEDs at 5 watts apiece with an 8 degree lens. In the production model of the Cygnus, there will be an additional channel that will control the color temperature of the White LED while adding the necessary color LEDs on the fixture to mix any where from 3400k to 9000k.

We confirmed that the Cygnus does run off a standard 120v power supply and does not require the 4-pin power supply like most of Wybron’s other products.

More Photos of the Wybron Cygnus from within the Wybron Mobile Showroom

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And a short video featuring Dusty Hudgins from Wybron giving us a brief demo of the Cygnus.

Robe Launches New Robin Moving Light Series

robe_robin_lightRobe Lighting launched a new line of moving lights at Prolight+Sound Frankfurt this past week called the Robin (Robe Innovative Concept).  The first fixtures in this new line up of Robin series of lights is the Robin 3 Plasma Spot, the Robin 300E Spot and the Robin 300E Wash.

The Robin series of moving lights utilize the latest in lamp technology, Lifi Plasma Lamp and the MSD Gold 300/2 MiniFastFit lamps from Philips. Impressive results are archived in the color rendering output using the plasma lamp technology, while the punchy output of the Philips lamp is multiplied by a unique Hot-or-Not-spot reflector solution allowing remote hot-spot control.  This is just one of the latest technologies that Robe is developing and is patent pending.

The Robin 3 Plasma Spot is the first in a new generation of fixtures, coming complete with the features of every designer’s dreams – An extreme light output of 18,000 Lumens, a perfect color rendering index (94), an extremely flat and even light beam (1 : 1) and a lifespan of 10,000 hours.

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Barco Announces New Wash Luminaire – SHOWBEAM 2.5

showbeam_prodRancho Cordova, CA — 31 March 2009 — Visualization pioneer Barco announced today the debut of the SHOWBEAM™ 2.5, a new High End Systems automated wash luminaire that features a jointly developed Philips MSR 2500-watt lamp source. A smooth field, soft-edge illumination is produced using a new radial lenticular homogenizing lens system that provides a signature look on stage. In addition, the dedicated wash light includes a user changeable fixed color wheel, a variable CTO, a full CMY color mixing system, and the ability to produce an 11-degree fixed hard-edge profile with fast color change and Electronic Strobe. The profile can be rapidly zoomed from 11 to 33 degrees.

The SHOWBEAM 2.5 also features a revolutionary patent pending effect, the Twin Beam™. In this effect, two discrete hard-edge beams exit the fixture on command, with variable control over the Twin Beam deviation and rotation speed — all with little brightness degradation. The Twin Beam can also be varied by adding incremental color via the CMY color mixing system. SHOWBEAM 2.5 incorporates the renowned LED tracking system that encircles the lens, a feature that debuted with its SHOWGUN predecessor.

“The engineering team set out on a mission to produce a new automated wash light, with earth-shattering light output,” noted CTO Creative Lighting Richard Belliveau. “We more than accomplished that goal, while including some never-before-seen visuals that will be sure to excite today’s audiences.”

SHOWBEAM 2.5 made its sneak preview debut in October 2008 at LDI in Las Vegas. The fixture, which begins shipping in April, will next be shown at the Pro Light & Sound Show in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 1-4. For more information, contact your sales representative or visit www.barco.com

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