ProPlex IQ Micro Gets v2.14 Firmware — ArtNet, RDM, and sACN Fixes Across the Board

TMB’s ProPlex IQ Micro is a compact two-universe PoE-powered Ethernet-DMX node — the kind of thing that ends up in every rack and on every truss because it just works. […]

ECCHO Live Has Two Events Coming Up You Should Know About

If you’re in touring and haven’t heard of ECCHO Live, here’s the short version: it’s the closest thing this industry has to an HR department for freelancers. Founded in 2011 […]

Acme’s Sana Series: Profile and Beam Built for the Same Rig

Acme Lighting’s Sana series pairs a 1200W CMY profile and a 1000W beam in a shared design language, giving LDs a matched set that pulls from the same look without […]

ProPlex IQ One+ Mini Gets v2.14 Firmware Update

TMB has pushed firmware v2.14 for the ProPlex IQ One+ Mini, the four-output PortableMount Ethernet-DMX node built for touring and temporary installation work. The update lands the same round of […]

Chauvet Professional Strike Array Ultra: IP65 Blinder with a Motorized Axis and RGB Halo Ring

Chauvet Professional’s Strike Array Ultra takes the audience blinder concept and adds two things working LDs don’t usually get in one fixture: a motorized movement axis and a 120-LED RGB […]

Weekend Roundup — August 3–8, 2026

MONDAY, AUGUST 3 Ayrton RawBeam 350: Laser-Source Beam Machine in the Diablo Footprint Ayrton has been on a tear with laser-sourced fixtures since Cobra made them an overnight sensation in […]

PROLIGHTS Muse Fresnel70CT+: A Moving Fresnel Built from the Optics Up

A lot of moving Fresnels are really just a profile with a Fresnel lens bolted on front. PROLIGHTS took a different approach with the Muse Fresnel70CT+. They built the optical […]

Vari-Lite Neo X5 CRE Brings Full-Featured Console to Space-Constrained Installs

Vari-Lite’s Neo X5 CRE is the screenless sibling to the Neo X5, built for control rooms, studios, and mid-size performance spaces where a full console footprint isn’t practical. Same software […]

Broadweigh Wired Digital Brings Hard-Line Load Monitoring to Theater and Touring

Broadweigh has long been the name in wireless load monitoring on touring rigs, but wired has always been the preference in permanent theater installations where RF congestion and battery management […]

Ayrton MagicBlade Neo: Five-Head Linear with LiquidEffect Rings and IP65

Ayrton’s MagicBlade Neo takes the modular linear concept in a significantly more technical direction — five independently controllable moving heads packed 3mm apart into an IP65 chassis that weighs 32.4 […]

Luminex LumiNode and LumiCore Get Araneo Studio Config Support in Firmware 2.9.0

Luminex has pushed firmware 2.9.0 for the LumiNode and LumiCore ranges, and the headliner is Araneo Studio compatibility — specifically the online and offline configuration workflow that’s landing in the […]

Araneo Studio 1.2.0 Adds Project Mode, Selection Groups, and GDTF Library Management

Luminex has pushed Araneo Studio to version 1.2.0, a feature-focused release that shifts the application from a device-centric tool to a full project-based workflow. If you’re managing a LumiNode or […]