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Reaching the ACME
A 40-year-old company’s overnight success story ACME Lighting might be the oldest entertainment lighting company you’ve never heard...
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Academy
of
Production Technology
Training by Richard Cadena
ETCP Recognized Trainer/Certified Entertainment Electrician
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Jul 311 min
A New Take on Outdoor Ratings
If you rented any gear in the US after September 3, 2023, and wondered why it was caked with mud even more so than usual, then there is a...
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Jul 311 min
Martin MAC One
If you were at LDI 2023, no doubt you saw and/or heard about the Martin MAC One. It created a bit of a buzz. Martin has been building MAC...
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Jul 311 min
Hear me now, hear me later
Hearing protection is an investment in your health THE FIRST BIG ROCK CONCERT I ever attended was an REO Speedwagon show, and it was...
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Jun 141 min
Going Big, Going Sustainable
Martin Lighting opens a cutting-edge manufacturing facility in Pécs, Hungary The entertainment lighting industry thrives on innovation,...
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Jun 141 min
Updating a Classic
Book of the Month: Stage Rigging Handbook, Fourth Edition It lives! The newest edition of Jay Glerum’s indispensable classic Stage...
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Jun 141 min
Whispering to the Robots
With NFC, you don’t have to shout Whatever you think about robots, you can’t say you weren’t warned. Anyone who ever saw The Jetsons, the...
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Jun 141 min
USITT 2024
The USITT Conference and Stage Expo, held in Seattle March 20 - 23, provided more evidence of an industry roaring back from the pandemic....
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Jun 141 min
Soundvision Meets Vectorworks
When the Beatles played Shea Stadium in 1965, they used a 600W amplifier and Altec-Lansing speakers that Bill Hanley and his team put...
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Apr 121 min
Standards for battery energy storage systems
ENERGY CAN’T BE CREATED, and it can’t be destroyed—it can only change forms. Traditionally, we have powered audio, lighting, and video...
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Apr 121 min
Balanced Power for Audio
When I first heard an audiophilegrade system, it was as if my ears had been unmuffled for the very first time in my life. Besides the...
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Apr 121 min
The NAMM Show 2024
The NAMM Show enjoyed a robust return to its January time slot at the Anaheim Convention Center. Click here to read the article
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Apr 121 min
A Look at Lumens
What do those product claims really mean? I’ve been in the entertainment lighting industry since before there was light DMX, and I’m...
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Apr 121 min
Joining the Green Revolution
Claypaky Ramps Up Its Sustainable Practices “As small as we are,” Graser says, “we nevertheless want to try to take an active part in an...
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Apr 121 min
LDI 2023
LDI 2023 brought the industry one step closer to normality, with plenty of big exhibits, lively crowds, and a parade of new products....
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Apr 121 min
Tungsten Hangs Tough
Even as LEDs proliferate, there’s still room for an older technology OSRAM says it is committed to manufacturing tungsten halogen lamps,...
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Apr 121 min
Code red: Knowing local codes can be show-critical
IF I WERE TO MAKE A LIST of phone calls I don’t want to receive first thing in the morning, at the top of that list would probably be a...
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Apr 121 min
Using the Right Tool for the Job
Recently, while working on a show, I made a rookie mistake. I was running a crew, loading in, and setting up a sizeable lighting system....
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Apr 121 min
Claypaky Buddylight
Followspots have changed very little from the time they were introduced more than 100 years ago, save for the light source going from...
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Apr 121 min
Vectorworks 2024
Unlike your C-wrench or a hammer, software tools can be upgraded, gradually growing more powerful, flexible, and better able to adapt to...
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