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Academy
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Production Technology
Training by Richard Cadena
ETCP Recognized Trainer/Certified Entertainment Electrician


The AI Media Server
SetPet takes media server technology to the next level Although it's early in their careers, John Horzen and Christian Killada are...
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Dec 18, 20241 min read


Claypaky Rhapsodya
The Claypaky Rhapsodya LED profile spot moving-yoke fixture is designed for theatre, television, and other markets. Claypaky’s Rhapsodya...
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Dec 18, 20241 min read


Stand by for more battery power
Shadow, Light, and Truth THE FIRST LED STAGE LIGHTS that I can recall were some LED PARs that Color Kinetics showed at LDI around 1997....
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Dec 18, 20241 min read


High End Systems SolaPix Fan 8
The SolaPix Fan 8 blurs the lines between a moving yoke fixture, an effects light, and a color wash with tunable white light. There is no...
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Dec 18, 20241 min read


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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Sep 25, 20241 min read


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 31, 20241 min read


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 31, 20241 min read


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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Jul 31, 20241 min read


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 14, 20241 min read


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 14, 20241 min read


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 14, 20241 min read


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 14, 20241 min read


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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Jun 14, 20241 min read


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 12, 20241 min read


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 12, 20241 min read


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 12, 20241 min read


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 12, 20241 min read


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 12, 20241 min read


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 12, 20241 min read


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 12, 20241 min read
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