Claypaky Volero Cube

Claypaky’s Volero Cube is so versatile, it’s hard to pigeonhole.

It looks like a compact, IP66-rated zoomable fixture with pan, tilt, and an RGBW light engine, although the square lenses are unique. Dig a little deeper and you find a modular building block that can be used as a pixel-mapping beam fixture, an audience blinder and strobe, or a component in a larger geometric display.

Claypaky has always excelled in optics, and now the company is combining them with mechanics in creative ways. Think of the Sharpy’s razor beam and the Volero Wave’s kinetic tilt arrays: The Volero Cube carries that design forward in a sealed, format-flexible LED unit that’s small enough to cluster and bright enough to hold its own next to mid-power wash lights. I evaluated three production samples supplied by Claypaky, and this review draws from my photometric readings, the manufacturer’s photometric and acoustic tests, and a few days of hands-on experience.

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