An estimated 1.2 million people packed into Times Square, New York City on December 31 to party into 2014 with the New Year’s Eve Ball drop. Billions watched the broadcast worldwide as Lighting Designer Paul Miller updated the old annual tradition this year with new technology, using Robe ROBIN LEDWash 1200 fixtures from Christie Lites New York. Miller chose 60 x LEDWash 1200s, placing 36 on the … [Read more...]
Heavenly MAC 401 Dual for Tegan and Sara World Tour
Tegan and Sara lighting designer Benjamin Price was given a challenge - fit the entire lighting rig for the duo’s current tour into a 10 x 7 foot trailer without exceeding the 5,000 lb weight limit. The limitations put significant constraints on gear specification and ultimately helped to shape the lighting design. “It meant of course that I needed to design lightweight and small but still … [Read more...]
grandMA is a “Killer”!
Lighting Designer Steven Douglas is using grandMA lighting control for the first time on the current Killers “Day & Age” world tour, which has just completed it’s first US, UK and European legs. He had two grandMA full-size consoles – one in tracking backup – and four MA NSPs running over Ethernet, controlling 9 real DMX universes and 111 virtual universes for all the video content, stored on … [Read more...]