Stage Directions

Entertainment Fabrication has released their new line of truss dollies to the marketplace. Entertainment Fabrication's dollies for standard 12" and 20.5" truss are designed to be one of the most rugged, versatile, and user-friendly methods for transporting truss. All dollies are manufactured from 1.5" of Baltic birch plywood, and are fully glued, screwed, and bolted together.

Christie has introduced the Christie Spyder X80, an all-new processor in the Spyder lineup. The new Spyder X80 is designed for today’s higher image resolutions and is capable of handling 4K at a 60Hz refresh rate on a single channel. The new Spyder X80 will be on exhibit in the Christie booth 2553 during InfoComm 2017 in Orlando, Florida June 14 – 16.

Philips Lighting has launched its new Philips Vari-Lite VL1100 LED luminaire, for stage and television applications. VL1100 LED has been designed as a low-energy replacement for the tungsten VL1100 ellipsoidal reflector spotlight. High -CRI light output, consistent color reproduction, and a 'tungsten' color shift emulation are therefore key to its design. These characteristics are all delivered by an exclusive new 3,200K Philips LED light engine.

Rose Brand Inc.’s new 26 ft. wide Nebula™ net is designed to provide a high gain, see-through projection surface that’s virtually undetectable to an audience. Projected objects seem to float in midair, or appear out of nowhere. Use Nebula net for stunning effects such as layered projections for concerts, a Pepper’s Ghost effect for theater, dramatic reveals for corporate events, and holographic-style effects.

Allen & Heath has released V1.50 firmware for its flagship dLive S Class and dLive C Class ranges. This latest update includes multiple improvements and additions to the scene system to meet the needs of theatre, festival and other complex show applications.

GLP U.S. Inc. announces their appointment as the North American distributor for The SNAP range of products, manufactured by HSK-Schulte in Germany. SNAP is an innovative new tool for cable management on trusses. Compatible with all standard 2-inch (48-51mm) truss cords, SNAP is a plastic, single molded, highly flexible tool that attaches to your truss in seconds and uses a side holder to maintain order in your cables. The cable holder has a locking connector to ensure that cables don’t fall out of place, and can be opened or closed with a single hand.

DTS announces that the Brick, its new IP65 RGBW LED wash light is now shipping. The light had its launch at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt.

Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing solutions and digital music production tools, is now shipping the Waves F6 Floating-Band Dynamic EQ Plugin. The Waves F6 is a dynamic equalizer with six floating, fully-adjustable parametric filter bands, advanced EQ and compression/expansion controls per band, mid-side processing options and more.

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ImageCue has just released a software update for its popular compact server that allows the playback of media files with video and audio. The software update is 100% backwards compatible with all ImageCue units in the field. The update is now available for downloading from the ImageCue website.

With outdoor theatre season almost upon us, here's a solution for lighting outdoors. The Chauvet Ovation E-260WW IP takes the concept of the Ovation E-260WW LED ellipsoidal and places it outdoors.

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