Stage Directions

MA Lighting announces Software Release Version 3.3 for its grandMA2 lighting control platform. With version 3.3, not only are there many new features but also the help and fixture library systems have been fully re-imagined. Based on feedback from the grandMA2 user community, hundreds of smaller improvements have also been incorporated to assist smoother workflow for the operator and programmer making more time for creativity.

Blizzard Lighting introduces its new Steam™ series of fog and haze fluids. The Steam series features four atmospheric effect consumables for a wide variety of production and entertainment uses: Steam • Fg™, Steam • Hz™, Steam • Jt™, and Steam • Lo™. Each product in the Steam™ series remains clean, dry, and odorless with use and leaves little to no residue or contamination.

Waves Audio, developer of professional audio signal processing technologies, opens pre-orders for the Waves X-WSG I/O Card and the Waves Impact Combo for X32 and M32 Consoles, offering the most affordable way to run SoundGrid-compatible plugins by Waves and other companies (compressors, EQs, limiters, reverbs, delays, feedback elimination tools and more) on your X32 or M32 mixer.

Stagestep, Inc. has introduced ReUseIt System 2.0, with a new and improved adhesive formulation of it's original ReUseIt. The new 2.0 system offers better subfloor bonding and releasability.

Chauvet Professional Introduces the Maverick MK3 Wash, an RGBW LED moving wash addition to the Maverick series. Powered by 27 40-Watt OSRAM OSTAR LEDs, the unit is pixel mappable. Designers told Chuvet that they wanted a wash fixture for larger venues that had all of the features they valued in the Maverick series. The MK3 Wash is the next step for Maverick.

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Synthe FX has announced the immediate availability of Luminair v3.5, a free update to the award-winning DMX lighting control software for iPad Pro, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple Watch. The new release is focused on adding new options that enhance the creative workflow. New in v3.5 are native DMX Color Temperature controls, HSI Color support, as well as new FX types.

Earthworks is now shipping the CTB30 boundary microphone designed for conferencing and speech applications. Featuring audio and mechanical design innovations, the CTB30 delivers exceptional speech intelligibility, and coverage coupled with a low-profile appearance for lecterns, conference rooms, and classrooms.

Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing solutions, is now shipping the Smack Attack transient shaper plugin. The Waves Smack Attack plugin adds smack and bite to drums, loops, synth hits, and all percussive sounds, by designing the level, shape, and duration of their transients’ attack and sustain—from surgical tweaks to savage effects.

Cadac is offering its latest medium format CDC six and CDC seven digital consoles. The two CDC series consoles are running the latest, enhanced feature set, CDC V4.0 software, while the new CDC seven surface builds further on the success of CDC six, with an expanded dual 23.5 inch, 16:9 hi-definition touch screen, 36 fader configuration.

Blackmagic Design has released DaVinci Resolve 14, a comprehensive update that has been designed to be more than an incremental software update. Blackmagic Design believes the new DaVinci Resolve will break through the stagnant toolsets used in post-production, and offer a new path forward for any facility.