Stage Directions

Automated lighting manufacturer High End Systems introduces SolaFrame 1000, its new automated framing fixture. SolaFrame 1000 offers 20,000 field lumen output, full framing shutters, rotating and fixed gobo wheels, a new CMY and CTO color mixing system, 12°-40° zoom, replaceable color wheels, and continuously variable animation effects.

Cable Munkey™ is an affordable easy to use cable management tool, designed to save time and money while hanging cables in a theatrical environment. Cable Munkey also works well in many other environments to hold extension cords, backpacks, clothes, tools and so much more. The Cable Munkey has sprang from the imagination of Jonathan Allender-Zivic, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Lighting and Sound Design, and Stage Management at the University of South Dakota. There's currently an Indiegogo campaign to get it kicked off. Here's a video introduction to this clever theatrical tool: {youtube}v=gOAYJ7VOCIk{/youtube}

The Rack Lightning™ system from Whirlwind is a rack rail lighting system that can illuminate your equipment rack in six different color settings, with an adjustable dimming control. An expansion to Whirlwind’s renowned Power Link line of power distribution products, the Rack Lightning system is designed to get you out of the dark ages and into the light. The system is available as a rack rail version, or as a part an overhead single space unit. 

VARIO 2.0, from Gerriets offers dancers a myriad of benefits and features. A 2.0mm thick, heavy-duty, matte-finish Marley dance floor suitable for ANY style of dance – ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, tap, Irish dance, flamenco, as well as for heavy-duty theatrical use.

Royer Labs, a manufacturer of ribbon microphones, announces the dBooster (model R-DB20) In-Line Signal Booster for ribbon & dynamic microphones. As a phantom powered microphone signal booster and impedance buffer, the new Royer Labs dBooster accurately increases the level of passive low-output ribbon and moving coil dynamic microphones without distortion or coloration.

The CRMSC-SRHV/120 reference surround, from Alcons, is a 2-way passive-filtered full range loudspeaker, designed to meet all requirements of current and future high-resolution surround sound formats. Featuring the multiple-patented Alcons pro-ribbon driver transducer technology, the CRMSC-SRHV/120 surround combines an exceptional clarity and intelligibility with an unusually high dynamic range, offering the most realistic sound reproduction possible. 

The UL-listed PL-PM1RJ power meter from Whirlwind is designed to monitor voltage, current and frequency on 3-phase Y power with three 120 VAC legs or single-phase AC with two 120-volt legs.

With the opening of the annual NAMM Show on January 24, 2019, Altman Lighting announces the showcase of its latest entertainment lighting solutions in Booth 10637 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

LEDs and other modern fixtures draw less power and require fewer circuits – but need more control. ETC’s new ColorSource Raceway is a purpose-built, configurable distribution raceway solution that delivers the power and control LED rigs need in a lightweight, economical package. It is perfect for over-stage electrics and installed lighting positions in school theatres, cafegymnatoriums, houses of worship,and other smaller, budget-conscious venues.