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All Eyes are on Clay Paky B-EYE Fixtures For Lotus Tour

Posted on May 13, 2014 by ARTS

The instrumental electronic jam band Lotus is continuing its cross-country tour this spring and summer as they debut a complement of Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 innovative, LED-based moving lights for key effects in the show.

The original article can be found here: http://www.tpimagazine.com/News/2395188/all_eyes_are_on_clay_paky_beye_fixtures_for_lotus_tour.html

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Lotus Tours with a Dozen Clay Paky B-EYE Fixtures

Posted on May 5, 2014 by ARTS

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ATLANTA — For the instrumental electronic jam band Lotus, Main Light Industries provided a dozen Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 LED fixtures to meet the specifications of LD Scott Huston. Huston positions eight B-EYEs on four truss towers and four more on the stage.

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Lighting designer Scott Huston obtained a dozen B-EYEs from Main Light Industries, Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware, which he counts on for “always having the latest and greatest – they let me know when they have cool stuff and have a good sense of what I can use. I’m really interested in checking out new technology.”

Huston positions eight B-EYEs on four truss towers and four more on the stage. “They have an amazing output,” he says. “That 4º fat beam is very impressive.”

Huston was looking for a moving light that offers a direct view effect. “I didn’t want to have a videowall, but I wanted to do a direct view effect. You can do the effects on the lens, which is big enough so I only need 12 of them. Plus, I also have the beams that give such a good rock ‘n roll look. The B-EYEs not only provide a beam that looks really nice cutting through the room but also a lens that you can do movement effects on.”

The B-EYEs made their debut on the Lotus tour in Atlanta and have been “working great,” according to Huston. “It’s really easy to make them all match up. The white LEDs are really nice, and the colors are all great — I can even get pastels out of them. And the eye candy effects are very nice.”

John DiEleuterio, Client Relations at Main Light, says that, “Scott and Lotus prove that you don’t need a ton of B-EYEs to get a great look. The B-EYEs are a great fixture. They really seem to be taking over with their versatility: They’re a wash, a beam – toss in the kaleidoscopic in-air effects and you have yourself a multi-use fixture and some pretty awesome eye candy.”

Main Light has stocked B-EYE fixtures since February, and DiEleuterio calls “A.C.T Lighting and Clay Paky powerhouses that offer groundbreaking, high-quality gear with amazing support to back it up. I wish every purchase in life came with the quality of support we receive from A.C.T.”

Francesco Romagnoli, Clay Paky Area Manager for North and Latin America, commented, “The B-EYEs are such versatile lights and Mr. Huston is making great use of them. Mainlight is a great collaborator and we’re thrilled they are working so hard to get our fixtures out there.”

A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive North American distributor for Clay Paky.

The original article can be found here: http://www.plsn.com/news/21-news/13307-lotus-tours-with-a-dozen-clay-paky-b-eye-fixtures.html

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Marching Band Audio Rack

Posted on January 10, 2014 by ARTS

Marching Band Audio Rack Building an audio rack suited for a high school marching band’s needs can be a challenging task, but ARTS can get it done.

High school and college marching bands are getting more and more competitive, as a result, they’re getting more and more creative. With technology becoming more accessible to the consumer, marching bands are trying to incorporate more technology into their shows. A very small step in this direction is for marching bands to incorporate electronic instruments into their shows – guitars, synthesizers, etc. These instruments are easy to connect to an amplifier and blast the audience in the stands with an electronic solo. However, now, the bands are bringing more and more equipment onto the field. It’s not uncommon now to attend a high school marching band competition and see a tractor pull several trailers on the field with various percussion instruments, and now a full-blown PA system, micing a number of instruments – electronic and acoustic.

A PA such as the one photographed here is simple in the audio world, a small mixer, a few wireless mic receivers. But this is just the newest addition to marching band technology – wireless mics. With the right microphones, a marching band can mic any instrument in the band; maybe a sax solo, or trumpet solo… or even a fully miced drum set solo. With the incorporation of wireless mics, you can now allow the performers to move around.

This particular system leaves room for future expansion of additional wireless microphone receivers and would connect to the marching band’s main PA audio rack that has the amplifiers for their PA speakers.

ARTS would love to work with your marching band to find creative ways to incorporate this kind of technology into your shows.

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ARTS Saves Les Misérables

Posted on July 15, 2013 by ARTS

ARTS Saves Les Misérables This past weekend The Hilliard Arts Council successfully produced their annual summer community musical, this year the musical was Les Miserables. It was the first licensed community production of the musical to take the stage in Central Ohio since the licensing became available and since the film took the screen. The performances took place at Hilliard Darby High School on July 12, 13, and 14.

Several weeks earlier, the Arts Council discovered that the venue, where they had decided to host this year’s summer musical, had some serious issues with their house PA. This was problematic because the Arts Council relies on venue house PA’s when they produce performances. ARTS Owner, Robert Vance, looked into the issues that were taking place and diagnosed that three out of four house PA horns were completely blown and the fourth was significantly damaged. The school district took steps to address the issue and replaced components in all four horns.

Once the repair was complete, the Arts Council was hopeful that all of their PA issues were resolved. Unfortunately, as soon as the system was powered back up, the same issues arose. Turns out, all the horns were blown again, now only days away from the first dress rehearsal.

Once again, Robert looked into the problem. But this time knowing that it wasn’t a high school student accidentally playing music too loud that blew the horns, Robert wondered why the horns blew again. In looking into the configuration of the signal processor in the system, Robert realized that the crossover was set incorrectly. Full range was being sent to the horns. This time, when the district had their chosen contractor come out again to replace components in the horns, based on Robert’s diagnosis, the district knew to ask about the crossover settings and make sure that it was configured correctly before the vendor left the job site.

At this point, however, it was too late to use the house PA. Unfortunately, the system was not repaired in time for the musical. This is where ARTS came to the rescue. We provided a complete house PA for the production – front of house mix, monitor and orchestra sub mixes, compressor/limiters for wireless vocal microphones, power amplifiers and a main house PA with front-fill speakers, vocal and instrumental microphones, etc. The whole shebang.

Incidentally, Robert also happened to be the sound designer for the show and the show was later awarded 2013 “Best Sound Design” in Central Ohio by BroadwayWorld.

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