The annual New Technology Breakfast where manufacturers present the best and the brightest new products at the show this year.
New Product: MaestroDMX is an autonomous lighting designer-in-a-box that listens to music and makes decisions like a professional lighting designer.
Good To Know: Manjinder Benning says it is so easy to use it could be set up by his mother.
• Adam Hall GMBH/Cameo booth 1145
New Product: AZOR® W2 Wash
- 7 x 40 W RGBL LED with 3,600 lm luminous flux
- Zoom range: 5° - 50°
- Single pixel control of all 7 LEDs
- Eclipse Burst Effect* for strobe and pixel effects
- Selectable PWM frequencies up to 25 kHz for flicker-free operation
- iDMX stick input for wireless DMX connection
- OLED display with 4 buttons
• City Theatrical booth 809
Three New Products:
DMXcat-E
Multiverse Connect Module Two versions2.4GHz and 900 MHz
Wing Nut Socket
Good To Know: Environmental Lights Acquired City Theatrical this year.
• ARRI Booth 279
New Product: SKYPANEL X
While the SkyPanel was designed to be a soft light for studio use, the SkyPanel X is optimized for both hard and soft light in all-weather conditions, bringing improvements in terms of lux output, IP rating, color rendition, dimming quality, and controllability.
Good to know: Still manufactured in Germany since 1917, last year ARRI acquired Claypaky.
• Pathway Connectivity booth 802
New Product: Pathscape Navigator
Good to know: Robert Bell cohosted presentation with our AI overlord, Chat GPT.
• CLAYPAKY an ARRI Company, booths 179, 285
New Products: George Masek introduced the newest Xtylos, Mini Xtylos HPE has high energy efficiency and endless pan rotation.
Good To Know: Laser-based fixtures such as these require training
• ROSCO booth 1307
New Product: DMG Lion, a large Fresnel lens that president of sales, Christian Arroya, called "a powerful and bright lion that roars very gently." DMG Lion comes with a motorized zoom that goes from 15 degrees to 75 degrees, it is all weather-proof from the Sahara to Alaska. DMG LION features two easy-to-swap LED engines – one that utilizes Rosco’s patented MIX® Technology for full spectrum output, and another bi-color LED engine that produces maximum intensity
Good To Know: The product launches in 2024 but there is a prototype at the booth.
• MOD SCENES booth 1277
New Product: New DMX Hoists and Bridgework, so new Mod Scenes' Sarah Hall took the first picture of it at LDI.
Good To Know: Free T-shirts and an impressive array of candy at booth 1277.
• ChamSys Lighting booth 1261
ChamSys celebrated its 20th anniversary at LDI with the traditional rubber duck assault on the audience.
New Products: GeNetix Networking and Distribution System.
Good To Know: Whoever comes from the UK office has to wear the duck costume.
• Chauvet Lighting Booth 1261
New Product: COLORado PXL Curve 12, Strike Bolt 1C
• Luminex (A.C. Lighting) booth 319
New Products: CEO Bart Swinnen introduced GigaCore 20t and GigaCore 18t the ideal 10 Gigabit Ethernet AV switches for professional touring applications. Easy to use especially in combination with Araneo Software: A network planning & configuration and real time monitoring tool that provides a complete graphical overview of a Luminex Network, showing connections, data flow, and problems.
Good To Know: Luminex is celebrating its 20th birthday and is from Belgium. Like chocolate!
• PROLIGHTS booth #319
New Product: The EclFresnel CT+ series comprises six fixtures and caters to a wide range of lighting needs a newly engineered 6-color Spektra calibrated LED source. See it at LDI 2023 booth 319.
Good To Know: It's a family business! Founder Franco Sorabella, and his son Fabio, are both actively involved in the day-to-day running of the business.
• Doug Fleenor/Doctor DMX booth 1376
New products: Last year Doug Fleenor Design showed the worlds smallest DMX 5 console. This year it has been expanded to four universes.
Good To Know: Doug Fleenor is not a medical doctor, and he should not prescribe medicine for you.
• CHROMA-Q booth #319
New Products: 2inspire
The 2inspire family comprises three distinct models: the 2inspireTM 100, 200, and 300, boasting illumination outputs of 500 lumens, 1200 lumens, and 3000 lumens, respectively.
Good To Know: Chroma-Q is distributed in the US by A.C. Lighting Inc.
• Lex Products booth 218
New Products:
Voltstack 5k & Voltstack 30k
EverGrip TRUE1 Trelco Molded Power Distribution Three-fer
- Allows the splitting of a single power source into three outlets
- Offers rugged molded construction that won’t deteriorate over the service life of the device
- Utilizes premium quality Neutrik® powerCON® TRUE1 TOP Connectors
- Creates a permanent bond between conductors and connectors through rugged, one-piece thermoplastic molding
- Connectors are IP65 Rated for dust and water protection
- Matching curved footprints on top and underside permit stacking on trussing, battens or each other
- Secure to trussing or battens via tie-wrap positions on front and rear
- Available with small 3-digit logo for volume production runs on request
• ETC booths 509 and 609
New Products: Fos 4 10” Fresnel . an 8-color array designed for use on camera or in live entertainment.
Good To Know: ETC donates the profits from sales of the iRFR (Radio Focus Remote) to Behind The Scenes
• NILA Systems booth 755
Product: LED lighting systems
Good To Know: A large part of NILA's market is high speed photography so everything is flicker free.
New Product: MOCAP
• Pangolin Laser Systems booth 419
Products: Laser Systems
Good To Know: Pangolin has been around since 1986!
