Prolight + Sound is back at Messe Frakfurt, Germany after a Covid break. For those of you who couldn’t make it to Germany, Live Design rounded up a few of the new products on display here. You’re welcome!
The impression X5 is a "next-generation LED wash light" – a new workhorse that brings all the benefits of the iconic X4 series with cutting-edge technology and much anticipated new features. The fixture weighs only 29.3 lbs (13.3 kg) and is equipped with 19 powerful 40-watt RGBL LEDs that provide an incredible light output and an expanded color gamut. GLP's new iQ.Gamut color algorithm, for example, ensures that the impression X5 produces a clean white point at 6,500 K with high color rendering (CRI 90 / TLCI 90) as standard, plus the option to switch to other fixed and precisely calibrated white points. With the new super-fast zoom mechanism, the impression X5 offers a 16:1 zoom from 3.5° to 60° with homogeneous light distribution across the entire range.
The brand new GLP XDC1 IP Hybrid fixture was developed in collaboration with a top star of the UK lighting design scene. The innovative hybrid combines the impressive wash characteristics and powerful colors of the impression X5, with a narrow beam angle of 9°, with two extremely bright strobe lines borrowed from the JDC1, all in an IP65-certified housing. The GLP XDC1 IP Hybrid can be aligned horizontally and vertically and effortlessly combined with other units to create seamless columns or lines.
VS1 runs 4K video sources – with 2x HDMI and USB-C outs on the back of the device – giving the best and most vibrant results in a hugely flexible and user-friendly control package.
Its compact dimensions of 143.2mm x 195mm x 43mm and triple unit in a 1U footprint means that several VS1 devices can be rigged in the same rack housing if desired, and the light weight of just 1.2kg plus its robust, quality-engineering make it perfect for touring lighting operators, VJs and DJs.
PAINTE is a compact moving light that delivers a quiet, quality profile solution for short to medium throw scenarios in theatrical, television, installation, live or corporate settings. The impressive 12,000-lumen fixture output has a sparkling, clear white light, with boundless colors via the advanced CMY color-mixing system.
Designed for noise-sensitive environments, PAINTE features a TE 310W HP White LED engine from Robe’s ground-breaking TRANSFERABLE ENGINE technology range, a motorized 8°- 48° zoom, which is ideal for a wide range of short to medium throw applications, and many more options.
TetraX™
TetraX™ has been developed after the huge success of the Tetra1™and Tetra2™ products. Added to the TetraX™ is a dynamic pan movement with extremely high-speed continuous rotation, dramatically increasing the sweep-effect possibilities of the fixture. Each of the 9 evenly spaced pixels generates an ultra-tight 4° beam and these combine to produce a bright, defined “sheet” of light. The homogenized beams and smooth 11:1 motorized zoom provide ultra-smooth washes out to 45°.
TetraX™ has three patented MCFE™ – Multi-Colored Flower Effects – emitting sharp, multi-colored spikes of light, with variable speed and rotation direction control, which further boost the impact of in-air animations.
iBeam 250™
Ideal for festivals, concerts, theatre, and any outdoor events or unpredictable weather scenarios, the iBeam 250™ also has all the favorite features of its massively popular indoor relative, the LEDBeam 150™. Ingenious ingress protection is specifically designed and developed to ensure the fixture is completely sealed and IP65 compliant. An aluminum housing provides a dust-free environment for the optics, eliminating the need for frequent cleaning, routine maintenance, and UV damage to plastic parts.
NFC (Near-Field Communication) technology, setup, diagnostic and performance features can be accessed directly from a mobile device even when the fixture is not powered via the Robe Com app.
Spikie+®
Retaining the fast-moving, compact design of the original, the new Spikie+ generates 25% more lumens from its single 60W RGBW source. The fixture has a specifically designed 110mm front lens, and a rapidly moving zoom that produces beams from a super-tight 4-degrees to a soft and wide 28-degree wash. Once again, Robe’s very cool MCFE™ - Multi-Colored Flower Effects create sharp multicolored spikes of light, rotating bi-directionally with variable speed.
The unique Beam Effects Engine transforms the output into three piercing rays of narrow beams, while continuous pan and tilt movement adds a further layer of dynamism. Color management includes CMY or RGBW mixing modes. Small and compact, weighing just 7.3kg, Spikie+ can be rigged at any angle.
Anolis Calumma™
The Calumma™ Series is designed as a new industry-standard range to continue the success of the Anolis ArcSource family. The Floodlights are powerful, efficient and well-rounded to provide great light output for many applications. Calumma™ luminaires have proper durability for harsh outdoor environments as well as beautiful design to complement indoor applications. A wide range of options makes the Calumma™ valuable to any lighting designer.
Luminex
GigaCore 30i is Luminex's new 10Gb Ethernet switch dedicated to AV integration, installation, and touring. With its 10Gb connectivity, the GigaCore 30i allows full network convergence of lighting control, audio, intercom, and compressed video. Pre-configured Quality of Service (QoS), IGMP multicast, and PTPv2 settings will assure a responsive and extremely stable network environment for the most demanding time-critical audio protocols like Dante™, AES67, Q-SYS, and many others.
Zonda 9 FX is a versatile fully-equipped luminaire designed for a multitude of applications. It borrows from the main features of the Wash version and offers infinite continuous rotation on the pan and tilt axes (I.R.S.™). Individual control of each LED allows you to achieve 3D volumetric effects. Zonda 9 FX can produce a high-definition liquid effect from between its main lenses to create complex graphic effects, known as LiquidEffect™. This effect can be used alone or in combination with the main LED matrix.
Zonda 9 Wash and Zonda 9 FX share the same proprietary optical system which consists of a wide, 384mm diameter, dial of 37 lenses in PMMA, combined with 37 glass light guides with an output surface made of an optical micro-structure. This LED/optical system combination can produce powerful light output of 25,000 lumens and a perfectly homogeneous mixture of pastel and saturated colors, regardless of the color mix chosen, with a CRI of <86.
The perfectly crisp separation between the light sources helps to reinforce the level of contrast. Endowed with a 50mm truncated transmitting lens with an optical surface equivalent to that of a 70mm round lens, Zonda 9 Wash and Zonda 9 FX can obtain a highly intensive beam with a zoom ratio of 14:1 and a wide zoom range of 4° to 56°.
The NX1™ a portable yet full-featured lighting console that offers the complete ONYX experience without compromises in an ultra-compact package. The NX1 offers a slate of professional features and is built from the latest in industrial components. A compact, motorized fader wing, the NX P™, as well as a small USB-powered control surface for ONYX, the NX K™, both ideal companions to the NX1 console, will also be on display. The latest developments in the ONYX platform will make their debut at the show, from powerful NDI video input connectivity to new fixture parameter configuration options.
The IP65 Proteus™ line includes the new Proteus Excalibur™, the brightest IP65 full-featured beam fixture ever created, plus the world premiere of the 70,000-lumen Proteus Brutus™ LED wash.
The new Fuze MAX™ full-color-spectrum LED moving head, and the world premiere showing of the Fuze Wash 500™, a full-spectrum LED Fresnel moving head.
The broadcast-optimized KL™ series, including the first ever showing of the KL Profile FC™, a compact, full-color ellipsoidal framing fixture, and new KL Panel XL™, a bigger, brighter and bolder version of Elation’s popular color temperature-adjustable, full-spectrum KL Panel™ LED soft light.
