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Elation Beam Design Moving Heads: Moving and Turning Heads Like None Other

By BulbAmerica Editor

As moving head light fixtures become more popular and more ubiquitous, it is harder and harder to choose the one worth your money and that is right for your needs. In this article I will discuss Elation Professional’s Design Beam series of moving heads and what I believe makes them unique and warrants an extra look. So, let’s get started. One feature that sets the Elation Design Beam series is their versatility. The Elation Design Beam 300 and Design Beam 1200 Compact can serve as spot, wash, and beam projectors with their respective 7.5˚ and 6.7˚ beam angles and by opening and closing the head’s frost filter, which changes the hardness of the beam’s edge. This versatility allows you to change the role of your moving heads as well as the look of your lighting effect on the fly. The Design Beam moving heads silently pan 630˚or 540˚ (user selected) and tilt 265˚, allowing for lively performances. The Design Beam and 300 and 1200 Compact also share nearly identical gobo performance with the ability for dynamic gobo prism and rotation effects. The Design Beam 300 and 1200 compact, however, have some distinguishing features that are essential to highlight.

The Design Beam 300 is distinguished from the 1200 Compact foremost by their different lamps. Both moving heads feature Philips MSR HID lamps. The 300 features a 300w MSR that puts out an impressive 33,150lux at 30ft. The 1200 Compact features a 1,200w MSR which produces an extremely bright 107,500lux at 25ft. One of the key differences between the 300 and 1200 compact is obviously their power and luminosity. In selecting between the two you want to consider how much power you have available, how high your trusses will be from the stage, and how much other light is being produced by other fixtures in your system. Another important difference between the two moving heads regards their color capabilities. The Design Beam 300 and 1200 Compct both feature CMY color changing, but the 1200 Compact also offers variable color temperature orange (CTO), in order to correct colors and make their rendering precise.

Elation’s Design Beam 300 and 1200 Compact are high quality and powerful moving heads. What sets the Design Beam heads from other moving heads is their unique frost filter that allows you a great deal of flexibility in deciding how you will use them. In short the Design Beam 300 and 1200 are an outstanding choice for performance spaces of all sizes.BulbAmerica has both moving heads in stock right now, so check it out today!

By Victor Lopez | 11 November, 2014 | effects, lasers., light, moving heads, news | 0 comments | Read more

The American DJ Galaxian: Bring Your Show to Life with Lasers

By BulbAmerica Editor

Lasers are one of the most exciting and attractive lighting effects. There is no sight like a vibrant, sharp laser cutting through fog or creating a beautiful star-field pattern on the dance floor. Even better, most lasers are now small enough, and light enough, to be carried easily by a DJ on-the-go, ensuring that his or performance will be an unforgettable one. But which laser to choose? In this article, I am going to draw attention to what I think is one of the best lasers available today, the American DJ Galaxian.

The Galaxian’s lasers aren’t the only bright thing about this lighting effect. One of its best features is its capacity to be controlled intelligently. The Galaxian has DMX inputs and out puts for either stand alone control via a controller, or a master/slave configuration. The Galaxian can also be placed in a sound activated mode and react to the music. This laser effect needs this degree of control because it features red and green laser beams, built in macros, and rotation abilities. These features, combined with the Galaxian’s ability to create up to 500 laser beams and a 90˚ beam angle ensures that your lighting will capture the attention of your audience. Don’t forget about the Galaxian’s fast/slow strobing either! These features make the Galaxian one of the most high performing lasers in one of the smallest packages.

The Galaxian is extremely versatile. It can be mounted on a wall or a ceiling and project on either of these surfaces, thus ensuring that the Galaxian can be part of your performance regardless of the venue’s limitations. Furthermore, the Galaxian will not strain the power sources of your venue, it has a meager energy draw of 110mW.Lastly, American DJ’s Galaxian weighs only 6lbs, making it easy to transport, mount, and dismount. The Galaxian and our other strobes are mesmerizing and will add tons of excitement to your performance, check them out now!