Posts Tagged ‘mac III’

The JimOnLight.com Podcast – Episode 4, An Interview with Jeff Waful of Umphrey’s McGee

January 14th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Consoles, Fixtures, Industry Professionals, Interviews, JimOnLight.com, Lighting Design, Lighting Discussion, The JimOnLight.com Podcast, touring

Another episode of the JimOnLight.com podcast hits the airwaves!I was fortunate enough to interview Jeff Waful - a lighting designer who's been out with moe. and is currently lighting the excellent jam band, Umphrey's McGee. I got to talk to Jeff right before New Years' Eve 2010 as he was programming Umphrey's New Years run in Chicago. We talked about his switch from moe. to Umphrey's, the grandMA, the Mac III, what young lighting designers should know, and a lot more.Check it out below - I've also included a link for download, and it should be hitting the RSS feed ... Read More»

Tags: concert, GrandMA, Jeff Waful, JimOnLight, lighting designers, mac III, moe., The JimOnLight.com Podcast, Umphrey's McGee
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The Elation Impression LED Fixture

March 12th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Concert Production, Designers, Digital Light, Fixtures, Industry News, Industry Professionals, Just Plain AWESOME., LEDs, Lighting Design, Lighting Technology

I've obviously mentioned about eleventy times already that I was at the three nights of the band Phish's reunion concerts at Hampton Coliseum; I also mentioned that I was able to interview the lighting designer for Phish, Chris Kuroda! That interview transcript and video is coming soon - but one of the things I wanted to talk about specifically were some of the LED sources that have made their way into the Phish lighting rig.For the Hampton shows, Chris was using 32 Mac III's, 14 Mac 2000 XB Wash fixtures, 8 High End ShowPix, 14 Martin Atomic 3K Strobes ... Read More»

Tags: Atomic Strobe, chris kuroda, concert lighting, Elation, High end, Impression, Lighting Design, Mac 2000 XB Wash, mac III, Martin, phish, SHOWPIX
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Mac III’s Ever-Expanding Rep of Tours

January 22nd, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Concert Production, Fixtures, Industry News, Martin

Martin is getting more and more news that designers are putting the Mac III in their light plots. An article in TPI Magazine about the French singer Raphael talks about how the Mac III was designed and incorporated into rig. From TPI's article: Watson used the MAC III Profiles, outfitted with custom gobos, in conjunction with a number of Martin MAC 2000 Performance units. “I chose the MAC III for the brightness and quality of the beam as well as the animation wheel which I adore,” he says. “The zoom range proved to be an absolute winner and of course the ... Read More»

Tags: James Blunt, mac III, Martin, Martin Lighting, Raphael, Staind
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LDI – Martin Lighting’s Area

November 15th, 2008 by Jim
Posted in Conventions, Fixtures, Martin

I was very impressed at the Martin booth - lots of pixel video, the Mac III is still awesome, but I had a hard time getting anyone to talk to me about it. Lots of people there, I'm sure I didn't look too important, or at least unimportant by comparison.It was great to see the Mac III in action!This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

Tags: LDI, LDI 2008, mac III, Martin
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Mac III’s Added to James Blunt’s Tour

October 20th, 2008 by Jim
Posted in Concert Production, Fixtures

An article at PLSN this week tells of James Blunt's current tour, and how seven Mac III's are out on it, getting run through the paces. Paul Normandale of Lite Alternative in England designed the Mac III's into the rig, high on a circle truss. Normandale, the lighting, scenic, and video director of the tour, said he chose the Mac III's because he was looking for 'a bright hard edge fixture for venues with trim heights of up to 48 feet, and he needed a powerful spot to go with the Martin LC Series LED panels.' From the article: “I’m impressed,” ... Read More»

Tags: Lite Alternative, mac III, Martin, Paul Normandale, PLSN
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Martin’s Mac III

October 6th, 2008 by Jim
Posted in Fixtures

Remember the post I made a month ago about Martin's next gen moving head?I do believe it's out! Martin's third generation of moving heads, the Mac III, is packing a hell of a punch. Too bad I'm not hitting LDI this year, otherwise I'd be drooling in Martin's booth like in 2006 when the TW-1 came out.Look at that sexy beast! Check out some specs:1500 W short arc discharge lamp with Lok-it!™ base CMY plus variable CTO with non-fade coating technology 7 position color wheel plus open Zoom and focus with zoom-focus tracking Completely uniform dimming plus mechanical shutter for total blackout 2 x 5 ... Read More»

Tags: mac III, Martin
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Martin’s Mac III

September 2nd, 2008 by Jim
Posted in Fixtures

If you're a Martin Mac 2000 fan like me, you're certainly going to appreciate the Mac III. Martin is rolling out a new fixture at the PLASA convention this year. Mac III is going to be a 1500W luminaire, and the first in a series of Martin's third generation fixtures. Mac III also boasts better optics, color mixing, some great looking prisms, movement speed improvements, animation effects, lower noise cooling, and up to 75% more output than current 1200W profiles.Check out this video on Martin's website showcasing some of the Mac III's new features. Gotta love that new prism!

Tags: 1200W, 1500W, luminaire, mac, mac III, Martin
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