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First things first, it’s pronounced “myth-os” (soft Y sound) not “meeth-os”. Where on earth did people get the hard Y sound from? We’ve finally seen what Clay-Paky’s new light from a few weeks ago is – it’s the called the Mythos, and it seems to be a direct answer to the popular Robe Pointe, with a few cool upgrades. I saw a demo of these units a few weeks ago and though I haven’t had an opportunity to use them on a gig yet, but here are my initial impressions. First, these units are bright. Really bright. They’re based on an Osram 470-watt lamp, the same as the SuperSharpy, (It’s Super, it’s Sharpy) and based on what I can see… Read More »Mythos

Minor change to the website announcement – this blog is not intended to be commented on, it’s intended as a place for my design company (me) to write about industry news and products. I have globally disabled all comments on all entries, everywhere, for all time, because all that was happening was spam for Ugg boots and Nike shoes. If you want to respond directly to something I’ve written, use the contact page. I began using the Chauvet Professional AmHaze II on the Alan Jackson tour this year as our primary hazer, provided by Elite Multimedia. These haze units replaced the venerable (and noisy) ReelFX DF-50 Diffusion hazers, and marked a switch from oil-based to so-called “water-based” haze. This name… Read More »Gear review – Chauvet Professional AmHaze II