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Gear review – Chauvet Professional AmHaze II

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

Lighting products I'm excited about

The Vari-Lite VL4000 spot I saw a demo of these last month at Soundcheck, and was impressed, if not blown away by the light. Vari-Lite has decided not to release a 1500-watt version, claiming they can get nearly the same output from a 1200-watt lamp and improved optics. That’s cool, we’ll see how long they keep that tack, because it seems their MO the past few years has been to release higher-wattage versions of their lights to keep up with demand for increased brightness. The color mix system is a departure for VL, they’re going with a Martin-style flag system instead of the wheel system they’ve been favoring the past several generations. These flags move all the way out of… Read More »Lighting products I'm excited about