PRODUCT INNOVATION

August - September 2005

FAT BEAM™ TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTIONIZES LASERS

For the first time in the USA, you can now operate high-powered lasers without a special variance from the FDA, thanks to the newly unveiled Fat Beam™ Technology by CHAUVET. Usually, only lasers up to 4.95mW can be legally operated without a special waiver. Not anymore. CHAUVET has incorporated the technology in the newly launched Scorpion™ LGX, Scorpion™ Scan and Scorpion™ RG-55. All three lasers feature powerful 10mW laser diodes yet require no special waiver. “This breakthrough should have a profound effect on laser shows. It is hard to imagine a DJ, club installer or lighting designer who wouldn’t be seduced by the instant availability of these high-impact lasers,” said CHAUVET CEO Albert Chauvet. Everything about these lasers is bold, from design to engineering. A novel design of the laser diodes and wider-than-usual beams create a dramatic increase in perceived brightness, up to 10 times that of standard lasers. The Scorpion™RG55 10mW, a red and green laser, and the Scorpion™ Scan 10mW green laser are presented in striking metallic red casings. They are both DMX-controlled and can perform over 500 laser effects achieved by manipulating the shape of beams, the size of over 200 patterns and the speed of movements. Scorpion™ LGX is a highly portable, 10mW, linkable green laser with wireless remote control. It operates in sound active, automatic or master/slave mode and features 80 pre-set patterns. The three Scorpions conform to FDA and IEC standards for class IIIR lasers. Surely, laser lighting will never be the same. For more information, please email Info@chauvetlighting.com

CHAUVET IN ACTION

EVERLAST PRODUCTIONS: HIGH TECH RESOURCEFULNESS

Velocity Youth Center, FT.Lauderdale, Florida
Everlast Productions took on a daunting challenge when it tackled a lighting design and installation project for the prominent First Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale. Pastors at the 98-year-old landmark church wanted to create a cutting-edge youth center and gave designers carte blanche to select
fixtures but with one condition: Be economical. A tight budget severely limited Everlast’s ability to draw from its list of established and trusted manufacturers. CHAUVET easily stood out because it offered affordable luminaires with all the features that designers wanted, said Everlast Ligthing Director Jeremy Breger. Everlast was able to bring in 12 Trackscan™ scanners, 6 Legend™ 250RX moving yokes, 84 par 66 cans and 48 par 56 par cans, to the amazement of the center’s Multi-media Director David Fitzgerald. Given the small budget, Fitzgerald had expected something “more in the line of par cans and a few effects." Instead, " They took us a whole notch far beyond what we could have had, ” he said. Everlast Productions was hooked on CHAUVET, too. It was the first time it had used CHAUVET lights in a major church install and, not without hesitation. But lingering doubts were soon overcome	Goombay festival, Bayside Miami
engineering, design and affordability we found in CHAUVET lighting," Breger said. Since then, the premiere production company has made use of CHAUVET lights in increasingly high-profile installations, including a spectacular multi-band concerts in Miami’s Bayside in the Spring featuring professional Legend™ moving heads and a stunning backdrop of over 100 pieces of LED COLORtube™
Goombay festival, Bayside Miami

MUSIC TRENDS ROCKS DJ EXPO

 

Music Trends’ owner Bob Savarese is still agog over his company’s success at this year’s DJ Expo in Atlantic City. The Long Island, NY-based store was the sole exhibitor of CHAUVET lights at the show, which helps explain why the booth was so popular among show attendees. “ You have to have the right products and they have to be affordable,” Savarese said. “ CHAUVET is now the preferred brand. We had the busiest booth. DJs kept coming and coming. They tell you their whole rig is CHAUVET. ” The allure of the CHAUVET brand got a boost from a carefully orchestrated presentation, a team effort of Music Trends and CHAUVET who helped sponsor the booth. “ Product placement is very important,” Savarese said. It is not enough to pick the right products. They also have to be displayed properly.” As an example, Savarese said changing the placement of slow-selling green lasers during the show made all the difference. “ We had put them on one side of the truss, they didn’t do anything.” At the suggestion of CHAUVET sales manager Philip Lentini, the lasers were moved to a more visible spot. “Boom, goodbye, all of a sudden, sold,” Savarese said. The quality of attendees and their growing familiarity with lightings also fueled the show’s success, said Lentini. “ DJs are playing closer attention to intelligent lighting now and lighting has become more important to them. They keep up with new technology such as ILS™ or LEDs. That’s why our ILS™ fixtures did very well at the show. DJtube™ sold out. The CHAUVET brand was leading in terms of excitement and vibe, thanks to the hard work, support and product knowledge of Music Trends.”

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