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CHAUVET Professional Talks TRUSS TONERS!

Posted on April 3, 2014

Sometimes trussing should do more than keep quiet and hold up the lighting rig.  If you’re looking for new ways to make truss part of your designs, check out the info-packed April 2014 Lighting Insights video from CHAUVET Professional’s own Jim Hutchison!

The Weekly Rig from CHAUVET Professional and Trusst – EL DIABLO!

Posted on March 31, 2014

The Weekly Rig is here!  This week, the fourth week in the series, we call EL DIABLO — a rig of Trusst and CHAUVET Professional fixtures that gives your production a new look to bring big, bold, in your face design to wherever you play! EL DIABLO uses several pieces of Trusst trussing, from the […]

The Weekly Rig from CHAUVET Professional and TRUSST – Soul Mirrors!

Posted on March 21, 2014

It’s time for the third installment of CHAUVET Professional and Trusst‘s weekly series, The Weekly Rig! This week we feature a larger design that includes a scenic element of mirror-finished conical discs hanging behind the act, which in this application is an EDM-style design.  With TRUSST arcs compiled into circle lighting positions, this design is […]

THE WEEKLY RIG from CHAUVET Professional – The Three Towers!

Posted on March 13, 2014

It’s that time again — time for THE WEEKLY RIG from CHAUVET Professional and TRUSST! This week’s rig is a very vertical design featuring three 4m towers loaded to bear with a mix of narrow shooting COLORado 4 IP wash fixtures, LEGEND 412 washes, LEGEND 230 SR Beam fixtures, and COLORdash Par Quad 7 truss […]

The Weekly Rig – A New Series from TRUSST and CHAUVET Professional!

Posted on March 5, 2014

Happy Wednesday, people of light and entertainment! This week starts a new series on the CHAUVET Professional Blog and the TRUSST Truss News Blog that we call THE WEEKLY RIG — every week, we here at Chauvet are going to bring you a new lighting and truss design concept that you can use for your […]

Do YOU Know How to Coil Cables… CORRECTLY?

Posted on March 4, 2014

Happy Tuesday, lighting lovers! This fine Tuesday morning, we have one simple question on our minds:  Do you know how to correctly coil a cable?  Now before you go arm-wrapping that triax or fiber (or anything else that looks like a cable), watch this quick video and make sure your skill is up-to-par! Thanks to […]

TECH TALK March 2014: The Art of the Strobe Light

Posted on March 3, 2014

It’s time for another TECH TALK featuring Mike Graham, one of the CHAUVET Professional Product Managers.  Mike? Chauvet Professional has recently launched two new LED strobe lights.  The STRIKE 324 and STRIKE 882 are both very powerful strobe lights with some really cool effect possibilities, and with a little planning, can fit into almost any […]

CHAUVET Professional and the Broadway Green Alliance’s Greener Lighting Guide!

Posted on February 5, 2014

We here at CHAUVET Professional care about the impact that lighting takes on the world as a whole.  So does the Broadway Green Alliance, which is an organization that strives to better the impact that the Broadway lighting environment has on the world and the consumption of energy. We’re very proud to announce that not […]

Is An LED Wall In YOUR Church’s Future?

Posted on January 20, 2014

Happy Monday morning, world of lighting! Is there a purchase of an LED video wall up and coming in your church’s future lighting inventory? CHAUVET Professional’s Video Product Manager Anthony Chiappone talks about what to look for when buying LED video wall products, and what to avoid like the plague! Check it out at Church […]

CHAUVET Professional Trains Customers in Mexico

Posted on December 30, 2013

Our own Product Engineer for CHAUVET Professional Danilo Oliveira traveled to the offices of Chauvet Mexico in Lerma to provide training on ArKaos software to about 40 customers in order to learn more and do awesome things with products like Nexus 4×4, Nexus 2×2, Nexus 4×1, video panels PVP S5 and PVP S7,  EPIX Strip […]

COLORdash HEX Series Gives You Unbelievable Color Control!

Posted on December 16, 2013

Have you seen the new COLORdash HEX series from CHAUVET Professional? COLORdash Batten Hex 8 and COLORdash Par Hex 12 are two excellent fixtures for any rig!  COLORdash Par Hex 12 is a par-style wash fixture with 12 hex-color LEDs (RGBWAUV) and the COLORdash Batten Hex 8 is a linear wash fixture with 8 of the same […]