FUTURETECH Featuring Elation - Lighting the Future: Atlas and Radius Take Center Stage

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All right, welcome back to
Geezers of Gear Future Tech.

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I'm Chris, and as ever, Lacey's
here with me, ready to chase

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some beams into the future.
Hi everyone, I got to admit

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Chris, this week's episode is a
bit intimidating.

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So many specs and features it
makes my brain hurt.

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But I love what these new lights
are doing for the industry.

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Well, today we're talking about
two proper show stoppers

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elations, Proteus Atlas and
Radius.

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Let's kick off with some engine
talks since that's where all the

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magic starts.
The Atlas uses a 500 Watt

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solid-state phosphor converted
SSPC light engine.

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That's not your average LED.
You get razor sharp beams and

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honestly the outputs punched my
retinas more than once.

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And the radius, the name makes
you think it's circular, which,

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OK, it spins.
But the real trick is this Lily

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engine laser illuminated
lighting, something I always

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forget what the I stands for
Chris.

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Instrument Laser Illuminated
Lighting Instrument Both Lily

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laser illumination lighting
engines, the Atlas and Radius

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are fully FDA approved by the
Center for Devices and

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Radiological Health CDRH.
While the Atlas model requires a

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user variance, the Radius is
user variance free thanks to its

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unique optical design.
Due to their extreme output

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power, both units do require FAA
clearance when used outdoors in

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non terminated applications.
Each Lili engine utilizes high

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power blue laser diodes to
excite phosphor panels, which

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are then combined to create an
exceptionally bright white

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lighting source.
The Atlas additionally features

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an advanced internal safety zone
control system, allowing

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operators to define audience
safe areas and prevent solid

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beams from entering restricted
zones.

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Best of all, this can be managed
directly from your lighting

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console, no special software
required.

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There we go.
Basically you've got a super

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compact 100 Watt laser unit that
fires off an ultra intense 0.9°

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beam.
It's cut through more haze and

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daylight than any small fixture
I've ever seen.

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It's got a lamp life of 10,000
hours too, which is honestly a

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gift for rental companies.
No swapping lamps halfway

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through a tour, right?
Right, and both of these are

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IP66 rated.
So rain, dust, even salty beach

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air, they'll stand up to all of
it.

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The Atlas and Radius both ship
with foam inlay packaging too,

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which means you're not playing
Tetris with cases at 2:00 AM.

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Fantastic for fast load outs or
when you need to throw them on a

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truck in a hurry.
And then there's that continuous

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pan and tilt.
Atlas does 360 pan radius does

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both pan and tilt non-stop.
Designers can create these wild

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moving looks that just weren't
possible back in the day, right?

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Absolutely, and you're not
sacrificing color or effects

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either.
You've got full CMY color

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mixing, a massive color wheel,
25 positions, and a ridiculous

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collection of gobos and prisms
for both units.

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If you want flexible looks,
these boxes deliver.

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Right.
Let's talk about the big jobs.

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The Proteus Atlas made a huge
splash at the National Medal of

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Honor Museum's opening night
down in Arlington, TX.

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They put out 32 Atlas fixtures
lining rooftops in the Art

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Museum, all working In Sync with
fireworks and a massive drone

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display.
The designer Ryan Stump needed

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those beams to fill the Texas
sky, and even in crystal clear

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cold air with almost no haze,
those Atlas beams just didn't

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fade.
Even when the smoke from

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fireworks blew away, you still
saw these massive columns of

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light wrapping the crowd.
It looked regal, honestly, like

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the lights were honoring the
whole story of the museum.

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That was such a breathtaking
show.

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I read about how they organized
4 separate events that day.

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The Atlas wasn't just used for
the big night spectacle, but for

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all the parties, ribbon cutting,
everything.

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That versatility kind of blows
my mind.

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It's the kind of fixture where
you can do Moody wash or a

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straight up arena level beam
effect.

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Exactly, and let's not forget
Coldplay's Music of the Spheres

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World tour sooner.
Ruthia was looking for a way to

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get Searchlight effect without
all that xenon power

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consumption.
She landed on Atlas for that

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reason.
It does the work of A7K Xenon,

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but at 500 watts, so it fits the
whole environmental ethos

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Coldplay's been known for.
Plus you don't have to drag

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around huge auxiliary power or
swap bulbs constantly.

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Now Radius got its own time in
the spotlight too.

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TMS rolled it out at the Hangout
festival in Alabama.

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You know, right on the sandy
beach.

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No side walls or curtains.
The gear is just out there

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getting pounded by salt spray.
Full on summer chaos.

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If they'd used non IP rated
lights, half the rig would have

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been fried before the first
night.

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But the Radius just kept doing
its thing.

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Cutting through the sunlight and
all daytime visibility was a big

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deal.
Yeah, that's pretty much the

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dream for festivals.
Ben from TMS said going punch

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for punch with daylight was a
first for them, and when the sun

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dropped, Radius was still the
brightest thing on the deck.

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That flexibility, beach or
arena.

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Radius and Atlas just keep
working regardless of the

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weather, which opens up creative
options for designers and Peace

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of Mind for anyone worrying
about repairs on Monday morning.

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Can't get more legendary than
that.

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Stadiums, museums, beaches,
these are the kinds of places

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where lights usually fail.
But this tech is making sure the

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show literally goes on come
rain, sun or wind.

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Now, it's all well and good to
talk about what these fixtures

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can do under ideal conditions,
but big events rarely give you

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that luxury.
Take the Orange Bowl halftime

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show, a massive live gig in
Miami Gardens where you get 5

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minutes to push a full set and
lighting rig onto the field, and

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after the artist's last note, 4
minutes to strike and clear out.

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Used to be you'd see fireworks,
but this year the team skipped

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pyrotechnics for a fully kinetic
all lighting spectacle.

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That's bananas.
It's one thing to have a great

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concept on paper, but when you
have to fit Truss cards through

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stadium tunnels in under 5
minutes and the weather's as

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unpredictable as ever.
The fact that they used Proteus

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Radius, Maximus Hybrid Max, all
those IP66 rated units, it makes

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a difference.
You don't even flinch at the

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idea of a sudden downpour.
Plus the light show ended up

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replacing the fireworks.
That says a lot.

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Doesn't.
It it really does.

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The radius played a starring
role.

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Those endless rotations, ultra
fast movements, A4 prism set up

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with gobos and frosts for washes
or aerial effects, Tight CMY

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color mixing, a 25 position
color wheel, two gobo wheels for

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swapping looks mid show, and the
ability to layer effects all at

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once.
That's proper flexibility.

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And with remote local control of
the sky motion system, Atlas and

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Radius can do standalone
Searchlight chases or pattern

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sweeps.
You can program dramatic sweeps

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or chase effects on the fly.
Even if you're not a lighting

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person.
The fact that you can use a

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touch panel on the fixture
itself and not have to find a

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control desk, that's saving time
in panic mode.

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So from fast installs to cutting
through daylight to on the fly

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programming, these fixtures kind
of redefine what's possible for

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live events.
That's probably where we'll wrap

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for now.
Plenty more innovations to come,

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so stay tuned for our next
future tech episode.

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Cheers, Laci.
Thanks, Chris, and thanks

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everyone for listening.
We'll catch you next time.

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Goodbye.
Future tech is here.

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Come on, you make the specs so
clear.

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Oh La La with music to your
ears.

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Hey, hey, yay.
Let's go.

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New gear vibes, new tech jive
gearheads unite.

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We keep it live.
Oh yeah, the leaders gear.

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The leaders gear.
We got it here, got it here.