Designer Interview: Al Crawford

A huge believer in cross genre design, Al Crawford has designed lighting in nearly every major opera house and theatre around the world, as well as for architecture, broadcast TV, and more as CEO of Arc3design. He has spent 22 years as the lighting director for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. So how did he get started? What's his typical day like? What's he working on now? Find out in this designer interview by City Theatrical.

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Multiverse At Prolight + Sound

Multiverse® marks the fifth generation of City Theatrical's engineering development for wireless DMX. This wireless DMX/RDM system can broadcast as many as 10 universes of DMX data from a single transmitter, while producing less radio energy than present-day single universe systems. Watch a recent demo of this award-winning technology from Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, Germany in Live Design's Show Report.

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(Multiverse demo starts at 12:15)

Six Tips For Soldering QolorFLEX NuNeon

Soldering can be frustrating, but it is the most reliable means of making connections and the only method used for QolorFLEX® NuNeon™. If you are new to soldering, learn more about soldering irons, solder, and techniques to help make your next LED tape installation easier with these six soldering tips from our Working with QolorFLEX NuNeon video.

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DMXcat Tip for Android Users

Having trouble viewing DMXcat® in your Android's app device list? The Android ecosystem recently moved some of the discovery features of the BLE protocol to "Location Services" in phone settings. If you are discovering a device for the first time, enable this feature and DMXcat will appear in your app device list. Once the connection is made, "Location Services" are no longer needed for subsequent connections to that DMXcat.

New DMXcat tip

Every month, we do dozens of custom projects for customers all over the world. These projects include entertainment lighting, architectural lighting, and OEM development projects for other companies. Custom projects give us a chance to use all of our experience, knowledge, and capability. Tell us about your challenges, submit a custom order, and you could see your project in next month's newsletter.