JSHAA News

It’s been a busy few weeks over at the ol’ Hyatt place! We’re renting space to a movie that’s shooting here in Grand Rapids, so their art department has turned a chunk of the building into a workshop. To be honest, it looks like Christmas threw up!

What else is new? Let’s see….

Beginning Monday August 3, Apollo is starting a summer gel special:

When consumers purchase a minimum of 10 sheets and/or one standard roll
of Apollo Gel from an authorized Apollo dealer between 8/3/09 – 9/22/09, they can receive $1/sheet and/or $15/roll cash back from Apollo.

Not bad, eh?!! Keep in mind, that our office does not stock Apollo gel (if there’s enough of a demand, we can start stocking it), but the factory is in Indiana, which is just a one-day UPS trip away! We do require a minimum order of 5 sheets of Apollo gel. List price is $7.25/sheet, $45/12ft roll, $90/24ft roll.

XLRJ45 is an adapter to convert a DMX512 XLR connector to a RJ45 connector. The XLRJ45 adapter makes it possible to use any CAT-5 ethernet cable as a DMX512 cable. XLRJ45 is available in four versions, 3-pin male or female XLR or 5-pin male or female XLR. The different adapters can be mixed to make for example a 5-pin to 3-pin cable. XLRJ45 is very useful for making a DMX512 cable quickly and at a very low cost.

All 4 varieties are IN-STOCK in the Grand Rapids office!!

ETC is proud to announce that Paletta and Lustr LED fixtures are now shipping! They join the Vivid™ fixture to complete the Selador Series by ETC product range. All three are available in 11” (1-cell), 21” (2-cell), 42” (4-cell) and 63” (6-cell) lengths.

Lighting control with your iPhone or iPod Touch!

ETC’s iRFR application – supported by Eos, Ion, Element, Congo® and Congo jr consoles, as well as the Eos and Ion Remote Processor Units as well as the Congo Light Server, can be downloaded from the iTunes store and provides touchscreen-based remote control from wherever you are in your venue. Of course, you need a closed wireless network!

Since anyone can download this software and no factory hardware is required, security controls are provided to prohibit unauthorized access to your lighting control system. The application requires iPhone software 2.0 or higher and iTunes 8.0+.

Eos/Ion software 1.7 or Element software 1.6 or higher is required for use of the iRFR on those platforms.

With the iRFR on Eos/Ion/Element, you can:

• Select channels and set parameter data
• Playback and edit cues
• Park channels
• Conduct dimmer and channel checks
• Patch conventional fixtures
• Manipulate color
• With the iRFR on Congo/Congo jr, you can:
• Select channels and set parameter data
• Playback and edit presets
• Conduct dimmer and channel checks
• Patch conventional fixtures
• Calibrate Scroller Rolls

ETC is donating all proceeds from the sale of the iRFR application to Behind the Scenes or Light Relief. There are two separate applications available, the iRFR – BTS and iRFR – LR, supporting these two charities respectively.

To download the iRFR – BTS application and donate to Behind the Scenes, visit:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318210456&mt=8

To download the iRFR – LR application and donate to Light Relief, visit:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318217989&mt=8

With all film possibilities coming up in Michigan, we’ve started to provide quite a variety of products to the production teams.

CALDIGIT offers various RAID solutions for people in the multimedia industry. CalDigit is the one source supplier for Video Editors, Photographers, and the Music Industry. CalDigit is your complete RAID solution choice, at an affordable price.

Composite Components Company is an Academy Award Winning effects company providing the filmmaker with a systematic and comprehensive approach to state of the art traveling matte composite photography. Featuring the Digital Series of traveling matte backings including: Digital Green®, Digital Blue™, Digital Video Blue™ and Digital Red™ fabric screens and paints.

Aerosol snow!!! We’ve got a great source for this low cost set-decorating product, as well as snow blankets and non-biodegradable snow.

Of course, CITC still has SnoBiz, a fantastic bio-degradable snow product.

Contact your JSHAA sales person to place an order!