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DJ Tutor Reviews COLORband PiX-M

Posted on June 14, 2013 by webmaster

Tune in as Johnathan Lewis, aka DJ Tutor, puts COLORband PiX-M on the review bench. A must-have LED fixture for mobile DJs, bands or nightclubs, COLORband PiX-M is powered by 12 tri-color LEDs and features DMX controllable motors to sweep back and forth, or from position to position, creating movement and dynamic effects. Get an […]

CHAUVET® DJ Colors the Grove

Posted on May 1, 2013 by webmaster

AVM Productions used 20 CHAUVET® DJ fixtures to light the stage during the Color the Grove 5K & Music Fest held at Darton State College in Albany, Georgia. The team included four members: Jodie Kretzer, production manager; Mark Davis, sound technician; Dan Reeves, lighting technician; and Dustin Tilley, stage hand. Throughout the event, Abigail Rose, Relapse […]

Status Update – Chauvet Showroom Makeover

Posted on February 26, 2013 by webmaster

Remember when we announced our redesigning the showroom at Chauvet headquarters project? We have an update – the design is complete, the TRUSST® trussing system is secure and all 226 fixtures are mounted. The design features a combination of CHAUVET® DJ and CHAUVET® Professional fixtures. In addition to wash lights, pixel-mapping fixtures, moving heads and effect lights, the entire […]

DJ wins a Freedom Par RGBA at MBLV17

Posted on February 18, 2013 by webmaster

Congratulations to Geoff Stevens, owner of DJ to Go in Fredericksburg, VA. While attending MBLV17 in Las Vegas, CHAUVET® DJ hosted a raffle and gave away a 100% wireless Freedom Par RGBA wash light to one lucky winner – that winner happen to be Stevens. Woo hoo! Click here to view more photos from the […]

CHAUVET® DJ Stage at MBLV17 Showcases TRUSST® Kits

Posted on February 15, 2013 by webmaster

During MBLV17, attendees crowded around the CHAUVET® DJ stage to see live performances from celebrities such as Rob Base and Cupid.  The stage featured the new TRUSST® Goal Post Kit with the MotionDrape LED and five COLORband PiX-M mounted to it. To create colorful aerial effects, six Intimidator Beam LED 350 moving heads were mounted atop six TRUSST® totems warmed with […]

Band Profile: Ask You In Gray

Posted on February 2, 2013 by webmaster

Ask You In Gray is an electro-pop duo who is located in Portland, Oregon and performs at local venues throughout the state and occasionally along the West Coast. The two-man band uses custom internal MIDI-porting from Ableton Live to ShowXpress for their shows. Read on and get to know more about Ask You In Gray. 1. How […]

CHAUVET® DJ Launches New Gear at NAMM 2013

Posted on February 1, 2013 by webmaster

CHAUVET® DJ introduced nearly 30 new products designed for mobile entertainers at The NAMM Show 2013. The 60-by-30 foot Chauvet booth was contstructed using nearly 300 pieces of TRUSST® — the versatile, easy-to-use trussing system backed by Chauvet. Showstoppers included four new Freedom wireless DMX wash lights, the battery-operated EZ series, BEAMbar, Intimidator Spot Duo and Intimidator […]

CHAUVET® DJ Shines During Performance in Bolivia

Posted on January 10, 2013 by webmaster

About 30 CHAUVET® DJ fixtures lit Bolivian artists during an experimental concert of Camerata del Oriente (Orquesta Municipal de Santa Cruz de la Sierra), featuring Paola B. Berlioz, Daniel Pesce, Nial Gandarilla, and more. Lighting Designer David Sandoval Vasquez, with Papabrown Events, specified 20 COLORrail IRC linear lights, six Intimidator Spot LED 250 moving yokes […]

Intimidator Creates Patterns in the Sky

Posted on December 7, 2012 by webmaster

DJ Luna Houston shared this stunning photo with us on Twitter. “Patterns in the sky,” or “figuras en el cielo,” is one of the special effects he offers his wedding and quinceañera clients in Houston, Texas. To achieve this look during an event at La Tranquila Ranch in Tomball, Texas, he used the D-Fi wireless DMX system to control 6 […]

SlimPAR Pro RGBA Lights Shine at Press Conference in Bolivia

Posted on December 6, 2012 by webmaster

CHAUVET® DJ SlimPAR Pro RGBA fixtures lit Bolivia’s Vice President Álvaro García Linera during a recent press conference in the country’s capital, La Paz. The wash lights were provided by our distributor in Bolivia, Dunamis Luces y Sonido. Here’s a photo from the event:

Colorful Lighting Combinations with Chauvet Fixtures

Posted on December 3, 2012 by webmaster

Various CHAUVET® DJ and CHAUVET® Professional fixtures were part of a demo at The Williamsburg Hotel & Conference Center in Virginia, conducted by Dobil Laboratories, Inc. audiovisual systems company. Dobil staff created different themes through lighting in one of the hotel’s conference rooms, using CHAUVET® DJ SlimPAR 64 fixtures and SlimPAR Tri 12 IRC low-profile LED PAR lights, and CHAUVET® Professional COLORdash Batten […]

Band Profile: Anima Inside

Posted on November 20, 2012 by webmaster

Formed in 2005, Anima Inside is a rock band from Ecuador that has achieved recognition in its native country and internationally. Anima Inside is the first band in Ecuador to release an album —“Reflection,” launched by EMI Music— that became a Gold Disc. Its members shared the stage with groups like Deep Purple, Ozzy Osbourne, […]

Testing out the Freedom Series – Part 1

Posted on November 15, 2012 by webmaster

-written by Jon-Paul LeClair Chauvet contacted me to demo and review some gear — I enthusiastically agreed. To my surprise they sent me the wireless CHAUVET® DJ Freedom series — one Freedom Par and one Freedom Strip Mini. I immediately thought of ways to use them with my band’s lighting rig. Freedom Par Freedom Par is […]

Chauvet Brings Hot Lighting at WaterFire Event

Posted on November 13, 2012 by webmaster

Chauvet fixtures lit the WaterFire public art installation in Kansas City, an event that combined water, light and music. In its sixth year, WaterFire featured a fire sculpture of 55 floating braziers on Brush Creek, which set the stage for live performances of jazz and blues, opera and chamber music, ballet and acrobatic dancers. Chauvet dealer […]

What Happens in Vegas Goes on the CHAUVET® DJ Blog

Posted on October 24, 2012 by webmaster

Chauvet ventured to Las Vegas for LDI 2012. All four Chauvet brands featured their own booth showcasing new and soon-to-be released products. During the show, CHAUVET® DJ introduced new gear designed for mobile performers and club installations. To best showcase the new line, the CHAUVET® DJ booth was built using TRUSST® — a trussing system built […]

Understanding the Pixel-Mapping Effect

Posted on October 16, 2012 by webmaster

by Allan Reiss, CHAUVET® DJ product manager Pixel-mapping effects add eye candy to setups and enhance stagnant LED lighting displays. To some mobile entertainers, pixel mapping seems like an out-of-reach effect.  However, there are fixtures — like the PiXPar series — on the market that are specifically designed for pixel mapping. Or if you’re creative, […]

CHAUVET® Sponsors CHC at the Grammys Fund-raiser

Posted on October 3, 2012 by webmaster

CHAUVET® was a gold sponsor for the yearly fund-raiser organized by Community Habilitation Center, a facility that supports and serves 150 adults with developmental disabilities from Miami-Dade County, ranging in ages from 21 to 71. This year’s theme was CHC at the Grammys. CHC members participated in a fashion show, and guests bid in live […]

CHAUVET® DJ goes to the 2012 Las Vegas DJ Show

Posted on September 27, 2012 by webmaster

CHAUVET® DJ showcased the latest, must-have DJ gear during the 2012 Las Vegas DJ Show. Attendees stopped by the TRUSST®-built booth to check out the powerful washes emitted by the 100% TRUE wireless Freedom series, which features battery power, infrared remote control (IRC) capability and built-in wireless DMX, and grabbed for their cameras as the Nimbus […]

Distributor Equipo Presents CHAUVET® Gear at Expomusic in Brazil

Posted on September 26, 2012 by webmaster

Brazilian distributor Equipo displayed a variety of CHAUVET® fixtures at Expomusic 2012 in Sao Paulo. Among the CHAUVET® DJ lights on display were SlimPAR PRO VW wash lights, nimble and compact moving yokes from our Intimidator series, Cubix 2.0 and LED Mushroom effect lights, lasers and more. The 6,400-square-feet stand was built entirely of casino online truss […]

Studio 743 in South Beach Gets Colorful with CHAUVET®

Posted on September 13, 2012 by webmaster

Forty-six CHAUVET® DJ fixtures color the interior of Studio 743, a historical landmark in South Beach that hosts parties, weddings, receptions and more. Eighteen PiXPar 12 PAR-style wash lights bathe in color the walls of the venue and 28 SlimPAR Pro RGBA fixtures add more dimension to the place, installed throughout the ceiling from truss. HMS, Inc. of […]