We traveled to Orlando, Fla.to take part in one of the industry’s largest trade shows: LDI. Team CHAUVET® spent months preparing for the show and introduced more than a dozen new products to the Club/DJ market. The show took place on Halloween weekend so we gave our booth an “infected” theme in hopes that LDI […]

Throughout the month of October, Paul Jeffries gets a thrill from terrifying people who bravely attempt to make it through the Wells Township Haunted House in Brilliant, Ohio. For this year’s Halloween event, Jeffries constructed an out-of-control, elevator-style ride that uses ShowXpress and a DMX-4 Dimmer/Relay pack to control all of the effects. Those in […]

by Allan Reiss, product manager for CHAUVET® DJs have options when it comes to controlling lighting gear. Traditional control boards give you the feel of hardware as you slide the faders up and down to control the features of your fixtures, while modern software programs let you control your fixtures from your computer or smart phone (it […]

For the past three years, Jim Hollborn has been controlling the lights at Performer’s Edge Dance Center’s annual recital with ShowXpress. The software has simplified the once daunting task of having to create schemes for over 80 different dance pieces which take place during two, three-hour shows. Prior to ShowXpress, Hollborn hired an in-house lighting technician […]

by Allan Reiss, product manager for CHAUVET® One of the highlights of my trip to the 2011 DJ Expo was hosting two ShowXpress seminars: SX Education 101 and SX Education 201. For those not familiar with ShowXpress, it’s a software program that turns almost any computer into a lighting console. You should’ve seen all the […]