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Glossary Listing for B
Definitive Stage Lighting Database

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     Please browse our definitions glossary of Lighting, Audio & Production terms starting with B. It is constantly being expanded every day. If you would like to add a term to the glossary please send us an email as info@solarisnetwork.com

 

Backlight
Light that comes from the upstage, behind all actors and scenery. It helps to separate them from the back drop. Light coming from upstage, behind scenery or actors, to sculpt and separate them from the background     more...
    
Backline
Backline is equipment that is located behind a live band while they are performing. Such examples of backline include amps for guitars and basses. It is the equipment that the band needs aside from the actual instruments that they are holding and using and the PA and FOH desks.      more...
    
Ballyhoo
A set of programmed moves for automated lights where the lights move randomly within a specific area.     more...
    
Base Station
A base station is a device used to centralize and process communication signals and information between crew members.      more...
    
Beamage
The beam of light projected from lights as it appears in the air.     more...
    
Box
A box truss is square in shape like a box in cross section and is useful for touring as gear can be hung inside the truss which protects it when loading and takes up less space in the truck.     more...
    
Bulbs
A Bulb or light bulb is a source of artificial light. There are many different kinds of bulbs including High Intensity Discharge or HIDs, Halogen, Fluorescent and Light Emitting Diodes, but the most common is the incandescence that works by the release of electromagnetic radiation.      more...
    
Bump Button
A lighting console button that performs on action when pressed and another when released. This is a lighting console term.     more...
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