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Wings and Processors - Wings and processors are used to extend the capabilities of lighting control consoles. Wings usually add faders, bump buttons, displays, and other functions to the console while processors consolidate. Used Studio Color 575 (s version). , alter, redirect or synchronize the signals coming to and from the console. Consoles often have wings designed specifically for use with that console, but process. Used Studio Color 575 (s version). ors are more generalized....
Effects - Lighting Effects are devices that are generally used to enhance other lighting or staging devices, like foggers, lasers or pyrotechnics and can also have and effect on setting the mood during a perfor. Used Studio Color 575 (s version). mance like color changers.
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Arc Lamp - An arc lamp is a device that produces light by the sparking (or arcing, from voltaic arc or electric arc) of a high current between two carbon rod electrodes. The rods are touched and then slowly draw. Used Studio Color 575 (s version). n apart; as the rods separate the current is "struck" and arcs across the gap in a bright, ionized path. The arc produces a temperature of several thousand degrees. Used Studio Color 575 (s version). , and the tips of the carbon rods are heated to incandescence, creating light. The rods are slowly vaporized during the process and need to be regularly adjusted to maintain the arc. The concept was first demonstrated by Sir Humphry Davy...
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