Four Reasons Lighting Designers Should Use XLERATE (Plus How to Get Started)

Four Reasons Lighting Designers Should Use XLERATE (Plus How to Get Started)
Four Reasons Lighting Designers Should Use XLERATE What is XLERATE? XLERATE is our free software tool designed to be flexible and work seamlessly with your rig. Featuring previsualization support, rig management capability, content management, and more, XLERATE is the perfect tool for lighting designers who want to integrate lasers into...

5 Words Media Awards Second #FreeChurchAV Winner

5 Words Media Awards Second #FreeChurchAV Winner
Ohana Baptist Church Wins a Free Lighting & AV System Valued at $231,000, Caleb Surface of Ohana Baptist Church in Honolulu, Hawaii became the second winner of the #FreeChurchAV giveaway. The installation was recently completed, after 5 Words Media CEO Daniel Gourley announced Ohana Baptist Church as the winner in January...

Best of 2020 Highlights Reel

Best of 2020 Highlights Reel
The X-Laser 2020 Highlight Reel Complete List  For many 2020 was a dark year. We would not have made it through without the support of our friends and clients like you. Many of you were finding new ways to bring light to the world and we wanted to highlight some...

Mercury Magic in Eddy Sound's Light Lab

Mercury Magic in Eddy Sound's Light Lab
Photo by Matthew Stoneback eddysound.com If you follow us on social media, you've probably seen some of the amazing photos and videos from our friends at Eddy Sound. We reached out to them to learn more about what they've been up to in the last couple of months.   Photo...

TEMPO by EAMOTION: A Pandemic-Proof Visual Experience

TEMPO by EAMOTION: A Pandemic-Proof Visual Experience
Our friends from Stonewolf Studios provided the lasers for TEMPO by EAMOTION, a live entertainment production company focused on bringing immersive experiences to the public. Founders Erik Anderson and Gordon Droitcour of EAMOTION recognized early on in the pandemic shutdown that live entertainment was not going to quickly return to how it...

Mercury in Worship!

Mercury in Worship!
Drew Hornback with MaxTenn Lights brought lasers to worship with our Mercury system! He created some amazing unique effects for Northstar Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. “These units from [X-Laser] are so much fun to work with! This is both 5 Watt & 10 Watt Skywriter Mercury Units. Mercury has allowed me...

Lasers Live! Fun with circle truss

Lasers Live! Fun with circle truss
How much fun can we have with 8 5 watt lasers and a little circle truss? We find out with LD Mike Chappell of Dark Matter Tech as he shows off some timecoded shows he programmed and a bit of busking on his custom MA onPC setup. Mike is awesome enough he'll be sharing his show file with everyone, we'll be making it available for download here in a few days.