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“Have you ever seen a laser inside a fishtank?” is a question so seemingly far-fetched that it would only border on making sense in a place like Las Vegas. And at our LDI 2024 booth, we gave attendees the opportunity to answer that question with a perhaps-still-awestruck, “Yes." Keep reading to see what we did at LDI 2024 and what went into our award-winning booth design.

On their Good Together Tour, the multi-genre quintet Lake Street Dive uses varied contrasts to make every show impactful and memorable. And lighting director Andrew Froehlich uses X-Laser Skywriter HPX M-10 fixtures to enhance the impact of every song and lighting look. It’s a design that they call “joyful rebellion."

A common test for any professional LD is to create an impactful show no matter the size of the venue. Whether a small club or massive stadium, effective lighting energizes the audience, expresses the band’s artistry and empowers the designer to use all the tools in their creative arsenal. Empowered by X-Laser fixtures and Mercury Laser Control firmware, designer Ben Jarrett of Squeek Lights in Sayreville, N.J., checked all of those boxes and then some with his design for metalcore band Beartooth on its 2024 North American Tour.

What is Mercury Laser Control? Lasers for lighting designers Launched in 2017, Mercury is our control system built from the ground up for direct control from lighting consoles. As moving lights and intelligent fixtures have developed, many people viewed lasers as either cheap effects or large, expensive, and required extensive...

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...

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.

Monday night, Lasers Live is back on Facebook and Youtube! This time our guest is LD Mike Chappell showing off some of his timecoded and busking programming of our circle truss laser rig on his MA console and answering your questions. You're not going to want to miss this one!

The builders of Mercury grant lighting designers unparalleled control of lasers by direct DMX, but like any toolbox proper organization is key to efficiency and speed. We've worked with several lighting designers to make our MA profiles more intuitive and powerful! These videos will show you the changes we made.