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Mercury wasn’t created for laser people. It was created to give lighting professionals an unfair advantage by letting them easily and quickly add lasers to their rigs, all while using the lighting console they know and love. Check out what else PLSN had to say and read the full article!

How Mercury Laser Control Gives Lighting Designers an Unfair Advantage   Picture this: You're a touring lighting designer who, during your travels, has seen lasers used at some of the concerts you've worked. You haven't used lasers firsthand before, as you had only seen them controlled with a separate software setup by a dedicated "laser guy". You figure that's because getting...

With professional laser control and programming easier than ever, lighting designers and live event producers can add lasers to lighting rigs and use them to them enhance any array of traditional moving-head fixtures. So if your team is set on adding the allure of laser light to your next event, tour or...

You've booked the gig. You've spec'd your gear. You may have even pre-programmed your show. But have you taken laser safety into consideration? Read on to see the five things you must have for your laser show to be compliant. Properly labeled projectors Take a look at your laser projectors....

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...

PLSN recently spotlighted X-Laser owner/president Adam Raugh in a piece about what we do here at X-Laser! Author Debi Moen covers what we do here at X-Laser, from Mercury to compliance support, and the changes Adam made when he took over the company in 2016.  "Working with a customer base...

FREE Spooky Gobos for Halloween It's spooky season, and to celebrate we have new Mercury gobos just in time for Halloween! Our talented electronics assembly tech and in house laser artist Julie created a bunch of laser gobos for X-Laser users. These gobos are specifically for Mercury-enabled laser systems.  There are...

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...