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More and more stage lighting fixtures are controllable by Art Net and Streaming ACN than ever before. This connectivity can provide for faster load ins, simpler cabling and faster programming, all you need is to understand a bit of basic networking. We've created a three part series to introduce the essentials of networking with a focus on the elements relevant to stage lighting networks. In this first part of the series we cover the fundamentals of networking in general, covering the layers of a network, basic architecture and the components of a network. In parts two and three we'll cover how to specify and setup a stage lighting network as well as how to troubleshoot common networking issues.

Join us for Lasers Live! Our guest this time is Chris Short, one of the creators of the Radiator. The Radiator is a compact yet feature rich laser synthesizer designed and built by an expert team of hardware designers and artists. Their kickstarter met their funding goal in only 9 days and shows no signs of slowing down as they work to bring abstract laser art to a new generation of artists. We'll be talking with Chris about Radiator, how the project developed and where it's headed now that they've met their funding goals, a Q&A session and of course he's going to make some beautiful laser art for us to enjoy, live!

We gave the latest meme of 2019 a shot. It went about as expected.

We are super excited to share with you a project that some friends of X-Laser have been working on for a while. An innovative and exciting new form of laser analog synth controller, now available to pre-order on Kickstarter! Radiator aims to bring back the live performance aspect to laser shows and once again make the job of Laserist synonymous with performance artist.

By popular request from our users we are doing a limited run of our Mercury laser control system as a standalone controller we're calling Launchpad. This limited edition controller is compatible with all laser systems with an ILDA port and has been designed to be a truly pro grade system. Launchpad offers: Freestanding Mercury control of ANY ILDA equipped projector DMX node functionality Powercon True in/out (so no wall wart PSU) ILDA Input and output Integrated etherStop on both models, the switched version offers an integrated 3 port 10/100 switch as well

If you're into lasers, you should already be following Smarter Every Day. He's got a ton of incredibly cool and educational videos and his latest is no exception. Destin does a great job of explaining internal reflection and it's relationship with angle of incidence.

This laser show is what you came for! For this #throwbackthursday we're going back to our week of fun with circle truss and 8 Mobile Beat Mirages expertly programmed by Anthony Garcia of Nice Lasers on Pangolin systems Beyond

DJ Chris Poynter is lighting up the dance floor with his Skywriter HPX M-2 running on ADJ Lighting's MyDMX 3.0. Looking good Chris!

It's #NationalSmallBusinessWeek and we would like to say thank you to the 98% of our customers who are small businesses. We all do it for our own reasons and it can be hard, but each other we would not exist. Small business drives this country and we are proud to be with you