Futurelight Miracle 1200 Unit

   

This is a truly spectacular unit.  Produced from Futurelight (rumor Robe was the original manufacturer) in the late 90's this unit makes a truly unique aerial effect. 

The unit has 2 separate gobo wheels (1 Rotating, 1 Static), separate dichoric color wheel and a super bright 1200 watt HMI discharge to power the unit.  How the unit works is using different static and rotating gobos layered on top of each other an illusion of tunnels and other geometric shapes project from the unit.  A manual focus is located at the front so you can get crisp shapes or more distorted effects if desired. 

Control of the unit is DMX through 1/4" connections on the rear.  A dedicated controller is also available for this unit.  This is the larger Miracle unit as Futurelight also made a 575 discharge version.  Fixture is very heavy and built like a tank!  When running this unit gets very hot and even though it has dual cooling fans the light still has to cool for about 15 min before you can even think of touching it.  Unit made in Germany. 

 

 

 

 

 

Lightwave Research (HES) Emulator System

One of the coolest lighting systems ever produced!  This is the Lightwave Research (Now High End Systems) Emulator System.  This unit produces a laser simulator type effect that is truly stunning!  How the system works is actually pretty simple.  There is a special arc lamp with a small reflector behind it placed vertical in the chassis.  The lamp is mounted behind a piece of machined aluminum (Pin Block) and a special condensing lens that will only let a tiny bit of the lamps light emit forward in the unit.  This is what produces the super concentrated beam of light that emits from the unit.  The light shoots through a dichoric color wheel.  From the color wheel the light shoots onto a set of scanning galvos (Same as what is used in laser scanning systems).  This produces all of the patterns and designs projected from the unit.  The unit features 11 colors and white, variable speed strobe and the ability to create awesome aerial beams including text.  There is also a beam block / strobe assembly for blackout and strobing capabilities. 

The control of the fixture is LWR Protocol.  At the time the unit was produced control was available from the dedicated LED or LCD rack mount controllers or Status Cue System.  Later a DMX converter box was available from a third party vendor.  This system currently is using the dedicated LCD controller.  The controller features 594 programmable scenes, 1024 programmable presets, scrolling and graphic capabilities, joystick, removable memory card (for backup and additional memory), and audio input for sound-to-light operation.  24 Emulator units can be controlled with a single rack mount controller and controllers can be connected together for additional channels.  An additional touch panel can be connected to the rack mount controllers for bringing up cues and other effects.     

A few interesting notes on this system:  The LED controller was the first controller available for the emulator system.  The LCD came at a later time.  The emulator heads came in a silver color chassis and black chassis.  The silver units were earlier in production and the black were the later models.  The special lamp is still available but is very expensive.  Currently they sell for around $350.00 - $375.00 each.