TruTone Technology: A Pioneering Advance In Lighting Fidelity
Setting A New Standard In Lighting Elation’s Research & Development department knows that meaningful lighting innovation rarely stems from a single Eureka moment but more often is a long and it...
Lighting Control: A Brief History
Simplified lighting control and manipulation has become second nature to us, but it certainly wasn’t always that way. Today, we can effortlessly control our lighting with a simple command like, ‘...
Causes, Effects, and Solutions for Video Displays By Richard Cadena for Elation Professional Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is caused by the flow of current through conductors and electroni...
Does luminous efficacy matter in stage lighting? It should and it does for us at Elation! If you’re still focusing on a lighting fixture’s wattage to gauge brightness, you’re missing the point. W...
Video Walls for Houses of Worship
Worship AVL Q&A with Eric Loader What should a church consider when it comes to buying a new video wall? The first thing to consider is how large of a display you are looking for. The larger...
Elation Professional’s Bob Mentele sheds some light on a foggy subject We've become accustomed to the use of atmospheric effects in various types of entertainment. Think of those big, sudden bur...
Elation’s Bob Mentele describes the pros and cons of the three main categories of automated lights AUTOMATED LIGHTING FIXTURES come in many shapes and sizes. It seems like almost every day a manu...
Elation’s Bob Mentele hopes that warmer weather will allow HOWs to move their services outside – but what does this mean for lighting? IT’S BEEN A WHILE SINCE OUR congregations have been able to ...
A Beginner’s Guide to Lighting Consoles
There are numerous variables involved in choosing a lighting controller, but we will step through some of the most important. The initial information that we need to collect is in regard to the l...
NOT LONG AGO, ADDING A VIDEO system to a facility was somewhat of a luxury investment. Most of our congregation attended services each Sunday, being able to hear the message in-person. But, as we k...
LED: The 2020 View At this point in its existence, the overall benefits of LED lighting vs its tungsten predecessor are almost common knowledge. So much so that it’s getting harder to find anythi...
The history behind the development and proliferation of the PAR can fixture is one of mystery and myth The history behind the development and proliferation of the PAR can fixture is one of myster...
The balance between cost and technology
Elation’s Bob Mentele considers the steps to take to get the best return on your investment The balance between cost and technology When it comes to upgrading your facility’s space, there i...
BEHIND THE INNOVATION -ELATION PROTEUS
Kept close to the vest during its formative phases, development of Elation Professional’s IP65 Proteus line has been an experiential and fruitful journey Proteus™ Kept close to the vest during ...
BEHIND THE INNOVATION - FULL SPECTRUM additive color development
In search of perfect whites, the most beautiful colors were found From the first moment that light was projected onto a stage, lighting professionals have been in search of the ideal color palett...
BEHIND THE INNOVATION - Spectra Color
Developing a better color mixing system The science of color has brought us many innovative systems over the years - Kodachrome in photography and Technicolor in film are two of the more commerci...