On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:24:20 -0000, Nick Smarto <nicksmarto@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> So I went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert in Pittsburgh last
> night to check out some of the tech, and I saw two fixture types I've
> never seen before. I've been poking around online, and can't find that
> much, so hopefully someone has some good input:
>
> 1) I saw moving-head intelligent fixtures that seemed very typical
> (mac 2000-ish, but larger), but they had an LED ring around the lens.
> The LED's didn't pump out much light compared to the actual beam, so
> it was more about the look of the fixture itself.
>
Sounds like a showgun
http://www.highend.com/products/automated_luminaires/showgun.asp
> 2) They were using some sort of pyro unit to burn fuel and make tall
> thin flames. The amazing thing was that there were able to control the
> color of the flames. Sometimes it was cyan, sometimes green, sometimes
> deep red. I know some materials burn at different colors, but I've
> never seen anything this brilliant in color, and I've never seen a
> unit that could do this sort of thing.
>
> Any ideas?
you inject salt solution into the fuel jet.
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