PR Lighting XPar 348 Helps Paint the Picture at Motion Notion

	Motion Notion's main Temple stage, used 13 of PR Lighting's Xpar 348 LED heads to create impact through the night for the high octane DJ event.

Motion Notion is an annual event which has moved around various venues in the Canadian western province of Alberta before setting up base at the Beaverfoot Lodge in Golden, BC two years ago.

Around 4,000 people turned up to the 2013 event, including DJ's and VJ's from across the Calgary and Edmonton areas. After around 15 years or so the event is finally getting the recognition it deserves, according to Steve Burak of EA Systems, who provided lighting for the main Temple stage.

Contracted by promoter James Katalyst for the first time, Burak himself took on lighting designer duties, working alongside Calgary-based audio company, PK Sound. At the core of his inventory were 13 of PR Lighting's XPar 348 LED heads. Containing 48 3W high quality RGBW LED's, the company says this unit's attributes include low noise, low maintenance, energy saving, and a weight of just 9kg.

The fixtures endured an arduous duty cycle, working through the night from dusk until dawn. Rigged alongside generic LED's and discharge lights they were driven from a Martin LightJockey, with LED-Trix engine for some of the fixtures, and a Hog 1000 as backup.

Because of the high amount of LED fixtures and the type of show, this was the ideal solution," said Burak. "I was able to patch in the XPars by skipping the DMX channels in the RGBW patch setup."

He confirmed that the XPars had been the first items on his wish list -- specifically chosen for their waterproof (IP67) and dustproof rating and their ability to perform through the night. "They were a breeze to clean and could be placed anywhere -- exposed to all weathers that may have come our way," he continued.

"Everything worked great, and we used the XPars as the sole lighting for the decor tent-structure, where they did their job wonderfully. The high intensity of the output lit up the structure beyond anyone's expectations and the color change worked just as we had hoped by reflecting colors that were projected."

And the final XPar 348 proved to be very useful in lighting the tip of the structure -- which had not been accounted for in the original lighting spec.

"Gigs like this reaffirm my choice to buy PR fixtures," summarized the lighting designer. Both he and the PR Lighting effects also received praise from Katalyst. "We hired Steve's company because we needed lots of LEDs to make the canopy come alive with color changes and blacklight. The blocks of color painted on the canopy and video screen frames changed color as the LEDs changed -- it was a killer effect," he said.