Pitbull s Club Experience Tour Global Warming Is Hot with Martin MAC Viper

(26/09/2013) Production and Lighting Designer Justin Geiger of Impulse Creative Group has been handling the visual look on Pitbull's live shows for nearly two years. For the rapper's current Global Warming tour, Geiger has turned to HARMAN's Martin MAC Viper family of moving heads to impress fans across the world.

Geiger is one of the first LDs in the U.S. to use the MAC Viper Quadray, Viper AirFX and Viper Profiles on the same stage. The time it took from when we received the fixtures until they were up in the rig was literally only a few minutes, Geiger says. The Vipers look fantastic and work really well on this high-energy club show. I use other lights on tour and its such a relief to have Vipers because of the amazing gobos and optics. They're some of the best I've seen.

Geiger became familiar with the new family of luminaires through production house Complete Production Resources (CPR) of Orlando, who acquired the MAC Viper fixtures just prior to the tour.

CPR owner Kelly Greene explains why they went with Martin. The Martin name was a big part of the decision-making process for the purchase. We wanted an industry-standard lighting product for our inventory. We have had great success with Martin in the past and are looking forward to the same with our new Viper products.

Geiger was also the first in the U.S. to use the new MAC Viper Quadray Martin's new multi-beam moving head that allows for projection of up to four individually controllable rays of light. It's available as an easy-to-install front lens replacement kit for any standard MAC Viper AirFX.

Whenever we need something over the top, we turn to the Quadray's unique multiple beams and fantastic gobos, says Geiger. It also doubles as a great wash when not using the Quadray effect.

Geiger uses the Quadrays to open up the stage and likes the luminaire's fat white beam and preprogrammed effects, which he uses at variable speeds. He has them placed on the floor, risers, wing trusses and on the main upstage truss.

For its size and output these fixtures cannot be beat, Director of Lighting Production Lucas Peterson said. While on tour, we experienced very little maintenance over a 6-week run. It was a bit intimidating being the first company out with the Viper AirFX and Quadrays, but our fear quickly diminished after multiple shows with no issues. Jim Fuller and the Martin Professional team are outstanding!

Video Director for the tour is Nate Selvidio of Impulse Creative Group.

Martin Equipment:

48 x MAC Viper Profile

16 x MAC Viper Quadray

12 x MAC Viper AirFX

24 x Atomic 3000

24 x Atomic Colors

Jem ZR44 Hi-Mass

As a world leader in the creation of dynamic lighting solutions for the entertainment, architectural, and commercial sectors, Martin lighting and video systems are renowned the world over. Martin also offers a range of advanced lighting controllers and media servers, as well as a complete line of smoke machines as a complement to intelligent lighting. Martin operates the industry's most complete and capable distributor network with local partners in nearly 100 countries. Founded in 1987 and based in Aarhus, Denmark, Martin is the lighting division of global infotainment and audio company HARMAN International Industries.

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