The CYM colour-mixing system offers designers a myriad of colour options, from pastels to deep colours. The Vari-Lite colour-mixing system is fast, responding almost like a fixed colour wheel, so designers can quickly snap from one colour to the next. The VL2500 fixtures also have an 11-slot fixed colour wheel that allows designers even more freedom to create new looks and designs by laying any of the 11 colours over open white or any colour they mix with the CYM system.
"Designers recognize that Vari-Lite makes lighting tools," said Vari-Lite product manager George Masek. "We're also very interested in responding to our customers' needs. The VL2500 fixtures are perfect examples of that. We took an existing product that is a staple in the industry, and we refined and improved upon it."
We use a higher resolution coating process on the dichroic CYM wheels used in the VL2500 fixtures, resulting in a more even colour mix. The VL2500 fixtures also now feature separate dimmer and strobe systems that provide an extremely smooth dimming curve and lightning fast strobe action."
Masek continues: "As the automated lighting industry matures, clients are demanding more reliable and useful tools - not necessarily more wild, outrageous features they might use one time during a show. What matters most to designers is clarity of optics; zoom; smooth, quick movement and strong output at a reasonable price. That is Vari-Lite's focus when it comes to the development of new fixtures."
(Lee Baldock)
