Lasers get upgraded
June 2008
The LUVELY laser system has been wowing the crowds since its introduction back in July 2007 and has become an important part of the clubs lighting ever since.
The original quad DMX laser system boasted nearly 500Mw of laser power, split between our twin red unit and two surgical grade green graphic lasers, easily making the system the most powerful and impressive laser package in use by any club in the capital today.
The lasers have become an integral addition to our special effects equipment, which help to make the Luvely experience so unique. So the production crew were faced with a real problem when Davie announced that Luvely would be running at the ARCHES in Glasgow on the same night as our usual monthly event at the LIQUID ROOM in Edinburgh for 3 consecutive months, and that a laser system of comparable quality would have to be sourced for the extra events.
This proved to be no mean feat. The manufacturer of our original system was no longer supplying high power units & most stage hire companies do not even stock lasers at all, with the few that do charging so much that it made far more financial sense to just buy a second system outright.
In light of this Davie stipulated that any new units would have to fit in with our original ones to make spending the extra money worthwhile once the Glasgow gigs had ended, thus boosting the Edinburgh production even further, by in effect, upgrading the whole package! After extensive testing of a whole range of units from a broad list of laser manufacturers, a brand new pair of units were bought.
The German made, second-generation RGY lasers feature a tri-colour output totalling a massive 400Mw of power each! All three colours (red, yellow & green) can be separately controlled on each unit, and like our older green lasers can be programmed to generate our very own custom graphics & animations through an ILDA software suite.
August 2008, and Luvely was back to concentrating solely on its Edinburgh events, and the time had come at last to see the effects of combining both systems in one venue. The effect is truly mind-blowing! With six lasers providing three colours at nearly three times the power of the original system, combined with our very own specialist smoke & haze generators to maximise laser performance, Luvely's in house laser show must now surely be one of the best in the country! ...enjoy.