THE Magazine For Mobile DJs Home Request A Free Sample Subscribe / Renew Existing Subscription Latest Issue Competition News Music Reviews Must Have DJ Chart Gallery Ed's Blog Back Issues Book Store Distributors Contribute Links Contact Feature Profile: DJ Karsten Article Prom Season The UK, our humble little island, yet one of the most important super powers in the world. I think we prove that size isn't important, it's quality that counts! However, one thing the UK is guilty of is that at times we can be a bit of a 'sheep' nation, particularly when it comes to our cousins across the pond. What I mean by being a sheep is that we often will pick an idea or concept that is working for them and just follow it. Now to many of the older generation this is infuriating, they don't understand why we do this and particularly don't like American ideas. Review Toplite Merlin C40 Equinox Triclops The second new effect in the Equinox range is the Triclops, a compact centrepiece with three scanning mirrors each reflecting a hexagonal matrix of 20 bright red, green and blue LEDs. A collection of 15 pre-programmed patterns are provided for the LEDs, which are probably best described as 'animated gobos'. These include a spinning figure of eight, moving arrows and also static patterns such as a triangle and straight line. As with the Quadrille, the Triclops can operate in standalone automatic and sound activated modes, it is also compatible with DMX and multiple units can be linked together in a master/slave configuration. Unlike the Quadrille, the Triclops uses 'old fashioned' DIP switches for mode selection and DMX addressing. There is also a rotary control for altering the sensitivity of the sound activate mode. When the mirrors and animated patterns move quickly the Triclops creates an energetic effect, perfect for fast electronic dance music. However, when the mirrors sweep slowly and one of the static patterns is used the effect is more subtle, suited to slow dances or background music. Written By James Humphrey The full article can be found in Pro Mobile Issue 36, Pages 70 - 71 Copyright EJ Media 2003 - 2010

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