Technical specifications:
The MH-x30 LED Beam Moving Head from Stairville enhances party locations with moving show effects, both coloured and white, as well as graphic patterns that dance through the air. This distinguishes it from the Stairville MH-x30 LED Spot Moving Head, which projects gobos onto surfaces. A closer look reveals a powerful 30W white LED in the centre of the head, in front of which a colour wheel and a gobo wheel are placed. The MH-x30 LED Beam Moving Head can be set up in a free-standing manner or suspended from a truss, and operated with comparatively few DMX channels. A matching Omega bracket with quick-release fasteners is already included in the scope of delivery, as are the safety rope and a Power Twist mains cable that is secured to prevent accidental disconnection from the socket. A safety rope is attached to the underside.
The Stairville MH-x30 LED Beam Moving Head makes beams of coloured or white light visible in the air, so it works best in combination with haze or fog. The wide range of features provided by this specialist unit makes for attractive spatial effects, especially when accompanied by music. Among these are the 30W, 6,000-Kelvin white LED and a colour wheel with seven full and split colours as well as white. Another wheel features 15 static gobos with an optional shake effect. The beam, which is narrowly focused at 2.8°, is also suitable as a stroboscope with variable speed. Clear projections on surfaces, on the other hand, are the domain of the spotlights. When the unit's sound-to-light function is activated, the light flashes to match the beat. Eight automatic programmes are stored for this purpose, and both functions can be used when the moving head is operated alone or in master-slave mode, i.e. not controlled via DMX.
The Stairville MH-x30 LED Beam Moving Head is suitable for beginners to the world of moving heads as well as for professionals. On small to medium dancefloors, the head, which weighs just 5.8kg, will convince DJs and club owners alike without any of its operational noise being noticed. Those who prefer to operate the moving head on the sidelines will probably place it upright for easy access to the control panel in the base. With four menu buttons, DJs and event venue managers can choose from various automatic programmes and illuminate the air above the dancefloor. If, on the other hand, stage technicians suspend the unit from a truss, the display can be rotated by 180°. In DMX mode, it is possible to choose between seven and ten-channel mode.
Since it was introduced in 1994, Thomann’s in-house brand Stairville has been a permanent fixture in the store’s product range. The brand primarily focuses on the field of stage lighting in general, and its products include spotlights, moving lights, and theatre lighting as well as smoke machines, electronic control systems, and every other accessory you can think of. Thomann constantly has around 1,600 Stairville products on offer, and the figures speak for themselves: Statistically, one in every fifteen Thomann customers owns at least one Stairville product. Incidentally, the name “Stairville” is also a catchy English translation of “Treppendorf”, the town that Thomann calls home.
For impressive lighting effects, suspend two MH-x30 LED Beam Moving Head units so that they shine from above across the location. Connect a DMX cable to the first moving head and connect its output to the second moving head in order to control them via a DMX desk. Next, simply plug both into the mains power supply and assign them the same DMX address in the respective menus. Then place a hazer in one corner of the room, and the otherwise invisible haze will highlight the beams of light impressively. Using the gobo wheel, 3D graphic patterns will now become visible through the light cones, circulate around the room, and change their colour. Here, it is worth purchasing a lighting desk with which chasers can be stored. In this way, you can create customised effects in advance, which then only have to be selected for the show.