-style eff ect you’d really need to buy three diff erent products. Thankfully advances in modern technology mean that now you just have to buy ONE! 7700 The Intimidator Trio is an innovative product that sits amongst the rest of the popular Intimidator moving head line from CHAUVET DJ. It’s a unique product in that it can change from a beam to a wash within seconds thanks to its motorised zoom function.

What’s more, moments later it can become a moonfl ower-style eff ect by activating its rotating honeycomb feature. When I fi rst saw this, I immediately likened it to the noisy end of a Gatling gun! But, in reality, it runs quietly and its eff ect really looks quite cool with an interesting projected eff ect zooming in and out. Inside the unit you will fi nd six 21W quad-colour RGBW LEDs, so it’s an immensely bright fi xture with awesome colour mixing possibilities.

Zoom angles range from 7 to 53 degrees, so you can get a really tight beam useful for spotlighting wedding cakes on the dance-fl oor or a vibrant wash for lighting up the room. The six LEDs on the face of the Intimidator Trio are also zoned in pairs, so you can create some really funky visual eff ects by chasing between them in diff erent colours. The main unique feature of the Trio is, of course, its ability to switch from a beam, to a wash, to a moonfl ower eff ect within seconds and I have to say it works really well.

The eff ect from the rotating honeycomb is quite cool and will add a really interesting element to your lightshow. If you utilise the zoning of the LEDs together with the rotation the resulting eff ect through haze is simply stunning and certainly unlike anything else out there at the moment. As it’s a moving head, you get the usual range of pan and tilt movements and the somewhat small base houses a full-colour menu display on the front. This makes it easy and intuitive to cycle through the many diff erent menus and modes off ered by the Intimidator Trio.

On the back you’ll fi nd 3-pin DMX input and output connections and IEC power input and output sockets also. For those of you with truss, you can attach the supplied bracket so you can hang the Trio upside down and, if you have podiums/ totems, there’s a very useful ‘totem mode’ which fl ips the movement and forces the Trio to focus its beams forward on to the dance-fl oor. CHAUVTEHTE DAJR ITN OTIFM AIDDAVTEORTRI STIRNIOG THE NEW WIDE UULLTTRRAA CCOOMMPPAACCTT EEVVOOXX ••• 777000000WWW RRRMMMSSS DDDSSSPPP •• ”” SSOOUURRCCEE WWIITTHH 112200 •• 1122”” HHIIGGHH EEXXCCUURRSSIIOONN •• SSAATTEELLLLIITTEE HHEEIIGGHHTT FFRROOMM 11..55 -- 22..

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Master/slave programs for up to four fi xtures (or groups of fi xtures) are built into the Trio, which allow an advanced look to be created with absolutely no programming whatsoever. Another really cool feature is that you can also save, set and recall a scene directly from the full-colour menu. This is really useful if you’re not into DMX control but want to create a ‘static look’ for the early part of an evening before kicking off with the master/slave programmes when the dancing starts.

I played around with the Trio using my wireless iPad Luminair system and set up some basic scenes and found it very handy, and incredibly easy, to switch between the diff erent modes. The comprehensive manual is very detailed when it comes to telling you about the diff erent DMX modes and the various values that control the multitude of features off ered by the Trio, which I found quite refreshing. There are plenty of built-in colour macros you can access via DMX, as well as pre-defi ned automatic or soundactivated movements and other control functions such as the ability to switch reverse pan and tilt on and off remotely, which I’ve not seen on any other moving head I’ve tried.

This alone will give you the ability to create fantastic symmetrical shows with ease. To conclude, the Intimidator Trio is a very unique product which is capable of producing some mind-blowing eff ects that, once upon a time, were very much out of reach of even the most capable lighting designer. Visually speaking, the small base does look a little odd; but, to be honest, it doesn’t really need to be any bigger. The connectors on the rear are well spaced out and the full colour display is very easy to read and navigate.

I would certainly say a couple of these could almost certainly replace a number of other lighting eff ects in your collection and the fi xture’s ability to change modes is a very well-designed feature that produces some fantastic results. It’s certainly not the cheapest moving head on the market, but its powerful light source and three-inone capabilities mean that it does represent excellent value for money. ntimidator Trio CHAUVET DJ INTIMIDATOR TRIO Finance i n e HD 1 0 -A 0 explore the you find the RCF 4PRO 8003-AS RCF ART 905-AS With a huge range of RCF speakers can give you the advice to get you You can even bring down your currents Tel: 0118 330 0055 | Unit 1 • Church Farm Business Centre Sound & Lighting Gear... ...We’ll help you get it right ble. av a i la ck ag e s & L eas e pa !

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