’ve noticed a design trend that really is beginning to take off : DJ lighting that is capable of producing two or more diff erent eff ects out of just one box! One such new product from Kam, the MoonCluster, takes a classic tried and tested Derby design and adds a laser to give you a bit more variety from your lightshow. 7722 The Derby lighting effect has certainly been around for as long as I have been DJing, and a few years more than that I would expect, yet it continues to be a popular effect due to its fairly simple design, unique visual appearance and room-filling capabilities.

The effect involves a moving coloured light-source projected through an array of lenses to create a blaze of many moving coloured beams of light that spread out over a wide area. Despite being old school, this style of effect is still hanging in there and in recent times we’ve seen it upgraded from halogen lamps to LEDs, which thankfully means the fixtures now weigh far less that their 20-year-old counterparts! Kam have then taken the effect a step further with the MoonCluster, integrating the style of ‘cluster’ laser for which they are well-known innovators.

Opening the box you get the unit, a manual, an IEC lead with a UK plug and, surprisingly, an infrared remote control. I really didn’t expect that to be honest. The remote is really quite useful and offers a ton of different functions. You can use it to very easily put the MoonCluster into standby, enable DMX control, choose between the different built-in shows, and choose from one of the 15 pre-set LED colours as well as the three laser colour options.

You can also turn sound to light mode on and off and vary the effect speed - a very useful piece of kit indeed. On the front of the MoonCluster you’ll find six rows of six frosted lenses through which the powerful 30W RGBW LED sends out its beams of light. As the light-source is RGBW, some really cool colours will mix together in mid-air adding variety to your lightshow, however when the beams hit the wall all you will see is four coloured dots (red, green, blue and white) arranged in a square.

The MoonCluster’s wideangle design means the LED source is more than capable of filling a small room on its own, while it can be used in multiples - or alongside other fixtures - for a bigger lightshow in larger spaces. As far as the built-in laser in concerned you have both 150mW red and 50mW green laser diodes. These generate varying types of cluster effects and shapes, not just the dots you may remember when this type of laser first started to appear.

KAM MOONCLUSTER Sponsored by #changei s coming DJ & 11- GENTING ARENA | NEC BIRMINGHAM UK ku.oc.mpbtisiv.www tnevempb mpbtisiv wohsmpb KAM MoonCluster Around the back you’ll find an IEC mode. However, power input socket but, unusually MoonCluster through for modern fixtures, no matching you a MASSIVE amount output socket for daisy chaining Thirteen channels of the power supply for multiple units. full access to the There are also 3-pin XLR DMX input and laser diodes, which and output sockets, an LED menu really useful.

Built-in system for setting the various be very easily accessed modes, a microphone together with as can sound to a sensitivity control, a safety chain is awesome, especially eyelet, a remote socket and a key you want fine control lock to enable the laser. The remote parts of the evening socket is designed for connecting a first dance and last wired safety shut-off remote for when people are up venue installations, however Kam quite happy to let provide a plug to attach to this own thing. socket to bypass it.

This remote plug and the key for the laser safety As I’ve already said, switch are attached together and wireless remote you only get one of each, so be good level of control, careful not to lose them! DMX isn’t your thing create a first-dance-friendly The built-in menu system allows by selecting Show you fairly limited control over the speed and choosing unit’s features. You can set the DMX (say white for address, choose from the builtgive you a slow-moving in shows and set sound to light effect around the 74 controlling the the laser being active.

If white isn’t DMX gives your thing, then you have 14 other of control. colours to choose from. DMX give you RGBW LED source Through haze the Kam Mooncluster I would find looks absolutely amazing. Connect shows can also a couple of these together using via DMX, master-slave and you’ll have a relight mode. This ally neat, albeit basic, lightshow if, like me, for not-a-lot of money and it won’t over certain break your back either as each unit - such as the weights just 1.7kg! few songs – but dancing you’re To conclude, the Kam MoonCluster the unit do its is an awesome piece of kit based on a classic design that I am absolutely sure will still be around for many the included more years to come.

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