Obsidian Control Systems’ is pleased to announce that the Powerful NX4 lighting controller is now available and shipping in Canada. Equipped with professional features and prepared to host Obsidian’s innovative DYLOS™ pixel composition engine, the NX 4 is the newest member of the innovative ONYX™ lighting control platform and is designed to handle even the largest show with ease. With a well-arranged combination of motorized and manual faders, along with an array of playback buttons, it offers 44 total playbacks in a compact yet extremely powerful package. Using the latest in industrial components, the NX 4 includes a high-brightness, 15.6", [...]

SFM is pleased to announce its appointment as the exclusive Canadian distributor of Eliminator Lighting. Eliminator Lighting  is a well-established brand supplying affordable lighting and effects equipment to the DJ and club market that was acquired by ADJ Products LLC early this year. Over the course of fifteen years, Eliminator Lighting has developed an extensive product catalog that includes LED pars, moving heads to mirror balls and other event decorations. “This is an exciting development for SFM. Eliminator Lighting offers a great range of value DJ products that fit into our diverse network of customers that are looking to [...]

Montreal, Quebec, September 3, 2019 – We are pleased to announce the recent appointment of Justin Gauthier as sales representative for SFM Pro Visual within the province of Québec. He will be supporting all of SFM’s Pro Visual brands—including Elation, ADJ, Antari, DTS, Christie, Global Truss, Wireless Solution (W-DMX), and Leprecon. Justin most recently held the role of SFM’s brand manager for Elation, DTS, Antari, Leprecon, and W-DMX. “In the past two years at SFM, Justin has helped grow his entire brand portfolio, in particular Elation. Now, he is going to apply his industry knowledge and experience to help expand [...]

Elation Professional has added three new World Premiere products to an already impressive list of innovative product launches at LDI 2018. Showing October 19-21 at LDI Booth 931 for the first time anywhere will be the Artiste Monet™, Proteus Profile™ and Smarty MaX™, new professional market luminaires that continue Elation’s efforts to bring innovation and best-in-class ROI products to the market. Artiste Monet™:  The Artiste Monet is an extremely bright, full-featured, 45,000 lumen LED Profile fixture offering outstanding projection quality, a comprehensive FX package, dynamic framing and a wide array of colors via its innovative SpectraColor engine. The new SpectraColor [...]

SFM has been appointed as the exclusive Canadian distributor for DTS Architectural Lighting Solutions. DTS is an Italian company that has been designing and manufacturing lighting products and effects for the entertainment and architectural industries in more than 70 countries since 1980. For design and production applications, DTS uses the most advanced design tools and automation systems available. Proudly made in Italy, all DTS products are supported by an extremely skilled team that stands at the leading edge of the latest lighting engineering technologies. "The demand for architectural lighting is booming in Canada so we wanted to be able to [...]

Elation Professional announces the acquisition of the M-Series range of entertainment lighting controllers from HARMAN Professional Denmark ApS, formerly Martin Professional ApS. The asset-based acquisition, which is planned to be completed before the end of Q1 2018, will include a limited-term license agreement to distribute current controller products using the name “M-Series,” as well as provide continued technical support and warranty service for prior Martin M-Series sales. Elation already has in place key personnel with expertise in M-Series technology in order to provide ongoing support and development of new products. This will ensure a seamless transition for the already established [...]

Located in Montreal's downtown core, Soubois restaurant provides patrons with a truly unique setting; one that recreates the outdoors, indoors, using a combination of custom-created interior design elements and a state of the art LED lighting system designed and installed by Moog Audio. In English, Soubois (sou-bois) translates as undergrowth, and the restaurant lives up to its name beautifully, with décor that creates what can only be described as an magical underground forest, and features pillars disguised as the stylized trunks of giant trees supporting a lattice work forest canopy, lush plants hanging around the space and placed on tables, and rustic, yet modern, wooden [...]

Soundbox Productions of Hamilton, Ontario has added Elation Professional ACL Series™ effect lights to its growing inventory of Elation products. Soundbox acquired ACL Bar™ LED battens in August which join a purchase of ACL 360 Matrix™ LED moving head panels from earlier in the year. “The ACL fixtures are a great piece to accompany any lighting design,” said Colin Moore, Lighting Department Head & Project Manager at Soundbox Productions. “Initially we purchased them to service our touring department but as they have been back at our shop off the road we have been including them in a lot of festivals and [...]