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Vari-Lite

Vari-Lite is a brand of automated, variable-colour stage lighting systems. Their intelligent lighting fixtures are commonly used in theatre, concerts, television, film and corporate events.

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Founded
1980
Industry
Intelligent lights, Stage lighting, Digital signal processing
Fate
Acquired
Number of employees
10,570

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Control systems

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Vari-Lite

Nodes78
Edges77
Triples153
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025641
Components1

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Vari-Lite

Top relations

related to Artisan Control Console · 24
Vari-Lite → ACS, Artisan, Beam, Below, Color, Each, Fixture, Focus, Initially, Intensity, Oddly, One, Pan, Physically, Series, Shift, The, The Snake, The Vari-Lite Artisan, There
related to Series 300 · 17
Vari-Lite → Additionally, Artisan, By, DMX512, Having, However, Series, SLR, Smart Lamp Runs, Smart Repeater, The Series, The VLSR, There, Up, US Patent Nos, Vari-lite Series, VLSR
related to history · 16
Vari-Lite → AR5, Brutsché, Calmes, In March, Inc, Irideon, Jack Calmes, Jack Maxson, Maxson's, Rusty Brutsché, Showco, Texas-based, The, The AR500, They, Two Irideon
related to Growth and expansion · 13
Vari-Lite → Artisan Control Console, Mini-Artisan, The, The Series, This, Vari-Lite Inc, VL-Zero, VL1, VL2, VL2B, VL2C, VL3, VL4
related to Patent infringement lawsuits · 13
Vari-Lite → Calmes, Cyberlight, High End Systems, In, In August, Inc, Jack Calmes, Showco, Status Cue, Studio Color, Syncrolite, The, Vari-Lite's
related to Series 100 Control Console · 13
Vari-Lite → By, Chase, Direct, In, It, Later, Matrix, Preset Colours, Selective Store, Series, The, Triggering, X-Fade
related to Mini Artisan Control Console · 12
Vari-Lite → ACS, Artisan, Before, Board, FOH, However, Mini Artisan, Once, Originally, Should, The, Typically
related to Series 100 · 11
Vari-Lite → As, However, Lite, Originally, RS-422, Series, The, The Vari-lite System, Up, Vari, VL1s
related to Smart DMX · 9
Vari-Lite → Artisan, DMX512, Introduced, Series, This, Vari-lite Smart DMX, Vari-lite's, VL5, VLDi
related to External links · 8
Vari-Lite → Bornhorst NAMM Oral History, Genesis' Invisible Touch, Interview, Invisible Touch, Philips, VARI-LITE Europe, Vari-lite International Inc, VL

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Vari-LiteFateAcquired1.00infobox
Vari-LiteFounded19801.00infobox
Vari-LiteIndustryIntelligent lights, Stage lighting, Digital signal processing1.00infobox
Vari-LiteNumber of employees10,5701.00infobox
Vari-LiteWebsitehttps://www.vari-lite.com/global1.00infobox
Vari-Liteis abrand of automated0.90text
irisinstance ofwe retained features0.80text
zoominstance ofwe retained features0.80text
and edge controlinstance ofwe retained features0.80text
Vari-Literelated to Artisan Control ConsoleThe Vari-Lite Artisan0.60section
Vari-Literelated to Artisan Control ConsoleSeries0.60section
Vari-Literelated to Artisan Control ConsolePhysically0.60section

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