What Pros Say About Studio Command

High End Systems´ Studio Commands are being specified in a wide range of projects, from concert tours and TV shoots to churches and corporate events. Read what the lighting professionals are saying about this newest wash light in HES' line of automated luminaires.

LD Martin Heining, Rain Age:

"The Studio Command is a wonderful working tool to create impressive looks on stage or corporate events. This 'little' fixture has smooth and fast color mixing and a huge 'washy' beam with a wide zoom range. Since I first used the Studio Commands it became my No. 1 washlight fixture."

LD John Dickson, LD Systems:

"The Studio Command 1200s performed great! Nice fat beam and great strobe."

LD Keith Hoagland, Point of Grace 2006 tour:

"The Studio Commands were such a wonderful addition to this tour. Features such as the zoom and the great beam spread made working with a different venue each night a joy. Also the durablity of the fixture was amazing. It is nice not to have to worry about fixing or repairing a light. This was such a joy to have on the tour. Thanks to everyone at HES for making such a great product for us to use on our projects."

LD Robb Jibson, Panic! At the Disco 2006 tour:

"The Studio Command 1200 has such a beam that punches through everything. It has a rich, beautiful color. Even when I'm using muted colors, to go with the theme of the set, I get lots of light out of it."

Jacco van Pel, Flashlight:

"We chose to use the Studio Command 1200 because of their impressive light output and speed, both in pan / tilt and color changing and because of High End's reputation for making low-maintenance fixtures. Both the crew and lighting designer Henk Jan van Beek were very impressed with the Studio Command 1200."

LD Rolf Wenzel, The Ten Tenors 2006 tour:

“The Studio Command 1200 was the rockhorse in lighting large areas with an absolute even field. With 6 Studio Command 1200s used as sidelights I was able to light a 30-piece orchestra absolutely even. With its powerful color mix and the massive beam spreade the Studio Commands made this orchestra looking very moodful and adapted the entire stage looks without any trouble!"

LD Oli Metcalfe, Muse 2006 tour:

"What a little power house this is. I found the Studio Command [1200] to be brighter than the M**2K and the beam is almost perfectly flat and reads really well all the way along the beam. It's so small you can have 2 to 1 on the Mac 2k. The color mix is the fastest yet and so quiet. Well done, what a great fixture."

Dean Iacuzzo, Bricks nightclub:

“The Studio Commands are very innovative and reliable. They are true to what they do. They have wonderful washes, their colors are vivid, and they are very stable. They’re the perfect complement to the DL.2.”

LD Alistair Bramall-Watson, AFI 2006 tour:

"The Studio Commands are doing a fantastic job. The beam shape and color temperature alone make the light look amazing. The light seems so crisp, I am using them a lot for uplighting some real trees we have on stage as props, but i am making use of the electronic shutter in them. I love the way with the (Hog) iPC you can also make use of the random but group shutter effect, so I can shutter all the units at the same time but with a non-uniform gap. The things are so light as well that I have been putting them out myself in the mornings while the lighting crew do other things. I cannot wait to try the 1200W version."

LD Chris Wojcieszyn, Yamaha Motorcycles dealer meeting:

"I used the Studio Commands as a side wash to boost the entire stage wash when there was multiple product onstage. The brighter beam at 700W was great and the color temperature worked well with the rig of all High End fixtures. The fat beams and brighter punch gave the design a new layer. I would definitely use these again and look forward to using the 1200W version of Studio Command."

Sebastian Corkidi, Simply-Professional, Mexico:

"I have been using them for over 3 months and we are pretty amazed at the light output of the lamp. Plus it has a very good color saturation. Studio Command is very amazing in generating reds and greens. It’s very fast and very robust. We got rid off all of our other wash lights to change to these lights and after more than 40 shows we have realized that this was the right decision -- not to mention that we have not had any problems, and 100% of the lighting designers in Mexico that use the light for the first time end up loving it."

LD Steve Fallon, LeAnn Rimes 2006 tour:

“Just checking in to let you know how impressed I am with the Studio Command. This is a great fixture. I have them in my rig side by side with the Martin 2K profile lights and your fixture blows them away. They are super bright and I love the pastel color range – great for my girly show. I will be including this fixture in future lighting designs.”

Programmer Keith Hoagland, LeAnn Rimes 2006 tour:

“For a small fixture with a large punch, Studio Commands are a force to reckon with.”

LD Carlos Colina, Univision, Premio Lo Nuestro (Latin Music Awards):

“I used six of the units mostly behind the band to face the cameras. On the Shakira musical we used all reds and they were spectacular shooting toward the camera. They look great on camera -- awesome. I love the deep ambers, the saturated colors. We also used them on the floor to enhance the colors on the set pieces.”

LD Fenton Williams, Dave Matthews Band tour:

“The only thing we didn’t like about the Studio Commands was that we couldn’t get more of them!”

LD Jason Cain, Gemini Stage Lighting:

“The Studio Commands have great color mixing, smooth movements and an amazing shutter. They have such a small profile but create so much light. They will definitely be on more of my shows."

Lighting Director Chris Lighthall, Casting Crowns tour:

“They’ve got a great beam on them. I love the way it color mixes as well, and the lamp strobe looks good.”

LD Lee Rose, Design Partners Inc.:

“We used them as slashes on the upstage set of chiffon curtains on Dionne Warwick at the Kodak Theatre.  They worked great.  I really liked the beam and color of the units.”

Ron Ruehling, Ruehling & Associates:

“LD Scott Madison lit up a Christmas tree-shaped hanging of Spandex for Church of the Open Door. They really liked the Studio Command, and I was amazed at how they did at the long throws.”

LD Scott Chmielewski, Digital Media Designs: