GLP’s faith in extending its floor space to record levels at this year’s Prolight +
Sound Show in Frankfurt could not have been better rewarded.

The enlarged stand was permanently packed with visitors throughout the four days.
Their mission was either to catch the inspired lightshow, designed by Matt
Shimamoto from Volt Lites in Los Angeles — the man also responsible for lighting
up GLP’s presentations at the LDI Show in the States — or simply to enjoy the
company’s trademark German beer and general hospitality.

But for real lighting professionals, the quest was twofold: to see the upgraded GT-1
hybrid — the combined Beam, Spot and Wash, incorporating the new 440W Osram
discharge lamp — and to get the first glimpse of the new JDC1 strobe.

In fact both the GT-1 and JDC1 were presented in two places: in addition to the GLP
stand itself they were also in action on the PRG LEA Stage in the adjacent Festhalle.

And while lighting designers will have already had a foretaste of the former, the
JDC1 strobe was receiving its first public outing. “We received the best possible
reaction to this global premiere,’ effused GLP founder, Udo Kuenzler. “This new
hybrid strobe really took Frankfurt – and the world – by storm. It was incredible …
as word spread through social media we were receiving enquiries from all around
the world, actually as the launch was happening.’

So why all the commotion? Simply because the innovation that has gone into this
high-powered LED strobe redefines the paradigm.

The JDC1 delivers gleaming bright light when compared to conventional strobes.
Designed in three sections, the JDC1 contains format-filling LED panels both above
and below the tube itself, utilising no fewer than 1,440 ultra-bright RGB LEDs, which
interplay to produce stunning effects. All three light sources can be controlled either
as independent sections or as one complete unit, making the creative possibilities
practically limitless. At the same time, continuous operation as a blinder or wash
light is easily possible both with the LED tube as well as with the panels — without
any reduction of output or risk of thermal cut outs.

And to provide even greater functionality, the RGB face can be divided into 12
separate “pixel’ sections as can the bright white tube, enabling the entire array to be
fully pixel-mapped through any standard controller. Finally, many people
commented on the 190° Tilt function of the strobe. In fact more than once you could
hear surprised gasps when the product demo came to that point in the presentation
where it started moving. Visitors simply stared in disbelief.

But it was not only the strobe that demonstrated the innovative power of GLP. Other
details illustrated the creativity of GLP’s solutions. For example, a number of
cleverly thought-out accessories were presented for the X4 atom in Frankfurt, such
as the Flex Connector.

The icing on the cake was seeing the products integrated into Matt Shimamoto’s
lightshow. “We received the most fantastic reaction,’ noted GLP Inc president, Mark
Ravenhill. “It was huge and demonstrated our new products in stunning fashion –
something that everyone who saw it, agreed with.’