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Compulite lighting console, released in 1978, was one of the first consoles in the world to be based on a microprocessor. On display at the Compulite-Danor Stage Lighting Museum.1Stand Lighting release the Duet desk in 1971 Compulite Spark 4D Compulite is an Israel based company that designs and builds lighting control console , dimmers and other theatre lighting related equipment.2The company was founded in 1978 by Dan Redler and Alfred Senator. In 1978, Compulite was the first company to release a lighting console that uses a microprocessor. The Compulite Animator, released in 1990. On display at the Stage Lighting Museum The Compulite Animator, released in 1990, was one of the first consoles to use DMX512 for the generic control of automated fixtures and dimmers simultaneously. As of 2009 , Compulite was one of only five companies in the world that produces high density modular sine-wave dimmers fit for use in theatre.3
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The first Compulite lighting console, released in 1978, was also the first console in the world to be based on a microprocessor. On display at the Compulite-Danor Stage Lighting Museum Compulite is an Israel based company that designs and builds lighting control console , dimmers and other theatre lighting related equipment. The company was founded in 1978 by Dan Redler and Alfred Senator. In 1978, Compulite was the first company to release a lighting console that uses a microprocessor. The Compulite Animator, released in 1990. On display at the Stage Lighting Museum The Compulite Animator, released in 1990, was one of the first consoles to use DMX512 for the generic control of automated fixtures and dimmers simultaneously. As of 2009 , Compulite is one of only five companies in the world that produces high density modular sine-wave dimmers fit for use in theatre.
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Compulite is an Israel -based company that designs and builds lighting control console , dimmers and other theatre lighting related equipment. Compulite Systems (2000) Ltd .
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first console in the world to be based on a microprocessor
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israel -based company that designs and builds lighting control console
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