Crazy 8

Put on the craziest lightshow in town without the big budget

Encourage your crowds to get even crazier on the dance-floor! Our unique Crazy 8 moving head is an LED fixture capable of producing eight tight 4.5-degree beams of light from 8W LED sources over two individually-controlled bars of four LEDs - like two sweeper beams attached to a moving head yoke – creating a crazy concoction of atmosphere enhancing effects.

Thanks to its unique design and powerful LED light-sources, the Crazy 8 creates a blaze of tight white beams perfect for dazzling mid-air effects. Fast motors, for panning and independent tilt movements, allow the fixture to twist and gyrate; sending crazy beams of pure lighting excitement shooting out in every direction and bouncing around the room. Add to this 8-zone chasing, dimming, pulsing and strobing effects and you have an innovative, flexible and truly crazy lighting fixture.

The Crazy 8 offers four operational modes: DMX controlled, Show (standalone), Sound Active and Master/Slave, so if you would rather avoid the technicalities of DMX programming, multiple fixtures can follow the master unit for a simply synchronized light show. Sound Active mode features a number of exciting built-in programs, including LED pulse and strobe effects. The Crazy 8 is also compatible with the separately sold ADJ UC3 easy-to-use controller and flexible mounting brackets allow you to permanently install the fixture in a venue, attach it overhead to a mobile lighting rig, or simply set it on the ground, so positioning and control are variable and easy to adjust.

The Crazy 8 works exceptionally well when controlled by DMX and, with multiple channel modes to choose from, control couldn’t be more creatively liberating or precise. You have access to a total of five different DMX channel modes (1, 9, 12, 15, 21), each offering an increasing level of control. The simple 1 channel mode allows remote selection of four pre-programmed light shows, while the 9 channel option provides independent control of the fixture’s 540-degree panning movement and two separate 150-degree tilt movements. This mode also offers control over 0-100% dimming, variable speed strobing and the selection of 16 pre-programmed LED chase patterns, with speed control. The 12 channel mode adds separate control over dimming on the top and bottom rows of LEDs as well as the ability to select from five different dimming curves. Using the 15 channel mode adds fine pan and tilt control, with the micro-stepper motors offering smooth, fluid movement and precise positioning. Stepping it up a gear to the 21 channel mode allows even more concise control, giving you the option to adjust dimming for each of the eight individual LEDs – giving you total control over every aspect of the feature.

While in DMX mode, the Lamp Flip mode can also be activated, allowing you to select a desired starting point for your LEDs to illuminate when running the pre-programmed patterns, with the LEDs chasing left to right or right to left. This allows impressive synchronized lightshows to be easily created when multiple fixtures are used together. Pan invert and independent bar tilt invert can also be used to add perceived complexity to a master/slave show without the need for advanced and time-consuming DMX programming. A back-lit four button LED DMX menu allows for easy, clear DMX addressing and mode selection.

With an extremely long life and very low power consumption (90W with all LEDs on full), the Crazy 8 runs extremely cool, requires no duty cycles and will have no problems running all night. Daisy-chaining multiple fixtures is no problem either thanks to the Powercon connection on the rear and multi-voltage operation, meaning up to four fixtures can run from a single power supply at 120V or seven at 230V.

While just one Crazy 8 fixture can transform a room, the best effects are achieved when used in multiples; the more you have, the crazier the party will be! The Crazy 8 is designed for stages, nightclubs and mobile entertainers, and just two fixtures used in combination could revitalize your club, stage show or DJ setup in a whirlwind of wild white light and uniquely ‘random’ movements. Make your lightshow the craziest in town with our Crazy 8!

The Crazy 8 is available now from ADJ USA, and available at the end of May 2014 from ADJ Europe.

Get a ‘First Look’ at the Crazy 8 in this video: