ASTERA 🇩🇪

📍 Munich, Germany

🏢 Founded 2007

🌍 Wireless & Battery-Powered LED

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Company Overview

Astera represents the absolute cutting edge of wireless, battery-powered LED technology for the film, event, and broadcast industries. Originally focused on creating reliable, wire-free uplighting for high-end corporate events, Astera has completely taken over Hollywood film sets and massive global concert tours with their incredibly precise color engines and flawless wireless connectivity.

The genius of Astera lies in their ecosystem. Every fixture—whether it’s a 3-foot pixel tube, an outdoor par, or a massive fresnel—utilizes the same AsteraApp and the same Titan LED Engine. This means a lighting director can select a specific digital color gel (e.g., Rosco 343) on their iPad, and every Astera fixture in the room, regardless of its shape, will output the exact same perfect hue.

By eliminating the need to run hundreds of feet of power and DMX cables on a fast-paced film set or corporate gala, Astera saves production companies thousands of dollars in labor and setup time, making them one of the most requested lighting brands on riders today.

Core Technologies

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Runtime+ Battery Management

A revolutionary feature allowing users to input the exact length of their event into the AsteraApp. The fixture will intelligently throttle its maximum brightness to guarantee the battery will not die before the event ends.

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Titan LED Engine

A proprietary 5-color LED chip (Red, Green, Blue, Mint, Amber) that offers an incredible Color Rendering Index (CRI >96), ensuring skin tones look absolutely natural on modern 8K cinema cameras.

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AsteraBox CRMX Connectivity

A specialized transmitter box that acts as the brain of the system, seamlessly bridging the Bluetooth signal from a user’s tablet into a highly robust LumenRadio CRMX wireless DMX signal that can travel hundreds of meters.

Featured Solutions

Titan Tube

The undisputed industry standard for film sets and music videos. A 3-foot, battery-powered, waterproof LED tube featuring 16 individually controllable pixels for stunning kinetic effects.

AX5 TriplePAR

A heavy-duty, IP65-rated battery-powered uplight. It features a unique kickstand design and massive output, utilized to wash the walls of grand ballrooms and outdoor architectural facades.

HydraPanel

A highly compact, magnetic, battery-powered LED softlight. Film gaffers can stick them instantly to metal surfaces on set to provide perfect facial fill light in impossibly tight spaces.

Ideal Industry Deployments

🎬 Feature Film & TV Production

🥂 Luxury Corporate Galas

🎪 Outdoor Festival Site Lighting

🎥 Music Video Cinematography

Frequently Asked Questions

How long do Astera batteries actually last during an event?

With Astera’s Runtime+ feature, you dictate the battery life. You can set the fixture to last up to 20 hours. The system will calculate and set the maximum brightness allowable to ensure it stays on for that exact duration.

Can I use Astera tubes outdoors in the rain?

Yes, major fixtures in the Astera lineup, including the Titan Tube and AX series Pars, carry an IP65 waterproof rating. They can safely operate in heavy rain and dirt environments, provided the rubber charging port covers are securely sealed.

Do I need a lighting console to control Astera lights?

No. While they can be controlled by professional DMX consoles via the AsteraBox (CRMX), the entire system was designed to be flawlessly operated directly from an iPad or Android tablet using the free, highly intuitive AsteraApp.