Astera Titan Tubes: wireless color you can put anywhere

Some lights you point at a subject. Astera Titan Tubes you build a world out of. They are slim, battery-powered, fully wireless color tubes that you can lay on the floor as a glowing edge, hang behind a set as a wall of color, tape under a counter as a practical, or hand to talent to wave through frame. There are no cables and no power runs to plan, so the tubes go exactly where the look needs them — and because each tube is pixel-addressable end to end, a single one can carry a gradient or a chase. An eight-tube kit is less a set of lights than a portable color rig.

What the Titan Tube is

The Titan Tube is Astera's flagship 4-foot pixel tube, driven by the Titan LED engine — Red, Green, Blue, plus Mint and Amber emitters for a wide, accurate gamut and clean whites. It is wireless in every sense: built-in battery, built-in radio, controlled from an app. The numbers that matter:

The point of the Titan Tube is color with zero infrastructure. Battery power and a built-in CRMX radio mean you place a tube anywhere — taped to a wall, hidden in a set, lying in the gravel outside — with nothing tethering it. The RGB+Mint+Amber engine renders accurate whites and rich saturated color alike, and because each tube is broken into multiple pixels you can run gradients, chases, and effects along its length. IP65 sealing means it survives a set that isn't gentle.

Why creators reach for it

No cables, so they go anywhere

The wireless battery design is the whole game. There is no power drop to run, no cable to hide, no stand required — you gaffer-tape a tube to a wall, lay it along the floor as an edge, or stash it inside a set piece as a glowing practical. That freedom is why tubes show up in music videos, fashion, branded content, and any shoot where the lighting is part of the art direction rather than hidden off-frame.

Pixel color, not just a single hue

Because each tube is pixel-addressable, it isn't limited to one flat color — you can run a blue-to-magenta gradient down its length, set a slow chase, or fire an effect. Combine that with the wide RGB+Mint+Amber gamut and CRI/TLCI of 96 or better, and the Titan Tube does both jobs well: a clean, accurate white practical when you need realism, and a bold designed color when you want drama.

An eight-tube kit you can choreograph

One tube is an accent; eight is a system. Our Titan Tube kit ships as eight 4-foot tubes with a dedicated iPad Mini running the AsteraApp, so you address every tube, set scenes, and trigger effects across the whole rig from one screen. You can build a back wall of color, edge a whole set, and run synchronized effects without ever plugging anything in — then dial the entire look from the tablet between takes.

Placing and shaping the light

Tubes are a soft, linear source, and most of the craft is in placement plus a few helpers from the modifier wall:

• Hidden practicals — tape one behind a set wall, under a counter, or inside a sign to motivate color in-scene.
• Floor and edge light — lay tubes along the floor or frame edge for a glowing rim against a dark background.
• Eggcrate / grid — control the spill so the tube lights what you want and not the whole room.
• Diffusion sleeve — soften the source further for a gentle wash on skin or product.

Studio and video workflow

Titan Tubes are continuous, so every color, gradient, and effect is live on the monitor as you set it — you design the look by eye and the client signs off on exactly what's on screen, which is the core reason color-forward video work leans on continuous fixtures over flash. In the studio, the no-cable design keeps a set clean: no power runs crossing the floor, no stands cluttering a tight build, just tubes placed where the frame needs them and controlled from the tablet. They work equally well dressing a product set with separation color or building a full environment for a music-video or fashion shoot.

When to rent it

A full set of pixel tubes plus control is a significant purchase. Renting makes sense when:

• The lighting is the look — color-forward music video, fashion, or branded content where tubes are on-screen design.
• You need a whole rig at once — eight tubes and a control tablet to build an environment, not just one accent.
• Placement is the point — battery and wireless let you hide and reposition lights a cabled fixture can't.
• You're already booking the room — add the kit to the studio reservation and build the set in light.

Our Astera Titan Tube 4-foot 8-light kit rents at $550 and includes the iPad Mini control, so the whole rig arrives ready to address from one screen. Need a smaller, more hideable tube? The Astera Helios 2-foot 8-light kit ($450) is on the same continuous and LED lighting shelf with the same RGB+Mint+Amber color and wireless control in a shorter body.