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 LD Neil Trenell specified an Avolites Diamond 4 to control lighting and a Hippotizer digital media server for Lily Allen’s recent UK theatre tour – which featured her largest production to date The Diamond is always his desk of choice for major shows, and he says, “it’s just brilliant having everything right there in front of you where you want it and at your fingertips. It makes it very simple to run and manipulate a show exactly as you like – whether you are completely busking or running a pre-programmed, cue-based show”. Instant accessibility is only one of the things he likes about the console. He thinks that fixture exchange is excellent and helped him enormously in Europe when he was running the show on different systems each night. “It has a massive amount
of power for a small footprint console” he adds. |
On Lily Allen the D4 Elite was controlling 32
of the new Robe Series 700 ColorSpot and Color Wash fixtures, 16 i-Pix
Satellites used for toning the front and rear trusses, five 4-cell blinders on
the front truss, 14 strings of festoons, several hundred feet of rope light, 5
sets of Christmas tree lights draped over the backline, four mirror balls and
two compressed air confetti cannons. All lighting and FX equipment was supplied
by HSL Trenell has used the Diamond 4 ever since its launch 3 years ago, and knows the desk inside out. “The level of support from Avo has always been fantastic” he says adding that the friendly, approachable atmosphere and the fact that Avolites takes note of comments and suggestions from designers sets it apart form many other manufacturers. |
 Trenell’s lightshow for Allen has a bouncy, up-tempo carnivalesque feel to it – in keeping with her renowned spirited and lively performance style. He uses both the moving lights and the LED backdrop sparingly to maximise the effects, fused with plenty of bold saturated classic colour combinations with a contemporary twist.
He also runs the D4 Pilot emulation software
on his laptop, which enables him to programme, tweak and edit the show when away
from the gig, “It’s been absolutely invaluable” he enthuses, “Specially when
time is tight – which is increasingly common”. Avolites’
Steve Warren says, “It’s great to see LD’s like Neil really utilising the
D4’s creative features and immense
power. His show for Lily Allen was really intelligently thought-through |
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Date of issue : 17th March 2007. For more press info and photos on Avolites, please call Louise Stickland on +44 (0)1865 202679 or +44 (0)7831 329888 or Email ‘louise@loosplat.com’. Contact Avo direct on +44 (0)20 8965 8522. |
