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| Lighting designer/programmer Josh
Williams used an Avolites Diamond 4 console to control 150 Moving lights, over
250 generics and a digital media server in the Live Arena at the 2008 Autosport
International exhibition. The event was staged at Birmingham NEC in the UK. The Live Arena took over all of Hall 5 – the NEC’s largest space – and featured 6 shows a day over 2 days of live hot-rodded vehicular action, screeching tyres and burning rubber on a mission to showcase the very latest and coolest performance cars. Each show was attended by an audience of 4,500 people. Lighting, sound and video equipment was supplied by Network Productions for the fifth consecutive year. The design was a combined creative effort by Williams and Network’s Nick Halliday. |
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| The D4 is currently Williams
console of choice. He states, “It’s absolutely essential to have a console
offering quick programming and instant access to everything you need for a show
like this, where things are constantly changing from one show to the next – and
there’s only 30 minute changeovers between each one”. The lighting fixtures included 250 PARs, 80 Robe ColorWash 1200 E ATs, 12 Robe ColorSpot 700E ATs, 50 Robe ColorSpot 575E ATs and 28 Robe ColorWash 575AT Zooms, 2 Griven Flowerglobes and 6 2K fresnels plus hazers. Network productions also supplied over 450 metres of trussing The Robe Media Fusion digital media server was running content for a wall of 20 StaqeQube 324 LT video panels that formed a floor level backdrop for presenters Louise Goodman and John Hindhaugh. |
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| The get in schedule was
particularly tight. It left Williams only an hour before the first press show to
programme the basic building blocks into the desk, a task the D4 helped him
achieve with confidence. Coming from the theatrical background, he was introduced to Avolites early in his lighting career, and it’s now one of his favourite brands. Network Audio own an Azure in addition to their D4, and both consoles are constantly working on a variety of live music shows and festivals, concerts, corporate and industrial events. |
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Date of issue : 04 Feb 2008. For more press info. on Avolites, please contact Louise Stickland on +44 (0)1865 202679/+44 (0)7831 329888 or Email ‘louise@loosplat.com’. Contact Avo direct on +44 (0)208 965 8522. |
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