Pyrojunkies use dot2 for special effects show
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Thor-André of Ambersphere’s Technical Sales reports, “I spent a lot of time with James, looking at the various options and how they could best work for him, and we eventually settled upon a dot2 Core.”
Priddle explains further, “We wanted to create a show that had the feel of a concert. We achieved this by using a large, high-definition screen, a crowd barrier and using a combination of special FX including CO2 jets, power jets, smoke jets and confetti pistols.”
Priddle was impressed with the desk and found it invaluable during the show. He says, “We used QLab to generate timecode and trigger the show with the dot2 being used to run the 500+ cues in various stacks. The small form factor of the desk helped us dramatically as we are normally confined to one control case in a very restricted area, so space can sometimes be an issue. The dot2 was just the right size as it could sit perfectly in front of my iMac, which runs the show files and QLab.”
The effects show was a success, with the dot2 handling all the cues effortlessly. Priddle continues: “We encountered a few problems during the show, but we had spent a lot of time with Thor and the Ambersphere team making sure that the profiles for the effects were perfect, so we were able to solve any problems easily. The support we had from Ambersphere cannot be faulted. Thor was always just a phone call away and was able to help me with the most trivial of issues.”
(Jim Evans)
