Transferring several cues per song as data into the existing D5 console would be laborious, so Bruce's off-line solution enables quicker uploading in spreadsheet form. Other ergonomic refinements include a script tray; macro interfaces for theatre-friendly control commands; and a row of brighter, 8-character LEDs for the Thespian gloom.In ministering his UK consultations through Autograph A2D, Bruce and his partners decided to trade intellectual copyright in the D5T's new architecture for exclusive rights to US distribution. "This is the big market," said Bruce, "although we will use our influence to promote the D5T worldwide, including the UK, of course. A2D is therefore simultaneously a UK consultancy and a US distributor, led by Lew Mead."
The D5T will be pressed into service when Les Mis relocates from the Palace Theatre in London's West End (destination TBA). This tried-and-tested production, it is said, will act as a dry run for the console before its more testing application in next September's opening of Mary Poppins.
