Functioning as a 3D pre-visualiser, real-time sequencer and output tool, d3 has for the first time been successfully integrated with the GrandMA lighting console for the most flexible live show operation. During show time the GrandMA sends Art-Net commands to d3, which triggers the chosen track and specific cue, as well as controlling various parameters of the d3 content layers such as intensity, colour, level of IMAG effects etc. One GrandMA console is used for the lighting, and the other to control video and live cameras.
During the show d3 receives position information from moving scenography generated by the TAIT
Navigator system. This allows d3 to correctly map content onto moving and expanding screens in realtime.
Using one of d3's many mapping techniques in several moments of the show, IMAG or other content can be blown up on all screens in the set, or mapped as one big canvas. Furthermore, d3 allows
for Art-Net control of BlackMagic SDI video routers and sound to light effects linked to the bass and
snare drums.
The stage design blends multiple layers of technologies; traditional lighting fixtures, high-power
LED fixtures, low and high-resolution LED screens suitable for Image Magnification (IMAG) for live
shots of the band, as well as for graphical and other video content. Using d3 to visualise the moving
scenography and sequence content to the music, UVA handed all the appropriate show control over to Scott Holthaus (LD) and Leif Dixon (Video Operator) after the first show.
(Claire Beeson)
and out during performance. Photo: © David Bajt
