"In the past lighting professionals had limited choices when it came to lighting control software," said Eric Loader, director of sales for Elation Professional. "We have been getting requests for years for a MAC OS lighting software from both Pro Lighting users and Musicians who all own MAC computers. Sure they could run their lighting software on a Windows platform by using a third party software and then go through the awkward, time-consuming process of running the application - but this was inefficient. We knew a MAC OS software would be the only way to make these users happy but it also had to be a software that spoke their "pro" language as well...this is led us to develop Emulation."
Emulation includes more than 1,500 fixture profiles from all major manufactures. Plus, since it provides a seamless, convenient way to work on the Mac platform, Emulation gives lighting professionals the best of both worlds. "It really fills a gap that existed in the controller world," said Loader. "Lighting professionals no longer have to choose between spending a lot of money, or making due with software that can't work directly with their Mac computers."
In addition to being compatible with Mac, the Emulation is available on OS X as well as Windows XP, Vista and Linux platforms. Aside from its Mac capabilities, the Emulation also allows LDs to work on their lightshows from a home PC, iPhone or any mobile device with a modern Internet browser.
The Emulation software is currently available in six languages - English, German, Spanish, French and Dutch. "It has all of the features and capabilities of much more expensive computer lighting control software," added Loader.
(Jim Evans)
