Dierson notes that R. Kelly has always had problems getting the lighting of his shows to be exactly as he envisioned it. "Now, for the first time in his career, he has complete control. He was very involved in the lighting and sat with us throughout the programming sessions."
The Double Up tour's high production values required the grandMA to control all the lighting, the DL.2 projectors, video control and routing, Control Freak systems integration and M-box servers.
The grandMA also controls the Mainlight Soft Motion system, a DMX-controlled motor cabling system for soft goods like white drape. The cabling system is programmed so the drapes can be scalloped and extended down as surfaces for video projection, for example.
Chris Kuroda is lighting director for the Double Up tour. The lighting programmer was Justin Cheatham and the video programmer was Dirk Sanders.
(Jim Evans)
