Johnson has used the grandMA2 light on a number of other tours and events this year, including Maximo Park and Tracy Chapman. He likes many features of the grandMA2 light. The screens and faders are a "joy" to use. He's also impressed by the hardware the build quality and the sheer speed at which it saves.
He's now experienced a few tours and software upgrades with the grandMA2 light, and with the latest one, is very happy enjoying the power of the new effects engine within his sequence stacks, and watching them slow-fade in and out as required. "The speed in which I can create custom effects using palettes as reference points is perfect," he states, adding that now being able to use WYSIWYG direct via Ethernet in grandMA2 mode was really helpful in the set up process.
The grandMA2 light is controlling a rig of Martin moving lights as well as 35 i-Pix Satellite and 10 48-way CK ColorBlaze LED border lights.
The consoles, lighting equipment and soft goods have all been supplied to the tour by Lite Alternative, project managed for them by Jon Greaves.
(Jim Evans)
