Debutees are headed by the Studio Command dichroic colour-mixing automated wash luminaire, which uses a 700 MSR (or alternatively a 700 MSR/2) source, emitting a large diameter beam from a compact head.
Also new is the DL2, the industry's first automated luminaire with an integrated digital media server on-board with preloaded content; and Axon v2, the rack-mount version of the DL2.
Under the "sneak preview' heading is Catalyst 4. This latest version of software now features show control cue lists, pixelMAD functionality and more than 60 new visual and colour effects, with over 3,000 new combinations of effects.
The booth is also displaying the combination of Catalyst with the Main Light SoftLED curtain.
The Flying Pig Systems console section of the stand is also busy with the new Wholehog 3 Expansion Wing prototype, which enhances the console with 40 additional playbacks. New features for the Wholehog 3 console just announced include fixture builder (allowing the use of custom user libraries); new ESP Vision (connecting up to 16 universes); Follow Current (allowing immediate viewing of cue data); Levels View (theatrical style levels view); new user manual with on-line help; and new ESP Vision (connecting up to 16 universes).
(Mike Lethby)
