The package consists of MAC 550 profile spots, Maxxyz lighting console and a very recent purchase of Martin's Maxedia Digital Media Composer, all supplied by Gemini Stage & Lighting of Dallas. The network also plans to add MAC 700 Profiles.
Michael Cerione, television lighting director and lighting designer at Daystar, commented, "The Martin lights have done everything we have expected, and we have only touched the surface of what they can do. They give movement and really set the mood for the music portions of our productions, as well as helping create an atmosphere with the talk segments. We just recently started a Music Show that will really help us utilise the Martin lights, Maxxyz, and Maxedia to their fullest ability."
Twelve of the MAC 550s are used on the band set in Studio A, with four of those soon to be replaced with MAC 700 Profiles. The four 550s will then transfer to Studio B and also be used for road shows. "The speed of the MAC 550 has been great," Cerione comments. "The intensity is really great as well. We use a lot of gobo rotations and prism rotations at every speed. The slowest speed is great for subtle moves when we need just a little something. The indexing has shown to be very good at getting back to the desired position."
Robby Kurtz, lighting designer/programmer at Daystar, reports: "I have been a lighting programmer for almost eight years and the Maxxyz is the easiest and most user friendly console I have ever used. It has taken the ease of programming to a new level.
(Jim Evans)
