Other Martin equipment used included 22 MAC 550 profile spots, two MAC 2000 Profiles, eight MAC 2000 Wash and 16 electronic ballast MAC 600 NT washlights, as well as 26 Martin Architectural Cyclo 04 DMX fluorescent colour mixers. Winkler supplied the Maxxyz and all Martin lighting to TPC TV Production Center, distributed for Switzerland by ASL Electronic AG/SA.
Ronald Huber, lighting designer and operator for Winkler, was the man behind the Maxxyz for the TV event. He commented on his initial look at the console. "ASL provided us with a Maxxyz console to look at and play around with. I had my initial doubts but the console turned out to be a practical and improving console - and it looks good too. After a (too) short stay at the facilities of R&D International in Belgium, I was very surprised by the level I had already reached."
He continued: "Working with the Maxxyz Visualizer is very useful when you work in a TV studio where the lighting control room has no direct view to the stage. With this tool I always had my own view available. Recording and editing cues and cue lists is fast and logical, and moving around the cue lists from one playback fader to the other, especially in combination with the Playback Wing, made programming easy, fast and convenient.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
