Taking their place among the lighting rig's static LED and traditional incandescent fixtures are The Joan's four new SolaSpot Pro 2000 LED source moving head spots. With a 600W Bright White Engine kicking out 26,000 lumens, the 2000s also include frost, 5 to 45 degrees zoom range, linear and three-facet prisms, and more.
"They've also got two animation wheels, two rotating gobo wheels, and great colour rendering," said Geoff Turner, technical and production coordinator at The Joan. "They're feature-packed, really bright, and pack a lot of punch."
Also needing a new lighting desk that's nimble and easily navigable, the trusty crew at The Joan chose a High End Systems Full Boar 4, enhanced with a Hog Playback Wing 4. "We wanted a good busking desk for use with moving lights," continued Geoff. "We have a lot of concerts where we don't have much in the way of rehearsals - one-night wonders, dance performances, and schools. A lot of the time, we have to make it up as we go along, and we feel the Full Boar 4 really excels in those situations."
The Full Boar 4 gives the lighting operators at The Joan fast access to everything parameter they need through two 15.6" 10-point multi-touch screens, 10 motorised faders plus master fader, 12 user keys and five encoder wheels. Adding a Hog Playback Wing 4 to the system gives them an extra 15.6" screen, ten more faders and an extra master fader - more than enough physical control to handle anything unexpected a show can throw at them.
All High End Systems products in Australia and New Zealand are distributed and supported by Lexair Entertainment. "Lexair have been brilliant," Geoff confirmed. "They've come to The Joan twice to run training for our staff on the Full Boar 4. Even when we first started looking at our options for a new desk, they bought units in to the venue and gave us a full run-down of all their capabilities."
(Jim Evans)
