All the overhead intelligent lighting for the stage and auditorium floor has been supplied by SGM, and comprises six fully-featured Idea Spot 575 (with 575W discharge lamp), four Idea Wash 575, 575W moving head zoom wash lights and two IDEA Colorchanger 575's, with 7-segment colour and effects wheels. These are all run off a sophisticated SGM Pilot 3000, capable of controlling up to 1024 DMX channels via two independent DMX outputs.
The contract for all the architectural and production lighting was won by Professional Sound Impact (PSi), working through Briliant Technologies Group, and the design was conceived by PSi founder, Sorin Stanescu.
Having spent nine years as sales manager with Stage Expert, SGM's Bucharest-based distributors, during which he undertook many projects involving SGM products, Sorin was already extremely familiar with the brand and its capabilities.
"The decision to choose SGM's IDEA range for this project was based on the perfect balance between price, quality and performance," he stated. "I know from past experience that I can achieve a spectacular effect with these heads, without compromise and on a very reasonable budget."
After leaving to set up Professional Sound Impact, which is dedicated to complete system design and integration, and earning dealer status from the Italian manufacturer, he started to develop projects with Adrian Boaru, general manager of Briliant Technologies Group - the main contractor at Hotel Ramada.
A third technical company, Seven Sys Grup, oversaw the entire installation of the AV systems, applying their own custom solutions.
Programming of the lighting was undertaken by the experienced Marian Morosan, managing partner of Free Lights Ltd.
(Jim Evans)
