With version 11, ShowMagic enters a new era of integrated AV and show control, the company says, taking full advantage of the speed and power of the new dual-core PCs and laptops. The first thing you will notice about version 11 is ShowMagic's new appearance, explains Kevin Caldwell, ShowMagic support manager: "We have received a lot of comments that the old look belied the software's capabilities. It was time to give ShowMagic a 'facelift'."
A laptop demonstrated ShowMagic AV running three AV outputs: a Powerpoint presentation rolled on a large LCD screen, whilst video and display pages were played on smaller monitors at either side. The same laptop also controlled LED lighting and played music and sound FX, providing a theatrical feel to the presentation.
The ShowMagic system normally used for the day-to-day running of the Sound & Light Company's showroom was also utilized at the event, playing a montage of three videos on the showroom's large projection screen via a Sanyo projector.
The showroom system was also playing multi-track music on an array of eight speakers situated around the showroom demonstrating the eagerly-awaited ASIO audio driver support in version 11. This enables ShowMagic to provide audio playback on up to 32 channels, audio input and output routing, and synchronized playback of multiple audio files for multi-track applications.
Version 11 is undergoing final testing and will be released within the next few weeks. For more information contact Kevin Caldwell on 01405 740393.
(Lee Baldock)
