SINGAPORE – Anime Festival Asia 2009 (AFA09), a two-day festival for fans of Japanese animation and pop music, was held recently at Singapore's Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event featured Shoko Nagakawa, Yoshiki Fukuyama, Ichirou Mizuki and May'n and the crew relied upon gear from Martin Professional for lighting, video and control. Trio AV of Singapore supplied audio, visuals, trussing and lighting for the event, dubbed "I Love Anisong." The gear list included Martin MAC 2000 Profiles, MAC TW1 Washes, MAC 2000 Washes and MAC 301 Washes with lighting control from a Martin Maxxyz Compact and two of the new MaxModules, MaxModule Submaster and MaxModule Button. Video clips for the wide projection screen were from a Martin Maxedia PRO media server.
Joel Tay programmed the Maxxyz Compact for the event. "After attending the software version 2.6 training conducted by Paul Pelletier, I decided to go for a change and try a different console," Tay said. "I like Maxxyz, especially the new Patch functionality. It's easy to use, fast to program and has great possibilities. Together with the MaxModules, Maxxyz is definitely a powerful and versatile tool." Tay also thanked Martin Singapore's Jeffrey Ong for his support.
Two Martin Maxedia PRO media servers, programmed by Tan Eng Meng, were networked together to feed graphical content to three projectors for the AFA09 stage's wide screen. One Maxedia PRO was used for video content and the other for backup purposes. The Maxedia PRO was linked to the MaxModules to recall cues and transitions. It was also connected to the Maxxyz Compact to give the media server more controls and functionality.
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