The lighting gear list included close to 100 LED fixtures, 50 moving head fixtures and 100 dimmer channels, and Total Events also provide crew for four of the six venues, all of which were controlled by Jands Vista with combinations of I3, S3, S1 and M1 consoles.
“Having the same control platform across all venues meant easy transitions for relief operators who had to fill in on all four venues,” said Total Events managing director Scott Parker, who has worked at the festival for 15 years. “It also meant easy file management for creating and distributing show files and backups. Use of Vista meant controlling the different types and brands of fixtures was simple.”
According to Parker, all systems performed well over the seven days at the seaside festival. “We’ve been a long time user of Vista and when it came to a choice of console to put into every venue, there was no discussion to be held,” Parker said. “Operators that were new to Vista had no issues becoming comfortable within a few hours of programming, resulting in lightshows that were always fitting to the diverse range of music presented at the festival.”
All dimming was Jands, using HP and the new HPC “Air Gap” dimmers running in combinations of dimmer and 240v distribution mode for the moving lights.
“The HPC dimmers are new to our hire stock but will soon be the only dimmer and 240v distribution we stock due to their versatility,” added Parker.
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