Lighting designer and programmer for OutKast is Daunté Kenner of DK Production Design while lighting vendor for the #ATLast concert series was Atlanta Sound and Lighting. "We chose the SBX because we needed a punchy light that would read through a very video heavy show with a very bright upstage LED wall," explains Atlanta Sound and Lighting's Brian Hatten, who handled plot and fixtures for the event along with Thomas Smith. "Also, many of the bigger support acts would be playing during full daylight and we needed something that would still provide a good output but not limit itself to the pencil beam look found on so many of today's tours."
"The speed and colour saturation made the SBX a great choice," Brian states, "and the ability to switch instantly between beam and spot modes allowed for a large variety of looks. The gobo selection was great with one wheel for breakup patterns and the second wheel for dedicated aerial beams."
Sixteen Platinum SBX fixtures were used on the show, working from an upstage truss position together with eight Platinum Beam 5R moving heads. Covering a downstage truss were eight Elation Design Spot 1200 Compact fixtures while eight Elation Platinum Wash ZFX lights worked from a floor position. Mid-air projection haze came from four Antari Z350 hazers.
Atlanta Sound and Lighting is one of the first rental houses to get their hands on the new SBX fixture with Brian explaining that for the OutKast shows the lights literally went from cardboard to truss. "They were tested and addressed the night before they went on the semi," he says. "The light has kicked major ass. I've already had them on two other shows and can't wait to get them out more. It's definitely the most versatile light I've used in a long time."
(Jim Evans)
