Among the equipment the company chose to use were 39 Clay Paky Mythos units, one grandMA light, one onPC command wing, one 8Port Node onPC and four VPU plus MK2s (video processing units). An MA remote control system was also installed to control the lighting around the castle using tablet computers. The show was pre-programmed with the help of a 3D MA and a 3D model of Marburg castle.
The lighting designer, programmer and operator Sebastian Haffer comments, "We used Clay Paky Mythos units for their extremely intense light and fantastic beam functions. We wanted beams you could see even from considerable distances. We went for MA products too, because we consider them the most reliable. The decisive factor was abthe medieval landgraves' castle was lit up on the hour and half hour starting from 6 pm with a timecoded light and music showove all the networking features of the MA range, which made configuration considerably easier."
"For the tenth anniversary of the event, we had to find something to make it stand out," said Marburg city marketing coordinator Jan-Bernd R
