South Africa - One grandMA light accompanied Ronan Keating during his tour in South Africa. When playing his New Year's Eve concert at the 15,000 capacity Coca Cola dome in Johannesburg, Lighting director Pryderi Baskerville relied on grandMA video and one grandMA full-size console.

"I'm very impressed by grandMA video," says Baskerville, "It's really unique on the market, because it allows you to control a media server like a fixture. The thumbnails make content selection a lot easier. Control via the Smart window is extremely intuitive. This made the process of finding appropriate clips in the myriad of content a breeze - rather than having to scroll through a list of libraries. I also had a really positive experience with the console, it was an enjoyable learning curve. I was able to tailor the console to the way I like to work; I can't wait to get behind one again."

But it wasn't all plain sailing, Baskerville explains. "On the first gig we lost six Mac 2000 Profiles due to torrential rain the previous night. They were replaced by six Studio Spots. This wasn't a problem, as I used the MA cloning facility to add the lights into the show. All I had to do was touch up the presets," says Baskerville.

Jason Fritz of Gearhouse, which supplied the lighting equipment, was crew chief. Sean Rosig worked as grandMA video programmer during the gig in Johannesburg. The UK production management was handled by Production North.

(Chris Henry)


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