In keeping with the tour's name, the La Revolución set was designed around a war-like theme. "The idea behind the theme was that this was a revolution in music," said lighting/scenic/video designer Todd Roberts of Visions Lighting, who worked with Wisin y Yandel's personal lighting designer/programmer David Ayala, video director Alfredo Cifredo and production manager Eggie Allende to design and create the set. "They wanted the look of the stage to be real industrial. We used a lot of large oversized chain, and a lot of metals." As far as the lighting went, "they wanted it to look as big as possible," said Roberts, "with a small budget."
To meet the challenge of filling up the large venues where the tour would be playing with big bright lights, Roberts created an ensemble built around 24 Design Spot 300 CMY 300-watt DMX moving heads from Elation Professional.
Roberts had worked with Elation products in the past and had recently used 16 Design Spot 300s in a Las Vegas club installation. "They held up really well there, and I really liked the light. It puts out a lot of power for its size," he said.
On the Wisin y Yandel set, the Design Spot 300s were positioned on truss behind the stage, 12 units on one side of a centre screen and 12 on the other side. "The trusses were lower in the back, so the lights appeared to be coming right at the audience from the back wall."
(Jim Evans)
