December 2021 Newsletter - Kevin Barry on RadioScan, QolorPIX at University of Texas, Multiverse SHoW Baby in Buddy Holly Tour, and Custom Work

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December 2021 Newsletter

RadioScan software backstage at Company Broadway (Kevin Barry)

Q&A with Kevin Barry on Radio Scanning at Company

Company Broadway (Brinkhoff Moegenburg)

Ever wonder what it’s like to be responsible for ensuring the mission critical fidelity of your wireless DMX system every night for a Broadway show? We talked to Kevin Barry, the Production Electrician for Company, which opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City on December 9, 2021. He shared his experience using RadioScan® Spectrum Analyzer in combination with other software and hardware tools, and a 3D printed mount of his own design, to scan local 900MHz and 2.4GHz frequencies in real time to optimize the wireless DMX performance of his Multiverse wireless DMX system for and during each show, in this City Theatrical Q and A.

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Kevin Barry

"With over 14 Multiverse receivers running nine universes of wireless DMX, much of the lighting system on Company relies on the wireless DMX system. RadioScan is easy to use and I will continue to put it on shows that have significant and system critical wireless DMX components."

- Kevin Barry, Production Electrician, Company (Read the Q and A)

QolorPIX Pixel Control at University of Texas at Austin

Photo by Jackson Cobb

When MFA candidate and lighting designer Ron Collins was looking for a way to add dynamic color-changing lighting effects to a forced perspective geometric shape around the stage for a new production, he sought pixel control that could be installed over existing I-beams, look beautiful without diffusion, and add value to future productions. Find out how four reels of QolorPIX® Pixel Controlled LED Tape controlled by a QolorPIX Tape Controller, Eight Output were used to create an abstract design concept that stunned audiences at the University of Texas at Austin in this City Theatrical case study.

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Ron Collins

"The premium quality of QolorPIX Pixel Controlled LED Tape was helpful to achieve our vision for the show. I love that this tape doesn’t adhere, it’s meant to be reused. As a university investment, we plan to use it again on future shows."

- Ron Collins, Lighting Designer and MFA Candidate at the University of Texas at Austin (Read the case study)

Multiverse Wireless DMX on Tour with Buddy Holly

Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story on tour.

Photo Courtesy of Clifford Spulock

Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story tells the true story of Buddy Holly’s meteoric rise to fame, from the moment in 1957 when ‘That’ll be the Day’ hit the airwaves until his tragic death less than two years later on “The Day the Music Died”. The show features over 20 of Buddy Holly’s greatest hits and has been seen by over 22 million people around the world. Discover how five Multiverse® SHoW Baby® units, acting as both transmitters and receivers, and a DMXcat® Multi Function Test Tool helped the lighting team save time on tour in this Q&A-style City Theatrical case study with lighting designer Clifford Spulock.

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Clifford Spulock

"Multiverse SHoW Baby provided a reliable wireless DMX solution from beginning to end. Being able to plug them in without having to reconfigure them made load ins seamless."

- Clifford Spulock, Lighting Designer, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story Tour (Read the case study)

December 2021 Custom Work

City Theatrical custom cut QolorFLEX NuNeon®

Every month, we do dozens of custom projects for customers all over the world. These projects include entertainment lighting, architectural lighting, and OEM development projects for other companies. Custom projects give us a chance to use all of our experience, knowledge, and capability.

Tell us about your challenges, submit a custom order, and you could see your project in next month's newsletter.

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