Unfortunately love is not ALL you need in order to make a show like Cirque du Soleil’s LOVE function each night. In 2006, LiveDesign Media jumped into this colorful world and in the process uncovered a great many secrets about how this psychadelic marvel is staged. In this installment of CirqueTech, we’re going to peek at some of the material LiveDesign published in its fabulous article; specifically, the equipment used to help illuminate the show night after night.
Illuminating LOVE, Part 2 of 2:
EFFECTS
- 21 – Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes
- 16 – Wildfire LT404S/F 400W Long-Throw Spot/Flood Blacklight
- 16 – Wybron Eclipse 2 Dousers for Blacklights
- 12 – Wildfire 4′ Blacklight Fluorescent with DMX
- 130 – Color Kinetics ColorBlast(r) 6
- 12 – Color Kinetics iW(tm) Blast 12
- 20 – Color Kinetics iW(tm) Profile, 82°
- 100 – Color Kinetics iColor(r) Flex SL 12″ Black, Clear Dome
- 60 – Color Kinetics PSD 60ca 7.5V Power Supply
- 6 – Color Kinetics iW(tm) PDS-150 Power Supply
- 1 – Color Kinetics Light System Manager
- 1 – Color Kinetics iPlayer(r) 2 Controller
- 5 – City Theatrical PDS 750TR Power Supply
- 5 – City Theatrical PDS 375TR Power Supply
- 6 – MDG Atmosphere ADV Fog Generator
- 4 – MDG Ice Fog Q Low Fog Generator
- 6 – MDG Max 5000 ADV Fog Generator
- 8 – MDG Max 3000 ADV Fog Generator
- 2 – MDG MM Max Fog Generator
PROJECTION
- 24 – Digital Projection HIGHlite 12000Dsx Projector
- 4 – Digital Projection Lightning 30sx+ Projector
- 20 – Green Hippo Hippotizer HD Dual-Output w/ Custom Software
- 1 – MA Lighting grandMA Light Console
- 6 – MA Lighting grandMA NSP
- 4 – ETC ETCNet2 Nodes
- 7 – Brother, Brother & Sons ApS v-Base Moving Projector Yokes
- 2 – MOTU – Midi Time Code Conversion
- 2 – MIDI Solutions T8
- 1 – Brainstorm Electronics, Inc. SR-15+ Timecode Distripalyzer
- 1 – Adobe – Production Studio (Premiere Pro 2.0, After Effects 7.0 Pro)
- 1 – Stardraw – Remote Control Software
- 3 – Dtrovision DS-1818M 18-in × 18-out DVI Matrix Router
- 1 – Raritan / KVM switching network Paragon II
- 30 – thinklogical(tm) Fiber Optic DVI KVM Extender
- 2 – Cisco / Data switches: Catalyst 3560g
- 6 – Netgear / Data Switches FSM7328s
- 1 – Sencore Pattern Generator
- 1 – Sencore Projector Pro
- 1 – Sencore/Quantum Data 802b Test Pattern Generator
- 12 – 19″ ViewSonic Monitors
- 2 – Planar – Touchscreens
- 22 – Furman – Power Conditioners, UPS and Rack Lights
- 12 – Furman LED Rack Lights
{ SOURCE: LiveDesign Media – http://livedesignonline.com/mag/love_need/ }