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BlueLite X1 Selected for Major Installations
New Show
Control System selected for Wrangler National Finals
Rodeo, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, Freemont Street
Experience, and Pavilion Theatre.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA, March
23, 2005 - Innovate Show Controls today
announced a number of major installations for its new
BlueLite X1 DMX show controller. In
recent months, the X1 has been selected as the primary
control system for several major shows, including the
Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Six Flags Theme Parks,
The Freemont Street Experience, and Santa Ana's Pavilion
Theatre.
The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo,
held annually in Las Vegas, require power, reliability,
and rapid programmability. Marty Canavan, Chief Show
Designer for YLS Entertainment, found all of this in the
X1. "When I am on a show like the National Rodeo Finals,
where I have maybe ten nights of live performances to
light and another half dozen pre-programmed laser and
light shows to create, it all boils down to one thing:
how fast can I get it right? When it comes to
programming a show, time is the one thing I never have
enough of."
The X1 has also been selected to run
shows at two Six Flags Theme Parks: Six Flags Fiesta
Texas in San Antonio and Six Flags Magic Mountain in
Valencia, California. Both shows require the X1 to
control moving lighting fixtures, lasers, and special
effects. In the Texas show, the X1 is replacing a Hog PC
for integrated control of all existing elements plus
additional effects. In the California show, the X1 is
replacing three separate legacy control systems,
allowing control of all elements from a single system.
"We've tried just about everything out there," states
Martin Canavan, Sr., YLS' President. "From what we've
seen, with even the biggest names we'd still have to
send out two controllers. That is an enormous cost that
I would have to pass on to our clients."
The
Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas is a truly
innovative show in which an entire street is immersed in
lighting and special effects. The X1 was selected to
upgrade and replace an existing Richmond Sound and ETC
control system combination, and was selected over High
End/Flying Pig's Hog PC product. Fremont Street's Tim
Johnson commented that the X1 had "…all of the features
we wanted at price that met our budgetary goals. The
ease of use and built-in SMPTE support also had a big
impact on our decision." Walt Medor of Laser Rentals was
also influenced by SMPTE support in his decision to
switch to the X1: "For most DMX controllers SMPTE
timecode support is an afterthought. Not with the X1. It
has multiple timelines locked to tape so I can build up
my show one element at a time without worrying about
overlapping fades. Something I really like is that it
actually locks to timecode, not just trigger from it. So
fades and moves always come out perfectly, even when the
timecode source is running fast or slow."
Santa
Ana's Pavilion Theatre needed a solution to control a
combination of moving fixtures and Catalyst/DL.1 video
effects. "I was thinking of the X1 as just a better 'PC
product' until I saw it pull off a show with Bill Medley
of the Righteous Brothers," says Mike Djomeh of
Acey/Decey Lighting. "There were no rehearsals and the
theatre was still under construction, so there was
almost no time to create cues for the show. When
everything, moving fixtures, video effects, etc. looked
just great I knew I had to change my thinking."
Steve Ohab, also of Acey/Decey, concurred: "When
I saw the system hooked up to a Catalyst and a DL.1, and
someone inexperienced with both create a bunch of
incredible looks in just a few minutes that I realized
that the X1 is a lot more capable than I had previously
thought." Marty Canavan is an even bigger X1 believer:
"I'll stack my X1 up against anything out there. For me,
it is simply the best control system I have ever used,
period."
The BlueLite X1 truly sets a new
standard in DMX show control. For more information,
including case studies and a complete demo version of
the BlueLite X1 software, visit
www.innovateshowcontrols.com. Or contact Innovate Show
Controls at (949) 388-4442 for more information. Dealer
inquiries welcome. The BlueLite product line is
distributed by Legend Theatrical: http://www.legendtheatrical.com
About Innovate Show Controls - Founded by
industry veterans, the company is dedicated to
ground-breaking product development, high quality
manufacturing and outstanding customer support.
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