Jands Vista Controls Ever-Changing Rig On Chrissie Hynde Tour

Derek was challenged with using in-house or locally-hired fixtures at all of the venues on the tour, which visited cities from Boston and New York, to Dallas and LA.

“Thankfully, I’ve been a long-time Jands Vista user, so I knew that it wouldn't be a problem with the platform's fantastic generic fixture model,” says Derek, who has used Vista to provide the tour lighting for high-profile acts as diverse as Cliff Richard, the Scissor Sisters and Yusuf Islam.

The Vista's generic fixture model allows LDs and operators to treat all lights in the same way, providing quick, hassle-free and accurate fixture swapping to adapt their show to fit whatever type of lights they are faced with. This proves a perfect solution when the tour picks up local production, as opposed to using their own lighting rig - adapting automatically to newly rigged fixtures from venue to venue without the need for re-programming.

This simplicity to work fast, with the power to control the finest details, means that LDs can focus on creating a great looking show rather than on programming a desk.

Derek comments: “With the help of the generic fixture model it was easy to move between so many different fixtures in so many locations. The Vista was great at just plugging in and after only 30 mins of tweaks, the show was back up and running.”

The Vista range includes a choice of portable, flexible control surfaces and self-contained consoles all running the same Vista v2 software. Derek invested in his S3 console four years ago and declared that he’d “fallen in love” with it after using it for the first time, adding, “there’s absolutely no going back now.”

Designed to be used with a desktop or laptop, the S3 is a Vista without the computer hardware components. Install the platform's Vista v2 software to a computer, connect it to the S3 with a USB cable, and you’ve got a fully-operational Vista console.

“I’ve always liked the different sized surfaces of the Vista range that can be used with any suitable computer,” says Derek, who tours mainly with his S3 but also utilises an S1. “That, and of course the ease and speed in which you can get a show built!”

Derek’s design for Chrissie Hynde, who is probably best known as the lead singer of The Pretenders, was “simple and straightforward, without too many colors, as the artist didn’t want a flashy production.”

The team played a 25-date theatre tour from October to December 2014 in support of Chrissie Hynde’s latest album, Stockholm.

Equally at home on tour or as a venue's house console, the Vista is ideal for shows and special events, arena touring, lighting companies, AV companies, venues and rental, not to mention a fantastic investment for a designer.

Jands' award-winning Vista lighting & media control system has been embraced by leading designers, companies and venues all over the world on a wide range of shows. Covering entertainment, education & drama, installations, corporate, events and worship, there's a Vista system to suit all levels of user and almost any scale of show.

Recent shows featuring lighting or media control by Vista include international concert tours by Kylie Minogue, Queen + Adam Lambert, Peter Gabriel, Dierks Bentley, Fall Out Boy, Bloc Party, Deftones and Little Big Town.

Get your demonstration of the Jands Vista range at the following upcoming international tradeshows in March & April:

NAB - Las Vegas, USA, 13th - 16th April, Booth C8439 (A.C. Lighting Inc.)

Prolight & Sound - Frankfurt, Germany, 15th - 18th April, Booth 9.0-D47 (AC-ET)

Alternatively, to arrange a demo or for details of the nearest Jands open house events, contact:

(North American Sales)
A.C. Lighting Inc.
Tel: +1 416 255 9494
www.aclighting.com
[email protected]

 

Or for more information and a list of international Vista users, visit

www.jands.com/vista/users.


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