Overcoming the side-by-side placement of the projectors took a
little technical know-how, but what also helped the crew was
the choice of the Pandora’s Box server technology because the
centre image was stitched together from four separate servers
going to eight projectors. “The programmers had to apply it as
one big canvas and were able to use the morphing software to
create areas where the horizontal and vertical planes could be
bent,” he said. In addition to the warping on the software end,
there was a bit of smoothing at the projection end.
There was also a 16’X24’ screen that flew in and out on a traveller
for demo elements and play back. “We did a lot of PIPing, where
we PIPed playback onto the large canvas of the set, to create this
huge projection surface for not only eye candy and wallpaper,” he
said, “but also for background elements and show elements.”
Platt tips his hat to CT’s projectionist team. “They did a great job
creating a really tight projection image across the whole canvas,
so in the design process our client at Stun Gun felt pretty confident
about landing a projection window in the sweet spot.”
Of course, for a presentation that promised to wow all the
senses, CT had to ensure that the audio system delivered as well.
That responsibility fell to Director of Audio Services
William Nealie, who had to manage 24 inputs from the
multiple video sources and the backups, 18 PlayStation
3 devices and 12 wireless microphones. Nealie utilised
the Digidesign Venue console to manage the 60 inputs
and had a pair of stage racks to handle up to 96 inputs.
Nealie utilised the Meyer Sound system that is installed
at the Shrine, which includes two arrays of 16 MICA
cabinets, a pair of centre arrays of 10 M1Ds each, eight
M1Ds at the stage edge for front fill and 18 more under
the balcony. Eight 700-HP subs are added for low end
and a pair of Galileos, Meyer’s Loudspeaker
Management System, controlled the speakers via Wi-Fi.
To ensure he had proper coverage, Nealie added six
M1D speakers for front fill.
“I took some of the signal from the left and right
channels and placed it in the centre, because of the
width of the space and because part of the PA was
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