Pandoras Box 6.0 debuts in a live show showing its new possibilities

The new features that Christie has incorporated in this version have covered the 'Beyond Christmas' Christmas show with all guarantees, in which about four hundred people participate, providing optimal workflow and synchronization.

The success of the play 'Beyond Christmas', which is celebrated during the Christmas holidays in Germany, lies on a combination of live show, production values ​​and great audience support, in which around four hundred professionals and semi-professionals participate who have very little rehearsal time.

Precisely to coordinate all these parameters, On this occasion, the demand for a creative show control tool has been responded to., scalable and reliable. Daniel Kaminski, of DK Production and technical partner of the event since its origins, It was clear to me that the new set of tools Christie Pandoras Box 6.0 was the one that could best respond to the demands of the show and the one that would guarantee the audience and the performers the best experience..

The show celebrates the Christmas holiday with a series of vocal performances, uniting the worlds of entertainment, live performance and education. Daniel had used Pandoras Box in previous years, with complete confidence in the system, and I wanted to try the new possibilities that the version provided 6.0.

“When reading the specification sheet,” he explains,, I realized that the new features of the PB system fit us like a glove. The workflow is much simpler, a key advantage in a case like ours, where a very small technical team has to put on a huge show. Everything worked without the slightest hitch., And I had to carry a multitrack recording and thirty audio channels that had to be synchronized with video. The performances worked really well and I'm already looking forward to next Christmas to put on the new show.”.

Christie Pandoras Box 6.0 combines the latest in rendering technology with intuitive media and show control, so it is used all over the world for live experiences, such as multimedia events or projection mapping. The system can be installed as a standalone playback device, as a network playback client or in console mode for DMX direct control.

Among the new features of the version 6.0 highlights mesh editing mode, which helped the production team to quickly create the different warpfiles that were needed. Besides, The new multi-preview feature allowed Daniel Kaminski to pre-program the show much more quickly than in previous years and access an overview of the content.

The proscenium around the stage had to change color at precise moments during the live performances in combination with the lighting, which was achieved by giving the lighting console live control of the proscenium effects, while the rest of the show was directed from multiple sequences.

During Christie's participation in WHEREAS 2017, of the 7 al 10 February at the Amsterdam RAI (hall 1 – stand H70), Pandoras Box 6.0 will play a leading role and its capabilities will be shown on a large interactive display of 16 x 5 metros.