The KKL in Luzern, designed by Jean Nouvel, is one of the most famous culture and concert centres in Switzerland. Across three stages in three halls, the centre presents a fine selection of cultural highlights. Approximately 400 events are staged there each year, visited by over 400.000 guests, offering a wide variety of entertainment from classical to pop/rock concerts, plus award ceremonies, product launches and conventions. To replace the ten year old lighting rig, a brand-new grandMA2 system has been installed, consisting of 3 x grandMA2 light and 2 x grandMA replay-units. This was one of the first grandMA2 theatre installation worldwide!
The new system was installed during a maintenance period at the KKL Luzern in February. The grandMA2 replay units are used as back-up for the grandMA2 light. The third console was bought for mobile productions. All parts of the MA system are connected via the MA-Net2 with 1Gbit/s. The DMX-output is realised via ELC Ethernet-nodes which are triggered via Art-Net.
“Our first impression was fantastic”, says Head of Lighting Christoph Kunz, “The manufacturing quality absolutely matches the high standards for which MA is famous. Compared to the grandMA ‘series1’, the grandMA2 has many modifications that enhance the work flow, user-friendliness and performance. The inbuilt keyboard drawer and dimmable keys for working in dark environments are just two noteworthy features.“
“Until the final grandMA2 software release, the consoles will run in grandMA ‘series 1’ mode. This downward compatibility is part of MA’s philosophy to smoothly integrate grandMA ‘series 1’ consoles into grandMA2 networks,” Kunz continues, “As a remote, we use an iPod touch currently running grandMA remote software, which will be updated to grandMA2 remote in the future.”
“The Installation and commissioning processes were absolutely faultless, mainly because of the great support from Christian Crego of cast Switzerland AG,” concludes Kunz.
cast Switzerland AG is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting in Switzerland.
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