Longtime Vista user, Rob Sinclair's show design for Peter Gabriel was part of the Rock Paper Scissors summer co-headline concert tour in North America with Sting. It featured both artists on stage for the whole performance, alternating between and sharing singing duties on each other's songs.
Rob designed and programmed the lighting for songs written by Peter Gabriel - with the occasional song being performed by Sting. He commented, "The Vista showed strength as a team player. Working closely with Danny Nolan, Sting's LD, we alternated songs and consoles. What could have been a control nightmare was actually a real joy."
Lighting designer Chris Reade has been using his Jands Vista system to design and control lighting on numerous Dierks Bentley tours over the past decade. For the latest Somewhere on a Beach international tour, Chris's design features eight automated trusses and cues which run from intense to subtle, depending on the song structure.
Chris commented, "Vista is the most stable console I've ever been on in my career. It's more of a visual console, so I can go into the time line - which is a lot like video editing - and I can see the parameters per instrument that are active in that cue, and I can change the parameters in seconds."
(Jim Evans)
