Elation joins Billy Talent Canadian tour
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For 15 years, Soundbox has steadily added to their lighting inventory with technology that provides a wide range of clients with affordable and flexible options, among them a significant complement of Elation products. Soundbox began investing in Elation gear from SFM in 2015 and has continued to add to their inventory of Elation product ever since, a decision based largely on the products’ rich feature sets and competitive price point.
Moore, who filled in for the band’s regular lighting operator Mike ‘Herk’ Herkimer for this run, knew he’d need to find a solution that allowed the band to replicate their show as closely as possible without the set, but also one he could set up quickly and without an assistant. To speak to that, Soundbox provided an integrated pre-rigged lighting kit comprised of three lengths of truss fitted with 32 Elation Cuepix Battens and a variety of other moving lights, essentially recreating the layout of the band’s more elaborate set in a more compact and easily transportable package.
Additionally, Moore says, “The stages we were playing here were smaller – roughly 40-feet wide - the actual set is 50-plus feet wide, so every light had to live on those three 10-foot sticks of truss. Soundbox’s Head of Lighting, Colin Tomlinson, is an absolute brain at putting things together and making them work easily, and he was a huge part of figuring out how to do this. In total there were eight connections I had to make to get the Cuepix Battens and other moving lights working, addressed and ready to go.
“From the time the truss came out of the truck, to me going back to the console to start work on that end, it was never more than 40 minutes. The Cuepix Battens easily slotted into the role we needed and it worked out really well.”
Elation ACL 360 Bar lights were also used in the Canadian package. The same fixtures were a part of the set in Europe and provide a similar effect. “I think that speaks to the whole budget vs. look and feel issue and how well Elation fixtures operate,” Moorse says. “And, again, in Canada with Soundbox’s Cuepix Battens and stock of ACL 360s, that played into keeping the look and the feel the same.”
(Jim Evans)
