PLASA 2001 sees yet another important launch for Midas, this time in the form of theatre control software for the Heritage range of consoles. The first console to benefit is the compact, theatre-friendly Heritage 1000, and a large portion of the Midas stand will be dedicated to the demonstration of the new software. Introduced in two phases, the PLASA launch represents the first step in dynamic control for Heritage consoles from a PC, enabling the user to make global on-line changes to scene set-ups from a PC. A last-minute change which previously could have caused chaos, can now be made on the PC in seconds and simply cut-and-pasted into all the scenes as required, rather than having to adjust each scene on the console manually. It also enables engineers to get a head-start on rehearsals by being able to start their programming off-line at home, instead of the bulk of the work beginning with rehearsals.Indeed, this is the first step of the software development, and the one that will be demonstrated at PLASA - the ability to edit off-line. The second phase, which is due for release in the New Year, is the development of dynamic control in the way that already exists for Klark Teknik products such as the DN9848. The Heritage theatre control software runs under the same Stardraw shell as all PC-controlled products from the Klark Teknik Group, hence taking the user one step closer to just one piece of software for overall system control.
Klark Teknik can be found on Stand B10.
