Angus & Julia Stone mesmerise capacity crowds with Titan Mobile & Fader Wing
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The Stone siblings, hailing from Australia, delivered a powerful and emotive set that, when paired with Hoggarth's intense imagining of Ed Warren's design, entranced an audience that at times fell so silent you could hear a pin drop.
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"The design for the show was very theatrical," says Hoggarth, "All the lights that we used on the show were mounted on the sides or at the back. There was absolutely no light coming from below. It was all incredibly dramatic."
Hoggarth's rig for the show was comprised of an LED star cloth that hung as a backdrop, 4x boom lights, 4x Robe Robin 300 washes, 4x Fresnel spotlights, and a set of festoon lights that hung from the venue roof, above the audience. The main features were four bespoke wooden poles, created by Steel Monkey Engineering, each fitted with six oversized vintage light bulbs that beautifully accented the beat.
This was made significantly easier, noted Hoggarth, by the Rate Master feature of Titan. "Rate Master makes it possible for me to control a number of effects, shapes, pixel mapper effects or chases, using just one fader. It's much easier to control this way and means everything is perfectly synchronised."
An Avolites user since the turn of the century, Toby's first console was a Pearl 2000. As he recalls, "The first console you use sticks in your mind. I'm most comfortable using Avolites now, the interface makes the most sense."
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As the Stones continue to grow in popularity in the UK, Toby expects to tour a much expanded rig when they return to our shores later this year.
About Avolites:
Avolites has built its reputation upon rock-solid live, busk driven desks where seconds count. Committed to providing the very best solutions to all aspects of the industry, Avolites have evolved since 1976 to offer cutting edge technologies across a diverse range of pioneering and steadfast equipment with the highest of quality and design, plus swift and intuitive TITAN software.
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About Avolites Media:
Managing director of Avolites, Steve Warren, founded Avolites Media Ltd in 2011. Avolites Media is now the sole manufacturer of the Ai brand of media servers and aims to deliver a comprehensive lighting and video solution from a single intuitive to use control surface.