ArKaos MediaMaster 1.2 beta1 with audio
Jan/101
Here’s the first beta version of MediaMaster 1.2.
It comes with support for audio and a few other new features.. more will come in further betas.
Please test it and report any problems you might encounter.
The download links are at the end of this post.
Update: The beta went fine, thanks for your feedback: we have made available the RC1 on the forums
Light Show Miami to Atlanta at Mix Club
Dec/090
Things have changed at Mix Club in Paris after Lighting Designer Sebastien Jurkowski has left to embrace a very successful international career (tour with Joachim Garraud, Zouk Club Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, Hennessy Artistry party to mention a few..), they have now replaced their ChamSys MagicQ console with GrandMA Full Size and hired Nicolas Bailly as new Lighting Designer.
If the consoles have changed the club continues to trust the 3 ArKaos media servers installed by Sebastien to display visuals on the LEDs of the DJ / LJ booth and on the various Plasma screens around the place. And apparently, Nicolas Bailly put these to a good use: here’s a video from a light show he set up at the club on Pryda’s track “Miami to Atlanta”.
Nicolas also has a very interesting blog (in French) about lighting design, check it out if you want to know more about him.
Control MediaMaster with the ChamSys MagicQ
Nov/090
As part of the LDI Institute, PRG Distribution are offering a Console Programming class on Wednesday 18th November.
The afternoon session will be lead by Niel Beelen, training manager at ArKaos and Esteban Caracciolo, Product Specialist from PRG. They will teach how to configure and use media servers and ArKaos MediaMaster with the ChamSys MagicQ 100 console.
For more information and booking, please look here.
Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment!
| PRG Console Training Session #L03, Room N210 18 Nov. 2009 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
LDI 2009 Orange County Convention Center Orlando, FL, USA |
Vickie Claiborne and MediaMaster in PLSN
Sep/090
Vickie Claiborne
The September 2009 issue of PLSN features a long article about MediaMaster and the ArKaos Media Servers written by Vickie Claiborne, lighting designer, programmer and training specialist for consoles and media servers.
For those who never heard about Vickie, here are some highlights about her background and experience; Vickie has been developing training programs recognized worldwide for lighting control consoles and digital media systems. She has created and maintained a consistent training curriculum for many products from leading manufacturers, including Maxxyz, grandMa, ChamSys, Wholehog2 and Wholehog3.
Over the years she has been actively working as consultant for many leading industry names such as High End Systems, Martin or PRG. Claiborne’s programming experience includes the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony as well as numerous live concerts, broadcast events, and corporate industrials.
And last but not least, Vickie is the Lighting Programmer from the Emmy Award winning lighting team for CNN 2008 Presidential Debates.
MediaMaster driven by grandMA through eDMX
Aug/090
We’ve been working hard since 3 months on the next upgrade of MediaMaster: the version 1.1 which will be released in a few days.
All the new features will be announced with the release but here’s already a video tutorial demonstrating the new support in MediaMaster 1.1 for grandMA’s MA-eDMX protocol. This allows a much better networking between grandMA lighting consoles and a media server running MediaMaster.
“PixelFucker Plexiglass Controller” by LoopLight
Aug/090
LoopLight sent us this video from what they did at Nature One festival on the “House of House” floor.
They have setup a very creative system to trigger visuals involving a NuVJ, a video camera, a MediaMaster controlled from a GrandMA console and.. a custom controller made of a simple plexiglass panel with duct tape, the so-called “PixelFucker controller”..
ArKaos LED Mapper on Schnick-Schnack C100
Aug/090
Here’s a quick tutorial on how to use the LED Mapper extension to map the output from ArKaos MediaMaster to a wall of 6 Schnick-Schnack C100 LED Panels. As you will see, it’s pretty self-explanatory and really easy to achieve..
There is no specific hardware necessary to convert the video signal for the LED Panels, ArKaos MediaMaster outputs the signal in ArtNet through an Ethernet cable that goes to a network switch connecting the 6 C100 panels together.
The total surface is 6 sq. meters (3×2m) and 18 DMX universes are used to drive the 2400 LEDs.
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