Inspiration for live video and lighting software

[Peter Korsten]

Hey Martin,

> Any others?

Yes, only for "others": have a backup system. I'm talking about my 
experience at the Jean Michel Jarre concert in Paris in 1990, similar in 
scope to what you're planning, although perhaps not in size.

Whilst playing –I think– Third Rendez-Vous "Laser Harp", he was actually 
playing the Laser Harp, but it messed up, and after a while it was 
replaced by a tape. It's been edited out in videos, and I can't remember 
if I noticed it at the time, but it was on the tape that I recorded live 
from radio. (That tape is most probably lost now, and even before it  
bunched up badly.)

The Laser Harp is real –I played it a year prior, also in Paris– but 
something went wrong that evening.

If possible, the backup system should not be able to fail for the same 
reason as the primary system, for example an unexpected software 
problem. It sounds like more work, and most probably is, but perhaps 
it's possible to have a simple "tape" running the projections and 
lighting, while you frantically attempt to fix the primary system.

> Oh, and happy new year to everybody!
>

And to you!

- Peter