Inspiration for live video and lighting software

[Martin Naef]

Hi Peter

Having a back-up is important, I agree there. In our case, it is quite simple: The music stands on its own, so if the tech breaks down, the musicians just keep on playing while I can reboot computers or fix stuff. That's the nice part about chamber music... For the live-streaming shows, we have been mostly spared of glitches, so I am reasonably confident about the setup. Video is a different beast though as it taxes the computers quite heavily. I'll probably feed that through the Blackmagic Atem, so I can always fade to black if the computer feed acts up...

Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: music-bar <music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org> On Behalf Of Peter Korsten
Sent: Sonntag, 2. Januar 2022 23:21
To: Music-bar <music-bar at lists.music-bar.org>
Subject: Re: Inspiration for live video and lighting software

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
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