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VisualDMX Installed in De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam
The De Doelen in Rotterdam (NL) underwent a major refurbishment this year. De Doelen was last reconstructed after the end of Second World War as part of the rebuild of this important Dutch city and incorporates four individual concert halls that also double as a state-of-the-art congress venue making it the largest of its kind in the Netherlands. The lighting design for the 2009 refurbishment was undertaken by the design team at ARUP headed by Rogier van der Heide. In particular the Grote Zaal's (Large Hall) renovation included a brand new lighting rig and control system.
VisualDMX software lighting control from Visual Productions has been selected for controlling the house lights, stage lighting and LED fixtures throughout the Grote Zaal. The project manager for this renovation was Harm Ruitenbeek, overseeing a wide array of important issues that the control solution was required to resolve. Key to this installation was the use of VisualTouch to allow stage staff to operate the lights in a user-friendly fashion, letting them choose from various predefined presets, whilst the house technicians can still access a more detailed set of controls. Ruitenbeek states: "Personally we, De Doelen, are very pleased with VisualTouch, especially the diverse possibilities that the system has to offer and the simple user-interface for the operator, which is ideal within our organisation."
The control system uses two Duple units connected to a small form factor PC running VisualDMX 24/7. Two separate touch screen computers run the VisualTouch software for remote controlling VisualDMX via the network.
The VisualDMX system was supplied by Visual Productions' dealer, Controllux Lichttechniek, Ruitenbeek praises the suggestion by Controllux to use VisualDMX: "The reason that we chose VisualDMX is the pleasant and helpful cooperation with Visual Productions, who have listened well to the wishes that we had within De Doelen."
14th December 2009
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