nasa@ms.uky.edu (Eric Freeman) (10/24/87)
This message might be better suited for rec.music.misc but at the U2 show last night here in Lexington, KY I looked down at the mixing boards and what did I see? Thats right a Commodore Amiga 500! Boy was I proud, haha. They appeared to be using the Amiga for control of the lighting system although I am not sure, I was not close enough to it to be able to tell. Just thought some of you might be interested, if anyone has information about this please send it to me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Freeman "A spirit with a vision freeman@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov is a dream with a freeman@ssvs.gsfc.nasa.gov mission" nasa@e.ms.uky.edu Neil Peart
hedley@cbmvax.UUCP (Hedley Davis) (10/27/87)
In article <7566@g.ms.uky.edu> nasa@ms.uky.edu (Eric Freeman) writes: >This message might be better suited for rec.music.misc but at the U2 show >last night here in Lexington, KY I looked down at the mixing boards and >what did I see? Thats right a Commodore Amiga 500! Boy was I proud, haha. >They appeared to be using the Amiga for control of the lighting system although >I am not sure, I was not close enough to it to be able to tell. Just thought >some of you might be interested, if anyone has information about this please >send it to me. > Well, you may not beleive this, but is was a C128 used for controlling the color changers mounted on the PAR cans. I know this because I designed the system for a lighting company near here who later sold off their lighting equipment to another company who now handles U2. So, sorry it wasn't a A500, but at least it was a Commodore. :-). Hedley
carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (10/30/87)
In article <7566@g.ms.uky.edu> nasa@ms.uky.edu (Eric Freeman) writes: >This message might be better suited for rec.music.misc but at the U2 show >last night here in Lexington, KY I looked down at the mixing boards and >what did I see? Thats right a Commodore Amiga 500! Boy was I proud, haha. >They appeared to be using the Amiga for control of the lighting system although >I am not sure, I was not close enough to it to be able to tell. That may have been Hedley's C128 controller, but Joy from Mimetics has told me that there are bands and stage managers using Amigas for MIDI lighting control via a special Soundscape module. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Carolyn Scheppner -- CATS >>Commodore Amiga Technical Support<< UUCP ...{allegra,ihnp4,rutgers}!cbmvax!carolyn PHONE 215-431-9180 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
baer@percival.UUCP (Ken Baer) (11/01/87)
In article <2667@cbmvax.UUCP> carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS) writes: > That may have been Hedley's C128 controller, but Joy from Mimetics has >told me that there are bands and stage managers using Amigas for MIDI >lighting control via a special Soundscape module. Last Fall I went to the Peter Gabriel concert in Cleveland, and he was using an A1000 to control the synthesizers. Sorry, we were a little too far away to be able to see what software he was using. If you listen closely to the So album, you can hear a little video whine, sounds like an Amiga to me. -- -Ken Baer. "Press the button labeled 'Extreme Emergency' on the console" - The Doctor. USENET - ...tektronix!reed!percival!baer OR baer@percival.pdx.com "The Few, The Proud, The Criminally Insane - Oberlin Computer Science" - me.