Jands to show the latest beta of Vista 2 ‘Byron’ at LDI & WFX

Jands will demonstrate the latest beta version of their V2 ‘Byron’ software for the revolutionary Vista lighting console at LDI (Las Vegas) in October and WFX (Atlanta) in November.
The release date of the final V2 software has been delayed, precisely because it is a lot more than just an ‘upgrade‘ of the existing system. This release is a whole new platform, re-built from the ground up, specifically to enable Jands to expand and develop the Vista in years to come, without restrictions.
After extensive study of user feedback, Jands have re-thought every aspect of the Vista, refining all its best elements, introducing a host of new features and making it faster and easier to work.
Here’s just a few of the features that will be highlighted at LDI and WFX:

Really-simple-storing

On top of the usual tracking system that only records levels that have changed in each cue, Jands have added a far simpler method called ‘Store Look’ for users who don’t need or aren’t familiar with tracking. ‘Store Look’ does exactly what it says: you press a button to store whatever ‘look’ is on the stage. This is perfect for situations where the ‘lighting guy’ isn’t around, or if you’ve built a look from a combination of playbacks and the editor and want it to play back exactly as you see it.

Fast cue-list navigation

In V2 there’s a cuelist scroll bar and mini cue icons in both the Fixture chooser and the Timeline window so it’s easy to move from one end of the cue-list to the other no matter how big your cuelist is. To edit a cue, you just click the selector tile representing the cue you want.

Super-search

Vista now includes Search boxes in the Fixture Library, Lee Colour picker, Groups, Presets, Extracts, Cue-list and Effects windows. You can trawl the hundreds of items in these windows just by typing the first few letters.

As you type, the list filters down to the items matching the letters or numbers you enter. This narrows down potentially massive lists so you can find what you need in seconds.

More powerful, less complicated, perfectly-synchronised effect

One of Vista’s most popular features is the ‘swing’ effect, in which fixtures crossfade between two presets, colours, positions or other settings. In V2 you can make swing effects pass through two, three or any number of easily editable points along the way.
With Vista’s patented Effects Synchronisation feature, you can create waveform based effects on one feature, such as colour, and then add a second feature, for example position and the two features can be kept fully synchronised. What’s more you can manipulate the waveforms graphically to refine the effects.

Effects templates

Byron includes an extensive library of pre-programmed effects ‘templates’ that you can just select and use immediately. Amongst these are a number of Matrix effects designed to let you create impressive effects, on banks of LEDs (or other fixtures) quickly and easily.
 
 
 
 

Split fade times

A traditional theatre technique, is to have the lights that are getting brighter fade in over a shorter time than the lights that are getting darker, fade out. Byron supports split fade times for intensity and let’s you see both times in the Chooser and Timeline windows. Each cue also has a set of ‘default’ times so that you can change the fade times for the whole cue or event by event.

Even more visual

‘Think visually, work visually’ is the Vista’s core idea, and the V2 takes this to the next level, providing ‘detail view’ windows that match the features of the devices they represent. For instance, the detailed gobo palette depicts the gobo wheel(s) exactly as they are, with a central view showing the actual visual effect the gobo (or gobos) will generate.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Other new features
The release also includes many more features including:

• an easy-to-use Fixture Editor so you can build your own library files
• a command-line interface so you can enter fixtures, levels cue timing and more through the keyboard or a keypad
• media server control with thumbnail import via CITP.

Come and see Vista V2 ‘Byron’ in action
Be one of the first to see the possibilities of this revolutionary new system. You can get a preview of the V2 beta at:

The AC Lighting Inc stand (#812)
LDI Show Las Vegas
22-25 October 2010

A.C. Lighting Inc. stand (#609)
WFX Show Atlanta
3-5 November 2010