ADB Lighting Technologies launched its Freedom and Liberty lighting control desks at Pro Light+Sound 2011. The Freedom, for theatre, opera, television and other applications, can support up to 2,048 channels and 32 universes, while Liberty supports up to 1,024 channels and 16 universes. Up to four external touch screens (Freedom) or two (Liberty) can expand the capacity of the built-in touch screen. An array of interfaces helps users working simultaneously with different network protocols.
The desks provide fully integrated management of scrollers and gel strings, while the motion section's push wheels and dedicated keys helps users programming hundreds of moving lights. Freedom also features a new trackball for faster control.
The 24 physical subfaders (192 in total, configured as eight banks of 24) with flash and assign keys help users load or select content accurately. Channel mode helps with content editing, and allows newcomers to program a show on the fly.
ADB's new Hathor software is based on the "what you see is what you get" principle, as opposed to the process of encoding a show with a control desk based on the editor concept. Based on a typical theatre sequence linked to a master Playback, Freedom provides a traditional keypad with every classic tool such as +, -, Thru, Invert, All, and @level. Hathor software presents essential show data on the main screen, letting the operator focus on the show and the stage.
Operators can store and recall personal configurations and context-specific displays. Controllers and editors can be docked either side of the screen ready to become fly-outs, and individual dynamic zoom of all editors and browsers provides immediate control of the user interface. With external touch screens, programming complex shows is even faster with a wealth of information on display.
Simultaneous access to all the information and data a lighting designer or director requires, and the many recording options for memories and pallets, allows Freedom to meet show production needs.
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