LAS VEGAS — Chaos Visual Productions has been supporting the video production needs of the venerable Jubilee! burlesque show at Ballys Las Vegas. The video tech setup now includes 11 Ventuz media servers, 16 Barco projectors and a Lightware MX-FR33R digital crosspoint router with redundant power supplies, built-in control panel and CPU2. The router handles the production’s monitoring and signal distribution needs.
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LAKE ORION, MI — The longest-running production in Las Vegas, the “Jubilee!” burlesque extravaganza resident at Bally’s now features, behind the scenes, a Lightware MX-FR33R digital crosspoint router with redundant power supplies, built-in control panel and CPU2 provided by Chaos Visual Productions. Lightware USA is the US distributor for Budapest-based Lightware Visual Engineering products.
“Jubilee!” is a seven-act spectacular, which debuted in town in 1981. It stars iconic showgirls dressed in costumes designed by Bob Mackie and Pete Menefee and boasts a set featuring the sinking of the Titanic and a 27-foot, 3-ton bull for the Samson and Delilah tableau.
Burbank-based Chaos Visual Productions brought the Lightware router to the show. Chaos Visual supplies the international production industry with the latest in technology and personnel to make their creative visions come to life. Working on live concert touring, corporate events and live 3D video presentations, Chaos Visual has become the go-to company for specialty lighting, LED special effects, video projection and show programming.
The Lightware 33×33 router was selected for the permanent install for “Jubilee!,” which includes 11 Ventuz media servers and 16 Barco projectors. The router handles all of the monitoring and signal distribution for the equipment. Since all of the media servers are local, the frame is populated with DVI input boards and Fiber Optic output board to feed the longer runs to projection, eliminating the need to local Fiber transmitters in the rack.
“Eight projectors are dedicated to the front projection surfaces,” says Chaos Visual project manager Cory Froke. “There are 72 different front projection surfaces — screens that come on and off stage, line sets with scenery, and projection mapping on every piece of scenery. There are two more projectors on yokes and six for the rear projection screen. Lightware routes it all.”
Froke explains that the Lightware 33×33 router was chosen for its “rock solid” reputation. “We set up some external scripting for automatic fail over for projectors and for distributing monitoring and cameras to various positions. The Lightware router is working fantastic after more than six months on the job: They’ve had zero problems with it. We’ve never had a Lightware router crash on us whether on an installation or a tour.”
