High End Systems' Axon™ Media Server is being specified in a variety of projects including the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Read what some of the lighting professionals have to say about our rack-mount digital lighting product.
Dennis Gardner, Beijing Olympics 2008 Opening/Closing Ceremonies: “The show was the largest I have ever done. Normally I have worked with about 6-8 media servers and this was just huge at 110! The Globe was projected on from 8 projectors, external to the Globe, set up in four groups approximately 90 degrees from one another. We used Axons and their blending feature to help achieve this effect. This was my first time to use Axon and I found it very easy to use and very flexible. For the scale of the show, it was ideal!”
LD Alastair Bramall-Watson, Stone Temple Pilots 2008: “The Axon is by far the easiest and most intuitive media server I have ever used. The stock footage is diverse and gives you plenty of choice for different looks even when you are programming for a band with a possible 60-plus songs in their back catalog. It's also really simple to load custom footage into Axon; I do it from FOH and I never have to leave the console to quickly update a file, so it’s great for late night programming sessions. Axon works seamlessly with my Hog console to make the video element of the show the most striking part of the visual onstage look.”
LD Andrew Wilder, Luxious Lighting: “I used all stock library content that comes with Axon, except for the Hard Rock Seminole logo. I also combined it with a satellite music video feed that runs in the casino. The Axons are housed in a small room, behind the fountain, set up in two rows of four, with projectors. I’ve mapped the Axon content into a sphere and they’re rear-projecting.”
LD Holger Steffentorweihen: “Having the Axon’s powerful engine under my fingertip was a real pleasure for me. The infinite possibilities of content manipulation, the Collage Generator, the Curved Surface Support and now Spherical Mapping are the major advantages of the Axon media server. Our client was more than impressed by this installation.”
LD Kelly Koster, Evangel Cathedral: “With the power, technology and capabilities of the Axon media server, we have provided a product to our client that is second to none.”
Ivan Rumyantsev, SiM: “I offer at least one Axon for every set of DL.2s and DL.3s. Why? 1) for the additional projectors or media cubes; 2) for the preview in 'Four in One Mode'; 3) for the pre-programming; 4) to educate operators; 5) as a spare CMA client machine."
Scott Chmielewski, Digital Media Designs: "Everything worked exceptionally well. It was perfectly synchronized. The technology built into the HES digital lighting, integrated with the Wholehog 3 console, made it a seamless endeavor."
Joe West, Digital Stage Chicago: “My understanding and having the product 24/7 in my back room gives me an edge on competition. The gear onsite has turned a lot of heads, not just from designers but from clients as well. I call it the selling room; when clients come in to see what the digital lighting and Axon can do it’s always put on their next project.”
