Church Delivers Serenity of Summer for Korn with Ayrton posted: 13/12/2017
Korn lighting designer, Thomas Church' Christmann is no stranger to the world of Ayrton. On my first outing with Ayrton fixtures I was really impressed with the style, the output, the versatility and the beam options they offered me. I was very happy with what I could achieve with my last design so when the next generation of Ayrton fixtures were launched I jumped at the chance to make my new tour design even bigger, even more flexible and even more exciting.
Two-time Grammy award-winning, Alt-Metal band Korn was busy crossing and re-crossing the Atlantic this summer, firstly headlining the 17-date Serenity of Summer tour in North America, before crossing over to Europe for a festival run and then back to the US for further leg on home territory. Church elaborates on the details: There were a huge number of Ayrton MagicPanel -Twin fixtures on this design, along with a supporting number of Ayrton NandoBeam -S9 and NandoBeam -S3 units, 15 MagicBlade -FX and half a dozen MagicRing -R9 fixtures. As this outing was split, design-wise, into three distinctly different sections, it was important to pick fixtures that were versatile and could adapt to our differing stage settings without losing any of their dynamic performance. For example, after the SOS tour in North America, the European festival leg featured a new version of the central stair riser MagicPanel -Twin design we did last year, and I've just finished the last US run where we reinstated the SOS pods' but this time sitting on stage framed by Nandobeam -S3 and MagicBlade -FX.
With this summer's dates we wanted to go a step further in both design and look, continues Church. The introduction of the MagicPanel -Twin allowed us to combine two different types of stage effects: lighting fixtures and video. The hybrid nature of the fixture gave me a lot of options to create my show moods.
Church arrayed 64 MagicPanel-Twin fixtures in four 4x4 pods' which he rigged as an upstage wall above the band. Mounting the MagicPanel-Twins in the pods made transport, installation and handling very easy and effective, he says. In addition, we got a really imposing look. We also combined the video screen of the MagicPanel-Twin fixtures with video projection onto our white cabinets we stacked up behind the band. The old school touch of Mesa cabs and modern fixtures suited the band's profile exactly, as well as supporting the versatility of the band's performance.
Church also located 20 NandoBeam-S3 upstage of the band at floor level, and added a row of 15 MagicBlade-FX fixtures along the top of the cabinets, using both sets of fixtures as support for the main stage design in all spaces. Six MagicRing -R9 units were rigged on the upstage truss which was flown relatively low between the cabinets and the pods that are such a central element to the look of the stage. Finally, the Nandobeam -S9 fixtures were hung on the downstage truss and provided a solid front wash, proving that Ayrton units can provide that quality of vital base lighting as well as all the dynamic icing on the top.
I inserted video and light partly just as a backlight to give the pods another dimension, adds Church, but the video enabled us to underscore the moods of the songs excellently. I used the pixel mapper on my console to work with the LED side of the MagicPanel -Twins, and the arrangement of the MagicPanel -Twins gave me a lot of position possibilities. By mounting them at the back - facing out - I could use all the moving options (endless pan & tilt) generously. The MagicPanel configuration and the angle of the pods allowed me to let the pods look confused' at times, or even round. The facility to split DMX universes internally is just genius. This can save lots of universes!
Church remains a committed Ayrton aficionado and his enthusiasm for MagicPanel -Twin especially is very clear, The processing and versatility of the MagicPanel-Twin make it a really exciting choice in a design; it offers so many possibilities for a designer's toolkit. The hybrid of light and video is revolutionary and I am sure there is still more for me to discover about its potential. Add to that Ayrton's quality of build, consistency of beam and light intensity and you have a very good weapon guaranteed to achieve a great design result.
About Ayrton:
AYRTON is specialized in developing intelligent LED light products for Entertainment and Architectural applications.
Based south of Paris, France, the AYRTON Headquarters and Research & Development centre combine and organize the highest competence in engineering, software, electronics and optics, with the aim to create highly innovative fixtures.
AYRTON fixtures are created to answer any demanding installation and criteria, and are distributed through devoted and exclusive worldwide teams. AYRTON uses reliable, flexible and avant-garde technologies linked to innovative design, to provide AYRTON customers with a wide range of pioneer lighting solutions for installation in Stages, TV Studios, Show-venues and Architectural schemes.
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Church Delivers Serenity of Summer for Korn with Ayrton posted: 13/12/2017 
