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Medialon Manager is the
centerpiece of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee ’s new Black Bear
Jamboree dinner and show where it provides show control
for extensive audio, video and lighting systems.
The Black Bear Jamboree is a $10 million musical dinner
revue featuring state of-the-art lighting, lasers and
surround sound. It tells the story of the legendary
annual gathering where all the black bears in the Great
Smoky Mountains meet in a secret cave to celebrate with
food, dance and song.
Installed by Clair Brothers Systems, Medialon Manager
meets the Jamboree’s need for a user-friendly control
system with consistent and simplified operation.
“Medialon coordinates everything for the show,” reports
Marshall L. Whaley of Fee Hedrick Inc. who serves as the
show’s director of technical services. “There are six
time lines which start at different times, each
representing a segment of the show. The show has a total
of four segments with music, dancers, lights and six
animatronic bears. An Alesis HD24 audio track player
sends MIDI time code to Medialon which synchs the time
code with the time line to control an array of equipment
and trigger the bears.”
Among the gear controlled by Medialon Manager is a DVD
player, Yamaha PM1D, Martin Maxxyz lighting console, a
pair of Sanyo projectors, two Da Lite screens, and a
Panasonic MX70 video mixer. Also, a second Manager
(Panel edition) is running on a tablet PC as a show
remote control.
"With only three days on site, the schedule was very
tight, particularly as the shows were running in early
morning and all evening. Fortunately, there was no need
to recompile our project to test any modifications.
Medialon Manager is operational immediately after any
changes. And most of the corrections and adjustments can
be done in real time, while project is actually running.
That saves lots of time, “comments Stephane Villet,
Technical Manager at Medialon.
“The
Medialon system is great,” Whaley says. “It’s always
dependable.” |
