I'm John Huntington, author of Control Systems for Live Entertainment, the first book on show control and entertainment control systems. Zircon Designs is my entertainment control system and audio consulting, design and implementation firm, but Control Geek is an open, non-commercial site, including many companies and resources related to show control.
While Control Systems for Live Entertainment covers entertainment control systems for all aspects of the live entertainment industry, and my blog covers a broad array of topics, the resources on this site focus on show control, technologies that allows a system designer to connect more than one show system together into a "meta" system. There are many other sites out there that cover lighting, sound, machinery, pyro, etc. This page is intended to be a clearing house for information about show control, so if I've missed anything, or you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know.
I was googling around for ACN, and came across this very interesting forum for people who do those massive Christmas light displays. In one thread, there was a post with a very interesting signature: "DMX, RDM, ArtNet, and ACN...the future of DIY Christmas."
All I can say is that if the DIY Christmas Light people are talking about ACN, then the professional live entertainment technology industry has no excuse!
Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 10:29AM
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