When you are creating innovative event solutions every day, you are always on the lookout for cutting-edge products to bring your imagination and skill to life.
Consequently, when the team at Encore Event Technologies saw an inspiring promo video online showcasing the ShowPRO DiamondBacks, they were excited!
“When we first got to look at the online product video, the DiamondBacks immediately piqued my interest,” said Daniel Lourenco, Encore’s Director of Innovation and Technology. “It was apparent that the DiamondBack wasn’t just a one-trick pony like a lot of fixtures out in the market, but more of a unique “special effects fixture” that can be utilised for a number of different applications.”
The DiamondBack has a very tight focus, right down to 3 degrees for that infamous pencil beam look, but a wide zoom range up to 56 degrees.
“When the DiamondBacks are running in the full 115 channel mode, this opens up the lighting operator’s imagination, with its completely unique strobe feature running parallel to the powerful 1100w LEDS with the ability to tilt the DiamondBacks 205deg,” added Daniel. “The DiamondBack makes for a perfect LED bar that is more like a pack of racehorses than a pony!”
Daniel points out that we often talk about just the fixture but nearly always forget to mention how they’re road cased saying “Quality components and an all-black road case makes for a sleek looking road case that can house three DiamondBacks and, in my view, a high-quality road case is paramount in protecting our 36 x DiamondBacks here at Encore Event Technology.”
Encore’s DiamondBacks have been a huge hit with all of their designers across Encore Anzpac wanting them for their designs according to Allan Fryer, Head of Production NSW.
“With the various capabilities mentioned above, our lighting designers are continually finding unique and impressive ways to show off the potential of the DiamondBacks and their creative minds,” he said.
Encore’s DiamondBacks have been used on a variety of events – rigged in the ceiling above performers, on truss uprights pointing out from behind stages, sitting on the floor and boxing in stage areas, rigged above and below set pieces, as captivating eye candy, moving beams, strobe effects and intense blinders.
“At a recent event I had the DiamondBacks boxed around on top of a main stage and lined up in two rows either side on the floor from stage to walls,” explained Allan. “They were pointing straight up with a tight focus, in blue and with a random dimmer effect to emulate rain along with an audio track of rain running over our immersive PA system. Added thunder audio clips were activated accompanied by lightning strobe effects and it looked amazing. At the same event, I timecoded the DiamondBacks, along with other fixtures, to a violinist’s backing track and it absolutely blew the audience away.”
Encore Event Technology also took delivery of an MA Lighting grandMA3 that they will run between MA2 and MA3 mode, depending on the operator and the venue install.
“In the AV industry you need to keep up-to-date with technology and that is why Encore is heavily invested in MA Lighting products,” remarked Allan. “MA has been our number one intelligent lighting control console and the majority of our venue installs include MA processing and so it is a no-brainer that we continue to grow alongside MA Lighting and keep investing in new MA technology.”
