Launched this month, The Glasshouse combines sophisticated design with panoramic windows and vast 3.8 metre ceilings, whilst offering a choice of magnificent function areas to take full advantage of the stunning views across the Yarra River and surrounds.
Boasting interior design by the world renowned Hecker Guthrie Studio with beautiful finishes and fixtures, and the latest in audio visual technology, The Glasshouse is the perfect venue for sophisticated soirees, weddings, conferences, parties, meetings and presentations.
Harry the hirer look after the audio visual requirements for this stunning new venue and they chose an MA dot2 core console as the venue’s lighting console.
The dot2 core is a compact lighting console designed for small to medium sized productions up to 4,096 control channels. The dot2 core is the heart of the dot2 range and includes the full programming section, master playback section, 6 fader playbacks and 12 individual playback buttons. Two built in touch screens and support for one external touch screen ensure the dot2 core has the flexible hardware required for almost any kind of show.
The dot2 range will feel very familiar to anyone that has used MA in the past, but with its intuitive interface, should be easy for most operators to program.
“It’s ideal for this venue because we have quite a few operators come through here who are really audio or video based, and hence are very new to lighting,” commented Terry Lowe, Harry’s production manager at the venue. “The dot2 core is an excellent way to learn about lighting control as it offers helpful hints, patch & go and basically guides them through. This way they learn on the smaller MA console and when they move onto our bigger venues, they can easily use our full size MA consoles. It’s a really good introduction to the platform and is really quite simple to learn.”
Intuitive operation is the core of the dot2 philosophy and with a comprehensive set of connectivity hardware on all console models, the dot2 provides onboard Help and Direct Hints to guide a new user to operate the console to its full potential.
“I like that when you are patching, it highlights green showing you all the multiple universes as well as what is full and what hasn’t been filled up,” remarked Terry. “I also like that it comes up with the label straightaway – when you save or store something it says to label an object which is a good reminder to people who are learning.”
The venue houses ten trusses, each of which has an individual patch point which comes down to a data splitter so that multiple universes can be attained.
“We have a standard rig in the venue which we supplement for bigger events,” said Terry. “We use the multiple universes on the back of the dot2 core; two for the house rig and the other two for additional gear. It’s a nice, tidy little rig. We’ve been using the dot2 core for the past month and there hasn’t been one issue with it.”
