Control systems for live entertainment
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : John Huntington
- ناشر : Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Focal Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9780240809373
Description
pt. 1. Introduction. An introduction -- General control concepts -- Electrical control system basics -- System design principles -- pt. 2. Entertainment discipline overview. Lighting -- Lasers -- Audio -- Image presentation -- Stage machinery -- Animatronics -- Fog, smoke, fire, and water -- Pyrotechnics -- Show control -- pt. 3. Data communications and networking. Numbering systems -- General datacom concepts -- Physical communications media -- Point-to-point interfaces -- General network concepts -- Network systems -- Ethernet -- Network utilities -- pt. 4. Standards and protocols used in entertainment. DMX512-A -- RDM -- ACN -- MIDI -- MIDI show control -- MIDI machine control -- SMPTE and MIDI time code -- Miscellaneous connection methods -- pt. 5. Example show control systems. A theatrical thunderstorm -- Put on a happy face -- Ten-pin alley -- Comfortably rich -- It's an itchy world after all -- Conclusion.
With a combined focus on computers, networking, art, and practice, this book offers an examination of control for lighting, lasers, sound, , stage machinery, animatronics, special effects, and pyrotechnics for concerts, theme parks, theatre, themed-retail, cruise ships, museums, special and other events.
