Norway - Lighting designer, Trond Dybfest of Trondheim Lyd Lysverket recently chose a Jands Vista L5 console to control lighting for award-winning neo-classical duo, Secret Garden's latest tour.
With over 3m international album sales and a Eurovision Song Contest win under their belt, Secret Garden have been touring relentlessly for over 15 years, covering a huge portion of the globe.
The first time Trond tried a Vista he was immediately drawn to its powerful, simple operating system, which he found to be extremely intuitive. Since then, he has become a keen Vista user, specifying a range of Vista products across his busy schedule of tours and productions.
Trond chose the new, flagship Vista L5 console to control lighting and media on this tour knowing that the software's simple, powerful and visual interface would provide him with the flexible, reliable and consistent control he needed.
For this tour there was no touring lighting rig, so Trond relied heavily on Vista's powerful Fixture Swap capabilities, which allowed him to quickly and accurately swap programming between the wide selection of fixture types he knew he would encounter.
Trond explains, "It was completely necessary that the Fixture Swap worked seamlessly... which it did...Combined with Vista's powerful FX generator, I managed to create great looking shows with whatever equipment was available to me on the night."
The Vista L5 used on the tour was supplied by Norwegian Jands Vista dealer, Norsk Sceneteknikk.
