Archive for the ‘Museums’ Category

Alcorn McBride in Sound & Communications

Friday, August 6th, 2010

In the July edition of Sound and Communications, Eric Wolfram from Integrisys Group writes about the recent upgrades to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.

“…In designing the AV system, we were quite aware of the museum’s need for something far more reliable than the typical commercial or residential project. ‘We are open 364 days a year and this system has to work on all of those days,’ Beckman told us. ‘It has to have almost no maintenance and be simple to use: We want to just turn it on at the beginning of the day and then everything has to be automated from there.’ To meet the requirement for reliability, we used a solid-state, V16+ show controller from Alcorn McBride, with the video itself stored on two one-gigabyte flash cards, rather than tape, DVD or a even hard drive…”  Read more...

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LightingPad Demo Video

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

One of the hits of InfoComm was our LightingPad application for the iPad and iPhone. LightingPad is the perfect tool for controlling small shows, or for installing and testing lighting systems. It’s also great for programming our LightCue Pro lighting controller. Simply connect any Art-Net compatible DMX device to your wireless network, and you have a complete lighting console in the palm of your hand. Because it’s an iPad / iPhone application, it’s incredibly simple to use.

This youtube video shows you how it works.

LightingPad will be available in the iTunes App Store. For more information, visit http://www.alcorn.com/products/lightingpad/index.html

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Jeremy in AV Technology

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Jeremy Scheinberg

Jeremy Scheinberg

Jeremy Scheinberg, our COO, was recently interviewed by AV Technology along with Jen Schlegel and Stephen Keever at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. They used our gear to create a fascinating exhibition. Jen and Steve gave me a tour and it was truly a work of (AV) art. They did a fabulous job! Read the article here: AV Technology

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Design Your Own 4-D Theater

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

4-D theaters offer many benefits to museums and other small and medium-sized venues: they’re affordable, they’re flexible, and they generate high guest satisfaction ratings. In short, a 4-D theater maximizes your return on investment. It’s also possible to start small, and – as budget permits – gradually add features, such as better seating, in-theater special effects and so on.

Here’s a step-by-step guide to designing your own 4-D theater.

Step 1. Select Your Media
What is your show about? Will it change during the season? Will there be different presentations throughout the day? Showscan, and Iwerks are just a few of the many providers of 3-D and 4-D films available to you.  There are also independent producers. Or, in this day of powerful PCs and home-based graphics designers, you can even have your own custom film made, probably cheaper than you’d guess.  A good place to start researching is the TEA’s website at www.themeit.com.
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