London Football Awards in control with Vista by Chroma-Q

With the Vista, Price was in control of over 90 moving lights, plus LED strip-light and uplight fixtures, blinders, conventional fixtures and hazers. The lighting, which included the Roundhouse’s own rig, plus a floor package from Spotlight Sound, covered six universes in total.

With the Vista, Price was in control of over 90 moving lights, plus LED strip-light and uplight fixtures, blinders, conventional fixtures and hazers. The lighting, which included the Roundhouse’s own rig, plus a floor package from Spotlight Sound, covered six universes in total.

Price cites speed, flexibility, customisation and reliability as the stand-out advantages of Vista.

It allows me to tailor my show file to the event, so I always have what I need at my fingertips. I can build various workspace views that I can snapshot and recall instantly. So, I can quickly jump into my patch view, with my fixture chooser open, for checking the rig and adjusting any offsets as needed, then to my main programming view to update presets that feed into my various cue lists. Then, if I need to tweak or build FX, I have a custom layout for that, and then on to my playback view with my main cue list open and my console ready to go!

He concludes:

This was my first time at the Roundhouse and it was a great experience. It’s such a great space to light, and the in-house team were a lovely bunch of people and very helpful!

The event was hosted by the Willow Foundation, a charity founded in 1999 by former Arsenal goalkeeper and TV presenter, Bob Wilson and his wife, Megs, in memory of their daughter, Anna, who died of cancer aged 31. Presented by Roman Kemp and Alex Brooker and attended by some of London’s footballing greats, the event celebrated achievements from the current season. This year’s winners included Arsenal’s Martin Ødegaard and Bukayo Saka, Leyton Orient’s Paul Smyth and, representing women’s football, Chelsea’s Lauren James and Leah Williamson of Arsenal.