SPACEHARP’S LIGHTDANCER™ MODEL 8 TURNKEY SYSTEM
Our “Turnkey” system includes one complete LightDancer Model 8 setup for fully patron-live-interactive music with in-floor or in-stage LED color lighting response together with a media content library, and optionally video projection, moving intelligent lighting, and fixed beam lighting. A one-LightDancer system provides a complete patron-ready configuration suitable for a space ranging between 600 and 4,000 sq. ft. (per each LightDancer), with at minimum 9-foot and preferably 11- to 15-foot or higher ceilings. It can be expanded to a media-integrated, two-LightDancer system either initially or after the initial installation.
Used in main club room or inside an ancillary “chill” or “VIP” side-room with sound and light isolation. “Theater-in-the-round” room design is ideal, however many venue and room setups and configurations are possible.
THE 1-LIGHTDANCER TURNKEY SYSTEM:
1. One Professional Steel Deck Round Stage in Quadrants. Custom built, meets all safety & regulatory compliance for public and professional uses. High impact resistance, with a slip-resistant surface. For use on top of an existing stage or floor, or, directly used on its own steel pipe legs on a suitable concrete slab or other sub-floor. In the turnkey package we include the LightDancer Sensor/LED modules and up-aimed RGB microbeams, mounted inside this low-profile (6” thick), modular, pre-fabricated 10-ft. diameter round floor platform custom made to order by Steel Deck.
2. One LightDancer's Sensor and LED Light (18) Modules. LightDancer electronics are pre-installed inside the Steel Deck Stage. Optionally the electronics can be supplied without a stage, instead ready to be mounted into eighteen 5-inch diameter circular holes cut into a floor with at least 4.75 inches high interior clear space. Recommended to be installed in a floor area a minimum of ten feet in diameter, with the sensors installed within a 7.5-foot diameter area at center of that space. When allowable, flush-mounting into a room-sized floor is ideal for a dance floor, while performance applications may do better with the heavy-duty, movable, round professional stage. The player’s live musical response automatically controls the embedded LED light rings, and in one mode, the colors correspond to musical instrument type for each active sensor zone. The most common mode of color management is the assignment of 128 hues to 128 General MIDI Musical Instrument categories, and these colors are used both for LED-Rings and LED-Microbeams.
3. Necessary Control Computers to operate the real-time video visualizer, lighting and music systems under live LightDancer control. While there are two computers included in the control system, a single show-control screen (running on one computer) provides an easy graphical interface for mix-and-match selection of computer visuals, interactive music, drum modes, and lighting modes.
4. 6-channel Audio Setup including suitable control computer D/A, audio sub-mixer, six to eight channels of speakers plus subwoofers, as suitable for the room. Two channels are for LightDancer player’s stereo generated audio, two channels are for stereo backing tracks, and two channels are for a house & headphones stereo mix. Additional channels can optionally be configured.
5. Overhead Visible/IR Flood Fixture. We include one compact, combined visible and infra-red flood fixture that provides illumination to form the players shadow both for IR sensor triggering and showing player’s visible shadow for feedback. Optionally, this may include LED microbeams (shown).
6. Freespace-Interactive Media “Base” Library:
· (50) interactive songs in a mix of genres;
· (50) interactive video scenes (stereo-3D-ready);
· (20) drum and percussive (non-pitch-specific) response setups that can be synchronized in tempo and layered with other audio sources such as live DJ loops or any other recorded audio source.
· (8) interactive intelligent lighting modes (for the moving light hardware option).
· (3) Modes of LED RGB Microbeams: 128 Hues for 128 General MIDI Instrument; 128 hues with other paradigms; direct access to 2 million colors.
· (8) Modes of Green laser cues. (with green laser option.)
· (8) Modes of Color laser cues. (with color laser option.)
Unlimited, remote-downloadable updates for a LightDancer compatible content library growing to 1,000’s interactive music songs and 1,000’s of visual setups, are included within the monthly content subscription, support & maintenance fee.
NOT INCLUDED: Additional custom content may be created for additional development fees, including specific musical songs, custom video scenes, and lighting modes.
NOT INCLUDED: Advanced “Cyber-DJ” music modes suitable for extended dance parties that include live auto-harmonizing looping modes and live-DJ-directed harmonic structures.
7. Training. Two days of on-site operator training for operator crew is included. Additional training available for per day rate.
8. Installation. Minimal installation labor is defined in the full system purchase agreement, for permanent installs
9. Warranty. Standard Warranty will be defined in the full system purchase agreement.
SUBSTITUTIONS and EXCLUSIONS:
A limited scope of equipment substitutions may be permitted that are closely equivalent to what is typically supplied by us as part of a bundled, ready-to-run turnkey system and the standard optional media equipment. These include the integration of certain equipment from other suppliers, or, that may already be owned by the site operator. These items might include: video projector, intelligent lights, audio system, fog machine, and pin spots. However, any substitutions are subject to our pre-approval on a case-by-case basis and may require our custom programming and additional systems integration labor (especially for any change in intelligent lights)..
MEDIA & INSTALLATION OPTIONS
1. Trussing, pipes, or other mounting infrastructure that may be required (for lighting, video projector, etc.) Depends upon the venue configuration and media options included.
2. Video Projector suitable for small- to medium-rooms, to project the computer graphic images onto a screen, scrim or wall.
Optional: Very short, or very long, image throw distances that require special lens ratios.
Optional: stereoscopic 3D for using polarization-type (passive) 3D-glasses (also requires a special screen.)
Optional: stereoscopic 3D for using IR-synced shutters (active) 3D-glasses.
Examples of 3D Interactive Visualizer Scenes: 1-to-1 sensor-to-objects animations
100% of all LightDancer Visualizer content is Stereo-3D-Ready
Examples of 3D Interactive Visualizer Scenes: complex, interpenetrating animations
100% of all LightDancer Visualizer content is Stereo-3D-Ready
Examples of 3D Interactive Visualizer Scenes: complex objects traveling through 3D planet worlds
100% of all LightDancer Visualizer content is Stereo-3D-Ready
3. (6) Moving-mirror or Moving-Head Intelligent Light Fixtures under live-interactive LightDancer control, typically with 250W lamp or 1200W lamp (depending on venue), moving projections, multiple colors and multiple gobo patterns. For low ambient light settings and lower ceiling rooms, alternatively (18) compact LED color-changing “mini” moving lights may be used, one assigned for each sensor. Moving lights respond to players sensor triggers “following” their body motions, spatially related to the player’s body. BodyHarp’s “Adaptive Cues” for moving lights is a spectacular interactive experience, completely unique!” The moving light behaviors change with cue selection, as well as with the sensors various groupings, or “zones.”
4. LED Color-Changing Microbeams (up- and/or down-aimed), under LightDancer control, up to 2 million available hues, typically run in one 128-color palette at a time identically as the in-floor LED rings. Shows in space the region of trigger play and has color changing response. Standard configuration includes up-aimed, 3W RGB LEDs. LED Microbeams may be provided in the following configurations:
4.1.(Optional) No Microbeams included (for example, sometimes the up-beams are too difficult to install into existing floors. Standard floor joists cannot handle the total of 36 holes easily.)
4.2.(Standard) 18 up-aimed, 3W RGB LED Microbeams, when delivered pre-mounted inside Steel Deck Staging:
4.3. (Optional) 18 down-aimed, 9W RGB LED Microbeams, pre-mounted in a special overhead fixture which also acts as a stop-baffle for up-beams (if any):
4.4.(Optional) Both up-aimed, in-platform 3W microbeams and also down-aimed, 9W microbeams:
5. One Fog or Hazer Machine under manual and DMX control, for generating fog for visible beam lighting effects
6. Lasers. Two alternative laser systems are available: green, or color. They may be used either one type, or both types together. Solid State lasers with integrated projectors, may be used exclusively under LightDancer live control, or at times used by other control sources in the venue, such as for “jammed” shows, linear pre-recorded shows, or general dance floor effects. At these high laser powers, to meet safety, operating training is required and is provided with the laser systems option. Only fully regulatory compliant projectors are offered.
6.1.Dual Green YAG. A pair of 2W or 4W bright, green laser projectors. Players’ actions control and move beam animations throughout the space.
6.2.Color. A single 2W or 4W full color laser projector. Players animations control complex animations that can be used either as colored-beams, or, as projected 2D laser graphics. The latter are especially effective when blended with 2D projected video, and designed together.
TWO-LIGHTDANCER SYSTEM OPTION
7. (Additional) LightDancer sensor and LED light electronics modules (for Second LightDancer). Supplied ready to be mounted into eighteen 5-inch diameter circular holes (of a specific geometry 7.5 feet in diameter), into a stage-type platform at least 6 inches height, and recommended to be at least ten feet in diameter. When allowable, flush-mounting into a room-sized floor is ideal. Or, pre-mounted in the professional 10-ft Circular Steel Deck stage.
8. Additional Control Equipment as required for adding a second LightDancer (Option #7) and as required for additional Media Options, if any. (ie for creating a 2-LightDancer system).
9. Additional Media Option Items #2 - #7 Above if independent Second LightDancer Media Outputs are desired.
