Coolux show control used in German magic show

One of their current shows is called the ‘World of Genesis’, which includes a giant world-sphere made of steel, that descends slowly unto the stage, until the Ehrlich Brothers suddenly appear right in the middle of the sphere, as if out of nowhere.

During the act, the sphere’s continental plates move around the steel construct, and the inner core of the futuristic world sphere is additionally equipped with 144 LED lamps.

Chris Ehrlich explains what role the coolux Pandoras Box plays during their shows: ‘All of the world sphere’s functions are being controlled using the Pandoras Box, including the gyration and the movement of the continents. In addition to this, the Pandoras Box runs all our pyrotechnics, which are all placed on the timeline, as well as the effects inside the sphere, including fog. Our basic aim is to integrate all different sections of the show into our Pandoras Box network.’

Ehrlich Entertainment’s technical operator Florian Rabe gives further details of the evolution of their show set-up: ‘Right at the beginning we were just running a small amount of audio and video content. The system we used back then was very simple and not really able to do a whole lot of different things. It’s really a great advantage for us to have the Pandoras Box now, especially since it is so easy to place keyframes on the layers. In the past this had to be done by hand. Nowadays we have one coolux Player for video, another Player exclusively for sound, as well as another Player for video content used for LEDs or background projections.’