www.arkaospro.com ABOUT ARKAOS The Killers Battle Born Tour ArKaos is a leading provider of technology LD: Steven Douglas for live visual performances Photo © Torey Mundkowsky The company develops visual synthesizers that trigger and manipulate graphic content for display on large screens at events, concerts, clubs and much more. Founded in 1996, ArKaos started as a software company but today it also develops unique hardware media servers that delivers an unrivalled performance in speed, effects and manipulation of simultaneous high-definition videostreams. Lately, ArKaos engineers have also invented Kling-Net, a revolutionary protocol allowing the distribution of real-time video data to remote display devices, such as LEDs or LED panels, over Ethernet.. A few references.. 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But no matter what your choice is, there is no compromise on the quality. Both versions are built around ArKaos’ latest generation of technology, embarking our multi-threaded graphics engine which delivers blistering performance by David Garrett taking advantage of multi-core machines. Rock Anthems Tour LD: Geert Van Hout Simple Mode Fixture Mode MediaMaster’ Simple Mode interface allows you to prepare your visual In Fixture Mode, you get full parameter control for each layer, directly show in the software itself. You have access to all the parameters from your lighting desk. The support for MSEX, that allows you to with your mouse and keyboard and you can easily preprogram your preview your thumbnails on your console screen only makes it easier. visuals and effects. No fiddling around with the mouse anymore.. The easy playback of these pre programmed visual can be triggered The Fixture Mode, combined with the other great features from by DMX, MIDI or your computer keyboard. Because of the flexible MediaMaster Pro, turns any powerful computer into a professional control settings you can make the software fit to the lighting desk or Media Server that will let you program the most advanced shows in a MIDI controller of your choice. The more options your controller has, really easy way, directly from your lighting desk. the more parameters or visuals you can control. “Working with Alpha Channels and the impressive audio-generated content that reacts exactly with the music is a real improvement to our show. The real-time effects give some very dynamic and exciting new ways to play back live cameras on the screens. But most importantly, MediaMaster is rock stable; at this point we have done about 50 shows and it has never failed on us.” Koen De Puysseleir, LD - Tiësto Tour www.arkaospro.com Big Brother Australia 2012 LD: Francesco Calvi Common features • Total control of your media: 3D position/ rotation, movie speed, • Independent video layers (8 in Express, 12 in Pro) color levels, etc. • Advanced Graphic engine: Fully hardware accelerated and • Master brightness-contrast, keystone, volume, Soft Edge Multi-threaded on multi-core CPUs • Multi-Screen and Wide-Screen with soft-edge • Optimized for HD movies, HD output support • Support of all common media formats (AVI, MPEG, QuickTime MOV, • Internal MPEG2-MPEG4 codec for enhanced reliability Flash, WMV, picture files etc) • Intuitive user interface • Supports mixing audio from your video loops • 60+ effects • Global audio volume control through DMX • 50+ text animations • Support for Quartz Composer .qtz files as Sources and Effects • Audio Visualization Generators (Mac OS X only) • Media library of 255 folders and 255 visuals • Support for Actionscript3 in Flash animations and Flash Texts • Multiple video inputs (PCI card, FireWire DV / HDV, USB, etc.) • Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Mac OSX compatible Version Comparison Express Pro Layers 8 12 Simple Mode Yes Yes Fixture Mode No Yes LED Mapper Yes Yes Kling-Net Mapper Yes Yes Video Mapper No Yes ArKaos Hub No Yes Geometrical Correction Basic Advanced Soft Edge Basic Advanced www.arkaospro.com MEDIAMASTER PRODUCT RANGE Stereosonic Festival MediaMaster Express Photo © Dean Hammer MediaMaster Express is all you need to quickly setup a show that includes video. If you have basic needs of DMX or MIDI synchronization but still want to benefit from the powerful media management and efficient media playback of MediaMaster, the Express edition is your best choice. Prepare your visual show in the software itself simply by dragging and dropping visuals and effects on the interface, then take control of your visual presets with a few channels on your lighting desk or notes on a MIDI controller. Simply put, it’s the easiest media server software that ever existed. Main features System requirements (PC) • Control video layers with a few DMX dimmers or MIDI notes • OS: Windows™ XP, Vista or 7 • Work on a single DMX universe or MIDI channel • Processor: Pentium™ IV 2Ghz, • Drag & Drop visuals directly on the main interface Core Duo 1.83Ghz recommended • Organize your shows with up to 64 patches of 64 cells • RAM: 1GB, 2GB recommended • Control up to 3 parameters per cell via DMX or MIDI • Media Player: QuickTime™ 7 (and up), • Optional fade time on trigger Adobe FlashPlayer™ 9 (and up), • LED Mapper and Kling-Net Mapper included DirectX™ 9.0c (and up) Control interface System requirements (Mac) • Computer keyboard • OS: Mac OS X 10.5 (and up) • Any MIDI controller compatible with your system • Processor: Any Intel Mac, Core Duo 1.83Ghz (and up) • Any DMX lighting desk • RAM: 1GB, 2GB recommended • Media Player: QuickTime™ 7 (and up), Adobe FlashPlayer™ 9 (and up) www.arkaospro.com MEDIAMASTER PRODUCT RANGE Tiësto at Stereosonic LD: Koen De Puysseleir MediaMaster Pro Photo © Dean Hammer MediaMaster Pro will turn any powerful computer into a full- fledged professional media server capable of running live or programmed video shows in sync with music and light. It comes with all the features from MediaMaster Express but adds DMX fixtures management, advanced geometry correction, video mapping through multiple outputs, support for MSEX allowing thumbnails preview and live output to the console screens.. All you need to program and control large shows from any popular lighting desk. Easily create a huge projection seamlessly spanning across several screens, setup a pixel precise display with any configuration of LED panels in just a few clicks, modify effect parameters live from your console or setup a complete pre- programmed visual show; you can do it all with MediaMaster Pro, it’s the Swiss Knife of media server software! Main features System requirements (PC) • Includes all the features from MediaMaster Express • OS: Windows™ XP, Vista or 7 • MSEX Compatible: thumbnails preview and live output on your • Processor: Pentium™ IV 2Ghz, MSEX compatible lighting desk Core Duo 1.83Ghz recommended • 3 available fixtures: micro, tiny and full • RAM: 1GB, 2GB recommended • Geometric Correction & Soft Edge Settings per Output • Media Player: QuickTime™ 7 (and up), • Supports fixtures customization to add new effects Adobe FlashPlayer™ 9 (and up), • Video Mapper, LED Mapper and Kling-Net Mapper included DirectX™ 9.0c (and up) Control interface System requirements (Mac) • Computer keyboard • OS: Mac OS X 10.5 (and up) • Any MIDI controller compatible with your system • Processor: Any Intel Mac, Core Duo 1.83Ghz (and up) • Any DMX lighting desk • RAM: 1GB, 2GB recommended • Media Player: QuickTime™ 7 (and up), Adobe FlashPlayer™ 9 (and up) www.arkaospro.com 70m x 12m projection (12x Barco 40K projectors) Symphonica in Rosso Design by Arf & Yes – Ignace D’Haese Geometrical Correction & Soft Edge LED Mapper MediaMaster Pro makes it incredibly easy to project video on non- The LED Mapper extension for MediaMaster allows mapping of the planar surfaces; whether you need to correct a single projector server’s video output directly to any configuration of LED panels, mounted in those difficult places where standard keystone correction without the need of using expensive hardware to convert video signal is not effective or whether you need to harmonize the output from (VGA or DVI) into DMX signal.