ChamSys Helps Crt Birsa Reflect Sound of Legendary Slovenian Star Nina Puslar
Ivancna Gorica, Slovenia – Her hits like “To Mi Je Vsec” and “Malo Malo,” which rode high on the charts for over 150 weeks,” achieved anthem-like status in Slovenia. She has sold out arenas. Her work has been universally hailed by critics for its style and power. Nina Puslar has indeed come a long way in her celebrated career.
Yet, the singer-songwriter never strayed far from her roots, which is why, when it came time to mark her 20th anniversary in the music business, she could think of no better place to celebrate the occasion than in her tiny hometown of Ivancna Gorica. Fans overflowed the local football field where the concert took place, many more of them than there are residents in this central Slovenian village.
No one in the big crowd was disappointed. Nina’s heartfelt performance was flawless. Supporting it was an appropriately artful Greta Godnic set design and a bold light show by Crt Birsa of Blackout Design that he ran on his ChamSys MagicQ Stadium Connect.
“The entire light show acted as an extension of Nina Pulsoar’s music from the intimate ballads to guitar riffs very close to rock music,” said Birsa. “My colleague at Blackout, Amadej Superger normally does shows for Nina. I had to scale his concepts. I took his colors, time code, cues and make them fit this particular event, remaking cues, and effects etc. This gave me an appreciation of MagicQ software and its flexibility. The ChamSys Group Cues was a really big help in this project. Actually, I cannot imagine program a show like this in the old ‘individual cues’ way.”
Birsa programmed the 36-universe show in his Blackout studio using a ChamSys desk and rand onsite with his MagicQ Stadium Connect. “The show was 95-percent pre-programmed,” he said. “There is no other way in modern productions with so many fixtures. It was pre-programmed in WYSIWYG, which really works well with ChamSys. Using focus points in Wyg helps a lot because you can transfer the pan/tilt information from WYSIWYG to ChamSys so you can spare quite some time when focusing lights.”
In addition to the Group Cues feature, Birsa found the Quick Editing feature in his MagicQ software especially helpful. “I relied on Quick Editing quite a bit for this show,” he said. “Really though, all of the MagicQ software features were very important for the fast and smooth workflow,” continued Birsa. “This is extra important in on projects like this one, where time is your biggest enemy no matter how early you start the pre-production.
These tools served Birsa well, as did his colleagues on this project, who, in addition to set designer Godnic, included Klemen Krajnc of Blackout Design and production manager, Rok Lozar. Together, they created a spectacular show, with light emanating for circular and triangular truss structures heading out in every direction. The total look evoked images of endless possibilities and wrapped fans in a welcoming embrace, just like the music of this beloved star.
