Jands Vista Grooves the Moo

	Ian Lyles

Indie pop duo/couple Matt & Kim who hail from Brooklyn, New York, have just toured Australia as part of the Groovin' The Moo festival. Lighting designer Ian Lyles uses a Jands Vista L5 console for the arena, club, and theatre shows that the band play in America and so when he found out that he would be visiting Australia, Lyles made calling into Jands' headquarters a priority. Lyles was particularly keen to see the Vista M1 and S1 consoles.

"We were interested in trying out the Vista S1 as we're thinking of buying an M1 or S1 for our small Catalyst rig in the US," said Ian. "We run bullet security cameras as iMag along with content running on Resolume from our playbacks rack. I was also intrigued to see if I could run a larger show, such as an arena show, on a smaller console like the Vista S1."

Jands kindly lent Lyles a Vista S1 console for the Groovin' The Moo tour and Ian also had the opportunity to use it on a couple of theatre-size shows to see just how versatile it could be.

"I loved it!" he declared. "I can take the show from the Vista L5 and rearrange it to fit comfortably onto the Vista S1. The work flow is the same in fact you can bounce around between all of the Vista consoles very easily. Its compact size means it is portable and I could carry it onto a plane which is rather convenient for summer fly dates."

Lyles believes the wide range of Vista hardware options a great benefit offering a very flexible, powerful, and customisable solution, all running the same reliable software.

"The Vista consoles are intuitive, easy to set up, and quick to program," he added. "You can have a show up and running very fast if need be. As for adapting larger shows day to day, I really like the ease of use for cloning and cue editing. It's unpretentious and straightforward."

The Vista S1 delivers five playbacks, including faders and flash buttons, a complete programming section with three encoder wheels, a rotary master fader, two LCD displays, and lots more to make controlling your show a breeze.