By 1991 automated lighting boards were common in the theater. A lighting board turned on specific lights out of hundreds, each to a specific amount. Each lighting change took multiple dimmers being manually raised or lowered to a specific amount. Now with lighting automation, the changes to the dimmers were all changed by a computer. […]
Automation Inventor/Programmer Invented Theatrical Sound Automation First Time used in Theater
The Three Carradines The first one I met was Keith. He was rehearsing for “Will Rogers Follies” on Broadway. I was there programming the first use of my theatrical sound automation system (Performance Automation). We didn’t have much contact, but he was always cordial. He was busy with his work, I with mine. When the […]