Designed to introduce tracking to new users and spaces, ACT Entertainment has launched zactrack mini, a briefcase-sized tracking system that offers easy transport and deployment for areas of 15mx15m by a single person. Intended applications include smaller venues, exhibitions and conferences, individual performers, rental companies and houses of worship.
‘With zactrack’s core value of providing a quality user experience, the zactrack mini boasts a smaller form factor with battery operated components and wireless connectivity for an even faster and easier set-up,’ says Market Manager for Concert Touring & Live Experiences, Ryan Hindinger. ‘It is also a more economically viable solution, opening the act of tracking and following to any application, designer or performer. The kit comes with all tracking components and accessories, making it possible to take your portable, battery powered tracking solution anywhere in the world and get straight to work.’
At the heart of the zactrack mini is a master anchor, which offers multiple uses and can output DMX directly to fixtures with a single XLR cable. This simplifies the system for the user and removes the need for additional hardware used in other systems, such as the wireless access point, DMX node and network switches. Used as a standalone or integrated with an industry standard lighting console, zactrack mini allows designers and operators to maintain hands-on creative control.
Using ultra-wideband radio technologies, zactrack products can communicate through normal stage materials, such as truss, wood and cloth or even in varied environmental conditions like rain, bright sunshine, fireworks, snow and haze. The use of a unified software suite allows end-users to learn one application and work with any of the zactrack products easily and intuitively.
Additionally, zactrack products adopt many industry standard protocols, making them agnostic and easily adapted to any industry, all from one system. This includes protocols for lighting, audio, video, cameras and stage automation. The products also work with any console, fixture, media server and immersive audio engine.
zactrack now offers products that encompass all the tracking/following needs of any application or venue – from the smallest, most intimate spaces right up to the most complex stadium tours. The same feature set also provides the tools necessary for a designer to design and create zones that trigger certain actions, such as dimming and adding dramatic colors or gobo looks. This is a tracking solution that has evolved to become an essential and indispensable creative tool within live environments.
More: www.actentertainment.com
