ArKaos Pro - Product Sheet

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ABOUT ARKAOS
ArKaos is a leading provider of technology
for live visual performances
The Killers
Battle Born Tour
LD: Steven Douglas
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..
Concerts, Tours and Festivals
Clubs
Tiësto Kaleïdoscope Tour and Club Life Tour, Ferry Corsten, Chayanne
“No Hay Imposibles” Tour, Night of The Proms, Milk Inc Blackout, The
Killers Battle Born Tour, Jane’s Addiction (Lollapalooza Festival), Neon
Judgement, Cradle Of Filth, Archive, Mayday, United Against Malaria,
Rosenstolz, Herbert Grönemeyer Tour, Tokio Hotel, AHA Frogenpark,
Robin Gibb, Dieter Thomas Kuhn & Band, Seal Copenhagen, Live
8 London, Pukkelpop, Stereosonic, De Phazz Natural-Fake Tour,
Glastonbury Festival, Youssou N’Dour & Guests, Wang Lee Hom, DJ
Bobo Pirates of Dance Tour, Voltt Loves Summer, Reverze, Hennesy
Artistry KL, ..
World of Nightlife (Graz), Zouk Club (Kuala Lumpur), Club
Transmediale (Berlin), Belly Up (Aspen), Mix Club (Paris), V.I.P. Room
(St. Tropez), NOXX Antwerp ..
Television
China INMTV (King Bonn) Awards, Australian Idol, Australia’s Got
Talent, Australian Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, Benissimo, NRL
Footy Show Finale, Big Brother Australia, MTV European Music Awards,
The Brit Awards, STC Television Studios in Abu Dhabi, Manchester
United Stadium Television Studios, Channel4 Paralympics TV Studio,
ITV BTCC Final Opener, Euro 2012 ITV Poland, ..
Multinational Clients
Dubai International Film Festival, Shanghai 14th FINA World
Championships Opening Ceremony, Aria Resort New Year Party (Las
Vegas), Shenzhen City New Year’s Eve Celebration 2011, Games of the
Small States of Europe opening ceremony, Wankdorf Stadium opening ceremony, Scout Jamboree, Cullberg Ballet World Tour, Ball der
Künste, Art On Ice, Beijing Tsinghua University Centenary Celebration,
...
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MediaMaster Product Range
MediaMaster is a software solution for professional control
of real-time video and effects that has been specifically
developed for desk operators and lighting designers.
It is also probably the most affordable media server software
on the market thanks to its upgradable license system: start
with MediaMaster Express for simple control of your show
through DMX or MIDI and later when you need it, upgrade
to MediaMaster Pro for the difference and get access to
full fixture control mode and advanced compatibility with
professional lighting desks.
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
taking advantage of multi-core machines.
David Garrett
Rock Anthems Tour
LD: Geert Van Hout
Simple Mode
Fixture Mode
MediaMaster’ Simple Mode interface allows you to prepare your visual
show in the software itself. You have access to all the parameters
with your mouse and keyboard and you can easily preprogram your
visuals and effects.
In Fixture Mode, you get full parameter control for each layer, directly
from your lighting desk. The support for MSEX, that allows you to
preview your thumbnails on your console screen only makes it easier.
No fiddling around with the mouse anymore..
The easy playback of these pre programmed visual can be triggered
by DMX, MIDI or your computer keyboard. Because of the flexible
control settings you can make the software fit to the lighting desk or
MIDI controller of your choice. The more options your controller has,
the more parameters or visuals you can control.
The Fixture Mode, combined with the other great features from
MediaMaster Pro, turns any powerful computer into a professional
Media Server that will let you program the most advanced shows in a
really easy way, directly from your lighting desk.
“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.”
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Koen De Puysseleir, LD - Tiësto Tour
Big Brother Australia 2012
LD: Francesco Calvi
Common features
• Total control of your media: 3D position/ rotation, movie speed,
color levels, etc.
• Master brightness-contrast, keystone, volume, Soft Edge
• Multi-Screen and Wide-Screen with soft-edge
• Support of all common media formats (AVI, MPEG, QuickTime MOV,
Flash, WMV, picture files etc)
• Supports mixing audio from your video loops
• Global audio volume control through DMX
• Support for Quartz Composer .qtz files as Sources and Effects
(Mac OS X only)
• Support for Actionscript3 in Flash animations and Flash Texts
• Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Mac OSX compatible
• Independent video layers (8 in Express, 12 in Pro)
• Advanced Graphic engine: Fully hardware accelerated and
Multi-threaded on multi-core CPUs
• Optimized for HD movies, HD output support
• Internal MPEG2-MPEG4 codec for enhanced reliability
• Intuitive user interface
• 60+ effects
• 50+ text animations
• Audio Visualization Generators
• Media library of 255 folders and 255 visuals
• Multiple video inputs (PCI card, FireWire DV / HDV, USB, etc.)
Version Comparison
Express
Pro
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
Layers
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MEDIAMASTER PRODUCT RANGE
MediaMaster Express
Stereosonic Festival
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)
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Control video layers with a few DMX dimmers or MIDI notes
Work on a single DMX universe or MIDI channel
Drag & Drop visuals directly on the main interface
Organize your shows with up to 64 patches of 64 cells
Control up to 3 parameters per cell via DMX or MIDI
Optional fade time on trigger
LED Mapper and Kling-Net Mapper included
Windows™ XP, Vista or 7
Pentium™ IV 2Ghz,
Core Duo 1.83Ghz recommended
1GB, 2GB recommended
QuickTime™ 7 (and up),
Adobe FlashPlayer™ 9 (and up), DirectX™ 9.0c (and up)
Control interface
System requirements (Mac)
• Computer keyboard
• Any MIDI controller compatible with your system
• Any DMX lighting desk
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Mac OS X 10.5 (and up)
Any Intel Mac, Core Duo 1.83Ghz (and up)
1GB, 2GB recommended
QuickTime™ 7 (and up),
Adobe FlashPlayer™ 9 (and up)
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MediaMaster Pro
Tiësto at Stereosonic
LD: Koen De Puysseleir
Photo © Dean Hammer
MediaMaster Pro will turn any powerful computer into a fullfledged 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 preprogrammed 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
• MSEX Compatible: thumbnails preview and live output on your
MSEX compatible lighting desk
• 3 available fixtures: micro, tiny and full
• Geometric Correction & Soft Edge Settings per Output
• Supports fixtures customization to add new effects
• Video Mapper, LED Mapper and Kling-Net Mapper included
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• Processor:
• RAM:
• Media Player:
Control interface
System requirements (Mac)
• Computer keyboard
• Any MIDI controller compatible with your system
• Any DMX lighting desk
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Processor:
RAM:
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Windows™ XP, Vista or 7
Pentium™ IV 2Ghz,
Core Duo 1.83Ghz recommended
1GB, 2GB recommended
QuickTime™ 7 (and up),
Adobe FlashPlayer™ 9 (and up), DirectX™ 9.0c (and up)
Mac OS X 10.5 (and up)
Any Intel Mac, Core Duo 1.83Ghz (and up)
1GB, 2GB recommended
QuickTime™ 7 (and up),
Adobe FlashPlayer™ 9 (and up)
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 nonplanar surfaces; whether you need to correct a single projector
mounted in those difficult places where standard keystone correction
is not effective or whether you need to harmonize the output from
several projectors which cannot be installed at the same distance
or angle to a curved screen, you can do it all from the Geometrical
Correction tab in the application’s Preference window.
The LED Mapper extension for MediaMaster allows mapping of the
server’s video output directly to any configuration of LED panels,
without the need of using expensive hardware to convert video signal
(VGA or DVI) into DMX signal.
The geometrical correction operates directly by transforming the
output of MediaMaster, and so works on top of both Simple and
Fixture mode. Several test patterns and grids are available to help
precisely align your visuals or real-time video content over nonplanar or curved screens.
Soft Edging can be edited globally, or individually for either side of
each projector, so you can seamlessly blend large visuals across
several projectors in any configuration. You can even generate a
visual preview of your Soft Edge setup, so you can’t go wrong!
MediaMaster Pro’s advanced geometrical correction, combined with
pixel-precise edge blending per output will let you easily achieve
even the most complex screen setups.
Pixel colors or intensity are sent directly from the media server to
the panels through the ArtNet protocol (DMX over Ethernet) which,
if needed, can easily be converted into a standard DMX signal using
simple Ethernet-DMX node. The LED Mapper extension can import
your own mapping of LED devices into MediaMaster, making it
possible to control many of them from a single MediaMaster server
(the only limitation being the 256 DMX universes).
Mapping Editor
The Mapping Editor lets you pick devices from an extensive library
and place them interactively on the screen. While editing the mapping
configuration, you can view the result of your configuration in real
time as it is sent over ArtNet to your LCD panels (supports still pictures
only).
Once happy with your mapping, you can save it to a file and import
it into MediaMaster which will broadcast its output according to your
specific configuration.
Main features
• Fast and intuitive user interface
• Personalities for most common
LED fixtures on the market
• Easy custom fixture design
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• Drive RGB, RGBl (level/intensity)
and level only fixtures like bulbs
and dimmers
• Extremely flexible and efficient
programming
• Mac and PC compatible
Hairspray: The Musical
LD: BAAC Light
Video Mapper
The ArKaos Video Mapper is an extension for MediaMaster Pro which
allows easy mapping of video onto irregularly shaped surfaces and
through multiple outputs. Designed to let you setup mapping projects
in very short times, it makes it incredibly simple to flow visuals around
complex objects with just a few clicks.
Once you launch the extension, MediaMaster Pro will send the output
from each layer to virtual “surfaces” that can be scaled, deformed,
and assigned to any physical output. One output can display a full
screen visual or a composition of several mapped visuals; output to a
video projector and you can map the surfaces to any physical volume
(like objects or building).
Mapping Editor
The mapping editor is where you edit and manage the surfaces and
any connected output. It is a very easy tool which integrates tightly with
MediaMaster Pro: it will show your layer from MediaMaster Pro playing
on the surface you have defined and it will also immediately send any
surface you create to MediaMaster Pro, ready to be used for display!
Main features
MediaMaster combines greatly with professional lighting
desks such as the ChamSys MQ200: since they
both support MSEx, I can see the thumbnails from
MediaMaster directly on the console and even get live
feedback of the servers’ output. When there’s 15,000
people in front of the stage, it’s good to know that you
can’t go wrong displaying your visuals!
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Fast and intuitive user interface
Full management of display specifications (resolution / frequency)
Supports output to multiple video cards
Easy to use deformable surfaces (rectangles, grids, triangles)
Each surface can have an optional mask
Surface cropping, allows to select a part of the layer output
Surface grouping, to send one layer to many surfaces
Full undo / redo implementation
Import and export your mapping
Works with MediaMaster Pro (Simple Mode or Fixture Mode)
Mac and PC compatible
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Media Servers Family
The ArKaos Media Servers are designed for those looking for a
high performance turnkey solution to seamlessly run real-time
video shows. They are the result of the latest research made
by ArKaos in terms of raw performance but also structural
strength, vibration and heat tolerance. The ArKaos Media
Servers are built to deliver outstanding performance, stability
and durability.
These powerful systems embark a vast library of high quality
digital media from the world’s best visual content providers and
a fast recovery system by Acronis which allows extremely simple
reset of the server from the boot menu.
They are pre-configured to work directly with all market leading
DMX lighting desks.
Everything has been done so you just have to plug and play.
Euro 2012 - ITV Poland
LD: Shock Solutions
Stage Server
The Stage Server is a perfect solution for live entertainment, theatre,
educational, audio-visual and worship applications.
Available with MediaMaster Express or MediaMaster Pro and two full
HD outputs, it’s your perfect partner to produce smooth visuals that
can be controlled over MIDI / DMX or just your keyboard.
Studio Server
The Studio Server runs Full HD video on up to four EDID managed
outputs and comes standard with one HD-SDI input and fast SSD drives.
The custom made case features a very convenient display on the
front which allows using the server without having to connect any
additional screen. A large LED strip conveniently provides a quick
visual feedback on the server’s state of operation at any time.
Shock-resistant up to 2G. Heat tested. Providing easy access to fans
and dust filters. It’s totally road ready.
Stadium Server
The Stadium server is an incredibly powerful system designed as a
top of the line solution for professional Lighting Designers.
It offers six EDID managed outputs, two HD-SDI inputs and doubles
the amount of storage space.
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MEDIA SERVERS
Server Comparison Table
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Centenary Celebration
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I/O Specifications
Stage Server
Studio Server
Stadium Server
Interface output
1 (VGA/DVI/HDMI)
1 (VGA/DVI/HDMI)
1 (VGA/DVI/HDMI)
Output type
2 (VGA/DVI/HDMI)
4 (DVI/HDMI)
6 (DVI/HDMI)
No
Yes
Yes
EDID Management
Input (Standard)
No
1 x HD-SDI
2 x HD-SDI
Input (Upgrade)
SDI / DVI / VGA / Analog
Up to 4 x HD-SDI & 2 x DVI
Up to 4 x HD-SDI & 2 x DVI
2 x Full HD
4 x Full HD
6 x Full HD
Yes
Yes
Yes
Output resolution
DMX- 5- pin connectors
Firewire 400/800/e-sata
No
Yes
Yes
USB
Yes
Yes
Yes
Balanced audio in/out (XLR)
No
Yes
Yes
1
2
2
HDD 500 Gb
SSD 128 Gb
SSD 128 Gb
No
SSD 256 Gb
SSD 480 Gb
Express / Pro
Pro
Pro
Network
Storage
System Drive
Separate Data Drive
Software
MediaMaster
LED Mapper
Yes
Yes
Yes
Kling-Net Mapper
Yes
Yes
Yes
Video Mapper
No
Yes
Yes
Acronis Backup System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Layers Full HD
3
Up to 12
Up to 12
Layers HD
5
12
12
Yes (Pro version only)
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Soft-Edge / Geometrical Correction
Control
Control Display (front panel)
LED Strip (front panel)
No
Yes
Yes
DMX / MIDI / Keyboard
Yes
Yes
Yes
ArtNet / MA-Net
Yes
Yes
Yes
107-240V auto switching
107-240V auto switching
107-240V auto switching
No
Yes
Yes
Hardware
Voltage
Professional Connectors
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Kling-Net
A revolutionary plug-and-play protocol
for LED devices
ArKaos has designed the Kling-Net protocol to allow the
distribution of real-time video data to remote display devices,
such as LEDs or LED panels, over Ethernet.
Stereosonic Festival
Photo © Dean Hammer
LED lighting for everyone!
Many basic and first time users are afraid of using LED lighting because of the complexity of
networking and control issues. Using and networking LED lighting has required a high level of
technical knowledge which has been a deterent for many.
We wanted to remove all this complexity and replace it with an easy protocol which
automatically takes care of the magic numbers for the user!
The purpose of Kling-Net is:
• To allow the automatic configuration and connection of display
devices to a computer
• To add some ‘intelligence’ into display devices, which enables auto
configuration
• To ensure a perfect time synchronization of multiple display devices
• To avoid using expensive hardware video converters to send video to
display devices
• To allow the creation of an heterogenic network of display devices
from different manufacturers, which can all be controlled from one
computer
Simpler than ever
Kling-Net uses a Media Server to do all the work, making operation simpler
than ever. It adds a layer of ‘intelligence’ to even the most simple LED
device, enabling it to talk directly to the Media Server. This then enables
the LED devices to configure themselves automatically, removing the
need for complicated setup processes.
Auto Configuration
Kling-Net’s auto configuration capabilities allow a large range of devices
to be controlled by the same Media Server, thus avoiding the painful
process of creating and matching profiles between the Media Server and
each individual device.
Because the Media Server performs the image clipping and transformation
then outputs the correct pixel format, the work to be done by the display
device is minimal. And since the Media Server does all the work, your
video can play at a smooth 60 FPS.
Universal Application
Kling-Net has been designed to work with mostly any manufacturers’ LED
products. It relies on a source code which is capable of transforming even
the most simple LED device into an intelligent Kling-Net device.
Licencing Kling-Net
Kling-Net can be embedded in any manufacturer’s product under licence
from ArKaos. Since it was launched at PLASA 2011, the Kling-Net protocol
has been adopted by major brands from the Show & Lighting market such
as Chauvet, Elation or Highlite.
If you are manufacturing LED devices and would like to add Kling-Net
support to your products, contact us and let us know about your project!
Added Intelligence = Simplicity = Economy
Kling-Net brings LED lighting within reach of the smallest clubs and
venues by making it less technical and less expensive. LED lighting is now
easy to use and cost effective; thanks to the Kling-Net protocol you no
longer have to use expensive devices to obtain sophisticated control.
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Cover photo: NOXX Antwerp - Visuals by Konstruktiv