Pandora's Box Module Wins Award

During an exhibition at Showtech Berlin, Widget Designer 3.0, a module of Pandor's box, was awarded the Product Award 2011 in the category Media Control & Sound. This prestigious award accounts for our third major award for 2011. Here is a quote from the Awards Jury, about the reasoning for the award -

"The innovative character and the high practical value impressed the jury. The Widget Designer 3.0. Pro is mobile and can be used with complete flexibility - individual programming allows for all necessary controls and design in theatres and event production. Control by touchscreen is another large step forward towards the future. The product has particular practical relevance due to its flexible programming and application."

The Widget Designer PRO is designed as an advanced control creation framework that lets you build dedicated user interfaces to interaction control logic by connecting visual control components with each other to achieve total show control features.

Multimedia Staging is now Center Stage Audio Visuals!

Since the introduction of the Pandoras Box Media Server, the product range has experienced a continual development process, integrating both the feedback and requests of our clients as well as the visions of our designers and developers. This development results in the release of Version 4.0 debuting at prolight+sound. The new Media Server product range offers three different hardware configurations:

A sincere THANK YOU to all of our loyal customers, who have come to expect great service, courteous and professional technicians and custom tailored solutions to fit any budget. Since our inception as an audio visual company in 1997 we have been privileged to work with customers from diverse industries in venues across Canada and North America. From small boardrooms to ballrooms and beyond we have always put your event front and center. We look forward to offering you the very best in the coming years under this exciting new brand, Center Stage Audio Visuals. We will always strive to be better in every capacity to ensure our customers success and their expectations are not only met, but exceeded. 

Myth or Reality

coolux® Media Systems GmbH - Pandoras Box 4.0

coolux Media Systems releases Version 4.0 of Pandoras Box at prolight+sound in Frankfurt. In addition to many new software features, the entire Pandoras Box product range gets a complete overhaul, and finally introduces new, long-awaited hardware.

PANDORAS BOX MEDIA SERVER PRO
16 video and 32 graphic layers
2 TB of redundant RAID hard disc space

PANDORAS BOX MEDIA SERVER STD
8 video and 16 graphic layers
1 TB of redundant RAID hard disc space

PANDORAS BOX MEDIA SERVER LT
4 video and 8 graphic layers
500 GB of redundant RAID hard disc space

Contact for Public Relations
Barbara Buchert
Coolux GmbH
Venloer Str. 703 * D-50827 Köln
Tel.: +49 221 569 10 890 *

PB AUTOMATION is a software development kit (SDK) for 3rd-party integration. PB Automation can be easily implemented in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel or Access macros. The SDK provides direct access to all sequence controls as well as all device parameters, effects and presets. An unlimited amount of PB Automation clients can be created to talk to multiple Pandoras Box control systems. With PB Automation, custom integration with 3rd-party software can quickly be realized with common programming languages such as Visual Basic scripts as well C# and C++. coolux also offers individual training and custom applications on demand. See the audience interact with the system. Create custom touch screen user interfaces based on any projects design.

Fax: +49 221 569 10 896
E-Mail: buchert@coolux.de

coolux Media Systems GmbH is the producer of Pandoras Box Media Server Technology: Arrange videos and images freely, change colour, form and position, synchronize audio data or animate 3D-objects like gobos or products. The ideal solution for event design, theatrical applications, show- and architectural projection.

All Version 4.0 coolux Media Servers feature real-time performance and the new built-in custom user interface on the front panel of the server to allow fast and direct set-up of IP address, output resolution and playback control. Optional SD-SDI input boards as well as HD-SDI boards featuring broadcast quality and ultra-low latency of only two frames are now available. The servers are shipped with Softedge and HD Playback capability included. In addition, optional SMPTE, DMX and RS-232 interfaces are available from coolux.

The SENSOR Link is designed for custom installations that require integration of industrial encoders, distometers, analog potentiometers and contact closures. Cues and parameters can be triggered and controlled with any Pandoras Box software.

The MEDIA PLAYER is now available in two versions: the STD edition with two video and four graphic layers and the PRO edition with four video and eight graphic layers and 16-bit digital keystone. All Media Players are shipped with integrated Softedge and HD Playback like the Media Servers.

The LT, STD and PRO editions of MEDIA MANAGER now feature one, two or eight separate timelines, while the STD version comes with a jog/shuttle controller and the PRO version adds an additional timeline keyboard to the jog/shuttle controller.

Pandoras Box SPARK acts as a remote TCP/IP device that can be installed as a remote control service on any Windows XP PC. Its purpose is to enable any coolux timeline to talk to SPARK and initiate local commands on the target computer. SPARK allows you to control the most common local commands such as system shutdown, reboot, Wake on LAN, web browser control, keyboard and mouse events, as well as almost any 3rd-party software control. This is especially useful if you need to interact with PowerPoint on a PC or an application that has no standard remote control features.

In cooperation with our Switzerland-based partner Sonic Emotion, an optional multichannel audio plug-in integrates up to 24Ch (48 KHz, 16 bit mono files) of synchronized audio channels to the Media Manager and Media Vision. It supports the use of ASIO-compatible audio hardware. The audio plug-in ships as software only. Hardware such as the MOTU Firewire 828MK2 or RME 24 CH ADAT PCI cards are supported and can be purchased from coolux and their partners.