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Vinny Shaw rolls with different rigs on Fit For An Autopsy tour with ChamSys

UK-based lighting designer Vinny Shaw ran Fit For An Autopsy’s support show on Lamb of God’s 27-city North American tour, which ended April 26, 2027, with a performance at the Music Hall at Fenway. Although Shaw had the same Squeek Lights floor package throughout the tour, he had to work with different house rigs.

He had his familiar ChamSys MagicQ MQ250M Stadium console with him at every venue. “It was a different flown rig each night, and occasionally smaller stage space as well”, he explains. “This required me to adjust the show to suit the alternative fixture models and counts.”

The show began with a dark, moody walk on, and then erupted hard with a searing first song, followed later by menacing blackouts where only a single band member was lit. “This is a complex show that can be seen on many levels”, Shaw continues. “FFAA songs are very dynamic with heavy riffs, fast passed sections and some clean vocal choruses. I use open white spots, blinders or strobe FX to punch through darker saturated colors and punctuate key rhythmic sections, stabs and guitar solos. There are also some specific moments in the set where I like to isolate the drummer or singer for dramatic effect.”

As for his compact MQ250M console, Shaw states: “Being able to fly with my own console and slot it in easily to FOH without needing much real estate is always an advantage. This let me put more focus on the creative fun stuff, which at the end of the day, is what a tour like this is all about.”

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