The Barn on the Farm is one of the growing number of independent events that now
populate the UK summer festival calendar. Since 2010, the event has grown year on
year and now presents a broad spectrum of up and coming artists on multiple
stages with pro-audio systems and professional lighting rigs. Lighting designer,
Bryan Leitch was approached to submit design proposals for all three stages.

“My design was originally produced with a narrow beam LED unit in mind but then,
quite by chance, I saw the Ayrton MagicDot™-R fixtures in action online and decided
to contact Ambersphere Solutions straight away for more information. Lee House
from Technical Sales was my consistent point of contact from then on.’

“The Festival’s chosen vendor was Colour Sound Experiment,’ continues Leitch, “and
between us we replaced my original choice with MagicDot-R units and it proved to
be one of the best professional decisions ever. They made the whole design more
dynamic and versatile – always a really important consideration with a multi-artist
festival stage – the enhancement to the overall look was simply massive.’

The MagicDot-R weighs in at only 5.3kg and is a highly compact unit, measuring
less than 32cm in height. The fixture boasts continuous Pan and Tilt rotation with a
uniform beam from the single multi-chip 60 Watt LED light source. It is the quality
of that beam that most enthralled Leitch, “I’m generally not easily impressed but
these little beasts emit a beam that is simply superb. I would happily include them
in a design for everything from a small club to arena size stages – they really are
that bright. Add to that, the seriously top-quality of manufacture – there was not a
single glitch the whole weekend – and I genuinely cannot think of a single minus
point.’

“It is my intention to use these again just as soon as availability and design
opportunity permits,’ concludes Leitch. “The quality of what can be produced in the
right hands makes the MagicDot-R a wonderful integral part of any design. I tell
everyone who will listen just how brilliant they are. I have to thank Lee and his
team at Ambersphere who could not have done any more to make this happen for
us – totally and genuinely appreciated by all involved at the festival.’

The Festival organisers were impressed enough to have already confirmed the same
team for 2016 and the MagicDot-R units will definitely be making a return visit.