The Tech Behind a Nine Inch Nails Show

Posted by kdawson on Saturday September 13, 2008 @08:11PM from the seeing-right-through-yourself dept.

inetstorm, who has "been a NIN fan for ages," sends along a Wired profile giving a look behind the scenes at the tech underlying the current NIN concert tour. "... this time around, NIN has pulled out all the stops, creating a groundbreaking, fully interactive visual display that is as much a part of the show as the band's instruments ... The core of the show is a sophisticated trio of transparent 'stealth' screens, which are raised and lowered during the performance... For the interactive portions of the show, all the onscreen video is rendered by Moment Factory's custom rig, a trio of Linux-based devices collectively known as 'the brain.'"

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Re:This looks so familiar by Tibor+the+Hun · 2008-09-14 02:31 · Score: 1, Troll

As a NIN fan, I may be out of line, but IMHO, neither the double translucent interactive NIN screens, nor the neon pyramid can stack against Spinal Tap's 18" Stonehenge replica.

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Re:Let me be the first to say by Zeio · 2008-09-14 05:45 · Score: 0, Troll

The brain seems to make some really loud disjointed cacophonous not so great music - wait, thats NIN right?

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