Control System Creates Instant Disco Nightclub
By Lisa Montgomery
An AMX control system turns a living room into a hot nightclub.

Designed by Engineered Environments of Alameda, Calif., this sensational space features a Mac-driven media server loaded with the latest pop, rock and hip-hop tunes and music videos; a slew of colored LED light fixtures and a two large video walls. One wall is made up of two motorized window shades; the other is made up of two metallic curtains.

But probably the most important component of the dramatic room design is an AMX control system, which choreographs the transformation and allows the homeowners to control and manage every light, video projector, display and song choice via a wall- mounted touchpanel in the kitchen or their iPhones and iPads.



The robust control system—along with 120 hours of custom programming by the software engineers at Engineered Environments—simplified an extremely complex combination of components to operate, according to senior design consultant Robert Gilligan.

“[They would otherwise need] a professional light board operator to come in for every party to work the various moving lights, lasers and LED fixtures,” he says.

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