ElectroMagik

The  System is an animatronic control system developed by Chicago Semiconductor and AHF Animation Productions in 1998 for Carwardine Parks, used for controlling animatronics within Carwardine's properties. The system consists of a combined decoder & A/V switcher, with a DVD player (formerly a D-VHS VCR) connected to the ElectroMagik unit. The DVDs contain the show video along with the audio (on the left and right audio channels) and inaudible signals (on the center audio channel). The signal channel is sent to the ElectroMagik unit which retrieves and decodes the signals.

The system succeeded the earlier ElectroMotion system from the late 1980s, which used Beta tapes.

Trivia

 * On Rock-afire shows, the ElectroMagik equipment is hooked up to the greybox (or Blue Box). The data is carried to the greybox (or Blue Box) by way of a USB cable. As certain parts of the old computer were removed during the older ElectroMotion installations, such as the old playback board, data from the ElectroMagik equipment is routed directly to the character driver boards.
 * A version using Blu-Rays was developed and was originally going to launch in 2018 before being shelved.