ElectroMagik

The  System is an animatronic control system developed by AHF Animation Productions in 1998 for Carwardine Parks, used for controlling animatronics within Carwardine's properties, including the main theme park chain and its FEC chains Circus Playhouse & Food Emporium, Tex Critter's Pizza Jamboree and Major Magic's. The system consists of a combined decoder & A/V switcher, with a Blu-Ray player (formerly a D-VHS VCR) connected to the ElectroMagik unit. The Blu-Ray discs 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.

Since 2017, a large number of Carwardine Parks and most Carwardine FEC locations have replaced their old ElectroMagik units with Weigl ProCommanders (primarily the X2 and VX), but many others still retain ElectroMagik units.

Trivia

 * D-VHS, which was introduced midway through ElectroMagik's development, was chosen as the original video format for ElectroMagik due to it's support of chapter selection and multiple audio channels (which was "easier to work with" than the complicated system of multiple tape decks for different shows that ElectroMotion had), along with being determined to be "more easier to transition to" and having better picture quality than DVD.
 * 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.