4Wall Entertainment builds North America's largest fleet of Disguise EX 3+ servers

4Wall Entertainment has made a major investment in its video division to build the largest fleet of Disguise EX 3+ media servers in North America, bringing the full Disguise workflow to a far wider range of productions.

The decision was driven by a clear pattern in client demand. Across productions of every scale, a dependable media server workflow stands as one of the most critical factors in delivering a successful event - that goes for projects with smaller budgets as well as larger ones. The EX 3+ effectively fills that gap, giving 4Wall the ability to deliver uncompromising Disguise flexibility and performance across a full range of project sizes and budgets. 

"Putting more Disguise EX servers in the field lets us bring this workflow to far more shows than we could before," said Mathew Leland, VP of Special Projects at 4Wall. "Not every project needs the full power of a flagship machine, but every project benefits from the same workflow. This gives our clients continuity from their biggest shows to their smallest."

The EX range was also a natural fit for 4Wall's team. With one of the deepest benches of Disguise experts in the industry, the company paired hardware it knew intimately with the expertise to push it further. That work ranges from developing custom applications on the Disguise APIs to building its own render nodes for virtual production.

At the core of the investment was playback performance. 

Powered by an NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GPU in a compact 2RU chassis, the server brings the same optimization 4Wall relies on from its flagship systems: dependable multi-output sync, pixel-accurate resolution, and robust show control for fast system integration.

The fleet is already at work across some of 4Wall's highest-profile productions. Both the core server package on Saturday Night Live and 4Wall’s Car Process state at Great Point Studios runs on EX 3+. The latter was made possible in part by the Colour Management license unlock, which enables both ACES and OCIO modes to be used with the EX line for playback. This is a capability that proved essential for plate playback on VP sets.

The EX 3+ also reshapes how 4Wall moves from pre-production into show day. Because early-stage work in the visualizer rarely requires a fully loaded machine, the platform lets 4Wall provision the right tools at the right cost from pre-vis through rehearsal, opening high-end workflows to projects that were traditionally priced out.

"The EX range was built to bring high-end media server performance to more productions, from theatre and corporate events to touring and fixed installations," said Ollie Newland, Senior Product Manager for Live Events and LBX at Disguise. "Working with 4Wall has been a real pleasure, and our collaboration continues to grow. Their team understands complete video system design across live events, virtual production, and fixed installations, and they consistently push our platform in new directions."

For 4Wall, deploying the EX 3+ at this scale reflects a long-term commitment to equipping its teams and clients with the most capable technology in the industry, across any production environment.

Newland added, "Seeing 4Wall scale the EX 3+ across this much of their inventory is extremely impressive. We look forward to seeing what they do with this technology."

Key features of the Disguise EX 3+:

• NotchLC playback performance on par with 4Wall's flagship Disguise servers
• Scalable 4K output across a single machine or multiple servers in one session
• Built-in genlock for frame-accurate synchronization across servers
• Seamless integration into existing VX and GX systems as a dedicated director machine
• Optional license unlocks, including real-time tools for Notch and TouchDesigner and color management for virtual production
• Compact, road-ready 2RU form factor