Methods and systems for producing an image. Play out of a successive content segment occurs for distribution over at least one of a first set of channels and at least one second channel until the occurrence of the time slot whereupon the new content segment undergoes play out for distribution over the at least one second channel. An elastic member may be positioned within the interior section to space apart the endplates. The message-distribution stage distributes the received trace data stream over the message-processing stages in the form of respective trace data sequences. This reduces the resonance noise that would otherwise occur in the supply current of the power distribution network.