After searching the internet for a few days I am finally going to just ask the question here it is usually easier. I work at a regional theatre during the summer in between jobs and was approached with a question about doing a complete replacement of lighting equipment to save energy. The inventory currently consists of 6x9 and 6x12 Times Square units, Altman 360Q's, Century Radials, Altman 6" Fresnels, a variety of PAR 64s, R40 Strips, some off brand type T3 units, and a handful of S4 ellipsoidals.
The replacement for the for the ellipsoidal stock is a pretty easy answer they want to go with Source Four i agree it is their best option and something they are already familiar with. Also going to replace the PAR and Fresnel stock with Source Four Pars. Yes, I know the use and quality of light produced by a Fresnel greatly differs from a PAR but why we are talking about doing all S4 PARs is a story for another day.
So the big question is, what to replace the cyc units with. The consensus is go LED. The theatre typically produces straight plays. I am looking for a unit that can produce as close to true white light as possible, along with all the pastels and saturated colors that come along with making a cyc anything you need it to be. Color blasts were mentioned but I feel they don't offer the color range the designs at this theatre require being RGB units. I began looking into the ETC Selador series which I have no experience with. I am not really sure what model to look at. I think these offer more what we are looking for with the 7 color technology. Anyone out there have these in a similar setting? What model should I look into? Lustr, Paletta? Is there something better out there I don't know about?
The CYC info is as follows:
24'x28'
Approximate throw distance to light the cyc is 3' at 25' high
The replacement for the for the ellipsoidal stock is a pretty easy answer they want to go with Source Four i agree it is their best option and something they are already familiar with. Also going to replace the PAR and Fresnel stock with Source Four Pars. Yes, I know the use and quality of light produced by a Fresnel greatly differs from a PAR but why we are talking about doing all S4 PARs is a story for another day.
So the big question is, what to replace the cyc units with. The consensus is go LED. The theatre typically produces straight plays. I am looking for a unit that can produce as close to true white light as possible, along with all the pastels and saturated colors that come along with making a cyc anything you need it to be. Color blasts were mentioned but I feel they don't offer the color range the designs at this theatre require being RGB units. I began looking into the ETC Selador series which I have no experience with. I am not really sure what model to look at. I think these offer more what we are looking for with the 7 color technology. Anyone out there have these in a similar setting? What model should I look into? Lustr, Paletta? Is there something better out there I don't know about?
The CYC info is as follows:
24'x28'
Approximate throw distance to light the cyc is 3' at 25' high
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