Recent content by jfetter

If you do replace your equipment I'd suggest decent LED pucks, prefereably RGBW ones and try and keep them recessed into the rafters or at least flush to give as much head room as possible. I did many, many clubs in the 80's and 90's and it wasn't uncommon to find a stage with no head room but...

Thanks for all the suggestions, I really like the Zero88 consoles, very nice!My budget is $2,500 - $3,000 to my door which may sound low but I know it could be done with Chinese products. I don't need 2048 DMX channels but I'd like to not have to multi-map plus it would be nice to have room to...

I'm looking for a decent 2048 channel computer lighting console for a fair price. So naturally Chinese consoles are an attractive option, the question is, are there any original consoles that I don't have to worry are OPP? I have one in mind but having been out of touring for many years, I am...

Anyone have any experience with these fixtures? Something along the lines of the Chauvet Q-Wash 360Z/560Z but with RGBW LED's versus individually colored LED's. Specifically, does the Zoom feature work well? The intent is to get wash fixtures with as much flexibility as possible. Making them...

Yes, of course but if you take the statement at face value, it could cause confusion is my point...Jack

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Doesn't Vari-Lite now make DMX movers that plug into a regular dimmer to control the light output?Jack

If you have some available pipes, you could take some 20' x 3' panels (or similar cheap fabric) and cut the bottom edge in a gentle, random wavy pattern and hang 3 or 4 of these a few feet apart at center stage. When they are flown in, it would give a 3D layered appearance (you could also add a...

Virtual isn't a bad option and in fact rather than view it as "amatuer-ish", use it as a value add to show potential clients what you can do (or just simple samples to explain what things like "up-lighting" look like). Also, consider locating the top DJ in the area and consider teaming up for...

A long time ago, maybe 1992/93, I attempted to write a computer program to display gel colors to aid in selecting colors when designing shows. At the time, I called a few gel manufacturers and even talked to an engineer who explained Chromaticity to me. It ended up resulting in a fairly...

I would like to see a show with say 400 Par's, all pretty much focused straight down or on a curve, just huge banks of color changes or cycling through in chorus line-style, all with color scrollers! Something about the movement of the gels in scrollers that looks better than smooth transitions...

With all due respect I disagree about wrong, "bad" lighting sure but wrong? Concert lighting serves two purposes, lighting up the band so folks can actually see them and adding a visual component to the music. I expect the people far from the stage that couldn't see the musicians were likely the...

For me there is no "right or wrong" way of doing concert lighting, I mean it's an art in all seriousness and though guidlines exist for properly lighting a subject for stage/video/film, when it comes to the pure visual effect of concert lighting, the standard rules break down IMO. A perfect...

For me it's Pulse, Pink Floyd with the most amazing light show I have ever seen. I don't know how much came directly out of Marc Brickman's head or how much existed before but the circle of movers and the entire iris effect of focusing on the panel jus't cant be beat IMO for the most effective...

I'm not sure what look you're after but I worked for a band back in the day that used all white lighting, no gels at all except red, green and blue cyc's and a white scrim behind black shark and the colors added so much depth to the lights, quite dramatic. You could get everything from a purple...