Recent content by jowens

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    (Very) old version of qlab needed..

    Hi all, I am looking for a reliable Q lab version two. I am unable to update my computer past 10.6.8, and some random links on the web aren't helping. Tia!!
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    Automated Fixtures Dimmer Racks with Moving Lights

    Hey Everyone, Great and timely post. My question is almost answered here, but... I'm looking to get some led pars (see forthcoming post), should I be getting the Sensor RELAY unit or the Constant Current unit for this? (High School stage install, 3-4 shows a year and tons of concerts/events) I...
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    Urban Roll Down Security Grate

    Hey everybody! Kids at our school are so excited to be putting on In The Heights this year! A major element is the security roll down grate that you'd see in front of a closed shop in NYC. Any ideas on how to make something like this, or where to find something used? At the end of the show...
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    Sculpt or Coat® vs. CrystalGel vs. Jaxsan 600

    Hey Everyone. What would you recommend a good substrate for vsssd? I'm looking to make a city wall and short staircase. I imagine that the vssd with sand will be good cement texture. Also, any suggestions for the surface texture for the treads of the stairs would be great.. (3-5 steps)...
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    Holy rigging...

    Happy Holidays!Handel Disaster - YouTube
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    Dimmer Rack trouble...

    Got our brain back, as promised, in time for our hell week. Thanks so much to Alan Child, and everyone on the board who were so helpful. I, and my drama club/crew/audience thank you. ~Joe
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    Sound System Design/Bid/Installation Questions

    I'm in a high school, 850 seats, that just had a full reno a couple of years ago. I LOVE our new system. We have one of these... QSControl.net - BASIS / RAVE / DSP which is majorly helpful to manage all of our different inputs. We have a stagemanager rack on stage with a VERY basic 1RU...
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    Control/Dimming Fun Dimmer Solution

    I'll take the unterminated cables...
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    (kind of) new to control booth

    Welcome to the board ;)
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    Wireless Sennheiser dropouts - antenna booster or remote mount antennas

    Would you recommend taking my boosters out? I"m running 10 or so in A, 8 in B, and 4 in G. The best belden low loss 50ohm cable I could find (REAL thick) running about 90' to the remote mounted 1031's. Boosters on each of the three remote antennas (one for each freq). I'm due for a recalc of...
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    Dimmer Rack trouble...

    Thanks everybody for your efforts! I did get in touch with Alan Child, and boy am I glad I did. ice: it is an electrical problem, but not like you might think i.e. metering. I did some asking around with our district maintenance, and they said it's true that our power surges and goes in...
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    Why Hanging Gags Are Dangerous

    Certainly couldn't hurt to take a page from Mac... magsafe! Such a sad story. Certainly no professional theater riggers involved in this company.
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    Dimmer Rack trouble...

    They are Daisy Chained, the signal goes through the Unison (with patched to 97-120) Come to think of it, there was an error message on the Unison, until I cleared it. Wish I remember what it was. Also, now that I think of it.. maybe another piece of info that'd be helfpul... on the display of...
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    Dimmer Rack trouble...

    Many thanks for the response. I'll be sure to give ETC a call tomorrow to double check, though I did do a board reset and reload of previous restore point... you may be right. And, in fact, the last time I've called etc, they were tremendously helpful.As for the dmx.. I do know my limits and...
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    Dimmer Rack trouble...

    Hey Everybody! I have a Diversified Electronics MX rack of 96 dimmer on our High School Stage, running with an ION with an extra fader wing. We run 2 dmx universes. U1 is for dimmers 1-96 (MX rack) and 97-120 (an attached unison dimmer rack, recently installed to separate out our house...
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