Recent content by mackem_techie

Re: Hey i thought we could share pic of our showshey thats a great set youve got there and i love the way you thought it out. ive never done the crucible myself, but i know the play, and can see that it could be great for us techs to express ourselves.

ooh statistics knowledge alert:RMS is, im presuming the root mean square as said above. The forumal for sinusoidal (or other periodic) functions is:√((Integral[f(t)², Lims: T1, T2])/(T1-T2)) where T1≤t≤T2 (the time T1-T2 should be a whole number of cycles of the function), f(t) is the...

try checking the strand archive website for info about them: http://www.strandarchive.co.uk Its a very informative website and, IIRC has a full list of all the fixtures strand has produced over its history. I havent personally heard of these fixtures but that doesnt mean a great deal, because...

nice review catlunch, very informative. though im not looking to buy a new board, i think it is nice to see the different ways that the companies are going. this sounds like an impressive system if it is intended as a replacement for the 300, im more inclined to beleive it is a 500 replacement...

I am also a part of this little club so hi! Hi to you chris and Hughsie

Schniapereli, if you don't know the whole picture, don't try to state your opinion as a fact! I am currently using an ADB Mentor system, and i find that it is great, other than a few little problems/niggles it is easy to program and user-friendly. It is compatible with movers (although it does...

this is because its not the number of volts that harms u but the currrent because the current is the charge flowing per unit time, whereas the voltage is how much "force" is applied to the electrons in the circuit. However, voltage is related to this as, V=IR, Voltage=Current x Resistance and...

ive already posted these elsewhere on the forums but this is the most appropriate topic (i missed it cos im a lights guy and dont come in here often :P). anyways, theres a lot of big pics so they may take a while to load up:This is the link to the HTML page.

whoa i didnt realise A&H was such a respected company! we recently got a new sound board (and a load fo other stuff) and i just assumed our A&H PA-20 was a sorta mediocre board, nothing special, but to me it sounds like they are a really good company. Am i right?

Hi, as our school has recently just opened a new PAC, we have been told that we have to come up with a "Sound and Lights" show for a section of the Performing Arts Evening. Basically, it is supposed to be a showcase of the new stuff that we have and all of the new stuff we can do with the...

ok guys please understnad a few things: 1) i now realise how stupid i was to try and use a carboard gobo and wont be doing it again 2) At the time all the technical side of the school shows were organised by us, the pupils, now there is a teacher in charge who orgnaises most of the stuff and can...

well we sprayed it with fire retardant spray and left it to dry. im not sure quite what else we expected to happen honestly, it seems obvious to me now that a cardboard gobo holder will burst into flames. i was younger and much less sensible then

it wasnt funny at the time but when i think about it was :P. i remember the school bursar came in in his hi-vis jacket with a hard hat on and a fire extinguisher - it completely ruined the atmosphere lol.I also remember a time when we were working with a smoke machine to create a "cupboard"...

now if that doesnt get you into a job i dont know what will :P

source four zooms - we have both 25-50s and 15-30s. we also use quite a few ADB F51 fresnels which arent really that great but i cant complain really