Recent content by TD-Thom

I thank you all for your feedback on this. I am going to go the route of replacing my mismatched 8'" fresnel and S4 PAR 1st electric with a set of Ovation F415-fc and look to get my 2nd electric outfitted over the next year. Thank you to @macsound for the rental house advice, I have not thought...

I appreciate your concerns as are often laid out here and am myself a fan of the @gafftapegreenia method to expanding lighting capabilities. However, the district has changed the funding mechanism for theater and we are no longer reliant on our box office to fund production and maintenance on...

Thanks, @Jeff Lelko. I have the opportunity to pick up 6 of them for a around 2500 each used. (About 100 hours of use). They are going to be in high school space I manage. Using one time funds from a matching gift from a wonderful family.

Good Evening and Happy Holidays to all!Have any of you used elation platinum profile 35 pro? https://www.elationlighting.com/platinum-profile-35-pro It looks like this was introduced around 2014 with an impressive collection of features (20k lumen, dual rotating gobo wheels, animation...

This is perfectly timed for me, Thank you @SteveB! I was looking into getting some Satura B-Stock and you managed to hit on all of my possible concerns before getting a demo unit into my space.

I have a very similar cyc to you 46x20, being lit from 4 feet down stage. After looking at some of the batten options and the CS cyc we wound up going with CS Spots and Cyc adapters. I really wanted to go with the CS Cyc but found that they did not have enough punch to reach the bottom of the...

I am lucky enough that we are going to be replacing our house lighting system and the dimmer racks (144 circuits worth of CD80 dimmers with 2.4k dimmer and non-dim modules intermixed) this summer. We will be installing an LED based house light system (ala the altman chalice) while maintaining...

I actually asked my rep about these earlier this year when looking at some space renovations here is what he heard back from LTS:Megabatten 49’4” in seven sections with 6x 20amp circuits terminated to a terminal box at end of pipe with 37 DMX/Edison plates on 16” centers is $4950 plus shipping.

Thankfully most of the time dealing with it will be from our director of performing arts and it is local so they will be coming to my school for pick up and return. But he came to me asking about a dollar amount. The storage footprint is not massive, ~ 8x8.

I have always struck a set back to stock units at the end of a run, however this year I did Mary Poppins, which has been wildly popular in the area. I have been contacted by a few groups about renting our chimneys and our breaking and self repairing tables.I have no idea how to price...

Hello to the sound Gurus! I have spent much more time in the last decade as a lampie and am coming to you for some advice. I am working with my Admin to make some upgrades to our heavily aged and poorly planned audio system. I am working with a great Sound Contractor who is specing some...

I picked up a couple of these for our musical last year, and our acoustics would need to step up to reach the level of a barn.http://microphonemadness.com/Served us really well for the cost.

In the Chicagoland Area I see virtually no automation at the high school level. My experience is that even the most dedicated of technical staff and students run into the trap of not having at least one leg of the Skill/Time/Funds triangle. I have seen a few schools here and there in the last 15...

What color and how large is the slip? Does it come to her knees or more mid-thigh. Is there possibly room enough for a small camelback type bag to be concealed with some ace wrap around her midsection or even upper thigh? It might take some doing to get the cap right so that she can open it...

I have been using a set of 4 sixpar 300 for side/back light for a few shows and a number of dance productions. They have great output from a fairly inexpensive package. I have them hung on small ladders off left and right and when crossing most of the stage the narrower beam becomes much less...