strandcentury
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Now a days a large lighting rig for a major venue will usually consist of moving fixtures, LEDs, atmospherics, super advanced digital consoles, and sometimes conventionals.
I was watching some Depeche Mode concert footage from the 101 world tour from 1988.
I randomly started thinking, what type of equipment must they have used?
The rig looked like a combination of intellabeam scanners, strobes, and various par cans, I did not notice any moving heads.
I understand that Vari-Lite was just starting to make history with their VL1/2/3 fixtures and in general at this period in time the control systems for entertainment lighting were becoming digital and moving away from analog.
What type of fixtures were common for this time period? both moving and conventional.
What type of control console may have been used? were there separate proprietary consoles for moving lights / intellabeams and 2scene or memory boards for the conventional fixtures? or were things centralized onto one console like it is nowadays. I am suspecting that DMX did not quite find its way into the market yet
If there was more than one console, was it common to have two or more board ops / programmers?
I don't know if this is off-topic, or what to classify this post as. But if anyone has any experience or knowledge that would enable them to answer my questions and if some of you were involved in the industry back then, if you wish even provide some details on what it was like back then to be and LD, op, programmer, or rigger.
Thanks!
I was watching some Depeche Mode concert footage from the 101 world tour from 1988.
I randomly started thinking, what type of equipment must they have used?
The rig looked like a combination of intellabeam scanners, strobes, and various par cans, I did not notice any moving heads.
I understand that Vari-Lite was just starting to make history with their VL1/2/3 fixtures and in general at this period in time the control systems for entertainment lighting were becoming digital and moving away from analog.
What type of fixtures were common for this time period? both moving and conventional.
What type of control console may have been used? were there separate proprietary consoles for moving lights / intellabeams and 2scene or memory boards for the conventional fixtures? or were things centralized onto one console like it is nowadays. I am suspecting that DMX did not quite find its way into the market yet
If there was more than one console, was it common to have two or more board ops / programmers?
I don't know if this is off-topic, or what to classify this post as. But if anyone has any experience or knowledge that would enable them to answer my questions and if some of you were involved in the industry back then, if you wish even provide some details on what it was like back then to be and LD, op, programmer, or rigger.
Thanks!