jazzman1960
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Thanks for letting me join this group! I work at a small HS with an app. 500 seat auditorium. The lighting system is about 35 years old and in need of improvement. I am not a lighting specialist, just a music teacher helping out.
We have a Strand AMX192 system with an assortment of Fresnels, ellipsoidals, scoops, and 2 follow spots, about 40 fixtures in all. The dimmer rack has 46 CD80 dimmers with 4 of them for house lights controlled by a wall panel in the sound booth. One of the dimmer modules is always on so we are thinking the "cube" is bad. The control board is a Strand Mantrix 12. Our original board went bad last year and we bought this one a week before a production to get by.
We have received a bid for replacement of everything from the fixtures back that was too much for our budget, at least all at once. We looked at another schools bid for total replacement with LED, but I thought some of the lights were a little too low quality.
We are currently leaning toward the Johnson Systems CD-3000 and an ETC ColorSource 40 console with associated wiring, etc.
What advice, help, recommendations can any of you give in the selection of hardware and the direction we are headed? I am concerned if the console will handle all of our lights and how the DMX512 is implemented with the traditional dimmer rack. Thanks!
We have a Strand AMX192 system with an assortment of Fresnels, ellipsoidals, scoops, and 2 follow spots, about 40 fixtures in all. The dimmer rack has 46 CD80 dimmers with 4 of them for house lights controlled by a wall panel in the sound booth. One of the dimmer modules is always on so we are thinking the "cube" is bad. The control board is a Strand Mantrix 12. Our original board went bad last year and we bought this one a week before a production to get by.
We have received a bid for replacement of everything from the fixtures back that was too much for our budget, at least all at once. We looked at another schools bid for total replacement with LED, but I thought some of the lights were a little too low quality.
We are currently leaning toward the Johnson Systems CD-3000 and an ETC ColorSource 40 console with associated wiring, etc.
What advice, help, recommendations can any of you give in the selection of hardware and the direction we are headed? I am concerned if the console will handle all of our lights and how the DMX512 is implemented with the traditional dimmer rack. Thanks!