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Hi all,
In short:
This is a question that came out of a discussion I had with my heads of P.A and Music at my college (UK college). Is there a program that exists that would allow lighting inventory to be tracked? What kind of programs do hiring companies to track their stock?
In long:
My college are currently creating four shows in the two spaces we have onsite: a dance showcase, musical theatre showcase, an acting showcase and a music showcase. I've been asked to either program or help light all the shows which is fine by me. However, each of the shows takes place in two different venues that we have - a small theatre and a larger studio space. The theatre is an entirely conventional rig made of, I think, 20 Source Fours while the studio space is an entirely LED Source Four and LED frensel rig.
I've sat with all the heads of department (all four - one for each of the subjects being showcased) and I've tried to create a rig which I can share across the two shows happening in each of the spaces. I think I've got something usable but the issue is that I want to supplement our existing rigs with some fixtures from each space and from the three stores we have on site. Only issue with that is while we know exactly what is in each space, no-one seems to know exactly how many fixtures we have onsite.
So I was wondering if there was a program that did the following:
A) Allowed me to enter fixture types and how many and all the other associated information like wattage, lens size etc.
B) Allowed me to enter exactly where those fixtures are stored
C) Allowed me to edit and say how many of each fixture had been "hired" by each production and for what date range
And then this is sort of a wishlist but:
D) Allowed me to enter how many of each gel we have in the store
E) Allowed me to enter how many accessories (barndoors, tophats etc.) we have in store and in the rigs currently.
F) Allowed me to enter how many lamps we've got and of what wattage they are.
I looked at Lightwright and that may work but it seems to me it's more geared towards venues and shows that are touring or hiring a rig and are playing in more than one venue or are playing for a long time (6 months plus). These shows will only run for a maximum of 4 nights before that's it on that show. I know that I could create a spreadsheet that allowed to do all of this in Excel but that's sort of my last resort.
There may be a slight chance that the Music and P.A departments will spend some cash on gaining a license but overall I'd rather it was a free program because then I can use it at home as well or on my own laptop without having to argue with the college about it.
Does such a program exist? Or is there something similar in existence?
Hi all,
In short:
This is a question that came out of a discussion I had with my heads of P.A and Music at my college (UK college). Is there a program that exists that would allow lighting inventory to be tracked? What kind of programs do hiring companies to track their stock?
In long:
My college are currently creating four shows in the two spaces we have onsite: a dance showcase, musical theatre showcase, an acting showcase and a music showcase. I've been asked to either program or help light all the shows which is fine by me. However, each of the shows takes place in two different venues that we have - a small theatre and a larger studio space. The theatre is an entirely conventional rig made of, I think, 20 Source Fours while the studio space is an entirely LED Source Four and LED frensel rig.
I've sat with all the heads of department (all four - one for each of the subjects being showcased) and I've tried to create a rig which I can share across the two shows happening in each of the spaces. I think I've got something usable but the issue is that I want to supplement our existing rigs with some fixtures from each space and from the three stores we have on site. Only issue with that is while we know exactly what is in each space, no-one seems to know exactly how many fixtures we have onsite.
So I was wondering if there was a program that did the following:
A) Allowed me to enter fixture types and how many and all the other associated information like wattage, lens size etc.
B) Allowed me to enter exactly where those fixtures are stored
C) Allowed me to edit and say how many of each fixture had been "hired" by each production and for what date range
And then this is sort of a wishlist but:
D) Allowed me to enter how many of each gel we have in the store
E) Allowed me to enter how many accessories (barndoors, tophats etc.) we have in store and in the rigs currently.
F) Allowed me to enter how many lamps we've got and of what wattage they are.
I looked at Lightwright and that may work but it seems to me it's more geared towards venues and shows that are touring or hiring a rig and are playing in more than one venue or are playing for a long time (6 months plus). These shows will only run for a maximum of 4 nights before that's it on that show. I know that I could create a spreadsheet that allowed to do all of this in Excel but that's sort of my last resort.
There may be a slight chance that the Music and P.A departments will spend some cash on gaining a license but overall I'd rather it was a free program because then I can use it at home as well or on my own laptop without having to argue with the college about it.
Does such a program exist? Or is there something similar in existence?