Chauvet MiN Spot.
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Well here's a bummer. I finally got them hooked up and I've determined that while one of my two Min spots is great, the other is messed up. The LED's are out of alignment or something so the gobo's are blurry and the colors don't mix correctly. White for example is good in the middle but has a large red and blue ring around it. The exterior box was a little messed up so who knows maybe it got dropped in shipping. Now I've got to deal with the return process. Lame.
Padawan: Tonight I had the lights off in the living room, and the lights on in the adjacent dining room so there was some but not a lot of light. I shined the good one about 12 feet against a wall. I got a circle of light about 3' in diameter. Intensity? That's the big question. It's not the greatest, but it would work. I can definitely see myself using these in a show if there was no other light for some sort of special. The real question is if they will pop enough against the rest of your lights at 10%. Sorry can't tell you one way or the other... it's going to be pretty close.
Padawan: Tonight I had the lights off in the living room, and the lights on in the adjacent dining room so there was some but not a lot of light. I shined the good one about 12 feet against a wall. I got a circle of light about 3' in diameter. Intensity? That's the big question. It's not the greatest, but it would work. I can definitely see myself using these in a show if there was no other light for some sort of special. The real question is if they will pop enough against the rest of your lights at 10%. Sorry can't tell you one way or the other... it's going to be pretty close.
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PadawanGeek
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It was limited to the number of units Chauvet used in their LDI booth. So if they are out of stock that may mean the deal is over and it may mean they just are waiting for the rest to be shipped from Chauvet after refurbishing. How much stock do they have left of the wash? Give them a call.
As for my problem with one of them not being aligned properly, Alex politely pointed me in the direction of the focus knob via P.M. It works fine and I am an idot... but most of you knew that already.
I was actually having such a hard time dealing with the manual for the DMX55 that I sort of ignored the Min Spot manual. There are certain functions on that controller that in order to set up there is no logic. It's press and hold this button until the light blinks, then hold this button while pressing that button... then do it again. Now select this button... all impossible to follow without the manual. Once it's set up it's a piece of cake but yikes that setup is not user friendly.
You're right Bill it's not too hard, I'm whining about the process of setting up the joystick. It's got this crazy routine with several steps that seem to have no real logic behind them. It's easy enough as long as you follow the instructions precisely. Just never loose the instructions because you'll never figure it out on your own. It's a board that could use a few soft keys to work with that little display.
Once the joystick was programed I found it really easy to work with.
Once the joystick was programed I found it really easy to work with.
Logos
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From the sounds of all this I would really like to own a couple of these. I do a few small scale shows for my daughters Scout troupe every year and also do a few other private parties and things for friends and it sound like these would be very good for this sort of fun. I however can't even find a Chauvet dealer in Australasia. If anyone knows of one please let me know.
soundlight
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Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!
Run away.
Logos
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An interesting point but, as we have discussed before there are issues with UL versus CE and also the 240v 120v situation. Although if the Chauvet is Chinese in origin it probably has a little 120/240 switch on it.
The MDR site has some cool stuff and I will talk to them after the holidays. They don't as yet seem to have the MiNi.
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well as far as plastic music stands you will be tough beat to find better deals....
I gotta start small...
