Your Lighting Inventory

MNicolai

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I'm curious what sort of scale everyone here works on, so if you have a few moments, please post your lighting inventory, maybe a rep light plot or something of that flavor.

Here's what we have @ Oconomowoc High School


It's not a lot, but we're also currently displaced, limited only to a 125-seat space, which will be under renovation until October. Once we get our new Arts Center up in late November we'll be purchasing...


  • Oconomowoc Arts Center
    • Fixtures
      • Source Four
        • (x6) 10°
        • (x25) 19°
        • (x20) 26°
        • (x20) 36°
        • (x12) 15°/30°
        • (x12) 25°/50°
        • (x24) PAR EA
      • L&E
        • (x5) Broadcyc (3-cell) units
      • Strong
    • Control & Dimming System
      • ETC Congo Jr. (1024 outputs)
      • (x3) ETC Sensor+ 48 Dimmer Rack
        • (x140) Dual 20a dimmer mods)
      • ETC ER4 Processing Rack
      • Architectural Stations

What do you have?
 
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Looks to be a nice, workable space. (But I must inquire as to the wisdom of a Congo Jr. in a space with no moving lights, or for a high school in general.)

To answer your question, my primary venue, a 16,000-seat arena, has 10 Strong 2K Xenon Super Trouper LTs. That's all. All other lighting is rented and brought in on a per show basis. It's really the only workable way, as each show has different and diverse requirements. It's the same reason Broadway theatres provide only Houselights and power.
 
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Here ya go....

This is a partial inventory of our new space, Sidney Harman Hall. We have a slightly smaller, but very similar inventory down the street at our other space. I'm at home and have some purchasing documents on my personal machine.


The Acclaim PC's are used in our event room.....think small ballroom.


12 Source Four 10°
32 Source Four 14°
120 Source Four 19°
160 Source Four 26°
140 Source Four 36°
40 Source Four 50°
6 Source Four 70°
100 Source Four PAR

50 Altman PAR-64 Black Steel

18 L&E 6’ ministrips/trunions
24 Selecon 650W Acclaim PC
24 Selecon 8" Arena Fresnel
20 Selecon Aurora Cyc 3 way
12 Selecon Aurora Groundrow 3 way

10 ETC Source-Four Revolution
10 Revolution RWM
10 Revolution SM
2 Revolution IM

62 Wybron ColoRam IT 7.5"
4 ColoRam 24-way power supply for above

2 Unique 2 Hazer

2 Lycian M2 Follow Spot

1 Eos console 4000

654 Sensor AF dimmers (636 20amp, 18 50amp)
48 Smart Switch Non-dim
 
Isn't really much wisdom behind it. They decided on that sometime last year before an Ion was available. They didn't spec a master playback wing for it either, but I've requested once the facility is handed over to us from the contractors that we strongly consider purchasing one, but since they don't even know if they'll have the money for risers, I don't know if that'll go through. I know we are getting a Wenger concert shell system though, for a couple hundred thousand dollars, plus pit fillers, but not a hydraulic lift, but that's alright.

It'd be hard to say there won't be moving lights; I know we won't have any, but it will be a roadhouse available for rent with shows coming through which we've contracted in, so I wouldn't be surprised if every once in awhile something intelligent shows up, but it would be maybe once or twice a year, if that. Not a lot to bank on for putting a Congo Jr. in, but mind you, the specs were made before the Ion was announced, though I did mention it to the project managers, but apparently it's too difficult to change something that's already on paper.

They outdid us on the sound system. Yahmaha LS9-32 digital mixer, bunch of wireless mic's, speakers, the works. So I can't say I have much to complain about until we walk into the space and I can ask, "Why did we buy ____ when we should've purchased _____?"
 
We've got a 700-person auditorium at Poudre HS, here's our inventory as best I can remember/estimate it (still new to lighting, so I don't know precise numbers):

  • Fixtures
  • Dimming
    • EDI SCRimmer II - 96? circuits
  • Control
    • Horizon PC software
    • EDI Plus board - backup

Cheers, mate, hope that helps!
 
Here ya go....

This is a partial inventory of our new space, Sidney Harman Hall. We have a slightly smaller, but very similar inventory down the street at our other space. I'm at home and have some purchasing documents on my personal machine.


The Acclaim PC's are used in our event room.....think small ballroom.


12 Source Four 10°
32 Source Four 14°
120 Source Four 19°
160 Source Four 26°
140 Source Four 36°
40 Source Four 50°
6 Source Four 70°
100 Source Four PAR

50 Altman PAR-64 Black Steel

18 L&E 6’ ministrips/trunions
24 Selecon 650W Acclaim PC
24 Selecon 8" Arena Fresnel
20 Selecon Aurora Cyc 3 way
12 Selecon Aurora Groundrow 3 way

10 ETC Source-Four Revolution
10 Revolution RWM
10 Revolution SM
2 Revolution IM

62 Wybron ColoRam IT 7.5"
4 ColoRam 24-way power supply for above

2 Unique 2 Hazer

2 Lycian M2 Follow Spot

1 Eos console 4000

654 Sensor AF dimmers (636 20amp, 18 50amp)
48 Smart Switch Non-dim

I hate to tell you this, but your cross-section sheet looks like something that came out of Sim Tower.
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Our theater is a 360 seat house owned by the city and provided at a small percentage of the "door" for a community theater. I am paid as a master electrician, on a per show basis. Because I am retired with a decent retirement, and don't want to deal with self employment taxes, I use the money to buy lighting and sound equipment for the theater. I make the decisions of what to purchase, and usually look for equipment on ebay. I look for equipment, that may need minor repairs to get the most for my money. About 40% of what I will list was purchased by me and the rest was at the theater when I arrived four years ago. The theater is just now starting it's 39th season. We also have a small blackbox theatre that seats 60.

66 Source 4 bodies
24 50* lenses
29 36* lenses
14 26* lenses
10 19* lenses

22 Altman 360Q 6 X 12
5 Colortran 30*
1 Altman Microelipse

15 Electrocontrol 8" fresnel
9 Electrocontrol 6" fresnel
7 Altman 8" fresnel
10 Altman 6" fresnel
28 ETC PARNel
27 ETC PAR
12 PAR 56
12 Electrocontrol Striplights 4circuit 12 PAR 40s
12 Chauvet LED color pars

EDI rack with 120 2.4K dimmers
Electrocontrol dimmers in custom built rack for house lights 5 x 3.6k
84 1.2k dimmers in various configurations that I manufactured
15 pulse width modulation dimmers that I manufactured for use in dimming LEDs

Compulite Micron 4D console
ETC Express 125
Chauvet stagesetter 48
Behringer LC2412
Jands 24 channel
(Some of the consoles were given to me broken and I rebuilt them) the Compulite is my own personal board.

6 Apollo Q6 scrollers
9 Rainbow two 16 scrollers
5 Original Chroma Qs
5 custom made scroller power supplies

I'm sure that I have forgotten something, but this will give you the general idea.
 
Where I currently work until Thursday:

415 Seat flexible apron theatre:

ETC Source 4 ERS Bodies 99
ETC Source 4 ERS 26° Barrels – 38 Total
ETC Source 4 ERS 36° Barrels – 40 Total
ETC Source 4 ERS 50° Barrels – 21 Total
ETC Source 4 PARnel 25
ETC Source 4 PAR (WFL, MFL, NSP) 10
Procan PAR64 (WFL, MSP, NSP) 26
Kliegl 8” Fresnel 10
Berkey Colortran ZOOM ERS (20° to 40°) 6
Berkey Colortran 20° ERS 2
Berkey Colortran 30° ERS 22
Altman (6 Cell) Ground CYC 14

Vari*Lite VL3000 SPOT 3
Vari*Lite VL2412 SPOT 2

ETC Sensor Dimmers 96 3

200 Seat Black Box:

ETC Source 4 ERS Bodies 80
ETC Source 4 ERS 26° Barrels – 20 Total
ETC Source 4 ERS 36° Barrels – 30 Total
ETC Source 4 ERS 50° Barrels – 30 Total
ETC Source 4 PARnel 15
ETC Source 4 PAR 750 10

Procan PAR64 1000 16
Kliegl 8” Fresnel 1000 7
Berkey Colortran 30° ERS 14
Berkey Colortran 40° ERS 6
Altman Q-Lite Flood 4

Vari*Lite VL1000 575 1
Vari*Lite VL1000 AS 1
Vari*Lite VL2412 WASH 1

ETC Sensor Dimmers 96 3
Flex Between the Two Spaces:

ETC Source 4 Jr. Zoom (25° to 50°) ERS 6
ETC Source 4 ERS 10° Barrels – 1 Total
ETC Source 4 ERS 19° Barrels – 6 Total
ETC Source 4 ERS 26° Barrels – 6 Total
Selecon Pacific 90° 2
Altman Shakespeare 30° ERS 3
Colortran 16” Focusing Scoop 4
Procan PAR16 WFL Birdie 6
L&E Micro-Fill Flood 6
L&E Mini-Strip (20 Cell/4 Circuit) 5

Apollo Smart Move™ DMX Gobo Rotator 4
Apollo Smart PowerDMX Power Supply 1
Apollo Smart Move™ DMX Power Supply 1
Diversitronics S4 ERS DMX Strobe Module 1
Rosco IMAGEPRO Gobo Slide Projector - 3
Wybron Forerunner 7” Color Scroller - 10
Wybron Forrunner 16 Head Power Supply 1

This doesn't include our dance studio and small acting space both of which get all the barely working crap.

Controlwise

Hog3PC with Programming and Playback interface. 1 Super Widget
Hog2PC Wiget
Express 48/96
Strand 520i
Emphasis with Emxpression Faceplate
Unisen

When I know what I've got in the new place I'll post it.
 
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Wow, it's already evident: "The size of the boys is the price of their toys" (or something like that).;) I was remiss in not stating my venue type; I think that is an important criterion for this discussion.
 
Here's ours:

ERS

ETC Source 4 50° Jr. : 50
ETC Source 4 50° : 53
ETC Source 4 36° : 50
ETC Source 4 26° : 50
ETC Source 4 19° : 50
ETC Source 4 10° Barrel: 1

Strand Axial Bodies : 115 (some of these may be sold)
Strand Radial Bodies : 62 (these are going away this week)
4.5x6.5 Lens : 10
6x9 Lens : 80
6x12 Lens : 85
Strand 2250 Lekolite : 9
Strand 6x16 : 30
Strand 6x12SL : 8
Strand 8x13 : 22
Strand 10x24 : 3

Altman 3.5x5 : 8
Altman 4.5 Zoom : 9
Altman 6x16 : 19

Fresnels

Various 6" (light lab): 10
Altman 1KAF 6" : 30
Strand 8" : 24
Altman 8" : 10
Century 8" : 3
ETC ParNEL : 30

PAR

ETC Par : 50
Various Par 64 Bodies : 58
Way more than enough VNSP, NSP, MFL, WFL due to an ordering error a long time ago.

Other:

Altman 14" Focusing Scoop : 10 (work lights)
10" Scoop : 2
Mole Richardson Nook Lights : 4
GAM Stik-ups : 12
L&E Mini Strips : 10
Strand 3 Cell Far Cyc : 8
Altman 3 Cell Sky Cyc : 6
Lycian 1266 Follow Spot : 2
Le Maitre Neutron Hazer : 2
Le Maitre G300 : 1
Le Maitre G150 : 2
Silent Storm Snow Machine : 4
GAM Film Loop : 2
APOLLO Smart Move Gobo Rotator : 5

Mainstage has 5 CD-80 racks with the Johnson Systems CD-2000 Retrofit
currently installing : ETC Unison
ETC EOS
ETC ION as a satellite console
Both the EOS and ION will have their own dedicated fader wings

Our Blackbox is getting an ETC Sensor+ rack
ETC Unison
ETC ION with its own fader wings
We also purchased 50 ETC Dimmer Doubling Multiplexers

Our Dance Space is getting an ETC Sensor+ Rack with 48? dimmers installed with planned future expansion (several years down the road)
ETC Smartlink
ETC Express 48/96
(some of the above multiplexers will be used here)


We also have an Expression 3 for the National Tour Console (looking into upgrading to an ION after this years tour) and also an ETC Smart Fade for the in state educational outreach tour and rentals.


We also have a contigency fund with the upgrade (so far untapped, lets keep our fingers crossed). With this money on top of some additional departmental funds, we hope to raise the ETC Source 4 inventory to 75 of each type, 15 more ETC Parnels, some 26° and 36° Source 4 Jrs, Color Scrollers, and Elation LED Par Cans (not sure on what model) for the Dance Space.

The EOS was obtained with additional funding that we got back. The school shifted some funds around taking some out of our initial budget. We got it back with the agreement that it would give us the EOS and allow us to go a little more "green" (which is HUGE here). The Elation LED's were a part of this extra money as well as the phasing out of the Strand units. Next year, we should hopefully be able to totally eliminate our Strand ERS inventory with 100 of each degree S4.
 
...as well as the phasing out of the Strand units. Next year, we should hopefully be able to totally eliminate our Strand ERS inventory...
I'm curious about this, as one of our members keeps stating "a 360Q with GLC lamp can outperform a Source4". It doesn't seem very green to eliminate:
Strand 6x12SL : 8
Strand 8x13 : 22
Strand 10x23 : 3,
particularly as those equivalent S4s cost so much more than the regular ones.

And I'd look into Solaris, Weidamark, or other generic PAR64 LEDs before deciding on AmDJ. Was it you who asked about this earlier? If not, there's a thread on it, somewhere.

I sure would like a gray die-cast aluminum radial Leko for my collection.;)
 
OOPS, I just noticed my typo on the 10x23

Those units in particular will be some of the ones that stay. Mainly it is the 4.5x6.5, 6x9, and 6x12, 6x16 units that will be ousted.

As for the Gray Die-Cast Aluminum Radials...I THINK they are going for $5 a piece plus shipping (no connector or safety cable). At least that is what was discussed awhile ago. Also, if the shutters don't work, I've been told to just straight up throw them out (most likely just a little TLC is needed but they don't want the hastle). Those units would also be stripped of their clamp. However, there MIGHT be a recently graduated student coming to visit here from Vegas. I might be able to arrange a pick-up to save on shipping. ;)

One thing I have never understood, what is the difference between the 6x12 and the 6x12SL? If I'm not mistaken, SL stands for Single Lens right?
 
Venue: Wherever I can get hired.
Client: Mostly weddings it seems. But they're easy and they pay well.

Current inventory:

4 ETC S4 Ellipsoidals with various barrels
24 Pacific Rim generic LED par 64
24 Pacific Rim generic LED par 38
36 Chauvet Pin Spots
Various stands brackets, pipe lengths, etc
About 1 mile of 14/3 edison cable

Most everything else is rented. The ROI on a moving light is so poor I wouldn't think of buying any. But the LEDs were paid for within 6 rentals.

Renting is so easy for me, since I'm in the Chicago area and have access to at least a dozen production houses I can get anything I want.
 
One thing I have never understood, what is the difference between the 6x12 and the 6x12SL? If I'm not mistaken, SL stands for Single Lens right?
SL in this case does stand for Single Lens, as the other 6x12 (#2212) has two plano-convex lenses, with an effective focal length of the lens train of 6". The #2112 has an EFL of 12", and is thus designed for much longer throws, has a longer barrel, and isn't compatible with the x4.5, x9, x12, x16 series.

Historical note about the gray die-cast aluminum Lekos: interchangeable lens tubes in the late 1960s! And then in, 1978, the lens tubes are still compatible with the new axial fixtures! Strand-Century used to be such an industry leader and innovator, what happened?:(
 
Our inventory in a 756 Seat house w/ Balcony in a High School Auditorium

12x Altman 360Q 6x9
10x Altman 360Q 6x12
17x Altman PAR64 WFL Black
30x Altman PAR56 WFL Black
18x Altman 6" Fresnel
5x Single Cell SkyCyc

1x Altman 1000Q, 1 Kliegl Dynabeam w/ a 1979 repair tag on it; that doesn't work.

EDI Dimmers 64x

Control: EDI Minstrel Lite 48/96.

I was starting to think I was the only one with 360Q's as the main ERS.

ERS
21x Altman 360Q 4.5x6.5
40x Altman 360Q 6x9
56x Altman 360Q 6x12
15x Altman 360Q 6x16
5x Altman 360Q 6x22
6x Colortran 5/50
11x Minizoom
3x S4 36'
10+ Times Square zoom ERS(Never used)

Other
19x Par 64
8x 6" Fresnel
10x Beam Projectors
6x 3cir. Halogen? striplights
assorted 3 and 4 cir r40 strips

Control
ETC Express 24/48
96x ETC Sensor Dimmers(2.4k)
 
Since i run and own a production company, we dont have a nice pretty house to work in, (yet i would love to get a house job) we have

18 mac 500's and 600's
12 roboscan 918's
8 studio beams
18 X-spots
2 studio spot CMY
14 color pro II's
6 I beams
soon to get butt load of cybers
3 coemar super cyc 2.4k
8 CF-1200 he's
2 lycian 1200w follow spots
1 strong canto 1200w follow spot
array of conventional
EDI, Strand, Leprecon Dimmers
60k rig, 120k rig
Hog II
2x Hog 1000
1 Hog 500 (for sale)
and i'm sure there is plenty more i am for getting
massive amounts of audio
 
Let's see, the one place I still kinda call 'home' is my high school theatres. First, the inventory for the 2500 seat theatre:

ERS
19 Degree Source Fours 70
26 Degree Source Fours 20
15-30 Degree Color Tran Zooms 20
30 Degree Color Trans 20
20 Degree Color Trans 20
10 Degree Color Trans 10

Wash Lights
Source Four Pars 90
Color Tran 8" Fresnels 30
Color Tran 6" Fresnels 20
Color Tran Cyc Lights 8 3x1 Units
R40 8' Border Strips 12

Control and Dimming
ETC Express 48/96
Color Tran Encore XL (Big green, clunky 'go' button of world destruction)
i Series Color Tran 96 Racks, 4 (They are the Sensor clones)

The 600 seat smaller theatre:

ERS
19 Degree Source Fours 10
26 Degree Source Fours 20
36 Degree Source Fours 10
Altman 360Qs 20

Wash Lights
Source Four Pars 40
Par 64s 10
Altman 6" Fresnels 20

Dimming and Control
ETC Express 125
ETC 96 Sensor Rack
 
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I work in a 1500 seat venue that does tie ins and local community theatre, but is pretty much a road house stop for older country and comedy (think casino type of stuff):

Control
01 ETC Expression 3 (No RRFU!)
96 ETC Sensor+ Dimmers
06 DMX Break-outs
01 Enttec DMX-USB Pro
01 Freestyler DMX512 software

Lighting
04 Elation Design Spot 250
12 ETC Source Four 10° 750w
04 ETC Source Four 19° 750w
18 ETC Source Four 36° 750w
04 ETC Source Four 50° 750w
30 ETC Source Four Par EA (w/ VN, N, M, & W lenses) 750w
40 Par 64 1000w
08 Altman 3-cell Econo Sky Cycs
16 Apollo Smart Color 7.25
02 Crappy house followspots (w/ FEL1000w bulbs)

That pretty much wraps up my list.. I am being allowed to put together a wish list, and trimmable electrics is going to be my top wish I think since all of them are dead hung at 30' right now. I'm going to ask for some line sets for borders and teasers too, but we'll see how far things get first.
 

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