Recent content by 9voltnewbie

I mean, it's the same thing Altman did with their Genesis console last year, that's just a rebranded LSC Mantra Series.

I'm confused, where were these degrees earned? You mentioned Embry-Riddle, but there was no other mention of another college or university.

man get off the whole toughing the lamp thing already. lamps blow for other reasons to you know. i cnat think of more than to much volts and bumping them when they are hot which i have done a few times with fresnells when the slider gets stuck :( i am pretty sure that it is not fingering...

On one of the schools mackie boards, I have another instrument input below the line in that's labelled insert... what is insert and how do I use this feature?

What happened? I was gone for two weeks and a cool feature has come and gone! :(

I never learned what impedence and ohms (sp?) are... does anybody know that stuff or have a good link to a guide or something about that? Because I've got a reel2reel projector that we use and it has an 8ohm 1/4 output... how should that be hooked up to a sound board?

who?

nope.. never touched one of those bad boys!

awesome idea's, will definitely consider them.. maybe use two source 4's, gel them, and use gobo's to throw a dual color pattern on the trees! :) another question... what can I built to attach the lights to be able to keep them from moving and point them where I want?

don't try this at home lol... that's what I am known for amongst the other techs!! I once put 10 9volts in line with each other and licked the combined voltage!! My reaction to this wonderful little experiment? 8O umm... yeah.. kids.. don't try this at home!!!

We are planning an outdoor open mic night and the concrete block that is our stage is nestled amongst a lot of tree's(oaks and such, not evergreens)... I thought it would be fun to light the tree's up in a variety of colors... how do you recommend I go about doing that?

I am going thru our inventory of equipment and I found two direct boxes. One is your standard whirlwind passive direct box (very nice :) ) and the other is also from whirlwind, but it says that it is an active direct box... What are the differences between the two and what situations would I...

I stumbled across this site on google by accident... Wow.. this site rocks!! I guess i should introduce myself... My name's Ben and I do sound and lighting for my school. Our school has an eclectic mix of equipment and I am trying to figure out how it all works together!! So I...