Recent content by artable

Yeah, I think this console is designed for educational spaces. Mapping faders to fixtures, having the faders control the dimmer function... A simplified drag and drop magic sheet... Looks like it'll be perfect for something like a High School Black-box theater, or a junior high regular theater...

I've ended up patching the house to an inhibitor sub for that very reason. Edit: especially because Im a high schooler. On the best of days, I'm forgetful and hormoneal. And the rest of the crew...

By the way, I still think you should convince the principle to make all the teachers build Parcans for their next arts and crafts project. Maybe that's just me wanting to live vicariously though a random group of elementary kids. (Actually, its totally just me wanting to live vicariously through...

I vote we mention that extensively. How'd it preform?

Yeah, I realize that now. Homemade fixtures have now place in such a regulated environment. I still think it's a valuable and interesting project though, and one that I will still undertake regularly. You can be sure I won't use them in my theater anytime soon though.

Guilty as charged. @Les, you mentioned in another thread (I believe it was about those BB and cup fresnel lamp connectors. Relatedly, my light storage is full of corroded sockets.) that you had purchased some amount of additional equipment for this cafetorium. How is the instal going? Also, I...

Yeah, an SM should really never make an artistic decision independently. artistic descisions aren't our job! I mean, maybe your setup does work for you, but the person you trust to cue at the right time should be the SM. It's a shame that that isn't the case. What works works I suppose.

If all these SMs are truly that bad, well... That sucks! I'm sorry! However, it is the SMs job to meld the designs of the production team into one show, and sometimes that definitely requires altering a couple cues, according to the wishes of all directors and designers involved.

What do you use all this silver for anyways?

In that case, maybe I'm *not* overthinking this. Maybe I'll get a pack of sharpies and do a test myself.

I have no idea. I might conduct a science-y test though. Spike a sharpie that only you will use. Be careful with it, making sure you don't smash the tip. Lend out un-spiked sharpies, and test them all after while. If your sharpie doesn't write well and isn't smashed, and all the sharpies that...

I can't see how that's possible. Your board op hasn't been with the show since pre-production! Your op doesn't hear the slight changes in the speed of an actor's speech from show to show that sometimes cause me to call long fading cues early or late. Maybe your op knows the exact perimeters of...

I have to disagree that an SM is a safety net in cue calling. They know the show better than anyone else. Your board op won't die of a heart attack if a cue goes .2 seconds before or after he/she wanted it to. The SM will.

Sharpie tips should not get "smashed to hell" with proper use, at least in my experience. Maybe you're pressing too hard?

I have to disagree there. theres a huge difference between 0 seconds time and .5 seconds time. A macro seems like a reasonable solution. Are the unused sofkeys user-programmable?