Recent content by blueeyesdesigns

I've gotten the green light to replace our MEWP (BEFORE it dies! AMAZING). My instinct is to go with Genie because it's what I know, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask what other folks are using/liking/hating.Features I'm looking for:Drivable while raised Extendable bucket Working height...

Ack. Nevermind. My initial forum search didn't turn up this post: https://www.controlbooth.com/threads/belt-lighting-wiring-question.43381/ and I can't for the life of me figure out how to delete a post.

The scenic team for my next show has a bunch of these belt lights installed in the scenery: https://www.actionlighting.com/gray-5-wire-chasing-belt-light-100-roll-4-or-6-spacing-201bl-5wire100/It's falling on me to wire them up and I'm not sure what's the best way to go about it. They share a...

For one-offs we've used a large display next to the proscenium with text on a black background. It was pre-covid so the memory's fuzzy, but I think we had the AD or an understudy run it. I think for that one it was one long text doc that we slowly scrolled along with the show. Pretty low-tech...

So I'm trying to decipher these codes... Am I reading this correctly that neither my houselights (e11 250w mini candelabra) and music stand lights (e26 T10) are exempted and will be phased out? I've put in a project request to replace the houselights, but even if it's approved, it'll be YEARS...

I'm a little late to the party, but here's something I put together for our intro tech class a few years ago. The paperwork samples were use with permission from their creators/friends of mine. Hope it's helpful!

My venue has an orchestra pit lift (Gala) that spends the majority of its time at audience level (~-2') as home to our first two rows of seats. I've installed retractable warning lines for when the lift is down in a working or maintenance situation to access the pit. Very, very rarely, it does...

I know it's not an ideal solution, but you might also be able to have certain doors programmed to stay unlocked during periods of time when you have a lot of folks coming and going. We have a prox card system run by our campus PD and if I need to I can call over and have them leave some doors...

By "panning" do you mean L/R or Center/Sides? The default mode on an LS9 is Stereo/Mono, but you can change it to LCR and adjust the CSR (center side ratio) on a per-input basis.

I've worked in a lot of schools and found that every single one of them has a fader or set of faders set up for when the non-theater people need to use the space for meetings or whatever. I would strongly recommend at least a small bank of non-motorized faders so that you can "idiot proof"...

I've submitted a lot of plots without being able to see a run through first. As others have said here, communication is important. Talk through any detailed, intricate, or complicated sequences as much as you can ahead of time. In the days of cell phone video, some one in the rehearsal room can...

Little Women, but same idea. Thanks for the sketch! I'll pass it on to the TD (I'm LD on this one). They're contemplating something involving a traveler track that sounds a lot more complicated than your suggestion...

Shot in the dark here, but does anyone have any gobos of a single old-fashioned diamond kite they'd be willing to lend? Bonus points if it's 27.9/24mm; the right size for a MAC Quantum Profile. Show's pretty low-budget, but venue has the movers already. Current plan is to do the old pie-tin gobo...

The listening assist system in my primary venue is on its last leg (original to when the building opened ~20 years ago) and I'd like to budget to replace it in the next few years. Unfortunately I don't have a frame of reference for how much to expect it to cost. Has anyone done a loop install...

A coworker of mine mentioned that they used a matte wax on a venue she works at, and that it seemed to be helping with the delaminating issue quite bit. I was considering something similar for my stage, but she wasn't on the crew that did the waxing, so she couldn't give any more guidance on...