Recent content by Brandon Merkle

I have compared these side-by-side. I would actually say the Ovation is a skosh brighter, BUT, I was shooting out without the EDLT lens on the CS Spot. In general, the Ovation Spots were built to compete with the Source Four Lustrs, which are noticeably brighter than the CS Spots (with all...

ETC Color Tester here! :D A little more information would be helpful, tdewey. What are the fixtures in question? What colors seem off? We were having issues on a specific few of the gels that were due to some inconsistent data, which has since been addressed. Several of the less-saturated colors...

It's out!!!! ENJOY!!!! :D

I'm one of the newer members here, and I am definitely a *budding* lighting designer. I have done somewhere in the vicinity of 4 dozen shows (stop snickering veterans, I can hear you!), and my experience has been thus: I started tech theatre while pursuing my associate's degree at a community...

This comes off as somewhat rude, considering lwinters has literally hundreds more posts, dozens more likes, and a quick glance throughout the threads will show his/her contribution. When they are paying attention, zingers like that will get you a swift slap on the wrists from the mods, and won't...

Yep, correct VK and all shortcuts are still intact.

Sadly, the ION does not. It has a Select Last, unlike it's slightly more feature-rich cousins, the TI and GIO, which contain Select Last, Select Next, Select Active (which is akin to All).

Ok, gotcha. Yes, bad servo would be my bet, but I'm not sure why the global reset is fixing that every time. Have you tried homing the shutter instead of manually running the values or encoder?

Both are CMY mixing fixtures though, are they not? They have their CMY flags, and one additional rotating wheel module for static colors.

Color Wheel is another one, and I believe the one you are looking for. Don't adjust the individual CMY flags, as that will throw off your color mixing; you just need the static color wheel fine-tuned. :)

It's actually common across all fixtures with a color wheel or gel scroller. Over time, tensioners settle, wheel magnets droop a bit, sensors get off-tick. Most moving heads I've worked with have to have some calibration tune-ups every now and again. I did not know the Entours did not contain...

Hey Lauren! Not sure the syntax for performing calibration at a controller lever on the Hog, but you can essentially do the same thing on the fixture itself. From the Control menu, go to Util->Adj-Cal. Your color wheel offsets are there, as well as a color wheel position correction. Play with...

Just a clarification here. You do not need to terminate any of the Desire family. They are self-terminated. :) Most other fixtures do require a DMX terminator, so bear it in mind.

If all else fails, and you can't get through to anyone on the dealer side, I'd be willing to help you. LED lights, once rigged and patched, are pretty user-friendly. :) It's true that you will want them on a relay-only, but once you have them circuited and cabled, getting the Ion to play nice...

+1. Talk to administration or your local arts director about doing lighting design/tech crew for a campus production. Often more laid back in general, and overseen by very knowledgeable student TD's or professors. The knowledge and experience you can get from doing even a few of these gigs is...