Recent content by brethughes

This may not be the same filter, but I just started working in my theatre, and some of the existing students have a filter they like to use that they refer to as "stripper Pink" It is Lee 193 (comparable to Rosco 32). Its a very heavily saturated Pink gel, actually quite nice for some of the...

True story... My bad.... Sorry

Assuming the Main Theatre has more circuits than the black box, and you are in love with the Express line, I have two thoughts that come to mind. First option- Move the express 48/96 to the black box, and buy another console from ETC, like an expression obsession etc. for your main theatre...

Moving fixtures generally use an arc lamp rather than a standard filament. The arc is not dimmable, rather you just douse the light with shutters of the like from one of the parameters. Therefore, when you turn on the fixture, the lamp will not be on. You will have to "strike" the lamp. You...

Well we got the whole thing solved. The LD re-wrote the cues. We keep emphasis for a few reasons. First, we do have 20 movers in the plot. So, it's helpful for that. It's also helpful, because the students can work in blind mode, but still have the WYSIWYG screen for visual reference. That...

I have a feeling Emphasis auto-saves on shut-down, but Emphasis didn't shutdown, it lost power. And I am not sure if it autosaves through power loss. I will work with it some more tomorrow and see what happens. Thanks for all the ideas.

I know I know... I worked for a touring company when I was in college, so I personally learned how to program on a Hog 2 and Hog 3PC. But you take what is installed at the new theater when you get there until you can find a way to upgrade. I have never worked with Emphasis until now, and...

Hi. I am the new stage tech teacher at a high school. Our theater tech director and I work hand in hand to operate a beautiful theater equipped with Expression with Emphasis at the helm. Our theater teacher hires a light designer to come in and program lights for the musical every year. He...