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    Help on a Hazer to rent...?

    really i thought I read somewhere that the DF-50 had DMX. well thanks for that then.
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    Help on a Hazer to rent...?

    Hello. Well we have decided to rent a hazer and here are the choices: Neutron XS Hazer – water bases haze DF-50 Hazer – oil bases haze Any opinion on which one to get? I believe that I will be going with the DF 50 since it has DMX but i would like to know what other have to say. Thanks, BT
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    ETC Express Patch Problems...?

    i also am not sure how many dimmers we have but i know we have the ETC Sensor+ SineWave Racks which can hold up to 100 dimmers but i didn't hard patch it so i do not know how its all patched up there. and everything is closed off and i am afraid to mess with it. i have counted each dinner and it...
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    ETC Express Patch Problems...?

    oh man your right y didn't i think of that. haha thanks ill try that tomorrow.
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    Old, Old lighting fixtures?

    Hey! At my high school we have have about 50 year old lights. we have all twist lock connections and some weird connection i have never seen its some sort of twist lock but in a different form. we have this one spot that looks like a HUGE Leko on a tripod base. ill try to get some pictures and...
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    ETC Express Patch Problems...?

    Hello everyone I am having this weird problem with my patch on this board. we have 2 boards and one boards patch is really weird. When i hit patch the patch screen comes up and there are a whole bunch of numbers like Ch.1/Dim.1/96/123/65/233 and so on. and i have gone to set up done a system to...
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    Painting help? suggestions....

    He isn't the Director but he can convince the Director to agree with him. because the Director sometimes doesn't have a backbone. so ya. i don't know what to do...
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    Painting help? suggestions....

    I am the Set Designer!
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    Painting help? suggestions....

    Hello everyone! Well I just got back from a frustrating day. So we are doing the musical Dreamgirls. and we are making these light columns and making them out of 2x4's spaced a foot apart like a ladder. and then making like a box of it a 12ft. box and its 2 feet wide. anyways. i wanted to paint...
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    Low Budget Hazers?...

    Something to add that I forgot to mention which is very important is that it should be DMX or be able to have a wireless remote but preferably DMX! Thanks for all of your suggestions but i am still looking.
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    Low Budget Hazers?...

    I did look into renting and its about the same price for a 3 week rental
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    Low Budget Hazers?...

    Hey Everyone! So i talked to the director and he wants a Hazer for our next show DREAMGIRLS. Which i think is a good choice. We already went over budget for out lighting rental and I was wondering is there a Hazer out there that is good for a cheap price? i think he doesn't want to spend more...
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    Funky Chase lights help needed!

    Yes thats what the director wants is a "Runway" look to it. but not sure on how to achieve that look now. the set isn't completely built so we won't be working on this part till about a month or so but it is great to know what we plan on doing a head of time. i do plan on running this effect by...
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    Funky Chase lights help needed!

    Hey Everyone! Well my school is doing Dreamgirls as their production and the director wants like these funky globe bulb lights lining the stage. We don't have enough dimmers to put them on and i was just going to wire every 3rd bulb together and connect it to the dimmers and then right a chase...
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    Need Help With Drop Boxes!?..

    Thanks VAn!! No I have Auto CAD so dwg works fine. Thanks again. but one question how do you trigger this thing? and where could i get the Dormeyer Solenoid from? i think thats what it is at least. thanks again.
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