Recent content by Christopher Dix

Hi all!Thank you all for the useful advice, and sorry for the delay in posting something here -- other events caused us to take a hiatus in purchasing the new board.After talking to a sales representative from one of the school's approved vendors, my adviser now wants to purchase the ChamSys...

I would have to double-check with my adviser as to if we can schedule a demo. The two ETC distributors which we have dealt with in the past are Norcostco and Adorama.And thanks for the advice about LED upgrades! Most of our system now consists of ETC Source Four MultiPAR 12 strip lights...

I'm pretty sure that the Element boards do run a modified version of Eos. I remembered seeing listings on ETC's website of separate downloads for "Eos" and "Element" software. Additionally, I just installed ETCnomad on my laptop, and, upon first launch, it prompted me to choose between "Eos"...

Regarding DMX: Currently, the DMX signal (for Universe 1) goes from the board to an ETC Sensor dimming rack. There are no "regular" DMX ports onstage; everything uses stage pin and is output from the dimmers. However, we have a second universe running with ADJ WiFly EXR transceivers. We...

Thank you all for the many replies!!Regarding our decision to try to get an Ion Xe 20 instead of the Element: We currently have only a few LEDs which we use for certain shows. However, we are planning to upgrade in the next year or two to a mostly- or completely-LED system. (We are looking...

Thank you all for the informative responses! After talking everything over with my adviser, we are going to try to get an ETC Ion Xe 20 with two touch screens. (As an accessory, we will install the iRFR app onto our crew iPad (which we already have).)

Looking at the price of Gio, it seems a bit high. Although there is no hard limit, anything above the $12k-ish mark is probably too much. After that point, we would rather just get an Ion Xe and allocate the rest of the money into buying more/better LED fixtures instead of a higher-end...

Hello, ControlBooth:I am the president of the Lighting Crew at my high school, and I have been tasked with recommending a new light board to be purchased for the auditorium. Besides the many functions which the auditorium serves the community (plays, concerts, presentations, etc.), my school...

Thank you both for your informative replies! I was able to find the adapter I needed from Full Compass.- Chris

Hello ControlBooth,I am researching some new LEDs to recommend for my school, and the fixture I was looking at says it has "Neutrik powerCON TRUE1 Power In/Out." After looking at cabling options, I am a bit confused as to the differences between standard PowerCON and PowerCON TRUE1. Is it...

Hi Jeff,I did not do a good job of explaining this in my original post. In the past, the school has not kept on top of fixture maintenance well (I started working on their crew to find an ETC Sensor dimming rack that had 10 years worth of dust in it!). The only service the school's...

Hi, soundlight,Thanks for the advice! After doing further research into products on the market, I found the Elation Fuze Profile, which seems to best meet my needs (and, based on the other fixtures in the Fuze series, should fit my budget when released). We were also looking at Elation Fuze...

Hello, ControlBooth!I am looking for new moving-head fixtures to recommend for my high school. These lights will be installed in-house to serve as colored front-lighting for our pit and stage areas. In my product search, I was looking for a hybrid fixture, because we need the versatility to...