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We solved this issue by sending the Altman 360Q's back and swapping them for Source4's. e_e The optics were also a little screwy, and it was difficult to get a hard clean edge, especially with gobos. There was also an issue with concentric rings.While I would love to use top hats/color...

I feel like I should specify: these are not Altmans with TP-22 sockets. These are new Altmans (purchased a week ago) with some sort of HPL socket. While you can theoretically stick GL* lamps into said sockets, they would have no support outside of the pin sockets. While I could theoretically...

I recently received a decently sized shipment of Altman 360Q fixtures with HPL 750 lamps (don't ask). When my designer put in a cut of R3202 with two pieces L269 of heat shield, the R3202 burned through in under 30 seconds. We checked the field, and it looked as flat as we could get it. Short of...

Ditto

I may be interested in some of the fresnels and 360Q's. I'll send you a PM.

When I'm grabbing it from a bucket, I usually just hang it between my pants and belt. When I'm striking an electric, it usually ends up around my neck, but inevitably falls off after a short time. Around the belt usually stays on, unless the tieline was cut to twice it's proper length (the above...

From my experience at a small, liberal arts college in the Midwest, college taught me the basics of theatre (and everything else). I also served on the tech crew, which helped build the foundation of my technical knowledge.However, I can easily say that I learned more practical skills (and...

Sorry for reviving an old thread, but it it's about time for me to hit the road with this show once again. Last spring, I tried micing the actor's guitar with a generic lav mic, attaching the mic near the sound hole, right next to the neck. The resulting sound was a bit thin. This spring, I...

I would not recommend it, especially with any cheap(ish) speaker stands. It seems like most speaker stands are made of pretty thin metal tubing, and the only Intellabeam I've used was *quite* hefty. I would worry it would be quite tippy and *incredibly* top-heavy, even with a half-dozen sand...

If you don't trust your soldering skills, you can try getting a solder-less connection like this, cutting them in half, and butt-splicing the bare ends to the preexisting wires from the sockets.http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0062RBR84/?tag=controlbooth-20That being said, when I used those this...

Just to throw my two cents in, I definitely feel like I learned more from my summer tech internships than I did from my theatre classes. This may have been partly due to the fact that the faculty was getting up there in age, and many were close to retirement. But overall, I feel like there were...

Thanks, I'll try this.Footer, would that be a temporary pickup, or a permanent one? The guitar belongs to the actor, not the company, and I'm not sure how interested the company would be in installing a pickup in a guiyar every year.I'm definitely getting a lot of high mids in the original...

This question is for the same show mentioned in this topic.I have an acoustic guitar that needs to be mic'ed wireless-ly. The actor playing the guitar walks all over the stage, and the guitar has no pickup. I am currently using a Shure SLX1 beltback with a lavaliere mic. I'm not sure what...

Thanks, I'll try that. I'm crossing my fingers that the pedal isn't toast. It was only $20 new, so it's hardly something to cry over if lost.True, though restrictions in time (one hour to load in/set up/sound check, assuming we're on schedule), space and manpower (I am the only tech person)...

Here is the background to my dilemma: I am running sound for a small, four actor show that performs at two middle schools a day for around two and a half months. There are four instruments in the show: an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar, and a bass (all mic'd with wireless Shure SLX...