Recent content by Horvath

Has anyone been an intern at LDI before? What are they looking for and what were your duties? Call For 2012 LDI InternsI emailed but got no reply

We have a lot of LED fixtures, two dmx strobes, 12 par64s, and hopefully soon a pair of miniscan HPEs. We do mostly rock shows and dance parties. So I'm just looking for a board that can busk this better than an Express (which was OK, but programming just a few chases for the LED fixtures took a...

Thanks everyone for the information...Exactly. If this was a GrandMA budget, or even an Element budget, I wouldn't have started this thread. :lol:Based on Solaris prices, my only other options are: -Leprecon LP-X24 (that's nice, but I'd like more playbacks) -Smartfade ML (I'm only skeptical...

Do JANDS Hogs (the 250, 600, and 500 with the smaller main lcd screen and no palette lcd screens) run the same software (IE the latest Wholehog II software) as the regular hogs (the 500 & 1000) and the JANDS Echelon (the more expensive ones with the larger built-in lcd screen)? What are the most...

Thanks for your very informative post. I just want to check that I understand the above correctly; do you mean that the Xkeys sends out only a momentary signal with each key press, so that holding down the button doesn't provide a continuous 'on' signal like a real bump button? I've never...

I've been noticing a few cheap Strand 550i's for sale lately. Though I've never used a Strand before, it seems like a pretty good busking choice for the price. Coming from experience on a Hog III (only), are there any major limitations to the shape generator on the 550i (with the latest OS) that...

How many people are part of your group? How do you educate people who want to join, or do you expect some prior experience? Do you do all of the lighting/sound for events? How does financing work for your rentals / outside companies? Are the events mostly student-organized?

We have almost an identical working environment over here (but a potentially bigger budget). I spent pretty much all last year checking out Solaris Network, Gearsource, and Used Lighting trying to answer this same question. The only things I could come up with (that haven't been mentioned...

Good point. I see here that the trackspot only does 1000 lux at 6m vs. the MX-10's 3,222 lux at 6m. I have cheap LED washes that do about 1000 at 2m, and that's ok for architectural fx on the walls but not enough on stage.Also, any idea why the HP3 needs "1,000VA at 230V 50Hz" (I'm assuming...

Thanks for your response!Our budget situation is weird... last year I thought they wouldn't give us much, so I only asked for $4000 for the whole year. Then I realized that how much we get depends on how much we ask for. Throw some technical jargon / nice pictures into a presentation, ask for...

I joined months ago, but I didn't know about the 'new member' post tradition. I'm an undergrad at Reed College, majoring in economics. When I was little I always watched the sound guy at concerts, tried to get a glimpse into the lighting booth. Before I had any actual experience I read a lot...

I like Eastern Oregon. Didn't know about the Round Up, I should check that out sometime.

I run a group that provides live sound and lighting for concerts and dance parties on campus. After debating between buying/renting and moving head vs. mirror, I think it makes most sense to buy scanners and rent moving heads if necessary for large events; we can't permanently install anything...

Thanks for all these great responses, ControlBooth never disappoints.The latter is correct, and that's pretty much the situation. I get paid ~$200 or something for doing four days of work and who knows how much planning. The budget for the whole weekend is $80k... the main band gets $10k or...

Let's say you're doing concert lighting. But you don't have any movers, a fancy desk, a huge par truss, or a utility tie-in. Instead, you've got 18kw, 24 dimmers, 12 1kw MFL Par64s, assorted cheap Chauvet (not Pro) LED fixtures, whatever Source 4s, Parnels and antiquated fixtures you can...