Recent content by Jamie

I have worked with MidAmerica Sound in the past and actually put up this roof twice - Local 30 is great and all safety measures were followed in terms of guy wires, etc. One year I was working this stage, there was some bad wind and the mesh scrim being used as a back drop was lowered...

Check out Venue Magic. Kind of pricey but it allows you cue lights directly on top of a music track (clip track?). I believe it offers compatibility with MIDI devices such as some musical instruments. I've never used personally aside from the demo, but you can at least demo it and see what...

I mainly want to use LEDs as a personal project to see if they will work elsewhere. The overall look I'm going for requires all of the "red glow" to come from within the prop so that the actors can hold it close to their faces and we only get a single-sourced shadow.Van, your link is close to...

Lamps rated for more than 200 for less than $16 a pop. Can you tell I've been budgeting today?

That's what the director wants alright. Those unfamiliar with the show, (in short), father makes fireworks and is showing one to his daughter late at night. It is described in the script as a small fire that sheds a soft glow around the room. I was thinking of finding a small pot or...

Also a fan of light jockey, but I recently snagged a Martin Xciter off eBay for a steal and am very, VERY pleased. The programming structure takes a few hours to go over and understand, but it's a great console for clubs and crazy parties

Cheap and easy is to put some of those "slow fade" christmas lights poking out of whatever type of masking flat you have behind the window. or, if the window is frosted, just a strand of these festooned behind could work well

Thanks all;They are indeed the Altman version SteveB recalls. Haven't rigged one up, but here's to hoping the photometrics are somewhat reliable!James Proud owner of 16 useless pieces of lighting history

Hello All; I just took over the lighting world at a high school and there are 16 of these fixtures laying around. I have never seen these in my life, but they are essentially a PAR 64 but instead of a sealed lamp, there is an odd assembly. This assembly has a removable lens in the front of...

Hey; just sent you an email but I am interested in purchasing all 26 of these fixtures. What kind of price break for the lot and estimated shipping to Cincinnati? Thanks

Hey Alan;I'm sure I'll see you on Monday for the TD&P/lighting meeting. I'm at my last year at CCM, initially as a lighting major but now I'm a double lighting/scenic major. CCM is a good school, even though it may not seem like it come 7am focus call! The schedule can and does get...

for your use I would recommend several of the DMX-controllable American DJ proucts, such as Reflex LED DMX, Revo III, or any of the LED Pro par cans. The industry going LED is helping out mobile DJs in the fact that you can run a pretty big LED rig on the same amount of power as two...

Thought this would be an interesting topic to start/discuss/share. While it applies more to concert and live music than theater, I know that it overlaps. Here we go. every concert has the fundamental truss and motors. usually 120k of PARs on an upstg and dwnstg truss. maybe some movers...

Re: wat have you been electicuted by ?one of our spots in h.s. had some grounding problem, it was great to see the freshmans' faces when you told them they could only touch it in certain spots without gettin a buzz

yea, i had a gig where the director only spoke Latvian and we were supposed to meet with a translator/TD at 1 since the show started at 4. well, that didn't happen until 2:30, and doors opened at 2:30. show i started actually programming at 3, luckily i had done all my palettes beforehand so...