Recent content by jbilyj

Create it all as one profile. However for each separate device attached to the original fixture, set a different break number. For example setting the dimmer for the S4 to break 1 and the all the channels for the iris to break 2, the MA will ask you for two addresses when you patch the fixture...

Fans normally work pretty well.

My HS just did 13 last year and the LD's solution to this as to just use the LED pars they had sitting just in front of the stage from either side and then just create a dimming and flicking effect. Looked pretty good in the end.

I'd have to disagree. One of the last free gigs are ended up doing as a Board Op (grandMA2) for a small production company in my local theatre's newest venue. The theatre staff saw what I could do just in those two weeks and hired me as a casual technician a few weeks later. All of that...

If you run Windows on your Mac you could use LightFactory (https://www.lightfactory.net/). You can get a half universe license (LF50) for $200(NZD) or a full universe for $499. Then just get a ENTTEC USB DMX PRO or similar.