Recent content by jimmol

Update It has been two years since we got ours and our system has not had a failure. Good product.

I contacted Apollo Designs and found that each Right Arm needs two channels and you set the channels your need in the RA or the Smart Color pro. So the 48 might be all I need. Thanks to all for your input and suggestions.

I really doubt I will be doing any tracking, more for light adjustment as our stage expands and contract. Not being really that involved in lighting, except for our Sunday Services, how exactly would you run cue by cue and make it work? I am thinking that you would put it at this location...

If I knew how to set it up to use the Right Arm and gel scrollers I would seriously think about it. It is like we use and the people running it would not have to learn a new system. I did find some other possible options as I look for elations controllers and started to wonder if I should...

Thanks for bringing that up. I was able to find some training videos online and as you said they have "scene" or "sub master" via the memory. So the ML would do all that I need. But 2600 to move 2 or 4 Right Arms and a few scroller gels just seems like a bit much.

I checked out the MagicQ and does it have to be used with a computer? I downloaded the manual to see how complex it would be to program with the 10 sliders of the mini.

Thanks for confirming what I was thinking. We don't need a computer and I cannot see us moving the lights much during the service except to maybe highlight a soloist. I am looking at the right arms to help align lights with our stage. We are turning out to have a fluid stage, which keeps the...

If I had a bunch of moving lights I might be tempted to ask for money for something as this. However the SmartFade 12 and 24 series look to be in my money range but they are advertised as a two scene board and I can find no information about submaster options. Anyone know if the SmartFade...

Thanks for the computer suggestion. I think we would like to move up a notch or two in the console area. Consoles usually don't crash.

Being a beginner in the realm of consoles, our Elation Stage Setter 24 has been most of what we have needed these past 3 years. We host a church service in a gym using 14 par lights, submaster settings for ease of use for the person running the board. 6 white, 5 blue, 3 yellow. I would...

I found a Panamax M2M20 20 amp surge protector online for $35 each. I will get some and see how they work out.Thanks

I will have 4 dimmer boxes in the rafters of a gym with outlets nearby. Is there a preferred rating that I should look for to protect the equipment? Home Depot/Lowes have single units that would plug into the outlet and were from 700 to 900 joules(?) rated. Sound good enough? Thanks...

I was able to find a Chauvet Data Stream 4 on the web for 120 so I picked it up. It looks as though it should do the basic opto-isolation that I need.Terminators are on the way and I ordered 3 elation 100 foot DMX cables to reach my dimmer boxes.Thanks for all your input and help.

The problem is no one could remember if we saw the channel light on the dimmer boxes. The yellow LED was on the dimmer box was on. We did have all 3 dimmer boxed on. I do not think the channel LEDs were on as I was concerned if the DMX LED was on and it was. And the LEDs were working on the...

I am trying to use lighting to illuminate and bring the audiences attention to what is happening on different parts of the stage on a shoe string budget. That's the short answer. I wanted it to be easy to use, just having to press a button or move on slider to bring up the lights for a...