Recent content by joeyfergie

Reopening this thread. I am looking for the same thing, scroller as a Douser for a projector. The mounting is not a concern to me, but I need to find a gel that can be used to 'Fade to Black'. I can't seem to find any using Google, and unless I am missing something, I don't see any mentioned...

I am the TD of a small theatre, and for as long as I can remember we have had lobby sound. For us, we just have a few small speakers that are tied into our sound system, so we can run basically any audio into the lobby. Typically we only use it for Preshow/Intermission music as well as for...

I've had a lot of times when people ask me to do something as a LD which is just not possible due to the gear we have. Usually at times like this I tell directors or whoever that it is all possible, followed by roughly how much it would cost to do that. When people see how expensive fancy stuff...

This may seem like kind of a stretch, as I don't know if this is something that the iPad is capable of, but this is the kind of app I am looking for:Basically a cross between Qlab and Wirecast (Webcasting Software - Wirecast 4 Overview - Telestream). I am trying to get a program for iPad that...

I have been able to wirelessly control my ETC Express, using an iPod Touch and MIDI. I use an App called Control, where you can create interfaces that send customizable MIDI commands. I then send these commands to a computer via wifi, then these commands are routed to a USB-MIDI converter...

A firewire hub? How much does it cost? I have seen ones for under $40, which is pretty inexpensive. Never seen a USB hub for only $5 thou.

Just looking at it as well. Must have seen pics of a different MOTU unit (that's where I saw the 2 firewire). It definitely looks like a good device, with many outputs. May have to put it on the wish list.

By the looks of the Motu Ultralite, it seems to have 2 firewire ports, to allow for daisy chaining. Getting a Firewire converter with a power supply will solve the power issue, and if I am able to run 2 cameras off a single bus I am sure you would be able to do 1 camera plus audio on a single...

The longest we are going is around 100 feet, and the video quality is fine. We have 2 off the built in bus on our Mac Pro, and 1 on an additional card. You can buy power supplies for these, if you are concerned about power. I would be more concerned about having the video freeze/skip frames if...

We used this Firewire capture card: Newegg.ca - Canopus / Grass Valley High-quality Analog-to-Digital Video Conversion ADVC55 IEEE 1394 Interface. Check the US store, they may have them in stock (and I see you're from the US). Seems like they went out of stock in the Canada store just after I...

I was referring to a production switcher. Being a broadcast student when someone says 'switcher' that is the first thing I think of. There are other types of switchers (which I have used as well), which may work. A downside is if you want the camera to be able to go on both displays (then a...

I am working on a show right now that has something similar (but more complex) than this. In our production, we have 6 independently controlled 40inch TVs, 3 Live Cameras, as well as a bunch of video and image content. This is what we have:All 6 TVs are connected via VGA to a Mac Pro. We have...

I too agree LED would be the best, except we don't have enough money to purchase LED lights for this. No one is actually walking on the tarp. They will be walking on a metal grate, and under the metal grate fabric to absorb the water (And decrease the sound), and then the tarp. The Light is...

I am doing light design for The Laramie Project, and our director is having it rain onstage in two columns on each side of the stage. He also wants it to be able to be lit from underneath. After testing with a variety of fixtures, I have figured my best bet would be to put a scoop under each...

It wouldn't be a conference call. This would be a last minute solution in case we have a clearcom failure during/right before a show and this was the only option. Would also be used in case an outside person needed to talk to everyone on Clearcom in an emergency (ie, tech emergency and I (tech...