Recent content by JVV

Ummm so.... 15 minutes into the run of Act I, all the dressing room monitors and lobby speakers suddenly started working. The Sound Board op did nothing different. Facilities says no one else is in the building working on anything.I guess Ill see how long they stay on for....And yes, I...

In the booth there is an Amp labeled Front Lobby (which it seems also powers the Booth) and then Amps for Mains LR, (2) for Center Cluster, (2) for Subs and (2) for Stage Monitors which are the onstage wedges. There is an amp in the backstage rack (unlabeled) that supposedly powers the Booth...

Further down the rabbit hole I go.... I thought I had localized the problem, but... On paper the Amp backstage is supposedly powering the Dressing Rooms and the Booth speakers. We realized we were also having an issue with the Lobby feed, and in trying to figure out that Amps situation, we...

Hello, I do not know enough about sound or the system set up of this Performing Arts Center to get this post right the first time, but hopefully some of you are bored on a Friday Night and want to help me trouble shoot this issue.We lost the feed to the dressing rooms today. We still have...

We just got some brand new Birdies and MR16 lamps to go with them. Yesterday I put an edison plug on one and when I plugged it into a regular wall socket the lamp exploded like a gunshot. I thought, bad lamp, so I tried again. Same result. Then I thought I wired the plug wrong, so I tried a...

Hello, Has anyone used a projection with the lyrics and bouncing ball for the Grandmother's song in Pippin? Any chance you want to lend them to a High School production?Thanks, JVV

I have done this before with a black scrim, however the theater I am at now does not own one and renting is not an option. How awful will it look without the scrim? Id hate to have the students do all the work of making it only to cut it because it wasn't as magical.

Hey all, I figured out how to alter the script to add the IP address. Turns out this was an old file with the old projector IP address.Everything is updated and working perfectly.JVV

So my Show Control MAC has died and I have a dance company coming in with all their projections. Typically they run those off their MAC which is connected to the projector via HDMI. We use the house Show Control Computer to run a Qlab file over the wireless network to Mute and Unmute the...

Hello all, I am in the process of swapping out my Shure Body Mics that fall within the 600 MHz range. I took a look at my TELEX RadioCom Wireless System (BTR 800 with four TR 800 Beltpacks) and found that they are receiving in the 600 MHz range, but transmitting in the 500 MHz range.Do these...

It does stay more green than the others even when at the front of the daisy chain. It looks like its running the same channel mode as the others. Is there a way to tell if an LED went out just by looking at it?

Hello, I noticed today that my five Philips PLCYC-1 LED CYC units all behave nicely except in the Blue color range. The 5th one on the chain tends to look more green. Even though the color profile on the ION's monitor gives all the same numbers. This doesn't happen when I pick any other color...

Hello Stage Managers who read music, I currently have a student SM that reads music and for our musical this spring he had to flip back and forth from the Libretto Script (which had no music) to the Piano Conductor's Score (which had no book scenes).Do licensing companies provide one book to...

Okay, more information...The MainStage Dimmer Racks are ETC Sensors. The Black Box is Leviton a-2000.There is no Architectural Control System in the Black Box.These are all Incandescent Instruments.It is never a consistent instrument or consistent level that the lights remain on at. I...

Hello, In our black box we use a Leviton MC 7000 series light board and some fixtures will continue to glow after all the faders are pulled down to zero. Even when we unplug the DMX, the fixtures will remain on.I'm curious because when turn off the light board in the Main Stage theater (an...