Recent content by KLM

I remember being told to pull these third pins back when I had just started working on lighting at my high school... makes me cringe today!

About 5 years ago they installed LED houselights in our theatre and didn't consult anybody theatrical. It was incredibly expensive and the houselights are very difficult to get access to. At about 5-15% (The exact percent migrates) the LEDs flash back up to 100 and then finally go out. It's...

Good idea, and I'll try it! But you know how these Chinese fixtures can be... Haha, maybe I'll get lucky! Hoping a speedy Titan user will come by and take pity on me!

Hi, all!A friend of mine has two different kinds of Chinese lights that I usually control on an ion. I've made custom profiles for them on Eos software before.However, he is going to be working with an LD tomorrow who uses a Titan Mobile. We just found out that for some reason the LD is...

There is a book/app from OISTAT called "Theatre Words" that has translations for theatre terminology in like 20+ languages, I think. I purchased a version of the app but haven't played with it much. However, it is recommended in "The Assistant Lighting Designer's Toolkit" so I feel like it...

The only time I've personally had showbaby weirdness happen was when we accidentally had two Showbabies transmitting the same universe. The lights got confused by the latency difference, and they would dip like that, or I'd lose control entirely. Just had to find the accidental extra...

Good point! I've tried that before. If you make your own profile using Red Green Blue, Red2 Green2 Blue2, Red3 Green3 Blue3, (and so on) you can get manual control of each cell, but the color picker and master intensity will only work with the first cell of the fixture. It makes it an even...

So, regarding your second question, I always have to trick my Ion into handling this kind of fixture. If you've got it patched in correctly and with the right settings and it still doesn't work, you might have to patch it as twelve generic RGB fixtures, one for each cell. I've had to do this...

What kind of hazer do you have? Does it have a DMX In port?DMX Relays are used to control devices that don't have DMX capabilities built in. We have a DF-50 Hazer, so I do this, too. The relay gets a dmx line and constant power, and the DF 50's power just plugs into the relay. Then I...

I was awarded a free week of classes there, so I'm going to the lighting tech week this summer. I'll probably report back how useful I found it, just because searching on here for testimonials didn't yield a lot.

JChenault, I came off as really defensive and I sincerely apologize for that. I do understand that PC Solutions can be very simple, and I know they come highly recommended for most situations because they're usually much more budget friendly than other alternatives. I guess what I should have...

I'm interested that this is inevitably the first response to someone when they mention they're not looking for a PC solution.So I hook them up with ChamSys, free software, cheap dongle. Except I'm supposed to buy a standalone computer to run that if it's show critical, right? And since I said...

Hey, everybody. I'm looking for a console for a 150-seat classical concert hall. Currently we have a Strand 300 in there, but everyone I work with hates it and it's slowly dying. The console only needs to be able to control 40-60 individual channels (all just regular old dimmers), and 10...

Wow, today I learned! Those do seem pretty nice. Thanks!

Yeah, I've used the colorblaze 72s, and they were great, but I've basically heard color forces are better in every way.What's better than a source 4 as far as conventional spots go? I'm seriously asking, not being a jerk. The only bad thing about their Ellipsoidals is the bench focusing...