Recent content by knoodler

Thanks for your help everyone -I'm drafting a set that takes place on a boat so there are lots of curved walls with portholes in them -New questionI drew a wall with one curved side. Extruded it and it is hollow - I cant find a way to make a wall with a curved side a solid object - any...

Not really lighting/electrics related but I didnt know where to put this thread.I am drafting a boat shaped set and the porthole molding is baffleing me - I cant make a donut in vectowroks. The diameter of the porthole is 2'6 and the trim is 3" wide and 1-1/2" thick.Anyone know how to...

Josh - thanks for all for the info. We are just running LEDs all at the same intensity and color so really its only 5 channels. I have a HOGPC that I use but I would need two midi-USB boxes to get the signal in. Your method should be perfect but I am having trouble setting up the virtual MIDI...

Josh - Thats great - thank you so much. Everything makes sense except the MSC in QLab and I'm not familiar with the LXConsole but I'm sure I can figure it out. No dimmers...just LED's. I'm going to look into both of thoses today but would you mind if I reached out to you moving forward if we...

I have a student who is very very involved with the MAkey Makey MaKey MaKey | Buy Direct (Official Site)He wants to do some performance art using it to trigger different preprogrammed looks. The Makey Makey can trigger keystrokes through a USB interface. Any ideas on how to use keystrokes...

Thanks for the response The cyc hangs on the front cord of 20x truss - the only hanging point for fixtures is the upstage cord of the truss - thus the reasoning behing using a bounceIts a venue I know well - been the TD/PM for 10 years and I've tried every other way to light a cyc with...

I am thinking about using a bounce cyc for our summer season. I have about 6' of space to work with. The exposed area will be 12' high x 40' wide. My question is what kind of material will work best. I have access to a grey closed cell scrim that may or may not work as the downstage part of...

I'm a new member. I've been in the business for 20 years . Currently I'm a TD/Production Manager outside of Philly. I look forward to hours of geekdom.