Recent content by LCTLight

Hey There!!! I wanted to let everyone out there know that there is a website with a forum that I have found very useful. They have several general forums and even some for individual control consoles. You may be able to look through the posts and find what you are needing. I would start in...

They is NO doubt that these are out of warranty. I cannot even begin to think about when these were actually installed. I am going to attempt to power them down, open them up and get them cleaned out this weekend. All of your suggestions have been fantastic. Does anyone know where I can...

To everyone out there- Our stage floor was recently sanded and refinished with the dimmer packs on, naturally. Unfortunately I noticed that they packs are FULL, yes full of dust and saw dust. The fan casings are caked up around the edges, and some of the vent holes on the front of the...

Ship- Thank you for your comments, I really appreciate your suggestions and references. I will definitely look into those things. On a side note, I am pretty sure the language we are using is the proprietary NSI language/microplex. However, we have a NSI IF501 protocol coverter unit and...

Wolf- There are some plans in the not so distant future to upgrade fixtures. The fixtures themselves are owned by us so that is something we have some control over. The dimmers and circuits to the dimmers are how shall I say.....a part of the building if you know what I mean and getting the...

Hello all!!! Another question from me....yes it is a long one....have to keep with my style. I need to ask an opinion question of all of you. Please respond as completely as possible as I am putting together some ideas for a presentation to the executive director of my theatre. My...

Vulcan, I also have started a project to do some black and white live theatre. Has your show gone to stage? How did it turn out? Can you give me any further suggestions or problems that you ran into. We are taking much the same approach. Everything on stage is going to be some shade of...

Those are some great ideas and definitely something I will take into account when I get this thing all said and done. A couple of items. First of all, I'm not positive that we will have the ability to mic it. I am going to look into that this weekend. The reverb and fx that I can supplement...

I working on a show that calls for a LOT of thunder and lightning on stage. We currently have a "Thunder board" (a piece of metal attached to the wall with a rope to move it) that is made of 1/8" galvanized metal that is 3' X 9'. However, the director does not think it is big enough or the...