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My house announcement PA/Intercom has the ability to play up to 10 mp3/wav tracks from an sd card to multiple zones in a building. Since this is a system that is not only installed in theatres it does not have any default chimes/gongs fitted. Does anyone have any audio files/links they might...

Gardena - Speakon adapter cable.

It serves the purpose of an execution device.

All Moving Lights did not work for my show today!!!It was due to a button not being selected on the ETC paradigm to allow the ION priority in the ACN network. This meant that the DMX data was merged with IONs data and hindered the moving lights due to HTP. After the 3rd hard reset (pulling...

I am writing a Extended Essay in Computer Science for my International Baccalaureate. I will of course cite you all in my Bibliography.I just have a few questions. Analogue Control - The Old times.What are your experiences with analogue control? What problems did you have with Voltage Drop...

I have read somewhere in one of my lighting books that it was common to use aircraft landing lights for rock n roll shows because they were brighter than any light in the theatrical market. (Please correct me if I am wrong)

There might have been a reason why it hasn't been used for a long time. Before you test/use it make sure the smoke detectors are turned off. You do not want to pay the $1000 fine when the fire brigade shows up. Call ROSCO for help they are friendly.

This is one of the weirdest questions....As other members have said DMX is digital so that idea won't work.There are also other DMX products that are way cheaper than Doug Fleenor Design. If you are located in Europe check out Thomann they sell very cheap/good Lighting/DJ products that work...

While having a look in the Interwebs to expand the Intercoms for a theatre from 4 belt-packs to 8 belt-packs I noticed while researching that: The TELEX BTR-700 and the Clear-Com WBS-670 look identical,have the same features and even have identical accessories such as belt-packs etc. Which...

This item has nothing to do with a router or ethernet of some sort. I presume the following....This device is controlled with DMX512 that you connect with your lighting desk/usb-dmx dongle via a in this case a 3pin XLR cable ( in professional applications 5 pin XLR is standard) or a RJ45...

Does HDMI have a higher failure rate?

At the theatre where I am currently working...The sound crew thinks it is a good idea to run all their sound Q's from QLab to the console via HDMI which then gets stripped by an AMX Video Matrix and sent to the Yamaha LS9-32 and not an External Sound card.Their claim is that digital HDMI is...

How about a Raspberry PI, it has a HDMI connection, you can run linux on it, small (you can fit it behind the lcd) and incredibly cheap.

Programming:To some extent. There are some things you are supposed to know such as: programming cues into the console, DMX512 (32 devices and terminate last one in daisy chain) , patching luminaires to a console, Dimmers ( example: how many watts you can put on 10 amps), Switchpacks and basic...

Stage Lighting Design: The Art, the Craft, the Life by Richard PilbrowThis book is the bible of lighting, this book helped me to view Lighting Design as a career choice.