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There are a number of "Two Wire" intercom systems (which are the ones that use standard mic cabling) - clearcom (and various clones), RTS (and clones) etc. What you need is a master station (probably just a single channel master will do you to start with) and then as many beltpacks and headsets...

+1 for whipping. It has the added advantage that when done correctly it is really easy to intentionally remove, but REALLY difficult to unintentionally remove.You can get some really cool UV-reactive yarn - which will be REALLY obvious in backstage blues, but not overly visible on the rope...

If I were doing a new install - decent 24-48 port PoE switch, an enttec Storm 24's and cat5e cable to XLR(5)/F on the bars, with additional (3-4) shielded cat6a's run between rack and the same locations as well as all possible control positions (wings, booth, mid-auditorium) and call it a day...

I would be very against it calling the emergency services - as they tend to be costly when incorrectly called out - however alerting campus security/campus EMTs - that is a good thing. Any large facility worth it's salt is going to have an incident management process. Whilst I would expect the...

My preferred is technician or tech if referring to the collective. If referring to me as a person; Lighting Designer, Lighting Engineer, Head Electrician, Sound Designer, Sound Engineer, Lead Sound, Chief mechanist, head mechanist, head fly, head rigger, SM, PSM, TD - depending on that hat I am...

Showtech did the rigging (or was at least heavily involved) - the rigger that is visible in that clip is Tiny Good (founder of Showtech). Personally, I would have thought that a non-user operated safety brake would have been put in (something which triggers at a set distance from the end of...

Just a quick note: DMX contains no error checking at all, and should never be used for safety critical applications - including but not limited to moving scenery, revolves, pyrotechnics etc etc etc. To quote the USITT website: and

Once you purchase Lightwright, it is just like purchasing most software, you have the license for that version of the software for the rest of your life - but no automatic entitlement to upgrades (although I believe that if you buy LW4 at the moment, you get free upgrade to LW5 upon its release)...

They don't (and often they aren't) - it is not uncommon for an LD to be working on their next design in the midst of installing their current design.

"How many people" is a loaded question - often there will be at least the following at the board end:Lighting Designer Lighting Programmer Lighting OperatorFor larger shows the desk end can contain in excess of the following:Lighting Designer Visual Designer Moving Light Programmer...

'spose I should add the Royal Caribbean "standard" for bows - after the cast have done their thing, the Cruise Director comes out, and usually says something like this: "Please give a round of applause for the people who make it happen from behind the scenes... On lights we have Mac, on Sound...

The great thing about this is for a virus to run, it needs to be executed in some fashion - and to spread onto another drive, the drive has to be in whilst the virus is executed. I never have my show drive in whilst booted into my regular operating system. When I boot into my show drive, I know...

Well - it depends on how you want it to look - blues and greens will convey a feeling of "eeriness", a really yellow, dim angled from directly above gives a very shadowed, high ceiling, dim light feel (so use CTO)... In what context are you doing the show - naturalistic or abstract. Best bet...

What I have for my laptop (which I find works beautifully) is removable hard drives.On desktop PC's, the removable SATA bays cost very little... laptops they are a bit more expensive as they tend to only be available from the manufacturer.My main HDD in my laptop contains my default...

Just as a bit of general advice... don't touch scented fog either... again, it clogs machines, it can also irritate and generally, it smells god **** awful.