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How'd you get the image mirrored? I thought I was going crazy there for a minute.

A few questions 1. Is this meant as a learning tool for an actual stage you have somewhere else on campus that the kids are preparing for? Or is this just meant as the feeling of a theatre, but the lights only need to evoke emotion vs doing a good consistent job illuminating? 2. Do you have...

Never done the install, but I have sat in a space that had these. If the railing is steep enough and there aren't louvers or any other type of glare avoidance material, the LEDs that are a few rows below where you are sitting end up shining directly in your eyes.

Atlona HDBaseT is my protocol and hardware of choice because you can reliably get 328' of cat6a. Installation of cat6a is in the wheelhouse of most contractors because it's so common. You just need to have them make the runs and you can install the equipment.

My assumption was that one of those XLRs went through the birdsnest of cable and someone had clipped the other end in an attempt to untangle.

I mean, they're paid by the hour right? No one is going to just copy-paste all that legalese. Gotta hand type it again. Wrack up those billable hours!

I've only ever attempted to repaint the outside of source fours, and usually only in a blackbox because the fixtures were visible. Ended up masking off most of the rest of the s4 and spraying with BBQ paint.

I used to have hard and fast rules when I was working in similar spaces with similar equipment. When I started doing corporate work, every venue or venue group would purchase different LED fixtures that were either well suited or completely unsuitable. Not much in between. So I resorted to just...

They probably did it during covid because they had extra money to spend in the building budget because they didn't need to do lighbulbs, carpet cleanings, and paint touchups.

I agree and echo everyone above. Buy a single fixture type with known lamp availability, and then keep buying that same line. The ability to diagnose a problem without even looking (sometimes listening) is an incredible skill to have. And having spares of motors, color wheels, belts, and...

Followup on your sidenote - Countryman Supply Chain blackout What's up with Countryman? I know most of their mics are unavailable but I hadn't heard the story.

Also adding toplight or any glare protection to the pars will help. Blackwrap can also be your friend if your lights won't accept a standard tophat,

Kyle said it above. Just tie off the batten. Sure it's a problem with moving lights, but it was a problem before with sliding panels and swinging doors before. Tie off onto the rail side of the stage so it's easy to access for removal, and tape off the lineset so you know it's not safe to fly.

Gel is your best option. Not sure what the fixture looks like or if there's any sort of accessory slot to insert the gel into, but I've had good luck in retail spaces before gluing a gel to the front of a LED bulb. I would always glue as close to the edge of the lamp face as possible, assuming...

What I've experienced, coming into spaces where cables were purpose designed for the initial houseplot is - it never works out in the long run. I'd only use pass through cables or bundled cables in situations where there's only 1 possible hang pattern, like boxes or integrated into architecture...