Recent content by MagliteL13

Hey all -- it's been forever since I've posted here. Anyways, I've been playing around with an Open DMX USB and the Pro model as well for the past few weeks so I figured I'd share what I learned. Open DMX USB--crashes. It could be just the computer I'm running it on (old Compaq laptop...

Speaking of forgetting to take your tools off your belt and put them away, has anyone ever gotten pulled over by the cops/campus police with their tools on them? Jeremy Lyon Technician at The McAnich Arts Center

Before I even start to read your post Ship, I just wanted to take the time to say Holy Crap. That's a friggin lot of writing.

Just trying to make things complicated now, aren'tcha? :wink:

Ding, Ding. Yup, the lighting and sound are correct. For lighting, I was taught always to assume the worst--hence the dimmers are at 100% all the time. Occasionally, I've broken that rule though. Sound, the way I always look at it, is a monitor board's main outs are auxes. When I mix...

Seems dangerous to me. When I was a frosh in high school, I was introduced to the fly system as the most dangerous area of theatre. Our TD proceded to tell us a story of what happened to a friend of his and an out of weight pipe (let's just say that this friend isn't alive anymore). Having...

I seem to recall an article in Entertainment Design about something like this. Twas within the last year. Apparently it does work--never tried it personally. Anybody else remember reading it? I seem to remember that someone did this for a show on the east coast (record the sound of...

We us two omnidrives as our house processing. Love 'em. We had a show come through last week, though, that used the SMAART system and somehow had interfaced it so the eq was adjusted automatically. They left it running during the show, too--definently something I wouldn't do. Kinda different...

As my knowledge and experience isn't quite that of wolf's (that's an understatement), here are my questions: Staging: What are teasers and tormenters? Lighting: How many Altman 360Q 6X9s containing a 750W FLK will fit in a 2.4kw dimmer if the dimmer is limited to 50%? Sound: What's...

I'll start my answer with the general stage one. In high school we had 28 linesets, all single purchase except for the five electrics. If I remember right, you have to put twice as much weight on the arbor as you do the pipe (or is that modified double purchase???) I do remember that on our...

Where shall we reply to the questions? Here?

In high school, we always had the "Welcome home, give 'em hell" speech. In college, we don't really have anything before the shows. After the shows......well, I won't get into that. My favorite saying has to be "If force doesn't work, you're not using enough." ---and that's coming from a...

Oh I forgot this link. http://harada-sound.com/sound/handbook/ <---That's one of the best sound handbooks avaliable online. It's fun to read, too.

There's a great series of books that I read when I get the time to by a guy named Paul White. Found em at Amazon.com. Small little things so they're great for reading during downtime. I was gonna post the link, but since it's so long just go to Amazon.com and search for Paul White.

I've heard the letters for sound and numbers for lights, but Greek alphabet? I can see how that would work well--gotta try it now. Jeremy Lyon Technician at The McAnich Arts Center