Recent content by Massey28694

Community theatre here and we have to stretch a dime a LONG ways! I used inexpensive battery-powered led lights with remote controls for some of the strippers in Gypsy, had the stage manager run the "lights". Was hilarious! May want to check it out, tons available in every shape and size as...

Not really familiar with the set on this, but instead of her "falling", would it be possible to have something pop UP in front of her, something that blends into the background or even a mirror positioned at just the right angle to give you that magical illusion that she's gone? Just a thought...

We recently used periaktoi in a show and they worked great! Simple to make and easy to implement on stage.

When I joined our community theater a few years back, they were printing paper tickets on their printer and cutting them up with scissors (no lie!). Online ticketing was unheard of. I did a lot of research looking for a low cost alternative, as Vendini and those other big boys wanted far too...

Wow, Ezra, you are one lucky young man! You could have so easily killed yourself, no kidding! No one here’s wagging fingers at you, but please respect that electricity can eat you up in half a heartbeat. Safety needs to be the number one goal when you walk into that theater. And if you have...

Good ideas, thanks! Wheels are a turning.... :cool:

Hey all, hope everyone is having a great day! Community theatre here. We are putting on “Who’s on First” and the director would like to have a wall clock with hands that can be reset to 8 o’clock for the beginning of each scene. I am scratching my head and have not found a good solution yet...

I thought we set it on the fixtures, but now I’m doubting myself. Let me check that and I’ll report back. Thank you!

Evening all! Having some issues with a new Colorband T3 wash fixture and hope someone can point me in the right direction. Running an ETC Element 2. Patched the fixtures to the 14 channel profile, no problem. What is advertised and what I would like to do is control the "zones" and access...

What a wonderful, but sad story of one of "ours". We lost one of our stage managers this season to suicide, so this brought back some tough memories. Such a shame to lose so young a person. Folks sometimes look at me like I'm crazy, cause if I don't consider it safe, I'll shut the place down...

Resolved! Lot of things I don’t understand the logic behind, but I’m learning. The attributes for intensity and colors run 0 to 100%. Think I was sending strobe @ 100, assuming 100%. But in this profile, for strobe the range is 1 - 255. So I guess in essence I was actually telling them to...

The strobe effect has a channel in the profile. Once I pull up the fixture, I attempt to put the strobe at 100%, but if memory serves correctly, the number that actually shows up in the strobe box is 35(?). Was thinking maybe the profile or the fixture itself has a setting that might be...

Hey all! Just installed some generic(?) PARs (they are actually U’King branded). Running them off an Element 2 board. Found a profile that seemed to match perfectly and they seem to be working fine,with one exception. The strobe rate is too slow. Is there a way to increase the strobe rate...

@BillConnerFASTC I learn more everyday!! I saw those 2 RJ45 jacks on the back of the dimmer packs, but didn't know how they were used. Reading the dimmer pack manual, it appears I would just need a switch with cabling run between the dimmer packs and the tech booth (prefered location of the...

@BillConnerFASTC Main purpose is to have an easy way to have cleaning folks and others be able to turn on the house lights when needed. We do have 2 remote switches for the dimmer packs, but of course they only work if the board is on. The Fleenor Preset seems to accomplish this, and I am...