Recent content by mercerfils

There isn’t enough insurance in the world for what you want to do here. Professionals, as everyone has said.

The old (non-theater) carpenter in me says "that's a door buck."

RDM was very useful in a rig that had a separate computer running Concert on the network. I never had to use it directly on their Ion.

My stage has 6 Chauvet COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tours (i.e. RGBW cans) in a mainly HPL incandesent Source4 school rig. For day-to-day rehearsals, I have Lee 204 color-correction filters in them so I can temperature-match the rest of the lighting. The fixtures themselves lack that capability by...

Outstanding! Thank you!

I'd love to be able to label on our Paradigm system's touchscreen, but can't get the software. Is it available?

Hi CB community,I've been a beneficiary of the forums for years and decided I should become visible. I've been doing LD and TD work since 1984. Mostly LD lately, and I'm involved with my second high school auditorium renovation. I've gotten a lot of help with my Ion and used VL1000s from...

From and engineering standpoint, air ducts are a live load. The movement (high-speed air stream, in this case) isn't perceptible to us but they sure do make their hardware vibrate. Installers make a similar mistake with speakers - a VERY live load - all the time.