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    GrandMA2: Patching Multiple Fixtures to One Channel?

    Also, it seems like you are using the actual DMX address as your fixture number, then assigning it the channel number that you want to use when you are programming. Like Steve said in MA "channel" and "fixture" are exactly the same thing, they are just naming conventions for programming. There...
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    Chroma-Q color blocks for flat lighting

    Original Color Blocks have a pretty narrow beam, so they are pretty good for uplighting. These are really old, so they are not nearly as bright compared to modern fixtures, and you do need to tight pack them together in order to not have gaps between beams. They should be fine for uplighting an...
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    Automated Fixtures Address Chauvet Rogue Fixtures

    What make more sense? -"That Viper needs to be set to address to 7,681" -"That Viper needs to be set to address 1, universe 16"I just patched something today at 99.1 That is a much more useful expression then 50,177.
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    Automated Fixtures Address Chauvet Rogue Fixtures

    Tires are a whole other kind of stupid. 235/75/R15, means a 235 mm tread width, a side wall height that is 75% of the tread width, Radial, 15" wheel diameter. Any truck tire over about 30" actually just uses inches, like 33"x10.5" R15". There is really nothing "wrong" with an odd combination of...
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    Automated Fixtures Address Chauvet Rogue Fixtures

    DMX does not go up to 513. The right way to say 513 is 2.1, or B.1, or universe two dmx slot 1.Just like the right way to write 4/32 is 1/8.
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    Automated Fixtures Address Chauvet Rogue Fixtures

    Basically, ETC does things WRONG. DMX addresses do not, and will never, go above 512. It is mathematically impossible. ETC is still stuck in an old way of thinking that the only thing anyone has are dimmers, and that the dimmer number and dmx address will be the same thing. They use what is...
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    Good PC build for MA onPC and MA 3d?

    I take that back. the 730m was getting me about 25 at 1366x768, at 1080, it was in the teens.
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    Good PC build for MA onPC and MA 3d?

    3D will run on almost anything, but it's basically a video game engine, so the better your video card the better the experience. I have never really bothered to check, but I would guess the CPU is pretty much a non-issue, it will be GPU limited, especially if you have a monitor greater than...
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    DMX to video?

    While Chamsys is wholly owned by Chauvet, they said in the announcement that it would continue to operate as they have been, including sales and distribution in Europe. Chauvet will handle distribution and support in the US. I doubt that new ownership will have any effect on how long hardware is...
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    DMX to video?

    I think it means you are going to start seeing a lot more Chamsys desks in the US.
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    Chauvet Buys Chamsys

    Phil, thanks for the reply. I am excited to see Chauvet and Chamsys together. I have in more recent years become a big proponent of Chauvet Products, when they really started to hone in their quality control, user interfaces, and build quality. Having commonly used fixtures from most major...
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    Any fun custom consoles exist out there?

    That Chamsys was basically a really well-executed midi controller. Now I don't know if I would call it a console but If you google Luke Stratton Designs for youtube videos, you will find a Frankenstein of midi controllers sing some clever lua scripting.
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    Chauvet Buys Chamsys

    Harman and Samsung are old news.;) Philips acquired VL almost 10 years ago,(I remember joking about getting a free coffee maker with the purchase of VLX) and has been trying to dump Vari*lite and the entire entertainment division for a couple of years now, with no takers, unless they changed...
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    Chauvet Buys Chamsys

    https://www.chauvetprofessional.com/news/chauvet-acquires-chamsys/I was just thinking the other day, that Chauvet needed a real moving light desk to fill out their line. Elation did this by distributing HOG products.The price point of the small desks it right for a lot of Chauvet customers...
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    Truss protectors and 1 1/4" pipe

    -Grounding is not required by the clamp; your cable should probably do that. If you think otherwise, you need to go back to school. -ETC supplied crap clamps will tighten down on much smaller pipes, but they are crap. -C-clamps are garbage and should not be used anyway. -you cannot use amps on...
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