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oh lets not even start talking about american DJ ugh

well if you already have source fours in your inventory then you woudnt need to buy new ones to go with the I-Cue................ How much does a source 4 rev. cost? Unless it is alot cheaper than other moving head fixtures, why would you go with it?

The_Terg- Where are your house speakers located in relation to where your placing your PCC 160's?

It's all about what type of microphone you are using the bounce screen for. I used some on a Crown PCC 160, it wasn't completly necessary, it just helped drain out some excess noise from the orchestra pit, and it was more of a cosmetic thing, they looked much more neat and organized. I have also...

Yeah I was wondering about that

Just to help The_Guest clarify (I was the sound designer for that same production) it wasnt actually the mics breaking and having flaws in the cable, but it was in fact the connection. The connector that comes with the mics are rubber, very cheap and are not removable. When they were repaired a...

Actually, moving lights are being used often in the theater world. Maybe not in community theaters or high schools because of cost, but in major broadway productions, as well as off broadway productions they are being used more and more. Many theater LD's may be sticking ot conventional...

Both Digi and The_Guest have good points. Intelligent lighting fixtures such as Mac 2ks are popular in the theater world and are used, and really aren't extremely noisy. ETC just strapped a source four onto a moving yoke. I am not sure on pricing, but if prices compare with other intelligent...

Everything that Traylen said is completly true, as far as lighting and sound goes, community theatre is a great way to experiment with new ideas and techniques and pick up new knowledge.

Yeah, you shouldn't have a problem with anything as long as everything is wired properly like mbenonis1 and The_Guest stated. You run into the problem with long cable runs more with speakers. You can run into problems like phase difference, loss of signal strength. (That is why amplifiers...

tenor_singer, Very good post, I am really glad you brought that up, I have seen/ have been that situation before. Community Theatres can be very complicated, there are a lot of politics involved, as there are in anything. In regards to community theatre, it is always good to train others...

You don't neccessarily need to represent the sun to show a sunrise or sunset unless you are going to do something like is done in the Lion King Show in which the sun is slowly flown out. Using a mixture of colors, cyc units and other fixtures you can create a good sunrise, just by a slow fade...

lighting for les mis3D- What kind of intelligent fixtures do your facility own? (Just wondering) :D As far as sunrise/sunset goes, you can program cues with up/down times of minutes or more/less to create the illusion of a sunrise or sunset. That and a mix of orange/red/blue lighting -cyc...

For the production of Fiddler on the Roof this summer (same production as Jeff) we also are using foam material that I attatched to the bottom of each boundary microphone (the PCC160s), these shock absorbers performed their duty well and allowed them to be of more use to us. As Jeff stated...

Has anyone ever used Rosco's Intelligent Mirror called the I-Cue. I was thinking about purchasing some for my space, due to lack of funds. I was doing some research on them, and plan to have some demos done, but I was wondering if anyone can give me some more information on their quality and any...