Recent content by mjump

We just installed the ETC CSCYCs at my theater and i have to say that these things are gorgeous. We installed 9 of them on our last elec. for a 18'x40' cyc, and are probably going to pull the outside pair because they go off into the wings. This is with the caveat that our last elec. is...

We recently did a production with 3 screens using the 2 display port outputs and a usb3 to hdmi converter. The Mac automatically dropped the resolution on the usb output down to 480, but with the screen sizes and the distance to the audience it was acceptable. 2 projectors hanging onstage, the...

I'll second the Ampegs. We are a 300 seat house and their PN-410's are almost too powerful, we had to keep them down around 3 on the dial. After the show I will usually ask the bassist how the liked them, and so far it's been all good reviews.

Since we are wing space poor, when we did this one last year we did not build the whole carousel. The set designer built 6 animals on individual rolling platforms(with battery powered led to help pop them out), and used 6 carnie actors to circle them upstage. Then we used two source 4's with...

The city scape and the clouds are all GAM products not Rosco. GAM Gobo Pattern Search City Lights #261, Cloud 2 #225, and Cloud 4 #227. Thanks for the myColor link that will be very usefull.

YouTube - Mephistopheles - Act II Scene 2 The Witches' Sabbath Part 1 Dress rehearsal for the opera. It's fun when you can send the singers to hell.:evil:

In the past I've had to roll our Baldwin grand(without a spyder) out onto the Marley when we have a pianist scheduled between dance shows. As long as the marley is tacked down well, and you take your time moving the piano it works out well. Just be carefull if the marley starts to pucker in...

As far as I have been able to determine the colornet faction on levitons systems are just for in house connections to their own products. Colornet 2.0 seems to be their ethernet protocol. You could connect to their dimmers if you have them, integrate their architectural lighting into your...

I'm happy to find a supportive site like this. I'm a theatre tech in the tampa bay area working in a 300 seat venue. We produce 10-12 community theatre productions a year along with a classical series.