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Originally a mic worn around the neck on a string. Now applies to a small 'tieclip' microphone commonly used in musical theatre an TV when the amplification needs to be 'invisible'. The mic is hidden in clothing, i...

A set of loudspeakers flown in a performance space. Also known as acluster.

A set of loudspeakers flown in a performance space. Also known as anarray.

I've just bought two QTFX-700 smoke machines for use in an upcoming production. One of them runs fine and hardly makes any noise at all when it's running. The other one seems to be producing less smoke on each burst and when the button is pressed it seems to make a strange noise, almost like a...

Right guys,I'm working on a dance production at the moment and we're on a pretty small budget. We've got 2 medium size foggers (one in each wing) to provide both light fog for lighting effects (we couldn't afford a hazer) and for some more heavy-duty smoke effects.All the effects are just as...

Thanks for the all the responses, it's given me lots of ideas to play with. The actual stage space that I'm lighting isn't that big, it's only 10m wide by 6m deep and everything is quite compact, pretty short throw distances etc.I understand what you're saying about not having you do the plot...

It's definitely not a 'do my homework post', for starters I'm not even studying tech theatre merely doing it to make some cash.. Anyways, I've already come up with some ideas and have drawn up a rough plot myself, I'm still not happy with it but wondered what other people would do. I didn't want...

Hello guys,So I've got the job of drawing up the lighting designs for a few upcoming school productions and am pretty stuck for ideas. I'm using very limited resources, although it's a fairly small space, and need something versatile that will be able to cope with multiple productions of...

It's got 6 twin 15a outputs, like this one here: Betapack 3 - 6 Channel Dimmer Rack So the potential of 12 fixtures per dimmer rack.

Echnaret, dimmers aren't an issue, I have 3 6-channel dimmer racks, so I'm not worried about dimmers.

Hello all,I am currently LD'ing for my school and was wondering if anyone has any tips or ideas? I'm looking at creating a "general" coverage as we have a variety of acts on our stage (music, dance, drama etc.) and due to time restrictions and everything we don't have time to refocus before...

What is it you're trying to mic up here? Are there going to be other acts on stage, e.g. singers or drama, or are you trying to mic up tap dancers? A few more details would be handy...