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Is there really a noticeable difference in quality between UHF and VHF? The frequency is not a problem up here, as we have only one VHF TV station. Also, how important is it to have diversity receivers? Thanks -Nick

Re: Wireless lav That’s an excellent idea, however it’s something that my school has been hesitant to do, because I live smack dap in the middle of nowhere in northern WI. The nearest rental place is Milwaukee, which is that’s about 5 hours away. I will have to push it a little bit harder...

Thank you for all of the suggestions! I was hoping someone might say, "Oh yah, I have those, they work great." But I would rather have no wireless, than crappy wireless. My first choice would always be to go with the Shure LX, because I have used them before, and know that they will work...

Hi, I'm more of a light guy than a sound guy, however I'm the only tech that our school has, and I was looking a buy some wireless lav type mics for our spring musical. I found a good price on them at this site: http://www.cheaplights.com/catalog/01_info.php?sec=207#W5-VH-110H I had a...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone might have the electrical schematics for the cd-80 Portable dimmer pack control cards. I have five controller cards, three of which are dead, and two that are likely to fail. My father is an electrical engineer, and was kind enough to offer to try and fix them...

I'm sorry; I should have been more specific. Yes Zac, you are correct in saying that there would be less power draw over time. However, (Just as an example) if you had a bulb that drew 40 amps at full power, and dimmed it to 50%, it will only use half as much power over time, but because it...

Just to kind of elaborate on what Mayhem. (Which is very true) Because the light is dimmed by turning it on and off, not resisting the current flow, a light will draw the same amount of power weather it is at 100% or 50%, so just dimming them will not be a good way of keeping the breaker from...

Well... We have always had the actors change props and the set (I have them well trained :) ), and we don't have a fly, or any wireless mics :( and I have always had a person I trust to help with things backstage. Our sound board is very simple, an on-off switch, a master volume control...

Compared to the size of a crew I have, that's huge! My TD crew consist of 3 other people. One for each spot, and one to run errands, or help with scene changes. I run sound and the light board. I wish that I could find that many people willing to help out with my schools shows.….. but then I...

Wow! I never though that getting an AMX to DMX converter would be so hard! As some of you make know from my previous posts, my school uses some old CD-80 dimmer packs, and for the last few months, our Mantrix lighting board has been working on and off. Well a few weeks ago if finally died...

Their site seems to be up now, and I think that it's spelled Q-Lite. http://www.altmanlighting.com/prod_openface.htm It would be great if we could get four of them. What kind of plug do you have on them? Thank you so much! Nick

Hi, Thanks for the offer, I'll talk our director tomorrow and see if we have a use for the drapes. Our next play will most likely be The Crucible, so I'm sure we'll find a good use for them :wink:. I don't know quite as much about the kinds of lights as I should. What is a mini wash? Thank...

:) Sounds good Zac :) Nick

Well, I called the company that wolf suggested and talked to them about the dimmer upgrades. They were very nice and gave me an good price on the upgrade, a couple of thousand dollars less than what strand wanted, but still more then my school could afforded at the moment. They also mentioned...

Thanks for the website, I had never heard of that company, I'll give them a call later today. I did send DMXtools a message asking about a translator, however, he said that it would be a few months before he had a prototype built, and I don't think that our lighting setup will last that long...