Recent content by pat811

Hi everyone! I am having a semi-large problem with some LED fixtures in a theatre I work at. They are DaisyLite RGB 575's, which is code for super China fixture, but they are bright and do the job. I have experienced problems with their DMX a few times, randomly when I plug the data in they...

Hello Everyone, I work in and around Chicago as a freelance Stagehand doing a myriad of different jobs (i.e. scenic crew, lighting, sound, warehouse work, general strike crew, and many other random tasks) for many different companies and I'm wondering what the best way to put all that...

I recently borrowed a Martin Robocolor four head and a Martin 2501 controller from a youth group I work lights for. I looked up the dip switch charts on-line and after setting the switches to how it says for the lights to be controlable, the lights don't respond. I also tried with a Chauvet...

With the application can I use a thrid-party dongle?

I have a $2500 budget for everything, that includes fixtures, a console, and a truss system. We have decided that haveing a good console to start off is what we want. As for shows we will be doing a lot of everything. We will be doing concerts, stand-up events, one-man shows, musical...

Hello everyone! I have recently been hired by a new theatre company started by a director of a show I worked last year. We will be doing some small shows and also renting out our equipment to other companies or groups. We currently have no equipment so we need to buy everything. We were...

Hello everyone, I am about to program a show using a Strand Classic Pallete. I just used the board on a show last week, but I didn't do any complicated programing, so I know how to use the board to some exstent. What I want to do is tell the board that my RGB conventional strip lights are...

Has anybody, heard of Venue lighting? I was lloking around the web foe dj lighting, and found some venue scanners, that looked nice, but i dont wanna spend any money without doing some research about it first. thanks!

Whats your favorite lighting console? wheather its just a certain brand or an actual model..what your favorite. As for me i have only had expirence useing a series 300 strand board @ my high school. Hopefully soon getting a ION, :grin:. So what your favorite?

i use a strand series 300 console, and i am looking for an offline editor as well, hopefully someonee can find one! strand has good products but there website is mazing hard to get though, and they dont include all there products on the site its confusing.