My school's theater is a performing arts center in a public school that gets funded jointly by the school district, township, and donations. We have all the the district music and events as well as some road shows and concerts and ballets from outside.It's a thrust stage with the house raked...
It seems like the only mounts that Panasonic makes for this projector are expensive and don't allow a pipe or clamp connection.I'd suggest getting a universal projector mount (or something similar) that accepts a 1.5" SCH 40 pipe, and use a short length of pipe attached to the batten with a...
Is this a permanent thing or just for one show? Are you trying to hang below the catwalk or out in front?I have hung movers from under catwalks in a way similar to this successfully. If we ever need movers from the cats, we do a ~2' long taildown with 2" sch 40 in a U or upside down T...
MA2 onPC is free to download and play around with, as is MA3D if you want to play around with a free visualizer. In order to output DMX you'll need a node, the simplest version is 1 universe and runs about $1900. Alternatively, you can get a command wing for roughly $5800 which also serves as...
I did once witness an old, overloaded chain motor fail and the truss (which was a Foy rig) freefall 15 feet... Although I'm sure this isn't too common, I do wonder what the frequency of such accidents are. Though it was definitely avoidable had the motor been used properly..
Just wanted to show off the new booth at my school. This was built with the installation of a new sound system and new spotlights.Electrics side, running an Ion 1024. You can also see the new Canto spots in their booths that were built last year. On the right is the SM's centerSound...
I highly recommend Rogue R2 Spots. I recently used both Krypton 250s and Rogue R2s, and they both have the same features. But the R2s are faster, brighter, and much sharper than the Kryptons. Also, the R2s have a great diffusion.
I think that the first step would be to confirm with the designer that he doesn't need individual control of the lights that you wish to two-fer. I don't know how extensive the plot is, but usually if two lights are able to be two-fer'd, it would be noted. Why do you want to load up those...