Recent content by quarterfront

I'm a Quaker. We generally open the blinds. If it's dark we turn on the lights. There's a switch.

Yeah, man. Don't mess with Texas. People there are very sensitive, like delicate flowers. The slightest slight can cause them to become so overwhelmed that they'll retreat to their rooms and not come out for days.... ;):evil::p:twisted:;) Agreed. I have to say, at first glance, before...

FYI, a single Source-4 with a 575W lamp is going to draw about 5 amps.

Which then begs the question, "Who makes the determination as to how to define 'qualified'?". A grand day it will be indeed for Texas theatre when all of the lighting design is done by electrical engineers and landscapers. Perhaps the problem will be solved simply by renaming "lighting...

I smell a lobbyist.

...and the asbestos bell is one that once rung cannot be unrung....and in the words of Warren Buffet, "Never ask a barber if he thinks you need a haircut".

Brad - How I got to the conclusion I got to is that 1) the old amp is a Carver PM-350 and it's worked fine for years, 2) the EAW's are the 5 ohm version and I'm running them in parellel with only one home run, 3) the EAW's will only take 200w max, 4) there are 6 JBL's that are fed via some...

They, in fact, WILL make it. It's about $60 for the first one and then a bit less for each duplicate, IIRC. Back in the dark ages, before you could just Photoshop your gobo up and email it off to Rosco/Apollo/Gobos-R-Us, I did some acid bath etching. I was rarely happy with the results...

On the data sheet it gives specs for power consumption under a 2 ohm load, so I figure it's built to handle it. I'll look at the QSC, though. Big part of what I'm after is quiet - this lives in the booth with the SM, so a variable speed fan would be nice. The K1's run totally silent and it's...

I'm shopping for an amplifier and figure it can't hurt to ask here if anybody has an amp that the really love which fits the profile for what I'm doing. Here's the situation: 400 seat theatre, does comedies, musical reviews, mysteries, etc.... The rest of the system: Mains are Meyer...

I keep trying to reply to this thread but I just can't do it.

Yup. On the C'tran you defined points as opposed to regions. That's one thing about the ETC tablet that's better, you make a region that can be as big as you like so points that you hit a lot you can make into easy targets. The C'tran's points were just that - points - and you had to hit 'em...

As it happens I used a Colortran Prestiege Magic Sheet extensively and use an Expression 3 Designer's Worksheet currently. I'm told that I'm an oddball in this. The Designer's Worksheet is GREAT. There's some work you have to do setting it up, but it pays off in time saved during tech...

...and it really, really works.

"Rationalizations are more important than sex. Have you ever seen anybody go a day without a rationalization?" - Woody Allen