Recent content by Russell Reed

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    Dimmers and how they work

    I am sitting here with a ETC TR20SAF module in front of me and it got me wondering how do dimmers in general work but also how do these thru power modules work.Any knowledge would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
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    What does being Technical Director mean

    I was hoping for people’s input as to what the formal duties of a technical director are. I am currently the technical director of my High School theatre, and let’s juts say a precedent has not been set as the duties as a technical director. I would like to say we try and structure ourselves as...
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    Granulated cork coverage per kg/lb

    We did a show of lord of the flies recently. We purchased granulated cork but had difficulty with the vendor. Due to the lack of time we eventually scrapped the idea of cork and went for real sand... it made a mess but sure did look great. Our show was done in the round so the audience was close...
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    Making it rain (On Stage)

    @RonHebbard , we were hoping to recirculate the water (looking into pumps and paths for the pipes to come back). The tub size has not been established. Was thinking it would go straight down. No clue how we are going to light it... Just trying to figure the basics of what receptacle the water...
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    Making it rain (On Stage)

    Hey everyone,Happy New Year! Hope 2019 brings all of us new toys and projects to work on.Our school is currently working on Lord of the Flies. We want to make it rain on the stage. We are doing the show in the round, so real water is the way we want to go because of the distance to the...
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    Rigging

    Thanks egilson, I'll bring it up to our School Districts Safety specialist ASAP, so we can get funding to get it done properly.
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    Rigging

    Hey,Happy New Year! Hope 2019 is going great for everyone!'I was in our High School theatre's genie focusing a light fixture and I noticed the way a section of schedule 40 pipe that hangs one of our borders was hung and it did'nt appear to be hung correctly. Does anyone know if this looks...
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    Building a stage with minimal supports

    Hey,We are trying to build a stage that we can use to store a piece underneath. It will go in our black box and be about 2.5 feet tall. Here is the challenging part, there needs to be a 12' x 12' unobstructed area underneath for storage of a piece that cannot be taken apart. The goal is to...
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    Ethernet Cables

    Hi, I am trying to find a good bulk Ethernet cable to make cables to hook up digital snakes (X32 and S16) and Net3 DMX Nodes. I'm pretty set on Cat 6 Shielded Twisted Pair with stranded conductors (as these will be coiled and uncoiled a lot). I was wondering what outer jacket material would be...
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    Projection computer to run QLab

    Thanks for all the advice.Our budget is scaleable, but if were spending 10K or close to 10K we want whatever solution we come to to be a scaleable solution that can grow with us, and we want the hardware to be very repairable if something went wrong. Im not opposed to a non Mac solution as...
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    Projection computer to run QLab

    Our trusty 2009 Mac Pro finally bit the bullet, it was getting old and slow so we have been looking for a replacement but the money isn't really there to shell out 8 grand for a new Mac Pro with the graphics processing to handle the up to 6 1080P projectors (our old Mac Pro could barely handle 2...
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    Batten clamps

    ive been trying to find batten clamps for 1 inch OD steel pipe and 3/4 inch OD pipe. I need to get chain safely suspended from the pipe. Anyone have any sources.Thanks
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    Control/Dimming ETC Paradigm and OSC

    I was just thinking that it would be really cool if ETC's Paradigm system could send OSC commands to devices on the network. That way in a High School environment the lighting and the sound system could all be controlled from a Paradigm control station. Anyone could just turn on some lights...
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    Wireless RF Issues

    Thanks for all the replies! I figured the problem was how many units I was cascading together. I fixed the problem by just using the included whip antennas for the ulxd's. I got the same reception with the whip antennas on 1mw power then I was getting with the 20mw power through the paddles. I...
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    Wireless RF Issues

    We are having issues with RF dropouts with our wireless mics. We are running 3 ULXD4Q G50 band (for a total of 12 channels) 7 AudioTechnica 3000 series D band 2 AudioTechnica 3000 series C band 2 Audio technica antenna distribution D band 2 Shure SLX G5 Band 2 Acacia Audio IMCTU12(655-679)...
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