Recent content by scottmcleod

Good points, though my frustrations are mostly based on bad timing at the construction of our theatre; shortly after the doors were opened, the 300 was discontinued, and the new version of the Palette boards released.True about the expandability to ACN, which will be nice, when it's developed...

Great advice. This is how pie plate gobos SHOULD work. But looking at the whole thread... I think one of the most important things that HASN'T been mentioned yet: ... TUNE YOUR LIGHTS! If your light doesn't have a flat field, then each hotspot on the floor is going to eat away (quickly)...

Why has no one suggested this alternative?Sell the nodes, and switch your DMX over Ethernet to the ENTTEC ODE with POE ( ENTTEC - ODEWITHPOE )For each SN110 (~1000$) you could buy 3 or 4 of the ENTTEC units.I'm in a similar situation at my theatre. I've got a Strand 300, 2x SN110 nodes...

I have a rain file that we used last year in a show. Worked BEAUTIFULLY when being projected with QLab and a fade in and fade out. I custom rendered it using particleIllusion (a compositing software with effects for movies) I will upload it to an FTP if you have somewhere for me to put it...

I'm not even going to wade into the waters of "I.T." vs Mac (i've had my own headaches with this, at any educational institution I've been at (high school / university), and where I currently work, though where I currently work, the IT guys are very open minded (see below).)Over time, mac...

+1 to the DMX Comment. Not what it's used for. Put an ASM/stagehand on a headset, and give them the controller for it...

QLab is the best thing I've ever spent money on, period, bar none.I used QLab for EVERY show in my theatre last year. Not one crash during a show. (only during programming if I did something stupid, like create a recursive cue... OOPS!)I'm not going to sit here and preach, but all I'm saying...

+1 here. We did the same.