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    What personal equipment do you have?

    Howdy there @RonHebbard! I knew it was only a matter of time before I heard from you again! In a sudden change of events, I've switched from engineering to art (I spend a year and a half joking about art majors, but here I am now- lol), specifically the Interdisciplinary Digital Studio (IDS)...
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    What personal equipment do you have?

    Been a while, hasn't it?Not quite a "stage" or "studio", but one thing for sure is I'm not playing with the cheap toys (as far as stuff in college goes) when it comes to the important equipment. One thing you don't see here is a second XLS1000 I've got coming in as a dedicated amp so I...
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    Strobe effects and wizardry

    As you're probably all familiar, I've got a little lighting rig of my own, and to keep myself entertained I'll put together some light shows (which are great for showing friends when they come over as).I also went to a Metallica concert about a month ago, which reminded me of some effects I'd...
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    Wireless Wireless XLR transmitter and Receiver

    Might be a bit late, but make sure you check to see if you can disable the mic power on your transmitter. I know on the AT system I have and the (too) many I've worked with in the past all had a menu option for disabling phantom mic power, which you could either set to "mic" (phantom on) or...
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    DMX connections

    Personally my favorite power and control method is to have somebody power each fixture with a hand crank, and then have them go around and tap the microphones on each fixture until their all the right color. The very moment the assistant starts complaining, all the lights he's already set change...
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    Control/Dimming Tom's Projects

    Don't get too worried there ship, I've got some relaxing planned for next weekend- I've got my tickets to go see Metallica that Friday, and a bunch of friends and I are heading to Hersey park that Sunday. So don't you worry, I've found the time to kick back for a little bit; just the past four...
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    Control/Dimming Tom's Projects

    I'm gonna get a video up here later today/tomorrow, as I've got most of the automation system running, and I'm really only working on fine tuning things at this point (such as getting good fade times, fixing the lights going off then going amber on occasion, and trying to keep my computer from...
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    Control/Dimming Tom's Projects

    Gonna keep this update as short as possible- I've got a lot of work, and I really shouldn't spend half an hour composing a post right now.A bunch of the stuff has started arriving, I've got the cables, the DMX decoder, and the dimmer pack. The LED fixture should be getting here later this...
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    Control/Dimming Tom's Projects

    Wow, it's hard to believe it's almost been two months since the last update. Free time has been hard to find between classes, school work, and my job, but that's not going to get in the way of my inner tinkerer. I may not be working on the Contender for a while (as I don't have a system I want...
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    Control/Dimming Tom's Projects

    Quick little update here.Switched from using the wing as an HID Game pad in favor of using it as a MIDI controller- It seems that it works better all around. It's more consistent with its values and helps avoid the limitations HID presented with the number of buttons and axis. Now I can use...
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    Control/Dimming Tom's Projects

    It's been a while since the last update; I just finished my math class last week. So now it's time to continue work on the projects (instead of packing up to head back to school in a couple weeks).Today I just got the Arduino to act as an HID controller, albeit there's only support for up to 8...
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    Brighter than a Source Four

    If money and rigging were of no importance, a "fun" option would be fitting a Bug-A-Beam 1600 and Joker 1600 on the fixture. With that kind of power, I'd probably budget for "Full Body Combustion Prevention and Thermal Shielding Jumpsuits" for the poor souls who happen to get caught in the beam...
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    Control/Dimming Tom's Projects

    Haven't done much the past day or two, so here's a quick update video I shot real quick a couple days ago but never linked here.
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    Control/Dimming Tom's Projects

    Today wasn't too big of a progress day for the main projects, but more so some testing and research. If you excuse the really messy wiring (it's just temporary, wanted to test as quickly as possible, so I wasn't going to solder and heatshrink things), this was the setup for testing if DMX kept...
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    Control/Dimming Tom's Projects

    Yesterday evening I had an epiphany and wanted to play around with ArtNet. The result? I now have a little Optiplex 760 running QLC in Ubuntu acting as an ArtNet --> DMX node, of which I plan to have running in the garage 24/7. Based on my observation that QLC's ArtNet output is "continuous"...
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