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    Building a Personal Workstation

    First, thank you everyone for the responses! Here is my thought process:1) I am looking for a desktop upgrade to my laptop. While my laptop is still fairly powerful, it is starting to show its age - primarily when rendering large light plots or detailed ground plans. The system freezes...
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    Building a Personal Workstation

    Hey y'all,I'm going into my senior year of undergraduate studies and looking to purchase a new computer...let me clarify - by purchase I mean build. I'm looking to build a workstation-like system, though it will be used for other purposes (specifically gaming...hey, a guy has to have his...
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    What does hades look like?

    Talking to the layering effect and limited instruments: If you have any scoops laying around, they are good for giving a large wash for the price of a single instrument...The light is also very diffuse, so any patterns/gobos in an ellipsoidal will easily cut through. With a little bit of...
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    Custom IEMs

    Heh, yeah. Realized that after the fact...that had been a long day...
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    Building a Lock for Flyrail

    If I remember correctly, my High School put a locked cage around our fly system (including the circular staircase to the Grid/Catwalk system).
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    Custom IEMs

    If you're only mixing lights, wouldn't it make sense to go the cheaper route an pick up some good earplugs rather than an IEM system? I know the Fidelity page you linked carries them for $115 as opposed to $260 for their cheapest IEMs...
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    Watts the difference?

    A Watt is the rate work is done when on amp of current flows through an electrical potential difference of one volt, I believe.~Aaron
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    Good News for Students: QLab Educational Pricing Answer

    Done, Chris. Makes sense why it was so difficult to find then - I had just thought myself blind. =)~Aaron
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    Custom IEMs

    I looked at both websites for a bit, the one thing I can't find is any information countering hearing loss from speakers being so close to your eardrum - the main reason audiophiles that I know forgo in-ear headphones. They seem to have a lot of prestige, I'd be interested in hearing more...
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    Good News for Students: QLab Educational Pricing Answer

    I'm looking at purchasing QLAb and as a student am comparing their educational pricing versus professional pricing. I emailed them curious about what the catch is on the educational pricing, here was the response: Good to know for students and educators!Edit: I was asked to removed the direct...
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    Technical Script Analysis Info

    I agree with EustaceM. Choose one aspect of the production and have student analyze a script for it. I would break it up into a couple sections, personally. For each item/effect the student should justify of why they think a production would need that. This can range from a line reference to...
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    Educating a Director

    Shiben is correct I think. Sit the director down and have them explain to you, in black and white terms, what they expect from you as a Lighting Designer. Each person has there own thoughts and opinions, but ultimately the director has the final say for a production's artistic vision. I...
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    Simulated gun fire in a high school.

    If you go for a sound effect from a library, or even a general recording, try editing the clip to have an exact copy of the waveform, but about 8 or so semitones lower (Make sure it does't change the tempo of the clip) with the attacks lined up (The "loud" points, parts with the large...
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    Lesson plans for technical theater?

    This is coming from a undergraduate level senior - fyi...but one who is looking to teach eventually ;-) I'll break my ideas up into a couple sections...bear with me please. These thoughts are a general outline...if you would like to talk more specifics, I'd love to hash a plan out with...
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