Recent content by u_dakka

Washing up liquid, sponge and good old fashioned hard work, is a sure fire way to remove gaffa juice - and teach you the folly of your ways.

seems fairly thorough. Good luck for that show btw - it's gonna be an interesting one. Ive seen it three times, one of which got cancelled part way through cos the cactus plant that got thrown in the air wasn't so much caught as smacked garry on the head. blood was spurting out apparently (i...

try searching for multiplay. i think its found on sourceforge. tis good. andy

I'd second the earlier post about projection brightness, we're sufferring atm from our lights hitting the screen and the projected image goes from visible to not being there at all. make sure that ur ML's arent going to hit the screen, as that definately is distracting. gd luck andy

Ouch man, tough break. I hate the litigation culture - wtf happened to accidents?? andy

Possibility of the dry ice going into the orchestra pit and setting off an alarm there? just an idea andy

for those of us who dont know - what's SE,SO, SJ (or any others)?? Is this an american only thing?? If so what's the British equivilent? andy

what the hell? this thread appeared in my live bookmarks in firefox. As it happens i used to be cheif techie at the school in question and Sjoram worked with me. But this thread has been dead for ages - why did it appear in my live bookmark list??Anyone explain?? andy

Just hit them where it hurts. In the wallet. Just keep billing the kids side of things (enough for new gear and a penalty charge) and eventually the leaders will notice that the funds they have are smaller, and will see that it's purely because of the useless tech crew they have there. Thus the...

my only thoughts would be down the UV route - which theatre u putting it on in (if it's close enough i may come and watch to see what u do)andy

Re: Correct me if i'm wrongAll i've ever done wtih the lights was get a cut about 1 cm from my eye. I was trying to move this light a few degrees up, but it was really really stiff, so i took it down and put it on my lap, and leaned over and pulled. whack. oh that and of course forgetting that...

basically I'm after suggestions as to what would be a good piece of music that the intro of which can be played (about 20 secs worth) that would signify the start of the open mic night at the students union. It has to be mellow(ish) and acoustic - to keep in wtih the theme of the evening...

hi, im after a simple little lighting desk that works purely off DMX, im not fussed about it having many faders for setting scenes, but i would like a scroll wheel. also when the show is running it would be useful if the go function of calling the memories was a couple of faders rather than a...

anyone know of any site online, or a good book which guides through making your own mixer? I'm basically trying to make a mini rack mixer - but only for my home sound system. andy

for my theatre there can be another tagged on the end:I will listen and obey all the techies - as they have far more of a clue of what's actually going on than i do