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    new to busking

    Hey again. You wanted next well here goes. I have been thrown in to an install at a church ,and when i got there I was informed that no one is aware of the initial setup procedure for some movers(8 Chauvet intimidator spot 2.0). The company is a sound company and I'm there only light guy and...
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    new to busking

    explaining DMX than the book vidfan has already read (but should own): Automated Lighting, by Richard Cadena. I have moved beyond dimmers at this point. Just got some bad info. Currently I am looking in to getting my laptop up and running. I want to use it as a visulizer and found a DMX to...
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    Bump Fade

    Thank you for helping with the terminoligy of things,learning the speak is one thing that's comming a little slow to me becouse I have been solo for much of my learning. I am most familier with the spot call "bump to no color" but it did sound like he was talking about light cues. I get...
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    new to busking

    I'm in Baton Rouge LA. I have worked for Rhino NW in Evert WA and the newer outpost in LA. My biggist gig so for was helping out with Teen USA in 2005. Worked with all of the deptments (lights sound vidio carp). Spent 4 years working my way up the arena/ballroom/theater ladder from stage hand to...
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    Bump Fade

    I use a combination of bump FX while busking. For stagewashing I use a bump on/off.(one tap on next tap off) That way I can set and forget. For FX and specials I use the type were the light snaps on but kills as soon as you let go of the button,(I think it's called step/bump) alowing me to...
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    new to busking

    Thats what i thought. The LD at two shows back said that my blinder problem was becouse of the dimmer set up ,but as i under stand it it's all hard wired. Aside from running a parcan set up with out a desk(done that once before, set peramiters at full , come back latter and set them at 0% ). As...
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    new to busking

    What is PhantomFrog? I went to check it out and it needed to be down loaded and sence I'm on a friends computer I can't check it out. Will i need it to make disks for the Frog? Also some knuckle head stole my OM for the Frog series at the last show. Does any one know where to find a copy...
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    new to busking

    I would have to agre with the MC7534 bieng more adapt at geting you up and runing quickly, but if I'm going to play with movers I had better get familer with the frog series. Also not my call, you get what the boss man gives you. I first learned the term busking back in my hippie days while...
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    new to busking

    And have fun with that Fatfrog! :mrgreen: No, not this time. 1/4 of the butons would stick in the on position, I was sent with the wrong disk, and to top it off......the whole US SL section blinked out. Other wierdness too like; why would my US and DS lights come on at the same time. The...
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    new to busking

    Y'all just sound so much better then "hey you guys" It's been fun but I think I should get back to reading manuals. It's just getting good, I think the super user is going to over take the submaster.Oh and maby in this chapter the chase will catch up to the flash.Mmmm good stuff. a book a...
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    new to busking

    This site is a godsend for rookies and I look to allways hold myself to a high standard, whatever the case may be. I am not one of those people who will get bent out of shape becouse people correct me, sometimes you have to learn that way. I'm not realy much of a typer(text or other wise). I...
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    new to busking

    Im on a friends computer so i won't mess with his setings, but my laptop is on the way. It's a must now that I am moving on up to Frogs and Avos, plus I want to keep a copy of wysiwyg with me on site. In the meantime i'll just have to think and type at the same time.(do you cap i in i'll I...
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    new to busking

    :oops: You got me there. I think maby i use spellcheck to much. Can y'all forgive a little southern boy for the grammer capacity of his high school? No? Ahh well figurin i auta mosy down to d lokal watrn hole and get a beer to warsh away my sorrow.(all in fun, but next time i won't forget the...
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    new to busking

    Will repost latter. Post under construction.
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    new to busking

    im busking a concert series this summer and have figured out my light board(nsi 7532) and have coppys of all my manuals.my main hang up right now is color combinations. using a basic r p b a clear more spicificly roco 26 46 80 21 58 59.any help or refrense material i could look to would be...
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