Recent content by Walt Michael

So, what I'm hearing is that getting incandescent CYC fixtures and either the PAR or PARNel fixtures for a general stage wash and to replace the 2k's is the best bet? We have three 2k fixtures above stage and two mounted in our catwalk. So replacing 5 in total with about 10 PARs. We also plan on...

Play some upbeat music of the Hot 100 if it's for a teenage audience? Pay more attention to music that is mainly instrumental, since it will be hard to hear with all the background noise probably. Somethings like this for entrance music? Or something more upbeat. Just give Youtube a shot! See...

You say you're in high school... what kinds of shows are you running? School assemblies? Talk to the administrators/coordinators for the show. See what they want! If they don't say anything in particular, but do indeed want music, play music appropriate for the event. i find that sometimes a...

A quick Google of the software shows that one side would be 3-pin DMX and the other is a USB, no? Hence the name "USB to DMX adapter". If nothing seems to be working, maybe try a very basic software like " http://www.kmtronic.com/kmtronic-dmx-test-software.html ". That should make it easy to...

So, here's what it has come down to. We have a number of outdated lights, and after looking at all the things you wonderful fellows posted here, I think I've decided not to go with LED fixtures for a general stage wash! Here's what I found:General Wash:LED Wash: approx. $10,000 for fixtures...

This is our current supplier... http://www.jfrost.com/ ... Somewhat expensive, but they do a good job and are approved by the school board. They have a few different incandescent fixtures that I think we'll end up going with. Of the 36 channels we "use", we have about 4 that aren't currently...

I definitely agree with not going LED now... getting rid of the old, outdated fixtures and getting newer ones that have more inexpensive bulbs seems like a much better idea. We're not going through hundreds of dollars in bulbs per fixture per year, but it definitely adds up. The older fixtures...

I do live in Ontario actually! Did you see the new pics? I can take measurements in a little while if you like!

The photos are of the control booth (don't mind that it's a bit messy), the stage, and our current CYC (if you can call them that) scoop lights. Hopefully that gives you a better idea of what we're working with!

We have some old 2K Fresnel fixtures that use CYX Blubs. The bulbs are costing about $50/piece right now. Our S4's and Par cans aren't the ones that are out of date so much as the 2K's and a couple other old fixtures. I just had a chat with the staff sponsor in charge, and he says our budget...

Wow! What a quick response! You guys are awesome! The reason for getting some LED's is not so much for the effect, but rather the fact that we dont need to change bulbs as often. I run the school auditiroium, and we often rent it out to churches and other groups on weekends etc. We arent there...

Hello! I'm looking for some advice... we have an auditorium with very basic lighting (some old 2k's, a few source 4's and a bunch of PAR cans.). The system is somewhat out of date, and we just found out that we have about an $8000 budget for new lighting. We were thinking some sort of LED wash...