Recent content by zackw250

Careful BNBSound.... the audio quality/mix/audio engineers at my church blows most church's, and mid-size venues out of the water. But I know the stigma your talking about.... Just because you know how to unmute a channel and turn it up doesn't mean you got anything.

Be careful what you recommend! The Hog3 software is quite different then what you used in the Hog500, or even Hog2. The transition from Hog2 to Hog3 isn't too bad, but from 500 to Hog3 is alittle more of a transition. In the end I would agree with you. HogPC is definetly the standard for...

Yeah, top light would probably work for the people in the room, but it doesn't look great on video. The camera sees the bleed of the top light onto the forehead, chest, legs, hands, et - and video quality is a priority.

The S4 would cause the same problem. It's not an issue of "I have light bleeding where I don't want it", but more of an issue of our stage thrust goes out INTO the audience, so to make sure I have adaquet hair light when the person is standing on the thrust, the 20 seats around and infront of...

I think the last poster is correct, some footlights should help with shadows. However, there is a big difference in light from an Ellipsoidal then a fresnel. The fresnel shadows will still be there, but not so intense usually (in my experience); which makes them easier to correct. If you have...

I have this problem in my theatre. We have no fly system, and our lighting grid is only 16' above the stage. Any back lighting positions focused on the prescinium of the stage leak into the first couple rows. The rest of the auditorium can see the source of the light, so I always use barn doors...

Ship (or anyone else) I have several Altman 65Q 6" fresnels on hand, and I have always used a BTN 750W/120V lamp for this fixture. But I know that I can also use a BTP (750W), BTM (500W), or BTL (500W)type lamp. What is the difference between these 4 lamps, which one is best, and what would you...

Have any of you use this fixture before? Where you satisfied? How intense were the strobes? I'm doing a huge rock concert (12 bands, 3 stages) and am looking for that super intense, physidelic strobe look. What about the color scrollers?

Gaff- Yes, I was one of the Hog guys there. Red coat, middle of the room. I also was more interested in the LED fixture then I was with the CONGO demo. I have a HogII and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Yeah, the fixture's light ouput was not only "less then expected", but was almost...

gafftape - Did you demo at McCaw Hall w/ Peter? If so, we were in the same room. That kinda sounds creepy.

Almost any newer high end controller has touchscreens. Hog family, new ETC Congo, GrandMA, JANDS Vista, the list goes on. You gotta get at least a brand name.

I've seen this in a church install once. The church's stage was in the round. They used a pretty complex system of 8 spots. The motion sometimes tended to be gittery, and sometimes fails. But the system does exsist. The name escapes me. You could do some google research.

we don't have a "air handling room". Our theatre's HVAC unit is on the roof, and is the size of a semi truck. But that would be a good idea... Is that what they do at the award shoes? If yo uwatch the audience shots, there are usually beams in the entire stadium.. even... never see any...

its easy to make a good mic sound even better with compresssion & EQ, but it's hard to make a crappy mic sound great with compression and EQ. The food chain starts with your mic. A quality mic is the first step in getting good sound into your board.

For our christmas Eve production, we're doing a drama. Basically this guy gets locked inside a hope chest, and has a commentary with himself. I want to do all the talking pre-recorded. Do you know of any techniques to get the "in a box" sound, or maybe an effect on the Yamaha SPX2000 that we...