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Hey Everyone! I’ve been making these very tactile, remote Go Buttons for Eos consoles and thought I’d share them here. So far I’ve gotten a lot of good feedback from colleagues. If anyone is interested, I’ve made a bunch and put them up for sale. Bettergobutton.com

Hello AllI often hear stories of 'you can't use that chain hoist with that control unit or it will fry it' but no-one I've ever asked for clarity can explain why.I'm hoping to gain a better understanding of chain hoists and the differences between Direct Control (DC) and Remote Control (RC)...

Hello all, I'm new to Control Booth but I'm seeking advice on fairy lights. I've looked through some other threads for an answer to my question but I'm still a little fuzzy on it. I want to use fairy lights as fireflys for a show but I'm trying to figure out if I can just put several strands...

The fixture library on my console doesn't play nicely with my ETC D60s, or with the ColorSource Cyc fixtures I'm demo'ing this week. I specifically have issues with matching gel colors using the console's UI. I typically get around this by punching my desired color into the ETC Photometrics App...

Hello,There is this huge yearly event coming up at our school and I am the technical director for this event. There are some pretty big performances and poets coming for this and I'd like to be able to use some of the theater's fixtures to light up these performances.I will be purchasing...

This is probably a terrible ideas but I want to know. Is it possible to send a 3pin dmx signal down a dimming circuit that is not connected to a dimmer? Would there be too much interference from other live circuits?

I was wondering if there was any dmx control software for older computers, I was hoping to get something working on an iMac G4, but the older the computer the better.

I am brand new to lighting design, and humbly beg forgiveness for my ignorance:Using a number of Philips Hue smart bulbs (wifi/zigbee), and hoping to get as much functionality/responsiveness out of them as possible. Is there an app or program more theatrically inclined than iConnectHue...

Hello,I was looking at the lighting situation in a dining hall in MIT's student center and they built in some stage pin and dimmer boxes around the room, likely when they first built the building. I don't recognize the connections for the dimmer and was wondering if anyone here could identify...

I’m designing the lighting for a tour of a one-man show. To explain it bluntly would be to call it a glorified Powerpoint presentation—elements include a rear projection screen, a lectern and a table with some props, all set against black. The show is going to travel with a laptop running QLab...

So a small performance space retro fit in one of our college buildings was installed with the Lehigh SlimDims. But any sort of control was either budgeted out or just forgotten about. The SlimDim's are equipped with Wireless Receivers for wireless DMX but i'm having a difficult time tracking...

Hi everyone,Working on a production of Footloose and we want to have a conveyor belt system spanning 40' across our stage to move actors and small set pieces onstage/offstage, and across the stage. I have never built/worked a conveyor belt into a stage deck before, any help would be great! We...

I am breaking into controlling much larger rigs. Also looking to expand into much larger venues. When you go into a large stadium and do semi-perm installs with lights rigged all around and lights on the ground, what is the preferred way to control all of the lights? I am somewhat familiar with...

Hi all, I am renting 4 B-Eye K20s for a show coming up soon, and I want to use them in shapes mode to get the full functionality out of them, but conserve DMX channels. Are there any tricks or tips anyone has to getting these to run in Vista? Also, are there any visualizer software out there...

Hello, guys our school just recieved a Panasonic PT_ EZ770Z U Projector with a huge snap on screen by DA- Lite products. We want to knw what softwares are out their to create a similar video effects to Beyonce Video shown below?

So I am looking into a nomad setup for a mix use space in University Student Union Building(Ballrooms, Live shows, etc...). None of my students are particularly tech students so I was looking at getting a setup with nomad involving a touch screen and some magic sheets so they could quickly build...

Hey everybody, so we've been experiencing this problem for years now, we're finally looking at solving it. We have a Electronics Diversified mark vii dimmer rack which also includes our house lights, they use the same dimmers as our other lights. However there is a special input for house light...

Hello everyone, I've used this board in the past and appreciate all the good expertise here. I've posted in the past, but for some reason my account isn't being recognized at all, so I had to start a new one. Apologies for that. I'm working with a venue who are having what is a fairly common...

Hey CB, I have been a member for a while, mostly reading and sharing the community with others. Anyway, I have been working on a brand new concept is lighting control for the past couple of years and when it came to debuting it, I thought of only one place, The Booth.LightRift just launched...

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