Hey everyone, I am lighting designer for my high schools theatre program, I have a few technical questions, as I am not extremely experianced.
We run a ETC 48/96 console with a ETC SR48 dimmer rack.
First question, we have 2 altman 1000q followspots, and I was curious if these could be used with the dimmers, and be programmed into cues to have perfect fades in/out. (Aware not much of a fade when power is cut). Also, for curiosity's sake - can these be dimmed? (I know this defeats the purpose, just curious). Also, could a huge gobo be placed in the gel frames (again not practical, just me being curious).
Next, what would be a affordable way to run moving lights, if we were to buy a few? I dont know if our board is compatible at all, or if we would require a whole new system. Thanks for any imput on this.Next, maintenece for the instruments - is this essential? I have found a few guides, and just dont know how frequently this is required. Is it important to clean reflectors/lenses frequently? We have s4's, a few strand SL's, and a abundance of Altman 36q's.Is it nessecary for fresnels/cyc baselights? We have no LED fixtures, by the way. Is it practical to use elipsoidels with breakup gobos as offstage trees? Is the angle going to match that of a fresnel, with a 16° lens? Thanks for all the support I expect will come, and thanks for the great community.
We run a ETC 48/96 console with a ETC SR48 dimmer rack.
First question, we have 2 altman 1000q followspots, and I was curious if these could be used with the dimmers, and be programmed into cues to have perfect fades in/out. (Aware not much of a fade when power is cut). Also, for curiosity's sake - can these be dimmed? (I know this defeats the purpose, just curious). Also, could a huge gobo be placed in the gel frames (again not practical, just me being curious).
Next, what would be a affordable way to run moving lights, if we were to buy a few? I dont know if our board is compatible at all, or if we would require a whole new system. Thanks for any imput on this.Next, maintenece for the instruments - is this essential? I have found a few guides, and just dont know how frequently this is required. Is it important to clean reflectors/lenses frequently? We have s4's, a few strand SL's, and a abundance of Altman 36q's.Is it nessecary for fresnels/cyc baselights? We have no LED fixtures, by the way. Is it practical to use elipsoidels with breakup gobos as offstage trees? Is the angle going to match that of a fresnel, with a 16° lens? Thanks for all the support I expect will come, and thanks for the great community.