Hi everyone,
I'm LDing a show right now and I have a little bit of a budget to work with for lighting. So I was thinking about using some moving heads. (and i can get a pretty good price on them) The thing is, according to the user manual, they are 55 pounds each (I was thinking about using 2) So I don't know if I'll be able to put up another 110 pounds of weight onto our electrical. Its a deadhung pipe, so I have no way of counterbalancing the extra weight. I don't want to loose all of my front light to the movers, but I do want to be able to add to the show by using them.
Basically, does anyone have any suggestions on a way to mount the moving lights on an approximately 65 degree angle so that I will still be able to have the same effect. - OR - I would be willing to put some of my conventionals into the back of the house on a truss, but I would need dimming capabilities back there. Does anyone have a way to plug a stage pin connector into a portable (cheap) dimmer that would convert it into a dmx signal?
Thanks everyone for your help!
I'm LDing a show right now and I have a little bit of a budget to work with for lighting. So I was thinking about using some moving heads. (and i can get a pretty good price on them) The thing is, according to the user manual, they are 55 pounds each (I was thinking about using 2) So I don't know if I'll be able to put up another 110 pounds of weight onto our electrical. Its a deadhung pipe, so I have no way of counterbalancing the extra weight. I don't want to loose all of my front light to the movers, but I do want to be able to add to the show by using them.
Basically, does anyone have any suggestions on a way to mount the moving lights on an approximately 65 degree angle so that I will still be able to have the same effect. - OR - I would be willing to put some of my conventionals into the back of the house on a truss, but I would need dimming capabilities back there. Does anyone have a way to plug a stage pin connector into a portable (cheap) dimmer that would convert it into a dmx signal?
Thanks everyone for your help!