Hello ControlBooth,
You guys helped me make a great decision in the past and now that I am satisfied with moving heads. I am now looking for something to wash the stage because moving heads alone are too dark.
Background: We are a band that plays in small (bars/clubs) to medium sized (basketball courts) sized venues and parties. I have researched into wash lights and have decided to go with RGBA LED wash bars. But I am having paralysis as to which ones to get and which ones are worth to pay more for that just simple Chauvet colorstrips.
I have a couple of questions that will predetermine what fixtures i want to concentrate on and not have a list of all the available bars on the market. so....
1. What is the difference between a LED bar with multiple LED's than one with tri LED's. Does one offer more area coverage than the other? Is there an advantage to having a few more powerful LED's than multiple low powered ones? would they look really different on stage? Any other input is welcome as well.
2. There seems to be a lot of battery powered and wireless fixtures coming out. What is your input on these fixtures from ADJ and chauvet? Has anyone had experience with freedom products from chauvet or the GO products from american DJ? Do batteries really last the hours they claim? Do wireless DMX controls experience a lot of glitches? Please comment as much as possible as this is a very important requirement I am still indecisive on.
3. Moving bars. I stumbled upon moving bars such as the Chauvet Colorband Pix-M and the american DJ sweeper beam. I am leaning towards these mostly because I just love the fact that they are moving bars, and the effects can be more impressive on stage. I know they are different fixtures (one being a wash and one being a beam) but my ideal set up would be 4 sweeper beams and 4 colorbands. This is more of a monetary question. Are these worth getting? anyone had an experience with them and regret getting them? I may not be able to afford the ADJ color sweepers now (they are about ~$500. That seems a very high price considering that their white sweeper beams are ~$350.) BUt i am definitely considering the Colorband Pix M's.
Any input is appreciated. What bar fixtures would you recomend? go wireless or not? get a moving bars or not? Really open to discussion and suggestions. Budget is around ~$350 per bar. Maybe 400 if I really see the advantage of having fixtures. But of course the less for a great quality product, the better. I am using MYDMX 2.0 just in case that comes into play.
You guys helped me make a great decision in the past and now that I am satisfied with moving heads. I am now looking for something to wash the stage because moving heads alone are too dark.
Background: We are a band that plays in small (bars/clubs) to medium sized (basketball courts) sized venues and parties. I have researched into wash lights and have decided to go with RGBA LED wash bars. But I am having paralysis as to which ones to get and which ones are worth to pay more for that just simple Chauvet colorstrips.
I have a couple of questions that will predetermine what fixtures i want to concentrate on and not have a list of all the available bars on the market. so....
1. What is the difference between a LED bar with multiple LED's than one with tri LED's. Does one offer more area coverage than the other? Is there an advantage to having a few more powerful LED's than multiple low powered ones? would they look really different on stage? Any other input is welcome as well.
2. There seems to be a lot of battery powered and wireless fixtures coming out. What is your input on these fixtures from ADJ and chauvet? Has anyone had experience with freedom products from chauvet or the GO products from american DJ? Do batteries really last the hours they claim? Do wireless DMX controls experience a lot of glitches? Please comment as much as possible as this is a very important requirement I am still indecisive on.
3. Moving bars. I stumbled upon moving bars such as the Chauvet Colorband Pix-M and the american DJ sweeper beam. I am leaning towards these mostly because I just love the fact that they are moving bars, and the effects can be more impressive on stage. I know they are different fixtures (one being a wash and one being a beam) but my ideal set up would be 4 sweeper beams and 4 colorbands. This is more of a monetary question. Are these worth getting? anyone had an experience with them and regret getting them? I may not be able to afford the ADJ color sweepers now (they are about ~$500. That seems a very high price considering that their white sweeper beams are ~$350.) BUt i am definitely considering the Colorband Pix M's.
Any input is appreciated. What bar fixtures would you recomend? go wireless or not? get a moving bars or not? Really open to discussion and suggestions. Budget is around ~$350 per bar. Maybe 400 if I really see the advantage of having fixtures. But of course the less for a great quality product, the better. I am using MYDMX 2.0 just in case that comes into play.