Scenemaster60
Well-Known Member
I am wondering at what point in history "Dimmer-per-circuit" began to appear?
I had always been under the impression that this paradigm shift occurred in the early 1980s and was greatly sped up by the introduction of modular dimmer racks such as the Strand CD80 and the Colortran D192.
This spring I am serving as the supervisor of lighting and sound for St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Their current theatre building underwent a major renovation in 1976-77 and included an Electro-Controls Dimmer-per-Circuit lighting system! There were a total of 223 2K dimmers installed, 155 to the main proscenium stage, 54 to the Black Box, and 14 assigned to houselights. The main stage included a 40-channel 3-scene preset control desk with a pin patch matrix to assign dimmers to channels.
I have pics of much of this equipment and am planning to scan the drawings. Is anyone interested in seeing this stuff posted over in the vintage threads?
I had always been under the impression that this paradigm shift occurred in the early 1980s and was greatly sped up by the introduction of modular dimmer racks such as the Strand CD80 and the Colortran D192.
This spring I am serving as the supervisor of lighting and sound for St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Their current theatre building underwent a major renovation in 1976-77 and included an Electro-Controls Dimmer-per-Circuit lighting system! There were a total of 223 2K dimmers installed, 155 to the main proscenium stage, 54 to the Black Box, and 14 assigned to houselights. The main stage included a 40-channel 3-scene preset control desk with a pin patch matrix to assign dimmers to channels.
I have pics of much of this equipment and am planning to scan the drawings. Is anyone interested in seeing this stuff posted over in the vintage threads?