mrdramatic
Member
Hello, I am new here but have been reading for quite some time. I have spent most of my life directing shows at various high schools with someone else taking over for other respective roles. However, at my current school (of which I am new at) I have no such people and am relying on help from other teachers, students, etc. The thing here is that we have very high quality set up regarding facility with a very nice lighting set up.
My problem is that I need to learn some ins and outs of our lighting so that we can put on some shows. At least enough to have a trusted student run them until we can get a proper lighting person. Now I have some experience in the technical side as I have done some scenic design and construction, along with rigging and some lighting. The lighting I have done in the past involved the dimmer packs being directly on the batten and connecting lights into them as needed and then setting the proper channels. Our system however involves dimmer racks where you soft patch what you need. This is the part that is new to me. I have been reading in the manual for our Insight 2 board and have learned some basic things and still have much more to learn. My current problem is that I figured out how to assign specific lights to specific sliders on the board, however I then lose that light elsewhere. For example, if I want slider 1 to turn on light 1 and I want slider 2 to turn on lights 1/2/3 together, how do I do this. If I do it the way I have learned thus far when I assign the lights on slider 2, I lose light 1 on slider 1.
I am sorry to sound like such a beginner to all this as I am sure this is the most simple of questions for you guys. That being said, if you guys could help me out it would be so appreciated.
Thanks!
My problem is that I need to learn some ins and outs of our lighting so that we can put on some shows. At least enough to have a trusted student run them until we can get a proper lighting person. Now I have some experience in the technical side as I have done some scenic design and construction, along with rigging and some lighting. The lighting I have done in the past involved the dimmer packs being directly on the batten and connecting lights into them as needed and then setting the proper channels. Our system however involves dimmer racks where you soft patch what you need. This is the part that is new to me. I have been reading in the manual for our Insight 2 board and have learned some basic things and still have much more to learn. My current problem is that I figured out how to assign specific lights to specific sliders on the board, however I then lose that light elsewhere. For example, if I want slider 1 to turn on light 1 and I want slider 2 to turn on lights 1/2/3 together, how do I do this. If I do it the way I have learned thus far when I assign the lights on slider 2, I lose light 1 on slider 1.
I am sorry to sound like such a beginner to all this as I am sure this is the most simple of questions for you guys. That being said, if you guys could help me out it would be so appreciated.
Thanks!