Hey guys, I am designing lights for my high schools production of The Laramie Project.
With designing I am fine, I know what looks I want and everything. Mostly my questions revolve around the technical part of the lighting. I have a solid knowledge of conventional fixtures, but with automation (which I will be dabbling into) I am clueless.
Here is the system we are currently running:
Dimming: Two EDI EX Racks, one full to capacity with 2.4kW dimmers another with about half capacity.
Dimmer Spread
1-30 Catwalks
31-80 Electrics
81-118 Floor Pockets
119-148 House Lights
Control:
EDI Bijou 512
Fixtures:
11 ETC Source Four
3 Altman 360Q
6 Par 64
1 Par 16
3 3” Fresnel
8 6” Fresnel
2 8” Fresnel
12 14” Scoops
That is basically our rig, but now I plan on renting the following from Atmosphere Lighting Inc out of Bethesda, Maryland …
2 Mac 2000 Profiles
24 ETC Source Fours
1 DF-50 Hazer
So now I have a bunch of questions about the Mac 2ks and the DF-50, I have never worked with automation before so sorry if I am totally off with these…
How would I wire the Mac2ks and the DF-50 with DMX to the board? Daisy Chain them then plug them directly into the second universe?
How do I run two universes at the same time with the conventionals in one universe and the automated in another?
Do I plug the Mac2ks and the DF-50 into the rig through the dimmers for a power source? If not where do I plug them in for a power source?
When I program the show along with the automation how do I make the lights move in one cue? Individual use of their channels or does it involve the macros? (I have no clue what a macro is, so that might also be good to know!)
How do I work with the firmware on the Mac2ks, do I need to work on the fixture every time I need to run the show? (They would be in an inconvenient spot to get up to them often)
Thanks!
-Andrew
With designing I am fine, I know what looks I want and everything. Mostly my questions revolve around the technical part of the lighting. I have a solid knowledge of conventional fixtures, but with automation (which I will be dabbling into) I am clueless.
Here is the system we are currently running:
Dimming: Two EDI EX Racks, one full to capacity with 2.4kW dimmers another with about half capacity.
Dimmer Spread
1-30 Catwalks
31-80 Electrics
81-118 Floor Pockets
119-148 House Lights
Control:
EDI Bijou 512
Fixtures:
11 ETC Source Four
3 Altman 360Q
6 Par 64
1 Par 16
3 3” Fresnel
8 6” Fresnel
2 8” Fresnel
12 14” Scoops
That is basically our rig, but now I plan on renting the following from Atmosphere Lighting Inc out of Bethesda, Maryland …
2 Mac 2000 Profiles
24 ETC Source Fours
1 DF-50 Hazer
So now I have a bunch of questions about the Mac 2ks and the DF-50, I have never worked with automation before so sorry if I am totally off with these…
How would I wire the Mac2ks and the DF-50 with DMX to the board? Daisy Chain them then plug them directly into the second universe?
How do I run two universes at the same time with the conventionals in one universe and the automated in another?
Do I plug the Mac2ks and the DF-50 into the rig through the dimmers for a power source? If not where do I plug them in for a power source?
When I program the show along with the automation how do I make the lights move in one cue? Individual use of their channels or does it involve the macros? (I have no clue what a macro is, so that might also be good to know!)
How do I work with the firmware on the Mac2ks, do I need to work on the fixture every time I need to run the show? (They would be in an inconvenient spot to get up to them often)
Thanks!
-Andrew