Fountain Of Euph
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Hi all.
I just began a job at a university. I am the student lights and sound (and stage and recording and props and usher and ...) Technician with the School of Music's auditorium. We are just starting to revamp the outdated systems in the auditorium, starting with lights. We are using an ETC Express (with plans to update soon). The booth is a glassed in, and is a level above the balcony(3rd floor). The stage was extended, so now the apron is not visible from the booth. We have been running the board from a FOH like position on the main floor for operas and the like, but as we start to look to more lighting, this is starting to be less ideal, since we have to run 100+ feet of cable for it, its accessible to the public, and takes a long time to set up and strike. Ideally I would like to run the board out of the booth. However, this might be impractical. Here are some ideas I have come up with so far:
-run the board from FOH or the balcony with a wireless dmx setup
-get a cctv camera, mount it on the back wall, and place the monitor in the booth so that the entire stage is visible.
Any suggestions/ discussion would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
I just began a job at a university. I am the student lights and sound (and stage and recording and props and usher and ...) Technician with the School of Music's auditorium. We are just starting to revamp the outdated systems in the auditorium, starting with lights. We are using an ETC Express (with plans to update soon). The booth is a glassed in, and is a level above the balcony(3rd floor). The stage was extended, so now the apron is not visible from the booth. We have been running the board from a FOH like position on the main floor for operas and the like, but as we start to look to more lighting, this is starting to be less ideal, since we have to run 100+ feet of cable for it, its accessible to the public, and takes a long time to set up and strike. Ideally I would like to run the board out of the booth. However, this might be impractical. Here are some ideas I have come up with so far:
-run the board from FOH or the balcony with a wireless dmx setup
-get a cctv camera, mount it on the back wall, and place the monitor in the booth so that the entire stage is visible.
Any suggestions/ discussion would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!