I work with a community theater group that uses Dove equipment, vintage 1993. The dimmer pack is a model DM1212SUG and the controller is model CMTS12. The system is obviously getting old and we're having small failures from time to time. I'm writing a grant request to an organization hoping they'll support our wish to upgrade to something newer and more reliable. We also need new lights; most of ours are of the same vintage or older.
Our stage is small so scene changes are modest and most of the time the lighting design is pretty simple. All our lights currently use Edison plugs from the back of the dimmer pack and it'd be easiest to leave that intact. Can anyone offer any suggestions for a new light board? I've been reading older threads along similar lines but quite honestly I can get confused by some of the terminology. Our lighting guy is a high school kid and he's also worked on newer more sophisticated systems with soft patching, etc. and I think he can handle any of the new stuff.
We're currently limited to 9600 watts input (240VAC X 40A) but I'm also trying to get that upgraded to 60A.
Any/all ideas or comments appreciated!
thanks,
Our stage is small so scene changes are modest and most of the time the lighting design is pretty simple. All our lights currently use Edison plugs from the back of the dimmer pack and it'd be easiest to leave that intact. Can anyone offer any suggestions for a new light board? I've been reading older threads along similar lines but quite honestly I can get confused by some of the terminology. Our lighting guy is a high school kid and he's also worked on newer more sophisticated systems with soft patching, etc. and I think he can handle any of the new stuff.
We're currently limited to 9600 watts input (240VAC X 40A) but I'm also trying to get that upgraded to 60A.
Any/all ideas or comments appreciated!
thanks,