blalew
Active Member
I'm working in a church that's a converted grocery store... stage is approx. 20' x 30' usable area. Hanging instruments on pipes/battens at 12' trim above stage deck, battens are hung from perlin/truss ceiling, about 3' more to roof (sprayed with black K13).
Current inventory is the following:
4 x Rosco/ET dimstrips (3phase 20A)
20 ETC S4 Zoom Jr - mostly crossed frontlight
8 ETC S4 PAR (575W) - mostly toplight
Started out with 1K NSI/Colortran 20/30/40 ERS and since swapping those out for S4 Zoom Jrs & adding some battens over the stage (and toplight with PARs) we have a lot better light & can 2fer instruments. But obviously don't have a lot to work with at this point.
We do a pretty simple white light setup for Sunday morning services and we also reconfig for a bi-yearly Christmas or Easter homegrown musical.
As far as electricity we do have an additional 3ph 20A circuit that we found in the breaker panel :^) and traced out.
So, I'd like to add some options for lighting the backline of the band - color, high sidelight, that kind of thing. I originally was thinking of going with LED PARs but to compete with our front light I figured we'd have to go with something like a COLORado 1 with wide lensing.
Then I realized for the price we could probably find used Mac 250 wash fixtures (with the wide lens?) that would consume more wattage (320W) but would be able to provide a nice top/high side light wash and would have enough output (I think). I'd like to be able to use them also to give some color to set mood (daylight vs. night) in the theatrical situations. I could fit 6 on the 208V of the 3 phase 20A circuit we have, then have 20A of 120V (for some portable dimmers I have) for backdrop lighting or something.
So I guess my question is does it make sense to get say 4 used MAC 250 wash fixtures to hang over the stage for top/high side light, and maybe a couple of MAC 250 Krypton or something to use as specials? That way I can use my conventionals as a front wash.
I have considered maybe rental first, but it seems a chunk of change wasted if I like this setup
I look forward to your comments/questions/criticisms
Current inventory is the following:
4 x Rosco/ET dimstrips (3phase 20A)
20 ETC S4 Zoom Jr - mostly crossed frontlight
8 ETC S4 PAR (575W) - mostly toplight
Started out with 1K NSI/Colortran 20/30/40 ERS and since swapping those out for S4 Zoom Jrs & adding some battens over the stage (and toplight with PARs) we have a lot better light & can 2fer instruments. But obviously don't have a lot to work with at this point.
We do a pretty simple white light setup for Sunday morning services and we also reconfig for a bi-yearly Christmas or Easter homegrown musical.
As far as electricity we do have an additional 3ph 20A circuit that we found in the breaker panel :^) and traced out.
So, I'd like to add some options for lighting the backline of the band - color, high sidelight, that kind of thing. I originally was thinking of going with LED PARs but to compete with our front light I figured we'd have to go with something like a COLORado 1 with wide lensing.
Then I realized for the price we could probably find used Mac 250 wash fixtures (with the wide lens?) that would consume more wattage (320W) but would be able to provide a nice top/high side light wash and would have enough output (I think). I'd like to be able to use them also to give some color to set mood (daylight vs. night) in the theatrical situations. I could fit 6 on the 208V of the 3 phase 20A circuit we have, then have 20A of 120V (for some portable dimmers I have) for backdrop lighting or something.
So I guess my question is does it make sense to get say 4 used MAC 250 wash fixtures to hang over the stage for top/high side light, and maybe a couple of MAC 250 Krypton or something to use as specials? That way I can use my conventionals as a front wash.
I have considered maybe rental first, but it seems a chunk of change wasted if I like this setup
I look forward to your comments/questions/criticisms