We have a large, unlit apron. About 18' of area downstage of the proscenium that has no side or top light. Scary, right? To accommodate, I'm looking into adding a rigging position above that area. It may be a conventional electric with a connector strip suspended from a winch, or it may be box truss suspended from chain hoists.
What I'm trying to establish is all of the infrastructure I want it to have. So far, we have plans for (48) 20A circuits, DMX, probably (3) bundles of CAT5E for general use, and then there's audio. The idea is that groups may come through our roadhouse wanting to fly line arrays. If they were going to do that, this would be where they would suspend them from. Ideally, we'd like to cut down on the number of cables dropped from the hang position to the floor, power, data, or otherwise, by already having an established infrastructure for whatever may be needed.
I've guesstimated 4 channels, with NL4 inputs on stage right, which then are fed up to the hang position via conduit to NL4 outputs on either side of the truss or connector strip. So when groups come in, they connect their amp rack to our patch panel, which takes the signals to the rigging position, and has patch cables that complete the connection from the output panels to the speakers.
For those of you who tour with line arrays, would you ever use that or some variation thereof? What might you find useful?
What I'm trying to establish is all of the infrastructure I want it to have. So far, we have plans for (48) 20A circuits, DMX, probably (3) bundles of CAT5E for general use, and then there's audio. The idea is that groups may come through our roadhouse wanting to fly line arrays. If they were going to do that, this would be where they would suspend them from. Ideally, we'd like to cut down on the number of cables dropped from the hang position to the floor, power, data, or otherwise, by already having an established infrastructure for whatever may be needed.
I've guesstimated 4 channels, with NL4 inputs on stage right, which then are fed up to the hang position via conduit to NL4 outputs on either side of the truss or connector strip. So when groups come in, they connect their amp rack to our patch panel, which takes the signals to the rigging position, and has patch cables that complete the connection from the output panels to the speakers.
For those of you who tour with line arrays, would you ever use that or some variation thereof? What might you find useful?