I was going to say have you ever looked at a dichroic color changer. They are not noisy like a color scroller and you NEVER have to replace a gel string again due to it using glass. The price isnt a whole lot more than a regular scroller but it pays off for it's self in maintenance/expendable savings. They sea changer is one that comes to mind. I jumped on the color changer wagon when Highend came out with their color merge.
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Glad this thread was brought back to life, as the economic situation has caused budget restrictions within most theaters and schools. Having stated that, Apollo is currently having a record year regarding sales of Smart Color PROs and MXR color mixing scrollers. Cost matters greatly, but reliability is a determining factor when considering how best to spend the hard-earned grant and fund-raiser money.
This has been a good thread to follow, and I appreciate all those who have posted!
This has been a good thread to follow, and I appreciate all those who have posted!
I read but didn't post in the thread originally. The OP wanted to add scrollers to fresnels to make his wash more efficient. Then it turned into a PAR vs fresnel discussion. While both will do the job, and I perfer fresnels for this, it is a moot point. A person has the instruments he has and if it is doing the job with a single cut of gel, then a scroller will make no difference. Now if he had asked, I want to add scrollers what instrument would you use for the wash, then great. In my theatre I use fresnels for my wash. On my multi purpose stage I was ETC PARS. The reason for the difference is that is what exists with no money to change. Both do the job but I would probably change to fresnels if I could.
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