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| Forum: Lighting |
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| Topic: Odd Question |
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| Odd Question [message #382430] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 02:32 |
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is it possible to use the MAOnPC software to control the jands vista software (with s3 console) via either internal patching of some sort or via artnet?
i`m curious and want to try something
There's 168 hours in a week and I try to work all of them
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| | Topic: cheapest full speed DMX software |
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| Re: cheapest full speed DMX software [message #382439 is a reply to message #382407 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 05:54 |
 Tim Cahall
Messages: 5
Registered: November 2008 |
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I believe the website auto generates the e-mail. You may want to check your spam catcher.
The 120 is labeled "short packet". To increase the refresh rate, shortening the packet (rather than sending the entire 512 bytes), should give a substantial increase.
Tim.
Timothy K. Cahall
The Main Event, Inc.
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| | Topic: Base for Par Cans |
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| Re: Base for Par Cans [message #382440 is a reply to message #382247 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 06:10 |
Tim Cahall
Messages: 5
Registered: November 2008 |
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I second the plywood base with rubber feet. Cheap and effective.
I don't bother with the countersink and just use a standard nut (the feet keep the bolt head off the floor).
1 piece of plywood, 3/4" 8"x8"
4 rubber feet (with integral nail)
1 large bolt with nut
1 hole
Tim.
Timothy K. Cahall
The Main Event, Inc.
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| | Topic: Newbie building new lighting system |
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| Re: Newbie building new lighting system [message #382449 is a reply to message #380307 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 07:43 |
Tim Cahall
Messages: 5
Registered: November 2008 |
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LEDs are a great choice. However, you are not going to get many for the budget you have allotted. Also, you should give some serious consideration to what you are going to use for a console to drive all of this. To keep it cheap and simple, I would look at the Chauvet Obey line. They are a bit tedious to run moving lights, but for the rest, they are fine. Program a few chases and you are off to the races (pun intended).
Considering the size of the area you are trying to light (dance floor), I would probably go with more lights with less punch. You can get a PAR 38 for under $40 with plug, clamp and lamp. They can hold up to 300 watt lamps, but a 125 will probably do fine. Since the primary colors of light are red, green and blue. I would recommend you go with 12 or 16 lights in groups of 4. RGB and a white or light amber. This will allow you to mix any color you want. The hazer is a must. I would go with a hazer before LED lights. Finally, I would give serious consideration to on of the inexpensive "disco" lights. There are a wide variety of them that will run basic chases. You will not be able to control them with DMX, but you can get a relay shoe box that will turn them on and off from the console.
Tim.
P.S. good luck! Lighting can add a lot of value.
Timothy K. Cahall
The Main Event, Inc.
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| | Topic: Which console? |
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| | Topic: Haze and smoke alarms (or sprinkler systems) |
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| Re: Haze and smoke alarms (or sprinkler systems) [message #382513 is a reply to message #382042 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 12:53 |
Dave Potter
Messages: 239
Registered: April 2004
Location: North London |
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I got into work today and the Technical Director wasn't in, BUT our consultant was. This guy knows detectors inside out, he designs the chemical recipe for smoke (someone has to), also in his spare time, he works in a theater. As far as credentials go, that's as good as it gets.
The news isn't what I expected. Haze and effect smoke WILL set off a detector, especially the more commercial optical types. It seems that they work on deflected light, so it doesn't matter what particles deflect it.
Its so bad that his theater installed a kill switch for the detectors (which is ok if there are people in the building).
So in short, categorically, Bugger! 
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"When he wakes up, think of something cool. Tell him I said it" ( Buffy)
www.davethebass.com
www.myspace.com/theswatbanduk
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| | Topic: A guide to LED PARs? |
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| Re: A guide to LED PARs? [message #382518 is a reply to message #382259 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 13:05 |
Dave Potter
Messages: 239
Registered: April 2004
Location: North London |
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If only they quoted output and beam angle.
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"When he wakes up, think of something cool. Tell him I said it" ( Buffy)
www.davethebass.com
www.myspace.com/theswatbanduk
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| | Forum: Installed Sound/Contracting |
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| Topic: amplifier advice, stereo vs bridge mono |
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| Re: amplifier advice, stereo vs bridge mono [message #382545 is a reply to message #382105 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 14:22 |
Galen Elfert
Messages: 2
Registered: November 2008 |
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Thanks for the prompt replies. I'll check the cabinet models when I'm back tomorrow. They're JBL also. Big grey cabs with a trapezoidal footprint.
One of the amps has begun to emit loud, intermittent crackling noises (bad caps?), and rather than service them one by one as problems arise, my supervisor has decided to replace the lot. So yes, reliability problems.
The comment about bridge mono was on an amp manufacturers faq (I can't recall which one) and simply seemed to suggest that it was a less than ideal workaround for some situations.
Another question is what the optimum ratio of low to high available power should be. I was just reading "Danger: Low Power" (great article) which suggests that consumption is typically 10:1, but also that the amps, especially the high side, should be significantly overpowered to avoid going into distortion.
Thanks again. I'm so glad I found this site. I have a lot to learn.
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| Re: lenexpo [message #382555 is a reply to message #373999 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 14:52 |
Joseph Curran
Messages: 77
Registered: June 2004
Location: Dublin, Ireland |
Nothing Better To Do |
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BUMP
Been searching this forum, google, elsewhere, not much out there, any users?
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| | Forum: The Basement |
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| Topic: Spot the Toolbag! |
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| Re: Spot the Toolbag! [message #382455 is a reply to message #382397 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 08:56 |
Charlie Zureki
Messages: 1364
Registered: April 2008
Location: Detroit Area |
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| Scott Raymond (Scott R) wrote on Sun, 30 November 2008 22:37 |
On a side note we were just thinking about Boulder the other day when we watched a couple episodes of Mork and Mindy on friday. The Sci-fi channel was having a marathon. I'd forgotten how funny that show could be. (Robin ad-libbing all the way if I remember correctly)
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Hello,
For Robin Williams, it was the ad-libbing, the Alcohol and the Cocaine that put the "funny" in the Mork and Mindy Show. 
Cheers,.... I mean... rehab
Hammer
Be prepared, you'll need it!
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| | Topic: What I'm thankful for...... |
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| Re: What I'm thankful for...... [message #382474 is a reply to message #382406 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 10:33 |
 Dick Rees
Messages: 2509
Registered: September 2007
Location: St Paul, MN |
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Why do all my topics eventually ascend into discussions on accordion? I mean, there's so much more.....concertinas, harmonica, melodica......
YT
DR
Neo-Luddite, Rocket Surgeon
"Less is mo"
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| Re: What I'm thankful for...... [message #382488 is a reply to message #382474 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 11:31 |
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Lee Brenkman
Messages: 975
Registered: April 2004
Location: Oakland CA |
Has No Life |
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| Dick Rees wrote on Mon, 01 December 2008 08:33 |
Why do all my topics eventually ascend into discussions on accordion? I mean, there's so much more.....concertinas, harmonica, melodica......
YT
DR
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Not just discussion of accordions but downright hatin'.
The free reed instruments are much misunderstood and unfairly dissed IMNSHO.
Two of the best all around musicians I've ever worked with have played them
Scottish accordionist and composer Phil Cunningham.
And he leader of one of the BADDEST bands I've ever mixed. Astor Piazzolla.
The squeezebox in the picture is a bandoneon. Originally designed as an organ substitute for small German churches that couldn't afford organs, that in the hands of German sailors found it's way into the bordellos of Buenos Aires, becoming the central sound of the tango.
Remember kids, there's much more to music than rock, guitars and "killer" kick drum.
For that too, I am thankful!
[Updated on: Mon, 01 December 2008 11:32]
"if you can't hear Freddie Green, you're playing too loud"...Count Basie
"I'd like the monitors to sound like they've got chapped lips"...Tom Waits
"Grandescunt Aucta Labore"
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| | Topic: Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death |
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| Re: Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death [message #382466 is a reply to message #382392 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 09:48 |
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John Roberts {JR}
Messages: 7469
Registered: April 2004
Location: MS |
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| Bob Leonard wrote on Sun, 30 November 2008 22:05 |
This entire tragedy is the result of very poor crowd control. There is no excuse for the manager not calling in for police assistance once a crowd of that size had gathered. Additionally the crowd should have been moved back from the door long before the opening at the very least. I suspect Walmart will be handing out a lrge sum for this tragic mistake. However, I doubt they really care.
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Ah the clarity of hindsight. I believe the police were involved when the crowd got unruly in the middle of the night but there was little they were going to do with over a thousand people.
This same promotion was done in how many stores Friday? And every Friday after thanksgiving for how many years? There have been broken bones and minor injuries but how many deaths? If anything projections were for a weak shopping season this year.
Local legislators are thinking of passing a "no black friday sales" law. Yup that'll fix it.
From one report I read, "Sensing catastrophe, nervous employees formed a human chain inside the entrance to slow down the mass of shoppers." WTF.. A human chain cannot slow down a couple thousand people. Either it stops them or it doesn't. The criminal misjudgment IMO was putting life and limb at risk in the path of a couple thousand unruly shoppers, without some kind of visible force amplifier.
I suspect there will be policy changes made in reaction to this tragedy, and Walmart will probably get sued, whether they are at fault or not.
JR
https://www.resotune.com/
"A bus in a console is spelled with one 's', but you can buss your girlfriend while riding in a bus."
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| Re: Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death [message #382482 is a reply to message #382466 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 11:03 |
Charlie Zureki
Messages: 1364
Registered: April 2008
Location: Detroit Area |
Has No Life |
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| John Roberts {JR} wrote on Mon, 01 December 2008 09:48 |
I suspect there will be policy changes made in reaction to this tragedy, and Walmart will probably get sued, whether they are at fault or not.
JR
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Hello,
It is my opinion that Wal-mart IS to blame for this tragedy.
There has been a long history of people being trampled that have resulted in deaths from discount sales, tickets to events, general admission seating, and "free" give aways.
These events have happened not only in the US, but, everywhere in the world.
Decades ago, somewhere, someone came up with the idea of a "take a number dispenser" which helped maintain order for merchants. The cost would have more than paid for itself versus the pending lawsuits and the loss of the employee.
Wal-mart should be sued by anyone injured, and fined for the costs of the investigation. They generated the Sale hype, with no real plan for crowd control. Shame on Wal-mart!
Hammer
Be prepared, you'll need it!
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| Re: Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death [message #382487 is a reply to message #382078 ] |
Mon, 01 December 2008 11:29 |
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| Bennett Prescott wrote on Sat, 29 November 2008 13:02 |
The thing that frightens me most about Mumbai is that it only took (as far as I can tell) 8 guys with guns, whatever they could carry on their backs, and a few days of reconnaissance to hold Mumbai hostage for four days and kill 150+ innocent bystanders.
The two hotels with the largest number of casualties were held by two or three men each.
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Hi Bennett,
There were 7 venues for this event, 7 simultaneous targets, put "two or three men" in each of the hotels and that's 6 of your 8 accounted for, I doubt the remaining 2 could handle all the other attacks. I think we will find that 15 to 20 men carried these out, who knows how many more were involved with planning/preparation etc.
The venues:
Taj Hotel
Oberoi Hotel
Metro Cineplex
Cama Women & Childrens Hospital
Nariman House
Leopold Cafe
Chhatrapi Rail Terminus.
Respect & prayers for all those who suffered.
Ian
I can say with some certainty that this was an activity quite unknown in Iowa!
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