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Scenario....

a handful of kids go to a petting zoo, they pick up some furry animals, they're quite far downstage, budget around £100

Had a couple of thoughts on this is to find reasonably cheap lifelike animals... simple no?

Now they want some form of movement to come from the animals...I was thinking along the lines of ripping out some animatronics from existing kids toys and throwing them into the lifelike ones..

Anyone ever done anything like this before... Ideas thoughts... (Around a dozen animals that fit the bill that I can borrow?)

Kids and animals eh.....(doh..)

Thanks

Ben

]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:56:14 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42774 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42773 Announcement supplied by: Andrew Derrington
Software release: V1.3
Release date: 30/07/10

Link: http://www.aderrington.co.uk/Lighting/Lighting_Handbook.html

New Features:
• Increase in manufacturers to 31!!
• Over 500 fixtures/Consoles/Effects.
• A redesigned detail view.
• 2 New settings - Ability to automatically save manuals when viewed and ability to view power consumption in Amps.
• iOS4 multitasking support.
• Now after you've downloaded a manual, the detail page for that fixture will have a small green tick on the manual button, this means you've downoaded the manual and that it will load from the device and not from the internet again.
• Lighting Links within the general information section provide links to popular web-sites and forums as well as the blog for Lighting Handbook.
• Most consoles now also have a quick start guide.
• You can add your own manuals via iTunes.

General Information about Lighting Handbook:
Lighting Handbook is a tool for all theatre, corporate and event technicians.
It displays information on over 500 moving lights, Dimmers, Conventional fixtures & effects:

*Weight
*Power Consumption
*Data Connection types
*Light Output (According to manufactures manual)
*Colour wheels/Mixing
*Gobo Wheels
*How many DMX Channels and in what mode
*Beam Size
*Lamp type

Dimmer Info:

*Mains connectors
*Mains out?
*Data Connectors
*Dimmer connections
*Max Channel count
*Max Channel current
*Max current per phase
*Weight
*Dimensions
*Channel to phase info
*Any additional feature

If your device is connected to the internet, the manual is then available for viewing right within the app. You can now also store manuals for offline viewing.

One other feature is the Pinout diagrams for the most popular data and power connections:
*Socapex
*Lectriflex
*DMX (3 & 5 Pin)
*4 Pin - Scroller cable
*RJ-45 (Ethernet)
*DMX Terminators
*Avolites Download cable
*Martin DMX - RJ-45


More features will be available in the next version, as well as more manufacturers!

Current manufacturers are:
•Apollo Design Technology
•Avolite
•Chamsys
•Chauvet (Pro only currently)
•ChromaQ
•Chromlech
•Claypaky
•Coemar
•Elation
•ETC
•GLP
•GrandMa
•High End
•I-Pix
•Jands
•JB Lighting
•Jem
•Light Processor
•Look Solutions
•Martin
•PRG
•Pulsar
•Robe
•Robert Juliat
•Selecon
•SGM
•Strand
•Studio Due
•Thomas
•Vari Lite
•Zero 88

If you have a specific manufacturer or light you'd like including, please e-mail me and I'll try and include it in the next update.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:09:47 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42773 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42772
We will need four speakers (probably), but what are our options for speakers that are durable, so will take a kick from a soft football without the need for a guard? Budget is a funny thing, but I guess somewhere in the region £1,500 - £2,000 would be good, and if that could include the amp.

In terms of desk, I will keep an eye on the parallel thread for small mixers, as we currently run an A&HGl2800 for Sunday's so having another A&H product would be good.

We probably plan to house the amp in the same rack of the desk so that it can wheeled in and out without too much hassle.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:57:18 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42772 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42771 http://www.stagepartner.at/index.asp?pg_nr...28&lang=en) upon which we have Rap/Hip-Hop Band primarily but we do have rock bands and gospel choirs every now and then.

We own 20 LED Par 56's and use them to bolster the show. Not by lighting the stage because at the moment even 1K floods a struggling but we use them to add a little bit more interest.

We would like to expand what we've got; to increase the impact of the lights.

I've been looking at LED Batons/Strips and think that is the way I would like to go. However with so many thousands available and good sales pitches Im struggling to see the pros and cons of batons.

Basically my thought is that the stage roof is very high above the artists so anything I do on lights is only jst in peoples line of sight but to suspend the Batons vertically would draw people into the show. I know this could be distracting but I want to upgrade from chases across the cans on the roof to making a lighting show that enhances the act on stage.

Will this work? or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Also: Blinders/Sunstrips Do they need dimmers? or are they jst run off individual power lines? and which makes and models are better?

Thanks in Advance

D

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Dave[at]spartanaudio[dot]co[dot]uk]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:00:42 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42768 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42767
Cheers

Dave[at]spartanaudio[dot]co[dot]uk]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:58:37 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42767 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42766
I have 5 NJD spectres which I use live when I play in a band, which I control with an NJD S-pedal controller.

I would also like to control them from FOH position when doing PA gigs. I have a Jester 12/24 which I use when I bring out my PAR cans and dimmers but this is of course quite difficult to use with spectres.

Can anyone suggest a small DMX controller which has limited functionality similar to the foot pedal (a couple of scenes and colour chases, possibly with sound to light capability), which I could put next to my mixer which wouldn't look so out of place as my foot pedal board.

It would of course need to be fairly in-expensive,

Thanks,

Steve

]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:04:18 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42766 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42765
I have been hiring & using a Roland M400 or LS9 / M7 on a regular basis for live music jobs and have decided to make the great leap and invest in a digital desk with accompanying stage-boxes over cat5.

While I really like the simplicity of the M400, I preffer the M7, but have been looking at the likes of the Digico SD9 and Soundcraft vi series. Then there's the A&H I-Live.....

I am pretty certain that there are die-hard fans of each variety, but seriously, which would be the best to go for with long -- term adaptability. I am touring the rig in medium (350 - 800) sized venues and want the best possible platform.....Recomendations?

Cheers

]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:09:14 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42765 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42764
I need to carpet a band area (maybe 15m2) for a National Youth Theatre production next week. I'm after any old/unwanted/dirt cheap carpet to aquire/borrow if anyone has any lying around in their theatre basement. Catch is I need to pick it up Sunday at the latest and unfortunately... have little or no money to pay for it. The production will be in Shoreditch and I'm based in west london.

Can anyone help?

Olly]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:19:16 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42764 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42763 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:13:53 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42763 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42762
http://cpc.farnell.com/stageline/txs-10bel...belt/dp/MP33762

I had them in a catalogue the other week, but I think catalogue has now ended up in the bin!

Or if anyone has any other suggestions, would be great to know!
Thanks
Adam]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:31:07 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42762 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42761
As the title suggests, last weekend I puntered at the Warrior's Dance Festival in the Milton Keynes Bowl, with The Prodigy headlining and amongst others, Pendulum supporting. I was simply curious to the overall power consumption/distribution for the main stage as far as all things technical went.

I could see there was a large number of 8 cell moles rigged around the edges of the stage and nearby video truss, something like 48 in total. Add to that the large number of Atomic 3000 strobes all over the set, various moving heads rigged across the front stage bar, side pearches and on the set, along with a huge amount of LED kit.

Being at the MK Bowl, the PA was typically large, with (I think) two large arrays FOH with 4 delays towers, all with related subs low down. The subs I suspect would have been working particularly hard considering the type of music.

All in all, it seemed to be a large demand for power and I was interested if anyone happened to work the event or knew how it was supplied.

Cheers

WhiteAir]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:17:52 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42761 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42760 has anybody else noticed that the Malibu TV adverts with the radio station in them have an old Dolby lake processor on the left hand side of the studio.... It amused me so I thought I would mention it. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:12:49 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42760 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42759 Glo]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:09:20 +0100 http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?showtopic=42759