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David Ripley

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  1. Honoured to be awarded this for The Counterweight Caddy, developed through the ABTT VIP programme and now being tooled up for production and launch at The ABTT Theatre Show by Triple E News story here. About The Counterweight Caddy here And a piccy of the Award below David
  2. Here's a Steeldeck I did yonks ago and is featured in my tome I've printed out and it does work, but that depends on the type of printer for the wavy bits 3D Steeldeck.stl 9-46.tif
  3. We trued to use a bunch recently, all falling apart and couldn't get them to pass PAT. The earth, so I am told, was like a piece of thread, so no good But agreed, the best things to do water with, one of my first designs was Way Upstream with no actual water, but a lot of ripple tanks secreted around the stage, Sils with DHA Effects Wheels above and a beautiful 'prop' cabin cruiser onstage with 2 SM's inside shoving around, an invertor and a Mini2 running the onboard lights. Ah, lighting in the 90's David
  4. Hi Tim I suppose that is why those domestic floods you can get have loads of LEDs on their face. I'm guessing that is what will replace any linear lamps over time, for Net Zero reasons and that will drive manufacturers out of the market. I would assume that R7s for theatrical use are probably a tiny fraction of the overall market, so unlikely to be manufactured in small amounts as time goes on. David
  5. Transferred over from another topic... It looks like we have to face the Death of Tungsten, as the manufacturer's gradually drop out of the market in the next few years What can we do to mitigate the effect of this whilst still running shows and how do we upgrade our systems to LED Units, when the last bubble blows? My colleague Nick Moran is steering a joint Royal Central/ALPD project, Surviving The Death of Tungsten, to raise awareness amongst smaller venues that the end is nigh for TH, not to be too dramatic. It is also about training in the use of them, both practically and artistically through building local networks that can support each other. If you want to get involved in this initiative contact Nick at nick.moran@cssd.ac.uk and put SDOT in the subject David THE DEATH OF TUNGSTEN leaflet for approval to print.pdf ABTT Presentation 2023 V2.pptx
  6. As with all things LED, I would say that the R7 LED lamps are currently not very good. I remember seeing a demo at the National 7 or 8 years ago where ETC were showing the LED engines that finally had a reasonable dimmer curve and colour. The EU EcoDesign regs have been the driver behind the switch over to LED from a regulatory point of view and why the manufacturers have left the field. The bubbles we need are difficult to manufacture, so a hassle for them, particularly with a dwindling market The SDOT campaign is trying to address the very fact that village halls etc generally are unaware of these things that will affect them, so we are trying to raise that awareness. Also if networks are created, those that can change can cascade their old stuff to those that are still waiting. In Norway there is a Government scheme to help with this, so I think we do need a campaign of some sort to get to our lot to make them aware of how this will affect communities across the country. It also speaks very well to Net Zero
  7. Fair point Tim but part of my post is awareness raising as we are concerned about the smaller semi or non professional venues that may not have the awareness most of us do about the future of their lighting kit Even R7s are under notice! David
  8. The main thing that will dictate moving over to LED will be the lack of replacement 'conventional' bubbles Tungsram went under last year and were really the only remaining manufacturer making T class lamps, even if Osram say they are continuing. Large companies have already bought up any remaining lamps they can, to give them time and we at Central are looking at a multi year refurbishment of our spaces to switch over to LED Production lighting entirely. It's also worth considering the control side, as Robin D said, 'never power them from dimmers', but that means you need some other form of hard power distribution, and more importantly an infrastructure to get data to each lantern. It also means that a lot of the simple desks in Village halls, schools and so on will need to be replaced as LED Fixtures are more than one channel per unit Nick Moran is steering a joint Royal Central/ALPD project, Surviving The Death of Tungsten, to raise awareness amongst smaller venues that the end is nigh for TH, not to be too dramatic. It is also about training in the use of them, both practically and artistically through building local networks that can support each other. If you want to get involved in this initiative contact Nick at nick.moran@cssd.ac.uk and put SDOT in the subject David ABTT Presentation 2023 V2.pptx THE DEATH OF TUNGSTEN leaflet for approval to print.pdf
  9. Magic Lantern, which is mentioned on that page, was a great idea, just 40 years too early Slightly post Magic Lantern, Tim Burnham was selling Arri desks, which were actually rebadged ETC ones, I think. They had a sort of rubber caterpillar track rather than a wheel He demoed it to us at the Hexagon Reading in 87ish but we went with a Strand Galaxy II with beautiful bespoke timber installation to replace the Compact 120 Of course as soon as we got it, Galaxy III appeared!
  10. I think we still have a 2050 at Central but I'm probably the only one of the vintage who can use/fix it. It does get used occasionally as an experimental bit of kit. Ah, the days of mounds of these Carousels on a show taking all day and night to programme because the client wanted a countdown to the Conference starting or just wanted to swap slide order That and a projectionist in just their pants stuck in a box with a 16mm projector to keep the noise down on a IEEE tour (R.Pilbrow lighting designer) The good old days??
  11. As you say they refer to it, then it is heard by the cast and therefore 'Interpolated music' for which you need to get the specific rights, usually As above, go back to whoever you licensed it from and see if they know what people usually do, otherwise it's approaching the Mouse who have little or no interest in the scale of your production, so may not get back to you. However just because they ignore you doesn't mean they won't pursue you until the Nth generation if you do use anything without their specific permission Changing the script is usually not possible for Amateur productions, you have licensed the play 'as is' so you would need to go back to the rights holders and ask them, so your questions to them might be 1 What do people usually do for this? 2 What can I do if Disney say no, assuming I need to ask?
  12. To note they are also made from recycled plastic, so big tick for sustainability and made in the UK David
  13. Omega Pro do 'weatherised' versions https://omegaproaudio.co.uk/by-type/weatherised/ David
  14. So the last chancellor (KK) decided that the onus for proving you are self employed would move back from the employer to the contractor. Many articles decried that as a tax evaders charter that would cost at least £2billion in lost revenue. I engage around 150+ freelancers a year, so have to do a CEST for each one, but frankly as many of them are 'creatives' I thought it would be easier for me to continue doing that as I would spend as much time explaining what and how they would have to do them, it would be less time consuming for me. This is what happened when we first started needing proof of PLI, although that seems to rarely be a problem Anyway this week's Chancellor (J Hunt) has just scrapped that, along with what was left of Trussonomics, so as you were everyone. CEST David
  15. Roger is the Technical Director of The South Bank Centre and has been for 10 years or more
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