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  1. It looks like you've got some Strand SLs there and maybe Selecon Acclaim profiles? They should do you for a bit - you could do much worse (and you'll need a decent budget to replace with comparable LED) if my image zooming-in sleuthing is not too wide of the mark! Give 'em a clean - I bet they'll serve you well for quite few more years. Looks like you've got a half-decent internally wired bar front of house. But I wouldn't be hanging a MAC mover from it though! (Not sure I'd be hanging a MAC mover anywhere these days though!).
  2. You could run your LEDs as fixtures from the Fat Frog quite happily, at least in the short term. The fixture section on the Fat Frog isn't just for movers, it's perfectly usable for "colour only" LED fixtures and you get the colour palettes screen to use. (If the fixture definition is not in the latest library (unlikely) then you can write your own with the Fixture Tools or get Edward at Zero88 to put one together for you). Many venues including my own have mixed dimmer/tungsten and LED rigs, it's quite normal as we go through the transition. It will probably be over the next 10 years that the funds are incrementally available to move our venue over to full LED - and that will be driven by the loss of availability of T18/T25 lamps rather than problems with the equipment. The Zero88 Betapacks and Strand Quartets we have work just as well today as they did when installed in 1995 - just a little annual maintenance and cleaning required. In fact the LED fixtures we do have are arguably scrap already due to LED element failure - and they are less than 10 years old. Your space looks quite nice - and inspirational! I don't think you need to rush it too quickly into the 21st Century... ("More art, less tools")
  3. Back here again... I'm looking for an omni headset mic (for Sennheiser, so 3.5mm jack) for an actor of colour. All I can find today are beige. I can't find any in brown on eBay/CPC/Thomann. Ideally £50 or less per piece. I only need a couple for now, but having note of a reliable supplier of such would be good. @cedd You mention a similar need above, have you found a new supplier? Thanks all...
  4. kgallen

    X32 Problem

    There are a lot of X32 variants in service. Does anyone have more specific details of the PSU components that are known particularly weak in the design such that the "technically competent" amongst us can address our own X32s? I have X32 schematics but I don't believe this includes the PSU[*] which is a canned Meanwell-type caged SMPSU. Indeed is there an off-the-shelf Meanwell that is a drop-in replacement? If not, are there schematics or user-written docs about for the PSU, or at least refdes's for the caps/MOVs that we need to keep an eye on or could replace for a branded part - assuming those used at manufacture are "Wan-Hung-Lo" brand. Thanks in advance! [*] Edit, I was wrong, p69-70 of the schematics are the PSU.
  5. We are struggling for a couple of the parts required now - switches and button caps are now hard to come by which can mean the front panel has to be hacked. Have a good look through that project thread - you probably want to be around page 13 or so, after the development phase, when lots of us are listing components and finding sources. My own build starts around page 17 (I built 4 beltpacks plus power supplies). I would expect your existing packs to be salvagable - 20 years is nothing in this game (I've got equipment far older still in tip-top working condition).
  6. Loads of folk are going to come in on this one and help you out 🙂 I'll kick things off... Call lamps - replace with LEDs (many of us have). This has come up a few times on BR. This is one thread but maybe not the best: Connectors - I suspect these are replacable with Neutrik connectors with a bit of soldering (I'm assuming they are the usual XLR3 and XLR4 and most likely "horizontal PCB" mount). Cases. If they really are bad then that's a tricky one. Maybe you can find some replacement bumper surrounds for the ends. I can't find a link just now, but worth searching BR for the BlueCom project. Compatability - I think these Metro Audio packs will be compatible with the de-facto standard - Tecpro, Canford, ClearCom plus the BR's BlueCom which many of us have built...
  7. Update Jan 2024: this is now the link: https://www.ranecommercial.com/legacy/library.html
  8. Concur! These are the "older" LEDJ I have had for years. I use the 7Q5 a lot and they have indeed been reliable.
  9. Depends what beam angle you want. I've had Showtec Power Spot 9Q5 for a fair few years and they have been good (for what they are) and are still widely available so presumably they've been a good seller and reliable in the general wilderness. I've got older LEDJ stuff which is also reliable but not had such a good experience with "newer" LEDJ stuff. As Tom says, Thomann is going to be your best friend with the 3 year warranty... https://www.thomann.de/gb/showtec_power_spot_9_q5.htm https://www.stage-electrics.co.uk/View/21935/showtec-42575-power-spot-9-q5-rgbwa-led-DMX-25deg
  10. (I pinged support@zero88.com with this thread just in case @Edward- Z88 has any additional ideas for how to do some debug of this from the FLX side). Too late, he's just replied above!
  11. Replied to your post on Reddit, but BR is my "usual space" so I'll copy my response here too now I've seen your post: I’m in the UK and use Sennheiser EW300G2 in 830-832 (with a license), get 4 channels and have good results in a local hall with audiences up to about 120. I’m using the standard antenna (not paddles) but the receivers are quite close to the stage (as well as the audience!). Actors have beltpacks. BUT I’m in a small town not a large city.
  12. @Mylo you still haven’t told us which county or town you’re in, or enhanced your profile to say. We’re not asking for your house address and bank details. Folk here are falling over themselves to help, but you’re not helping us…
  13. Search on eBay for Zero88 Alcora Zero88 Elara Zero88 Level Alcora and Elara are by default DMX but might have analogue kits fitted. eg https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115981325722?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=lbTDg-56Tku&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=nsjPidUXSvu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276205469246?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=gVPRGinXT_y&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=nsjPidUXSvu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176040931340?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=F-xaUEw8TCG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=nsjPidUXSvu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305220923859?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=mG1PSYMZRK2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=nsjPidUXSvu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
  14. Not that I know of - I don't think they've ever listed it on "simple" paperwork, but when you get the full 10 pages (or whatever it is), there are a whole load of bands there with the details and 823-832 is on there. ...at least it had better be because that band is the reason I buy my Shared license, so I'm keen to hear if it's really gone walkies...! It's on here and it looks to me that the page is still current: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence/radiocommunication-licences/pmse/pmse-technical-info/mics-monitors/shared
  15. kgallen

    Jester ml

    The LEDs (or other device with more than one "colour") imply you need a console that treats one LED luminaire as one controllable object - just one with a number of colour (or other) attributes. Your typical £200 "console" still thinks in the "one fader controls one DMX channel controls one dimmer controls a light" mentality. So even the most basic LED fixture gobbles up your faders. Further, the console has no ability to understand your one LED luminaire as one light with elaborate controls and no ability to understand red, green, blue channels collectively as a colour control and thus no sensible way for the lighting designer to request a yellow, or a cyan or an orange or an... This is what (colour) palettes give you. If you add in movers (1) if you've got the money for movers you (2) need the money to have the control surface to work them. Movers require palettes too - for position. It is essentially impossible to plot a show in a meaningful time with movers without position palettes. Then really you need move on dark. Sure, in the past we've used marking cues to do this manually. But then you need time and an experienced programmer to anticipate what is required. This is why consoles like the FLX range and the higher devices from ETC et al exist. It's just not practical to operate these complex lights with the dimmer-oriented fader-based controls of yesteryear.
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