cmy par64

[djburnage]

Hia :)

I want to know if there is such a thing as a cmy mixer that attaches on to the front of a par 64. I would also like some plans of them because I would like to try and make one for my final project in system's & control at school. Or if anyone has any plans for a normal par 64 stroller I will also be very grateful .

Cheers in advance

Chris :P :P

[Nicktaylor]

Love the typo at the end! is that an OAP stroller?

 

I cant see how you can make a CMY unit to bolt on the front of a Par. There is the cascade from Chroma Q but that is costly and apart from the cost of housing, precision stepper motors etc etc, as a project goes it is going to be costly!

 

Good luck though!

[djburnage]

cheers

I don't really know if there is something like this that exists. I just remember someone saying to me ages ago how good it would be if we had some. That's the main reason for this question.

Chris

[gareth]

Have a look at the Wybron CXI, the ChromaQ Cascade or the Morpheus Colorfader.

[tuxlux]

A CMY mixer has to have a way of varying 3 colours of 'gel' to cut the light coming out typically, MACs (and similar) slide stepped filters into the beam, but have a lens, so get even colour across the output. Since pars don't have lens (not other than the bubble) you might struggle with this approach. Instead you could use paddles in the snout, but the mechanics would be pretty difficult to fabricate. Having a couple of 'gradient' gel strings which scrolled past would be easier, but I'm not convinced on the success/reliability . Commercial scrollers at best require fine tuning to behave properly. All the colour mixing pars I've seen work by varing the brightnesses of three separate sources (RGB) and doing additive mixing.

 

Good luck, sounds an interesting prject, but its probably a bit fiddly!

[David Lee]

Been around for ages. Back in the early 90's demo'd some. 3 strings of secondary colours with perforations in them gradually getting smaller to add more saturation to the colour.Worked well though no idea about how tough they were. I also think they were quite expensive. Worked of a laptop so you could select Lee or Rosco colours and it wasn't bad.

 

Wish I could remember the name of them and the guy who was supplying them.

[djburnage]

Hia again :)

I think I'm gonna have to leave the cmy colour scroller project for a while as it is going to be beyond my skills and very costly to build. But I would still like some plans or technical info for a normal colour scroller as I think this will be a bit less costly to build!!!!

Cheers for any help :( :P

Chris

[Ynot]

But I would still like some plans or technical info for a normal colour scroller as I think this will be a bit less costly to build!!!!

Try looking at web sites for the common scroller manufacturers, such as Wybron, Chroma Q (via AC lighting?) etc. If there's nothing suitable there, try talking to the suppliers.

 

IIRC there's a list of companies on a Blue Room FAQ - try searching thru those for options....

 

TD

[PH_Zone]

Scrollers will be quite complicated and costly to manufacture from a hardware end,

lots of bits that move , motors gears etc.

 

if you want a changing colour lamp why not look at something with three lamps and and vary the intenstity of the three colours.

not as bright as a par can but a easy project.

 

also can easilly be made DMX controled.

 

Paul

[Just Some Bloke]

if you want a changing colour lamp why not look at something with three lamps and and vary the intenstity of the three colours.

I guess it would look like the NJD Spectre (look under DMX lighting).