willburgher Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 at my School before I left this year I had Lighting1 Avo Pearl Tiger 1 Strand 200 Series4 Strand Act 6 Digital Dimmers6 ADB 1200w Fresnels5 Stand Cantata 1200w Fresnels2 Strand Cantata 1200w PC's12 Strand 650w Prelude Fresnels4 Strand Prelude 650w 28/408 Strand SL 15/328 Strand SL 23/504 Birdies4 Miltec LED Battens IP2 Martin Mac 5002 Martin Mac 250 entours 2 Mac 250 wash1 MVS hazer Audio1 Yamaha LS91 Soundcraft Spirit FX 162 QSC Installed speakers (only used for play back and small audio events)4 EV SXA2502 Alto SR500A10 Shure ULX Radio Mics Lavsmics stock inc. 58s 57s beta 57s beta 58s and PG dum mic setBSS DI BoxesCD Mini disc and all usual playback equipment stone wood comms system large set and staging stock inc weights braces and stage systems modular staging and to think all we had before I started were some old t spots and some bose 802s on the wall how things have changed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameroncoats Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 6x Selecon acclaim zoomspots4x CCT Minuette fresnel6x Par 644x 1000w PC6x 500w Flood4x CCT Silhouette (?) profiles, used as sidelightsEnough battens to cover the entire cyc, never gelled as they are wired oddly onto 1 dimmer channelNormally hire about 10 S4's for big productions. Control & Dimming:Strand 200 24/482x Beta 22x Z88 Rackmaster18ch of weird electrosonic wall mount ^ all hard wired in the lighting boxA beta 1 with a 32a plug on it used as a portable dimmer. We have 64 circuits hard wired on fixed bars, 2 above the stage and 6 FOH, as well as 2 booms with 4 circuits shared between them. Sound:2x Behringer B3002x Wharfedale 400w bass binsYamaha 12ch desk4x EW300 G2 Radio mics (2x belt pack, 2 handheld)Yamaha 8 channel mini mixerBehringer 24ch Powered deskYamaha 2kw amp2x Behringer active wedges2x Tannoy passive wedges2x Yamaha Passive 15" speakers30m 18 way multi For the last big production we hired a K3T 24/8/2 and 16 ew300 beltpacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmonston Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 ETC ElementJester (spare)About 60 sockets2 industry sound desks (48 channels)Infra red camera for SM/ASM everything we want but a ladder that doesn't wobble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OllieDuff Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 My old secondary school: Dimming/control 36 ways PARADIME dimmers controlled by a Fat Frog Jands Event 48 Cord patch to 70 points around the venue (46 FoH, all others LX1-3., all on fixed LX bars) Rigging/access 3 LX bars over stage, 6 LX bars over flat auditorium. All fixed to ceiling Access: 10-rung Zarges, 6-rung Zarges, scissor lift (hand-operated - you release the deadbolts and push up!), QA tower (tended to get used for spot positions at the back of the hall, cos the caretaker had it locked away). Boy howdy was the headmaster fussy about WaH - he once told me, on finding me atop the scissor lift without supervision "you're putting yourself at risk, you're putting other people at risk and more imp - I mean equally importantly you're putting me at risk, because I'm legally responsible for you". Lanterns 4x Source Four Zoom 25/50 2x Source Four Zoom 15/30 5x Junior Source Four 25/50 8x Selecon Fresnels (Rama F, I think) 12ish CCT 650w Fresnels 10x PAR64 2x CCT PC 650w 2x Strand Coda 500W (we used them as house lights...the horror) 2x MAC500E movers (one of which with cheesy custom rotating "[sCHOOL NAME DELETED] Presents..." gobo for musicals) 1x Atomic 3000 DMX strobe light Jem Stage-Hazer Jem Magnum Hazer (after the big one started getting a little iffy; we got them both working for a production of Little Shop of Horrors and the finale was EPIC) PersonnelHead of Drama nominally "in charge"; student crew of 4ish (ages 16-18) plus up to 12 casuals for big shows (ages 12 up), two other staff members (one was a student technician at the school way back when, the other used to work in the industry). There were three big shows a year, in November/March/June, as well as GCSE/A-level drama assessed pieces, concerts and assemblies requiring tech support, so at any one time one crew member was nominated CSM for a show. Surprisingly, this actually involved some actual management - arranging rehearsal rooms, taking notes on blocking and action during initial rehearsals and sourcing casual stagehands. To be honest, some of the lights were over-specified (fixed-angle 750W S4s would have been better, I'd rather have had another load of conventionals and a couple of dimmers than two MAC500Es!) and the rigging was a little ridiculous; the stage was higher than the flat auditorium, and all the advance bars were at the same height - cue horrible shadows. Also the hall projection screen protruded from underneath the prosc arch, so we had to derig it every time we did proper drama - it was held up with four number 8 screws and some penny washers *cries* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsound Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 hk audio premuimum pro, allen and heath, 4 mac 250s martin magnum smoke machine, new socket bars zero 88 dimmers, and a zero 88 jester 48! just a normal school with 80 lanterns aswell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y05byromj Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 We are a small public high school with a 160 seat studio and a small practical studio. A new building for us meant new equipment, however what we were given (prior to my arrival) is not realy very suitable considering they had a large enough budget! But never the less here we go with the kit list. LIGHTING: 1x ETC Element 40/250 (Large studio) 1x Zero 88 Alcora mk2 (Small studio) 2x Zero 88 Chilli 24x 10a channel frame dimmers (Large Studio) 2x Zero 88 Betapack 2 DMX dimmers (Small studio) 6x ETC Source Four junior zooms 16x Selecon Acclaim fresnel's 8x Strand Quartet fresnel's 4x Lumo Lighting Club PC's 4x Selecon Hui 3 cell battens 6x PAR 64's CP62 6x Unbranded LED PAR 56's RIGGING: 1x Internaly wired grid with 48 15a sockets, 5x 16a hot power and 5x 5pin DMX outlets 1x 12 way IWB in the small studio As odd as it may sound, no access equipment has been provided as yet but a suitable set of Zarges are soon to be purchased. SOUND: 1x Allen&Heath GL2400 16ch frame (Large studio) 1x Soundcraft MFX12 (Portable P.A) 4x Community Veris 12/96 2x Community Veris 212 2x Mackie SRM 450v2 1x JBL JRX118SP 2x Behringer Eurolive B1520pro 3x Crown XLS Drivecore 2000 1x DBX Driverack PA+ 1x Lexicon MX200 1x Alesis Midiverb 4 1x Behringer composer Various other bits are floating round but thats the bulk! RADIO SYSTEMS & MICS: 4x Trantec S5.3 handheld TX systems 2x Trantec S4.16 (1 handheld and 1 lav) TX systems 1x Sennheiser freeport lav system 2x Audio Technika PRO61 2x Audio Technika PRO63 1x Shure SM58 Thats about it, however more will be added in the not too distant future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Donage334 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 250 seat multipurpose hall, non permanent stage:Lights we run: Fat Frog 48 ChannelZero 88 Demux 484x Zero 88 Dimmer Racks12x Par 648xPar562x Oltmann profile spots6x Strand Fresnels. Sound we run:Presonus 24:4:24x Peavey 400 watt speakers, soon hopefully upgrading to D&BQSC 1600w power amp9x SM58's2x SM57's1x Rode 3x Beta 58 All at a comprehensive :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo2607 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 It seems we have the most under spec'ed performance space around... Audio...Allen and heath Z24Behringer Compressor / gate 2 x Warfdale 400w auditorium speakers2 x Behringer stage monitors1 x skytech 600w aplifier1 x W Audio AD 800 amp 4 x sm582 x sm 575 x Audio Technica hand helds1 x Audio Technica 5 piece drum mic kit2 x C10002 x AKG condensorsAll mics shared with Music Studio LX 2 x (6 x 2) strand tempus 5a dimmer1 x (6 x 2) Zero 88 5a dimmer1 x Zero 88 jester1 x Strand Demux 2 6 way lx bars above stage2 8 way lx bars above flat floor auditorium2 pros booms with 2 way IWBAll permanently fixed in position 4 x LED pars12 x CCT (mini) fresnels2 x un branded fresnels4 x CCT zoom profiles1 x Long Baton split into 3 dimmers (only half works :huh:) I think that's about it...Ooh and a set of tall step ladders for the onstage lights... The bars above the auditorium require a scaff tower to be built every time we need to focus or change a lamp <_< All was here before I arrived except the Zero 88 jester and demux. I manged to get some funding for a desk that doesn't randomly flash lights at you when you walk away :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 My school had circa 1969...... 4 x Junior 8. (Plus the bits of wood to fade four dimmers at once!) 8 x Patt123. 4 x Major Patt 23 copies. 4 x battens. 8 x Patt 137. 2 x Patt 60. A heavy wooden ladder! I think that's about it, how times change eh? Regards. Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portytech Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 My school has: LX8X Source 48X Fresnel (no idea what they are)about 16 floods all gelled and facing the wrong way (no idea what)Strand 200 series 12/24a 16/30 on a stand that we use like a followspot SoundYamaha mixer amp EMX seriesTascam CD and tape player1X wireles bodypack1X wireless handheldinduction loop (that does not work ATM)two speakers on the wallsand a heap of install cable that is exactly too short to be reasonable Rigging 3X IWB a electric projector screen (with a broken projector) Accessa portable cherry picker thing that can only get to the FOH bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humey Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Lighting alone at our school is a history lesson.... 10 x Patt123 (p28 bases)6 x Patt23 (p28)4 x Patt23N (p28)3 x Minim PC2 x Source 4 Jr Zoom5 x Patt 7435 x Patt2234 x Par642 x Strand floods10 x Pulse Par16 ETC Express 48/96Green ginger demux 4 x Strand Mini 2 dimmers I HATE our lighting gear.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX-Dave Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I HATE our lighting gear.... And why would that be? Personally I think the Express 48/96 is a great desk for generics, (and even scrollers / LEDs) and that's not a bad selection of fixtures either... obviously depending on the size of the space, how well maintained they are and what they are trying to be used for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humey Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Sorry I generalised with the word hate. I really like the 48/96. The main reason is the state of the gear when I arrived, about 4 spare lamps in the cupboard all of which were blown. I love the build quality of the old Strand lanterns, especially the 743.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GridGirl Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I regard the 743 (and 223s converted to take the T-base lamps) as the best fresnel ever built. The size of the lens, the focus mechanism which makes it nigh-on impossible to blow the lamp while focusing, the build quality and the fact that the barn doors almost never jam when you rotate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munro Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I regard the 743 (and 223s converted to take the T-base lamps) as the best fresnel ever built. The size of the lens, the focus mechanism which makes it nigh-on impossible to blow the lamp while focusing, the build quality and the fact that the barn doors almost never jam when you rotate them. +1 You've no idea how happy I was when I realised the venue I was going into had them... (they weren't on the inventory!) JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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