Help im a noob

[obi wan kenobi]

Hi, I have recently started a new roll as a sound and lighting technician. I am very new to the industy and have started using a LEDj ALU zoom Par 64 with the Zero88 Juggler 12/24. My question is this, if you have a 12 channel lighting desk, how many 6 channel lights can you control individually? my general grasp of mathematics tells me the answer is 4 but I would like some inside confirmation of this. Please help and forgive my noobness.

 

Obi

[mrcog]

A 12 channel desk you would be able to control 2 of those lights... However I believe you can use the juggler in a wide mode which would give you 24 channels so yes you could control 4 of them... The juggler is typically a generics only desk for the reason that you can only individually control very few intelligent lights... Ideally you want to look at a console capable of controlling intelligent lights such as the zero88 leap frog which is made by the same people as the juggler... Or you could go down the pc route and be able to output a universe of DMX which would give you 512 channels of control which is plenty for your purpose :D Hope this helps a bit,

 

James

[Ynot]

Actually, strictly speaking you can control as many of the lights as you like (within reason).

Yes, with only 12 DMX channels driving 6-ch lamps, you can only control two independently, but set half the DMX address on all the LEDs to chan 1 and the other half to ch 7 and the sky's (sort of) the limit.

[obi wan kenobi]

A 12 channel desk you would be able to control 2 of those lights... However I believe you can use the juggler in a wide mode which would give you 24 channels so yes you could control 4 of them... The juggler is typically a generics only desk for the reason that you can only individually control very few intelligent lights... Ideally you want to look at a console capable of controlling intelligent lights such as the zero88 leap frog which is made by the same people as the juggler... Or you could go down the pc route and be able to output a universe of DMX which would give you 512 channels of control which is plenty for your purpose :** laughs out loud **: Hope this helps a bit,

 

James

 

Hi James, thanks for the reply this helps me massively. :D

[jonhole]

Ideally you want to look at a console capable of controlling intelligent lights such as the zero88 leap frog which is made by the same people as the juggler...

 

The Jester range might be more appropriate if you only want to control a small range of LED / Moving Lights, as they are significantly cheaper and physically smaller (nearer the size of the Juggler).

 

As was said above, you can put the Juggler in wide mode, meaning you can control 4 6ch LED PAR cans independently. However you can address multiple PARs to the same address, meaning you can have more, but the PARs with the same address will do the same thing.

[obi wan kenobi]

Thanks everyone for your replies, I am starting to get to grips with things now and I am on my first install tomorrow :) ! its only a smal job though, a Transcensions scene setter DC 12/24 with two LEDj Par 64 white lights and two LEDj Alu zoom Pars. Any how, thanks again everyone.

[greenalien]

I'd be interested to hear what you think of the zoom pars - how quick is the zoom, and are they noisy at all?

[obi wan kenobi]

I'd be interested to hear what you think of the zoom pars - how quick is the zoom, and are they noisy at all?

 

Hi, install went fine today, I think the unit is a good piece of kit although I will remind you im a noob . The zoom is quite responsive and the noise from the unit very low level, the only time it is heard is when the unit is next to your head. Hope this helps. Obi