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Post by fatross on Sept 29, 2006 9:46:24 GMT 1
Heylo people,
OK im more sound based that lighting but i know a bit. anyway as you may have read in the general stuff im opening a new live night in my local working mans club in essex.
The club has basic lighting consisting of a few parcans with a box of different gels. just wondering if anyone can suggest any lights that i can add to these to make the place look good.
Cheers Guys (and Girls)
Ross
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Post by John Bell on Sept 29, 2006 10:17:11 GMT 1
Hi Ross, one of the best compact lighting units I have purchased are the NJD Quartet 300, colour changer floodlights powered from one of the Ryger DX403 series lighting controllers. They have 4x 300w halogen capsules behind a frame with 4x diachroic glass filters and barn doors. They give a huge spread of light and can produce any colour when controlled with a DX403 Pro controller or similar device. John.
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Post by fatross on Sept 29, 2006 10:33:57 GMT 1
i've had a quick look on google at them does anyone have any pictures of them working or are they basically just like parcan light but changing color
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Post by John Bell on Sept 29, 2006 10:48:56 GMT 1
Par cans give a concentrated beam of light. These Quartets are flood lights and have no central bright spot. I use 2 of these, 1 each side of the stage, to give a great background colour wash, so that the par cans can spot light over the background. The Quartets are a rounded corner box shape, about 1 1/2 times the size of a short par56, but weigh a lot more. They do produce some fan noise when running hot, but normally this is drowned out by any type of music. John.
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pete
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Post by pete on Sept 29, 2006 11:13:49 GMT 1
Hmmm I really don't want to reccomend quartets!
Where are the parcans at the moment?
Whats the budget?
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Post by fatross on Sept 29, 2006 11:33:38 GMT 1
The cans are in the venue they have about at a guess 10!!!
Budget is around £200 - £400
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Post by soundmanjim on Sept 29, 2006 12:36:54 GMT 1
ross; buy some nice new gels for the ones that are already there - i couldnt believe how much mine had faded until i changed them last week!!! Gel packs are readily available online and on ebay - get some nice deep reds and blues - a nice bright yellow (not orange, they just look terrible - an leave one or two without gels at all - you'll be suprised how good white light looks after an evening of red/green/blue etc etc. have they got a light controller down there? dont forget ive got a load of par cans here if you want 'em; gimme a bell!!
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Post by John Bell on Sept 29, 2006 12:51:00 GMT 1
Hi Jim, yes, white light is good. I use a couple of long nose par 56 open whites, to fire across the front of the stage, from each end. They don't blind the performers like a truss mounted theatre spot. I also light up the drummer, with a couple of open white short par 56's from the same bars. I dim them all with one of the Rygers. I know what it's like, not being seen at the back, in the drum seat. John.
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Post by fatross on Sept 29, 2006 14:43:37 GMT 1
Cheers people gunna get some new gels and see what i can do for the minute may invest in more later
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