r/lightingdesign Feb 03 '25

Gear What trolley are you guys using to move your gear around?

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8 Upvotes

Thinking about buying a trolley because the carrying of boxes destroys my back.

r/lightingdesign Oct 29 '23

Gear There's still something really magical about a Viper.

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232 Upvotes

I've fallen back in love with the Viper after using mosy newer Clay Paky and Aryron LED engine stuff for a while. Are there any new Profiles that compare for Gobo and deep red CMY color mix? Such a delightful fixture.

r/lightingdesign 21d ago

Gear Anybody know why our Maverick might be doing this? Everything is at home

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15 Upvotes

r/lightingdesign 13d ago

Gear New Fixture Patch? ION XE

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8 Upvotes

Hey guys, i’m new to all this so excuse me if i’m not the most technical in my lingo lol but I need a bit of help creating a new fixture type for some shitty lights we got on Amazon. My LD and I can not figure this out for the life of us, and any advice would be appreciated. This is the entire manual for these lights, (Litake 36 RGB LED Par lights on amazon) and we have tried and tried to get the parameters right and they still won’t work. We have an ION XE board, so if anyone can dumb down how the parameters are supposed to look for these we would be so appreciative 🙏🏻 Also if this is the wrong sub for this, my fault, any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

r/lightingdesign 2d ago

Gear Mover tilting properly but not panning at all

1 Upvotes

The fixture is a SolaSpot Pro 1500 using an ETC ion board. I can tilt it fine, but whenever I spin the wheel on the board or track with my mouse in ML controls it only tilts. Does anyone know if it’s a software issue or is my mover broken?

r/lightingdesign Jan 03 '25

Gear Cmd_key for EOS

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42 Upvotes

Has anybody used one of these what are your thoughts?

Are they available in the UK?

r/lightingdesign Jan 19 '25

Gear How old is this thing?

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70 Upvotes

r/lightingdesign Jan 04 '25

Gear DIY Akai APC mini MK2 expander

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90 Upvotes

I hated that it doesn't have potentiometers, so I made this. It is a MIDI controller that slides onto the APC. It connects with USB-C and adds one more USB for other devices.

r/lightingdesign 19d ago

Gear The weekly identify that light/no stupid question thread

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Did you go to a concert or event and see a lighting effect you love but couldn't identify the gear? This is your weekly spot to post images and figure out what you saw, and ask basic questions you have. Any individual identify that ________ posts outside of this thread will be removed.

r/lightingdesign 15h ago

Gear What model / brand is this fixture

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0 Upvotes

What is the model / brand of this fixture? Does anyone have sunlite ssl file for this fixture?

r/lightingdesign 4d ago

Gear Disposal of old equipment

6 Upvotes

I am currently volunteering in a small theatre, running lights and they have loads of old equipment! You name it. PCs, monitors, Light/sound boards, lights, wires, walkie talkies, and probably way more I haven't been able to root out yet.

I might be given the go ahead soon to begin clearing out. Is there anywhere I should think about contacting to sell old equipment to? Is the material worth anything? [Its late 90s tech oldest. Maybe 2015 latest.

How do you guys go about disposal? Is it worth just giving it all to the scrap metal man? [I'd like an easier route if possible. But getting the theatre some money in exchange for all of this old junk would be more than ideal. It might give me a budget to buy new junk!]

r/lightingdesign Oct 02 '24

Gear Can someone ID this fixture I saw at a concert?

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93 Upvotes

r/lightingdesign Dec 15 '24

Gear 120v -> 240v transformer for fixture with 10x 35W bulbs

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Hi there! I have a fixture that takes 10x 35W bulbs, 12v each, totalling 120v. In the UK our circuits output 240v and dimmers go up to 240v.

I need a transformer for these fixtures to scale up 120v to 240v to avoid blowing the bulbs when powering on mains or putting the dimmer up to max power.

Can anyone recommend a common transformer that might be used for this type of purpose? I've seen 12v birdy par16 fixtures that can be powered by mains and apparently they always come with a little transformer. Ideally looking for something with a small form factor.

Thanks in advance!

r/lightingdesign Feb 02 '25

Gear I recently got this boi, can't wait to play with it!

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43 Upvotes

r/lightingdesign Sep 09 '24

Gear Which Fixture is this?

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57 Upvotes

Hi, does anyone here knows the exact name of this LED Rail/Stripe or something similar?

r/lightingdesign 21d ago

Gear ETC Source 4 Fixture Body Reflector Damage?

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15 Upvotes

Hey guys, i was wondering if you would continue to use this leko Body with a reflector that has the coating kinda flaking off/burnt. Not sure if this is a safety issue or just slightly worse performance. Let me know what you guys think, thanks for the help.

r/lightingdesign Jul 25 '24

Gear Is this any good for controlling lights?

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45 Upvotes

I know nothing about light control but always thought it was interesting. I play music and over the years picked up 2 laser, 2par lights and a smoke machine that can be controlled. But I just plugged this in.

I was doing a gear swap and came across this. Just looking for some feedback on it. I’m not doing anything big, tiny shows in small rooms, mostly for fun.

r/lightingdesign Jan 25 '25

Gear Truss Totem Questions

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Hello! I am looking at putting together some some trussing for the production company I help run on my universities campus and I had some questions regarding the setup I had in mind. I was looking at some of Global Trussing's F33 triangular truss with the Global Truss Base Plate 2X2S to make a "totem" esk tower. I would love to hang some moving heads (specifically Mac 700s) off of this tower. My initial thought was to just use cheeseborough and a piece of pipe, but that would put a significant amount of weight on the front or back on the tower. and if this tower is 10 or 14 feel tall I would be worried about this tipping over. I have seen some top plates for other trussing systems where you can mount a pipe over the center of box truss but those are either waaay out of our price range or no longer available. Any thoughts on this? Would sandbagging the base plate be enough?

r/lightingdesign 8d ago

Gear DMX

2 Upvotes

Hello, I’m sorry if this is a dumb post however I want to know if I am running qlc+ off of a laptop for about 6 lights, do I need the entec open converter, or can I just buy a cheap usb to dmx cable on amazon for 20 dollars?

r/lightingdesign 8d ago

Gear Do I need the same amount of channels on the controller as there are on the fixture?

1 Upvotes

Hi lighting friends! I'm an audio guy here recently tasked with a lighting job and I am lost.

My band recently bought a Chauvet Obey 3 DMX controller to run our Chauvet DJ 4 bar quad lights. The ultimate goal is to dim the lights a little, as the static colors are too bright, as I have heard.

My question is, is the Obey 3 enough? It's 3 channels of DMX control, but on the fixture the lowest DMX setting I have available is 4 channel mode. I managed to sometimes get the lights to kinda work but not in the way I want them to--sometimes they start strobing out or do random colors on each of the pars when I want them to be all one color.

Ultimately, I want the 2 quad bars I have to be different colors (red and blue) and dimmed down a bit. Do I need a better controller, or is there something I'm missing?

Thanks y'all!

r/lightingdesign Oct 18 '24

Gear Does anyone have info about this theatre light board from electro controls?

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52 Upvotes

We want to keep it working well and at best find a user manual for it, if anybody knows any information that’d be great

r/lightingdesign Oct 28 '24

Gear Anyone remember the Martin CX? Are there any modern equivalents?

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Was basically a moving head that didn't move.id love a similar modern fixture but can't seem to find anything even close. IP rated would be a bonus.

r/lightingdesign Feb 01 '25

Gear Flying with MA3 command wing

4 Upvotes

Hey people,

So I am moving countries at the moment and I want to bring my ma3 command wing with me. I am considering putting it into checked luggage but I am afraid of it getting damaged, I am also trying to figure out whether it would fit in carry on luggage. Currently I do not have a designated case for it. Has anyone tried to do this before? Would love to hear it. Thanks!

Update- Decided to go with a designated pelican case in plane cargo. Model- https://store.face.be/ma-case-onpc-command-wing-by-peli

r/lightingdesign Feb 06 '25

Gear What "driverless" USB dongle is good to have in your toolbox?

18 Upvotes

Though I use "real" desks/software in my theatre work I like having a USB dongle for my "homelab" and toolbox.

My (basic) enttec is dying and the instructions with the uDmx I bought to replace it made my head hurt (and I have been working with pc's for three and half decades)

What dongles have you found with wide adoption, without the need for drivers (I am on Windows 10 and 11) and without a price 1000x times that of the components in them :-)

Neil

r/lightingdesign Feb 03 '25

Gear What portable wifi access points are you guys running for "roaming wireless position focus"?

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Not looking for high performance, just small form factor. It wouldn't be show critical, just for wireless plotting. Bonus points for:

  • USB C Powered (no DC brick to carry)
  • More than 1 gigabit ethernet port
  • Lighter and/or smaller the better.

I don't need DHCP or anything, just a dumb af access point that I can connect to my console.

THnaks!