r/lightingdesign

Im looking for something i can install in my road case that has a place i can install punch out connectors into so i can pass data in and out of the road case. I know it exists cause ive seen it on some road cases but cant seem to find anything online. any advice on where i can look?

hi I'm very new to lighting and have only used an old cuemaster desk at my school. I want to start to learn qlc (I have thought about other software but I'm on a tight budget) however I want to use the cuemaster as a control surface.

I've looked for usb to dmx boxes that have an input and an out put but i cant find any other than the enttec dmx usb pro but that wont work as its only one universe so you cant use Bothe input and output at the same time.

so if anybody has any suggestions that are relatively cheap it would be incredibly helpful

So I’ve been watching Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and enjoying it, but one thing that bothers me is whenever they are on stage, the lights are a little overboard, and that’s okay, I mean we’ve all seen movies where the spontaneous performance at the school talent show is time-coded with a rig that rivals a headliner at Coachella, but what bothers me is that the show is supposed to take place in 1960, and they always have these very bright lights with super saturated colors that I know could only be achieved with LEDs unless they had about 500 conventionals, and several specials that are obviously moving heads.

Hey all, I'm making my first stab at coordinated lighting for few house parties a friend of mine will be DJing at. I have two house parties lined up where I will be responsible for lighting.

Here's what's on my current shopping list (prices in CAD).

2x ZKYMZL Moving Head Mini Wash 50W = $138

4x OPPSK 36LED Par Light = $99

2x YeeSite LED Stage Pixel Light Bar = $109

Enttec DMX USB Pro = $231

A bunch of various length DMX Cables = ~$86

All told, this comes to around $660 CAD. I've seen this sub be generally pretty strongly against cheap fixtures from amazon/ebay/ali. This is definitely a *hobby* I want to get better and practice at over time, and maybe eventually do small shows and setups for friends.

So, would my money be better spent buying fewer lights of higher quality? Is this a good selection of light types to start out with? Curious to hear what this sub thinks.

I also have three 5m LED strips driven by WLED already in my kit.

Hey all, just a question for those that have experience with the Robe iForte LTX/Robospot system.

We have recently purchased (5) of the LTX FS fixtures, along with 4 BaseStations.

We have been using them standalone with 150' Hods for power/dmx/camera video.

However, we've started experimenting using them across longer distances.

This latest festival. We had the lights ~ 450' from the Base Stations.

The Video Feed from the camera was fed from the light 150' to an unmanaged switch, then 300' to another switch, then ~25 feet into the Base Station. The same line also carried our SACN network to our Processing Rack for our lighting rig

We experienced some issues with the camera resyncing mid show, causing the Ops to lose video feed for a moment. Is this simply a distance issue? Or is having the video feed on the same line as the SACN network affecting things?

I have two strips of WS 2812 for bar venue accent lighting. I've already got a controller for Artnet/sacn to drive it all via artnet. I'm also running a couple standard DMX light fixtures on this setup, and we're thinking about adding some Hue or Zigbee smart bulbs.

But what I'm looking for is a good app to control these from an iPad.

I'm currently using Luminair, but it's clunky, a little buggy, and too basic for this application. What's great about Luminair is the buttons you can program for ease of use, a feature I would like to find in something else, even if Luminair is controlling another device/software.

Historically I've used resolume arena and/or Madmapper, but that's a bit over the top for this application.

Madrix is a consideration but again an awful lot of power and money for 369 pixels.

Anyone else seen any cool solutions out there for this sort of thing?

Hey all, maybe someone can give me an idea of how I should deal with this.

Some info: I created a movie + live music show and it's been performed it only once in a small cinema. We use two MacBooks, one on stage (with Ableton for all the audio, click, cues, etc) and one in the projection room (with the movie, subtitles, etc). The whole thing is connected via timecode over audio.

But apart from all that, I also used an instance of Troikatronix Isadora on the stage MacBook to control the stage lights (which are very simple: four Slim PARs on a truss tower on each side of the stage). It was very simple, just MIDI info from Ableton to Isadora dealing with a main dimmer and some color changes. Then this was sent to my DMX Enttec PRO and straight into the first fixture. It all worked smoothly.

Here's the thing: we got an unexpected call to do the show in a big theater, two weeks from now. They have loads of lights (7 DMX universes) and an ETC EOS Gio. The light controls now have to be on the OTHER MacBook because of the distance, but that one will not be running Ableton to send the MIDI (and even if it was, Ableton would not sync up with the timecode).

I'm a beginner and have never dealt with anything similar. Is there an easy-ish way to rework my system into this new setting? I'm investigating all the possibilities, but maybe y'all will be able to enlighten me. Thanks in advance.

How does lighting design work on cruise ships? I assume for the production shows it is designed when they initially install the show but how about the weekly acts like comedians/singing groups/ magicians, ect? Is there actually someone trained in lighting design or just an operator that says, "what do you want?"

I ask because I went on cruises on the same class of ship last year and this year (different ships, same class). Last year the lighting for all the acts was awesome, I even took pictures for inspiration. This year, the design was very bland. In the colors and position of the lights. It was very rudimentary, one singer only had two positions, one for during songs and another between the songs. Same two cues throughout the whole show.

Hi folks,

I recently took over at a small theater and within my first week their lighting console died. We had a stroke of luck finding a temporary replacement but I've been trying to figure out a permanent option that meets the needs of the space. Some of the specs:

- The space has 8 S4's and 4 COLORdash Par-Quad 7's. Incredibly simple rig.

- They run the shows entirely off of faders, and need at least 24 but ideally 48 so I can set them up with standard looks and give the show techs (who vary in technical skill) as many options as possible.

- Previous board was a Strand 200 Plus.

- Budget is ideally under 1k: anything over and it becomes a begging game and I don't think I can get them to agree to anything too fancy since the space has fairly minimal needs, even with my ideas for upgrades down the line.

Basically I need something cost effective with a good sized fader bank that will be easy to teach to my techs. I don't want to do another Strand - getting "stranded" once was enough - and I'm incredibly partial to ETC products but I know that might not be possible. I've gotten several options from industry friends that are good but pushing my price range, so I wanted to pitch the problem here and see what y'all would think just in case someone brings up an option I didn't consider or had some insight from similar situations before I go to the board with my charity case.

Thanks in advance, and of course mods feel free to boot me if this isn't relevant discussion!

Hello everyone,

I'm on a etc gio@5 and i'm trying to record a shutter strobe with a couple of axcor 300 spot but when i'm recording a preset of beam the gio record all the value of the form panel even if i press record only shutter strobe,

I just want to record a shutter strobe mode whitout touching my zoom,iris etc

Any idea ?

Hello I am doing dmx lighting for a smaller jam band and am currently looking for a new light board to better suit my needs. I initially started with an ADJ RGBW4C which I have really enjoyed but am now looking for more control. I purchased a sound switch control 1 that I absolutely hate. The board was made for low effort rave & DJ sets which I am just not a fan of. It seems like every board is made for preset shows and software when I am looking for a board to control the lights while music is being played. Any recommendations?

I am using this light linked below. I have experience patching lights where the fixture is in the board, but I have no idea how to do so with this light? I don’t even know what pre set to look for. Any help is greatly appreciated, sorry I am young and learning!

https://a.co/d/0jiNxQzc

I’m trying to find the cleanest and most practical workflow. Do you:
dimchase,
FX,
beam window?,
or another method?
I’d love to hear how you build your strobes for live shows and what works best for you.