My friend wants to spend some money on his band, only lights as they have a pro sound system, truss, instruments, equipment etc. Before, they used par cans (about 24, give or take) and two alpha moons, but they sold all of it, saved money, and are ready to spend it on an intelligent show. Their budget: around $12,000 (they arent your regular garage band, but their in their 25-30 age range), and would like to spend it on only ADJ lights for their quality, and ruggedness. But, they dont want too many different products, just a few, but a lot of each one. Here's what I thought would be cool:

16 Rainbow 250's (used as 'par cans' and wash)
8 AutoSpot150's (on truss behind/above band)
12 Ultra Scans (on bases around the band, atop cases, on truss, around the stage)
1 DMX Operator (Autospots)
1 Show Designer (Rainbows and Ultra's)
***Everything is mobile, and will hang on two 15' high truss arches.

What do you think they should use? I'll give your ideas in a few days to my friend, and see which he likes. Just think, a lighting rig you designed may be used all around the USA.

Trak Beat,
They may want to go with the Concept 2's, and the new Concept Colors instead of the Rainbows, and Ultra-Scans. The Ultra's and Rainbows are both awesome, but it may just be me I'd go with the newer technology. There are also many other new products on the horizon, I believe including a new moving head, so just keep your options open for now.

Theres an frost filter you can put on the concept colors very cool color changer!! Rotating gobos are very cool since you don't see them much in small even big concerts.

Good call Stevie Ray,
That's areally good idea. Go with 16 concept colors, and 12 concept 2's....or you might they could go with the rainbows and maybe 6 roller trons and 6 scan trons to give the show a little diversity. The possibilities are endless. Sounds like an awsome show though!! If ethey don;t like it...I'll take it!! Oh also...fog or haze is a must with all the intells!
-AMP

I thought rainbows because they can easily turn into a wash by un-focusing the light, and with the concept color, its a frost filter, and if you lose it, your outta luck.

OR....Try this. It will give you a pro grade show with much better lights and much better control, PLUS you will have all of the features the pros use. Color mixing, wash lights, etc.

Look at 4 of These,
4 of These,
4 of These
4 or 8 of These (if you can find them)
1 of these

no no no all all wrong, if you have a budget of 12g then look at 150-wat moving heads

Madness what is wrong with you. You can mention Elation here.

If you are using the color changers to replace the par cans for stage lighting, you may seriously want to consider these. They are made by Elation, a partner of American DJ.

there are three 575 watt bulbs in each of them

4/8 of them would be fantastic

Elation Stage Color

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Originally posted by DJ Stevie Ray:
[qb] Madness what is wrong with you. You can mention Elation here. [/qb]

Huh?

I thought you didn't know you can talk about Elation here. That is why you kept saying get "These" Instead of the name of the company, and actual lights.

Oh, lol. Nah, I knew that, I'm just too lazy to type the names. I just copied/pasted the links.

I agree with madness... but 150w moving heads wouldnt be bad either.

FYI, I went to the 311 concert last wednesday, and what lights were on the main truss above them? 4 Wash moving heads and 4 Profile moving heads (well, 5, but you get the point). Now there were other lights, but just those woulf give you an awesome lightshow.

Also, you will need box truss, crank stands, and a good haze machine. Arch truss may work.


Haha...Stevie Ray, you called him Track Spot!

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Originally posted by Dj Mad Nice:
[qb]Haha...Stevie Ray, you called him Track Spot! [/qb]

Huh?? lol

the arch truss works well for them, it comes in pieces, doesnt take long to set-up, and its unique because most people have box, squares...etc. it also allows mounting effects at the bottom, without having them mounted to stands/pieces of wood to hold them up

Awww, way to edit and make ME look stupid!

I's suggest not getting two boards.Get the Elation CompuWare software and run the whole show together, and better. The Operator, and Designer are good boards, but the controller is not the place to save money on a system like this. Besides, if you can find a reasonably priced computer or laptop, it won't be that much more expensive.

my luck with computers, as well as most people I know, crash, blow up, or get a virus days after its out of the box. Not saying your idea isnt great, the compuware thing is pretty cool, just if the computer fails in a way, you wont have back-up. With the 2 controllers, if one fails, you can combine everything to one controller.

you may wanna take a look at the Show Cue...that looks great, and has a joystick so you can use one of the moving yokes as a follow spot