My story is relatively simple.

Been doing sound all my life. But, to compete on my own, I gotta get lights. I saw what the competition passed off as lights, and I was not impressed. Of course, I gotta do better.

What are my choices? Basically, the world, but also, I have to think budget. My fiance let me spend some money to get lighting stuff. Gee, isn't that nice of her to let me spend my own money?

One of my objectives was to if at all possible was to stick with one brand for equipment, just to ensure compatibility.

It's hard to say what my first ADJ light was, as I bought many at once. That first purchase was 4 Par38's, an Electra, a Sunray III and a DP-DMX20L Dimmer pack. TO control it all, I also purchased a DMX Operator.

What do put it on? An On Stage Stands 10-foot trussing system with T-Bars. Sorry, I didn't have an ADJ option at that store at that time.

I spent the next 2 weeks learning this simple system. Simple. This was also my first introduction to ADJ as a brand, and I was pleased.

First even was a karaoke wedding. My very simple light show kicked butt in a major hard way. In fact, even as simple as this lighting rig was, it set the standards for those I was competing with. In fact it set the standard so high that many still haven't touched it, and this is about as simple as it can get.

What did I do that my competition didn't bother to do? I could CONTROL my lights. Honestly, it was that simple.

After that, the word within the specific community was "this is the only guy who can handle really anything". Now the word is "this guy CAN HANDLE ANYTHING and can do BIG SHOWS" but they don't want to hire me because: I cost money because I have good gear.

ADJ in part helped me get a huge edge over my competition, but my skills as a sound engineer proved that I have no competition. As I continue to grow, ADJ is gonna be in the mix with me. I may not be the only guy using ADJ gear, but I'm the only guy who knows what he's doing and can control it.

Thanks Chris. Good start up.

When I had decided that I wanted to get into DJing and had saved up my money, I had to figure out what gear to buy. This was long before the accessibility of information now found on the internet. I called a DJ shop where I discussed my options with a sales rep. He had nothing but great things to say about American DJ products along with their 5-star customer service.

Based on this positive recommendation, I made my first purchase of American DJ gear. This included a Vertigo, 2 Mini Gem II's, 2 Snap Shot strobes, Mirror ball package, 10 foot truss, light controller, strobe controller, and Dyno Fog smoke machine. I was very pleased with the quality of these products and still use them today.

Since my initial purchase of American DJ gear, I've added to my system over the years. I have 2 ProScratch 2's, QD-5 mixer, 2 Mighty Scans, 2 Par64 LED's, and a Punch LED Pro.

American DJ has been with me from the beginning and has never disappointed.

Thank you omega. Nice post. Hey whereabouts in WI?
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My first american dj light was the Quad gem. I was fairly new to lighting and dmx when i purchased this light for my band and had next to no idea of how versatile that light can be. programming chases in the 7 channel mode has helped to bring life and colour to my bands performance. The colours are super vibrant and make my drummer look like he's riding a rainbow with his drum kit. Everyone that has seen it so far has said that it looks amazing and looks like heaven, etc. I love the quad gem and i love how i can leave it on forever and stare at how magnificent the colours look. Attached is a picture of the quad gem projecting my favourite colour pattern behind my drummers kit. We have yet to play a live show with the lights but when we do the quad gem along with the many other adj products that i have purchased are going to blow peoples minds.

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Nice! Saved to desktop! haha. Great story.
Thanks for posting. i also hosted the pic for you and embeded it in the post.
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Hello all from "Down Under"

My first contact with ADJ gear came when I was working as DJ/Lighting Engineer for Club Med @ Lindeman Island.

We had a very limited budget, but the Chef De Village was asking for more and more elaborate shows and technical production...

Because of this I started doing some research into what was available... and settled upon 20 LED Par 64's and 15 LED Par 36's... It did take me nearly two days to run DMX all over our semi outdoor theatre, and another week to get the sparky down to run power...

But... when the system was powered up that first night, and I went through some of the cues I'd recorded, both the staff and CDV were blown away!!! The comments and praise I received was awesome, and extremely gratifying...

I no longer work for Club Med, but by the time I left we had also purchased lasers, truss, strobes and scanners.... all at my request...

And guess what.... those first 64's are still going strong... and believe me, they are active from 5pm - 6am, 7 days a week, 365 a years...

Great products and even better prices... Now, I just need to figure out what the first purchase is for my new endeavour... "panda'monium productions"

dj panda'monium, Welcome to the adj forums. AWESOME first post. I hope you'll like it here. Thanks for sharing your experience with ADJ thus far.
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OK people The whole ADJ team and myself would like to thank all the posters of this contest once more. This thread is offically closed and the winners will be announced on Monday. Till then good luck to you all, and i hope you all had a happy new year.
Sincerely, The ADJ Forum Moderators.