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Bouncy Dancefloor
28-12-2008, 05:00 AM
Hello, i am having a serious look at getting 8 of these
http://prolight.co.uk/item/ledc23/
Prolight Visio PAR 64's
the reason ive picked these out is because they work with the prolight controllers, especially the very simple CA8 controller which i already have. They also seem very nicely priced

Im looking to Hire these into venues (separate to disco's). So id need to be able to set them up to do the following for various gigs, i need to cover the following requirements:

Options :
1) Stay on a particular colour
2) Gradually change Colour
3) Disco Mode!
4) Dim The lights
5) Be able to have them static but with alternate heads being different colours (ie red then green then red then green)

The main thing is simplicity, the customer needs to be able to do it themselves. I plan to setup in the morning and pickup at end of evening or following day, so the Hirer can change the colour or change from static to disco mode with ease or dim them

Does anyone have any suggestions of controllers or even have any personal experience with providing this?

opinions on this unit? http://prolight.co.uk/item/bote50/

OllieJames
28-12-2008, 08:21 AM
Hey Pete :)

I think they are the pars that Darren has, if they are the same ones, he raves about them! From looking at your 'options' i'd say that to create the effect you are after, such as the 1 green, 1 red, 1 green, 1 red and so on and so on, you'd need a DMX controller rather than an LED parcan controller type thing. I'm not convinced a CA-8 would allow you to change the colour of each can individually either.

Ollie

Solitaire Events Ltd
28-12-2008, 11:22 AM
Hello, i am having a serious look at getting 8 of these
http://prolight.co.uk/item/ledc23/
Prolight Visio PAR 64's
the reason ive picked these out is because they work with the prolight controllers, especially the very simple CA8 controller which i already have. They also seem very nicely priced

Im looking to Hire these into venues (separate to disco's). So id need to be able to set them up to do the following for various gigs, i need to cover the following requirements:

Options :
1) Stay on a particular colour
2) Gradually change Colour
3) Disco Mode!
4) Dim The lights
5) Be able to have them static but with alternate heads being different colours (ie red then green then red then green)

The main thing is simplicity, the customer needs to be able to do it themselves. I plan to setup in the morning and pickup at end of evening or following day, so the Hirer can change the colour or change from static to disco mode with ease or dim them

Does anyone have any suggestions of controllers or even have any personal experience with providing this?

opinions on this unit? http://prolight.co.uk/item/bote50/

The first three you can definately do with a CA-8. I don't think you can dim them with the CA-8, but you can with the dedicated Acme controller.

The only thing you can't do even with the dedicated controller is change the colours on the heads. You'd either need to do that manually or get a DMX controller to do that.

Bouncy Dancefloor
28-12-2008, 04:17 PM
the CA8 is actually a really good controller

the bottom button has 4 different functions, Lit, Blinking and flashing,

it wont let me alternate colours on the heads and it wont let me dim the lights (although i can control the fade speeds)


has anyone got any views on the controller i linked to? Using a laptop and the supplied software i could setup the show and then the end user has a simple remote with different shows on it, they cant mess it up, they just press which show they want ( i can set these to be static, alternate and disco)

DeckstarDeluxe
09-01-2009, 11:06 PM
only way to change the colours on mine from memory is playing with the little dmx pins on the back. Naturally cant control this with a controller

DJ INDIE
09-01-2009, 11:40 PM
I have a Transenscion DMX operator II - (about £110) i think theres quite a few around similar just rebadged.

its a comprehensive controller - and a pig to work out at first :) but once youve sorted very good and simple to use live.

it has 8 buttons along the top (called scenes) which you could pre assign to do the jobs you wanted quite easily. (you program the lights sequence by sequence then save as a scene, and assign to one button - ie 1 scene could contain say one colour fading - which could contain 10 stages - each one just slightly dimmer.) another scene could contain the disco style colour changing etc etc

then all the client has to do is press button 1, 2 , 3 ..... for whatever they want.

thats keeping it simple to the 8 buttons - which are classed as being in Bank 1.

you can then hit a button which makes these 8 buttons usable for Bank 2 and you can assign 8 different scenes - but id be tempted to keep it simple with the original 8.


ive been looking at hiring out lighting like this too for a while, i use the LED Stratos wash - very good light for the money. hope all goes well for you.


this is the controller if your interested - from the same site you posted

http://prolight.co.uk/item/cont06/

Tom
10-01-2009, 12:18 AM
I have a Transenscion DMX operator II - (about £110) i think theres quite a few around similar just rebadged.

its a comprehensive controller - and a pig to work out at first :) but once youve sorted very good and simple to use live.


this is the controller if your interested - from the same site you posted

http://prolight.co.uk/item/cont06/


I also have one of these for my par cans. Not a bad tool to work with. :)

DJ INDIE
10-01-2009, 12:39 AM
its good when you suss it out - but that instruction manual may as well have been written in japanese for the first 3 months I had it!! ..... eventually though it seems to make more and more sense the more and more you suss out by yourself!! :) :)