hey guys! im a new member...

i just want to know were to put some of my lights i have...

a geni xtc, 2 njd datamoons, barrel scanner, easy dancer, njd chaos, strobe, mirror ball, and i got stand wise a goalpost bar with 2 t-bars on each side what would u do wiv that then lads!!

help please

I'm not a fan of mirror balls for Mobile Use, cause they have a tendency for people to drop them, and are a right to hang - especially as you have to point 1 or 2 pinspots, or colourchangers at them - a lot of hassle for not much effect - but just my opinion!.

Everything else should be okay - you've got the goalpost - just hang the lights .

I would synchronise (link together) the 2 Datamoons, and put them either sides of the stand, with the rest of the effects in between them. Try and spread the effects out as much as possible.

If your chaos is the 100W version, it can often look lost pointed at the dancefloor when compared to the other 250W effects. Hang this on the stand, but point it towards the roof - Chaos's make good "ceiling fillers", and add to the effects on the dancefloor.

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Chaos's make good "ceiling fillers",

I must agree, I have two chaos's and both of them I point up towards the ceiling, But I also have two other auto moons like the datamoons pointing to the floor. I have a Geni XTC and wild blaze either side of my stand then a massive 600W effect in the middle.

WHAT IS UR 600W LIGHT ON THE CENTRE CAN U SEND ME A PIC PLEASE AND THEN GO TO MY BIT ON BASS BINS PLEASE AND HELP ME THERE

Hi Ajsounds,

There is a picture of my equipment in the photos section of this site(near the bottom of the homepage), but it doesnt show a picture of my centre piece. (I did send some new pics to chris but he hasent updated it yet)

Anyway its a soundlab valera, 2x300W lamps and does a very big area, and looks very impressive in smoke.

I'll check out the bass bins section

SBD

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(I did send some new pics to chris but he hasent updated it yet)

Okay, OKay I get the message

I've had a hard drive failure in my main PC, so possibly lost them by now

Better email them to me again

Sorry had no reply from you so did'nt know if you received them!!!

darn dial up-that took me an hour and half to send them

Welcome to the forum...

I'd definately recommend going for the symetrical effect. EG: A Datamoon on the far left pointing right(ish), and the other datamoon, far right, pointing left(ish)....

Do the same with anything that you have two of....ignoring the obvious castration joke

Mirrorballs are indeed a pain in the neck to get working (due to the lighting angles etc), but do make an unbeatable scene setter for "slowies". (One gig I went to as a guest recently just left some of their barrel effects running during the slowies, but switched of his sound-to-light stuff...the atmosphere wasnt quite right....and a UV seems sooo static...

I use an "Apollo" which is one of those effects that several companies seem to have their badge on...I think mine was Eurolite, but Chevaut(sp?) make them too...they're like a black hollow sphere with a 300watt lamp "hidden" in the middle, and with around 70 multicolour lenses (all white lenses optional at time of ordering)

As for illuminating the ceiling, I no longer do this...as it seemed to make my bulb life disintergrate when I did it with Twister III's.. some bulbs just dont like being used upside down I guess...but ceiling projection of effects is OK if your effects have angle-able mirrors, so the bulb stays the right way up, only the mirror does the "upward" bit.

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some bulbs just dont like being used upside down I guess

You can always remove the bracket, and re-fix the otherway around, so that it hangs from the stand pointed upwards at a 45 degree angle.

But on some units, that would mean that the bulb had just been inverted too.

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You can always remove the bracket, and re-fix the otherway around, so that it hangs from the stand pointed upwards at a 45 degree angle.

ive tried that chris but it dont work wiv the njd datamoons nor the chaos!!