Episodes
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It's episode 045, a most inauspicious number. Last episode EVER...to be recorded on this beast of a Mac Pro tower from 2010. You've been good to me, CODA.
In this episode:
-The Robe iBolt. We also chat about laser sources in general, and opine as to why FDA treats them so
-The Martin MAC Viper XIP
-The CM BatteryStar Hoist
-PLSN CONTROVERSY: is a FREE publication FORCING the little guy to PAY TO PLAY? Find out TONIGHT
-Tea Time: Rendering workflows, part I of who knows
-Lighting trivia: Craig gets it wrong. No, right!
-Lighting Term of the Day: Egg Crate -
It's the Lighting Nerds! Into Logic and out of it again in an actually reasonable amount of time, belive it or not. Though sort of unreasonable when it comes to how long it's been since we released. Don't forget to join the Discord:
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News Cobra2: What's up at the FDA, exactly? Martin MAC One Notable productions Eras, which we'll discuss later The Grammys, which we'll discuss...now Tea Time The Eras Tour Lighting Trivia: Alex gets it wrong, but we've got a new drop for it Lighting Term of the Day: sACN: Craig struggles to remember an exponent of two. -
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Zounds! We're back again with a fresh helpin' of down-home, Wisconsin-grade minced oaths. We've got so much forking content to get through that if we don't get talking, we might driven to harder words like frickin' or shirtballs. At least there won't be any trolley problems.
In this episode:
News items The Ayrton Cobra Unreal Engine pricing changes Solotech founder in memoriam Designer chat Renaissance Tour Tea Time How do you like to distribute DMX? Lighting Trivia Lighting Term of the Day: Art-NetDuring the time of holiday cheer, whatever you celebrate, may the light of truth and the warmth of love go with you in your hearts.
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It's the Lighting Nerds, nerding out about lighting, of all things!
In this episode:
-The GLP X5 series, which uses four emitter colors...confusingly
-The KL series profile
- The passing of Richard “Nook” Schoenfeld
- Tea Time: Thoughts about the grandMA 3. Spoiler alert: not all good!
- Lighting term of the day: camlock, and to a lesser extent, a discussion of feeder
- Lighting trivia: Alex and Craig both don't know it!Hopefully we'll be back soon. Much love to y'all.
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It's episode 041! Not episode 042. That's the next episode. You know, I made some really delicious brussels sprouts tonight, they were like...flavor sponges. They were SO GOOD with the mustard and maple sauce that I made. Anyway...where am I? Who are you people? This episode was recorded in March, so things are a teensy-tiny bit out of date, but stick with us, folks. We have some good stuff here to talk about. Starting with:
Martin P3 5.3 is out Alex talks about CuePoints, Craig asks questions about it GLP X5 Wash Tea Time: should you carry your own gear onto shows? Lighting Term of the Day: EncoderLastly, our hearts go out to all those affected by the recent gun violence in our nation. Please visit everytown.org to help save lives.
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Yeah, we still podcast. Sometimes. In this day and age of little work, sometimes we seem to have even less time to get together to pod. Certainly, it affects our motivation. But we have mustered some up for you, dear listeners, so let's dive into this year's week's episode.
New fixtures: the Martin MAC Ultra Notable personnel movements: don't move, it's COVID. Garth Brooks cancels Notable stage designs: feat. NAZIS Tea Time: Spectacle vs Art: Backline Techs Weight In Lighting Trivia: First distributed networking? Lighting Term of the Day: Telescan -
Because we suck at publishing, it's been a while. But here's a new episode, and it's 39, which is a LUCKY NUMBER. In this episode:
The Chroma-Q thing that has some cool gears for focusing. Craig is amazed, because he's never seen that before, but apparently it's a thing Drafty 4.0: It's Drafty-er! Michael Strickland of Bandit Lites fighting for Teh Working Class Decentralized productions. Tea Time: General Device Type Format Lighting Trivia: Alex gets it right Lighting Term of the Day: PWM -
It's our THIRTY EIGHTH episode. Craig has finally moved, and finally got this edited. Geez. Two locations, two webinars, and a broken lead pipe later...we are finally releasing this old thang. Anyway. In this episode:
ChamSys MQ500 Robe Tetra1 grandMA3 OnPC XT Grant Imahara's death Tea Time: Controlling your cash flow Interview: Tucker Downs, color scientist Lighting trivia: Alex gets it wrong Lighting Term of the Day: lectern vs podium SquishHugs and kisses y'all. Register to vote. -C
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Geeze, United States. We leave the room for ONE SECOND and everything goes up in flames, at times literally. To those who have asked: Craig is fine. (He lives in the Twin Cities, but all is well) In this episode:
Alex and Craig talk about the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd New Gear: Robert Juliat Arthur, Luminex Lumicore, Digital Projection Satellite Notable Tours: Keene Cause and Effect tour Tea Time: Difficult Patrons, Part II: The Art Critic and The Phonophobe Lighting Trivia: Craig gets it...wrong. Lighting Term of the Day: BallastThe credits thought today is brought to you by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article I.
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In the midst of the global pandemic, we offer you this commentary on the state of the lighting industry. I have very few pithy comments this week, because this pandemic is just so emotionally draining. The strain of prolonged isolation is truly monumental. Hang in there, everyone. I'm feeling it, just you like are.
In this episode:
ETC Fos/4 Craig gets a little ranty-about Chinese market fixtures Chris Lisle's open letter Tea Time: Photosensitive epilepsy / patron requests Lighting Trivia: To the nearest 20 years, when was limelight first used as a stage lighting source? (Alex gets it wrong) Lighting term of the day: Limelight -
Yeah, we know you haven't thought about COVID-19 for like...ten seconds, but here we are anyway, talking about it. At least, like, a little. It's the episode featuring the OG Lighting Nerd, Gavin Lake! Say hello, Gavin.
In this episode:
Industry news: God almighty, the mother effing coronavirus. Wash your hands, blah blah, let’s commiserate about how super effed we all are. New fixtures / gear Are high-powered arc-source moving lights a thing of the past for good? Craig and Gavin ponder. GLP Impression FR10: https://www.germanlightproducts.com/product/impression-fr10-bar/ Now we can have EVEN MORE X4 BAR Cable testers: handy to have around, not as handy when you don’t have both ends as the same standard: https://plsn.com/featured/whirlwind-power-link-tlt-line-cord-testers/ Screen calibrator: The Hydra is a thing that exists, I think the tech will become more used and the prices will drop, and we’ll start to see these as standard on more shows to keep LED screens looking good. Notable personnel movements Tyler Truss now owned by Glenn Cleland, previously owned by Mark Dodd of Dodd Technologies, which seems to be a production company. Notable tours / productions The Deadmau5 cube tour The Black Keys and the 325 Strike Ones. Tea Time Programming with SMPTE time code! As promised, the promised track Lighting trivia! Which of these did not exist: the Martin MAC 1200, the VL liquid lens, or the moving head confetti cannon? Craig sez: I know that I say "VL7" in this episode, but that's wrong. The VL7 had nothing specifically to do with the liquid lens Lighting Term of the Day Softgoods -
It's a Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Las Posadas/Eid-al-Adha/Diwali/Festivus miracle! An episode: shiny, new, episode 034. Curl up in front of the fire, break out the Glögg, or if you're like Craig, Templeton Rye and have yourself a merry little whatever with The Lighting Nerds. I really should decide whether to always include the "The" or not. Sheesh.
New fixtures / gear MIXBOOK Wat Sort of limited utility if you're a costumer, no? https://plsn.com/featured/rosco-laboratories-releases-worlds-first-digital-swatchbook-mixbook/ ELC Lighting’s dmXLAN nodeGBx system. I really wanted them to cut the cable with a giant pair of scissors in the video, that would have been funnier than unplugging it. SOLAPIX Pretty busy sector of the market...so, is it all that amazing? Notable personnel news Josh turner bus crash. :( https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/josh-turner-tour-bus-crash-speaks-out Don’t sleep backward! Wear your seatbelt when in the jump seat Check on the driver now and then Tea Time Variables in grandMA2 Lighting trivia! Biscuit: Craig gets it right! Lighting Term of the Day IR / instant replay Common on corporate shows, refers to a sound clip that’s stored ahead of time and played back. -
We're back with the hackneyed animal similes. In this episode:
The Chauvet Maverick MK3 We talk about having network connectivity such as sACN/Artnet vs physical DMX that loops thru etc. And some other stuff The Martin ERA 300/Martin ELP Profile Range The new generation of visualizers Tea Time Craig gets *very* long-winded. God, is he still talking? Lighting trivia: Alex's lucky guess! Lighting Term of the Day: Envelope + pinches -
It's The Lighting Nerds, episode 032. That's an exponent of 8, which makes this episode extra-special. We also have Jose, my old L2 from Halsey, filling in for Alex, who's off making money for this ep. In this ep:
Industry news and fixture talk The Martin MAC Allure It's cool, I want to see a rig of many The Elation Artiste Monet Jose likes it! The ETC Releve Much better than that other ETC moving light. The Elation RAYZOR 760
It's S P A R K L Y Tea Time An interview with Mike Wood, who tells us about strange French words and their effects on lights No seriously, it's about etendue, which you need to know about so LISTEN UP KIDS. Mike's papers about this concept, so you can follow along Entendue Entendue revisisted Lighting Quiz Lighting Term of the Day Snoot / top hat -
It's Episode 031! Craig and Alex are back, Craig had a baby. Well, his partner did anyway. It's the Episode with the title card you'll have to listen to the whole thing to get. In this episode:
Industry news We do not talk about the new Clay-Paky light, because I have conflicting information about it. Does it use a phosphor? Are there lasers? CP won't say. High End Systems Turbo Ray Vari-Lite 6500 Wash Bet VL didn't see the Turbo Ray coming! Fred Foster passed away in February Notable Tours The 1975 ABIIOR tour Is it called that? I keep seeing two different names for the thing. Tobias, are you listening? We like you -
Woah, two eps in the space of a month? Stop the presses! Hold the phone! Pet the hedgehog! Wat? In this episode, Alexander is back:
Industry news:
New fixtures / gear GLP JDC1s now feature “Aggressive mode”, which increases the brightness 180% when the RGB LEDs are not in use World’s first 50-watt 7-color: emitter New short-arc lamps: Osram SharXS Brilliant Series. 1000, 1200, 1500. They have a CRI of 92, which is pretty high. I’d love to see TM-30-15 specifications on these. Fun question: when was the last time you saw a jacketed arc lamp? Like, a decade? LightConverse is now L8. Alex riffs on how he feels about LightConverse. Tea Time: Alex’s thoughts about the Reputation Tour: redux Lighting trivia! Craig gets it right Lighting Term of the Day Scroller -
It's the Lighting Nerds, first ep of 2019. That's twenty-nineteen. Special guest co-host, Chas! In this Episode:
ROE Vanish V8 LED screen New Follow-Me hardware Craig has concerns about AC Lighting Clay-Paky manuals are now behind a username / pass wall? Why? That's dumb. Bohemian Rhapsody Tea Time: The Taylor Swift Reputation Tour, Part I Lighting Trivia: Chas guesses Lighting Term of the Day: gelHappy New Year, you hoopy froods! And shouts to the excellent folk at IATSE Local 16.
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It's the Lighting Nerds! Your go-to source for slightly up-to-date lighting information!
In this episode:
News Items The Vari-Lite VL10 WashBeam Circa-Scoop LED by Mega Lite. Interesting. The Altman AP-150. It's...an RGBW PAR. Notable Movements George Masek is back at VL. Woo, George! Notable Tours Frame By Frame Tea Time Controlling Media as an LD Lighting Trivia Alex cheats Lighting Term of the Day Additive and subtractive mixing -
We're still not dead yet!
Craig's back from Halsey, and Alex is done with his move. We're here to chew gum and make podcasts, and we're stock full of Juicy Fruit. Er, or something like that?
Since I know you're listening, hi, Drew!
Anyway, in this "ep":
Industry news I lost the audio of our last show, which is why this has taken so long. Sorry. Ayrton is making eyes at doing "standard" moving lights. That's kind of interesting. grandMA 3. Yeah, of course we're gonna talk about it. City Theatrical makes top hats for the X4. The WholeHog 4 hardware refresh. Craig has some feelings about the WholeHog. Tea Time The cost of being a lighting designer in 2018 Lighting Trivia What does "DIP", as in "DIP switch" stand for? Lighting Term of the Day Punter -
It's the TWENTY-FIFTH EPISODE of Lighting Nerds! In this episode, we keep Alex around, joke (or do we??) about being corporate shills, and talk about festival lighting.
In this ep:
News Items Alex sees the Portman lights, Craig still doesn't like them, exactly. The 2018 Superbowl halftime show The 2018 Winter Olympics - we can't review them, because we couldn't watch them. Shame on you, NBC. TARM LaserGrid Tea Time Festival lighting! Building your rig, getting along with people. Perhaps we'll touch on programming for festivals later? Lighting Quiz Alex gets it right Lighting Term of the Day DMX-C
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