LIGHTS FOR VENUES

Most work well with the caps lock key off.

What is the venue? Night club that just plays music? Bands? Without knowing as much details are you're willing to share, we can't really make a whole lot of useful suggestions.

I mainly work with bands and large venues. So, I like wash-type fixtures for my events.

More importantly, what's your budget? and how will these fixtures be controlled? A DMX console? dmx software? MY DMX? Let us know. The more details the better.
Sincerely,

Sorry about the caps. I am a dj and looking for lights for weddings,birthdays,club etc. Just something simple to set with good effect.
Thanks

Tri phase is a good one. Nucleus LED is awesome. Revo rave. Revo 4. etc. Take a look around and watch some of the product videos in the LED lighting section on the homepage.
http://www.americandj.com/Prod...nId=2&Category=L.E.D.
Welcome to the forums. And no worries about the CAPS. sometimes people don't realize.
Sincerely,

Thanks i will look at some of your suggestions

Perfect Adj Dj setup, 2 xscan led plus, 1 adj mega bar, 1 adj agressor, 1 white moonflower effect(can't remember the name), and a couple mega bar 50s. This setup is very versatile for school dances/bars the mega bars give you good washes with the big bar on top of a truss the scanners on the ends and the agressor/ moonflower in the middle. For weddings use the bars in master slave for uplighting giving a very sophisticated appearance, use the white moonflower for slow dances like the first dance and if you control the scanners through my dmx you can make them white as well and when the main dancing part starts bring out the colors for a spectacular light show.

Now just if I had the money to complete that setup.

ell what do u have now? haha

ostly non dmx stuff right now. working on switching to full dmx, with end result above. it will be sweet once done. hopefully by the end of year.

Since you're looking to move towards DMX towards the end of the year, here are a couple of ideas to keep in mind:
(even for those of you just starting out)

DMX-capable fixtures, especially the ADJ ones, often have stand-alone modes. While the DMX fixtures may cost more, they often help you retain your investment as they integrate into a DMX environment.
WARNING: Check the DMX traits to ensure you are getting everything you want in DMX mode. Specifically, check for sound active mode in DMX mode, this is a popular issue.

Second item you want to look for is the "run all night" feature". This way you don't have to worry about duty cycles. This is becoming less and less of an issue, and is almost never an issue with LED fixtures.

Third: How are you planning to control things now? Since you're planning to go DMX, that's good. In the meantime, how are you planning to turn on and off the fixtures you're not using? Are you going to buy dimmer packs? That can start getting pricy. For less than the price of 2 good ADJ dimmers, you can get MyDMX. For less than 1 dimmer and 1 inexpensive DMX console, you can get MyDMX.

Not saying you can't plug a DMX fixture into a dimmer pack, which you can if you're running that fixture as a stand-alone fixture. But, this is excessive expenditures.

Ideally, MyDMX is so affordable, it makes sense to jump in with both feet. But, I'd add in the cost of a netbook to run MyDMX just for the convenience of it. I'm planning to purchase a netbook, which will be optimized for only running MyDMX. For sub-$350, it's not a big problem. I might spend a bit more and get a machine a bit more "disaster-recovery" friendly, you know, with an optical drive.

I will definetly going mydmx. I have it on my laptop currently going through everything. I have tried sveral programs and mydmx is just so much more intuitive and easier to use. Although, it's hard to xplain to the mrs why you need to spend 2000$ on more lights when A: you lghting system beats 90% of the competition (small area) and B: you only do it part time.

Got you beat. Spending $4200 on new lights in 2 months for a show that is only 3 times a year.(maybe more)

Show already cost me 4 Mega Panels and 4 Mega Bar 50's, a hazer and a ground fogger. Oh well. The bottom line is the lights I'm buying are all-around good to have in inventory.

LOL, you guys sound like you are telling my life story.

Heck, I'm a SOUND PRODUCTION company.

I have over a quarter million in inventory just in sound gear! I swear, this is one expensive business!

I don't even want to think about what my video investment is.

Video is the most over priced stuff, ever, period. We just picked up some Screen Pro II's. I won't even go into how much those things cost. Its insane.

Anyway, point being, you have to spend money to make money.