I apoligize if this is a bit long winded, its really late and I'm tired and I need a little bit of help.
I am the lighting designer of a startup church, most of my experience is in technical theatre back in the late 80's. We rent our current facility, but we hope to be into something permanent in 9 months.
The house system is a 24 channel analog w/ (6) 6x9's, (12) fresnels, & (5) 3-color strips; we have connected our dmx board (stage setter 16) to the house system w/ the multi-data pak. Additionally we have (8) par 38's & (4) par 56's being dimmed by (2) dmx20's.
In the next 2 weeks we will be adding (4) 6x12's and (4) Opti-Pars and several more dmx20's. And by the end of the year we hope to add (4) Accu-Spot 250's and (4) Rainbow 250's.
Originally we were looking at the DMX Operator Pro, however, it only controls has 8 channels for non-intelligent gear. Short of using 2 boards for our setup, is there a board that can control all of this? And can it cost less than $1000 or so?
Also, we plan to you the Accu-Spots for following the pastor around the stage, would the accu-spots hold up to this? We have considered a follow-spot, but for now there is no ideal setup location for one. Can the colors be swapped out of the Rainbow and Accuspots? Can the gobo's be swapped out?
My ultimate plan is to have (8) Accu-Spots, (8) Rainbow 250's, (8) Concept: Color's, (1) Fog Storm 1200HD & (4) Concepts; 116 DMX channels total.
Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks!
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