theatre My ETCnomad Setup (2025) A few people have asked about my ETCnomad setup, so I thought i'd put a little list here (together with, shamelessly, links that may earn me a tiny amount in referrals if you buy anything you see here!) Firstly, I do still really prefer
theatre Follow Me Faders... (Or, how to cope with performers that wander about without a followspot on a budget) I've been dabbling in automatic followspots for a while, trying to make my own hacky solution as I don't have the budget for the likes of ZacTrack, Blacktrax, Follow-ME
theatre Contour Shuttle Pro for Eos... I've used a Contour ShuttleXpress as an encoder for Eos for a while, and someone recently asked me if I could support the larger Shuttle PRO2... which offers more buttons that I don't know what to do with! Firstly, this is a slightly more
theatre Adventures in Projection (Part II) - The Fight with Light In the first part of this little collection we discussed selecting bright projectors (or as bright as you can afford) and using multiple projectors to get as much light for your image as possible. So you've got your 7000 lumen laser projector - brilliant.
theatre Adventures in Projection (Part I) - Your Projector(s) So, you're using projection on a small stage, on a budget, what do you need? A: The brightest projector possible Ok, it's more nuanced than that, but it's a simple answer and a good starting point. Use the brightest projector you can find / borrow
theatre LaunchControl XL 3 for Eos? As evidenced by my various posts on #techbodgery, and my design and development of lxkey, I'm often dabbling with different ways to control lighting either in live environments or simply to make programming easier when I don't have a full console available. I usually
techbodgery Contour ShuttleXpress as EOS Encoder Another classic bit of #techbodgery, a simple encoder option for ETCnomad (or an Element!) is the Contour Shuttle Xpress. This is a decent quality encoder that's priced about £50 (2024) aimed mainly at video editors but it works as a great encoder for other
theatre EOS Timecode Companion I often (well, reasonably often) work with timecode and ETC Eos. The excellent CuePoints has revolutionised this work flow, and exports files suitable for ETC Eos (and most other desks) to import. However, I wanted to be able to get these cues into an
theatre Rosco Opti-Sculpt Calculator I've recently (re)discovered Rosco's excellent Opti-Sculpt filters, there's plenty of good resources online about them and some wonderful reviews from others waxing lyrical about these magical pieces of plastic. However, it surprises me that the official calculator for the resulting beam angle is
theatre Big Designs for a Little Theatre Everyone is looking to reduce their energy consumption, either to reduce costs or their carbon footprint or both. And there are grants available from organisations like the Energy Saving Trust to achieve this. Working with a local community theatre, we knew we could benefit
techbodgery House Lights Simple 0-10v Theatre house light control system with ESP32 controllers and outstations.
techbodgery WLED and ETC Eos TL;DR - At the time of writing this there is no official profile for the WLED ESP-based LED controller, so I've put this one here so I can find it again (and for anyone else who needs one) https://rmlx.co.uk/eos_
theatre What a bunch of amateurs. "We're not «insert big theatre name here»" or, why shouldn't amateur theatre strive to be as good technically as the pros?
lx Eurobeat: Moldova! I have provided voting for numerous (almost 20 now!) productions of Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision and am pleased to announce that one again I am providing the voting for the new professional production of Eurobeat (and the visuals are looking better than ever!) And the
dmx DMX Hue This is a demonstration of the Philips Hue lamp (meethue.com) controlled by DMX from a Strand GSX lighting desk. The box doing the actual conversion is a Raspberry Pi
