Just witnessed #ChamSys give their documentation site a massive facelift.

There's now a sidebar with an outline, and the search feature is no longer being provided by Google, but instead by the site itself!

I thought it might be fun to explain part of my profile today. What does "Psychostick Live LD" mean, anyway?

Well, it's simple! About two years ago, the band I was roadie-ing for, Psychostick, decided they needed someone to handle lights at their shows, and they promoted me from "roadie" to "Lighting Designer."

For context, these guys play small-to-medium venues, like large bars that have a stage and a big empty floor for the crowd. And lights, of course. Each of these venues has a completely different setup--different lights, different controllers, different commands on that controller.

Some bands travel with their own LD and "stage package," or lights and rigs that they bring along to each show. Psychostick is not one of them. Instead, it's my job to learn a new light setup during the few hours before the venue opens its doors, and between the setup/teardown/soundchecks. So "a few hours" can very easily become "30 minutes."

I sometimes compare it to a drummer not having their own drum kit and playing whatever the venue has. Sometimes, I have a basic kick, snare, and hi-hat. Other times, I have a broken kick, one-half of a hi-hat, and the snare is on the other side of the room. And very rarely, I have the full Danny Carey setup that I have to be lowered into via a crane.

To further demonstrate, I included a pile of pictures I've taken of the different consoles I've had the (sometimes) pleasure of working with.

And here's a video of the lights I did for these guys about a year ago. It's not often that I find a GOOD recording, so apologies for the sound quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgL-qwixU0g

#lighting #lightingdesign #stageproduction #theaterproduction #livelighting #livemusic #avolites #chamsys #grandma2

QuickQの仕様がどんどん新しくなっていくんだけど、これに似た仕様をMagicQに取り込んでくれないかしらんって思うところが出てきているだよなぁ。
どんどん別の卓になってきたな。
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QuickQ v9.02 BETA Out Now!

🐥 Download
https://chamsyslighting.com/products/quickq?variant=7841704738852

🐥 Full Change notes
https://secure.chamsys.co.uk/help/quickq/changenotes/latest/beta

@ChamSysLtd
#ChamSys #lightingdesigner #lightingdesigners #lightingoperator #lightingprogrammer #lightingproduction #lightingdesign #NewSo…
https://twitter.com/ChamSysLtd/status/1646904746635063303

お、あとで見よう
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🐣 Record Merge Multiple Cues 🐣
Full video “ChamSys MagicQ Basic Training: Editing Cues” ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjQXvUouYr4&list=PL6ifvrHDlqMHreOBDmnpYxgELIiiEzSbc

#ChamSys #MagicQ #touchofmagic #MagicQInControl #lightingdesigner #lightingdesigners #lightingshow #lightingoperator #lightingprogrammer
@ChamSysLtd
https://twitter.com/ChamSysLtd/status/1641365097883869185

おー、新しいMagic DMXじゃん。
USB Cになってるし、£75だってよ。
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MagicDMX Full is Now Available!

In the ChamSys [UK] web store >>> https://secure.chamsys.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=53

For the ChamSys [US] >>>

#ChamSys #MagicQinControl #lightingdesign #lightingprogrammer #stagelighting #concertlighting
https://twitter.com/ChamSysLtd/status/1624069303350833152