rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft

On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:53:32 +0100, P Vincent < > wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am preparing for a theatre hire on a Strand 520 with 100/100 channels
> (100
> real channels + 100 attribute channels). I think I have too many movers
> to
> fit, so just need confirmation on how the Strand 500 does things:
>
> 1. I have to use one real channel as the lantern itself. That's OK, there
> are 78 dimmers so that leaves 22 real channels for devices, which is
> enough.
> 2. I patch that to a number in the attribute range, say 101, and the
> required number of attributes are allocated.
>
> Got all that - and this is the important bit - if I have a mover that
> needs
> 17 channels, is it 1 x real channel + 16 attributes, or is it 1 real
> channel
> + 17 attributes? I am very tight for channels and it matters which way
> round
> it works. The manuals are, as usual, no help at all! I don't get access
> to
> the desk until the get-in, so I need to be sure before I arrive.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Peter Vincent, UK
>
>

1 real channel + 16 attributes. You can turn spare channels into
attributes.