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10 years ago
The con went well! There was a good furry presence and a friendly atmosphere, all sorts of fun cosplay.
AV stuff was chaotic because I kept finding things out a half hour before. Some of them (the change to a much larger room for the dance) were great, some of them were embarassing...the drag performers wanted the room lights off and the flashy flashies on, but they were all set up in the corner. I easily could have set up pars to light the dance floor...if I had more notice. Well, live and learn.
Used the anti-feedback feature in the Driverack and had almost zero problems, just a little when the director was standing directly in front of a top. Derp!
Half the lights cut out partway through Edgewises' DJ set, and I found the problem: The new MH washes have a single-bolt mount, allowing the base to rotate unless you screw it down REALLY tight. When they started moving fast the base moved the opposite direction and the DMX cables pulled loose. Derpx2! Well, it's fixable...gonna try to convert the mount to two-bolt.
Danced for well over an hour, most of it with my head on. Having blower fans pointed at the dancefloor was key! Mmmm, air |)
Good crowd, many thanks to the wonderful Austin furries for getting up and making it feel like home. :)
Definitely doing it next year! I know better what kind of surprises to expect if I'd doing A/V stuff again then.
AV stuff was chaotic because I kept finding things out a half hour before. Some of them (the change to a much larger room for the dance) were great, some of them were embarassing...the drag performers wanted the room lights off and the flashy flashies on, but they were all set up in the corner. I easily could have set up pars to light the dance floor...if I had more notice. Well, live and learn.
Used the anti-feedback feature in the Driverack and had almost zero problems, just a little when the director was standing directly in front of a top. Derp!
Half the lights cut out partway through Edgewises' DJ set, and I found the problem: The new MH washes have a single-bolt mount, allowing the base to rotate unless you screw it down REALLY tight. When they started moving fast the base moved the opposite direction and the DMX cables pulled loose. Derpx2! Well, it's fixable...gonna try to convert the mount to two-bolt.
Danced for well over an hour, most of it with my head on. Having blower fans pointed at the dancefloor was key! Mmmm, air |)
Good crowd, many thanks to the wonderful Austin furries for getting up and making it feel like home. :)
Definitely doing it next year! I know better what kind of surprises to expect if I'd doing A/V stuff again then.
I'll try to be a dealer at the next one ;3