The Lighting Nerds

Jun 16 2024 46 ep. 62 mins 547
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Lighting Nerds is a bi-monthly podcast that talks about the technology used in entertainment lighting, lighting industry news, hosts interviews with people in the field, and general banter about lighting.

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Episode 045: And It Also Powers Your Sawzall

Jun 16 2024 94 mins  
It's episode 045, a most inauspicious number. Last episode EVER...to be recorded on this beast of a Mac Pro tower from 2010. You've been good to me, CODA. In this episode: -The Robe iBolt. We also chat about laser sources in general, and opine as to why FDA treats them so -The Martin MAC Viper XIP -The CM BatteryStar Hoist -PLSN CONTROVERSY: is a FREE publication FORCING the little

Episode 044: Where All the Cars Were, Man?

Mar 11 2024 76 mins  
It's the Lighting Nerds! Into Logic and out of it again in an actually reasonable amount of time, belive it or not. Though sort of unreasonable when it comes to how long it's been since we released. Don't forget to join the Discord: https://discord.gg/vGPDbhU And hear other great pods at lightingnerds.net. Update your bookmarks, folks. This episode is the one with the corrected aud

Episode 043 - Gosh

Dec 03 2023 63 mins  
Zounds! We're back again with a fresh helpin' of down-home, Wisconsin-grade minced oaths. We've got so much forking content to get through that if we don't get talking, we might driven to harder words like frickin' or shirtballs. At least there won't be any trolley problems. In this episode: News items The Ayrton Cobra Unreal Engine pricing changes Solotech founder in memoriam

Episode 042 - It's A Hundred Grand Panini Press

Sep 11 2023 66 mins  
It's the Lighting Nerds, nerding out about lighting, of all things! In this episode: -The GLP X5 series, which uses four emitter colors...confusingly -The KL series profile - The passing of Richard “Nook” Schoenfeld - Tea Time: Thoughts about the grandMA 3. Spoiler alert: not all good! - Lighting term of the day: camlock, and to a lesser extent, a discussion of feeder - Lightin

Episode 041 - Even Squarespace Wont' Touch Us

Jul 12 2022 64 mins  
It's episode 041! Not episode 042. That's the next episode. You know, I made some really delicious brussels sprouts tonight, they were like...flavor sponges. They were SO GOOD with the mustard and maple sauce that I made. Anyway...where am I? Who are you people? This episode was recorded in March, so things are a teensy-tiny bit out of date, but stick with us, folks. We have some g

Episode 040 - Whatever the Average Weight of a Goat Was

Sep 03 2021 75 mins  
Yeah, we still podcast. Sometimes. In this day and age of little work, sometimes we seem to have even less time to get together to pod. Certainly, it affects our motivation. But we have mustered some up for you, dear listeners, so let's dive into this year's week's episode. New fixtures: the Martin MAC Ultra Notable personnel movements: don't move, it's COVID. Garth Brooks cancels

Episode 039: There Are Actually Wizards Who Create These Files In the Nether Realm

Feb 08 2021 86 mins  
Because we suck at publishing, it's been a while. But here's a new episode, and it's 39, which is a LUCKY NUMBER. In this episode: The Chroma-Q thing that has some cool gears for focusing. Craig is amazed, because he's never seen that before, but apparently it's a thing Drafty 4.0: It's Drafty-er! Michael Strickland of Bandit Lites fighting for Teh Working Class Decentralized prod

Episode 038 - I Got A Rock

Sep 04 2020 117 mins  
It's our THIRTY EIGHTH episode. Craig has finally moved, and finally got this edited. Geez. Two locations, two webinars, and a broken lead pipe later...we are finally releasing this old thang. Anyway. In this episode: ChamSys MQ500 Robe Tetra1 grandMA3 OnPC XT Grant Imahara's death Tea Time: Controlling your cash flow Interview: Tucker Downs, color scientist Lighting trivia: Alex

Episode 037 - That Covers Opening Banter

Jun 17 2020 81 mins  
Geeze, United States. We leave the room for ONE SECOND and everything goes up in flames, at times literally. To those who have asked: Craig is fine. (He lives in the Twin Cities, but all is well) In this episode: Alex and Craig talk about the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd New Gear: Robert Juliat Arthur, Luminex Lumicore, Digital Projection Satellite Notable Tours:

Episode 036 - Defer to Llama on All the Tough Topics

May 20 2020 65 mins  
In the midst of the global pandemic, we offer you this commentary on the state of the lighting industry. I have very few pithy comments this week, because this pandemic is just so emotionally draining. The strain of prolonged isolation is truly monumental. Hang in there, everyone. I'm feeling it, just you like are. In this episode: ETC Fos/4 Craig gets a little ranty-about Chinese